Detectives of the Fantastic: volume III

Detectives of the Fantastic: volume III
Author: Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2016-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1326638211

Join editor George Wilhite and the authors of Thirteen O'Clock Press on a hunt for the bizarre and strange. Is what they find supernatural, or is there a logical explanation for the terror they experience? What recorded stories will YOU come across in this anthology of the strange? The accounts appear real enough. They're just stories... right? Or perhaps some of these tales are real after all...

Detectives of the Fantastic: volume II

Detectives of the Fantastic: volume II
Author: Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2015-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1326473743

Join editor George Wilhite and the authors of Thirteen O'Clock Press on a hunt for the bizarre and strange. Is what they find supernatural, or is there a logical explanation for the terror they experience? What recorded stories will YOU come across in this a

Detectives of the Fantastic: volume IV

Detectives of the Fantastic: volume IV
Author: Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1326675222

Join editor George Wilhite and the authors of Thirteen O'Clock Press on a hunt for the bizarre and strange. Is what they find supernatural, or is there a logical explanation for the terror they experience? What recorded stories will YOU come across in this anthology of the strange? The accounts appear real enough. They're just stories... right? Or perhaps some of these tales are real after all...

Batman - Detective Comics Vol. 3: League of Shadows (Rebirth)

Batman - Detective Comics Vol. 3: League of Shadows (Rebirth)
Author: James Tynion IV
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1401282156

The sweeping new chapter in writer James Tynion IV’s acclaimed saga—featuring a league of talented artists including Marcio Takara (THE FLASH) and Christian Duce (BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL)—is here, in BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 3: LEAGUE OF SHADOWS. Batwoman, an accomplished crime-fighter who’s overcome the darkest of betrayals. Clayface, a reformed villain whose potential is eclipsed only by his astonishing powers. New heroes like Azrael, an avenging angel, and Batwing, whose incredible armor makes him a true dark knight. Led by the Batman himself, this team of guardians stands ready to protect Gotham City. But the secrets of the team’s most mysterious member, Cassandra Cain, are about to come to light. And that light will cast a shadow darker than anything they’ve ever seen before. They thought the League of Shadows was just a rumor—a secret society of nihilistic killers often whispered about but never seen. But now the League is here, in Gotham. They’re destroying Batman’s team one by one. And their sinister leader, Lady Shiva, has come to reclaim her daughter—or destroy her. Can even Batman’s arch-enemy Ra’s al Ghul and his League of Assassins stop the onslaught? Or have the Shadows come to stay? Find out in BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 3: LEAGUE OF SHADOWS. Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #950-956.

DarkFire Continuum

DarkFire Continuum
Author: E W Farnsworth
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2017-03-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0244904014

Since the appearance of E. W. Farnsworth's 'DarkFire at the Edge of Time' in early 2016, the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increased exponentially. From AI to robotics, 2016 was long prophesied as the year when the machines would start "taking over"", Now it is happening, according to Vivek Wadhwa of Crunch Network. Yet AIs and robots have come as our friends and helpmeets to improve our lives. They will become, as Lincoln wrote, the "better angels of our nature." From the 'Sarah Tetralogy' through the journey of Spaceship Arcturus conveying brilliant humans, artificial intelligences and avatars beyond the end of the universe, to 'Renaissance', which recounts the spaceship's successful return to instantiate a new Eden which replaces the black crisp that humans have made of Earth, these stories continue in the vein of DarkFire and his friend, the inimitable Loc Phuket. Science Fiction to some, perhaps, yet, day by day, increasingly part of our current events.

The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction

The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction
Author: Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2020-11-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476681287

Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics contend that the fantastic and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the fantastic can comfortably coexist. The "locked room" mystery--which often uses the fantastic as a red herring to eventually be debunked by reason and logic--has long been among the most popular subgenres of detective fiction. This book also explores stories featuring almost supernaturally gifted detectives, stories where the supernatural is truly encountered, and stories with ambiguous endings. Close to 500 detective stories from 1841 to 2000, in which the fantastic or supernatural plays a central role, are discussed and analyzed. Although not all the stories are judged to be successful as detective tales, in the great majority, the fantastic enlivens the tale and deepens the mystery without weakening the detective elements.

Huge Detective #3

Huge Detective #3
Author: Adam King
Publisher: Titan Comics
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2024-11-13
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1787746194

In order to solve the mysterious disappearances of Humans and Huge alike, detective Tamaki interrogated schizophrenic prisoner Manny. After saving him from drowning, she pursued the leads of a mysterious phrase: bobble head. Meanwhile, detective Gyant explored a cave with a connection to the disappearances, only to find the tooth of a Huge, but all signs point for him to “Go Deeper”…

The Pussy Detective

The Pussy Detective
Author: DuVay Knox
Publisher: Clash Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781955904131

A surreal Blacksploitation joint for the 21st Century. An Occult, Erotic Mystery bout Reverend Daddy Hoodoo helping his Wommin find their Lost-R-Missing Pussies with the help of the extraordinary Madam X. Featuring heartless gangsters, Vodoo sex Magick, and a young Wommin in distress by the name of Abysinnia who is in desperate need of the services of Daddy Hoodoo. This tale leads from Between the Sheets to the Streets to the Boardroom Suites--and Beyond.

Huge Detective #2

Huge Detective #2
Author: Adam Rose
Publisher: Titan Comics
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2024-09-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1787746186

After the Omega Event forty years ago saw the rise of the Huge (a giant-like race which preceded humanity), there has been a relative peace. However, a series of mysterious disappearances has brought an unlikely pair of detectives – one human, one Huge – together to solve the case. Their only clue lies with a schizophrenic prisoner named Manny…