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A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

H. Bedford-Jones (1889-1949) was, at one point in the 1920s, among the highest paid, most read, and most popular authors in the English language. If you’ve never heard of him, it’s because he wrote primarily for magazines—Adventure, Argosy, Blue Book, The Thrill Book, Weird Tales, and many, many more. He turned out thousands of short stories and more than 100 novels (so many and in such diverse markets that no one has been able to complile a complete list). He was a fast writer—exceptionally so—and wrote with great style and vigor. In many ways, he was the Stephen King or Charles Dickens of his day.

But because he published in ephemeral markets, his work came out each month—and then disappeared, to be replaced by next month’s stories in next month’s magazines. It’s not a great way to build an enduring audience. If you stop publishing in magazines, the editors replace your work with someone else’s…and the readership rapidly forgets you, which ultimately became Bedford-Jones’s fate.

Still, pulp magazine collectors today seek out and relish his work. If you like a great adventure story well told, you can’t go wrong with anything by Henry James O’Brien Bedford-Jones!

—John Betancourt

Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

www.wildsidepress.com

ABOUT THE MEGAPACKS

Over the last few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has grown to be among our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”

The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt (me), Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!)

A NOTE FOR KINDLE READERS

The Kindle versions of our Megapacks employ active tables of contents for easy navigation…please look for one before writing reviews on Amazon that complain about the lack! (They are sometimes at the ends of ebooks, depending on your reader.)

RECOMMEND A FAVORITE STORY?

Do you know a great classic science fiction story, or have a favorite author whom you believe is perfect for the Megapack series? We’d love your suggestions! You can post them on our message board at http://movies.ning.com/forum (there is an area for Wildside Press comments).

Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.

TYPOS

Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.

If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone. You can email the publisher at wildsidepress@yahoo.com or use the message boards above.