Hugh Bowen's Cave transports you to the rugged cliffs of southwest Wales, and the sturdy people who live there. When Dr. Van Bentham-a New York professor, forensic psychologist, and medical doctor-sets sail on a cruise with his wife, Ava, he has no idea he is about to become embroiled in a mysterious intrigue. He learns of two fishermen reeling in a drowned man in a secluded bay on the Welsh Coast, close to Bentham's hometown. The case sparks curiosity when Bentham learns the man had a cryptic code on him. As clues find their way into Bentham's possession, he discovers he and his wife have become mixed up in a smuggling plot, as well as a conspiracy against the royal family. Will Van be able to decipher the encoded message and unravel a terrorist scheme in time to foil the smugglers and safeguard the royals?
Winner of a 1997 World Fantasy Award, Hugh B. Cave has been writing for nearly seven decades. The author has selected twenty-five tales of horror, weird-menace, and "strange mystery" that span his long and varied career. No single collection can do justice to Cave's range and incredible output of well over a thousand stories, plus novels and non-fiction books and articles. But The Door Below offers a tasty sampling of Hugh's dark fiction. Required reading for any horror or pulp fiction aficionado.
Murgunstrumm & Others" is a huge retrospective collection of the best horror and weird fantasy stories by master Hugh B. Cave. Originally published in the pulp magazines of the 1930s-1950s, this collection includes stories that originally appeared in the magazines "Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror," "Weird Tales," "Spicy Mystery Stories," "Ghost Stories," "Thrilling Mysteries," "Black Book Detective Magazine," "Argosy," "Adventure," "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and "Whispers.
Chris Godfrey, the famous astronaut, is on holiday in Majorca with his friends Morrey, Serge and Tony. They visit the fabulous underground Caves of Drachm and there they encounter Ebenezer Yates, an elderly and wealthy American who is greatly distressed because his grandson Ian has just disappeared. There is one cavern to which no one is admitted; armed soldiers guard its entrance, but Mr Yates knows that Ian was fascinated by this forbidden cave and he is sure that the boy has slipped in while the lights were switched off. The cavern is regarded with such terror that no one will talk about it, but Mr Yates finally discovers that before it was kept guarded a number of people had entered and none had ever returned. Nonetheless, the astronauts are determined to find Ian no matter what the danger...
Ten stories of murder and suspense from one of the all-time masters of pulp fiction An addled ex-boxer named Tiny Tim ambles out of the shadows and complains to a beat cop that he is being followed. The officer laughs him off; everyone knows that Tiny Tim has heard footsteps behind him for years. But a few minutes later, Tim is spotted in a pool of blood, dead at the bottom of the subway steps. After years of running, the imagined footsteps have caught up to him at last. This brisk tale of deception and murder is but one of the stories in this collection from Hugh B. Cave, a master of pulp fiction whose career spanned seventy-five years. Along with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Cave was one of the defining authors of Black Mask magazine, and these stories are perfect examples of what set that pulp apart. Hard-boiled, fast-paced, and witty, the tales of Long Live the Dead are just as captivating now as they were on the newsstand many decades ago.
Ramble House is proud to present a collection of stories by one of the Grand Masters of Horror Fiction, Hugh B. Cave. Most of these have never been reprinted since their pulp publication back in the 30s. John Pelan tells you all about this important addition to the Cave library in his introduction. The stories in this book are: House of the Restless Dead, Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1935 Blood in the House, Thrilling Mystery Magazine, June 1936 Daughters of Dark Desire, Dime Mystery Magazine, December 1935 Spawn of Inferno, Weird Tales, October 1932 House of Lost Souls, Dime Mystery Magazine September 1934 Satan's Sepulcher, Terror Tales, April 1935 Death in the Dark, Dime Mystery Magazine, June 1934 The Infernal Shadow, Strange Tales, October 1932 Enslaved by Satan, Terror Tales, February 1935
Murgunstrumm Others" is a huge retrospective collection of the best horror and weird fantasy stories by master Hugh B. Cave. Originally published in the pulp magazines of the 1930s-1950s, this collection includes stories that originally appeared in the magazines "Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror," "Weird Tales," "Spicy Mystery Stories," "Ghost Stories," "Thrilling Mysteries," "Black Book Detective Magazine," "Argosy," "Adventure," "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and "Whispers.
Most of the story takes place in the Mushroom Cave. The walls glow bright, so there is no need for any other light in most of the cave. Mark is a young boy trying to find his way back home. He has the help of Randy, a red-spotted mushroom. Other spotted mushrooms also go along with Mark and Randy. Greg is a green- spotted mushroom. Blake is a blue-spotted mushroom. Peggy is a pink-spotted mushroom. They do come across others in the cave that are not mushrooms""a snail that is very large; Timmy, who is a tumble bug; and some spiders and rats that are not helpful. Did I tell you very thing about the book? No. I believe it is good to leave a few gems for you to fine for yourself. This is my first book. I feel the best way to have someone read my book is to tell it like it is. I will tell you this. If this book was a cake, the ending is the icing on the cake. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope you enjoy the book.
Adventure Tales showcases the best authors from the classic pulp magazines of the early to mid 20th Century. This volume highlights the work of Hugh B. Cave as the Featured Author, with two rare, previously unreprinted stories, plus fiction contributions by J. Allan Dunn, H. Bedford Jones, Harold Lamb, Vincent Starrett, H. de Vere Stacpoole, Saki (H.H. Munro), Johnston McCulley, Captain A.E. Dingle, Charles C. Young, John Kendrick Bangs, and F. Marion Crawford. Interview with Hugh B. Cave.
In the gloomy depths of the old warehouse Dale saw a thing that drew a scream of horror to his dry lips. It was a corpse-the mold of decay on its long-dead features-and yet it was alive!
Cave is the last living writer to contribute to Black Mask, which created the private-eye story with tales by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The book includes new prefaces to each story by the author, an introduction by Keith Allan Deutsch and a Hugh Cave checklist.
Hugh Barnett Cave (1910-2004) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction who also excelled in other genres. His interest in black magic, Haiti, and the Caribbean led him to write "Black Sun" (1960),a mainstream novel set on the Caribbean island of St Joseph
Black Mask, the greatest American detective magazine of all time is back with an all-new story by the creator of Doc Savage, Lester Dent. Also featuring classic hard-boiled detective stories by Horace McCoy, Wyatt Blassingame, Day Keene, Herbert Koehl, Kent Richards, Stephen McBarron, Dwight V. Babcock, Hugh B. Cave, and Edgar Franklin, all from the golden age of pulp fiction. With vintage brush illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker, as well as a previously-unpublished interview with the author of Donovan’s Brain, Curt Siodmak.
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.
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