Completed Novels

Anon, Fatherless Fanny. A sweet young girl whose origins are shrouded in mystery finds danger, humor, and romance in Regency England.

Anon., The Romance of Morien. (Prose translation by Jessie Weston.) A young black man in shining armor quests for his long-lost father through Arthurian Britain.

David Belasco, The Girl of the Golden West. Once upon a time in the Gold Rush, there was a girl from a mining camp, the Californio bandit she loved, and the cold-hearted Sheriff who wanted them both in his power….

J.F. Bone, The Lani People. In the far future, a veterinarian fresh out of school is hired to care for a herd of valuable alien livestock. But why so much money, in a place so far off the beaten track? There must be a catch to it….

John Meade Falkner, The Nebuly Coat. Cullerne, once a prosperous Dorset seaport, is now a tiny town in the middle of marshy nowhere. Its huge old church badly needs restoration, and a young architect named Arthur Westray is sent by his firm to handle the job. But sleepy Cullerne is full of old secrets and mysteries; and everywhere he looks, he sees the Blandamers’ coat of arms — the Nebuly Coat.

Homer Eon Flint, The Devolutionist. A group of explorers find their way to a faraway planet where rich and poor live in separate worlds — literally!

R. Austin Freeman, The Red Thumb-Mark and The Eye of Osiris. Who doesn’t love a forensic mystery? Long before CSI, Dr. Thorndyke was that genre. What’s more, he’s not just a medical doctor of scientific bent. He’s a barrister, too! With lots of labwork and lawyering — not to mention love stories — you’re sure to find some Edwardian London fun.

O. Henry, Cabbages and Kings. Welcome to Coralio, a pleasant South American coastal town. Heading for it is President Miraflores, who has abandoned his job but brought along an opera singer and a good chunk of his nation’s treasury. A motley crew of expatriates and locals is waiting for him, and so is his strange fate….

Andre Norton, Star Hunter. Vye Lansor used to be a star pilot — till the company punished him just for doing his job. Now he’s thought up the perfect scheme for revenge, using an old shipwreck on a remote hunting planet. All he needs is a boy to brainwash… But the kid and the planet both have plans of their own!

H. Beam Piper, Little Fuzzy. The planet Zarathustra is going through a dry spell, so land-prawns, ecologists, and scared bureaucrats are coming out of the woodwork. But there’s more trouble to come — from the cutest little alien critter you’ve ever seen: Little Fuzzy.

R.S. Surtees, Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. Ah, Mr. Sponge — foxhunter, fortune-hunter, and decidedly not a gentleman. But he makes a fun traveling companion as he mooches his way through post-Regency England from one hospitable house to the next.

Stanley G. Weinbaum, Dawn of Flame. After a worldwide plague breaks civilization, Joaquin Smith and his sister build an empire up the Mississippi Valley. Who would be brave or foolish enough to stand in their way? Who but a young backwoodsman named Hull Tarvish?