Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2021

Robert Greenberger, unofficial mayor of the speculative fiction and comic book communities, has written Star Trek novels and short fiction in addition to short works of science fiction and fantasy. His adult fiction includes the award-winning novelization of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Essential Batman Encyclopedia, Iron Man: Femme Fatales, and Captain America: The Never-Ending Battle. A cofounder of Crazy 8 Press, he continues to produce short works. He spends his days as a high school English teacher in Maryland, where he makes his home with this wife Deb. For more, see www.bobgreenberger.com. Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, and comic book writer. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was a Netflix original series. He writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and action; for adults, teens and middle grade. He is the editor many anthologies including The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Don't Turn Out the Lights, Nights of the Living Dead, and others. His comics include Black Panther: DoomWar, Captain America, Pandemica, Highway to Hell, The Punisher and Bad Blood. He is a board member of the Horror Writers Association and the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. Visit him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com Aaron Rosenberg is the author of the best-selling DuckBob SF comedy series, the Relicant Chronicles epic fantasy series, the Dread Remora space-opera series, and-with David Niall Wilson-the O.C.L.T. occult thriller series. Aaron's tie-in work contains novels for Star Trek, Warhammer, World of WarCraft, Stargate: Atlantis, Shadowrun, Eureka, Mutants & Masterminds, and more. He has written children's books (including the original series STEM Squad and Pete and Penny's Pizza Puzzles, the award-winning Bandslam: The Junior Novel, and the #1 best-selling 42: The Jackie Robinson Story), educational books on a variety of topics, and over seventy roleplaying games (such as the original games Asylum, Spookshow, and Chosen, work for White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight, Pinnacle, and many others, and both the Origins Award-winning Gamemastering Secrets and the Gold ENnie-winning Lure of the Lich Lord). He is the co-creator of the ReDeus series, and a founding member of Crazy 8 Press. Aaron lives in New York with his family. You can follow him online at gryphonrose.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/gryphonrose, and on Twitter @gryphonrose.

thrilling science fiction yarns

the day it came from beyond outer space .............. scott pearson 1

the hardwicke files: the case of the blue helix ....... russ colchamiro 13

the shadow lady of docktown ........................... kelli fitzpatrick 27

hacking the dreamworld ............................... michael a. burstein 39

thrilling aviation yarn

lost gold and quicksilver ..................................... william leisner 53

thrilling two-fisted yarns

man-bait for the devil snake ................................ paul kupperberg 67

protocol 23 .................................... dayton ward & kevin dilmore 81

thrilling swashbuckling yarn

the first dance ................................................. aaron rosenberg 95

thrilling mystery yarns

quake ..................................................................... paige daniels 111

fiasco ......................................................................... david mack 123

sherlock holmes in the problem of the surrey samson ..... will murray 135

the jeweled cobra affair ....................................... richard c. white 149

the man cut in half ................................................... lester dent 161

thrilling sword & sorcery yarns

black flames .............................................................. greg cox 175

queen of the violet flame! ........................................ stuart moore 189

thrilling graphic yarn

parachute patrol .................................................. glenn hauman 200

thrilling western yarns

mustangs and colts .................................... sherri cook woosley 207

trouble on the rails ........................................... jody lynn nye 219

old bull .................................................................... ron marz 237

thrilling romance yarns

the constantinople affair .................................... karissa laurel 243

hamburger kiss ........................................... robert greenberger 261

thrilling cautionary yarn

casting couch ................................................ heather e. hutsell 273

thrilling occult yarns

tales of the crimson keep: paper wizard ......... michael jan friedman 285

reliquary ............................................. danielle ackley-mcphail 305

they'll never let you in .............................................. mary fan 317

hell dogs of eldorado canyon .......................... jonathan maberry 333

about our contributors 349