Mike Ashley

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Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women ...

Mike Ashley

Assembled by a noted anthologist, this unique collection presents 18 supernatural fables by female masters of the genre. Haunting tales include 'The Lost Ghost,' by Mary Wilkins Freeman, 'Kerfol,' by Edith Wharton, Mary Molesworth's '...

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Published: Sep 2008

Steampunk Prime: A Vintage Steampunk ...

Mike Ashley

Discover original steampunk tales in this anthology of stories written before there were actual rocketships, atomic power, digital computers, or readily available electricity. The modern day steampunk genre is a reinventing of the pas...

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Published: Jul 2010

The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy...

Mike Ashley

The latest edition of a popular collection of fantasy and sci-fi comedy includes selections from Neil Gaiman, Terry Jones, Tom Holt, and others, with stories about a wizard with an aversion to magic, a vampire football game, and much ...

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Published: Jun 2005

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime ...

Mike Ashley

Ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle delighted readers with the fictional genius detective, Sherlock Holmes, crime fiction has been plumbed by mystery writers everywhere. This volume of 12 stories spans crime from the Bronze Age to World...

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Published: Sep 2011

A Phantom Lover: And Other Dark Tales...

Mike Ashley

During her lifetime, Violet Paget, who wrote as Vernon Lee, was referred to as "the greatest of modern exponents of the supernatural in fiction," and yet today she remains on the periphery of the genre. This collection of he...

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Published: Nov 2020

Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our So...

Mike Ashley

On Mercury: How do you outrun the dawn and its lethal sunrise? On Jupiter: When humans transfer their minds into the local fauna to explore the surface, why do they never return? On Pluto: How long must an astronaut wait f...

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Published: Sep 2021

Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales...

Mike Ashley

Between horror and fantasy lies a world in which the inexplicable remains unsolved and the rational mind is assailed by impossible questions. Welcome to the realm of Dark Fantasy, where safe answers are beyond reach and accounts of un...

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Published: Oct 2019

Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the ...

Mike Ashley

Original anthology of 23 tales samples some of the best fantasy literature for adults from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It features writers who influenced J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and other master fantasists, including And...

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Published: Aug 2010

From the Depths: And Other Strange Ta...

Mike Ashley

From atop the choppy waves to the choking darkness of the abyss, the seas are full of mystery and rife with tales of inexplicable events and encounters with the unknown. In this anthology we see a thrilling spread of narratives: sailo...

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Published: Apr 2019

Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detectio...

Mike Ashley

Assignment 1: Find party responsible for murders by space virus. Assignment 2: Investigate ‘accidental’ deaths on orbital solar shield. Assignment 3: Apprehend criminal possessing short term time machine. Scien...

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Published: Nov 2021

Glimpses of the Unknown: Lost Ghost S...

Mike Ashley

A figure emerges from a painting to pursue a bitter vengeance; the last transmission of a dying man haunts the airwaves, seeking to reveal his murderer; a treasure hunt disturbs an ancient presence in the silence of a lost tomb. From ...

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Published: Apr 2019

Great American Ghost Stories: Chillin...

Mike Ashley

Sixteen spine-tingling tales from the dark side of our nation's literary history include 'The Gray Champion' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 'Ligeia' by Edgar Allan Poe, plus fables by Sarah Orne Jewett, Henry James, Mark Twain, Mary Wilkins ...

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Published: Aug 2008

Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adv...

Mike Ashley

Before the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing on the Moon in 1969, writers and visionaries were fascinated by how we might get there and what we might find. The Greeks and Romans speculated about the Moon almost 2000 years before ...

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Published: Sep 2018

Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of...

Mike Ashley

Science fiction has always confronted the concerns of society, and its greatest writers have long been inspired by the weighty issue of humanity’s ecological impact on the planet. This volume explores a range of prescient and th...

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Published: Nov 2021

Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories fro...

Mike Ashley

It is too often accepted that during the 19th and early 20th centuries it was the male writers who developed and pushed the boundaries of the weird tale, with women writers following in their wake—but this is far from the truth....

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Published: Sep 2020

Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the V...

Mike Ashley

Astronauts constructing a new space station must avert destruction from a missile sent by an unknown enemy; a generation starship is rocked by revelations of who their secret passengers in the hold truly are; a life or death struggle ...

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Published: Oct 2021

The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of...

Mike Ashley

‘A soundless baying seemed to come from the open jaws, and in the eyes gleamed a light that was not of this world. It was not the green luminosity of an animal, but a purplish grey reflected from some cold planet beyond the rang...

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Published: Sep 2022

The Outcast: And Other Dark Tales by ...

Mike Ashley

The terrifying presence of a restless spirit on the top deck of a London bus; a possession at the bridge table on a cruise up the Nile; a nightmare encounter with druidic sacrifice in the innocuous setting of a terraced back garden . ...

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Published: Nov 2020

The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of t...

Mike Ashley

The Platform Edge is a collection of the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks. In this express service to the unknown, phantom passengers join the jostling of the daily commute, a subway car disappears into another dim...

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Published: Sep 2019
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