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PORTRAIT OF A PRIVATE COP... "Call me Mac... I'm just a guy. I go around and get in jams and then try to figure a way out of them. I don't make very much money and most people insult me one way or another... I'm a fairly good shot with small arms, show-thinking but thorough, and very dirty in a clinch." Mac gets into a jam this time even when he turns a job down. And all because of a book, an ex-gangster's patrician wife, and a red-headed cabaret doll. When all the blood is washed off and the smoke clears away, Mac has a murderer pinned down -- but he doesn't earn much more than a reputation as the most indestrictible man in the business. "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini "Mac has been called one of the most believable and humane PI's in crime fiction. He is reluctant to use either his gun or his fists, but will do so when the situation demands it, or in self-defense; he doesn't merely solve his clients' cases, but provides moral support and sympathy as well; and perhaps most notable of all, Mac feels, and is not afraid to show itópain, loss, sorrow, loneliness." --thrillingdetective.com

White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render them in a plain-spoken style. Based on his own experience, whether writing camping journals or Westerns, he included pithy and fun details about cabin-building, canoeing, logging, gold-hunting, and guns and fishing and hunting. He also interviewed people who had been involved in the fur trade, the California Gold Rush and other pioneers which provided him with details that give his novels verisimilitude. He salted in humor and sympathy for colorful characters such as canny Indian guides and "greenhorn" campers who carried too much gear. Theodore Roosevelt wrote that White was "the best man with both pistol and rifle who ever shot" at Roosevelt's rifle range at Sagamore Hill.

Valerie was published posthumously in a somewhat incomplete form after its magazine serialization. Valerie has been described as "Japhet in petticoats." Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr. Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signaling, known as Marryat's Code.

The Third Ghost Story MEGAPACK® selects 26 more choice hauntings for your reading pleasure. Included this time are:THE DEAD AND THE COUNTESS, by Gertrude AthertonTHE CEDAR CLOSET, by Lafcadio HearnTHE WRAITH OF BARNJUM, by F. AnsteyTHE JOLLY CORNER, by Henry JamesTHE ROLL-CALL OF THE REEF, by A. T. Quiller-CouchTHE BOWMEN, by Arthur MachenOMAN, By Leopold KompertTHE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT, by Ambrose BierceTHE TOLL-HOUSE, by W.W. JacobsTHE HAUNTED COVE, by Sir George DouglasTHE GHOST OF LORD CLARENCEUX, by Arnold BennettTHE HAUNTED AUTOMATON, by W. C. MorrowTHE GHOSTS AT GRANTLEY, by Leonard KipTHE SPECTRE COOK OF BANGLETOP, by John Kendrick BangsTHE SUPERSTITIOUS MAN'S STORY, by Thomas HardyTHE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM, by William HuntTHE SPECTRE IN THE CART, by Thomas Nelson PageTHE TALE OF THE PORCELAIN-GOD, by Lafcadio HearnTHE BELL IN THE FOG, by Gertrude AthertonTHE HAUNTING OF WHITE GATES, by G. M. RobinsTHE SHADOW ON THE BLIND, by Mrs. Alfred (Louisa) BaldwinNO. 5 BRANCH LINE: THE ENGINEER, by Amelia Ann Blanford EdwardsTHE SHADOW IN THE CORNER, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonTHE SECRET CHAMBER, by Margaret OliphantTHE UPPER BERTH, by F. Marion CrawfordMR. GRAY'S STRANGE STORY, by Louisa MurrayAnd don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more than 350 more entries in this great ebook series, covering everything from science fiction and fantasy to classic literature and pulp fiction, from mysteries and westerns to children's literature -- and much, much more!

On screen, the city lay shimmeringly beautiful in the morning sun. For a suspenseful moment we contemplated the confidently proud splendor, the towers and spires reared high, the orderly veins of traffic radiating to the city's horizons, the comic clusters of scurrying transportation microbes, the buildings of all descriptions arranged in a miraculous patchwork mosaic that only high civilization can achieve.Suddenly a grotesquely misplaced sun filled the screen, and the city dissolved in its death glow as the nuclear storm broke over it with the fury of a smashing, incandescent fist. Towers and spires toppled, streets were obliterated, and the writhing landscape vanished in a convulsive eruption of smoke and dust.Then we were shown a close-up view. The revelation that there were people down there came as a shock. Those unfortunate enough to survive the force of the explosion were incinerated in the hideous afterglow of radiation. Even in death and torment, Earth's people looked surprisingly human.I realized with horror that the world on the screen was part of MY history and that I was watching my ancestors die…

Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors. Featured in this volume are::THE SIGNAL-MAN, by Charles DickensTHE SOUL OF THE GREAT BELL, by Lafcadio HearnPRESENT AT A HANGING, by Ambrose BierceCANON ALBERIC'S SCRAP-BOOK by M. R. JamesTHE MASS OF SHADOWS, by Anatole FranceTHE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR, by E.F. BensonTHE THING AT NOLAN, by Ambrose BierceTHE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW, by Rudyard KiplingTHE RIVAL GHOSTS by Brander MatthewsTHE INTERVAL, by Vincent O'SullivanA GHOST, by Guy De MaupassantA COLD GREETING, by Ambrose BierceTHE TURN OF THE SCREW, by Henry JamesTHE SHADOWS ON THE WALL, by Mary E. Wilkins FreemanTHE MESSENGER, by Robert W. ChambersTHE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS, by W. F. HarveyWHAT WAS IT?, by Fitz-James O'BrienTHE SHELL OF SENSE, by Olivia Howard DunbarTHE WOMAN AT SEVEN BROTHERS, by Wilbur Daniel SteeleAT THE GATE, by Myla Jo ClosserLIGEIA, by Edgar Allan PoeTHE HAUNTED ORCHARD, by Richard Le GallienneKERFOL, by Edith WhartonTHE WIND IN THE ROSE-BUSH, by Mary E. Wilkins FreemanTHE STORY OF MING-Y, by Lafcadio HearnAnd don't forget to check out the 350+ other volumes in the MEGAPACK® series! Search on "Wildside Press Megapack" in your favorite ebook store to see the complete list...covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns, mysteries, and much more!

Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors. Featured in this volume are::AT CHRIGHTON ABBEY, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonTHE HAUNTED MILL, by Jerome K. JeromeTHE GHOST CLUB, by John Kendrick BangsTHE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis BeckeTHE ROOM IN THE TOWER, by E. F. BensonTHE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS, by Lord Edward Bulwer-LyttonTHE MIDDLE BEDROOM, by H. de Vere StacpooleTHE DRUMMER GHOST, by John William DeForestMISS JÉROMETTE AND THE CLERGYMAN, by Wilkie CollinsTHE SPECTRE BRIDE, by William Harrison AinsworthTHE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER; or, The Lady in the Square, by Sir Walter ScottTHE OLD NURSE'S STORY, by Elizabeth GaskellTHE JUDGE'S HOUSE, by Bram StokerAT THE END OF THE PASSAGE, by Rudyard KiplingTHE WITHERED ARM, by Thomas HardyJOHN CHARRINGTON'S WEDDING, by Edith NesbitTHE MAN OF SCIENCE, by Jerome K. JeromeWHAT DID MISS DARRINGTON SEE? by Emma B. CobbA GHOST STORY, by Mark TwainTHE SOUL OF ROSE DÉDÉ, by M.E.M. DavisTHE HOUSE OF THE NIGHTMARE, by Edward Lucas WhiteREALITY OR DELUSION? by Mrs Henry WoodFISHER'S GHOST, by John LangTHROUGH THE IVORY GATE, by Mary Raymond Shipman AndrewsTHE COLD EMBRACE, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonAnd don't forget to check out the 350+ other volumes in the MEGAPACK® series! Search on "Wildside Press Megapack" in your favorite ebook store to see the complete list...covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns, mysteries, and much more!

They All Ran Away-Except Malcolm Hunter-the busiest body in town...And Evelyn, his lady-trapped by her dishonest millions and a taste for men alive...And lovely Ferne-a girl unfaithful unto death, who coveted life..Barney pursued them. He chased them through a labyrinth of horrors into the borrowed arms of a woman with a wrongway heart. For Barney's task was to smash a killer's grip on justice, and break a crime that meant murder for sale!

Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray-he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants-Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together, and together they have haunted readers' imaginations for nearly four hundred years.Volume 1 of 4. With an introduction and notes by John Ormsby.