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Welcome to the first volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community's "Thrillogy" series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. This time we focus on the work of Reginald Bretnor (1911-1992). Included are:
PAPER TIGER
THE MURDERERS' CIRCLE
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE DEAREST DEFUNCT
Reg was born Alfred Reginald Kahn in Vladivostok, Siberia. He was the son of a Latvian Jewish banker and an English governess. The family moved to Japan in 1917, then to...
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Stephen Wasylyk (1922-1996) was a prolific author for both Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, penning more than 175 mysteries. He only published short stories during a career that spanned four decades.
FAVOR
PARENTAL DISCRETION
FOOD FOR THE TIGER
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Fletcher Flora (1914-1968) wrote or co-wrote sixteen novels under his own name plus ghost-wrote three as Ellery Queen. He penned many short stories for a variety of mystery magazines and anthologies in the 1950s and 1960s. This volume includes:
I'll Kill for You
I'll Race You
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
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Welcome to the third volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community's THRILLOGY series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. Included this time are three classic tales by James Holding: "Career Man," "The Tahitian Powder Box Mystery," and "A Deal in Rubies."
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Thomas Thursday (1894-1974) was a lesser-known pulp writer who ended up having one of the longest careers writing for the pulp magazines. His first published short story, "A Stroke of Genius," appeared in Top-Notch (April 1, 1918 issue). He submitted the story to them after finding an old issue in the subway.
He used the penname "Thursday" after glancing at a calendar. His real name remains a mystery. He was still appearing in the pulps in the late...
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Kaye George, an Agatha nominated short story writer, is the author of Choke: An Imogene Duckworthy Mystery (Mainly Murder Press), as well as A Patchwork of Stories, a collection of her previously published stories, and The Bavarian Krisp Caper, available at Untreed Reads. Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology contains her story, "The Truck Contest". She reviews for Suspense Magazine, and writes for several newsletters and blogs.
This volume collects 3...
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This Sherlock Holmes Parody THRILLOGY collects 3 rare Holmes parodies (plus a bous short-short) by turn-of-the-century authors. Included are:
SHYLOCK HOLMES, by Anonymous
AS PLAIN AS A NOSE, by Anonymous
HE MAN WORE RUBBERS, by Anonymous (short-short)
MR. HOMES RADIATES A WIRELESS MESSAGE, by John Kendrick Bangs
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Jack Halliday is an author, award-winning screenwriter and consulting producer whose work has appeared in numerous digital and print publications. His first fiction collection, "Kawanga/Swan Song and Other Mystery Stories," was published by Wildside Press as their 12th Mystery Double. This volume collects 3 of his great stories:
FINDING PHYLLIS
IN THE BLOOD
THE WOMAN IN THE ELEVATOR
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