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One of the definitive detectives of American crime fiction comes to radio - with a matchless mind, a relentless eye for detail, and just a bit of an attitude. That's Philo Vance - S.S. Van Dine's famous amateur criminologist of the 1920s and 1930s, ready for radio in the 1940s. Jackson Beck stars as Vance, with Joan Alexander as secretary Ellen Deering, and George Petrie as District Attorney Markham in 16 mind-challenging mysteries!

Dracula looks on in horror at the monster's duck pouting on Instagram: teen vampires glistening in the sun with fabulous hair, werewolves with hipster beards.... He decides enough is enough. He will salvage the monster image with the monsters of old, and remind the world that they are so much more than fantasy objects for teenage girls.

Poetry in one form or another has been around almost as long as language. We have used it to communicate our joys and heartbreaks, our victories and our losses. But fear has also been a constant companion, and our ghost stories and monsters stretch their claws back into history as far as the eyes can see. The Configuration Discordant is an exploration of not only that fear, but of our global journey through poetry. One hundred poems exploring 75+ forms of poetic expression from the humble haiku to the mysterious Qasida.

In a troubled society, a lone police investigator takes on the case and starts to the collect the various pieces of the puzzle. Will they fit together?

Comet Cove is a city where everyone gets their own special powers when they come of age. Everyone, that is, except for Samael Judd. Ordinary in a world of extraordinaries, Sam faces the possibility of exile should his powerlessness be discovered. When a Fragment doesn’t accept themselves, their Aura doesn’t give them the powers they’re promised, making them a Blank. But a solution exists: If Sam can confront the part of himself that he would rather stay buried, he just might be in the clear. That is, until he finds out he’s revealed his secret to the wrong person.

Sergeant Joe Friday of the LAPD was arguably the most pivotal figure in radio drama's postwar shift toward ultra-realism. Just an ordinary plainclothes cop doing his job, and doing it with a meticulous attention to detail that revolutionized the way radio told its stories. Jack Webb stars Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero, Barney Phillips as Ed Jacobs, and Ben Alexander as Frank Smith in this collection of 20 absorbing crime dramas!

Lukas und der Schlunz nehmen mit der ganzen Familie an der Gemeindefreizeit teil, die auf einer geheimnisvollen Burg stattfindet. Da gibt es natürlich jede Menge zu erleben: Es soll einen verschollenen Geheimgang geben und in der Kirche wurden neulich etliche der goldenen Geräte gestohlen. Ob die Kinder dem "unsichtbaren Wächter" auf die Spur kommen, der nachts durch die Flure spuken soll? Lukas ist bei all den Abenteuern nicht ganz wohl. Ein Detektiv hat ihm erzählt, ein neuer Killer sei beauftragt worden, den Schlunz ums Leben zu bringen.

San Cristobal, Galapagos-Inseln. Montag, 3. August, 12.00 Uhr. Niemand der zweihundertfünfzig Passagiere der SARDONIA achtete auf die drei Männer, die in letzter Minute an Bord gingen. Auch die Besatzung war ahnungslos, wer den Luxuskreuzer betrat. Nur der Kapitän war eingeweiht. Unbehaglich blickte er den Neuankömmlingen entgegen. Schließlich war einer von ihnen ein gefährlicher Mörder. Der Kapitän übernahm es persönlich, gemeinsam mit seinem Zahlmeister den ungebetenen Fahrgästen ihre Kabine zu zeigen. Noch lag die SARDONIA im Hafen von San Cristobal.

Joe Miles must save a family from the killing torrents of a flash flood - while under fire from thieves after a railroad payroll. Once fired for being old, he's still young enough to be a hero.

Something tan and cylindrical struck the roof and rolled off. The men inside didn't wait for the dynamite to blow; they lurched into the sunlight, firing as they ran. A brutal war began when two bold men left Kane's mine to work their own strike. This was the final battle.

A traveling prospector wandering around California looking for gold spends a few peaceful days with a man hiding a sad story.

Superstition, mystery, and murder also have a niche in western writing with this story by Cynthia Haselhoff.

Zane Grey shows his knowledge of Indian tribes and their history and the peon system of Mexican plantations.

In the bush country of South Texas, Captain Richard King built a sprawling ranch called Santa Gertrudis. But at the end of the Civil War, while King was in Mexico, his ranch was raided by Union troops led by a sadistic killer who burned Santa Gertrudis to the ground - and slaughtered everyone on it. Thirty years later, King's land is about to run with blood once more. Former Union Captain Jack Brant has gotten out of prison and is raring to pick up his rampage where he left off.

Two years after Wild Bill Hickok made his mark on Deadwood, Scratch Morton and Bo Creel make theirs. Their job is guarding gold shipments from the mining camps — shipments that keep getting hijacked by a gang called the Devils of Deadwood who plunge pitchforks into their victims’ bodies. With Thanksgiving approaching, Scratch just wants to carve a turkey with a handsome widow woman at his side. Course, when the US Army comes to the rescue, all hell breaks loose. The widow gets taken hostage. So do a bunch of soldiers. Now, Scratch and Bo are going after missing gold.

He might seem like just a regular guy, but don't let that fool you. Beneath the affable exterior he's tough as nails, smart as a whip, and ready for whatever crime wants to dish out! He's Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator - and he's on the track of 16 red-hot cases in this exciting eight-hour collection starring William Gargan! Cases cross the threshold of his Madison Avenue office, and he's got a crack team of supporting cast members to back him up.

Gloria Rank has lived her entire life in the dark. Blind since birth, she has made a name for herself as a respected talk radio show host in New Jersey. When her younger sister, Anna, has her identity stolen and a man is murdered outside her apartment, Anna becomes the prime suspect in an FBI investigation. But when bodies begin piling up around her, the FBI has to admit that she is being stalked by a murderer.

Are you stuck working for a boss who makes The Office look like a utopia? Welcome to the club. Middle-Finger Management is your go-to survival guide for dealing with toxic managers, stolen credit, and the soul-crushing absurdities of modern corporate life.

Jupiter hat es geschafft, einen Weg nach Hause zu finden. Zu spät erkennt sie jedoch, dass sie einen schrecklichen Fehler begangen und ihre Freunde in höchste Gefahr gebracht hat. Sie muss schleunigst nach Zodiac zurückkehren, um sie zu retten. Doch kaum dort angekommen, ist es ausgerechnet Jupiter, die plötzlich zur Gejagten wird. Der Konflikt zwischen den vier Herrscherhäusern Zodiacs spitzt sich weiter zu – und das bedeutet, dass Jupiter und Nox getrennte Wege gehen müssen …

Decades after he first appeared in the comic Eagle, Dan Dare hits the airwaves and embarks on a mission to Venus to save the world. Classic comic-book fans and adventure lovers alike will relish this vintage production as Dan Dare, British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson, fires up his spaceship and launches into the future - the distant future - the 1990s…