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A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

The “Golden Age of Science Fiction” Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Winston K. Marks (1915-1979) is one such unjustly forgotten author. Why start with him? You can blame Barry Malzberg, a noted author, editor, literary agent, and critic of the field.

As a guest speaker at a meeting of the Bergen County Science Fiction Association, Barry claimed that the modern era allows classic science fiction to live forever, and gave Winston K. Marks—who published frequently in the 1950s—a shout-out as an example: “Google him,” claimed Barry, “and you will get 10,000 hits—even though no one in the room has heard of him.” (I paraphrase!)

Well, I had heard of Winston K. Marks before Barry brought him up, but I’ll admit I’m in the minority. I’ve read more science fiction, fantasy, and horror from the Golden Age that your average reader.

Here are a selection of Winston K. Marks’ stories from great magazines like Galaxy, If, Amazing Stories, and other placed. I know you’ll enjoy being introduced to this author from the Golden Age of Science Fiction.

—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.