This fine collection of vintage mysteries from the pulp magazines presents 13 tales sure to thrill the armchair detective. Included are:HANDS OF DOOM, by David H. KellerEVIDENCE, by Murray LeinsterTHE DRUMS OF DEATH, by J. Allan DunnHAIR OF THE CAT, by Robert TurnerHELL’S SIPHON, by George Harmon CoxeDIBBLE DABBLES IN DEATH, by David Wright O’BrienCLOSE TO MY HEART, by Chester S. GeierTHE RAG-TAG GIRL, by Norbert DavisMASTER O...

In "Blitzkrieg in the Past," David Wright O'Brien offers a thorough exploration of the military strategies and historical narratives that defined the German Blitzkrieg tactics during World War II. This work employs a meticulous academic style, blending detailed analysis with accessible prose, making the complexities of warfare understandable for both scholars and general readers. O'Brien situates his analysis within a broader literary context, examining how these strategies have influenced...

David Wright O’Brien’s “Trapped on Titan” first appeared the June 1940 issue of Amazing Stories magazine. This action-adventure tale takes place on the largest moon in the Saturn planetary system, Titan, deserted by Earthmen for the past five centuries and declared off-limits. Yet two pilots are forced to land there in their crippled spaceship and encounter a lovely woman, both fascinating and terrifying. Where did she come from? How has she survived the extremely hostile natives?A...

As consciousness returned to him, Thane fought to push aside the thick curtain of nausea and pain which blanketed his mind. Somewhere in the distance a telephone was ringing with evenly spaced insistence, and Thane tried to struggle to his feet to answer it.“A minute...jus’ minute,” Thane mumbled thickly.He managed somehow to push himself upward on his elbows. Pain lanced molten shafts of agony into his temples and he groaned, clutching tightly to the cool, hard object in h...

As consciousness returned to him, Thane fought to push aside the thick curtain of nausea and pain which blanketed his mind. Somewhere in the distance a telephone was ringing with evenly spaced insistence, and Thane tried to struggle to his feet to answer it.“A minute...jus’ minute,” Thane mumbled thickly.He managed somehow to push himself upward on his elbows. Pain lanced molten shafts of agony into his temples and he groaned, clutching tightly to the cool, hard object in h...

Rats in the Belfry by David Wright O'Brien delivers a chilling and suspenseful science fiction narrative that blurs the line between madness and reality. O’Brien crafts a story where something is deeply wrong beneath the surface, and what begins as a strange disturbance quickly escalates into a psychological and possibly otherworldly threat. As the narrative unfolds, readers are drawn into an atmosphere of unease and tension, where the question is not just...

„The Collected Short Stories” is a collection of short adventure stories from pioneering American fantasy and science fiction writer David Wright O’Brien (1918–1944). A nephew of Farnsworth Wright, editor of Weird Tales, O’Brien was 22 years old when his first story „Truth Is a Plague! „ appeared in the February 1940 issue of Amazing Stories. There were about forty stories and novels under his own name plus others under various pseudonyms, including John York Cabot, Bruce Dennis, Duncan Fa...

After a „short, dumpy bald-headed guy in civvies” installs an invention – a time transfer device – in a tank that proceeds into the Georgia wilderness on maneuvers, a lightning bolt send the tank and its three operators backward in time. Shortly afterward they notice a single three-toes dinosaur footprint and disturbingly they hear the bloodthirsty scream of a very strange „bird”. „Blitzkrieg in the Past” is a science fiction from American fantasy and science fiction writer David Wright O’...

Looking for a satisfying, meticulously exciting adventure with which to while away an afternoon? Look no further than „Squadron of the Damned”, a short story from one of the most early writers in the genre of fantasy and science fiction, David Wright O’Brien. O’Brien’s work was space opera or other routine adventure, but many of his stories betray a strain of humor, not unlike Henry Kuttner’s at that time. Some of the stories were co-written with his close friend William P. McGivern, with ...