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The Monster Megapack: 22 Modern & Classic Tales of Monsters
Monsters have become one of the great guilty pleasures of our age. From the zombies of The Walking Dead to the werewolves of Teen Wolf, from the vampires of The Strain to the wide assortment of creatures in Penny Dreadful, they are everywhere in mass media. Here, for your guilty reading pleasure, are 22 more tales of monsters, by some of the greatest writers ever to set typewriter to paper! Included are:
AFTER I STOPPED SCREAMING, by Pamela Sargent
THE LADY AND THE VAMPIRE, by William P. McGivern
MOVING DAY (NIGHT?), by Kathryn Ptacek
CROSS OF FIRE, by Lester del Rey
THE MAN WHO CRIED "WEREWOLF" by William P. McGivern
POURING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NIGHTMARE, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
THE TERROR BY NIGHT, by Lewis Lister
THE WORM, by David H. Keller
WHEN BRASSET FORGOT, by Harcourt Farmer
JUGGERNAUT, by C.J. Henderson
THE FANGS OF TSAN-LO, by Jim Kjelgaard
FIRE OF SPRING, by George Zebrowski
HELL'S BELLES, by Robert Reginald
RETURN OF THE UNDEAD, by Otis Adelbert Kline & Frank Belknap Long
THE MONSTER
THE MUMMY AND MISS NITOCRIS, by George Griffith
THE SPECTRE SPIDERS, by William J. Wintle
A BIT OF THE DARK WORLD, by Fritz Leiber
THE TODDLER PIT, by A. R. Morlan
THE MIDWIFE, by Cynthia Ward
SHORT AND NASTY, by Darrell Schweitzer
DER FLEISCHBRUNNEN, by Mark McLaughlin
RENT, by Brian Stableford
If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!
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491 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 25, 2015
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About the author
Pamela Sargent
161 books208 followersPamela Sargent has won the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. In 2012, she was honored with the Pilgrim Award by the Science Fiction Research Association for lifetime achievement in science fiction scholarship. She is the author of the novels Cloned Lives, The Sudden Star, Watchstar, The Golden Space, The Alien Upstairs, Eye of the Comet, Homesmind, Alien Child, The Shore of Women, Venus of Dreams, Venus of Shadows, Child of Venus, Climb the Wind, and Ruler of the Sky. Her most recent short story collection is Thumbprints, published by Golden Gryphon Press, with an introduction by James Morrow. The Washington Post Book World has called her “one of the genre's best writers.”
In the 1970s, she edited the Women of Wonder series, the first collections of science fiction by women; her other anthologies include Bio-Futures and, with British writer Ian Watson as co-editor, Afterlives. Two anthologies, Women of Wonder, The Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s and Women of Wonder, The Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s, were published by Harcourt Brace in 1995; Publishers Weekly called these two books “essential reading for any serious sf fan.” Her most recent anthology is Conqueror Fantastic, out from DAW Books in 2004. Tor Books reissued her 1983 young adult novel Earthseed, selected as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and a sequel, Farseed, in early 2007. A third volume, Seed Seeker, was published in November of 2010 by Tor. Earthseed has been optioned by Paramount Pictures, with Melissa Rosenberg, scriptwriter for all of the Twilight films, writing the script and producing through her Tall Girls Productions.
A collection, Puss in D.C. and Other Stories, is out; her novel Season of the Cats is out in hardcover and will be available in paperback from Wildside Press. The Shore of Women has been optioned for development as a TV series by Super Deluxe Films, part of Turner Broadcasting.
Pamela Sargent lives in Albany, New York.
In the 1970s, she edited the Women of Wonder series, the first collections of science fiction by women; her other anthologies include Bio-Futures and, with British writer Ian Watson as co-editor, Afterlives. Two anthologies, Women of Wonder, The Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s and Women of Wonder, The Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s, were published by Harcourt Brace in 1995; Publishers Weekly called these two books “essential reading for any serious sf fan.” Her most recent anthology is Conqueror Fantastic, out from DAW Books in 2004. Tor Books reissued her 1983 young adult novel Earthseed, selected as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and a sequel, Farseed, in early 2007. A third volume, Seed Seeker, was published in November of 2010 by Tor. Earthseed has been optioned by Paramount Pictures, with Melissa Rosenberg, scriptwriter for all of the Twilight films, writing the script and producing through her Tall Girls Productions.
A collection, Puss in D.C. and Other Stories, is out; her novel Season of the Cats is out in hardcover and will be available in paperback from Wildside Press. The Shore of Women has been optioned for development as a TV series by Super Deluxe Films, part of Turner Broadcasting.
Pamela Sargent lives in Albany, New York.
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June 13, 2015
A collection of stories about monsters. Some creatures you're probably familiar with like vampires but others that are of a different cut.
The stories are older - some only 10 years old but there are some that are up to 100 years old. The only problem with the older ones is the style. If you're not a fan of the older method of story telling you'll have a hard time with those.
With that in mind, my favorite story was a 90 year old tale called 'The Worm' about a man fighting a lone, doomed battle against a creature attacking his home. Was a bit unhappy with the ending (it was somewhat abrupt) but otherwise a really good tale.
You'll also encounter a very different vampire story as the ultimate entry - well worth the read.
A couple of the stories didn't strike my fancy. They were written in an older rambling style that couldn't hold my attention. Considering I cut my teeth on Lovecraft and H.G. Wells that's saying something.
Overall, the collection is very good.
The stories are older - some only 10 years old but there are some that are up to 100 years old. The only problem with the older ones is the style. If you're not a fan of the older method of story telling you'll have a hard time with those.
With that in mind, my favorite story was a 90 year old tale called 'The Worm' about a man fighting a lone, doomed battle against a creature attacking his home. Was a bit unhappy with the ending (it was somewhat abrupt) but otherwise a really good tale.
You'll also encounter a very different vampire story as the ultimate entry - well worth the read.
A couple of the stories didn't strike my fancy. They were written in an older rambling style that couldn't hold my attention. Considering I cut my teeth on Lovecraft and H.G. Wells that's saying something.
Overall, the collection is very good.
February 7, 2016
Hard to read
I love horror stories, a few didn't make sense and kinda boring and the others I liked. The one about the man turning into a big werewolf was good
I love horror stories, a few didn't make sense and kinda boring and the others I liked. The one about the man turning into a big werewolf was good
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