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1Intoxicated Ghost And Other Stories

By Arlo Bates

A charming collection of short stories, dealing with ghosts, magic, and other-worldly events that even the faint of heart will enjoy.<br> 1. The Intoxicated Ghost - a woman tries to outsmart a ghost to save the family from financial ruin.<br> 2. A Problem In Portraiture - can a man's portrait influence the man he becomes?<br> 3. Knitters In The Sun - will a father's curse keep two lovers apart?<br> 4. A Comedy In Crape - the death of the town playboy causes a dispute over who is entitled to be chief mourner<br> 5. A Meeting Of The Psychical Club - who is the hooded stranger, and are his powers real?<br> 6. Tim Calligan's Grave-Money - a poor man's final sacrifice<br> 7. Miss Gaylord and Jenny - who will ultimately be George's bride, Alice or her alter-ego?<br> 8. Dr. Polnitzski - a man in a no-win situation and his resolution<br> 9. In The Virginia Room - a Southern woman visits a Confederate War Museum on the anniversary of her husband's death and meets a Northerner. Can she forgive?<br> (Summary by ppcunningham)

2Astounding Stories 14, February 1931

By Harry Bates, Charles Willard Diffin, Anthony Gilmore, Desmond Winter Hall, F. V. W. Mason and Captain S. P. Meek

This issue includes "Werewolves of War" by D. W. Hall, "The Tentacles from Below" by Anthony Gilmore, "The Black Lamp" by Captain S. P. Meek, "Phalanxes of Atlans" by F. V. W. Mason, and continues with "The Pirate Planet" by Charles W. Diffin, - Summary by Bill Boerst

3Astounding Stories 19, July 1931

By Harry Bates, Ray Cummings, A. R. Holmes, H. Thompson Rich, Nat Schachner, Jack Williamson and Arthur L. Zagat

THE DOOM FROM PLANET 4 JACK WILLIAMSON A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an Island of Unearthly Peril.<br> THE HANDS OF ATEN H. G. WINTER Out of the Solid Ice Craig Hews Three Long-Frozen Egyptians and Is at Once Caught Up into Amazing Adventure. (A Complete Novelette.)<br> THE DIAMOND THUNDERBOLT H. THOMPSON RICH Locked in a Rocket and Fired into Space! Such Was the Fate which Awaited Young Stoddard at the End of the Diamond Trail!<br> THE SLAVE SHIP FROM SPACE A. R. HOLMES Three Kidnapped Earthlings Show Xantra of the Tillas How "Docile" Earth Slaves Can Be.<br> THE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES NAT SCHACHNER AND ARTHUR L. ZAGAT Something in the Many-Faceted Mind of the Master Machine Spurs It to Diabolical Revolt Against the Authority of Its Human Masters.<br> THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS Only Near the End of the World Does Fate Catch Up with Tugh, the Cripple Who Ran Amuck Through Time. (Conclusion.)<br> THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.

4Astounding Stories 20, August 1931

By Harry Bates, Ralph Milne Farley, Captain S. P. Meek, R. F. Starzl and Harl Vincent

This issue contains THE DANGER FROM THE DEEP by Ralph Milne Farley Marooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at the Mercy of the Man-Sharks<br> [BROOD OF THE DARK MOON PART 1 .We are not inlcuding this as this is the last full issue available. All 4 episodes are available in our catalogue].<br> IF THE SUN DIED by R.F Starzl Tens of Millenniums After the Death of the Sun There Comes a Young Man Who Dares to Open the Frozen Gate of Subterranea.<br> THE MIDGET FROM THE ISLAND by H.G. Winter Garth Howard, Prey to Half the Animals of the Forest, Fights Valiantly to Regain His Lost Five Feet of Size. A Complete Novelette.<br> "Jazzing up the Universe" A Science Fact<br> THE MOON WEED by Harl Vincent Unwittingly the Traitor of the Earth, Van Pits Himself Against the Inexorably Tightening Web of Plant-Beasts He Has Released from the Moon.<br> THE PORT OF MISSING PLANES by Captain S.P. Meek In the Underground Caverns of the Selom, Dr. Bird Once Again Locks Wills with the Subversive Genius, Saranoff.<br> "A Classification of the Universe " A Science Fact<br> THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.<br> " A living disembodied heart" - Summary by Annise

5On The Tree Top

By Clara Doty Bates

A collection of Nursery Rhymes retold by the author and others. - Summary by David Lawrence <br/> <br/>*Additional Proof-listening by Christine Lehman.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Blood Road by Katharine Lee Bates.<br> This was the New Year's Weekly Poetry project for December 30. 2018. <br> ------<br> Katharine Lee Bates was an American writer, poet, professor, and social activist. Although she was a renowned author and professor during her lifetime, today she is primarily remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". For 25 years, she lived with her long-time friend and companion, Katharine Coman. This poem taken from 'America the beautiful and other poems' 1911. - Summary by Wikipedia

7Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger

By Walter Bates

Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made his appearance at Windsor, Nova Scotia. The story as told in subsequent pages by Sheriff Bates is unique in criminal annals and is worthy of careful perusal. - Summary Adapted from the Preface

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of On Christmas Eve by Katharine Lee Bates.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2021.<br> -------<br> Best known as the author of "America the Beautiful", American professor and poet Katharine Lee Bates also wrote many books and articles on social reform. In this poem, she strips away some of the outer layers of the Christmas story to peer into the core of the event. - Summary by TriciaG

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Empty Room by Katharine Lee Bates. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 19, 2021.<br> -------<br> Best known as the author of "America the Beautiful", American professor and poet Katharine Lee Bates also wrote many books and articles on social reform. - Summary by TriciaG

10Fish Story

By Clara Doty Bates

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Fish Story by Clara Doty Bates.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 8, 2022. <br> ------<br> Clara Doty Bates was a 19th-century American author who published a number of volumes of poetry and juvenile literature. Many of these works were illustrated, the designs being furnished by her sister. This Fortnightly offers a silly fish story. - Summary by Wikipedia

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 3, 2022. <br> ------<br> In honor of The United States' 246th birthday on July 4th. Bates wrote the words as a poem originally entitled "Pikes Peak". It was first published in the Fourth of July 1895 edition of the church periodical, The Congregationalist. It was at that time that the poem was first entitled "America". - Summary by TriciaG & Wikipedia

12Seen and Unseen

By E. Katharine Bates

Novelist. Psychic investigator. Globe trotter. The multi-plane traveler, E. Katharine Bates, shares her phenomenal adventures on the cusp of the Twentieth Century in the autobiographical “Seen and Unseen”. Journey with this worthy companion! Enjoy the otherworldly experience! - Summary by Brian Fullen