The River of Stars begins in a savage, secretive African interior, where an expedition led by Francis Sutton sets out in search of a diamond-rich river said to lie beyond Alebi territory. Pressed by a demanding financier for maps and proof, and warned by Commissioner Sanders of tribal danger and forbidden ground, the party disappears into the bush, leaving behind only rumors of greed, loss, and imperial folly. Months later, Sanders uncovers a grisly fate: the white men were captured and mu...

On a fog-bound London night, a violet-selling street boy slips a mysterious note to a well-dressed man marked only by the initials N.H.C., setting in motion a chain of secret exchanges that runs from the opera house to the city's criminal backstreets. Amid the glitter of society, Doris Grayson, her father Gerald, the attentive American Cord Van Ingen, and the alluring Count Poltavo move through a world of jealousy, flirtation, and concealed danger, where a sudden illness, furtive departure...

In London's glittering underworld, a diamond robbery unfolds with cool precision until a masked stranger steps from the shadows, gun in hand, determined not to steal but to study. His calm, audacious intrusion sets the tone for a novel of crime, wit, and psychological suspense, where hidden identities and expert deception are as valuable as the jewels themselves. Elsewhere, Derby Day brings Gilbert Standerton into a world of noise, weather, and fate, where a thunderstorm tests his nerve an...

From Edgar Wallace's relentless pacing to John Buchan's espionage classic The Thirty-Nine Steps, this sweeping collection gathers thirty stories of danger, pursuit, and hidden agendas. Erskine Childers's proto-spy intrigue, Louis Joseph Vance's gentleman-crook capers, Mary Roberts Rinehart's had-I-but-known suspense, and William Le Queux's invasion thrillers sit alongside contributions from Henry Rider Haggard, G. K. Chesterton, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, tracing the suspense and thriller s...

Kenneth McKay is already uneasy about his beloved Margot Lynn, whose secrecy and unexplained wealth make him fear she is hiding something dangerous. When she abruptly ends their relationship by letter, his private doubts begin to echo a wider unease: money has gone missing from his bank, and the cool, observant detective J. G. Reeder has appeared on the scene. In this atmosphere of romantic suspicion and financial unease, a winter roadside tragedy suddenly widens the case into something fa...

e-artnow presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D… George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution… Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Marti...

We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press—witness the fact that we have now now reached our eighth volume in this series. Very few other genres are so versatile and enduring as tales of the supernatural. Ghosts can (and have) appeared in literature for thousands of years, in all countries and continents (and times past, present, and future) throughout the world. But the Victorian era particularly seemed to embrace ghost stories, and that’s when Christmas ghost tales became not just a st...

The Ultimate SF Collection: 150 Classics offers a sweeping survey of speculative fiction's evolution, presenting a diverse array of stories that collectively explore the limitless possibilities of science, technology, and human imagination. This anthology spans the genre's birth to its golden age, showcasing a rich tapestry of styles ranging from pioneering science fiction to visionary utopias and dystopias. Works within this collection captivate with their exploration of societal norms, e...

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted SF collection, jam-packed with the dystopian worlds, intergalactic action-adventures, and the greatest Sci-Fi classics: E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D… George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution… Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Mo...

CALL "M" FOR MURDER assembles an extraordinarily capacious archive of crime writing, spanning foundational detective puzzles, sensational thrillers, police investigations, espionage tales, locked-room enigmas, and studies in psychological menace. Its 885 narratives trace the genre's movement from Gothic uncertainty and urban sensation toward the formal intricacies of the classic whodunit. Memorable modes—including the brilliant amateur sleuth, the criminal mastermind, the procedural inquir...

Murder Under The Mistletoe gathers Christmas-season mysteries in which domestic warmth, ritual festivity, and winter seclusion become instruments of suspense. Its selection ranges from detective puzzles and locked-room enigmas to comic crime, sensation narrative, and psychologically alert tales of deception. Yuletide settings—houses bright with holly, crowded gatherings, railway journeys, and snowbound streets—sharpen the genre's enduring contrast between communal celebration and concealed...

The 'Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales' offers an expansive and dazzling panorama of science fiction literature, traversing an array of distinct literary styles and epochs. From the abyssal depths of the ocean to the outer reaches of space, these stories explore the profundities of human experience and the vast expanse of the imaginable. The collection showcases a remarkable diversity in storytelling, ranging from the pioneering scie...