Night Of The Criss Cross Knives

Kinley and Sweeney are Secret Service agents sent to a tiny island in the Pacific used as a checkpoint by the military. The natives there have assaulted numerous American agents stationed there, at the behest of an enemy agent named Peretti.

Stories of the mysterious and macabre from “Canada’s answer to Stephen King” (Helen Marshall, author of Gifts for the One Who Comes After). In this follow-up to his award-winning debut collection, Monstrous Affections, David Nickle stretches the boundaries of horror into a sphere of “uncertainty, of helplessness, of traditions and change. . . . The stories are sui generis in presentation, veering from the discombobulating nightmare that is ‘Basements’ to the squid-laden eco-satire ‘Wylde’s Kingdom’ to the sci-fi love of ‘Love Means Forever.’ When it comes to this book, only two things are certain; the stories never travel where you expect, and David Nickle is a monumental talent” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “Don’t make the mistake of overlooking the talent based on preconceptions of what horror might be—read one of these stories and see if you aren’t hooked. . . . Believe the hype. David Nickle is very good.” —The Globe and Mail “Anyone even vaguely interested in horror or weird fiction owes it to themselves to give David Nickle a look, and Knife Fight and Other Struggles is a great place to start.” —The Winnipeg Free Press “Knife Fight and Other Struggles is a remarkable collection that drops some hi-fidelity weirdness on the scene. Nickle’s prose has gorgeous lines of symmetry and a steel spine.” —Laird Barron, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author “Dynamic imagination, masterful writing of both the everyday and the nightmare, characters that breathe, and a dark sense of humor make [Knife Fight and Other Struggles] a keeper.” —Jeffrey Ford, World Fantasy Award–winning author

The pulp magazines of the early to mid 20th Century are often "politically incorrect" by modern standards. However, the "Spicy" magazines -- Spicy-Adventure Stories, Spicy Mystery, Spicy Western, etc. -- were politically incorrect by their own contemporary standards as well. With the occasional passing glimpse of a creamy-smooth thigh (or other womanly part!), and often filled with sexism, racism, and over-the-top plots and language, they nevertheless manage to titillate with more innuendo than anything else. If you find such things offensive, this is definitely not the right MEGAPACK™ for you. But if you enjoy the occasional stroll down the back alleys of pulp publishing, here's a walk on the seamy side of the 1930s! Included are: THE SHANGHAI JESTER, by Robert Leslie Bellem BLACK MURDER, by Carl Moore SUEZ SOUVENIR, by Jerome Hyams THE HOUSE OF WEIRD SLEEP, by Charles R. Allen CAVE OF THE CRISS-CROSS KNIVES, by C.C. Spruce HOT BLOOD, by Arthur Wallace THE MOON GOD TAKES, by Robert Leslie Bellem SMUGGLER’S ISLAND, by Atwater Culpepper TALISMAN OF DOOM, by James W. Marvin TATTOOED BLONDE, by Ellery Watson Calder WHITE MEAT, by Don King RED BAMBOO, by Jason Lyttell THE BLACK , by Ellery Watson Calder THE ISLE OF MONSTERS, by Jane Thomas TUFFY AND HIS HAREM, by Nick Anderson QUEEN OF THE FLAMING ARROWS, by Frank E. Marks VALLEY OF BLOOD, by Victor Rousseau LUST TO KILL, by Jose Vaca MARRIAGE FOR MURDER, by C.A.M. Donne MESSAGE TO MORGAN, by Guy Russell RIVER OF FIRE, by Ken Cooper SKY GODDESS, by Clive Trent LEAF OF THE LOTUS, by Guy Russell THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER, by Clark Nelson ADVENTURE'S END, by Robert Leslie Bellem If you enjoy this volume of classic stories, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 230+ other entries in this series, including mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns -- and much, much more!

In 1877, after the defeat of Custer at Little Bighorn, the U.S. Government removed the Northern Cheyenne from their traditional homelands to a reservation in Indian Territory(Oklahoma.) This is the story surrounding the breakout of the Northern Cheyenne from Darlington Reservation in 1878 and their bloody but futile attempt to return to their homeland in Montana.

Annette Gershon’s odyssey from depression-era Winnipeg to Stalinist Russia and back to Canada in the 1950s is both the seldom-told story of those who actually made that hopeful, doomed, journey, and a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit. Ten-year old Annette Gershon is content enough growing up in her father’s delicatessen on Main Street Winnipeg, but for immigrant families scratching out a living in the Dirty Thirties, even subsistence is a delicate balance, easily upset. Everything changes when her parents decide to take the family "home" to the Soviet Union to escape the devastation of the collapsing capitalist economy. Annette struggles to maintain her sense of who she is, first adapting to her life in Stalinist Odessa, then fleeing to Moscow, ahead of the Nazi occupation. But it is in the post-war years that her identity, and her very life, are threatened by the anti-Semitism of Stalinism’s final years. The Knife Sharpener's Bell is the story of a girl who tried to stop a train, but finds herself on the runaway train of historical events. It is a story about loyalty and betrayal, heroism and fear. What is most memorable about it is the empathy we feel for these characters, who must make their way through some of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events. The writing is infused with a poet's sensitivities to rhythm, image, and linguistic energy, yet it is also beautifully restrained – each image and each gorgeous observation is there for a very particular reason; the entire story hums with the tension that arises from the taut, athletic language.

Edgar Award–winning editor Otto Penzler's latest anthology takes its inspiration from the historical enigma whose name has become synonymous with fear: Jack the Ripper. Of the real-life serial killers whose gruesome acts have been splashed across headlines, none has reached the mythical status of Jack the Ripper. In the Ripper's wake, terror swept through the streets of London’s East End in the fall of 1888. As quickly as his nightmarish reign came, Saucy Jack vanished without a trace—leaving future generations to speculate upon his identity and whereabouts. He was diabolical in a way never seen before—a killer who taunted the police, came up with his own legendary monikers, and, ultimately, got away with his heinous crimes. More than a century later, the man “from hell” continues to live on in the imaginations of readers everywhere—and in some of the most spec­tacularly unnerving stories, both fiction and nonfiction, ever written. The Big Book of Jack the Ripper immerses you in the utterly chilling world of Red Jack’s London, where his unprecedented evil still lurks. Including: · Legendary stories by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Robert Bloch, and Ellery Queen · Captivating essays from George Bernard Shaw, Stephen Hunter, and Peter Underwood · Riveting new stories by contemporary masters Jeffrey Deaver, Loren D. Estleman, Lyndsay Faye, and many more · Astonishing theories from the world’s foremost Ripperologists From the Ripper Vault: · Demonic letters from Jack himself · Gruesome postmortem exams documenting all the bits and pieces of the cases · Harrowing witness statements taken on those hellish nights · Breaking newspaper accounts of the East End hysteria

William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. In his day he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry's stories were considerably more playful, and are also known for their witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and frequently feature characters with blue-collar jobs, such as policemen and waitresses. Porter also wrote poetry and non-fiction. CABBAGES AND KINGS THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER “FOX-IN-THE-MORNING” THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE SMITH CAUGHT CUPID’S EXILE NUMBER TWO THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT MONEY MAZE THE ADMIRAL THE FLAG PARAMOUNT THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE SHOES SHIPS MASTERS OF ARTS DICKY ROUGE ET NOIR TWO RECALLS THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE THE FOUR MILLION TOBIN’S PALM THE GIFT OF THE MAGI A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFÉ BETWEEN ROUNDS THE SKYLIGHT ROOM A SERVICE OF LOVE THE COMING-OUT OF MAGGIE MAN ABOUT TOWN THE COP AND THE ANTHEM AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE MEMOIRS OF A YELLOW DOG THE LOVE-PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN MAMMON AND THE ARCHER SPRINGTIME À LA CARTE THE GREEN DOOR FROM THE CABBY’S SEAT AN UNFINISHED STORY THE CALIPH, CUPID AND THE CLOCK SISTERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER AFTER TWENTY YEARS LOST ON DRESS PARADE BY COURIER THE FURNISHED ROOM THE BRIEF DÉBUT OF TILDY THE TRIMMED LAMP THE TRIMMED LAMP A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH HIGHBALL THE PENDULUM TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O’ROON BRICKDUST ROW THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER VANITY AND SOME SABLES THE SOCIAL TRIANGLE THE PURPLE DRESS THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99 THE LOST BLEND A HARLEM TRAGEDY “THE GUILTY PARTY” ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS THE LAST LEAF THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST THE COUNTRY OF ELUSION THE FERRY OF UNFULFILMENT THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER ELSIE IN NEW YORK HEART OF THE WEST HEARTS AND CROSSES THE RANSOM OF MACK TELEMACHUS, FRIEND THE HANDBOOK OF HYMEN THE PIMIENTA PANCAKES SEATS OF THE HAUGHTY HYGEIA AT THE SOLITO AN AFTERNOON MIRACLE THE HIGHER ABDICATION CUPID A LA CARTE THE CABALLERO’S WAY THE SPHINX APPLE THE MISSING CHORD A CALL LOAN THE PRINCESS AND THE PUMA THE INDIAN SUMMER OF DRY VALLEY JOHNSON CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION A CHAPARRAL PRINCE THE REFORMATION OF CALLIOPE THE VOICE OF THE CITY THE VOICE OF THE CITY THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS A LICKPENNY LOVER DOUGHERTY’S EYE-OPENER “LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT” THE HARBINGER WHILE THE AUTO WAITS A COMEDY IN RUBBER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS THE DEFEAT OF THE CITY THE SHOCKS OF DOOM THE PLUTONIAN FIRE NEMESIS AND THE CANDY MAN SQUARING THE CIRCLE ROSES, RUSES AND ROMANCE THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT THE EASTER OF THE SOUL THE FOOL-KILLER TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA THE RATHSKELLER AND THE ROSE THE CLARION CALL EXTRADITED FROM BOHEMIA A PHILISTINE IN BOHEMIA FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY THE MEMENTO ROADS OF DESTINY ROADS OF DESTINY THE LEFT BRANCH THE RIGHT BRANCH THE MAIN ROAD THE GUARDIAN OF THE ACCOLADE THE DISCOUNTERS OF MONEY THE ENCHANTED PROFILE “NEXT TO READING MATTER” ART AND THE BRONCO PHŒBE A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE A RETRIEVED REFORMATION CHERCHEZ LA FEMME FRIENDS IN SAN ROSARIO THE FOURTH IN SALVADOR THE EMANCIPATION OF BILLY THE ENCHANTED KISS A DEPARTMENTAL CASE BENTON SHARP MEETS HIS MATCH THE RENAISSANCE AT CHARLEROI ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT WHISTLING DICK’S CHRISTMAS STOCKING THE HALBERDIER OF THE LITTLE RHEINSCHLOSS TWO RENEGADES THE LONESOME ROAD OPTIONS “THE ROSE OF DIXIE” THE THIRD INGREDIENT THE HIDING OF BLACK BILL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS THIMBLE, THIMBLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND BURIED TREASURE TO HIM WHO WAITS HE ALSO SERVES THE MOMENT OF VICTORY THE HEAD-HUNTER NO STORY THE HIGHER PRAGMATISM BEST-SELLER RUS IN URBE A POOR RULE STRICTLY BUSINESS STRICTLY BUSINESS THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED BABES IN THE JUNGLE THE DAY RESURGENT THE FIFTH WHEEL THE POET AND THE PEASANT THE ROBE OF PEACE THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT THE CALL OF THE TAME THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY THE THING’S THE PLAY A RAMBLE IN APHASIA A MUNICIPAL REPORT PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER A BIRD OF BAGDAD COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA THE GIRL AND THE HABIT PROOF OF THE PUDDING PAST ONE AT ROONEY’S THE VENTURERS THE DUEL “WHAT YOU WANT” WHIRLIGIGS THE WORLD AND THE DOOR THE THEORY AND THE HOUND THE HYPOTHESES OF FAILURE CALLOWAY’S CODE A MATTER OF MEAN ELEVATION “GIRL” SOCIOLOGY IN SERGE AND STRAW THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A TECHNICAL ERROR SUITE HOMES AND THEIR ROMANCE THE WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE A SACRIFICE HIT THE ROADS WE TAKE A BLACKJACK BARGAINER THE SONG AND THE SERGEANT ONE DOLLAR’S WORTH A NEWSPAPER STORY TOMMY’S BURGLAR A CHAPARRAL CHRISTMAS GIFT A LITTLE LOCAL COLOUR GEORGIA’S RULING BLIND MAN’S HOLIDAY A MEDLEY OF MOODS MADAME BO-PEEP, OF THE RANCHES THE TWO WOMEN THE ONE: A FOG IN SANTONE THE OTHER: A MEDLEY OF MOODS SIXES AND SEVENS THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS THE SLEUTHS WITCHES’ LOAVES THE PRIDE OF THE CITIES HOLDING UP A TRAIN ULYSSES AND THE DOGMAN THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHER MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN AT ARMS WITH MORPHEUS A GHOST OF A CHANCE JIMMY HAYES AND MURIEL THE DOOR OF UNREST THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES LET ME FEEL YOUR PULSE OCTOBER AND JUNE THE CHURCH WITH AN OVERSHOT-WHEEL NEW YORK BY CAMP FIRE LIGHT THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES THE LADY HIGHER UP THE GREATER CONEY LAW AND ORDER TRANSFORMATION OF MARTIN BURNEY THE CALIPH AND THE CAD THE DIAMOND OF KALI THE DAY WE CELEBRATE THE GENTLE GRAFTER THE OCTOPUS MAROONED JEFF PETERS AS A PERSONAL MAGNET MODERN RURAL SPORTS THE CHAIR OF PHILANTHROMATHEMATICS THE HAND THAT RILES THE WORLD THE EXACT SCIENCE OF MATRIMONY A MIDSUMMER MASQUERADE SHEARING THE WOLF INNOCENTS OF BROADWAY CONSCIENCE IN ART THE MAN HIGHER UP A TEMPERED WIND HOSTAGES TO MOMUS THE ETHICS OF PIG ROLLING THE DREAM A RULER OF MEN THE ATAVISM OF JOHN TOM LITTLE BEAR HELPING THE OTHER FELLOW THE MARIONETTES THE MARQUIS AND MISS SALLY A FOG IN SANTONE THE FRIENDLY CALL A DINNER AT –––– SOUND AND FURY TICTOCQ TRACKED TO DOOM A SNAPSHOT AT THE PRESIDENT AN UNFINISHED CHRISTMAS STORY THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANT ARISTOCRACY VERSUS HASH THE PRISONER OF ZEMBLA A STRANGE STORY FICKLE FORTUNE OR HOW GLADYS HUSTLED AN APOLOGY LORD OAKHURST’S CURSE BEXAR SCRIP NO. 2692 QUERIES AND ANSWERS WAIFS AND STRAYS THE RED ROSES OF TONIA ROUND THE CIRCLE THE RUBBER PLANT’S STORY OUT OF NAZARETH CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST THE SPARROWS IN MADISON SQUARE HEARTS AND HANDS THE CACTUS THE DETECTIVE DETECTOR THE DOG AND THE PLAYLET A LITTLE TALK ABOUT MOBS THE SNOW MAN O HENRYANA THE CRUCIBLE A LUNAR EPISODE THREE PARAGRAPHS BULGER’S FRIEND A PROFESSIONAL SECRET THE ELUSIVE TENDERLOIN THE STRUGGLE OF THE OUTLIERS MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL by O. Henry’s Ghost THE BARRAGE FIRE COMMENTS OVER THERE FOREWORD MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL THE CONTEST SLEEPING YEARNING ANIMALS WEARINESS THE SLAVE FREEDOM JEWELS MULTITUDES GOING HOME THE THREE H’S THE SENSES FANCIES TRUSTING THOUGHTS THINKING YESTERDAY-TODAY “LOVE” A VISION

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete O. Henry Short Stories (Rolling Stones + Cabbages and Kings + Options + Roads of Destiny + The Four Million + The Trimmed Lamp + The Voice of the City + Whirligigs and more)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc. O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work is contained in Cabbages and Kings, a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another. Table of Contents: Cabbages And Kings: The Proem By The Carpenter "Fox-in-the-morning" The Lotus And The Bottle Smith Caught Cupid's Exile Number Two The Phonograph And The Graft Money Maze The Admiral The Flag Paramount The Shamrock And The Palm The Remnants Of The Code Shoes Ships Masters Of Arts Dicky Rouge Et Noir Two Recalls The Vitagraphoscope Heart of the West My Tussle with the Devil by O. Henry's Ghost O Henryana Options Roads of Destiny Rolling Stones Sixes and Sevens Strictly Business The Four Million The Gentle Grafter The Trimmed Lamp The Two Women The Voice of the City Waifs and Strays Whirligigs Biography of O. Henry...