Books with author Kim Merritt

"The most remarkable presentation of the utterly alien and non-human that I have ever seen." -- H. P. Lovecraft In the wilds of the Trans-Himalayan region, a quartet of adventurers led by Dr. Walter T. Goodwin stumbles upon a tribe of human primitives forgotten since the age of Alexander the Great, and an awesome being of living metal commanded by the exiled Norhala. As Norhala’s guests, Goodwin and his team witness the mind-boggling marvels that are the Metal Monster’s way of life, and the unspeakable horrors it commits when Norhala takes it to war against her persecutors. A. Merritt’s second published novel, The Metal Monster was first serialized in a pulp fiction magazine in 1920. Its exotic setting and extravagant scientific speculations make it a landmark of lost-race fantasy fiction. Dissatisfied with its writing, Merritt kept his story from book publication until 1946, revising and reshaping it for more than twenty years. This edition reprints for he first time the tale as it was originally published, restoring close to 10,000 words of text Merritt cut from the original. A "must own" Lost Race novel for "Weird Fiction" fans; as innovative and fresh today as it must have upon first publication.

Sister's got lots of pets--and what confusion that can cause! All the animals keep escaping; where can they be? The flaps hold the key! The rabbit's run away; perhaps he's hiding in the drawer. Doggie loves to chew things. Oh no, he's chomping on Dad's slippers. (And the four mice have scrambled inside his jacket.) Kitty's playing hide and seek; maybe she's snuggled in the laundry basket? Check and see. Looking after all those pets is so much work for Sister that she's gone somewhere quiet, too. And finding her is the biggest challenge of all.

What a mischievous brother: he loves to hide things everywhere! And, when he does, he creates quite a "flap." Where has he put Dad's missing slippers? Could they be under the bed, or in the hall, or on top of a shelf? No! They're chilling in the fridge. Mom's sunglasses have disappeared under the pail, and the dog's bone has gone to the birds--right inside their cage. But now the tables have turned: His sister's playing a trick on him, and he has to find her! What fun. Little ones will love all the silly hiding places--and they'll feel proud every time they locate something that's lost.