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Usedom im nordöstlichen Zipfel Deutschlands gilt als einer der sonnenreichsten Flecken des Landes. Zahlreiche Seebäder reihen sich an der Ostseeküste auf, manche von ihnen mondän mit Seebrücke und belebter Promenade, andere sind beschauliche Orte der Ruhe. Kilometerlange Strände und schroffe Steilküsten laden zu reizvollen Wanderungen ein. Und auf ausgedehnten Radtouren in die Abgeschiedenheit des Achterlands lässt man schnell den Trubel der prominenten Kurorte hinter sich. Einen besonderen Reiz übt die unmittelbare Nachbarschaft zu Polen aus. Cafés, Bistros und Restaurants...

Riga, die an der Düna gelegene Hauptstadt Lettlands mit einer über 800-jährigen, wechselhaften Geschichte, ist die größte Metropole des Baltikums. Ein Spaziergang durch das Zentrum offenbart mittelalterliche Wurzeln und verspielte Jugendstilensembles, während ein Besuch im Okkupationsmuseum die Zeit hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang eindrücklich vor Augen führt. In den riesigen Hallen des Zentralmarkts kann man sich durch die Angebote probieren und abends locken Clubs und alternative Kultur im angesagten Viertel Tallinas ielas kvartals. Eine Bootsfahrt über den von Grün umgebenen...

b"Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted detection puzzles, executed with her characteristic cleverness and gusto. When a patient dies under the anesthetic and later the presiding nurse is murdered, Inspector Cockrill finds himself with six suspects--three doctors and three nurses--and not a discernible motive among them."

There is a story that is passed down through the ages. This tale of the undead, arisen to devour the living, leaving nothing but a wasteland behind them. Yes, that is what you find here. Contained within the pages you will be taken on a twisted ride through the end of the world. From Kindergarten zombie hunters to docile day dwelling zombies and then back to an undead beginning in old Europe. You will travel through space and across deserts, through abandoned highways and burned out homes. When you reach the end you will truly come to understand our, Dead Future.

BLOOD 'N THUNDER #41 begins with a report on this year's Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention. "Tricks of the Trade" offers an article by Arthur Burks, "speed merchant of the pulps," on an occupational hazard to fictioneering. "Pulp Page to Silver Screen" explores the 1931 Western TRAILIN', based on a Max Brand novel serialized in ALL-STORY WEEKLY. "Cliffhanger Classics" covers a bizarre 1935 serial THE LOST CITY. Our feature articles include a survey of the short-lived but memorable Munsey pulp ALL-AMERICAN WEEKLY, and Larry Latham's overview of dime novel heroes adapted to the movies....

Christianna Brand s fiction features brisk prose, wry twists, plots that lure the reader into a false sense of having figured every contingency, and ironic turns that not only spice the narrative but supply its lifeblood. No one has "read "a Brand story who has failed to read the last sentence.Christianna Brand was born Mary Christianna Milne in Malaya in 1907. She spent her childhood in India. At 17 she learned her father had lost all his money. Without a shred of training or experience she found herself faced with earning a living. She held a string of jobs, but lent little distinction to...