A collection of detective-mystery by some of the true greats from the late 1800's mystery writers.These classic authors are still engaging today.Some of these are:Frank Richard Stockton - known for his "Lady and the Tiger"Anna Katharine Green - known as "the mother of the detective story"Franklin Fyles - American playwright and theatre criticEdgar Fawcett - bestselling novelist at the turn of the last cent...

The fifth collection of short stories by J. R. Kruze.Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about. These stories will let you start wondering about the world around you.Mystery, fantasy, paranormal, romance and science fiction are a few of this mixed genre collection.Enjoy seeing your world through J. R. Kruze's eyes...Anthology c...

Fighting off a rampaging troll in the woods just to rescue her milk cow wasn't the first thing on her list today.Neither was finding a male wood nymph who needed her help.What didn't help was his attitude of being "Nature's gift to women", but his broken leg meant he was going to perish out there when the next troll came along.Come to think of it, maybe that troll was after him, and not her Bessie-cow?Regardless, she just couldn't l...

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".In a discussion of women writers of detective fiction, scholar Ellen Higgins in 1994 chronicled the work of Green as popularizing the genre a decade before Arthur Conan Doyle br...

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".In a discussion of women writers of detective fiction, scholar Ellen Higgins in 1994 chronicled the work of Green as popularizing the genre a decade before Arthur Conan Doyle br...

I WANTED TO BE MORE than just some electronic house-haunting ghost - I wanted to understand being Human.All electricity works on "on" and "off" states, if you break it right down. Even when you blend several AC and DC circuits together on the same feed. And that's what makes logic and decisions.But humans are never really off. They are running all the time - even during sleep. And their decisions aren't logical. They'd even kill each other when it served th...

A Ghost Hunters Lore CollectionWhen muses become obnoxiously ever-present, the easy way out is to write their stories. As fiction - even though you both know they are very real. However, I'd been living and working in the world of non-fiction for years now, and happily funding my research this way.But the itch to dip back into the heady worlds of fiction was still making my life uncomfortable on a regular basis.It was an author named Bradley Ramsey ...

"Well, this is curious - I've only got papers that say to take one of you."My two latest deaths stood in front of me."The other is supposed to keep on living. But here you both are."Neither spoke to volunteer which was which."So, you both intend to keep on living, in spite of my orders to take one of you."Silence signaled assent."You know that no one has ever cheated Death. Just because you have some spirit-guides looking out...

The fourth collection of short stories by J. R. Kruze.Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about. These stories will let you start wondering about the world around you.Mystery, fantasy, paranormal, romance and science fiction are a few of this mixed genre collection.Enjoy seeing your world through J. R. Kruze's eyes...Anthology ...

The Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown brings the Robin Hood legend to vivid life.Young Robin Longbow, apprentice forester in the King's Forest of Nottingham, must contend with the dislike of the Chief Forester, who bullies Robin in memory of his popular father. But Robin does not want to leave Nottingham or lose the title to his father's small tenancy, because he is in love with a young lady named Ma...

An outcast princess must earn her birthright as a hero of the realm—in this "utterly engrossing" Newbery Medal–winning fantasy ( The New York Times ).Aerin is an outcast in her own father's court, daughter of the foreign woman who, it was rumored, was a witch who enchanted the king to marry her.That is, until the day that the king is riding out at the head of an army. A weary man on an exhausted horse staggers into...

From the Newbery award-winning author of The Hero and The Crown , a magic-filled retelling of Beauty and the Beast featuring Beauty and her sisters.Once upon a time, a wealthy merchant had three daughters. When his business failed, he moved his daughters to the countryside. The youngest daughter, Beauty, is fascinated by the thorny stems of a mysterious plant that overwhelms their neglected cottage. She tends the plant un...