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Wildside Press is an independent publishing company in Cabin John, Maryland. It was founded in 1989 by John Betancourt and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade and limited editions, its focus has broadened since then, both in content and format. Its website notes publication of works of mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction, as well as downloadable audiobooks and CDs, ebooks, magazines, and physical books. Wildside Press has published approximately 10,000 books through print on demand and traditional means. Writers The company has published work by a number of contemporary writers, including Lloyd Biggle Jr., Alan Dean Foster, Paul Di Filippo, Esther Friesner, S. T. Joshi, Ionuț Caragea, Michael Kurland, Paul Levinson, David Langford, Nick Mamatas, Brian McNaughton, Vera Nazarian, Paul Park, Tim Pratt, Stephen Mark Rainey, Alan Rodgers, Darrell Schweitzer, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. In addition to newer writers, the company works at keeping established older authors in print, such as James Branch Cabell, H. Rider Haggard, and Clark Ashton Smith, as well as lesser known scribes like R. A. Lafferty. The publisher has a specialty reprint project, reproducing old issues of such pulp magazines as The Phantom Detective, Secret Agent X, and Spider. Wildside Press has also published Robert E. Howard's ten book series called Weird Works, which comprises Howard's entire body of collected work published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, and restored to the original magazine texts. Imprints Borgo Press Cosmos Books Point Blank Magazines Current Adventure Tales Black Cat Mystery Magazine Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine Weirdbook Defunct Cat Tales: The Magazine of Fantastic Feline Fiction H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror Strange Tales Underworlds: The Magazine of Noir and Dark Suspense Weird Tales Ebooks In addition to selling ebooks via its website and other booksellers', Wildside Press maintains a "Freebies" page on which it sells both permanent and weekly free selections. The weekly freebies are typically either "megapack" or "minipack" compilations. References External links Official website 7 Question Interview with John Betancourt. Discover the Wildside Press popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Wildside Press books.

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  • The Charlie Chan Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Charlie Chan Megapack

    Earl Derr Biggers

    When Earl Derr Biggers created Chinese detective Charlie Chan, he had no idea he had created a media sensation. Novels, movies, TV series, radio programs, comic booksCharlie spawne...

  • The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack

    Arthur C. Clarke, Nancy Kress, Neal Asher, Pamela Sargent, Reginald Bretnor, Lawrence Watt-Evans, George Zebrowski, Adam-Troy Castro, Jerry Oltion, Mary A. Turzillo, Jay Lake & Samuel R. Delany

    The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack presents 25 more mindbending excursions through time and space, with great stories by such authors as Arthur C. Clarks, Nancy Kress, Lawrence Wat...

  • The Tom Corbett Space Cadet Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Tom Corbett Space Cadet Megapack

    Carey Rockwell & Andre Norton

    This volume collections 10 young adult science fiction novels: 7 in the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series, plus Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet, by Blake Savage; Star Born, by Andre...

  • Operation Haystack synopsis, comments

    Operation Haystack

    Frank Herbert

    It's hard to ferret out a gang of fanatics; it would, obviously, be even harder to spot a genetic line of dedicated men. But the problem Orne had was one step tougher than that! A ...

  • The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack

    Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Larry Hodges, Henry Kuttner, George H. Scithers, John Gregory Betancourt, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Edgar Pangborn, Isaac Asimov & Ayn Rand

    The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E...

  • The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack

    Gardner Dozois, Allen Steele, Cory Doctorow, Jay Lake, Donald E. Westlake, Frederik Pohl, Avram Davidson, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Carol Emshwiller, Robert Sheckley, Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski, Brenda W. Clough, Keith Laumer, Darrell Schweitzer, Bruce Bethke, Grania Davis, Sterling E. Lanier, James C. Stewart, Rick Raphael, Walter S. Tevis, Charles L. Fontenay, Ken Scholes, Everett B. Cole & Walter J. Sheldon

    The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collection 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, 5 Hugo and Nebula Awardwinners and nominees. Included ...

  • The Third Science Fiction Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Third Science Fiction Megapack

    Fritz Leiber, C.M. Kornbluth, Dave Creek, Philip K. Dick, George H. Scithers, E.C. Tubb, Colin Harvey, Sydney J. Bounds, John Glasby, Robert Silverberg, Michael McCarty, Mark McLaughlin, John Russell Fearn, Gerald Warfield, Jerry Sohl, George S. Walker, Charles V. De Vet, Frank Belknap Long, John Gregory Betancourt, J. F. Bone, Costi Gurgu, Murray Leinster, Charles L. Fontenay, Robert F. Young & Lester del Rey

    The third volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collection 26 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including a complete novel by H. Beam Piper! Included ...

  • Little House in the Big Woods synopsis, comments

    Little House in the Big Woods

    Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little House in the Big Woods is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published by Harper in 1932 (reviewed in June). It was Wilder's fi...

  • The Victorian Mystery Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Victorian Mystery Megapack

    Arthur Morrison, Anna Katharine Green, Susan Glaspell, G. K. Chesterton, John Kendrick Bangs, Israel Zangwill, W.S. Gilbert, Rudyard Kipling, Grant Allen, Jacques Futrelle, M. McDonnell Bodkin, Catharine Louisa Pirkis, Robert Barr, H. Greenhough Smith, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Charles Dickens, J.P. Buschlen, Dick Donovan, R.C. Lehmann & Arthur Conan Doyle

    The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World ...

  • The Second Western Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Second Western Megapack

    Zane Grey, Ed Earl Repp, Max Brand, Clarence E. Mulford & Robert E. Howard

    The Second Western Megapack presents a wideranging selection of western stories sure to get your pulse racing. Here are action tales of the old west by masters such as Zane Grey, E...

  • The Tom Swift Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Tom Swift Megapack

    Victor Appleton

    The Tom Swift Megapack presents the first 25 volumes of the famous series in proper order, with original cover illustrations.Included are: Tom Swift and His MotorCycle Tom Swift an...

  • The Wildside Book of Fantasy synopsis, comments

    The Wildside Book of Fantasy

    Gene Wolfe, Tanith Lee, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Thomas Burnett Swann, Clive Jackson, Paul Di Filippo, Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard, Lawrence Watt-Evans, John Gregory Betancourt, Clark Ashton Smith, Lin Carter, E. Hoffmann Price, Darrell Schwetizer, Brian Stableford, Achmed Abdullah & Brian McNaughton

    The Wildside book of Fantasy presents 20 great fantasy tales by modern masters. Included are stories by Tanith Lee, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Gene Wolfe, Fritz Leiber, Lawrence WattEva...

  • The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack

    Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Milton Lesser, Ayn Rand, Jason Andrew, Larry Hodges, Carmelo Rafala, Ray Cluley, John Gregory Betancourt, James C. Stewart & James K. Moran

    The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E...

  • The Science Fiction Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Science Fiction Megapack

    Philip K. Dick & Poul Anderson

    Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus shortshort): UNKNO...

  • The Worm Ouroboros synopsis, comments

    The Worm Ouroboros

    E.R. Eddison

    "The Worm Ouroboros" is a heroic high fantasy novel by Eric Rucker Eddison, first published in 1922. The book describes the protracted war between the domineering King Gori...

  • The Cowboy Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Cowboy Megapack

    Johnston McCulley, Robert J. Hogan, Clarence E. Mulford, Bill Anson, Lee Bond, Carmony Gove, Ben Frank, T. W. Ford, Andre Norton, Lon Williams, J. Allan Dunn, Bret Harte, Luke, Short, Thomas Thursday, Owen Wister, B. M. Bower, Robert E. Howard & Jackson Cole

    The Cowboy Megapack collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented included Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro),...

  • Frozen Hell synopsis, comments

    Frozen Hell

    John W. Campbell, Jr.

    FROZEN HELL is the original version of John W. Campbell's classic novella, Who Goes There? (filmed as The Thing). Recently discovered among Campbell's papers, this version ...

  • The Wizard of Oz Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Wizard of Oz Megapack

    L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson

    Whether you are new to the Land of Oz or a returning friend, this volume offers hours of reading pleasure. Collected in The Wizard of Oz Megapack are no less than 17 complete Oz b...

  • The Dashiell Hammett Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Dashiell Hammett Megapack

    Dashiell Hammett

    "The Dashiell Hammett Megapack" collects 20 early and rare stories by the famous mystery writer, plus one poem. Included in this volume are: AFRAID OF A GUN ARSON PLUS THE NEW RACK...

  • The Western Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Western Megapack

    Johnston McCulley, Robert E. Howard, Bret Harte, Raymond S. Spears, J. Allan Dunn, Clarence E. Mulford, E. Hoffmann Price & Allan R. Bosworth

    Hours of great reading await, with Western tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (f...

  • The Max Brand Megapack synopsis, comments

    The Max Brand Megapack

    Max Brand & Frederick Faust

    The Max Brand Megapack assembles 20 classic Max Brand talesnovels and short storiesset primarily in the American West. For pure Old West adventure, it doesn't get better than this ...

  • The Big Sleep synopsis, comments

    The Big Sleep

    Raymond Chandler

    The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and aga...