Bran Mak Morn: The Last King2 reviews
Robert E. Howard

Del Rey Books, 2005

Robert E. Howard's Bran Mak Morn

Robert E. Howard, to me is the best writer of all time! I wish he could have lived longer than 30 years. He lived from 1906-1936 and spent the last few years of his life in Cross Plains, TX. Excerpt from back of book reads as follows: From Robert E. Howard's fertile imagination sprang some of ...
  
  











  



  
Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft28 reviews
H. P. Lovecraft

Del Rey, 1995

Not Free SF Reader

+ Another Great Lovecraft Collection
+ Weird fiction
+ First Time Lovecraft Reader is Hooked
  
  











  



  
The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands (Best of Robert E Howard)4 reviews
Robert E. Howard

Del Rey, 2007

For the hardcore fan or the new

+ Not Free SF Reader
+ ROBERT E HOWARD (1906-1936) THE BEST OF THE BEST!!

This book and the first volume, "Crimson Shadows", provides a very decent look at the work of a truly American author. Covering Howard's stories from Conan to his westerns, horror, and other genres, this is an excellant introduction for the new fan (and a great way to introduce him to new people), ...
  
  











  



  
Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales305 reviews
Stephen King

Pocket, 2003

King's Most Rewarding Collection

+ Some standout, some skippable
+ Not Free SF Reader
+ The Perfect Stephen King "Sampler"
+ A few great stories, and some more pretty good ones.
  
  











  



  
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane27 reviews
Robert E. Howard

Del Rey, 2004

Solomon Kane

+ Tales so alive, you almost have to check yourself for wounds
+ Well done
+ Blood and Thunder!
+ the good pilgrim
  
  











  



  
Night Winds4 reviews
Karl Edward Wagner

Warner Books, 1978

Kane battles Lucifer for his soul.

+ Super Reader
+ Absolutely excellent horror fantasy short stories

Kane finds himself near death from a recent battle under a strange moon. Taking refuge with his comrades in an inn he is subtley reminded of past transgressions here. A woman he has once wronged has made a pact with the devil promising her child, the result of her union with Kane, as payment for ...
  
  











  



  
Dreadful Skin10 reviews
Cherie Priest

Far Territories, 2008

favorite novel this year

+ Haunting and brutal with promising thematic elements, but its faults hold it back. Good, but not great. Recommended
+ Sister Eileen the Werewolf Slayer
+ Super Reader
+ Delightful literary creepiness
  
  











  



  
Night Shift (Signet)166 reviews
Stephen King

Signet, 1979

Not Free SF Reader

+ Great book but is missing some stories from the original
+ short story surprise

Stephen King's first collection, and very good it was too. Mostly horror as you would expect, but some SF horror, a twisted little crime story, and a call it would you like death by disease story to finish. Demons, Elder Gods, voodoo, punishment, armageddon, bloody murder and more exist for you ...
  
  











  



  
Skull-Face Omnibus: Volume 1 (Skull, 1)
Robert E. Howard

Panther, 1976

Cover art by Chris Achilleos. Content include: Foreword by August Derleth / Which Will Scarcely be Understood / Robert Ervin Howard; A Memorian by H., P. Lovecraft / A Memory of R. E. Howard by E. Hoffman Price / Skull-Face / Wolfshead / The Black Stone / The Horror from the Mound / The Cairn on the Headland / Black Canaan.
  
  











  



  
A Gift of Dragons36 reviews
Anne McCaffrey

Del Rey, 2002

Wonderful Introduction

+ 4 Different Stories
+ Anything about PERN written by Ann McCaffrey
+ Not Free SF Reader
+ A Gift of Dragons
  
  











  



  
The Jennifer Morgue24 reviews
Charles Stross

Golden Gryphon Press, 2006

Super Reader

+ Super Reader
+ Great SF but not the best by Stross
+ James Bond meets Chtulhu
  
  











  



  
The Gold-Bug and Other Tales (Dover Thrift Editions)5 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Dover Publications, 1991

Nine Great Tales by the Master of the Macabre

+ How can you go wrong??
+ Free SF Reader
+ Great Stories That Could Use Some Footnotes
+ Edgar
  
  











  



  
Kull: The Fabulous Warrior King31 reviews
Robert E. Howard

Bantam Books, 1978

More than a precursor of Conan

+ Before Conan there was Kull
+ Another Sword & Sorcery Hero
+ By This Computer I Review!
  
  











  



  
The Emperor of Dreams: Best Fantasy Tales (Fantasy Masterworks)3 reviews
Clark Ashton Smith

Gollancz, 2002

Bow down, I am the Emperor of Dreams

+ Not Free SF Reader

Wow! I'm so glad that one publisher has seen fit to collect such a stunning collection of the great but shockingly under-published weird fictionist Clark Ashton Smith in this excellent and affordable paperback. This really is one of the best anthologies of CAS's work currently on the market, ...
  
  











  



  
The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows (Best of Robert E Howard)6 reviews
Robert E. Howard

Del Rey, 2007

The best stories from the best story writer

+ Not Free SF Reader
+ An excellent REH Sampler
+ A Must Have for Any Fantasy Collector
  
  











  



  
Black God's Kiss (Planet Stories Library)8 reviews
C. L. Moore

Paizo Publishing, LLC., 2007

Unputdownable!

+ Superb pulp fantasy
+ EXCELLENT BOOK! KUDOS TO C.L. MOORE!
+ Super Reader
+ Pretty good read.....
  
  











  



  
Music of the Night1 review

Electric Story, 2001

Not Free SF Reader

A very good collection (3.75), with the best work at the start: one for the vampire fans, and one for those that like the furry wolfpeople. The latter two stories get a little more human. Music Of the Night : Unicorn Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas Music Of the Night : B00bs - Suzy McKee ...
  
  











  



  
Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith (Planet Stories Library)3 reviews
C. L. Moore, C. J. Cherryh

Paizo Publishing, LLC., 2008

the original Han Solo

+ Not quite what I expected but still good
+ Super Reader

Paizo's Planet Stories line gives us another classic from the "queen of the pulps" C.L. Moore. This volume focuses on Northwest Smith, hardbitten, yet strangely vulnerable, outlaw of the spaceways. Smith faces weird, and sometimes horrific, alien menances in a solar system owing inspiration to ...
  
  











  



  
Black God's Kiss (Planet Stories Library)8 reviews
C. L. Moore

Paizo Publishing, LLC., 2007

Unputdownable!

+ Superb pulp fantasy
+ EXCELLENT BOOK! KUDOS TO C.L. MOORE!
+ Super Reader
+ Pretty good read.....
  
  











  



  
Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft28 reviews
H. P. Lovecraft

Del Rey, 1995

Not Free SF Reader

+ Another Great Lovecraft Collection
+ Weird fiction
+ First Time Lovecraft Reader is Hooked