A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

      Over the last year, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has proved to be one of our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”

      The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt, Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, Sam Cooper, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!).

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      For The Pulp Fiction Megapack, we selected stories with great pulp titles. (Where else are you going to find titles like “Blood for the Vampire Dead,” “Mistress of Snarling Death,” or “When Super-Apes Plot”?) Of course, these stories were all written in a different time, with different standards of what was acceptable. They are decidedly not politically correct by modern standards. Please go into them aware of this fact, and if you are offended by racism, stereotypes, bad writing, sadism, or anything else prevalent in cheap literature of the early 20th century...well, this may not be the best book for you. But if you can sit back and enjoy these stories for what they are—simple titlations from another era—you may find some surprising treats.

      A NOTE FOR KINDLE READERS

      The Kindle versions of our Megapacks employ active tables of contents for easy navigation…please look for one before writing reviews on Amazon that complain about the lack! (They are sometimes at the ends of ebooks, depending on your reader.)

      RECOMMEND A FAVORITE STORY?

      Do you know a great forgotten story, or have a favorite author whom you believe is perfect for the Megapack series? We’d love your suggestions! You can post them on our message board at http://movies.ning.com/forum (there is an area for Wildside Press comments).

      Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.

      TYPOS

      Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.

      If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone (and email a revised copy to you when it’s updated, in either epub or Kindle format). You can email the publisher at [email protected] or use the message boards above.

      —John Betancourt

      Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

      THE MEGAPACK SERIES

      The Adventure Megapack

      The Christmas Megapack

      The Second Christmas Megapack

      The Cowboy Megapack

      The Craig Kennedy Scienctific Detective Megapack

      The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack

      The Ghost Story Megapack

      The Horror Megapack

      The Macabre Megapack

      The Martian Megapack

      The Military Megapack

      The Mummy Megapack

      The Mystery Megapack

      The Science Fiction Megapack

      The Second Science Fiction Megapack

      The Third Science Fiction Megapack

      The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack

      The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack

      The Penny Parker Megapack

      The Pulp Fiction Megapack

      The Steampunk Megapack

      The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack

      The Tom Swift Megapack

      The Vampire Megapack

      The Western Megapack

      The Wizard of Oz Megapack

      AUTHOR MEGAPACKS

      The Andre Norton Megapack

      The B.M. Bower Megapack

      The Andre Norton Megapack

      The Rafael Sabatini Megapack

      COPYRIGHT INFO

      The Pulp Fiction Megapack is copyright © 2013 by Wildside Press LLC. All rights reserved.

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      “Blood of the Vampire Dead,” by Robert Leslie Bellem, originally appeared in Mystery Tales, March 1940.

      “Mistress of Snarling Death,” by Paul Chadwick, originally appeared in Ace Mystery, July 1936.

      “Fiances for the Devil’s Daughter,” by Russell Gray originally appeared in Marvel Tales, May 1940.

      “The Shrieking Pool,” by G. T. Fleming-Roberts originally appeared in Mystery Novels magazine, February 1936.

      “Death Mates for the Lust-Lost,” by Hugh J. Gallagher, originally appeared in Mystery Novels and Short Stories magazine, July 1940.

      “The Dogs of Purgatory,” By Hugh Pendexter, originally appeared in Complete Northwest Novel Magazine, June 1936.

      “When Manhattan Sank,” by George S. Brooks, originally appeared in Complete Stories, July 1927.

      “Bride of the Ape,” by Harold Ward, originally appeared in Mystery Novels and Short Stories magazine, September 1939.

      “Blood Bait for Hungry Mermaids,” by John wallace, originally appeared in Mystery Tales, December 1939.

      “Ship of the Golden Ghoul,” by Lazar Levi, originally appeared in Mystery Novels and Short Stories, September 1939.

      “Black Pool for Hell Maidens,” by Hal K. Wells, originally appeared in Mystery Tales, June 1938.

      “Death Flight,” by Robert Wallace, originally appeared in Phantom Detective magazine, June 1935.

      “The Scalpel of Doom,” by Ray Cummings, originally appeared in Ten Detective Aces, February 1947.

      “Servant of the Beast,” by L. Patrick Greene originally appeared in Action Novels, April 1930.

      “The Dead Book,” by Howard Hersey, originally appeared in The Thrill Book, July 15, 1919.

      “The Brain of Many Bodies,” by E.A. Grosser, originally appeared in Science Fiction, October 1940.

      “Tong Torture,” by Emile C. Tepperman, originally appeared in Secret Agent “X”, August 1934.

      “The Ray of Madness,” by Captain S. P. Meek, originally appeared in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, April 1930.

      “The Terrible Tentacles of L-472,” by Sewell Peaslee Wright, originally appeared in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, September 1930.

      “The Ape-Men of Xlotli,” by David R. Sparks, originally appeared in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930.

      “The Floating Island of Madness,” by Jason Kirbyoriginally appeared in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, January 1933.

      “The Corpse on the Grating,” by Hugh B. Cave, originally appeared in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, February 1930.

      BLOOD FOR THE VAMPIRE DEAD, by Robert Leslie Bellem

      Over the wind’s midnight howling and the demoniac swirl of the mountain rainstorm came the frantic cry of a man harassed by some hideous mental torment. “Doc Croft! For God’s sake open up afore hit’s too late!”

      Tim