The Second Ardath Mayhar MEGAPACK®: 27 Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales PDF Download

Author: Ardath Mayhar
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479426342
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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The author of sixty-two books, more than forty of them published commercially, Ardath Mayhar (1930-2012) began her career in the early 1980s with science fiction novels from Doubleday and TSR. Atheneum published several of her young adult and children’s novels. Changing focus, she wrote westerns (as Frank Cannon) and mountain man novels (as John Killdeer), four prehistoric Indian books under her own name, and historical western High Mountain Winter under the byline Frances Hurst. This collection -- which features 27 fantasy & science fiction stories -- was originally published in paperback as "The Methodist Bobcat and Other Tales." Included are: THE METHODIST BOBCAT THE LYCH ROAD THE VEAULES MAY BANKED FIRES RISE ANEW THE GUARDIANS OF THE SHRINE ARPEGGIA'S DEATHSONG THE PLACE OF THE ANCIENTS OLD MAN, BAD SCENE THE SWAMP RUNNER FATE HAS THREE FACES MINDBEND IN THE LONE GRAY THE DAY OF THE DRUM DEEP WOODS LADY WELCOME TO SHIARA THE LAST PAS SEUL MY FRIEND EDDY THE FACE IN THE FOG NORTHER PER CASTANEA THE BLUE-FIRED COW-KILLING CRAZIES PURSUIT LALIQUE THIS IS THE NIGHT! STONE CIRCLES CONFLICT NIGHT SONG If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author: Ardath Mayhar
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434457850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Solomon Peat, the wry narrator of Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule, returns with 17 more tall tales of Cotton County, Texas, including "The Day of the Boomers," "Fierce as a Banty Hen," "The Ring-Tailed Sidewinder," "The Skunk Works," "The Crooked-Tail Cow," and "The Loquat Eyes." Also featured are two original children's fantasies, "The Jeweled Mouse" and "The Kingdom of Yip."

Author: Ardath Mayhar
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434457915
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Two short novels published for the first time: "Born Rebel" tells the story of a woman in 1825 who's sold by her father to the neighboring farmer, and flees to Texas with her beau, with a hunter-killer dogging their every step. "The Guns of Livingston Frost," the third Washington Shipp mystery, finds Sheriff Shipp investigating a series of brutal crimes against antique gun dealers in East Texas.

Author: Ardath Mayhar
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434457958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Twenty-seven scintillating stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, all but two of which are published here for the first time. Robert Reginald says: "Ardath Mayhar is able to evoke eerie, otherworldy settings and creatures with just a few strokes of her subtle pen. Great stuff "

Author: Robert Reginald
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434437965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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The second Borgo Press book of mystery stories presents a collection of great tales by such masters as Michael Kurland, Brian Stableford, Darrell Schweitzer, Don Webb, George Zebrowski, Ardath Mayhar, John Russell Fearn, Lonni Lees, and many more!

Author: Ardath Mayhar
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434411869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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In the tradition of the old "Ace Doubles," two-in-one books (flip one over to read the second title), here is the seventh Wildside Double. SLAUGHTERHOUSE WORLD: A Tale of the Human-Knacker War, by Ardath Mayhar The Knackers looked like a cross between a spider and a crab, except bigger--much bigger, and meaner--much meaner--and they never stopped coming! Joel Karsh is just a grunt slugging it out on Plant 3G 789, a bug factory world, where fresh protein (i.e., human flesh) is being processed for reshipment to enemy depots throughout the cluster. All he wants to do is make it back to the SpaceForce pick-up point. But as his buddies are killed, one by one, and the Knackers swarm ever closer, he's beginning to wonder if he'll even live through the next day! A rousing SF military adventure by a master storyteller. KNACK' ATTACK: A Tale of the Human-Knacker War, by Robert Reginald On the farming planet of Terr'ferme, Rabbs din Chorest has been sent to the hills to tend a herd of clorses (cloned horses) and beefers. Not far distant is the ruin of Spiretown, a long-abandoned place of the Old-uns, a race that had once inhabited this world. Then the Knack's invade, destroying settlements, devastating ranches, and harvesting human and animal flesh. Rabbs is cut off from all contact with the civilized world. When a group of refugees appears, they become Rabbs's responsibility as well. Trapped by a bug troop in a cave near the ruined city, the humans have nowhere to go and no one to ask for help. Will anyone survive the Knack' attack?

Author: Jack Dann
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434436063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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This is one of a series of anthologies of science fiction and mystery stories by Borgo Press writers that are being distributed at cost as both ebooks and paperback volumes. The first volume in the sequence, Yondering, includes a baker's dozen of original and reprint tales by fourteen writers. In "The Quills of Henry Thomas," W. C. and Aja Bamberger give us a glimpse of a future in which music is composed through DNA computing. "The Gizzard Wizard" is Rory Barnes's delightful sequel to his young adult SF novel, Space Junk. John Gregory Betancourt's engaging "The Darkfishers" envisions a shanghaied Earth colony stranded on the back of a huge crustacean on an ocean planet. Sydney J. Bounds, in "Guinea Pigs," portrays a future dominated by cutthroat corporations. "Outside Looking In," by Mark E. Burgess, takes the "world in a bottle" theme--and turns it upside down. Victor Cilinca's "Siegfried" demonstrates the folly of taking those "primitive" aliens too lightly. Michael R. Collings's "The Calling of Iam'Kendron" is a stirring prequel to his epic science-fantasy novel, Wordsmith. In Arthur Jean Cox's "Evergreen," we find that long life is not always what it's cracked up to be. Award-winning author Jack Dann depicts, in "Mohammed’s Angel," an all-too-plausible future in which cultures, sensibilities, and terrorist acts are inextricably mixed. "Ultra Evolution," by John Russell Fearn, is a cautionary tale about the advancement of man—not always a good thing! Sheila Finch's "Miles to Go" is the moving story of a wheelchair marathoner faced with a crucial decision. Mel Gilden relates mankind's first encounter with aliens in "The Little Finger of the Left Hand." Last, and certainly not least, Ardath Mayhar's poignant "The Next Generation" shows the human race forced to make a crucial decision about its survival.

Author: Oscar 'Skip' Booth
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312682655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Local historian Oscar 'Skip' Booth spent his life living, working, advocating for and writing about his hometown of Linthicum, Maryland. His "Vignette" series provided some of the only written histories of the small, unincorporated Baltimore suburb. The historical local landmarks like Tauber's, Chuck's Drive-In, BWIi Airport, and Bruce's Hardware are carefully detailed here. Skip passed away after a short illness in 2014. His commitment to community lives on in the pages of this book.

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 1982138866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor! From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining—an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is “[a] vivid frightscape” (The New York Times). Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance’s sanity, as his paranormal gift known as “the shining” opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook—and his father’s legacy of alcoholism and violence—kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname “Doctor Sleep” by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone—who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining—the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dan’s own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girl’s soul and survival...

Author: Guy Lancaster
Publisher: Butler Center Books
ISBN: 1935106740
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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In 1837 Representative Joseph J. Anthony stabs the speaker of the house to death during a debate about wolf pelts. In 1899 Hot Springs police shoot it out with the county sheriffs over control of illegal gambling. In 1974 President Richard Nixon resigns in part due to the outspokenness of Pine Bluff native Martha Mitchell. In this special print project of the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, legendary cartoonist Ron Wolfe brings these and many other stories to life. Accompanied by selected entries from the encyclopedia, Wolfe’s cartoons highlight the oddities and absurdities of our state’s history. Seriously, you couldn’t make up this stuff.