A.E.W. Mason

Guillermo López Hipkiss

Miguel Antón

La historia comienza en Inglaterra, en 1869, cuando el pequeño Harry queda impresionado por los relatos de guerra de su padre, un veterano general de Crimea, y sus viejos compañeros de armas. Años después, Harry Feversham es uno de los soldado británicos de más impecable reputación, pero, tras haber renunciado a unirse a su regimiento para una arriesgada campaña en Sudán a causa de su inminente boda con la bella Ethne, recibe una inequívoca acusación de cobardía: tres plumas blancas enviadas por sus amigos. Su amada arranca del abanico la cuarta y última pluma y rechaza contraer matrimonio con un cobarde. Consternado, decide entonces embarcarse en solitario en auxilio de sus compañeros. Y no le faltará ocasión para demostrar su valentía, ya que su batallón ha sido víctima de un devastador ataque de los rebeldes sudaneses. La vida de Feversham estará, desde ese momento, en riesgo constante, pero el sentido de la amistad y el honor moverán los hilos de su destino.

Las cuatro plumas

David Mason

James Holding

Adrian Cole

Hal Charles 

Kaye George 

Norman Spinrad 

William Dylan Powell 

Cordwainer Smith 

Algis Budrys 

This issue features a pair of original tales: a mystery from Kaye George (thanks to acquiring editor Michael Bracken) and a fantasy from Adrian Cole (written especially for this Halloween issue). On the mystery front, we have a pair of great modern tales by William Dylan Powell (thanks to acquiring editor Barb Goffman) and James Holding, plus a classic novel by British master A.E.W. Mason, who is best known for his tale of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers. Notably, Mason created Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template for Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot. We even have a special Halloween solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles! On the fantastic side of things, we have a seasonally-appropriate SF tale by Norman Spinrad, plus Golden Age reprints from Algis Budrys, Cordwainer Smith, and David Mason. Mason is one of my favorite sword & sorcery authors for his novels Kavin’s World and The Return of Kavin. Had Mason not died tragically young in a boating accident, I have no doubt he would have become a major novelist in the field. After reading all of his books one after the other, I suspect he was creating a vast common universe for his fantasy and science fiction stories. Check them out if you get a chance. They are in print from Wildside Press. Here’s the complete lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “The Voices I Will Never Hear Again,” by Kaye George [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Signs of Halloween,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “The Darkness and the Light,” by William Dylan Powell [Barb Goffman Presents short story] “The Only One of Its Kind,” by James Holding [short story] No Other Tiger, by A.E.W. Mason [novel] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “The Falling Leaves” by Adrian Cole [short story] “The Fat Vampire”by Norman Spinrad [short story] “Mark Elf,” by Cordwainer Smith [short story] “The Long Question,” by David Mason [short story] “The Burning World,” by Algis Budrys [novelet]

Black Cat Weekly #112

"The Prisoner in the Opal" by A.E.W. Mason. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Prisoner in the Opal

This glittering three-part fantasy begins in Ancient Rome and tells an evocative tale of reincarnation up to the present day. A E W Mason brings to life the poignancies of the everyday through the characters of Attilus Scaurius, Anthony Scarr and Adrian Sharp. This unusual story is as much a reflection on the profound mysteries of life as it is a strange and beguiling work of fiction.

Three Gentlemen

Arthur Conan Doyle

Kate Chopin

Sax Rohmer

Agatha Christie

Fans of British Mysteries are in for a treat with Volume 4 of British Mystery Multipacks. Our biggest selection yet! Fourteen mystery classics from maestros of mystery Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sax Rohmer, Kate Chopin and A. E. W. Mason. THE SECRET ADVERSARY by Agatha Christie Jobless and penniless, Thomas Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley place an ad in the paper marketing themselves as adventurers, leading to an encounter that starts their career as spies for an unnamed British intelligence agency. TALES OF CHINATOWN by Sax Rohmer All ten stories are presented here: THE DAUGHTER OF HUANG CHOW KERRY'S KID THE PIGTAIL OF HI WING HO THE HOUSE OF GOLDEN JOSS MAN WITH THE SHAVEN SKULL THE WHITE HAT TCHERIAPIN THE DANCE OF THE VEILS THE HAND OF THE MANDARIN QUONG THE KEY OF THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN Also ... AT THE VILLA ROSE by A. E. W. Mason AN EGYPTIAN CIGARETTE by Kate Chopin A STUDY IN SCARLET by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Secret Adversary, Tales of Chinatown, Egyptian Cigarette and a Study in Scarlet

British Mystery Multipack Volume 4

Mr. Mason is here at his best. While working out very deftly an extremely intricate and clever plot, he gives us excellent characterization and a remarkably vivid series of glimpses into different settings and phases of life. Colonel John Strickland, wandering the earth in a vain attempt to forget his apparently hopeless passion for a famous young society beauty, visits Burma, where he buys a precious ruby for his lady and is induced to go tiger-hunting. He encounters "no other tiger," however, except a ruffianly man, "like a Greek god gone wrong," who makes a moment's mysterious appearance in the jungle. The jewel and the man are but two of many seemingly disconnected links that are forged into a chain of mystery that steadily tightens its hold upon the reader until the brilliant climax is reached. It is questionable whether Mr. Mason is to be praised more highly for his ingenuity or for his unforgettable word pictures.

No Other Tiger

An Englishwoman is brutally murdered in the South of France and an American goes missing. With the discovery of a body, a severed hand and an opal bracelet, Inspector Hanaud of the Sureté is called in to investigate. It’s not long before allegations of devil worship begin to arise. Inspector Hanaud must race against time before a second violent murder is committed.

A.E.W. Mason

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