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They seeded the new world with everything to get life started. A few thousand years later a lone starship’s engines fail, marooning the crew and passengers. The planet is a nightmare of giant mushroom forests and insects grown to monstrous killer proportions.

In this volume of the series of short science fiction stories we discover robot lawmen, psionic aliens, evil scientists and alien super weapons. The stories are: 'Arm of the Law' by Harry Harrison, 'Graveyard of Dreams' by H Beam Piper, 'Survival Type' by JF Bone, 'The Black Lamp' by SP Meek, 'The Bluff of the Hawk' by Anthony Gilmore and 'Third Planet' by Murray Leinster.

Hawk Carse, pioneer, explorer, and crusader for justice escapes the asteroid base of Dr Ku Sui thinking the evil scientist was defeated. After a mammoth space-suited escape back to civilisation, the horrible truth emerges. Not only is the Doctor still alive, but his agents are already working to discover Hawk’s hidden base.

Hunter Hume was kicked from the Star Pilot’s Guild and now scrapes a living guiding rich clients onto unpopulated worlds to hunt the wildlife. When scouting a new world Hume spotted something unusual and saw an opportunity to make money. In a devilish deal with an underworld kingpin Hume leads a safari into the jungle world of Jumala, and into a terrifying situation he never expected.

Tensions on Earth are reaching crisis point, with opposed super powers on the very brink of full scale nuclear war, when a scout ship exploring space discovers an inhabitable third planet in a remote star system. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this classic tale from the golden age of science fiction.

A landlady has a mysterious unseen tenant, the police are on the tail of a multiple murderer and coded messages appear in the newspaper. Can the world's most famous detective solve this mystery?

The lurking fear dwelt in the shunned and deserted Martense mansion, which crowned the high but gradual eminence whose liability to frequent thunderstorms gave it the name of Tempest Mountain. For over a hundred years the antique, grove-circled stone house had been the subject of stories incredibly wild and monstrously hideous; stories of a silent colossal creeping death which stalked abroad in summer. It seemed the stories might have been true when myself and a horde of reporters descended on the Catskills to follow up a rumour that an entire village had sunk into the earth.

In this volume of the series of short science fiction stories we discover new sapient races, a race to Mars, planets disintegrating, psionic interlopers, hidden ancient worlds, explosive exploits and time travel. The stories are: 'Atom Drive' by Charles Louis Fontenay, 'Hot Planet' by Hal Clement, 'Nobel Redman' by Jesse Franklin Bone, 'Seed of the Arctic Ice' by H. G. Winter, 'Silver Dome' by Harl Vincent, 'The Vortex Blaster' by Edward Elmer Smith and 'Time and Time Again' by H. Beam Piper.

Lockley was working in the mountains on a survey mission when an alien spaceship smashed into a nearby lake. The Earth shook, and the people fled as the aliens swept the ground for miles in every direction with a beam weapon that induced mind-numbing terror and paralysis. Instead of running like everyone else, Lockley realises he has to go towards the alien menace to rescue the woman he loves....

When Feversham’s regiment was called to service in the Soudan, he resigned his commission. His fellow officers sent him one white feather each as a sign that they recognised his cowardice. What follows is an exciting adventure of redemption and a heart-aching love story....

This audiobook from 1862 is a collection of published letters discussing the pros and cons of raising regiments consisting entirely of coloured soldiers to fight for the Union during the American Civil War. These arguments present the views of the time, and it's fascinating to see viewpoints so alien to our modern sensibilities. For instance, at the time these letters were being written, half of the members of the Northern government were against allowing any coloured citizens to own or bear arms.

Mysteries come in all sorts, and this collection of seven short stories covers many of them. From the classic detective Sherlock Holmes to the supernatural-refuting Detective Bell, from invisible creatures invading Paris to true crime investigations.

When Miss Morstan arrived in Sherlock Holmes’ rooms, she brought with her a mystery that would challenge the abilities of even the renowned Holmes. Death, treasure, revenge and even war would all take their part in the challenging case.

Thomas, the faithful servant of the scientist Leland, places a desperate call through to his master's friends, begging they come up to the Leland mansion to find and rescue the missing Leland. What follows in an amazing adventure in the super science of yesteryear, where sanity and understanding will be challenged.

The Bruce-Partington plans will revolutionise submarine warfare in a way that will make England untouchable. When the plans go missing and the man who stole them turns up dead, the government is in an uproar. Only one man can unravel the mystery, and that man is Sherlock Holmes. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this Conan Doyle classic.

Have you ever had a feeling that you’re not in control of your own body? Have you ever done something and immediately after wondered why you did it? You’re not the only one. People all through recorded time have had that feeling. What if you truly were not in control? What if another being was slowly taking control of you and your life? FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of The Horla, a weird mystery story by Guy de Maupassant.

When John Booth made his lethal attack on Abraham Lincoln, Charles Leale was the first doctor on the scene. He had been watching the play along with the president, and when the call for a doctor was made Dr Leale was there immediately. As an experienced military surgeon he was able to immediately put his skills to work in an attempt to save the President’s life. This book, as the title suggests, describes the final hours of the President’s life from the moment he was shot to the moment when he breathed his last, told by the attending physician. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this moving account by Charles A. Leale MD.

In the remote hills of deepest old England, Vaughn is worried when he discovers inexplicable changing symbols next to his home. With no one else to ask for help, he seeks out his old friend and investigator Dyson. Together they work to uncover the mysterious truth about the changing symbols.

Calhoun was assigned the sector because the previous Med Ship inspector had dropped the ball, and the whole sector had gone to rack and ruin. When he starts his first inspection he becomes embroiled in a pandemic driven war between worlds. What can a simple Med Ship pilot in a 50 ton flitter do to bring peace and health back to two worlds on the brink?

I collect snippets from newspapers, special interesting snippets. The unusual, the weird, the unexplained. These things have always interested me. Yet when I found my old hometown was the subject of a sudden rush of strange and inexplicable events, I felt I was being drawn back....