Detectives of the Fantastic: volume IV
Detectives of the Fantastic: volume IV

Author: Thirteen O'Clock Press

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1326675222

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Join editor George Wilhite and the authors of Thirteen O'Clock Press on a hunt for the bizarre and strange. Is what they find supernatural, or is there a logical explanation for the terror they experience? What recorded stories will YOU come across in this anthology of the strange? The accounts appear real enough. They're just stories... right? Or perhaps some of these tales are real after all...

Detectives of the Fantastic: volume III
Detectives of the Fantastic: volume III

Author: Thirteen O'Clock Press

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-04-25

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1326638211

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Join editor George Wilhite and the authors of Thirteen O'Clock Press on a hunt for the bizarre and strange. Is what they find supernatural, or is there a logical explanation for the terror they experience? What recorded stories will YOU come across in this anthology of the strange? The accounts appear real enough. They're just stories... right? Or perhaps some of these tales are real after all...

DarkFire Continuum
DarkFire Continuum

Author: E W Farnsworth

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-03-11

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0244904014

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Since the appearance of E. W. Farnsworth's 'DarkFire at the Edge of Time' in early 2016, the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increased exponentially. From AI to robotics, 2016 was long prophesied as the year when the machines would start "taking over"", Now it is happening, according to Vivek Wadhwa of Crunch Network. Yet AIs and robots have come as our friends and helpmeets to improve our lives. They will become, as Lincoln wrote, the "better angels of our nature." From the 'Sarah Tetralogy' through the journey of Spaceship Arcturus conveying brilliant humans, artificial intelligences and avatars beyond the end of the universe, to 'Renaissance', which recounts the spaceship's successful return to instantiate a new Eden which replaces the black crisp that humans have made of Earth, these stories continue in the vein of DarkFire and his friend, the inimitable Loc Phuket. Science Fiction to some, perhaps, yet, day by day, increasingly part of our current events.

The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction
The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction

Author: Laird R. Blackwell

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-11-09

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1476681287

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Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics contend that the fantastic and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the fantastic can comfortably coexist. The "locked room" mystery--which often uses the fantastic as a red herring to eventually be debunked by reason and logic--has long been among the most popular subgenres of detective fiction. This book also explores stories featuring almost supernaturally gifted detectives, stories where the supernatural is truly encountered, and stories with ambiguous endings. Close to 500 detective stories from 1841 to 2000, in which the fantastic or supernatural plays a central role, are discussed and analyzed. Although not all the stories are judged to be successful as detective tales, in the great majority, the fantastic enlivens the tale and deepens the mystery without weakening the detective elements.

Dead Central
Dead Central

Author: Rose Garnett

Publisher: Permuted Press

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1682614158

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Rose is a mind-reading mercenary hired to track down and kill the perpetrators of unsolved murders in and around Edinburgh. Vampires and werewolves stalk the city's pubs and clubs, taking victims and getting away with it. After all, they can eat the evidence. The city’s only protection is Rose, with her ability to communicate with the dead and the city’s other supernatural predators. She's the last resort for the desperate, but the work is making her more of a threat to the city than the monsters she hunts. This time she’s battling a shadowy organization named Carnalis and the ancient evil it has awakened – a vast power bent on destroying the city that gave it birth. Rose and her supernatural allies are the last line of defense... and time is running out.

Hammer of the Gods
Hammer of the Gods

Author: Rogue Planet Press

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-12-04

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 132686288X

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By the sacred blood of Odin! Ruthless warriors sail turbulent oceans in search of gold and plunder. Death in battle holds no fears, for should they die they will gain entry into the feasting halls of their savage gods. But to what strange shores and uncharted seas will their voyaging take them? Theirs is a world of trolls and dragons, and many other realms lie beyond...

Yesterday's Faces, Volume 4
Yesterday's Faces, Volume 4

Author: Robert Sampson

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780879724153

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For the fourth volume of this series, Robert Sampson has selected more than fifty magazine series characters to illustrate the development of the character of the detective. Included here are both the amateur and professional detective, female investigators, deducting doctors, brilliant amateurs, and equally brilliant professional police. There are private detectives reflecting Holmes and hard-boiled cops from the parallel traditions of realism and melodramatic fantasy. Characters include Brady and Riordan, Terry Trimble, Glamorous Nan Russell, J. G. Reeder, plus many others.

Huge Detective #3
Huge Detective #3

Author: Adam King

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2024-11-13

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1787746194

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In order to solve the mysterious disappearances of Humans and Huge alike, detective Tamaki interrogated schizophrenic prisoner Manny. After saving him from drowning, she pursued the leads of a mysterious phrase: bobble head. Meanwhile, detective Gyant explored a cave with a connection to the disappearances, only to find the tooth of a Huge, but all signs point for him to “Go Deeper”…

Huge Detective #2
Huge Detective #2

Author: Adam Rose

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2024-09-18

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1787746186

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After the Omega Event forty years ago saw the rise of the Huge (a giant-like race which preceded humanity), there has been a relative peace. However, a series of mysterious disappearances has brought an unlikely pair of detectives – one human, one Huge – together to solve the case. Their only clue lies with a schizophrenic prisoner named Manny…

Batman - Detective Comics Vol. 3: League of Shadows (Rebirth)
Batman - Detective Comics Vol. 3: League of Shadows (Rebirth)

Author: James Tynion IV

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1401282156

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The sweeping new chapter in writer James Tynion IV’s acclaimed saga—featuring a league of talented artists including Marcio Takara (THE FLASH) and Christian Duce (BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL)—is here, in BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 3: LEAGUE OF SHADOWS. Batwoman, an accomplished crime-fighter who’s overcome the darkest of betrayals. Clayface, a reformed villain whose potential is eclipsed only by his astonishing powers. New heroes like Azrael, an avenging angel, and Batwing, whose incredible armor makes him a true dark knight. Led by the Batman himself, this team of guardians stands ready to protect Gotham City. But the secrets of the team’s most mysterious member, Cassandra Cain, are about to come to light. And that light will cast a shadow darker than anything they’ve ever seen before. They thought the League of Shadows was just a rumor—a secret society of nihilistic killers often whispered about but never seen. But now the League is here, in Gotham. They’re destroying Batman’s team one by one. And their sinister leader, Lady Shiva, has come to reclaim her daughter—or destroy her. Can even Batman’s arch-enemy Ra’s al Ghul and his League of Assassins stop the onslaught? Or have the Shadows come to stay? Find out in BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 3: LEAGUE OF SHADOWS. Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #950-956.