What Mad Universe is a science fiction novel, written in 1949 by the American author Fredric Brown. It satirizes many of the conventions of American "pulp" magazine science-fiction of the...
In the middle of the night, Detective Lieutenant Milo Sturgis is called to a Westside hospital. A young woman has been left dead at the entrance to the E.R.
Milo soon identifies the victim as an aspiring actress, and evidence points him in the...
In the world of Harmony, Rainshadow Island is home to a mysterious preserve, secrets that have been kept for centuries, and a treasure worth killing for...
As a light-talent, Alice North has the rare ability to make things disappear, including...
Calvin ParishThey call me Hero.I defend.I protect.I ask for nothing in return, and that makes me good.Doesn’t it?Cataline FordI work hard.I play by the rules.I’m content.My scars are quiet and invisible, and that keeps me hidden.Doesn’t it?One...
"Where to start? So much has been written about the Pangbourne massacre, as it is now known in the popular press throughout the world, that I find it difficult to see this tragic event with a clear eye."Shortly after eight on the morning...
At the end of The Fabulous Riverboat, Sam Clemens finally set out in the great iron riverboat Not for Hire to reach the headwaters of the massive river on whose shores humanity has been resurrected. After 33 years on the river, Clemens and his...
THE HUNT FOR THE TRUTH IS THE DEADLIEST GAME.
Former Marine sniper Lew Gale, now a detective with the Orange County, California, Sheriff’s Department, is assigned to track and shoot a mountain lion that has killed a man in the rugged country...
A woman is found murdered in her Reykjavik home, her apartment ransacked. On her desk lies a note with retired detective Konrad’s phone number. Days earlier, she had begged him to find the child she gave up nearly fifty years ago. But Konrad,...