When young Joseph Adler enters a small Dorchester bookstore to sell a rare old copy of The Strand Magazine - within its pages is discovered what appears to be a sheet torn from the diary of Sherlock Holmes' friend, Doctor Watson. The implications are incredible. When Adler is found dead, it is up to bookstore owner Thomas Jones, joined by his young friend, Juan Marcano, to search for clues and solve the murder in the style of their hero, Sherlock Holmes. But the older man, nicknamed Viejo,...

I spoke to the warrior, but obviously he could not understand me. I tried again in every language I knew. It was all met with the same confusion and frustration on both our parts.Nevertheless, the warrior approached me carefully and in what looked now like a peaceful manner. The red-headed girl had already left the clearing, for the warrior had spoken some words to her that caused her to run off. To where, I could not guess. The other girl with the bright green hair stood by as if ...

A Lust for LifeAnxious to undress, these dangerous dolls ply their womanly wares to get whatever they want: men, power and sex - lots of sex. Yet to quench their fiery desires they crave more, much more. See, even sultry sinners long for love.Bad Girls Need Love Too is a frolicking celebration of pulp fiction floozies doomed to keep looking for love in all the wrong places. Thankfully, repeating the same mistake over and over again has never been m...

The fifth issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine -- a special Sherlock Holmes Fiction Issue -- features an amazing new Holmes short novel by Carla Coupe, "The Adventure of the Haunted Bagpipes," plus great Holmes stories and features by Bruce I. Kilstein, Mark Wardecker, Gary Lovisi, Paula Volsky, Marc Bilgrey, Stan Trybulski, Len Moffatt. Robert Eighteen-Bisang, Lenny Picker, Alan McCright, and M J Elliott. Our biggest issue ever, at 196 pages!

Sherlock Holmes! That magical name conjures up all that is thrilling and exciting about the classic mystery short story. The Great Detective, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is without doubt the most well-known and popular fictional character ever created--and with good reason. Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories are fascinating excursions into scientific detection with interesting, well-formed characters, offering intelligent, thoughtful mysteries that all men and women can relate to--and ...

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns after a brief hiatus with a selection of fiction and nonfiction for the discerning mystery reader. This issue's stories include:LH’s LEGACY, by Rochelle CampbellROOKER, by Laird LongPENNWOOD AVENUE, by Sanford Zane MeschkowABOVE SUSPICION, by Victoria WeisfeldIDYLLWILD, by Michael HemmingsonMOTIVE, by Marc BilgreyTHE CURIOUS CASE OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, by Gary LovisiTHE DAYTIME SERIAL...

The second issue of SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY MAGAZINE includes contributions from Darrell Schweitzer ("The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires"), Marc Bilgrey ("You See, But You Forget"), David Waxman ("Tough as Diamonds?), Ron Goulart ("The Mystery of the Flying Man"), Gary Lovisi ("A Study in Evil"), Jean Paiva ("Max's Cap"), M.J. Elliott ("A Reputation for Murder"), and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ("The Musgrave Ritual"). Plus the usual features and columns!

This volume includes 25 wonderful, wondrous stories and two poems about cats, by major authors old and new. Included are:INTRODUCTION: ...IN THE DARK, by Robert ReginaldSEVEN SAW MURDER, by G. T. Fleming-RobertsTHE CATS, by H. P. Lovecraft (poem)THE HEMINGWAY KITTENS, by A. R. MorlanTHE CAT AND THE BIRDS, by AesopTHE BEAST FROM THE ABYSS, by Robert E. HowardOUT OF PLACE, by Pamela SargentTHE FOX AND THE CAT, by the Brothers Grimm

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with its May/June 2014 issue, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns by Lenny Picker and Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories:Living The Lie, by Marc BilgreyThe Adventure of the Sherlock Holmes Chocolate Cards, by Gary LovisiA Most Valuable Institution, by Dan AndriaccoA Cold Place to Die, by J.P. SeewaldThe Shocking Affair of the Steamship Friesland, ...

A Scientific Romance inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter Series and set upon the faraway planet of Ares, The Mind Masters is the fourth volume in this great new series of sword-and-planet adventures!

In the not-so-distant future, men have come to Mars to escape the oppressive Earth government. Ryan is an agent for a super-secret government agency, the Department of Control (DOC), and has always been willing to do whatever his masters want of him. But on Mars, everything is different, and all that Ryan does is read books: hardboiled, noir crime paperbacks dating from the last century. In fact, such works are read and collected by everyone on Mars, even serving as a medium of exchange. W...

Action and adventure in the tradition of The Spider and The Executioner!Harry Turner won't sit on the sidelines any longer. He's through watching his neighborhoods and fellow New Yorkers suffer. Drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters practically have free reign. When he dons the nightblack disguise of The Nemesis, criminals won't stand a chance against his brand of Justice … but when he encounters the Satan Plague, he learns of a menace far greater than mere drug pushers.THE NEM...