Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies

10 best books like Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies (Marvin Kaye): First Grave on the Right, The Fifth Child, Dragons of Light, Treasures of Fantasy, Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology, The Sword & Sorcery Anthology, Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume One, The Big Book of Adventure Stories, Amazons!, The Good Braider

First Grave on the Right

Author	Darynda Jones
ISBN	0312662750

This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual.
Or a diagram of some kind.
A flow chart would have been nice.Charley Davidson is a part-time private investigator and full-time grim reaper. Meaning, she sees dead people. Really. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light."...

The Fifth Child

Author	Doris Lessing
ISBN	0679721827

Doris Lessing's contemporary gothic horror story—centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human—probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality.

Harriet and David Lovatt, parents of four children, have created an idyll of domestic bliss in defiance of the...

Dragons of Light

Author	Orson Scott Card
ISBN	1557850372

The dragons are coming! Here are thirteen original tales about that most popular of fabulous beasts--the dragon! Edited by Orson Scott Card, this book features works by authors such as Roger Zelazny, Michael Bishop, Craig Shaw Gardner, Steve Rasnic Tem and more.

The Ice Dragon by George R....

Treasures of Fantasy

Author	Margaret Weis
ISBN	0061056308

Here be dragons--and elves, wizards, and unicorns and all the wonders of fantasy!

Here they are, collected in one indispensable volume--the most acclaimed stories of our time by the world-famous authors who have made fantasy the most exciting and popular genre in all literature.

Known...

Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology

Author	James Lowder
ISBN	1569757887

THE BEAST STALKS THE NIGHT!

The change comes on with startling speed. Moonlight transforms the kindly stranger into something else--something wild, vicious and beyond the reach of reason. The curse has taken hold. From dark urban alleys and fog-shrouded heaths to unsettling futurescapes...

The Sword & Sorcery Anthology

Author	David G. Hartwell
ISBN	1616960698

Terrifying barbarians, cunning mages, and daring heroes run rampant through these exceptional examples of the exciting sword and sorcery genre. In “Tower of the Elephant,” Conan takes up jewel thievery but proves to be far better with his sword. “The Flame Bringers” finds antihero Elric...

Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume One

Author	Harold Lamb
ISBN	0803280483

Master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting, Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard’s favorite writers. Here at last is every pulse-pounding, action-packed story of Lamb’s greatest hero, the wolf of the steppes, Khlit the Cossack. Journey now with the unsung grandfather of...

The Big Book of Adventure Stories

Author

Otto Penzler

A hair-raising collection of adventure stories that's so big and enthralling if you open it you may never be seen again: enter at your own risk. 

Everyone loves adventure, and Otto Penzler has collected the best adventure stories of all time into one mammoth volume. With stories by Jack London,...

Amazons!

Author	Jessica Amanda Salmonson
ISBN	0879979704

An extremely strong collection with much to recommend in it. Salmonson had a laser-like focus on exactly what she wanted, but her attitude bled through at points. Her assertive views about the state of heroic fantasy at the time--testosterone-drenched pastiche--eventually sounded like a chip on...

The Good Braider

Author	Terry Farish
ISBN	0761462678

In spare free verse laced with unforgettable images, Viola’s strikingly original voice sings out the story of her family's journey from war-torn Sudan, to Cairo, and finally to Portland, Maine. Here, in the sometimes too close embrace of the local Southern Sudanese Community, she dreams of South...