Mars had gifts to offer and Earth had much in return—if delivery could be arranged!

Fredric Brown (1906-1972), one of science fiction’s greatest masters from the Golden Age, is famous for his many classic short stories -- quite a few of which are presented here, including "Arena," "Knock," "Earthmen Bearing Gifts," "The Star Mouse," and many more.

In most murder cases, the setting stays put, if nothing else. But when murder comes to visit the J.C. Hobart travelling carnival, the entire operation has moved town before Captain Weiss can gather any tangible leads. For young Ed Hunter, the case throws him together with a gorgeous redhead from the posing show, but as another murder occurs, and then a third, he and his Uncle Am find their hands full with more than just their ball game concession. In a strange atmosphere of freak shows, show girls, and an escaped chimpanzee, Ed and Uncle Am take it upon themselves to find the killer on the loose – a killer who chooses his victims according to size.

Mystery icon and original Dutton Guilt Edged Mysteries author Fredric Brown’s inventive and shocking novel We All Killed Grandma, first published in 1952, is available as an eBook for the first time! In We All Killed Grandma, Rod Britten’s first memory is speaking to the police on the phone, staring at the body of a woman with a bullet in her brain. He is completely unable to answer the police’s questions about who he is, where he is, or how he came to discover the woman — who he soon learns is his own grandmother. The killing is written off as a botched burglary, but Rod is determined to discover the truth, both about his life before the amnesia and his grandmother’s death. His quest entangles him with Robin, his beautiful ex-wife who he may be falling in love with all over again, but also puts him in grave danger: what does he know about the murder that his mind won’t let him remember? Edgar Award winning author Fredric Brown, whom Mickey Spillane called “my favorite writer of all time,” weaves a fascinating mystery, now available to a whole new generation of readers.

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the "short-short" form (these days called flash fiction) -- stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels.) This volume contains 27 of his stories, including the classics "The Waveries," "Honeymoon in Hell," "Cartoonist," and many more! Included are: THE WAVERIES OBEDIENCE ALL GOOD BEMS FIRST TIME MACHINE BLOOD THE LAST MARTIAN MAN OF DISTINCTION VENGEANCE FLEET THE WEAPON MOUSE THE DOME GREAT LOST DISCOVERIES I -- INVISIBILITY GREAT LOST DISCOVERIES II -- Invulnerability GREAT LOST DISCOVERIES III -- Immortality MILLENNIUM SECOND CHANCE CONTACT A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR SOMETHING GREEN CRISIS, 1999 AND THE GODS LAUGHED MITKEY RIDES AGAIN PLACET IS A CRAZY PLACE HONEYMOON IN HELL DAISIES DAYMARE CARTOONIST And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in the series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, adventure stories, westerns, and much, much more! (Sort by publication date to see the most recent of our 100+ releases.)

This eBook was created from a number of different sources: scans of magazines, paperbacks, hardbacks converted .pdf files unformatted .rtf files basic formatted .doc files As such, I took a little more liberties than usual with the reformatting, editing of the spelling and the occasional “layout & design” question. I absolutely believe it to be an imperative to preserve the author's original text (i.e. words, spelling etc.); to help preserve the sense and atmosphere of the time-period in which these works were written. On occasion, I did encounter some spellings inconsistent with Brown's usual style and some that were both distracting and very questionable as to whether they were the author's or misspellings/errors of some proofreader overlooked during the original publication of the stories contained within this eBook. As a result, I made some corrections to the original text. Please note, these adjusments were kept to a bare minimum. I also re-formatted each story to be the best possible reading experience on your eReader. No other adjustments of the author’s original work have been made. I present this eBook in two parts. Part One is a collection of Fredric Brown’s science fiction stories, and Part Two is his crime stories. I based my classification of these stories in part, of William F Nolan’s in-depth look at Fredric Brown’s work, published in 1984. To give you a sense of who Fredric Brown was and the scope of his talent, I include Robert Bloch’s very well written and informative”essay” as an introduction; unedited and in its entirety. For those interested in the source material from which these stories were culled, please take a look at the “Source Material” I included at the end of this eBook. Finally, it is my sincerest desire for you to have an enjotable reading experience of some of the best classic science fiction and crime stories written. Flyboy707 September, 2011

“… only a madman would give a loaded revolver to an idiot. ”

The story starts with the death of a child at an amusement park. Immediately, the situation sparks the classic 'could it be an accident? Of course not...' and it isn't long before newspaperman Sam Evans begins to sense that something is wrong. But when he starts to link this death with other apparent accidents in the town, is his obsession taking him too far?