When you're a writer who's been doing it for over 60 years, traveling to exotic places for research, meeting interesting people for interviews and letting your mind wander wherever the hell it wants, you end up with a lot of stories, just as Richard A. Lupoff has done -- in spades. This 280-page volume contains the first four dozen of the tales that Dick Lupoff has written down for us. There's even a few pictures. If you've enjoyed the novels, short stories and non-fiction masterpieces that he's written over the years, here's your chance to find out what was going on behind the scenes.

In this original horror novel by Gary Lovisi, set in modern-day Louisiana, the local townsfolk and law-enforcers are confronted with the powers of evil and the horrors that are resurrected.

Written in 1932, this was a controversial novel because of the frankness of its depictions of a morgue. Nowadays it's a real curiosity because of the way the characters obsess about alcohol. There are many parallels between the prohibition-era America and the situation we find ourselves in with marijuana and this book brings them out.

Written in 1924, this may be the first exotic thriller written by Edmund Snell, who again takes us into the exotic jungles of Borneo in THE CRIMSON BUTTERFLY. This novel tells a weird tale of hypnotism and sorcery, and features a mysterious insect whose sting is death to man, and whose wings look like pieces of raw beef. It takes all the wiles and courage of the English officials, the natives, and a visiting professor and his daughter, to get beyond the superstition surrounding the Butterfly and to track it to its lair

It all starts with a stroke of incredibly good luck -- Detective-Inspector Bobby Owen and his wife, Olive, find an almost perfect home in the country to rent. But then they meet the neighbors, including Miss Bellamy, whose piano stylings seem to affect everyone in the village, and Mr. Fielding, whose manic cheerfulness makes everyone nervous. The music brings everyone out at night, and murder follows close behind.

This new edition of L. Frank Baum's classic tale is illustrated by Gavin L. O'Keefe. The illustrator has reflected the author's interest in Theosophy, providing a new perspective on this established icon of literature. With an Introductory Note by Fender Tucker and a Foreword by John Algeo.

Now that you've dipped your toe into the raging torrent of Richard A. Lupoff's life as an inkslinger with WRITER Volume 1, it's time for 320 more pages of memoir, criticism, interview, and sheer literary joy. This time he tackles SF controversies, gives a speech or two, and dishes out some of the most intriguing gossip about the good ol' days of SF.

One Dreadful Night presents a mystery that is deftly woven into the underlying web of supernatural horror. From the moment that a strange face is glimpsed peering from the window of the laboratory at "Restormal," the novel builds gradually to a climatic resolution of sheer terror as the identity of the mysterious woman lurking in the dim-lit corridors is revealed in a shocking denouement. One Dreadful Night is part of that small group of novels such as Mark Hansom's The Beasts of Brahm wherein the elements of the mystery novel and the supernatural tale are blended seamlessly to create a genuine thriller that will keep the reader turning pages while leaving all the lights on

Back in the 60s and 70s writer Richard A. Lupoff knew his SF. He knew it so well he put out two books called WHAT IF? each consisting of stories that were eligible for Hugo awards and in his opinion should have won. He had a third volume in this fascinating series ready to go, but technical problems caused it to never see the light of day -- until now. Here it is, the legendary third volume in the WHAT IF? series, personally introduced by Richard A. Lupoff. The stories are: LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS - 1966 Bob Shaw THE STAR-PIT - 1967 Samuel R. Delany THE BARBARIAN - 1968 Joanna Russ SUNDANCE - 1969 Robert Silverberg THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR DEATH AND OTHER STORIES - 1970 Gene Wolfe VASTER THAN EMPIRES AND MORE SLOW - 1971 Ursula K. Le Guin PAINWISE - 1972 James Tiptree, Jr. MY BROTHER LEOPOLD - 1973 Edgar Pangborn

The word may be getting out that Day Keene, author of those great noir novels of the 40s and 50s, also wrote a lot of stories for the pulps -- and that John Pelan and Ramble House are bringing all of them back for re-reading. Many of these stories were written during WWII and you can tell emotions are burning. Here are the stories in this fifth volume of the series: A Corpse Walks in Brooklyn-Detective Tales, October 1945 The Stars Say Die -Detective Tales November 1941 Herr Yama from Yokohoma-Ace G-Man February 1943 Seven Keys to Murder-Dime Mystery, September 1944 I'll Be Seeing You-Dime Mystery, November 1946 Three Dead Mice-Flynn's, March 1944 A Corpse for Cinderella-Dime Mystery May 1945 Claws of the Hell Cat-Dime Mystery, January 1946

SOMEWHERE IN SPACE is Volume One of John pelan's new series of novellas and stories by C.C. MacApp. It contains ten stories from the 60s by this traditional SF author who blazed so brilliantly then died too soon. The stories are: The Mercurymen, Galaxy Magazine, December 1965 Tulan, Galaxy Magazine, For Every Action, Amazing Stories3, May 1964 Trees Like Torches, Worlds of Tomorrow, May 1966 A Pride of Islands, If, May, 1960 The Fortunes of Peace, If, September 1967 A Flask of Fine Arcturan, Galaxy Magazine, February 1965 The Drug, Galaxy Magazine, February 1961 All That Earthly Remains, If, July 1962 Somewhere in Space, Worlds of Tomorrow, November1964

Trade paperback. This revised edition of THE RAMBLE HOUSE MAPBACKS reproduces all the mapback titles released by Ramble House to date. The mapbacks are reproduced in color, alongside their front cover designs and notes on their creation by Gavin L. O'Keefe, the designer of the covers.