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THE $98 SPECIALExtended!  Now through Wednesday, September 25th of 2024, grab ANY TWELVE (12) TITLES FOR ONLY 98 DOLLARS POSTPAID.  Simply add this to your cart and take advantage of this great special—our most popular sale ever...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, VOLUME 16, The Best of Weird Tales, 1923, Pt. One HORROR GEMS, VOLUME 16, The Best of Weird Tales, 1923, Pt. One

This is the first of two Horror Gems collections celebrating the classic works of “The Unique Magazine,” Weird Tales, featuring Seabury Quinn and others.  The year was 1923 when tales took a turn for the weird with the launch of the world’s first genre pulp magazine, Weird Tales; and here we have a collection of the weirdest and most spine tingling of the first year...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, VOLUME 17, The Best of Weird Tales, 1923, Pt. Two HORROR GEMS, VOLUME 17, The Best of Weird Tales, 1923, Pt. Two

This is the second of two Horror Gems collections celebrating the classic works of Weird Tales, the Best of 1923, Part Two, Otis Adelbert Kline and others.  With so many great tales to cull from the annals of Weird Tales’ inaugural year, there was just no way they could all be contained in one volume, so we’ve collected more of those delectable 1923 fright stories to help you lose plenty of sleep at night...  


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Eight:  Algernon Blackwood & Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Eight: Algernon Blackwood & Others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Eight, Algernon Blackwood & Others" features a fine collection of tales by some of the genre’s best...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Eighteen HORROR GEMS, Volume Eighteen

Armchair Fiction presents the best in classic horror stories.  "Horror Gems, Volume Eighteen" features Paul Ernst and others.  There are all kinds of ghoulish goodies in this, the best Horror Gems collection in many a moon.  There are ten terrific tales, certain to provide thrills, chills, and even an occasional smile...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Eleven: Thorp McCluskey & Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Eleven: Thorp McCluskey & Others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Eleven" features another excellent anthology of stories by some of horror’s best writers, such as Thorp McClusky, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber and many others...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Fifteen, Henry Kuttner and Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Fifteen, Henry Kuttner and Others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Fifteen" has more fright night fodder.  If you’re one of those people who like to sit around and read scary stories on a dark, dreary, windy, stormy night, then this collection is definitely for you.  It’s filled with a variety of different terrors—all succulent and done to a turn...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Five:  E. Hoffmann Price and Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Five: E. Hoffmann Price and Others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. “Horror Gems, Vol. Five features a fine collection of tales by some of the genre’s best authors


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Four:  Seabury Quinn and others HORROR GEMS, Volume Four: Seabury Quinn and others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Four" features a fine collection of tales by some of the genre’s best autho


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HORROR GEMS, Volume Fourteen, Manly Banister and Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Fourteen, Manly Banister and Others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Fourteen" is our latest collection of sinister stories by some of horror’s top-of-the-line authors:  Robert Bloch, Manly Banister, Theodore Sturgeon, Allison V. Harding, Manly Wade Wellman, Carl Jacobi, and others...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Nine, Emil Petaja and Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Nine, Emil Petaja and Others

Armchair Fiction presents paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Nine, Emil Petaja & Others" features a terrific selection of shockers by some of the genre’s best authors. Watch out for sneaky stalkers, wicked Wraiths, and singing stiffs. Yes…you can forget skeletons in the closet...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume One: Carl Jacobi and others HORROR GEMS, Volume One: Carl Jacobi and others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. One" features works by August Derleth, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, Emil Pet


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Seven:  Robert Bloch & Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Seven: Robert Bloch & Others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Seven, Robert Bloch & Others" features another excellent anthology of stories by some of horror’s b


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Six:  H. P. Lovecraft and Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Six: H. P. Lovecraft and Others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Six" features a fine collection of tales by some of the genre’s best authors


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Ten, Manly Wade Wellman and Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Ten, Manly Wade Wellman and Others

Armchair Fiction presents paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories, complete with many original illustrations.  "Horror Gems, Vol. Ten" features a great selection of chillers by some of horrordom’s best, with grim tales to nourish the “twisted” part of the human mind...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Thirteen, Clark Ashton Smith and Others HORROR GEMS, Volume Thirteen, Clark Ashton Smith and Others

Armchair Fiction presents paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories, complete with many original illustrations.  Here it is, the lucky 13th Horror Gems collection, featuring ten tasty terrors to make you tremble.  Click on the image to the left to find out more about these two great titles...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Three: August Derleth and others HORROR GEMS, Volume Three: August Derleth and others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Three" features a fine collection of tales by some of the genre’s best authors


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, VOLUME TWELVE HORROR GEMS, VOLUME TWELVE

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Twelve" is a terrific anthology of shuddery tales by some of horror’s best writers, featuring the very underrated and unsung Weird Tales veteran, Allison V. Harding.  In this collection you’ll find that terror can take many forms...


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Armchair Fiction HORROR GEMS, Volume Two: Joseph Payne Brennan and others HORROR GEMS, Volume Two: Joseph Payne Brennan and others

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Two" brings you a number of your best pals from the dark side: Joseph Payn


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF HORROR, Vol. Four, Arthur J. Burks—Wizard of Weird Tales MASTERS OF HORROR, Vol. Four, Arthur J. Burks—Wizard of Weird Tales

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections, complete with original illustrations. “Masters of Horror, Vol. Four: Arthur J. Burks, the Wizard of Weird Tales” contains fourteen superb tales of horror by another great Weird Tales alumnus...


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF HORROR, VOL. ONE, ALLISON V. HARDING, THE FORGOTTEN QUEEN OF HORROR MASTERS OF HORROR, VOL. ONE, ALLISON V. HARDING, THE FORGOTTEN QUEEN OF HORROR

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections.  "Allison V. Harding, the Forgotten Queen of Horror” features some of the best horror tales of the 1940s and 1950s.  Who was Allison V. Harding?  Not much is known about her personal life, but the one thing we do know is that you almost couldn’t pick up an issue of Weird Tales from 1943 through 1950 and not come across one of her stories...


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF HORROR, Vol. Three, Mary Elizabeth Counselman—Hostess of Horror & Fantasy MASTERS OF HORROR, Vol. Three, Mary Elizabeth Counselman—Hostess of Horror & Fantasy

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections, complete with original illustrations. "Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Hostess of Horror and Fantasy” features the work of a master craftsman of fantastic fiction. Mary Counselman was a mainstay at Weird Tales...


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF HORROR, Vol. Two, H. P. Lovecraft, the Ultimate Illustrated Weird Tales Collection MASTERS OF HORROR, Vol. Two, H. P. Lovecraft, the Ultimate Illustrated Weird Tales Collection

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections.  Here it is…part one of the greatest collection of H. P. Lovecraft works ever put together, "H. P. Lovecraft, the Ultimate Illustrated Weird Tales Collection."  This incredible collection features the very best horror tales of H. P. Lovecraft, complete with their Weird Tales illustrations and publishing dates...  


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION Vol. 18:  Don Wilcox, King of Non-Stop Thrills, Illustrated Edition MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION Vol. 18: Don Wilcox, King of Non-Stop Thrills, Illustrated Edition

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections.  "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. 18” spotlights one of pulpdom’s favorite science fiction authors, Don Wilcox.  He was sometimes known as Raymond A. Palmer’s right hand man.  We can’t help but think that Don Wilcox was a huge fan of old horror films and science fiction movie serials.  His stories just reek of it.  They’re filled with...


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, V-3:  Robert Sheckley MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, V-3: Robert Sheckley

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Three” features the works of Robert Sheckley. He was born in New York


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, V-4:  Mack Reynolds, part 1 MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, V-4: Mack Reynolds, part 1

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Four” features the works of Mack Reynolds. Born in 1917 in sunny Cali


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. 15, Neil R. Jones, Maestro of Space Opera MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. 15, Neil R. Jones, Maestro of Space Opera

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections.  "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. 15” features nailbiting stories from one of the very best sci-fi authors of the 1930s, Neil R. Jones.  Jones wrote a plethora of great short stories for science-fiction pulp magazines like Amazing Stories, Air Wonder Stories, Planet Stories, and Wonder Stories.  He was a pioneer in writing about...


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. 16:  Rog Philllips, Ace of the Science Fiction Digests MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. 16: Rog Philllips, Ace of the Science Fiction Digests

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections.  "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. 16” features the works of one of the most underrated sci-fi- authors of the 1950s, Rog Phillips.  Born in 1909, Phillips (Roger Phillip Graham) would begin his career later in life, publishing his first story “Let Freedom Ring!” in 1945. But once started he became impossible to stop.  He was..


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. EIGHT:  MILTON LESSER MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. EIGHT: MILTON LESSER

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Eight” features the works of one of the most underrated sci-fi writers of the


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. Eleven:  ROBERT SILVERBERG: The Ace Years, Part One MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. Eleven: ROBERT SILVERBERG: The Ace Years, Part One

Science Fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg was a regular contributor to Ace’s Double Novel series.  Starting in 1957 through the mid-1960s, Bob saw a dozen of his novels (plus a short story collection) published in the Ace Double format.  In this, the first of two Armchair Fiction “Masters of Science Fiction” volumes covering these works, you get three of Bob’s best early Ace novels...

 

The contents are as follows:

THE CHALICE OF DEATH 

STARHAVEN

SHADOW ON THE STARS 

THE IMPOSSIBLE INTELLIGENCE

OVERLORD OF COLONY EIGHT


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. FIVE:  WINSTON K. MARKS MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. FIVE: WINSTON K. MARKS

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections.  "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Five” features the works of Winston K. Marks.  When you read this collection it gives you some things to ponder


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. Fourteen:  H.G. Wells, The Amazing Stories Collection, Ultimate Illustrated Edition MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Vol. Fourteen: H.G. Wells, The Amazing Stories Collection, Ultimate Illustrated Edition

When Hugo Gernsback founded Amazing Stories in 1926, he included the works of the great H. G. Wells.  Gernsback reprinted many of Wells’ best science fiction short stories.  So in this collection, in the exact chronological order in which they appeared, is the complete run of the Amazing Stories-H. G. Wells science fiction short story legacy, all with their wonderful original illustrations...


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. NINE: POUL ANDERSON MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. NINE: POUL ANDERSON

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Nine” features the works of an author who is truly heralded as one of the grea


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. ONE:  BRYCE WALTON MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. ONE: BRYCE WALTON

New classic sci-fi short story collections in extra large (8" by 5.25") paperback size.  "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. One" features the works of Bryce Walton, who was one of the most prolific sci-fi authors of the 1950s. He is probably best remembered for his 1952 novel, “Sons of the Ocean Deep"


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. SEVEN:  LESTER DEL REY MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. SEVEN: LESTER DEL REY

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Seven” features the works of Lester del Rey. This collection is a special inv


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Armchair Fiction MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. SIX:  FRITZ LEIBER MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. SIX: FRITZ LEIBER

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Six" features the works of incomparable Fritz Leiber. He was a true master of


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