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To the Stars -- And Beyond

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by Robert Reginald


  I’m Dying Here, with Rory Barnes, Point Blank, Wildside Press, 2009, 184 p. Thomas Perdue, tough Aussie former private eye, is in trouble—and it can only get worse. “This is a comic, crazy, original crime novel. You won’t find another like it.”

  Warriors of the Tao: The Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, edited with Van Ikin, Borgo Press, 2011, 311 p. An anthology of 16 essays on SF and fantasy.

  Embarrass My Dog: The Way We Were, the Things We Thought, Borgo Press, 2011, 317 p. This book will embarrass more than your dog. Award-winning writer Damien Broderick gathers his 24 most forthright articles from the 1960s and ’70s.

  JOHN GLASBY

  (1928-2011) published hundreds of SF, horror, romance, war, western, and crime novels. His Borgo Press books include:

  Mystery of the Crater: A Science Fiction Novel, Borgo Press, 2011, 176 p. Brander, security chief of the Syrtis Base on Mars, invokes an Emergency Directive after two men die, victims of an alien disease. The base is now isolated. Dr. John Naysmith leads a medical team to isolate the virus and discover a serum. But if the disease spreads, Brander will have no alternative but to annihilate the base with atom bombs! Can John save the day?

  Forthcoming:

  Dark Conflict, Borgo Press.

  The Dark Destroyer, Borgo Press.

  Dark Legion, Borgo Press.

  Death Comes Calling, Borgo Press.

  Death Never Strikes Twice, Borgo Press.

  The Missing Heiress Murders, Borgo Press.

  Murder Is My Shadow, Borgo Press.

  Project Jove, Borgo Press.

  Roses for a Lady, Borgo Press.

  The Substance of a Dream, Borgo Press.

  A Time for Murder, Borgo Press.

  The Undead, Borgo Press.

  The Wheel Spins Thirteen, Borgo Press.

  JAMES C. GLASS

  is a retired academic dean, and a well-known writer of science fiction stories and novels. His books for Borgo Press include:

  Imaginings of a Dark Mind: Science Fiction Stories, Borgo Press, 2009, 301 p. 17 tales of SF and fantasy. “Glass tends to grab you with the first line and not let go until the last line, and it’s an interesting ride all the way through.”—Steve Perry.

  Toth: A Science Fiction Novel, Borgo Press, 2008, 235 p. Rubion Federation ship HMS Belsus visits a 300-year-old colony planet, and discovers a society revolting against the rule of Toth. Queal’s crew are threatened by Toth and his followers, including strange, bioengineered creatures unique to the planet. Only the people on a remote island can aid Queal in his fight for freedom, and allow him to survive the wrath of a monstrous dictator. But help sometimes comes from unexpected directions!

  Visions: A Science Fiction Western, Borgo Press, 2007, 195 p. In California during the 1840s Gold Rush, settlers discover an ancient race, the Tenanken, who date back at least 60,000 years. Some members retain the genetic memories of their distant past, while others project mystical visions of comfort and joy. All flee the coming of the white man, and appear to be doomed to extinction. Only the genius Pegre finds a possible solution: integrate and intermarry with their distant white “cousins.” Can the ancient and modern be merged and preserved?

  CHARLES ALLEN GRAMLICH

  has published numerous stories and novels and poems of fantasy, the supernatural, and SF. His Borgo Press offerings include:

  Midnight in Rosary: Tales of Vampires and Werewolves in Crimson and Black, Borgo Press, 2011, 251 p. Sixty marvelous stories and poems of horror and the supernatural. It doesn’t get much better than this!

  Bitter Steel: Tales and Poems of Epic Fantasy, Borgo Press, 2010, 239 p. Twenty great stories and poems of myth and fantasy by a master storyteller.

  Swords of Talera (#1), Borgo Press, 2007, 203 p.; Wings Over Talera (#2), Borgo Press, 2007, 223 p.; Witch of Talera (#3), Borgo Press, 2007, 227 p. Abruptly transported from Earth to Talera, Ruenn Maclang must slash his way through a world of alien warriors and deadly beasts, where every move can result in death. To stay alive and find his missing brother, Ruenn must quickly learn the discipline of sword and spear, and experience the bitter stench of battle. And he must uncover the many hidden secrets of Talera, a weird and wonderful world very different from our own. A grand adventure trilogy in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard.

  Write with Fire: Thoughts on the Craft of Writing, Borgo Press, 2009, 248 p. Great tips for both the beginner and the pro.

  HOWARD V. HENDRIX

  is an award-winning academic who writes both nonfiction and science fiction. His Borgo Press books are:

  Better Angels: A Science Fiction Novel, Borgo Press, in press 2011, 475 p. The third novel in the Lightpaths Sequence.

  Human in the Circuit: Collected Stories, Borgo Press, 2011, 131 p. (Wildside Double #15). Nine great SF and fantasy stories.

  Perception of Depth: Collected Stories, Borgo Press, 2011, 123 p. (Wildside Double #15). Four science fiction novellas.

  Lightpaths: A Science Fiction Novel, Borgo Press, 2010, 384 p. The first novel in the Lightpaths Sequence. “Gives us an exhilarating intellectual tour of an amazing orbital habitat and a dizzying complex of ideas.”—Michael Bishop.

  Standing Wave: A Science Fiction Novel, Borgo Press, 2010, 380 p. The second novel in the Lightpaths Sequence. What was the light that mazed every mind’s sky—and then was gone? Why has it brought a flying tepui mountain top home from the stars, and sent investigators into the orbital habitats floating above Earth? How is it connected to a “living fossil” fungus of great entheogenic powers? Or to a dead madman? An imaginative tour de force!

  PHILIP E. HIGH

  (1914-2006) wrote numerous SF stories and novels during his long career. He has no Borgo Press books as such, but many of his short stories are featured in Wildside Press anthologies:

  Fantasy Adventures 1-13, edited by Philip Harbottle, Wildside Press, 2002-2008.

  Fantasy Annual 1-5, edited by Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, Wildside Press, 1997-2003.

  Fantasy Quarterly 1, edited by Philip Harbottle, Wildside Press, 2001.

  JAMES B. JOHNSON

  has published a half-dozen SF and suspense novels, and a number of short works. His Borgo Press books include:

  Counterclockwise: A Science Fiction Novel, Borgo Press, 2011, 372 p. When fifty-seven-year-old Ethan Zachary is ravaged by mysterious ball lightning, he starts growing progressively younger. As the condition begins to take hold, he realizes the end result will eventually kill him, ruining his plans to run for Congress—as well as his marriage. He does find a few compensations: his new youth and vigor attract a Cuban refugee reporter and a young lady lawyer, and his libido has been magically restored. Then a reclusive billionaire snatches “EZ” to use him as a medical guinea pig. But EZ’s internal clock is reverse-aging him inexorably, with the pace accelerating exponentially. As he navigates through the maze of his personal problems and political intrigue, his biological timepiece keeps winding backwards, tick, tick, tick—until all he knows is that the hours are running out, any way you count them. There’s just one more thing he can try! An exciting science-fiction adventure.

  MICHAEL KURLAND

  is an award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, weird fiction, and mystery novels. His Borgo Press works include:

  The Princes of Earth: A Science Fiction Novel, Borgo Press, 2010, 175 p. (Wildside Double #12). When Adam Worthington is accepted at one of the Empire’s great schools, the University of Sol on Mars, he’s off on the greatest adventure of his life.

  Ten Little Wizards: A Lord Darcy Novel, Borgo Press, 2011, 237 p. Three impossible crimes, all involving a wizard, are enough to worry even Lord Darcy, the Angevin Empire’s chief investigator, and his right-hand man, the Master Sorcerer Sean O Lochlainn. A first-class authorized continuation of the amazing characters created by the late Randall Garrett.

  A Study in Sorcery: A Lord Darcy Novel, Borgo Press, 2011, 229 p. Lord Darcy and his trusted forensic magician
Master Sean O Lochlainn must discover who killed an Azteque prince—and how and why—or risk a war between the Angevin settlers of the New World and the powerful Azteque Empire.

  Victorian Villainy: A Collection of Moriarty Stories, Borgo Press, 2011, 165 p. (Wildside Mystery Double).

  The Trials of Quintillian: Three Stories of Rome’s Greatest Detective, Borgo Press, 2011, 105 p. (Wildside Mystery Double).

  JACQUELINE LICHTENBERG

  is best known for her Sime~Gen series, co-authored with Jean Lorrah. These have been published by Borgo Press as:

  House of Zeor, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#1), Borgo Press, 2010, 274 p.

  Unto Zeor, Forever, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#2), Borgo Press, 2011, 360 p.

  First Channel, by Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#3), Borgo Press, 2011, 380 p.

  Mahogany Trinrose, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#4), Borgo Press, 2010, 294 p.

  Channel’s Destiny, by Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#5), Borgo Press, 2011, 248 p.

  RenSime, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#6), Borgo Press, 2011, 252 p.

  Ambrov Keon, by Jean Lorrah (#7), Borgo Press, 2011, 250 p.

  Zelerod’s Doom, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah (#8), Borgo Press, 2011, 306 p.

  Personal Recognizance, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#9), Borgo Press, 2011, 165 p. (Wildside Double #14).

  The Story Untold and Other Stories, by Jean Lorrah (#10), Borgo Press, 2011, 99 p. (Wildside Double #14)

  To Kiss or to Kill, by Jean Lorrah (#11), Borgo, 2011, 290 p.

  The Farris Channel, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (#12), Borgo Press, forthcoming 2011.

  GARY LOVISI

  is a well-known publisher (Gryphon Books), writer, and editor. His Borgo Press publications include:

  Murder of a Bookman: A Bentley Hollow Collectibles Mystery Novel, Borgo Press, 2011, 125 p. (Wildside Mystery Double #5). When bookseller Brian MacDonald is stabbed in the back with his letter opener, the police have no trouble finding suspects: MacDonald has been dishonest in his dealings, both personally and professionally. But Detective Bentley Hollow has to find a solution to the crime, and when he does, his life will be irrevocably changed! A great police procedural!

  Driving Hell’s Highway: A Crime Novel, Borgo Press, 2011, 81 p. (Wildside Mystery Double #4). He had no past and no future, only the long open road ahead of him. What would he find there, other than danger and violence? He didn’t want to remember his past. Now he was just a loner—a nobody driving the back roads of America. Darkness surrounded his mind. With a trunkful of guns and a tankful of gas in his old Chevy, he was Driving Hell’s Highway—wherever it would lead him!

  Gargoyle Nights: A Collection of Horror, Borgo Press, 2011, 79 p. (Wildside Double #16). At the end of Earth’s days, The Gargoyle guards the secrets of the Last City, Shenumbra. Then the star-traveling Leinites arrive. Now, only the Gargoyle stands in their way! Great SF and horror adventure!

  RICHARD A. LUPOFF

  is an award-winning writer of detective tales, science fiction, fantasy, and horror, among others. His Borgo Press books are:

  Lisa Kane: A Novel of Werewolves, Borgo Press, 2010, 165 p. (Wildside Double #11). Lisa is a twelve-year-old girl with all the worries and troubles and angst of any normal girl just beginning the slow transition into womanhood. She’s frightened of the changes that are happening to her body—the budding breasts, the hint of a menstrual cycle, the stiff black hairs that appear on the back of her hands, and the way her nails twist to look like claws during the full moon. Is this normal? And if not, how is she different, why is she different, and why doesn’t her dad want her to go to the harvest moon dance?

  One Murder at a Time: The Casebook of Lindsey and Plum, Wildside Press, 2001, 192 p. Mystery stories.

  Killer’s Dozen: Thirteen Mystery Tales, Wildside Press, 2010, 252 p.

  Sword of the Demon, Wildside Press, 2004, 174 p. Fantasy.

  Sacred Locomotive Flies, Wildside Press, 2005, 170 p. SF.

  The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer, with Steve Stiles, Wildside Press, 2010, 64 p.

  ROBERT REGINALD

  has edited over 1,600 volumes in his career. He also has penned more than 25 books of fiction, among them:

  Knack’ Attack: A Tale of the Human-Knacker War (#2), Borgo Press, 2010, 174 p. (Wildside Double #7). The second riveting book in this military SF series.

  The Elder of Days: Tales of the Elders, Borgo Press, 2010, 174 p. (Wildside Double #8). Four fantasy stories of near-immortals.

  The Judgment of the Gods and Other Verdicts of History, Borgo Press, 2011, 123 p. (Wildside Mystery Double #2). Four mysteries taken from the pages of history.

  Invasion: Earth vs. the Aliens!, Operation Crimson Storm, The Martians Strike Back! (War of Two Worlds #1-3), Borgo Press, 2011, 247, 219, 206 p. A trilogy of military SF novels based around H. G. Wells’s novel, War of the Worlds.

  The Paperback Show Murders, Borgo Press, 2011, 174 p. (Wildside Mystery Double #5). A mystery at a paperback con.

  Academentia: A Future Dystopia, Borgo Press, 2011, 125 p. (Wildside Double # 17). The religious right takes over America.

  The Hypatomancer’s Tale, a fantasy trilogy, forthcoming 2011.

  DON WEBB

  has published dozens of short stories of horror, SF, mystery, and fantasy. His Borgo Press books include:

  Do the Weird Crime, Serve the Weird Time: Tales of the Bizarre, Borgo Press, 2011, 143 p. (Wildside Double #16). A man who terrifies women, a writer who stalks his editors, a man who fantasizes about murder, a vampire disguised as a syringe...the stranger the crime, the stranger the punishment in this happy marriage of crime writing, horror fiction, and surrealism. Lance Olsen says: “Don Webb’s world makes Julio Cortázar’s look a little predictable, and Philip K. Dick’s a bit drab.”

  Webb’s Weird Wild West: Western Tales of Horror, Borgo Press, 2010, 121 p. (Wildside Double #11). “Webb can write straight tales, or he can go out to the fringe: he’s a full spectrum writer”—Roger Zelazny.

  The War with the Belatrin, Borgo Press, forthcoming 2011 (Wildside Double). Science fiction stories.

  A Velvet of Vampyres, Borgo Press, forthcoming 2011 (Wildside Double). Vampire horror stories.

  BORGO PRESS ANTHOLOGIES EDITED BY ROBERT REGINALD

  Ancestral Voices: An Anthology of Early Science Fiction (with Douglas Menville)

  Ancient Hauntings (with Douglas Menville)

  Choice Words: The Borgo Press Book of Writers Writing About Writing

  Dreamers of Dreams: An Anthology of Fantasy (with Douglas Menville)

  Forgotten Fantasy, Issues #1-#5 (with Douglas Menville)

  King Solomon’s Children: Some Parodies of H. Rider Haggard (with Douglas Menville)

  More Whodunits: The Second Borgo Press Book of Crime and Mystery Stories

  Once Upon a Future: The Third Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories

  Phantasmagoria (with Douglas Menville)

  R.I.P.: Five Stories of the Supernatural (with Douglas Menville)

  The Spectre Bridegroom and Other Horrors (with Douglas Menville)

  They: Three Parodies of H. Rider Haggard’s She (with Douglas Menville)

  To the Stars—and Beyond: The Second Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories

  Whodunit? The First Borgo Press Book of Crime and Mystery Stories

  Worlds of Never: Three Fantastic Novels (with Douglas Menville)

  Yondering: The First Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories

 

 

 
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