Portraits in moonlight

Jacobi, Carl

Arkham House

The Street That Wasn't There

SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE WORLD The pendulum clock struck slowly, its every other chime as usual setting up a sympathetic vibration in the pewter vase that stood upon the mantel. Mr. Chambers got to his feet, strode to the door, opened it and looked out. Moonlight tessellated the street in black and silver, etching the chimneys and trees against a silvered sky. But the house directly across the street was not the same. It was strangely lopsided, its dimensions out of proportion, like a house that suddenly had gone mad. He stared at it in amazement, trying to determine what was wrong with it. He recalled how it had always stood, foursquare, a solid piece of mid-Victorian architecture. Then, before his eyes, the house righted itself again. With a sigh of relief, Mr. Chambers turned back into the hall. But before he closed the door, he looked again. The house was lopsided -- worse than before

Science Fiction & Fantasy

SIMAK, CLIFFORD. D.

Fantasy

Aegypan

Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories by some of the fields best known writers. This is our second Fantastic universe Superpack. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 100,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction! Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison Political Application by John Victor Peterso The Instant of Now by Irving E. Cox, Jr. Death Between the Stars by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Man from Time by Frank Belknap Long Nightmare on the Nose by Evelyn E. Smith Made in Tanganyika by Carl Jacobi Compatible by Richard R. Smith Reel Life Films by Jacques Jean Ferrat Benefactor by George H. Smith Out of this World Convention by Forrest J. Ackerman Houlihan’s Equation by Walt Sheldon Collector’s Item by Robert F. Young Lost in the Future by John Victor Peterson Resurrection by Robert J. Shea Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper When I Grow Up by Richard E. Lowe No Pets Allowed by M. A. Cummings Where the World Is Quiet by Henry Kuttner Mex by William Logan Shipwreck in the Sky by Eando Binder The Native Soil by Alan E. Nourse The Odyssey of Sam Meecham by Charles E. Fritch Stopover by William Gerken All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton Jimsy and the Monsters by Walt Sheldon The Love of Frank Nineteen by David C. Knight The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul Anderson The Record of Currupira by Robert Abernathy The Most Sentimental Man by Evelyn E. Smith

Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #2 (Positronic Super Pack)

Literature & Fiction

Smith, Evelyn E.

KUTTNER, HENRY

Smith, George H.

ACKERMAN, Forrest J.

Long, Frank Belknap

Young, Robert F.

Harrison. Harry

Piper,H.Beam

Bradley,Marion Zimmer

Humor & Satire

Positronic Publishing

Phantom Detective - 10/37: Adventure House Presents:

HAMILTON, EDMOND

Wallace,Robert

Gunnison,John P.

Cameron, Don

Action & Adventure

Adventure House

Armchair Fiction presents paperback collections of the best in classic science fiction short stories, complete with many original illustrations.  You find some amazing things happening in this tenth edition of Armchair Fiction’s “Science Fiction Gems.”  There are some fabulous authors serving up some very memorable moments of intriguing science-fantasy.  Robert Sheckley is front and center with his wonderful tale, “Prospector’s Special.”  Robert Moore Williams offers some taut moments of science fiction adventure in his shipwrecked-on-Venus novelette, “Doom Ship.” Carl Jacobi gives us an excellent example of nature run wild in his memorable story, “Moss Island.”  Then there’s Chester S. Geier, who offers an interesting notion as to what lies beyond science’s known and comfortable borders in “The Secret of the Yellow Crystal.”  There are a few lessons in humanity to be learned in Milton Lesser’s poignant “Blonde Cargo.”  Charles DeVet’s “Specimen” shows the human survival instinct at its best.  And who can forget the little old ladies who surround a seedy charlatan in Ray Bradbury’s charming “A little Journey.”  Try out some of these sci-fi gems and we’re sure you’ll be captivated for hours…

Science Fiction Gems, Volume Ten, Robert Sheckley and Others

Campbell, John W.

Lesser, Milton

Sharkey, Jack

Williams, Robert Moore

Dye, Charles

Geier, Chester S.

Sheckley,Robert

BRADBURY,RAY

De Vet, Charles V.

Science Fiction

Armchair Fiction & Music

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Twelve" is a terrific anthology of shuddery tales by some of horror’s best writers, featuring the very underrated and unsung Weird Tales veteran, Allison V. Harding. In this collection you’ll find that terror can take many forms. One might wonder what is really down there, deep…deep inside the earth after reading “The Frightened Engineer” and “Black Angels Have No Wings.” “He Played With Dolls” will have us all questioning whether or not strange and terrible gods can abound in sparsely populated places. With “The Man Who Was Pale” and “Periscope Prey” the idea of strictly minding one’s own business is nothing but moldy rubbish. And “Incident at The Galloping Horse” and “The Bridle” will have you holding your breath next time you decide to go for a ride. Join us, as we conjure up an even dozen stories that we hope will make your blood run cold, your hair stand on end, and without a doubt… give you the creeps! The contents are as follows: THE FRIGHTENED ENGINEER by Allison V. Harding SPIDER MANSION by Fritz Leiber PERISCOPE PREY by David Wright O’Brien THE MAN WHO WAS PALE by Jack Sharkey HE PLAYED WITH DOLLS by William P. McGivern INCIDENT AT THE GALLOPING HORSE by Carl Jacobi THE BRIDLE by David H. Keller, M.D. AND GIVE US YESTERDAY by Seabury Quinn BEAST IN THE HOUSE by Michael Shaara BLACK ANGELS HAVE NO WINGS by Rog Phillips I, GARDENER by Allen Kim Lang THE LAST RETURN by Roger Dee

Horror Gems, Volume Twelve

Quinn, Seabury

McGivern, William P.

O'Brien, David Wright

Leiber,Fritz

Phillips, Rog

Harding, Allison V.

Keller, M. D., David H.

Shaara, Michael

Genre Fiction

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Volume One" features works by August Derleth, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, Emil Petaja, H. Beam Piper, Allison V. Harding, Gregory Luce, Manly Banister, and others. Witness supernatural forces unleashing their fury when man meddles with the unknown in “Whisper Water” and “The Murderous Steam Shovel.” Uncover the horrible truths of ancient myth and legend in “Return of the Shoggoth” and “Song in the Thicket.” Take a fantastic ride into the world of the macabre in “The Spanish Camera” and “A Black Solitude.” Test your inner fortitude while enjoying the ghostly antics of “The Ebony Stick” and “The Insistent Ghost.” Come join some of the best known horror writers of all time on an unprecedented excursion into the nightmares of childhood and the darkest corners of the human mind; it’s a never-ending quest to provoke our fears of the creaks and squeaks that we sometimes hear in the black of the night.

Horror Gems, Volume One, Carl Jacobi and Others

BANISTER, Manly

Derleth,August

Luce, Gregory

Petaja, Emil

Farnham, Alice

Wakefield, H. Russell

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Fourteen" has an abundance of shudders for the shudder-proof. So you think you’re impervious to literary chills running up and down your spine after sampling our horror gems before bedtime, huh? Well, we’ve heard that before, from folks with tougher spines than you. Many of them ended up going to bed with the lights on. Some made it a point to double-check the locks on all the doors before hitting the sack. Some didn’t even go to bed; they just stayed up all night watching G-rated movies and eating potato chips and bean dip. So if you think you’re up for it, here’s a brand new batch of classic horror gems to snuggle up with in bed. There’s some terrific stuff in this collection. “The Black Brain” is an unearthed Robert Bloch classic. If you like werewolves, Manly Banister’s “Loup-Garou” is right up your alley. If you’re looking for something tamer, try Theodore Sturgeon’s friendly pussycat in “Fluffy.” If scary inanimate objects are your thing, then you’ll want to check out Carl Jacobi’s “The Satanic Piano.” Allison V. Harding’s “The Damp Man Returns” is a chilling sequel to a classic horror tale. Of course if you like monsters that don’t beat around the bush you‘ll probably love Alex Merriman’s “The Horror in the Attic.” “The Screaming Shapes” by Franklin Gregory is a grade B horror movie just waiting to be made. And finally, Richard Casey’s “Don’t Look Behind You” will really have you looking fearfully over your shoulder—perhaps for the rest of your life. There’s plenty more, too. So kick back and let the scariness begin…if you dare! Here’s the full list of stories: THE BLACK BRAIN by Robert Bloch THE SATANIC PIANO by Carl Jacobi LOUP-GAROU by MANLY BANISTER THE DAMP MAN RETURNS by Allison V. Harding THE SCREAMING SHAPES by Franklin Gregory FLUFFY by Theodore Sturgeon THE HORROR IN THE ATTIC by Alex Merriman DON’T LOOK BEHIND YOU by Richard Casey THE THIRD CRY TO LEGBA by Manly Wade Wellman CRY WITCH by Fritz Leiber THE WOODWORKER by Gene A. Davidson BROWARD’S SWAMP by Gregory Luce

Horror Gems, Volume Fourteen, Manly Banister and Others

WELLMAN, MANLY WADE

Bloch,Robert

Casey, Richard

Sturgeon,Theodore

Gregory, Franklin

Merriman, Alex

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic science fiction short stories. It’s time for our sixteenth collection of vintage Science Fiction Gems, filled to the brim with great tales by top authors: L. Sprague de Camp, Milton Lesser, Chad Oliver, Carl Jacobi, Rog Phillips, Stanley Mullen and more. For interplanetary adventure with a bit of a twist at the end, check out “Dead on Departure” and “The Soaring Statue.” In “The Fifth Stone” and “The Outvaders” man’s willingness to accept his own mortality is clearly demonstrated. If you enjoy your sci-fi served up with a sprinkling of grimness and horror, then “Specimen” and “The Tomb from Beyond” are tales to make you shudder. Both “Night” and “Revolt on Mercury” testify to man’s willingness to buck interstellar government guidelines—often at great peril! So make no mistake about it, all these stories and more make up another can’t-put-it-down edition of Armchair Fiction’s Science Fiction Gems. Here’s the lineup: THE FIFTH STONE, by Alfred Coppel; DEAD ON DEPARTURE, by Milton Lesser; SPECIMEN, by C. C. MacApp; TEACH ME TO KILL, by Rog Phillips; THE SOARING STATUE, by L. Sprague de Camp; NIGHT, by Chad Oliver; THE TOMB FROM BEYOND, by Carl Jacobi; THE OUTVADERS, by Joe L. Hensley; REVOLT ON MERCURY, by Stanley Mullen. Plus More...

Science Fiction Gems, Volume 16

Mullen, Stanley

Oliver, Chad

HENSLEY, JOE L.

MacApp, C. C.

Hickey, H. B.

Coppel, Alfred

De Camp, L. Sprague

Independently published

n 1932, the young Carl Jacobi (1908–1997) created a sensation with the haunting story “Mive,” published in the January issue of Weird Tales. One of the most prolific weird fiction writers of the 20th century, Jacobi was an early member of the Minneapolis Fantasy Society. He went on to write dozens of stories for pulp magazines in the weird, fantasy, and science fiction genres. August Derleth was a fan, and three volumes of Jacobi stories were published by Arkham House, but many others remain uncollected or unpublished.This first volume of Jacobi’s best weird stories includes “Mive,” along with “Revelations in Black,” a mesmerizing vampire tale; “The Satanic Piano,” one of several stories that seek to embody weirdness in music; “Smoke of the Snake,” evoking the opium dens of China; “The Tomb from Beyond,” which takes us to the ancient civilization of Dras; and twelve other chilling tales of supernatural horror.Jacobi’s tales cover an immense creative range, from bizarre artifacts to supernatural manifestations to mythological horrors, set in locales ranging from the mundane to the far-away and exotic. But his protagonists are frequently just ordinary folk, unwittingly stalked by terror.The volume has been assembled by S. T. Joshi, a leading authority on weird fiction, who has added an illuminating introduction and a bibliography.

Mive and Others: Best Weird Stories of Carl Jacobi Volume 1

Weird House Press

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