She lay in my arms and we looked at the fire, sipping wine, being quiet and thoughtful. We were both thinking of the thing that had brought us together in this cave at this time. She had sighed. She had wondered loud about pain, asked about it the way a child will ask about why is the moon. Only she asked why there had to be pain at all.

1959

 

 

 

This is Dad's pulp mystery and science fiction collection from 1951-1971 when he died. You'll see front and back covers from pulp science fiction books like 'Amazing' and 'Astounding' Science Fiction plus covers from pulp mystery writers like Mickey Spillane, Richard Prather, Nick Carter and Edward Aarons' novels. Also, the complete collection of Ian Fleming. Over 400 titles! Enjoy the fantastic cover artwork. Read a sample of their writing about protagonists 'Doc Savage', 'Shell Scott', 'Mike Hammer', and 'James Bond'. Run your cursor through the alphabetic listing to pick from the selection. Check out the links page under 'L'. Rick Davids (Facebook).