THE THIRD SKULL was originally published in the May 15, 1935 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
The third skull holds the secret to immense wealth: the hidden fortune of Hildrew Parchell. Now that the old miser has died, someone is out to uncover...
This is the third installment of the Gwendy's Button Box trilogy. Previous installments include Gwendy's Button Box and Gwendy's Magic Feather. Set primarily in the future year of 2026 on the MF-1 Space Station, it revolves around the eponymous...
Bracketts, an Elizabethan house near town of Fethering, is about to be turned into a museum. Once the home of celebrated poet Esmond Cloudleigh, it has been decided that it should now become a shrine to his life and poetry.
But the transition...
In touristy Peachtree Heights, Georgia, a string of presumably accidental deaths of area physicians rouses the suspicions of Police Chief Blake Cutter. But the former big-city cop’s attempts to warn Dr. Roy Ryan are viewed by his estranged wife as...
From the first appearances of Roger Zelazny’s short fiction in the early 1960s, it was clear that a dazzling new genius had burst into the field of speculative literature. Over the years, that incendiary talent blazed even brighter in novels such...
Massive and arrogant, they patrol the final war zone - deep space. All great battleships before them - the celebrated fleet of the Spanish Armada, the mighty gunboats of the British Navy - are mere toys in comparision. In their armoured bellies...
Who do today's top fantasy writers read--and why? This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are seventeen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally...
THE GOLDEN QUEST was originally published in the May 1, 1935 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
A gold mine named "The Quest," lost in the wilds of Michigan. The search for it will lead The Shadow out of his usual haunts of Manhattan and into the...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” April 15, 1935.
Three ways lead to the secret of the Cellini Manuscript; which trail does The Shadow...