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The Pursuit of the Houseboat
by John Kendrick Bangs  

Sherlock Holmes -- a fictional character -- was never alive, at least in the usual sense . . .

Yet here he is to be found, engaging in sharp-witted conversation with the shades of... Read More

Publication Date: April 2008
 
 
 



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A House-Boat on the Styx
by John Kendrick Bangs  
A House-Boat on the Styx is a book written by writer John Kendrick Bangs. This popular late nineteenth century work is based on the idea of everyone who has ever died, upon their death, goes... Read More
Publication Date: January 2008
 
 
 



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Olympian Nights
by John Kendrick Bangs  
An American traveler of the twentieth century finds himself stranded in Greece, robbed and alone, and takes sanctuary in a cave . . . that proves to be the entrance to the home of the gods.... Read More
Publication Date: September 2007
 
 
 



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Coffee and Repartee
by John Kendrick Bangs  
This is the story of what happens when men who think themselves smarter than they are face off against a man who's smarter than he seems. Set entirely in the dining room of a cheap boarding... Read More
Publication Date: May 2007
 
 
 



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The Water Ghost and Others
by John Kendrick Bangs  
American John Kendrick Bangs created a subgenre of modern literature -- Bangsian fantasy, it's called, a form fantasy set at least partly in the afterlife. Born in Yonkers, New York, he went... Read More
Publication Date: November 2006
 
 
 



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Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Napoleon's father, Charles Bonaparte, was the honored progenitor of thirteen children, of whom the man who subsequently became the Emperor of the French, by some curious provision of fate,... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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The Booming of Acre Hill, And Other...
by John Kendrick Bangs  
1900. A collection of stories from Mr. Bangs. Contents: The Booming of Acre Hill; The Strange Misadventures of an Organ; The Plot that Failed; The Base Ingratitude of Barkis, M.D.; The... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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Coffee And Repartee
by John Kendrick Bangs  
By the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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The Enchanted Typewriter
by John Kendrick Bangs  
By the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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Ghosts I Have Met, And Some Others
by John Kendrick Bangs  
If we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we should... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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A House-boat on the Styx
by John Kendrick Bangs  
By the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. The premise of the... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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Mr Bonaparte of Corsica
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Whatever came of the duel we are not informed; but it is to be presumed that it did not result fatally for young Bonaparte, for he lived many years after the incident, as most of our readers... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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Olympian Nights
by John Kendrick Bangs  
While travelling through the classic realms of Greece some years ago, sincerely desirous of discovering the lurking-place of a certain war which the newspapers of my own country were... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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Paste Jewels
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Yes, he did,' replied Mrs. Perkins. 'I'd kept him in a chair for an hour because he would tease Tommy, and when finally I let him go I told him that he was wearing me out with his... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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The Pursuit of the House-boat
by John Kendrick Bangs  
1897. Bangs wrote mostly comic satirical fiction and is immortalized by the term Bangsian, which refers to a fantasy set in the afterlife, usually involving famous dead folk as the... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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A Rebellious Heroine
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Osborne wasn't her sort, after all,' he mused to himself that night over his coffee. 'He hadn't much mind. I'm afraid I banked too much on his good looks, and too little upon what I might... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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The Water Ghost, And Others
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Suffice it to say that he did 'fix me up,' and that two hours later 5010 and I sat down together in the cell of the former, a not too commodious stall, and had a pleasant chat, in the course... Read More
Publication Date: May 2006
 
 
 



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The Enchanted Typewriter
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Yes,' replied Boswell, 'and we are having a--well, to be polite, a regular Gehenna of a time. Things have changed much in Hades latterly. There has been a great growth in the democratic... Read More
Publication Date: October 2005
 
 
 



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The Pursuit of the House-boat
by John Kendrick Bangs  
1897. Bangs wrote mostly comic satirical fiction and is immortalized by the term Bangsian, which refers to a fantasy set in the afterlife, usually involving famous dead folk as the... Read More
Publication Date: October 2005
 
 
 



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A House Boat On The Styx
by John Kendrick Bangs  
What do you suppose would happen if Charon the Boatman got promoted... to Janitor.
Publication Date: June 2004
 
 
 



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A Rebellious Heroine
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Osborne wasn't her sort, after all,' he mused to himself that night over his coffee. 'He hadn't much mind. I'm afraid I banked too much on his good looks, and too little upon what I might... Read More
Publication Date: June 2004
 
 
 



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Mr. Bonaparte Of Corsica
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Whatever came of the duel we are not informed; but it is to be presumed that it did not result fatally for young Bonaparte, for he lived many years after the incident, as most of our readers... Read More
Publication Date: June 2004
 
 
 



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The Enchanted Typewriter
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Yes,' replied Boswell, 'and we are having a--well, to be polite, a regular Gehenna of a time. Things have changed much in Hades latterly. There has been a great growth in the democratic... Read More
Publication Date: June 2004
 
 
 



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The Ghost Club An Unfortunate Episode In
by John Kendrick Bangs  
I didn't say impossible,' he answered, with a grateful smile. 'I said against the rules, but we has been known to make exceptions. I think I can fix you up.'.Suffice it to say that he did... Read More
Publication Date: June 2004
 
 
 



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The Spectre Cook of Bangletop
by John Kendrick Bangs  
The 'Hearl' of Mugley seemed to be the open sesame to the door betwixt Terwilliger and success. Simultaneously with the entrance of the earl the solution of his problem flashed across the... Read More
Publication Date: June 2004
 
 
 



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Baron Munchausen: An Account of His Recent...
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Baron Munchausen is a series of adventures narrated by the Baron himself, recounting near-impossible exploits and adventures across the globe. From charging elephants to ravenous acannibals,... Read More
Publication Date: April 2003
 
 
 



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The Enchanted Type-Writer
by John Kendrick Bangs  
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) is without doubt one of the most prolific writers of fantastic novels and stories set in Hades. The three works which comprise his 'Hades' series, A Houseboat... Read More
Publication Date: July 2002
 
 
 



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Raffles Holmes & Company
by John Kendrick Bangs  
Penzler Pick, April 2002: While Sherlock Holmes remains one of the most famous people who ever lived (George Bernard Shaw claimed his only equals were Jesus Christ and Hamlet in terms of... Read More
Publication Date: February 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
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