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The first collection by writer Matthew Hughes, and the perfect companion to his acclaimed novel Black Brillion, The Gist Hunter and Other Stories features nine stories taking place in the universe of The Archonate, as well as four non-series stories. The stories of Henghis Hapthorn, Old Earth's "foremost freelance discriminator", combine mystery and science fantasy while simultaneously recalling the arch irony of Gene Wolfe and the sly fancies of Jack Vance.

Sam Hunter is a bit of an animal. He's a former Twin Cities cop who lost his badge because of excessive force. Abusive husbands, child molesters, and other lowlifes wound up looking like they'd been mauled by a dog...or a wolf. Now Sam's a low-rent PI in Philadelphia. He takes the kinds of cases no one wants. His clients are usually on the fringes of society. The kind who are prey for all manner of predators - human and otherwise.

Dashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light. Along with the full-length treatments On the Make and The Kiss-Off, this collection includes never before and rarely published stories that explore failed romance, courage in the face of uncertainty, hypocrisy, and crass opportunism.

Tom Christian is on the trail of revenge and a fortune in gold. Square-jawed and rugged, Tom is headed deep into the jungles of the Solomon Islands to find Punjo Charlie—the ruthless criminal who killed his partner. But these jungles are thick with danger ... as greed, temptation and sudden violence threaten to draw Tom into the heart of darkness. There’s a pile of gold.... There’s a beautiful blonde.... And there’s a bloodthirsty tribe of headhunters who have fallen under the spell of Punjo Charlie. The trap has been set.

In the world long before written history, Croh and his nomadic tribe are doing their best to survive. With their food gone and bodies exhausted, Croh finds a caldera. Through luck, he stumbles upon a pass through its rocky walls, leading to their salvation. Every tree and plant produces food, the lake is filled with fish, and Croh thinks he found a place where they could make a permanent home.

The Hawaiian word for ghost is Uhane. In this collection of short stories described as Harry Bosch meets Mary Poppins by one reviewer, there are tons of them. It’s hard to tell sometimes who’s living, and who’s dead, even for Danny. He’s a magnet for everything weird. His twisty cases confound the police, but not him. He’s the one who puts out fires. Unsolved murder is a fire that can never be extinguished, and Danny is determined to put out every single one. In these four stories, the lines between life and death and everything in between are blurred.

Once upon a time, a princess was born with hair as black as ebony, lips as red as blood, and skin as white as snow. After the huntsman and before the dwarfs—while she was all alone in that great forest—the princess met a demon. He was hunting unicorns. And what bait could better snare his prey than the fairest of them all?

The Hunter and The Trap presents two thrilling and suspenseful stories by Howard Fast, one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. In “The Hunter,” celebrated but down-on-his-luck novelist Andrew Bell returns to New York from an African safari only to find himself the prey in someone else’s big game hunt. Bell must seek the help of an old friend in order to escape with his life.

In these seven tales, gathered from stories previously published in literary journals, Suzanne d’Corsey evokes the transcendent power of the wild places and the human heart. In these and other stories, d’Corsey draws us into the crossroads of myth, romance, and destiny.

"The Hunter Gracchus" is a short story by Franz Kafka. The story presents a boat carrying the long-dead Hunter Gracchus as it arrives at a port. The mayor of Riva meets Gracchus, who gives him an account of his death while hunting, and explains that he is destined to wander aimlessly and eternally over the seas. An additional fragment presents an extended dialogue between Gracchus and an unnamed interviewer, presumably the same mayor.Written in the first half of 1917, the story was published posthumously in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer (Berlin, 1931).

From Philip Caputo--the author of A Rumor of War, The Longest Road, and Some Rise By Sin--comes a captivating mosaic of stories set in a small town where no act is private and the past is never really past. Hunter’s Moon is set in Michigan’s wild, starkly beautiful Upper Peninsula, where a...

A powerful vampire and his followers have come from Europe to the dark continent. They had been moving across Africa for months. One man knows who they are and is trying to find them by chasing them across Africa. This man is a holy hunter named Semi. Semi is a lone monster hunter and a man of God. Semi's pursuit eventually crosses paths with Young Akachi.

The polar caps have melted and the east and west coast ...are under water. The corporations have taken over with their private militias and any form of healing not approved by the medical establishment is illegal. Hunting squads were created to hunt down those healers, most were captured and never heard from again. One hundred years later the people regain control and now the hunters become the hunted until the very last one is captured and put on trial, the last Reiki hunter.

Horizon Hunters is about lives that leave an indelible imprint on the mind even as they, consciously or unconsciously, set out on a spiral of discovery to reach the possibly impenetrable for which the soul panteth—the horizon which becomes the cordis of their life's journey. In the grip of destiny, they often surmount the barriers of time and space, and go hunting for the horizon, to know that mysterious unknown which might be an answer to many of the disconnected fragments in their lives.

Nikki isn't looking for love or even a fling. Opening her bakery is her top priority, but she can't seem to take her eyes off Evan. Evan is in a bad spot due to a family curse. The Hunter men are cursed to have trouble talking to 'the one' when they meet her. Just his luck Nikki is it and she is coming to the company holiday party.

After a close encounter with a wolf leaves him more admirer than predator, an old hunter must choose between taking a trophy and finding a deeper connection.

A man is hired by a British gentleman because of his strength, his medical degree, and his extreme knowledge of beetles.

Draco is a vampire hunter with his girlfriend Isabel and they are on a mission to kill Alexander and his master Katharine. Things don't go as well and Draco and Isabel are pushed to their limits. This is a classic vampire story that involves the vampire hunter and how he attacks the creatures of the night!

It's Suzanne's 13th birthday, and Daisy is shocked and saddened to learn that she's never had a birthday party. So she sets out to give her one, complete with a cake, ice cream, soda, and balloons. But when Suzanne's mother shows up, the party's over. A poignant coming of age story where good will and alcoholism collide.