When Harvard graduate Tom Jones sets sail for Labrador aboard his motor-yacht Miami, he expects a leisurely cruise—until a ruthless gang of gun-runners seizes his vessel off the Newfoundland coast. Forced to surrender his yacht and watch his own ship disappear behind them, Tom becomes an unwilling passenger as Scarface Boston Jimmy and his crew navigate northward, pursued by the British Navy.A ferocious Arctic storm drives them beyond all known waters, and when the ice fin...

The Radio Planet is the third book in Ralph Milne Farley's "Radio Man" series, which follows the adventures of Myles Cabot, a radio engineer who is transported to the planet Venus (referred to as "Poros" in the series) via a radio transmission experiment gone awry. In this installment, Myles Cabot finds himself once again on Venus, where he must confront new challenges and dangers in a strange and exotic world.The plot centers around Myles' efforts to rescue his wife, Lilla, the princess o...

The novel follows the adventures of Myles Cabot, an Earthman who accidentally transports himself to Venus through the use of a mysterious radio device. Once on Venus, Cabot finds himself in a strange and dangerous world inhabited by giant, intelligent ants and other fantastical creatures.The Venusians are technologically advanced, and Cabot uses his knowledge of Earth science to assist them in their struggles against hostile forces. Throughout the story, Cabot embarks on various quests, in...

The novel is set in a future where radio technology has advanced to the point where it can be used to control animals. The protagonist, Myles Cabot, is a scientist who discovers this technology and uses it to communicate with and control a variety of animals, including lions, tigers, and bears.As Myles explores the possibilities of radio communication with animals, he becomes embroiled in a conflict with a group of criminals who seek to use the technology for their own nefarious purposes. ...

This issue, we have original tales by Bruce W. Most, Hal Charles (two of them!), Amir Natan, G.T. Eggertsson, and Donna J. W. Munro. We also have a rare historical mystery/adventure set in the old west (okay, maybe you can call it a Western!) in a change-of-pace novel by classic science fiction author Murray Leinster. Plus, we have classic science fiction by Lester del Rey, a classic mystery from Hal Meredith (featuring Sherlock Holmes rival Sexton Blake), and a classic Weird Tales

Tom Spencer, a brawny football star with little love for botany, accepts an odd invitation from his old professor to witness a rare aquatic event. As moonlight rises over a mist-shrouded pool, the vallisneria plants begin their eerie bloom—and something far stranger awakens. Drawn into a dreamlike spectacle of haunting beauty and deadly desire, Tom watches ghostly figures enact a chilling ritual of love and sacrifice. But when one mist-maiden remains, the line between illusion and reality ...

The Black Cat web site has been around for almost four years now, serving up a weekly buffet of new and classic mysteries—and more recently science fiction—to thousands of readers each week. Rather than continue to release all these novels and stories as individual ebooks, we have decided to bundle them up into a convenient weekly magazine…which is a lot more fun to work on!So here is Black Cat Weekly #1, the September 5, 2021 issue, for your enjoyment pleasure.To ...

Only terror lay in the Holy City of Daloss, but Don Warren went back to find Esta, the daughter of the chieftain, and to avenge the death of his entire regiment. A science-fantasy tale of the Martian Foreign Legion.

Myles Standish Cabot, radio genius, who solved the secret of the wireless transmission of matter, returns to earth from Poros - the planet Venus - whose inhabitants, the Cupians, are much like men, except that they have antennae, instead of ears, and communicate by radio. Cabot relates how the conquered Formians (see "The Radio Man"), giat, intelligent ant-men, conspired with Prince Yuri, a renegade Cupian, and his followers to again take control of the planet.

Black Cat Weekly #6 features an eclectic mix of original, classic, and rare stories and novels—science fiction, mysteries, fantasy (light and dark), and the uncategorizable. The latest issue is no exception. Here are 2 novels and 10 shorter works:MR. BIG NOSE, by Martin Suto [mystery short]THE PASSING OF BIG MAMA MAYHALL, by Bobbi A. Chukran [mystery short]ONE HOUR, by Dashiell Hammett [mystery short]IT’S A DATE, by Hal Charles [mystery short]KEEBAN,...

A strange and curious little story, about the moonlight mating of flowers, from the May 1937 issue of the legendary pulp magazine, Weird Tales!

The Sea-Story Megapack presents 30 classic nautical tales, plus a bonus poem, ranging from pure adventure to science fiction, from the depths of the ocean to exotic ports of call. Included are:THE SHIP THAT SAW A GHOST, by Frank NorrisGHOST LANTERNS, by Alan B. LeMayTHE DANGER FROM THE DEEP, by Ralph Milne FarleyTHE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE OF A CHIEF MATE, by W. Clark RussellTHE DERELICT, by H. M. TomlinsonTHE TEMPLE, by H. P. LovecraftA DA...