Armchair fiction presents Eden Phillpotts' "The Golden Fetich," the 28th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series. Imagine being the son of a respected, seemingly well to do English lord, only to discover upon your father’s death that you had been left virtually penniless.  That’s what happened to Roy Meldrum, son of Lord Meldrum, whose philanthropy had left Roy’s inheritance nearly exhausted.  So with no money to his name...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. S. P. Meek's "Troyana, Illustrated Edition" is the 27th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series. Troyana was a scientific super city that had been lost to the rest of the world for centuries. It lay hidden in the wildest part of the Brazilian jungle in an area cryptically known as “Tierra Prohibitiva.” But Troyana had finally been rediscovered by...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. Frank R. Stockton's "The Great Stone of Sardis" is the 26th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series. Written in 1898 but set in 1947, this science fiction thriller has two essential themes—to make the first successful journey to the North Pole, and to further discover just what kind of hidden secrets lay deep under the Earth’s crust...

Armchair fiction presents Roy Norton's "The Land of the Lost," our 25th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.   Alone in his hut, a man watched a needle begin its violent course across a moving cylinder. The instrument was a Seismograph and its vigilant attendant, Dr. Martinez, watched in horror. Martinez knew what the cryptic messagemeant—a massive undersea earthquake with monstrous tidal waves just hours away...

Armchair fiction presents large deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels, complete with original illustrations.  “Time Quarry” aka "First He Died" is one of the great science fiction novels of the 20^th Century.   Published in Galaxy Magazine in 1950, it put author Clifford D. Simak’s name clearly in the science fiction spotlight...

Armchair fiction presents large deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels, complete with original illustrations.  “Reclaimers of the Ice” is an exciting tale by one of the early masters of 20^th Century science fiction, Stanton A. Coblentz.  They were stranded at the top of the world!  It was a fool’s dream to think that any man could do the impossible and conquer the world’s most desolate Arctic wasteland without consequence...

Armchair fiction presents large deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels with original illustrations.  Here’s a great space opera classic, “Venus Liberated” by one of the early masters of sci-fi, Harl Vincent.  Join heroes Ralph Prescott and Teddy Crowley as they venture to Venus in a new, cutting-edge spaceship, only to find themselves thrown into the middle of an interplanetary war...

Armchair fiction presents extra large editions of the best in classic science fiction novels and short stories, complete with original illustrations.  It’s more classic space opera with the Zoromes!  We love Neil R. Jones’ Professor Jameson stories.  They are some of the best space opera stories ever written.  Our fourth volume of the good professor’s escapades includes three more classic tales... 

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  Watergate mastermind E. Howard Hunt penned a brilliant tale of sexual corruption, crime, and murder in “The Judas Hour.” She had brought him back from a living death, rescued him from degradation.  Now, as she stood before him, Jake Webb knew this woman—who now owned his life—was evil...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “Too Hot to Handle” is a finely woven tale of mystery and murder from Frank B. Presnell.  “Her voice was taunting… She whipped her open palm against the side of my face.  It jarred my mouth open.  She slammed me with her other hand, and got ready to repeat with the first.”  That was Ed Barlow’s payoff when he searched luscious Linda Cameron’s apartment for stray playboys...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “The Decoy” is a gritty murder tale written by mystery-crime novelist, Edward Ronns.  He was set up to take the fall.  Someone was pulling the strings of corruption in Sea City, and they had big plans for Ben Sherman, which would leave the now disgraced lawyer left holding the bag on a phony bribery charge...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  Mystery-crime writer Richard Deming paints a tale of wildly escalating corruption and atrocities in “Body for Sale.”  Blackmail, Sex, and Murder… Tom Cavanaugh never quarreled over the means to an end, as the end was worth grabbing for—even if his common sense told him NO!  So when he found out he was going to be fired, he played a blackmail card—a card that delivered...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “Man Bait” is a terrific tale of steamy love, betrayal, crime, and murder; written by mystery-crime novelist, Jack Liston.  She had his hooks in me.  Her name was Marcia. She worked in a bar. She was scrawny but beautiful—and she knew how to control me.  It was through Marcia that I came to know Sam Brennerman, an acknowledged underworld big shot...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “The Crooked Circle” is a gritty tale of suicide and murder; authored by crime/mystery novelist Manning Lee Stokes.  A hundred grand could tempt anyone.  Private investigator Steve Paget had always thought he would do anything for money, but nothing quite as vile and low-down as Jefferson Torrance’s proposition had ever been offered to him before...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe paperback editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  Robert Kelston serves up a murder mystery in a graveyard with “Murder’s End.”   You had a cemetery full of corpses—but one of them was a fresh murder victim!  As the owner of a stately cemetery, Charlie King was a man who made dying a pleasure.  But when Charlie turned up murdered, finding his killer became a convoluted mystery...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe paperback editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “Murder Clear, Track Fast” is a tremendous racetrack murder mystery by longtime mystery author, Judson Philips.  Saratoga was the place—the heart of thoroughbred racing in America.  Into this world came Don Channing, partner in a New York law firm.  His task—to solve the year-old murder of Jerome Fails...  

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe paperback editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  Milton Ozaki is in fine form with his classic thriller, “A Time for Murder.”  A phone call early Monday morning was hardly anything exciting for Private Detective Max Keene; but when an attractive dame on the other end offered a great deal on a case of hard-to-find cheap booze, Keene could hardly refuse...

Armchair Fiction presents large, deluxe editions of classic mystery-crime novels.  “The Crooked City” is a taut, nail-biting novel of corruption and greed by Robert Kyle.  “MacBAIN CAUGHT, JAILED IN QUINN MURDER—Professional Cop’s Wife in Love Triangle”  That was what the headlines read. It was a tough spot for a not-so-tough man—James MacBain. MacBain lived in an asphalt tabernacle for prostitutes, dope pushers, and murderers...