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A world had collapsed around this man--a world that would never shout his praises again. The burned-out cities were still and dead, the twisted bodies and twisted souls giving him their last salute in death. And now he was alone, alone surrounded by memories, alone and waiting ...... More

Vice and murder prowl the back alleys of North Side Chicago...Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he isn't happy. He doesn't want to end up like his father, a linotype operator and a drunk, married to a harridan, with a harridan-in-training stepdaughter. Ed wants out, he wants to live, he wants to see the wo... More

Here are all the sf novels by one of the seminal writers from the 1940s and 1950s.... More

A groundbreaking science fiction novelette from the early days of Galaxy magazine—plus a new foreword by Paul Di Filippo. Appearing in the second issue of Galaxy dated November 1950, Honeymoon in Hell showcased the magazine’s distinctive identity as opposed to other publications of its time—darker... More

In the aftermath of 9/11, the potential terror of weapons of mass destruction--from nuclear, biological, and chemical to dirty bombs--preoccupies national security experts. In Chemical Warfare, Frederic J. Brown, presents a cogent, innovative framework for understanding the historical forces that ha... More

Robinson Crusoe ... Gulliver ... Paul Bunyan; the story of their adventures is nothing compared to the Saga of Mitkey. Fredric Brown was a science fiction and mystery writer. He is known for his use of humor and mastery of the short story form. His stories contained ingenious plotting devices, surpr... More

StardusterYes, I'm Max Andrews. I'm one of the guys who fought and bled and worked to get to Mars. I figure what I gave up in those early years gave me the right to pilot the next big jump.I've lied and stolen for that right. I'd have killed, too, but I didn't have to. Instead, I let a woman give he... More

BUG-EYED MONSTERS ON BROADWAYPulp SF magazine editor Keith Winton was answering a letter from a teenage fan when the first moon rocket fell back to Earth and blew him away.But where to? Greenville, New York, looked the same, but Bems (Bug-Eyed Monsters) just like the ones on the cover of Startling S... More

"HE" was really an "IT"He was incapable of love or mercy, or hate. And he certainly never felt the lack. He was almost pure thought.He was just doing what he had to do - looking for the right body to play host to him. Once he found it and moved in, he would execute one of the most incredible plans e... More

He had no name, no language, no friends. He had not been born and he could not multiply. He had just 'Happened' - an accidental combination of atoms that could think and learn and do a lot of incredible things. He had floated free in space for billions of years, for all he knew he was the only livin... More

He had no name, no language, no friends. He had not been born and he could not multiply. He had just 'Happened' - an accidental combination of atoms that could think and learn and do a lot of incredible things. He had floated free in space for billions of years, for all he knew he was the only livin... More

Starduster Yes, I'm Max Andrews. I'm one of the guys who fought and bled and worked to get to Mars. I figure what I gave up in those early years gave me the right to pilot the next big jump. I've lied and stolen for that right. I'd have killed, too, but I didn't have top. Instead, I let a woman gi... More

THEY WERE GREEN, THEY WERE LITTLE, THEY WERE BALD AS BILLIARD BALLS AND THEY WERE EVERYWHERE!Luke Devereaux was a science fiction writer, holed up in a desert shack waiting for inspiration. He was the first to see a Martian - but he certainly wasn't the last.It was estimated that one billion of them... More

BUG-EYED MONSTERS ON BROADWAYPulp SF magazine editor Keith Winton was answering a letter from a teenage fan when the first moon rocket fell back to Earth and blew him away.But where to? Greenville, New York, looked the same, but Bems (Bug-Eyed Monsters) just like the ones on the cover of Startling S... More

HE was really an "IT" He was incapable of love or mercy or hate. And he certainly never felt the lack. He was almost pure thought. He was just doing what he had to do - looking for the right body to play host to him. Once he found it and moved in, he would execute one of the most incredible plans ... More

THEY WERE GREEN, THEY WERE LITTLE, THEY WERE BALD AS BILLIARD BALLS AND THEY WERE EVERYWHERE!Luke Devereaux was a science fiction writer, holed up in a desert shack waiting for inspiration. He was the first to see a Martian - but he certainly wasn't the last.It was estimated that one billion of them... More

A dead man and a pile of missing money have two Chicago detectives investigating the deceased&’s daughter in this entry in the Edgar Award–winning series.   Tens of thousands of dollars have disappeared from the city of Chicago&’s coffers, and the late Jason Rogers is the likely embezzler. So Rogers... More

A detective scours Chicago for his missing uncle in this classic mystery by &“a real pro—a natural storyteller&” (The New York Times Book Review).   Young Ed Hunter and his uncle Ambrose, an ex-carnie, have been making their mark as private detectives in post-WWII Chicago, and one day their agency g... More

A woman&’s wild story about killers from space leads two Chicago detectives into a bizarre case in this mystery by the Edgar Award–winning author.   Ed and Ambrose Hunter, nephew and uncle, have partnered up to open their own detective agency in early 1950s Chicago. With their experience solving the... More

In Fredric Brown’s Edgar Award-winning debut, a teen is joined by his carny uncle to investigate his father’s death. In the rough edges of 1940s Chicago, the discovery of a corpse in an alleyway isn’t always enough to cause a big stir—especially when the victim is killed in the midst of a night-lon... More

Lust plus greed equals murder in this classic Hollywood noir novel by &“a real pro&” (The New York Times Book Review).   A struggling actor, Willy Griff keeps himself entertained with the wife of a business mogul, but he wants more: He also wants the business mogul&’s money. The mistress, Doris, lik... More

A small-town reporter must investigate a murder in a motel—before he becomes the story—in this mystery from an Edgar Award winner and &“real pro&” (The New York Times Book Review).   Bob Spitzer is a young newspaperman in Arizona, and the owner of the local motel has just called. A woman named Amy W... More

&“A masterfully delivered tale of an inconspicuous citizen who [finds] murder simple . . . The climax packs a brilliant wallop.&” —Chicago Tribune   Relentlessly twisting and blackly funny, this noir novel by Edgar Award winner Fredric Brown is a portrait of a seemingly upstanding print shop owner i... More

Dark, twisting tales from an Edgar Award–winning author whose storytelling skills will &“dazzle you&” (San Francisco Chronicle).   From a local sheriff&’s casual narration of brutal crimes to a sideshow performer&’s evil exploits to the tension and terror created by a madman&’s escape, Frederic Brow... More

The clock is ticking as a husband frantically tries to save his abducted wife in this fast-paced crime novel by &“a real pro&” (The New York Times Book Review).   Twenty-five grand if he wants his wife back alive. That&’s the demand on the ransom note Lloyd Johnson found sitting in his typewriter. I... More