Coachwhip Publications

Baroness Emma Orczy, best known for her Scarlet Pimpernel stories, also wrote popular detective stories. This volume includes her two books, The Old Man in the Corner and The Case of Miss Elliott,...

Barry Pain's repertoire included fantasy, romance, and horror stories, most showing his trademark humor. In the first set of stories included here, Pain turns the detective tale on its head, as...

The 101st Airborne had orders to hold Bastogne, Belgium, as German forces moved in on the offensive during what became known as the Battle of the Bulge. Brigadier General McAuliffe's answer to German...

William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (1853-1921) was a notable western figure who was, over the years, gambler, lawman, Army scout, buffalo hunter, and newspaper columnist. A fictionalized account of his...

This anthology collects 23 classic short stories with cryptozoological themes: unknown species, relict creatures from the past, and strange creatures hidden in dark corners of the globe. Stories...

The history of badminton can be traced to India to England (where Badminton was the country seat of the Duke of Beaufort). Though introduced to New York in 1878, the game gained greater enthusiastic...

Savile's Beyond the Great South Wall (first published in 1901) is a classic romantic adventure that can be classified as both archaeological and cryptozoological fiction. The search for the source of...

Black Powder Snapshots is an illustrated history of the use of black powder firearms in American history. Herbert Arment Sherlock (1899-1983) illustrates the use of black powder rifles and pistols...

A larky ghost hunt in a historic old cemetery on St Simons Island, Georgia, turns deadly, when, at the stroke of midnight, one of the hunters is viciously stabbed in the back with an antique Spanish...

While journalist and author Ann Hark spent many years in Philadelphia, the hills and farmlands of south-central Pennsylvania captured her heart. Her fascination with Pennsylvania Germans (especially...

Harry R. Caldwell was a Methodist missionary to southern China. In Blue Tiger, first published in 1924, he wrote about several of his adventures in that country. An avid hunter and amateur...

Grace Greylock Niles' classic Bog-Trotting for Orchids opens a view into the world of a female student of nature, and her love for the flora and fauna of the Northeast. Focusing on her search for...

This collection of William Hope Hodgson's supernatural fantasy novels includes The Boats of the "Glen Carrig," The House on the Borderland, The Ghost Pirates, and The Night Land. Hodgson was a true...

Boss Snakes: Stories and Sightings of Giant Snakes in North America offers a comprehensive collection of tales involving an often overlooked folkloric creature. While recognizing that hoaxes and...

Jack Boyle's Boston Blackie is one of the better known crooks in mystery and crime fiction. Making a gritty start in his earliest tales, he was transformed into a "gentleman thief" who lived by his...

As a companion anthology to Flora Curiosa, Botanica Delira collects 21 short stories of botanical wonders and horrors, strange plants that delight and sometimes kill. These imaginative flowers and...

What arachnologist worth his salt could forget the arachnid with a two-foot legspan? The Order Amblypygi not only contains world record species, but also some of the most improbable and unbelievable...

Spectral felines and were-cats (including were-tigers and were-leopards) are among the furry (and sometimes deadly) creatures in this anthology. Sometimes the feline is only in the mind, but other...

Stories about sinister centipedes are legendary but behind the myths lie an important, valuable, and harmless group of invertebrate predators performing a vital service to ecosystems by helping to...

Cetus Insolitus is an anthology of twenty-six classic sea monster stories, from giant squid and invisible octopuses to sea serpents and strange deadly fish. The stories range from the humorous to the...

Clues and Corpses investigates the life and genre writing of Oklahoma Choctaw detective novelist Todd Downing (1902-1974). Included in this volume are nearly 300 annotated mystery book reviews from...

"Backgammon is a contest in mathematics. Throughout the progress of a game, the laws of mathematical chances, probabilities, permutations, etc., operate inexorably in the long run. The one who wins...

Hornung's famous Raffles crime stories are collected in one volume, including 26 short stories and a novel. Raffles, and his partner Bunny, are daring in their larcenous escapades as they attempt to...

CSI: 1930s. Luke S. May (1892-1965) was one of the earliest consulting scientific detectives, specializing in forensic investigations. He was integral in the development of techniques, instruments,...

R. Austin Freeman's The Exploits of Danby Croker (1916) involves mistaken identities, art forgery, antique swindles, and even a little cross-dressing. There's a price to be paid for breaking the law,...

Croquet is one of the oldest outdoor recreational games, going back to the 1850s, and this is one of the few detailed overviews of croquet strategy and play. Plenty of diagrams and discussion will...

First published in 2004, Cryptozoology: Science and Speculation examines the rationale, purpose, and methodology of this discovery science. This is followed by several chapters discussing various...

This is a facsimile reprint of Dar Curtis' classic booklet on the sport of curling. It includes details on how to play, the rules of the game, a glossary of terms, strategy of the game, and curling...

Bernard Capes is not as well known as many other classic writers of speculative fiction, but he left behind a wide range of stories involving ghosts, werewolves, and other supernatural elements. His...

This collection brings together 22 short stories of M. R. James, from the dark fantasies of malevolent spirits and supernatural vengeance, to his lighter children's fantasy, The Five Jars. Stories...