The Weird Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Stories from Weird Tales

Steve Rasnic Tem, Darrell Schweitzer, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft

Wildside Press LLC, Jan 14, 2014 - Fiction - 485 pages

The Weird Fiction Megapack collects both modern and classic stories from the classic pulp magazine, Weird Tales, with selections ranging throughout the 20th Century, but focusing mainly on the classic era of the 1930s. Included are works by many famous authors, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Manly Wade Wellman, E. Hoffmann Price, Tennessee Williams, and many more -- with an emphasis on great but less-well-known stories that readers may not have encountered before. "To Become a Sorcerer," by Darrell Schweitzer (included here) was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award.

Included are:

BOY BLUE, by Steve Rasnic Tem
TAP DANCING, by John Gregory Betancourt
TO BECOME A SORCERER, by Darrell Schweitzer
THE GOLGOTHA DANCERS, by Manly Wade Wellman
THE DEATH OF ILALOTHA, by Clark Ashton Smith
THE SALEM HORROR, by Henry Kuttner
THE DISINTERMENT, by H.P. Lovecraft and D.W. Rimel
THE SEA-WITCH, by Nictzin Dyalhis
VINE TERROR, by Howard Wandrei
THE PALE MAN, by Julius Long
WEREWOLF OF THE SAHARA, by G.G. Pendarves
TRAIN FOR FLUSHING, by Malcolm Jameson
THE DIARY OF PHILIP WESTERLY, by Paul Compton
MASK OF DEATH, by Paul Ernst
THE GIRL FROM SAMARCAND, by E. Hoffmann Price
THE MONKEY SPOONS, by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
THE VENGEANCE OF NITOCRIS, by Tennessee Williams
THE NINTH SKELETON, by Clark Ashton Smith
BIMINI, by Bassett Morgan
THE CURSE OF YIG, by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
THE HAUNTER OF THE RING, by Robert E. Howard
THE MEDICI BOOTS, by Pearl Norton Swet
THE LOST DOOR, by Dorothy Quick
DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF DURYEA, by Earl Peirce, Jr.
IN THE DARK, by Ronal Kayser

And don't forget to check out the other volumes in this series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, single author collections -- and much, much more! Search this ebookstore for "Wildside Megapack" to see the complete list.

Contents

• A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: 6
• THE MEGAPACK SERIES: 9
• BOY BLUE by Steve Rasnic Tem: 15
• TAP DANCING by John Gregory Betancourt: 28
• TO BECOME A SORCERER by Darrell Schweitzer: 35
• THE GOLGOTHA DANCERS by Manly Wade Wellman: 96
• THE DEATH OF ILALOTHA by Clark Ashton Smith: 107
• THE SALEM HORROR by Henry Kuttner: 119
• THE DISINTERMENT by HP Lovecraft and DW Rimel: 138
• THE SEAWITCH by Nictzin Dyalhis: 150
• VINE TERROR by Howard Wandrei: 186
• THE PALE MAN by Julius Long: 212
• WEREWOLF OF THE SAHARA by GG Pendarves: 219
• TRAIN FOR FLUSHING by Malcolm Jameson: 255
• THE DIARY OF PHILIP WESTERLY by Paul Compton: 270
• MASK OF DEATH by Paul Ernst: 274
• THE GIRL FROM SAMARCAND by E Hoffmann Price: 306
• THE MONKEY SPOONS by Mary Elizabeth Counselman: 321
• THE VENGEANCE OF NITOCRIS by Tennessee Williams: 334
• THE NINTH SKELETON by Clark Ashton Smith: 348
• BIMINI by Bassett Morgan: 353
• THE CURSE OF YIG by HP Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop: 377
• THE HAUNTER OF THE RING by Robert E Howard: 396
• THE MEDICI BOOTS by Pearl Norton Swet: 413
• THE LOST DOOR by Dorothy Quick: 430
• DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF DURYEA by Earl Peirce Jr: 455
• IN THE DARK by Ronal Kayser: 472
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS: 480

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Weird Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Stories from Weird Tales
• Authors: Steve Rasnic Tem, Darrell Schweitzer, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft
• Publisher: Wildside Press LLC, 2014
• ISBN: 1434442667, 9781434442666
• Length: 485 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Horror