What evil power ruled over the dank depths of Snake Swamp, striking death to bird, beast and man? Whence came the beautiful spectral maiden who roamed its paths by night?ExcerptI've been pretty much all over the world. For the last twelve years I've traveled about the United States and I've learned a few things," remarked Jim Chamberlin, structural engineer and my closest friend and co-worker."Yeah?" I answered. "What, for instance?""Well," drawled Chamberlin, a husky Westerner, "the most beautiful natural park within a city is Glen Oak in Peoria; the most beautiful city is St. Joseph, Missouri, in summer; the most gorgeous and breath-taking scenery is among the Colorado Rockies, and the backdoor to Hell is this same Snake Swamp.""No doubt about that," I agreed, "but I am not going to swallow any old-ladies' yarns about spooks. I am of the opinion that we will find a perfectly sane cause for every one of the many deaths in that devilish morass. They certainly cannot claim that ghosts are responsible for those who died by bullets.""They can claim most anything. There is no reason to believe that gunmen don't have spooks, the same as medieval maiden ladies, is there?" he replied jocularly.
The sixty stories of the perfectly constructed Colossus building had mysteriously crashed! What was the connection between this catastrophe and the weird strains of the Mad Musician's violin?
Astounding Stories of Super-Science (Vol. II No. 1 February, 1930); pulp science fiction and horror. In this issue: "The Man Who Was Dead" by Thomas H. Knight “Brigands of the Moon” by Ray Cummings “Monsters of Moyen” by Arthur J. Burks “Vampires of Venus” by Anthony Pelcher “The Soul Snatcher” by Tom Curry"The Ray of Madness" by Capt. S. P. Meek"The Readers' Corner" by All of Us
The Anthology of Sci-Fi V16 is a collection of nine Sci-fi stories from some of the best science fiction writers of the past century. Included are: The Stolen Mind by M. L. Staley, The Corpse on the Grating by Hugh B. Cave, Creatures of the Light by Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Mad Music by Anthony Pelcher, Vampires of Venus by Anthony Pelcher, A Problem in Communication by Miles J. Breuer, The Murder Machine by Hugh B. Cave, Invisible Death by Anthony Pelcher, Slaves of the Dust by Sophie Wenzel Ellis.
Vampires...those frightening night creatures with bright white, and often bloody, fangs. They are often charming, mostly gruesome and here from beyond. The Collected Vampire Stories Volume II, The Sci-Fi Edition includes four short vampire stories including: Vampires of Space by Sewell Peaslee Wright, Each Man Kills by Each Man Kills, Vampires of Venus by Anthony Pelcher, The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science (Vol. I No. 1 January, 1930); pulp science fiction and horror.In this issue:Part One of “The Beetle Horde” by Victor Rousseau“The Cave of Horror” by Captain S.P. Meek“Phantoms of Reality” by Ray Cummings“The Stolen Mind” by M.L. Staley“Compensation” by C.V. Tench“Tanks” by Murray Leinster“Invisible Death” by Anthony Pelcher
Astounding Stories of Super-Science (Vol. I No. 2 February, 1930); pulp science fiction and horror.In this issue:Conclusion of “The Beetle Horde” by Victor Rousseau“The Thief of Time” by Captain S.P. Meek“Mad Music” by Anthony Pelcher“Into Space” by Sterner St. Paul“Creatures of the Light” by Sophie Wenzel Ellis“The Corpse on the Grating” by Hugh B. Cave“Spawn of the Stars” by Charles Willard Diffin“Old Crompton's Secret” by Harl Vincent
The sixty stories of the perfectly constructed Colossus building had mysteriously crashed! What was the connection between this catastrophe and the weird strains of the Mad Musician's violin?
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