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Meet Nan and Burt, and Freddie and Flossie—two sets of twins in the Bobbsey family. Their adventures have thrilled generations of young readers. This volume collects the first 15 original Bobbsey Twins books (published between 1904 and 1922):
THE BOBBSEY TWINS
THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE COUNTRY
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE SEASHORE
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SNOW LODGE
THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON A HOUSEBOAT
THE BOBBSEY
...The Bram Stoker Megapack assembles 22 classic works by the author of Dracula, including all of his classic horror novels and a selection of rare and famous stories. Of special interest is the mystery story Old Hoggen, which has never before appeared in a complete, corrected text until this time (we transcribed it from the 1893 newspaper publication especially for this volume)—and it's worth the price of this volume by itself!
...This volume includes 25 wonderful, wondrous stories and two poems about cats, by major authors old and new.
Included are:
INTRODUCTION: ...IN THE DARK, by Robert Reginald
SEVEN SAW MURDER, by G. T. Fleming-Roberts
THE CATS, by H. P. Lovecraft (poem)
THE HEMINGWAY KITTENS, by A. R. Morlan
THE CAT AND THE BIRDS, by Aesop
THE BEAST FROM THE ABYSS, by Robert E. Howard
OUT OF PLACE, by Pamela Sargent
THE FOX AND THE CAT, by the Brothers
...The Classic American Short Story Megapack, Volume 1 assembles 34 of the greatest stories ever written by American authors—including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Sherwood Anderson, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Jack London, and Stephen Crane. Includes multiple stories per author, their most famous short works, along with biographical notes.
Complete contents:
YOUNG
...The Dashiell Hammett Megapack collects 20 early and rare stories by the famous mystery writer, plus one poem. Included in this volume are:
AFRAID OF A GUN
ARSON PLUS
THE NEW RACKET
BODIES PILED UP
DEATH ON PINE STREET
THE MAN WHO KILLED DAN ODAMS
MIKE, ALEC, OR RUFUS
NIGHT SHOTS
NIGHTMARE TOWN
ONE HOUR
THE ROAD HOME
RUFFIAN'S WIFE
THE SECOND-STORY ANGEL
THE TENTH CLUE
WHO KILLED BOB TEAL?
ZIGZAGS OF TREACHERY
THE
...The Detective Megapack presents 30 choice mysteries, spanning the Victorian age through modern times. From Dashiell Hammet to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, from Vincent Starrett to Johnston McCulley—there is something for every fan of detective tales!
ARSON PLUS, by Dashiell Hammett
IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT, by Meriah L. Crawford
THE TAGGART ASSIGNMENT, by Vincent Starrett
TOMORROW'S DEAD, by David Dean
THE FLAMING PHANTOM,
...The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collection 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees.
Included this time are:
AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen Steele
THE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes
PEACEMAKER, by Gardner Dozois
OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram Davidson
GRANDMA, by Carol Emshwiller
THE GIFT BEARER, by Charles L. Fontenay
I,
...The Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Winston K. Marks (1915-1979) is one such unjustly forgotten author.
Included here are 12 science fiction stories, published between 1953 and 1959, representing some of his best work:
THE WATER EATER (1953)
UNBEGOTTEN CHILD (1953)
...SO THEY BAKED A CAKE (1954)
BACKLASH
...Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):
UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor
CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany
EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds
ONE-SHOT, by James Blish
SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder
ZEN, by Jerome Bixby
LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond
SENTIMENT, INC., by
...Theodore Rose Cogswell (1918-1987) was an American science fiction author. His first published story, The Spectre General in the magazine Astounding (June 1952), was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines holds the promise of reinvigorating a declining Galactic empire. It's a classic and was selected by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the greatest SF stories of
...The horse has been championed throughout history as a war machine, a means of transport, an adjunct to farming, a source of popular entertainment, and, finally, as a true friend and companion. So it's no surprise that writers throughout history have featured the horse prominently in their fiction. Here are 25 stories and 5 poems of equine fiction and literature, from Anna Sewell's Black Beauty to classic tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
...Lon Thomas Williams (1890 - 1978) was an American author best known for publishing a large number of traditional and weird western stories in the pulp magazines. One of Williams' most popular series featured Deputy Marshal Lee Winters (a series of "weird westerns," containing fantastic or outre elements) which are collected in this volume. Included are:
KING SOLOMON'S THRONE
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
SATAN'S WOOL-MERCHANT
MASTER OF INDECISION
A
...Editor Duane Parsons has assembled a treasure-trove of rare macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to exotic paranormal tales, each story in this volume has never before appeared in an anthology. Included are:
The Silent Man, by Henry Fothergill Chorley
The Strange Ormonds, by Leitch Ritchie
The Mysterious Wedding: A Danish Story, by Heinrich Steffans
The Burial by Fire, by Louisa Medina
...Included are:
HARRIGAN (1918)
THE GHOST (1919)
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BARRETT (1919)
TRAILIN'! (1919)
THE UNTAMED (1920)
OUT OF THE DARK (1920)
RIDERS OF THE SILENCES (1920)
22 Tales of of the fantastic—science fiction, fantasy, fantastika, slipstream—by one of the most acclaimed modern masters of the genre! Includes a bonus interview with the author. Included are:
LIFE IN THE CARBYNE AGE
GALAXY OF MIRRORS
SPECTER-BOMBING THE BEER GOGGLES
LIFE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
LITTLE WORKER
FRACTAL PAISLEYS
THE MILL
THE GRANGE
PHYLOGENESIS
GRAVITONS
REDSKINS OF THE BADLANDS
FarmEarth
ANGELMAKERS
THE
...The Robert Sheckley Megapack presents 14 short stories and 1 novel by the author Neil Gaiman called "probably the best short-story writer during the '50s to the mid-1960s working in any field." Here are tales of adventure in strange futures, full of the wry wit and piercing characterizations that made Sheckley one of the great writers working in science fiction!
"Robert Sheckley: the best short-story writer the field has produced." —Alan
...Christmas—the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all—filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year.
But the Yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and our
...Hours of great reading away, with The Second Murray Leinster Megapack! Leinster—a staple in the Golden Age of pulp science fiction—penned more than a thousand stories during his long and celebrated career. This volume selects 20 more (all published between 1919 and 1960).
Included are:
Evidence (1919)
Murder Madness (1930)
The Extra Intelligence (1935)
The Eternal Now (1944)
The Ethical Equations
...The Second Time Travel Megapack collects 23 more tales of travel through time, by great modern and classic authors. Included are:
SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES, by Robert J. Sawyer
THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL, by Mack Reynolds
THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 18, by Grendel Briarton
TIME WELL SPENT, by George Zebrowski
THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING, by Bradner Buckner
SAVING JANE AUSTEN, by Robert Reginald
IN THE CARDS, by Alan
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