DIVNew York’s toughest PR woman takes on the city’s deadliest business: toys/divDIV Hilary Quayle will do anything to get a client a bit of good press—no matter how late she has to stay out or how many martinis she has to knock back. But even though she is the best PR woman in Manhattan, she has a weakness: She has always wanted to be a detective. So when Trim-Tram Toys’ hot new product is stolen and sold to a knock-off huckster named Sid Goetz, Hilary can’t resist the case. And it only gets more interesting when the theft leads to murder./divDIV /divDIVHilary and her assistant, Gene, push their way through the crowd at the bustling Toy Fair, but when they reach Goetz’s showroom they find it strangely subdued. Sid lies dead, shot in his sizeable stomach, three Scrabble tiles clutched in his fist. Chasing killers may not be a game, but that doesn’t mean that Hilary won’t have a good time playing. /div
DIVHilary takes on a pair of mysteries—one fictional, and one all too real/divDIV In college, Hilary Quayle dreamed of the stage, and playing all the great leading ladies that Shakespeare had to offer. But her interest was due less to the Bard than to another man: director, actor, and theatrical personality Michael Godwin. And though she got her wish, she found that acting onstage and romancing backstage did not add up to happiness. A decade past college, she’s now a publicity wizard and occasional sleuth, but still nursing enough of a schoolgirl crush to help Michael Godwin when he calls./divDIV /divDIVThe director is in New York to stage a spectacular, arena-sized Macbeth, one that will answer the centuries-old question: Who is the mysterious third murderer who appears in Act III? When accidents begin to plague the production, Godwin and his company chalk it up to the play’s curse. But when a real murderer enters the scene, only Hilary Quayle can guarantee a happy ending. /div
DIVThe worst comic in New York is dead, and Hilary wants to know who gave him the hook/divDIV The Sons of the Desert are serious about comedy, fond of cocktails, and utterly devoted to the films of Laurel and Hardy. Their meetings are always merry, boozy romps, but the laughter dies whenever Wayne Poe takes the stage. A comic with bad timing, bad material, and a mean streak, he’s known for stealing jokes and getting nasty when they bomb—which is just about every time he steps into the spotlight. Wayne has been murdering comedy for years, and now someone has decided to return the favor./divDIV /divDIVPress agent and occasional sleuth Hilary Quayle is at her first meeting of the Sons of the Desert, accompanied by her assistant, Gene, when Wayne unexpectedly takes his final bow. And while Hilary may not know much about Laurel and Hardy, only she has the wit to unmask the club member who’s looking to get the last laugh./div
DIVIn a famous Nashville family, a deadly feud is as much a tradition as country music /divDIV Hilary Quayle has never done public relations for a country-western client, but Amanda Boulder’s songwriting is beautiful, her voice is pure, and her career is in bad need of a good publicist. But there’s one thing standing in the way of a great solo career: the rest of the Boulder family./divDIV /divDIVThe Boulders have been touring for eight decades, ever since old Pappy Boulder first picked up a fiddle. Hilary sends her assistant, Gene, to join up with the traveling Boulder Clan bluegrass musicians as they make their way to Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry. But before Amanda’s budding solo career can put an end to the family business, someone decides to put an end to her. She’s onstage at the Opry when the poison hits. And when Hilary Quayle gets to Nashville, she’ll learn that Southern hospitality and murder can go hand-in-hand. /div
While on vacation in DC, Marty must outwit kidnappers at a magicians’ convention Marty Gold deserves a vacation. For years he has toiled behind the pharmacy counter at Spector’s, a Manhattan institution whose classic soda fountain makes it a magnet for every overstuffed rear end on the West Side. Among his most devoted customers is Mase O’Dwyer, a chunky young magician who treats Marty as a captive audience for hour upon hour of poorly executed magic tricks. When Marty finally saves up enough money for a jaunt down to Washington, DC, Mase insists on tagging along to attend a magic convention. But as soon as he arrives, the hapless magician finally manages to make one trick work: He disappears. Mase has been kidnapped, and as much as he dislikes the kid, Marty feels obligated to rescue him. It will take magic to save the portly illusionist, but the druggist has a few of his own tricks up his sleeves.
When a television writer takes a tumble, Hilary finds herself amidst the drama PR whiz Hilary Quayle not only fired her assistant, Gene, she also broke up with him on the same day. And since the implosion of their office romance, Gene has been stuck in Philadelphia, consoling himself with Riverday, a soap opera most notable for its star’s uncanny resemblance to his former boss. But one gray Pennsylvania day, he goes to the local shopping center, where his daytime idol is signing autographs. There he learns the star is Hilary’s cousin, and she has hired his beloved as her press agent. He is just beginning to woo his way back into his old job when murder intervenes. In a plot twist suitable for the world of soaps, Riverday’shead writer takes a stark-naked swan dive off the roof of the TV studio. To protect her cousin, Hilary investigates the killing with Gene, as always, at her side. Determined to Hilary her back, Gene will stop at nothing—so long as he doesn’t find himself written out of the series.
When an allergic reaction results in death, a pharmacist takes the heat Marty Gold has enough problems. Cockroaches, for one thing, and two parents who give him endless grief for moving away from home, for another. But at Spector’s Drugs in Manhattan, he is a king. The prescriptions he fills save lives, and the milkshakes he prepares make those lives worth living. So as December approaches, Marty’s biggest concern is surviving Thanksgiving dinner. He has no idea he’s about to be accused of murder. Of all the elderly women who frequent the pharmacy, Bernice Fenimore is the kindest. Marty has been refilling her Darvon prescription for so long that it’s almost automatic. So when she drops dead of an allergic reaction, and the wrong pills turn up in the prescription bottle, the druggist is the chief suspect. To clear his name, Marty will have to scour the West Side in search of the real killer, and he’ll find that investigating a murder is even trickier than making the perfect milkshake.
In his stunning tour-de-force sequel to Mary Shelley's novel FRANKENSTEIN, horror master Marvin Kaye (author of A Cold Blue Light and The Masters of Solitude) breathes new life into the Creature, offering a glimpse into the soul behind the monster -- and redemption to not only Victor Frankenstein, but the life he created. From the snow-swept wastes of the Frozen North to the gaslit streets of Edinburgh (where Burke & Hare are just starting their body-snatching ways), THE PASSION OF FRANKENSTEIN is a horror event not to be missed!
Kaye's first collection of short fiction presents a selection of his finest fantasy and horror works, including the title story about an elderly Jew possessed by the spirit of Hitler.
This volume collects two Don Juan plays: "Mister Jack," by Marvin Kaye, and "Don Juan's Final Night," by Edmond Rostand (freely revised and adapted from "La Derniere Nuit de Don Juan" by Marvin Kaye). Also included are an introduction with historical and staging notes, plus an Afterword, "Mister Jack's Technique for Looking at Women.
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #24 features the best in contemporary and classic mystery fiction, with a great linup of crimes and columns. Here are: Features: From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D. Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson Non Fiction: SCREEN OF THE CRIME, by Kim Newman COP ROCK, by Eugene D. Goodwin THE LOVELY CASTOR BEAN, by O’Neill Curatolo CONAN DOYLE, HOLMES, WATSON, AND MEDICINE, by Bruce Kilstein, D.O., F.A.C.O.S FICTION THE BUTTERFLY AND THE SPIDER, by Stan Trybulski VOICES, by Michael Haynes INCIDENT AT PUERTO ANGEL, by Dianne Neral Ell TAKE-OUT, by Laird Long NERO WOLFE, PRO BONO, by Archie Goodwin THE SHED, by Ellen Wight CAREER TRANSITIONS, by Marian McMahon Stanley THE OCCURRENCE OF THE MARCHING MARIONETTE, by Teel James Glenn THE MAN BENEATH THE STREET, by Dana Martin Batory THE ADVENTURE OF THE CROOKED MAN, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle POETRY THE GRANDE MADAME, by Mackenzie Clarkes ART & CARTOONS Front Cover by Matias del Carmine Cartoon by Marc Bilgrey
Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published "The Gazette," chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. NERO WOLFE: THE ARCHIE GOODWIN FILES is a new selection of Neronian delights carefully picked from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.
Weird Tales #360 is a special Elder Gods issue, featuring creepy new stories by many horror & dark fantasy luminaries, including: Brian Lumley - "The Long Last Night" Michael Shea - "Momma Durtt" Michael Reyes - "The Darkness at Table Rock Road" Darrell Schweitzer - "The Runners Beyond the Wall" Matthew Jackson - "Drain" William Blake-Smith - "The Thing in the Cellar" Parke Godwin - "To Be a Star" Jessica Amanda Salmonson - "The Empty City" .....& many more! As if that isn't enough...you'll also find a Ray Bradbury tribute, with rare fiction, poetry, and non-fiction about Bradbury: "The Exiles" (original version), by Ray Bradbury "My New Ending to Rosemary's Baby," by Ray Bradbury "Personal Memories of Ray Bradbury," by Marvin Kaye "Remembrance," by Ray Bradburya
This second Hilary Quayle mystery finds her backstage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry when musicians are being bumped off one by one. Author Kaye draws on his experience as an entertainment reporter for this country music mystery.
Adventure into Whimsey with Hilarious Travels and Hysterical Travails. Be dragged along with our Nameless Hero through the snows of Siberia, the frigid waters of sundry oceans, deserts, desserts, forests and fantastical locations real and imagined around the cosmos. With improbable situations and tortuous tangents becoming more and more absurd along the way, you will laugh out loud (and likely groan) all along the way. In this fabulous and fanciful telling of the infamous shaggy dog story "Siberian Peach Pie," Yr. Humble Piescribe, award winning author Marvin Kaye, uses an inspired montage of literary styles, homages, and esoteric references to ingeniously mince together anecdotes, jokes, puns and uncanny states of affair into a frothy shaggy dog stew. With whimsical illustrations by Marc Bilgrey, this book is one you will cherish for as long as you live. Or at least until you finish reading it. Consume the delightful confection that is The Quest For The Pastried Peach and be warped, twisted and swept away in jocularity. "A whirlwind of ingenious nonsensica." -Jon Koons MARVIN KAYE is the author of nineteen novels, including The Hillary Quayle Mysteries series, The Marty Gold Mysteries series, The Masters of Solitude trilogy (coauthored with Parke Godwin), and the SF cult classic, The Incredible Umbrella series. Among his other titles are his Dickensian pastiche, The Last Christmas of Ebenezer Scrooge, The Passion of Frankenstein, as well as the terrifying Fantastique. His numerous best-selling anthologies include 13 Plays of Ghosts and the Supernatural and other theatre collections; The Game is Afoot and other Sherlock Holmes anthologies, and many fantasy/science fiction books for the Science Fiction Book Club, such as Ghosts, Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural, The Vampire Sextette, and The Fair Folk, which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology of 2006. Thanks to permission from The Rex Stout Estate, he has written more than twenty new Nero Wolfe mystery stories and is working on more. He is the editor of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and both editor and co-publisher of America's oldest supernatural periodical, Weird Tales magazine (dating back to 1923!) As an actor/director, he is Artistic Director of The Open Book, New York's oldest readers theatre ensemble. He has appeared on and off Broadway; and as a magician has performed around the country. And he really, really wants you to buy this book. And possibly all of his others.
The skeptical philosopher, Richard Creighton, and the psychic, Drew Beltane, spend the night at Aubrey House in order to discover if it is actually haunted by ghosts.
This volume collects all 4 books in the classic "Incredible Umbrella" series (which takes the narrator on a whirlwind series of humorous adventures through literary and cinematic worlds, including those of The Wizard of Oz, Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, Dracula, Gilbert & Sullivan, Laurel & Hardy, and many more.) Included are: The Incredible Umbrella The Incredible Umbrella in Oz The Amorous Umbrella The Cosmic Umbrella.
The 22nd issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales -- including a brand new Nero Wolfe story! Included are 7 stories, a poem, all the usual features, and more: Features: From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D. Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson Non Fiction: SCREEN OF THE CRIME, by Kim Newman BETTER THAN HOLMES? by Terry Teachout "I'M THE OLD MAN," by Dan Andriacco Fiction: ROEBIUS THE ROBBER, by Eugene D. Goodwin A CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT, by Marc Bilgrey CRAFTY OLD BAGS, by Laird Long THE PURLOINED PLATYPUS, by Marvin Kaye A RUDE AWAKENING, by Stan Trybulski THE TAHITIAN POWDER BOX MYSTERY, by James Holding THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARDBOARD BOX, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle POETRY: 221B, by Vincent Starrett Art & Cartoons: Russell Thornton: Front cover art Marc Bilgrey: Cartoon
A new collection of adventures and mystery stories featuring Sherlock Holmes encompasses fifteen tales by Morgan Llywelyn, Mike Resnick, Craig Shaw Gardner, and others
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