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This is a collection of 15 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, magic, ancient wisdom and philosophy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, spiritualism, metaphysics, and New Thought by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects.

The Book of the Black Sun is thirty-two Lovecraftian tales of terror arranged in eight sections, each containing a micro, a flash, shorter story and a longer story. Motifs of strange books, evil creatures and spinning disks that form doorways to other realms are woven throughout the tales, making the final product a creepy, self-referential mandala in itself.

This collection of the finest short story mystery fiction by the most acclaimed writers, past and present features Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Burke, Harry Kemelman, and everyone in between. Edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, it offers a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.

Four tales of monstrous magic and sorcerous swordplay Wudewasas - Eric S. Brown, getting medieval with his infamous Bigfoot Wars series! Warlock - by William Meikle The Work We Have in Hand - A short novel by G. W. Thomas Silver Daemonsdotter and The Cracked Wax Seal - Rebecca L. Brown William Meikle is a Scottish writer with fifteen published novels and more than 250 short story credits in thirteen countries. His work appears in many professional magazines and anthologies and he has recent short story sales to NATURE Futures, Penumbra and Daily Science Fiction among others. He now lives in...

Short.Sharp.Shock is a collection of one hundred micro stories from G. W. Thomas, who used to edit a daily micro-fiction newsletter called FLASHSHOT. Here are strange and unusual tales of Horror, Humor, Fantasy and Science Fiction told in only one hundred word bursts.The story-fest ends with an article on "How To Write Micro-Fiction" in case you want to try it yourself.

SEA STORIES tells the entire tale. You will find excerpts of some of the most famous nautical stories of all time. Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor!

Meet the strange detectives! Dr. Drayk solves a mystery from another continent that haunts an English lord. Delamare and Bainbridge have four adventures involving everything from white hands that appear in the night to werewolves and faeries that seek a young woman to create a new age of evil. The Athenodorians are a secret group that guard the world from all things occult and nasty. Led by the dapper Baron von Klarnstein, we also meet his sword-swinging and aeroplane flying daughter, Orestia, Paul McNab and a host of others who cross America to find and stop "The Phantom Legion". In the ...

This collection is the fifth in the Bearshirt series about Arthan the Bear Man, a were-bear who meets monsters and evil with a sword when he isn't using his claws and jaws. This volume is set in Arthan's youth when he is only seventeen and recently on his own, having left the Mountain where bears train. "Hunter's Moon" starts us off with an encounter with a werewolf that surprises the young man."In Dark Wild Hills" has Arthan stumble upon a strange underground race that worships something terrible. "The Beacon House" is the title story with a lighthouse leagues from the sea. What purpose ...

Whispers of Ice and Sand is a collection of stories set on different worlds in a star system dominated by explorers and pioneers. Five of the stories take place on the planet Utukku where the sand is so fine that footprints disappear in seconds. Bandits and gunmen stalk this new frontier where ancient Harlequin ruins are the most sought after treasure. The other four stories are about Sudana the space captain and her android companion, Zaar. Together they face the freezing cold of Hel III, the jungles of Divu VI and a rebellion, the burning rock of Blister and an intergalactic game show, ...

Enter the world of Arthan the bear man! Traveling to the north, Arthan feels the lose of his love, Natali the wise woman. Strange men astride mammoths capture him and sacrifice him to a hole in the earth that leads to another world. In Thule, Arthan faces off against a race of lizard men before solving the secret that lies behind the countries of Sharn, Ilsic and the hated Datha. As he navigates this world, in search of a way home, he must combat another were-being!

Monster 1 sets up the series with essays on the nature of monster stories, what they are, why we write them, then goes on to look at vampire stories featuring Japanese snow ghosts, Pulp vampires in Weird Tales and the occult detectives who chase them. Next are tales of slime monsters, bug-eyed monsters, vampires in space, ape monsters, vampires in Fantasy stories, and finally, the little people. The appendixes to the book include writer's advice on how to create your own monsters using examples from H. G. Wells and Daphne Du Maurier. The final essay looks at false monsters in the tradition ...

Enter the world of Arthan the bear man! When the forest is invaded by strange creatures, the bear must give up his free-roaming life to stand against a foe that can turn ordinary people into new monsters. Arthan must fight the dark folk, the slaves of the bees, but also the local humans. Ventus has raised an army to defeat the bee queen but uses it for his own ends. Arthan faces off against gigantic insects, evil townsfolk and finally the strange evil behind the rise of the bees. Ultimately, he fights the queen of the hive for the fate of the entire forest.

Monster 2 continues the series with essays on ghostbreakers and their traditions, why the Horror genre must be scary and why to write it. There is a lengthy section on the Strange Northerns of Algernon Blackwood including a solid piece on Ithaqua the Wind-Walker and its beginnings with Blackwood. This is followed by pieces on Jim Kjelgaard and the other fantastical writers who came out of Milwaukee like Robert Bloch. We get robots in Weird Tales, as well as the early Science Ficton of John Wyndham. Articles on Francis Flagg, S. P Meek and Eando Binder. In the Sword & Sorcery section there ...

Ships of Steel is the first in a line of anthologies for the fan of Space Opera, Space Westerns and Science Fiction Adventure stories. Call it what you like, but these four novellas are filled with aliens, robots, spaceships, pirates, assassins all set on far planets or the depths of space. "Rolling Stone" by M. D. Jackson introduces the space agent, Steel, and his spaceship Darling. "The Hidden Heart" by G. W. Thomas features Sudana and Zaar, characters from his book Whispers and Ice and Sand. The crew of the Boudicca are after space pirate treasure. "Gideon's Burden" by T. Neil Thomas ...

Enter the world of Arthan the bear man! Arthan encounters a new friend on the road to Frontin. Ursil is another were-bear who works for the holy mountain’s Temple of the Bears. Someone in Frontin is capturing were-bears for their skins! The two investigate and uncover a plot that aims to do more than simply hurt the bears. Vrost the werewolf and his Pack have their eye on destroying the source of all were-bear power, The Crystal of Ursus. Arthan must save his kind from extinction as he fights a war against the werewolves. The were-foxes have a part to play….

Enter the world of Arthan the bear man! Traveling in the desert with a caravan, Arthan is in search of a magical gem that could change his life. Unfortunately there is a legion of Grimback goblins and an army of Fendezi bandits ahead of him. Worse things wait in the depths of Y'Latha, green things that try to claim the bear. While he attempts to survive this, a terrible shadow stalks him into this underground city.

G. W. Thomas returns from Strange Detectives to bring you more tales of brave heroes who face off against the darkness. You will meet former Deputy Brett Hope who finds terror in the Old West. Zombies, vampires even a woman created by magic. Hope deals with them with a six shooter and a knowledge that not is all that it seems. Also you will experience a tale of the Swiss Alps and a race of killer apes, and another of Labrador and fearless trappers who face off against a most famous enemy. And lastly, we go to modern times and Western Canada, where Sandochis and the Athenodorians face evil ...