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THE CITADEL OF FEAR: The Complete Pulp Magazine Terror Classic
"Wonderful and tragic allegory... amazing and thrilling scenes... masterful... huge mystery, gigantic tragedy, and original and extraordinary situations... " so raved H. P. Lovecraft when The Citadel of Fear first appeared... See More
The Heads of Cerberus: The First Alternate Universe Novel
"A MUCH SOUGHT RARITY" - ANALOG Published only once in book form a half-century ago in a collector's edition of 1500 copies, this great science-fantasy sells for more than $100 today. Written by the woman whose pseudonym... See More
The Heads of Cerberus: The First Sci-Fi to use the Idea of Parallel Worlds and Alternate Time
This eBook edition of "The Heads of Cerberus" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. What would you do if inhaling a mysterious dust transports you to a future... See More
Nightmare! A Tale of Waking Terror
CLASSIC HORROR NOVEL FIRST TIME IN BOOK FORM! First published in 1916, this debut novel of terror launched the career of Francis Stevens (aka Gertrude Barrows Bennett), the grandmistress of horror, was never reprinted in... See More
THE HEADS OF CERBERUS (Dystopian Classic): The First Sci-Fi to use the Idea of Parallel Worlds and Alternate Time
What would you do if inhaling a mysterious dust transports you to a future totalitarian Philadelphia in 2118 AD where you are face to face with the mythical and ferocious three headed dog Cerberus? Who will succeed in... See More
Friend Island
"Friend Island" by Francis Stevens. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or yet... See More
The Heads of Cerberus (Modern Library Torchbearers)
A rediscovered classic of science fiction, set in a dystopian twenty-second-century society where the winner takes all, a precursor to The Hunger Games by one of the genre's first major female writers -- with an introduction... See More
7 best short stories by Francis Stevens
Gertrude Barrows Bennett, known by the pseudonym Francis Stevens, was a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction. Bennett wrote a number of fantasies and has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". ] The... See More
Citadel of Fear: "And under the stars cool night-winds roved, like stealthy, invisible prowlers"
A pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett Gertrude Barrows Bennett was born in Minneapolis on 18th September 1884. She completed school up to the eighth grade, then switched to night school to study illustration... See More
Island of Nightmares (A pulp adventure classic!)
NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader or iPod e-book reader. A rousing jungle adventure of man-eating... See More
Feminist Sci-Fi: An Anthology
Few realize that women played a pivotal role in the development of science fiction. Even fewer know that feminist science fiction became popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This collection contains a broad... See More
Weird Fiction: A Collection of Early Speculative Horror
This anthology contains a selection of early weird or speculative fiction; mostly with a slant towards the supernatural or horrific. The stories were all originally published between the 1850s and 1920s; biographical... See More
The Science Fiction Omnibus #2 (Serapis Classics)
The second volume of the Science Fiction Omnibus! Featuring the following masterpieces of sci-fi: WE'RE CIVILIZED!, by Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides WITH THESE HANDS, by C.M. Kornbluth WHERE THERE'S HOPE, by Jerome... See More
Nightmare: "I admire the heroes of burglar stories. They're always such efficient people"
A pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett Gertrude Barrows Bennett was born in Minneapolis on 18th September 1884. She completed school up to the eighth grade, then switched to night school to study illustration... See More
Unseen—Unfeared and Other Stories: "A man has no right to trifle with the superstitions of ignorant people. Sooner or later, it spells trouble"
A pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett Gertrude Barrows Bennett was born in Minneapolis on 18th September 1884. She completed school up to the eighth grade, then switched to night school to study illustration... See More
Claimed!: "The hint of fear in his face, however, yielded to a sudden, savage irritation"
A pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett Gertrude Barrows Bennett was born in Minneapolis on 18th September 1884. She completed school up to the eighth grade, then switched to night school to study illustration... See More
The Heads of Cerberus: "These heads, with savage, snarling jaws, all emerged from one collar, set with five small but brilliant rubies"
A pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett Gertrude Barrows Bennett was born in Minneapolis on 18th September 1884. She completed school up to the eighth grade, then switched to night school to study illustration... See More
Serapion: "Chaos will swallow the world, and the race of men be superseded by the race of madmen!"
A pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett Gertrude Barrows Bennett was born in Minneapolis on 18th September 1884. She completed school up to the eighth grade, then switched to night school to study illustration... See More
Atlantis and Lemuria: 17 Classic Tales (Masterworks of Adventure Book 3)
Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent, but there occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a... See More
Nightmare!
Slithering from these pages are never-before-collected tales of suspense and wonder by the woman who invented modern-day dark fantasy: A man goes quietly to bed aboard the doomed Lusitania and awakens on a magical South... See More
Unseen - Unfeared
Gertrude Barrows Bennett (1883-1948) was the first major female writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States, publishing her stories under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. She completed school through the eighth... See More
The Heads of Cerberus (Timeless Classics Collection Book 45)
Published only once in book form a half-century ago in a collector's edition of 1500 copies, this great science-fantasy sells for more than $100 today. Written by the woman whose pseudonym was Francis Stevens, it has been... See More
Box Set - The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written:: Volumes 1 to 7 (100+ authors & 200+ stories)
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives... See More
Citadel of Fear (Essential Classics)
During a gold-finding expedition to South America, and American and an Irishman stumble upon the entrance to the lost Aztec city of Tiapallan. There they find not only the remains of an ancient Aztec race, but a black stone... See More
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 13
This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting... See More
Essential Science Fiction Novels - Volume 5
Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar... See More
Citadel of Fear (Annotated): A classic pulp horror novel
Lost in the Mexican desert, two adventurers stumble into the mysterious lost civilization of Tlapallan, populated by people of the night who still worship the ancient Aztec gods --- and know that those gods are alive and... See More