A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time.Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing has come close to matching “that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky.” He prowls the foggy city night—bus stops and stretches of ...

This volume of Wildside Press's best-selling MEGAPACK® series focuses on tales first published in the "Spice" line of pulp magazines. Here are 25 mystery tales considered quite titillating in their day, but mild by modern standards.

DRAUGR’S SAGA - THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IN THE VIKING AGEOur Hero, and the fisherman’s daughter, Chivonne, escape savage villagers, intent on extracting vengeance for crimes they never committed.But the road to freedom turns out to be paved with dangers surpassing even rage-filled Scots.When they encounter a Viking Long-Ship, Aedan takes a chance and asks for passage, but is worried about what the Vikings might do to him, or worse, to Chivonne.

The Expendable Man is the second thriller published by Persephone Books (our first was the very successful The Blank Wall). But it is far more than a crime novel. Just as Hughes's earlier books had engaged with the political issues of the 1940s – the legacy of the Depression, and the struggles against fascism and rascism – so The Expendable Man, published in 1963 during John F. Kennedy's presidency and set in Arizona, evokes the emerging racial, social and moral tensions of the time. As de...

Draugr's Saga - The Zombie Apocalypse in the Viking AgeIn order to stem the swelling draugar horde, former Viking slave, Aedan, along with his allies, set out on a perilous journey to enlist the help of the Irish people, hoping to cement an alliance and build a cohesive army. This is their only hope of saving the islands, and indeed, perhaps the entire world.They first land in Viking controlled Vadrefjord, south west of Dubhlinn. There they get an unexpecte...

DRAUGR’S SAGA - THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IN THE VIKING AGEIn this episode, our hero barely survives a duel with the rapist Sixten, and faces the wrath of Amund and Finnr’s war party over his victory.As the men bed down for the night, their encampment is overrun by a countless horde of Draugr, and Aedan engineers their escape.On their voyage home they meet the infamous Black Spear, heading a fleet of fifty ships and commanding nearly a thousand men. Is ...

When Con Satterlee picked up the half-intoxicated blonde in the Bamboo Bar, Griselda was annoyed. When he walked out with the blonde, leaving Griselda flat, she was furious. She was frightened, too, returning alone to the isolated, ramshackle beach cottage. And this was to have been their second honeymoon!Con came back rattling a handful of shells which he said he had taken from the blonde’s revolver. But the blonde didn’t come back. The police found her corpse the next morning. An...

Originally featured as articles in the ESV Study Bible, these eighteen essays have been repurposed and republished in a convenient format. Covering a diverse range of essential subjects, including how to read the Bible well and why it is reliable, the essays delve into specific topics such as world religions, canon, and archaeology.Useful as both a general overview of the Bible and as a tool for more specific reference and training, readers of this book will grow in their ...

Nebulon, a sleepy little Florida town. It had never known trouble, never expected it from its smallest, most innocent residents-the children. But something awful was growing in the youngest minds. It began with a child's brutal attack on her mother's lover. A pet obscenely mutilated. A baby drowned in the lake. A man blinded, then savagely stabbed to death. As the small, familiar faces turned away without feeling, the clues lead to old Gustave Nebulon's house and a door that, if opened, ma...

The canoe trip to the Kekekabic country of Minnesota was to be the test. If Kim and Hawk, youthful sons of a veteran guide, could take the two city boys through the wilderness fishing and make a success of it, they would be established guides. It was the opportunity for which they had so fervently wished ever since their father disappeared after a plane crash in the northern woods.Their charges, Porky and Peter, were about the age of their guides and amateurs at the game, but quick...

This volume presents studies of some of the key artistic manifestations in Catalonia in recent times, a period of innovation and experimentation, and addresses issues concerning literature, film, theatre and performance art. From the creation of a new popular theatre in the work of the Valencian playwright Rodolf Sirera, or the conception of landscape, myth and memory in the late work of the novelist Mercè Rodoreda and the urgency of memory and remembrance in the writings of Jordi Coca, th...

A selfless girl sacrifices everything, struggling to survive in a gritty dystopian future in order to fulfill her little sister's one dream - to see the Moon.Most people would agree that there are limits to what you can own; owning other people is forbidden, at least in the modern world. But what about everything else? We can own the land, the minerals underground, as well as the sea (within a set number of miles of sovereign territory). But what about the sky? Or even the moon?