Anthologies
A brilliant treasury of the best! Included are: The City on the Edge of Forever (Harlan Ellison) ~ Sting! (Tom Reamy) ~ Contact Point (Theodore R. Cogswell and George Rae Cogswell) ~ Stranger with Roses (John Jakes) ~ The Mechanical Bride (Fritz Leiber) ~ Let Me Hear You Whisper (Paul Zindel).
Here is a wonderful array of mystery and suspense stories revolving around the arts - legitimate and not so legitimate - by the masters of the field. Mystifying tales by Cornell Wollrich, Julian Symons, Robert Bloch, Frederic Brown, Stanley Ellin, John Dickson Carr, John Jakes, Ellery Queen, and other greats await the reader of The Deadly Arts.
A collection of detective fiction from the pulp magazines of the 1940s and 1950s, with contributions from writers such as Dashiell Hammett, John D. MacDonald, John Jakes, Cornell Woolrich, and Paul Cain
An collection of brand new stories by the members of the Western Writers of America includes such authors as Elmore Leonard, Loren D. Estleman, Elmer Kelton, and John Jakes, and captures the diversity and energy of the genre today. Reprint.
From award-winning editor Bill Pronzini comes The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novelsa classic book updated for spymasters. Thirteen outstanding spy and espionage novellas, complete and unabridged, are gathered here in one terrific volume. They represent a specially chosen collection from the most accomplished writers in the field, including W. Somerset Maugham on Ashenden, his operative in World War I and Ian Fleming on 007 in the Caribbean, as well as Leslie Charteris, Erle Stanley Gardner, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and John Jakes, among others. These works span more than seventy-five years of espionage writing in the United States and England, and feature secret agents, counterspies, and double agents in settings from Japan to the former Eastern Bloc, and from World War I onward.
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John Jakes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical novels as North and South and The Kent Family Chronicles compiled in one volume a century's worth of his favorite American Western fiction. To illustrate the evolution of the genre, Jakes has included such legendary authors as Owen Wister, Louis L'Amour, and Zane Grey along side their more contemporary peers such as Loren Estleman and Elmer Kelton. While the stories have changed over the years, certain timeless themes of Western fiction remain constant. At the heart of the stories are ideas that have become synonymous with the American dream--the frontier spirit, individual freedoms, and man's relationship with the land. A Century of Great Western Stories is essentially a retrospective of western writing over the past century, but Jakes also sets out to give readers a glimpse of what the future might hold for western fiction. While trends in publishing might not always be promising, the current crop of contemporary Western authors show that the old west will always have a place in the world of fiction. Like the American dream which it celebrates, Western fiction will persevere.
ONE MAN. ONE GUN. ONE LAW. It’s an American icon: the Western shootist, living by skill, courage and a willingness to spit in death’s eye. Now, the greatest names in Western literature turn this mythical character upside down, inside out and every way but loose… In The Trouble with Dude, award-winning author Johnny Boggs saddles a once-famous lawman with some high-paying New York dudes in search of Western thrills who get more than they bargained for; in. Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter Western master storyteller Elmer Kelton chronicles a quarrel between a hardscrabble Texas rancher and a killer for hire—with results that stun a town… William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone offer Inferno: A Last Gunfighter Story featuring series hero Frank Morgan. From a pistol-packing woman to a freed slave heading into a Nebraska winter and an education in gun fighting, LAW OF THE GUN is about journeys, vendettas, stand-offs, and legends that end—or sometimes just begin—with the roar of a gun…
Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic science fiction short stories. "Science Fiction Gems, Vol. One" features works by Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov, John Jakes, Henry Slesar, Algis Budrys, Jack Vance, J. F. Bone, Ron Goulart, Eando Binder, and others. This is a brand new anthology of nostalgic science fiction. It’s sure to titillate your imagination, rouse memories of childhood daydreams, and probe the deepest recesses of your mind.
Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic science fiction short stories. Here’s our ninth star-studded edition. This thought-provoking collection of science fiction offers many great tales. For instance in “Hang Head, Vandal!” and “The After Time” you will be introduced to the mysteries and atrocities of atomic energy. “The Cybernetic Kid” chronicles the tale of a child’s abuse in the name of profit and entertainment, while “The Sorceress” offers a look into the future of medical science. “Towers of Titan” will make you ponder the possibilities of alien technology, while “Meeting of the Minds” will challenge your objectivity and make you question the very safety of your surroundings… All these and more will usher you on a thought-provoking journey through the endless realms of time and the farthest reaches of space. A journey during which you will discover perplexing options, mind-numbing realities and sometimes…mankind’s outrageous behavior.