E. Hoffmann Price was one of the "Weird Tales Circle" that included H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. In fact, he was the only person to meet both Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft in person. The stories collected here span multiple genres and multiple decades: detective, western, adventure, and fantasy. The one thing they have in common (aside from some mildly titillating content) is the sure voice of a born storyteller. Once you start reading an E. Hoffmann Pric...

Welcome to The 11th Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK®, which features the weird fiction of E. Hoffmann Price. Wildside Press, in association with Mr. Price’s heirs, are dedicated to making the extensive body of work of this pulpsmith extraordinaire accessible once again to the public through our line of MEGAPACK® collections.Included in this volume are 18 more of Price's classic stories from the pages of Weird Tales and other pulp magazines. Here are:SALADIN'S THRONE-RU...

E. Hoffmann Price’s Exotic Adventures MEGAPACK® contains 11 stories and short novels set in a wide range of locales: Europe, Polynesia, Asia, the Middle East, etc. Their settings also range chronologically, from historical adventures to contemporary thrillers and were all published between 1935 and 1945 (with an outlier from 1971 as the finale). These are full-blooded, two-fisted tales of warriors throughout the ages, seeking glory and triumph. We hope you enjoy these rip-roaring tales of ...

In the 21st century, Avery Jarvis "Doc" Brandon lived in luxurious seclusion on subtropical Nameless Island. An immensely wealthy gene-engineer who dabbled in illegal baby-making, Doc was 186 years of age and looked 35. But a storm loomed on the horizon. Bureaucrats had blundered across Doc's real age. They wanted his "secret discovery" and would undertake anything -- including kidnapping, blackmail, and murder -- to get it!

Rod Garvin just made too many waves for the Thought Control Board that controlled the 21st century. Throwing him in an insane asylum didn't restrain him. Nor, when that didn't work, did sentencing him to a suicide job on Mars. Garvin was bright, driven, and stubborn. The only thing Thought Control could was was get rid of him -- quietly and permanently. And that was fine with Garvin...since it meant he could make his dreamed-of voyage into deep space. But when his exploration ship stumbles...

In the embattled city of Angor-lana, Sultan Schamas ad Din struggles to hold power against rebellion, assassination attempts, and the humiliating interference of a British Resident who repeatedly restrains his brutality. When he discovers that his own nephew Maksoud is tied to the unrest, the sultan turns to the shadowy darvish Ismeddin, whose counsel leads him beyond court intrigue and into the ruined mystery of Atlânaat, where the feared "Lord of the World" is said to dwell. What begins ...

Craig Verrill, a stubborn Venusian doctor, is driven by pride into a reckless vow to win the legendary Fire of Skanderbek after a jealous quarrel over a ruby and the woman he loves, Linda. Though Linda begs him to abandon the foolish promise and remain in the safe, ordered domed cities of Venus, he pushes onward, crossing from civilized comfort into a brutal frontier where honor, rivalry, and instinct rule. At a remote Terrestrial trading-post and mountain settlement, Verrill enters a worl...

Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 - 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key," though he published hundreds of other works. This volume collects 19 of his western and war stories. Note that this volume, as with much pulp fiction of the era, is not politically correct by modern standards. It is a product of its era...

SATAN’S FOOTPRINTS GUIDEBOOK tourists to Southern France concentrate on Biarritz; but those who love unspoiled antiquity prefer Bayonne, that gray-walled city that basks in the warmth of the Pyrenees and guards the road to Spain. The moat that girdles the citadel is dry, and the drawbridges are no longer serviceable; but at sunrise, when the Lachepaillet Wall and the cathedral spires seem floating on banks of low-lying river mists from the Nive and the Adour, Bayonne is a hasheesh dream ra...

The tale of a strange romance between a gas-station attendant and a lovely California woman, who has lain in her lonely grave for more than a hundred years!E. Hoffmann Price—one of the mainstays of fantasy and horror fiction in the classic days of the pulp magazines—published this classic vampire story in the legendary magazine Weird Tales in 1939.

"Through the Gates of the Silver Key" is a short story collaboration between H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price. It was written in 1932 and is considered one of the key stories in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The story is a sequel to Lovecraft's "The Silver Key" and continues the exploration of cosmic horror and the nature of reality.In this tale, Randolph Carter, the recurring protagonist in some of Lovecraft's works, discovers a way to travel between dimensions and experiences s...

"Through the Gates of the Silver Key" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft, an American writer best known for his works of horror fiction. This story is a collaboration between Lovecraft and his colleague E. Hoffmann Price, although Lovecraft is credited as the primary author.Published in 1934, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" is one of Lovecraft's lesser-known works but is highly regarded among his fans for its cosmic horror themes and imaginative storytelling. The stor...