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No man is happier than Li Fong - until he discovers his lovely wives are really serpent-demons!
Long and long ago, before the foreign devils came, old China was a land of ancient culture and strange magic. There, Li Fong, a student of apothecary, seems the luckiest of men. By what has to be happy chance, he has been led to take two charming and quite wealthy ladies as his wives.
How could he know that his loving and beloved Mei Ling and Meilan are...
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Welcome to The 11th Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK®, which features the weird fiction of E. Hoffmann Price. Wildside Press, in association with Mr. Price's heirs, are dedicated to making the extensive body of work of this pulpsmith extraordinaire accessible once again to the public through our line of MEGAPACK® collections.
Included in this volume are 18 more of Price's classic stories from the pages of Weird Tales and other pulp magazines....
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E. Hoffmann Price was one of the "Weird Tales Circle" that included H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. In fact, he was the only person to meet both Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft in person. The stories collected here span multiple genres and multiple decades: detective, western, adventure, and fantasy. The one thing they have in common (aside from some mildly titillating content) is the sure voice of a born storyteller....
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This volume collects 19 of his western and war stories. Note that this volume, as with much pulp fiction of the era, is not politically correct by modern standards. It is a product of its era and should be viewed in that context. Included are:
INTRODUCTION, by Shawn Garrett
TRIANGLE WITH VARIATIONS
NIGHT IN MANILA
FOOL'S EPITAPH
HASHEESH WISDOM
HELL IN DARIEN
UNFIT FOR COMMAND
CAIRO TANK TROUBLE
NAVIGATION SIMPLIFIED
SCORCHED EARTH
ALLAH...
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Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 - 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key," though he published hundreds of other works. This volume is a good sampling of his fantasy and science fiction stories. Included are:
THE PROPHET'S GRANDCHILDREN
THE INFIDEL'S DAUGHTER
THE WORD...
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It was perhaps natural, after a thousand years of celibacy, that the Immortal Jade Lady should petition the Moon Goddess for a lover. The trouble was that he was a mortal and she was a spirit--which made for certain difficulties. Then she had to fall in love with him!
Ju-hai had troubles enough without spirit entanglements. He had a powerful enemy, seeking to destroy his family to seize their lands. Somehow, Ju-hai had to rescue his father, illegally...
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The tale of a strange romance between a gas-station attendant and a lovely California woman, who has lain in her lonely grave for more than a hundred years!
E. Hoffmann Price-one of the mainstays of fantasy and horror fiction in the classic days of the pulp magazines-published this classic vampire story in the legendary magazine Weird Tales in 1939.
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Rod Garvin just made too many waves for the Thought Control Board that controlled the 21st century. Throwing him in an insane asylum didn't restrain him. Nor, when that didn't work, did sentencing him to a suicide job on Mars. Garvin was bright, driven, and stubborn. The only thing Thought Control could was get rid of him - quietly and permanently. And that was fine with Garvin...since it meant he could make his dreamed-of voyage into deep space....
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In the 21st century, Avery Jarvis "Doc" Brandon lived in luxurious seclusion on subtropical Nameless Island. An immensely wealthy gene-engineer who dabbled in illegal baby-making, Doc was 186 years of age and looked 35. But a storm loomed on the horizon. Bureaucrats had blundered across Doc's real age. They wanted his "secret discovery" and would undertake anything - including kidnapping, blackmail, and murder - to get it!
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Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 - 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key," though he published hundreds of other works. This volume collects 20 occult detective tales, including the adventures of Pierre D'Artois from "Weird Tales" magazine. Included are:
INTRODUCTION,...
11) Operation Isis
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Rod Garvin, governor of North America and Mars, is supposed to be on vacation, spending time in France with his wife, Flora, and the son he had never met, Felix. But the war leaders of North America have a new assignment for Garvin: find Lani, Imperatrix of North America, and convince her to come out of hiding.
Trailed by assassins, Garvin sets out for the Egypt colony, where the incognito Lani is worshipped as the incarnation of Isis. But Rod Garvin...
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Amazing Stories Volume 196, by E. Hoffmann Price, is a captivating collection that delves into themes of human resilience, technological advancement, and ethical dilemmas, making it highly relevant to today's audience. The stories explore the intersection of humanity and technology, a theme that resonates deeply in our current era of rapid technological change.
One of the standout stories in this volume is "The Man Who Lived Forever", which questions...
13) Operation Exile
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Alexander Heflin, Imperator of North American, had his hands full: a war was brewing that could destroy the Imperium. Seeking to protect his wife, Lani, from their increasingly powerful enemies, Alex called on the one person he could trust: ex-war hero Rod Garvin.
Babysitting an Imperatrix seemed too easy a job for an adventurer of Garvin's caliber. After all, it kept him on Mars, while the action was happening on Earth.
Little did he know that Alex...
14) Spirit Murder
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E. Hoffmann Price (1898 – 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He collaborated with H. P. Lovecraft on "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" -- and penned hundreds of other stories, primarily in the horror and mystery fields. "Spirit Murder" originally appeared in the pulp magazine Spicy Detective Stories, December 1935.
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Edgar Hoffman Price (1898-1988) was a prolific pulp writer who got his start writing for Weird Tales and became a peripheral member of the Lovecraft Circle of weird fiction writers. This collection contains every story he published featuring a Kurdish holy man named Ismeddin. Price labels him as a "darvish," an alternate spelling of the Sufi Muslim "dervish," a man who chooses to become a beggar and an ascetic to become closer to God. The term "whirling...
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Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 - 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key," though he published hundreds of other works. This volume collects 19 of his two-fisted detective tales. Included are:
INTRODUCTION, by Shawn Garrett
SPIRIT MURDER
CRYSTAL CLUES
QUEEN OF HEAVEN
THE...
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E. Hoffmann Price's Exotic Adventures MEGAPACK® contains 11 stories and short novels set in a wide range of locales: Europe, Polynesia, Asia, the Middle East, etc. Their settings also range chronologically, from historical adventures to contemporary thrillers and were all published between 1935 and 1945 (with an outlier from 1971 as the finale). These are full-blooded, two-fisted tales of warriors throughout the ages, seeking glory and triumph. We...
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At a gathering to decide the fate of Randolph Carter's estate which has been held in trust since his disappearance the mysterious Swami Chandraputra, who wears curious mittens and enveloping robes, tells Carter's acquaintances of his ultimate fate. He explains that the key took Carter to a type of higher dimension. There, Carter, on an ill-defined mission (or out of sheer curiosity), travelled strange sections of the cosmos by first meeting with 'Umr...
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Black Cat Weekly #18 is another great lineup of novels and short stories this time, so without further ado-on to the stories!
Mysteries / Suspense
"Rediscovery," by James Holding [short story] "Staying Cool," by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] "The Ghost Who Read the Newspaper," by Vicki Weisfeld [Barb Goffman Presents short story] "Mr. Clackworthy and the Auto Rim," by Christopher B. Booth [short story] "Kane and Averill," by Bev Vincent...