The Second Reginald Bretnor Megapack collects 15 great science fiction, fantasy, and mystery tales -- including two complete novels! Contents COPYRIGHT INFO A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER THE MEGAPACK SERIES THE HAUNTING OF H.M.S. “DRYAD” FEGHOOT SHIPWRECKED (Feghoot 37) THE GHOST (Feghoot 19) CIVIL RIGHTS (Feghoot 36) GNURRS COME FROM THE VOODVORK OUT LITTLE ANTON THE LADIES OF BEETLEGOOSE NINE COUNT VON SCHIMMELHORN AND THE TIME-PONY PAPA SCHIMMELHORN’S YANG PAPA SCHIMMELHORN AND THE S.O.D.O.M. SERUM SCHIMMELHORN’S GOLD [Part 1] SCHIMMELHORN’S GOLD [Part 2] T.V. (Feghoot 48) A KILLING IN SWORDS [Part 1] A KILLING IN SWORDS [Part 2] IN A PICKLE (Feghoot 33) THE GNU MUTATION (Feghoot 38)

The late Reginald Bretnor (1911-1992) was never a prolific writer—he wrote only a handful of books and about 100 short stories [and more than 100 short-short “Feghoots” under the Grendel Briarton pseudonym]—over a 45-year writing career. In addition to wars, weaponry, and science fiction, Bretnor’s broad interests included cats. (And puns. Did we mention the horrible puns?) These subjects are all touched on in this collection. A sly sense of humor permeates Bretnor’s fiction, and as we work to digitize his complete body of work and present it to readers in a series of Reginald Bretnor Megapacks, we know you’ll have fun reading them.

Sugar Plum is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Reginald Bretnor is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Reginald Bretnor then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

Planet earth was no longer a pleasant place to live.-We were 50 light years from Old Earth when the ship’s computer network alerted us. Every screen flashed three times, and Saul Gilpin’s voice sounded a warning. “Listen carefully. The Universe is alive with beings whose minds can and do reach through the space you are now in. It is not concepts that they project, but raw emotion. No matter what comes to your minds, you must not echo, you must not be afraid.”  We sat there in silence. I felt chilled. I thought of mind-tendrils, reaching out to me, out from the burning suns, the icy darknesses…

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 short-short): UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald BretnorCAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. DelanyEXPEDITER, by Mack ReynoldsONE-SHOT, by James BlishSHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando BinderZEN, by Jerome BixbyLANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson BondSENTIMENT, INC., by Poul AndersonTHE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, by J. F. BoneTHE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, by Ben BovaYEAR OF THE BIG THAW, by Marion Zimmer BradleyEARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS, by Fredric BrownHAPPY ENDING, by Fredric Brown and Mack ReynoldsLIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, by Nelson BondRIYA'S FOUNDLING, by Algis BudrysACCIDENTAL DEATH, by Peter BailyAND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C. C. MacAppDEAD RINGER, by Lester del ReyTHE CRYSTAL CRYPT, by Philip K. DickTHE JUPITER WEAPON, by Charles L. FontenayTHE MAN WHO HATED MARS, by Randall GarrettNAVY DAY, by Harry HarrisonTHE JUDAS VALLEY, by Robert Silverberg & Randall GarrettNATIVE SON, by T. D. HammJUBILEE, by Richard A. LupoffFINAL CALL, by John Gregory Betancourt

Welcome to the first volume of The Black Cat Mystery Community's "Thrillogy" series, celebrating classic mystery short stories. This time we focus on the work of Reginald Bretnor (1911-1992). Included are:PAPER TIGERTHE MURDERERS' CIRCLETHE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE DEAREST DEFUNCTReg was born Alfred Reginald Kahn in Vladivostok, Siberia. He was the son of a Latvian Jewish banker and an English governess. The family moved to Japan in 1917, then to San Diego, California, in 1920. Bretnor, whose name was taken from the maiden name of his maternal grandmother and who many acquaintances thought to be the perfect English gentleman, never left the United States in the 72 years he lived here and did not once set foot in Great Britain.He is most widely known in the science fiction field for his humorous "Feghoot" pun stories featuring time-traveler Ferdinand Feghoot. He also published a handful of science fiction novels and a single mystery novel (A Killing in Swords) in...