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      The Third Macabre Megapack is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC. Cover art copyright © 2014 by Innovari / Fotolia. All rights reserved.

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      “The Waltz,” by Morris W. Gowen, originally appeared in All-Story, September 1913.

      “Three at Table,” by W.W. Jacobs, is taken from the collection The Lady of the Barge (1911).

      “Vera,” by Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, is taken from Cruel Tales (1901)

      “A Lost Day,” by Edgar Fawcett, is taken from Eleven Possible Cases (1891).

      “Metzengerstein,” by Edgar Allan Poe, was originally published in the Saturday Courier magazine in 1832.

      “A Tragedy of High Explosives,” by Brainard Gardner Smith, is taken from Eleven Possible Cases (1891).

      “The Legend of Tchi-Niu,” by Lafcadio Hearn, is taken from Some Chinese Ghosts (1887).

      “The Outgoing of the Tide,” by John Buchan, originally appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Vol. LXXXIX (1902).

      “A Strange Reunion,” by T. G. Atkinson, originally appeared in The Strand, April 1893.

      “A Work of Accusation,” by Harry How, originally appeared in The Strand, June 1893.

      “The Night Wire,” by H.F. Arnold, originally appeared in Weird Tales, September 1926.

      “The Elixir of Life,” by Honoré de Balzac is dated October, 1930 (Paris).

      “The Mirror,” by Catulle Mendès, and “The Woman and the Cat,” by Marcel Prevost, are taken from International Short Stories: French (1910).

      “A Lemon Tree,” by Ouida, is taken from A Rainy June and Other Stories (1905).

      “Twilight Zone,” by Mary Keegan, originally appeared in All-Story Weekly, August 19, 1916.

      “Unhallowed Holiday,” by O. M. Cabral, originally appeared in Weird Tales, September-October 1941.

      “The Eternity of Forms,” by Jack London, is taken from his collection The Turtles of Tasman (1916).

      “Wolverden Tower,” by Grant Allen, is taken from Twelve Tales: Select Stories (1900).

      “The Magic Phial,” by J.Y. Ayerman, is taken from Tales of Other Days (1830).

      “The Haunted Mill,” by Jerome K. Jerome, is taken from the collection Told After Supper (1891).

      “The Grove of Ashtaroth,” by John Buchan, is taken from the collection The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies (1912).

      “The Well,” by W.W. Jacobs, originally appeared in 1902.

      “Death and the Woman, by Gertrude Atherton, originally appeared in Vanity Fair (1892).

      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, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!).

      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.)

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      Do you know a great classic science fiction 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. You can email the publisher at [email protected] or use the message boards above.

      —John Betancourt

      Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

      www.wildsidepress.com

      THE MEGAPACK SERIES

      The Adventure Megapack

      The Baseball Megapack

      The Boys’ Adventure Megapack

      The Buffalo Bill Megapack

      The Christmas Megapack

      The Second Christmas Megapack

      The Classic American Short Story Megapack

      The Classic Humor Megapack

      The Dan Carter, Cub Scout Megapack

      The Cowboy Megapack

      The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack

      The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack

      The Dan Carter, Cub Scout Megapack

      The Detective Megapack

      The Father Brown Megapack

      The Ghost Story Megapack

      The Second Ghost Story Megapack

      The Third Ghost Story Megapack

      The Horror Megapack

      The Macabre Megapack

      The Second Macabre Megapack

      The Martian Megapack

      The Military Megapack

      The Mummy Megapack

      The First Mystery Megapack

      The Penny Parker Megapack

      The Pulp Fiction Megapack

      The Rover Boys 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 Sixth Science Fiction Megapack

      The Penny Parker Megapack

      The Pinocchio Megapack

      The Steampunk Megapack

      The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack

      The Tom Swift Megapack

      The Vampire Megapack

      The Victorian Mystery Megapack

      The Werewolf Megapack

      The Western Megapack

      The Second Western Megapack

      The Wizard of Oz Megapack

      AUTHOR MEGAPACKS

      The Edward Bellamy Megapack

      The E.F. Benson Megapack

      The Second E.F. Benson Megapack

      The B.M. Bower Megapack

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