Here are 8 hardboiled sci-fi tales that will impress even the hardcore fan. Several of them are written by Mark Philps, which is really the joint pseudonym used by science fiction writers Laurence Mark Janifer and Randall Philip Garrett in the early 1960s.

Together they authored several humorous short novels in the so-called "Psi-Power" series: Brain Twister (1962), The Impossibles (1963), and Supermind (1963). For Brain Twister they were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960 (under the novel's original title, "That Sweet Little Old Lady").

The rest of the stories are written by Laurence Mark Janifer under the pen name Larry M. Harris.

Here are the stories included in this 681-page incredible, illustrated collection:

1. Charley de MiLo by Larry M. Harris
2. Hex by Larry M. Harris
3. Lost in Translation by Larry M. Harris
4. The Man Who Plated to Lose by Larry M. Harris
5. Sight Gag by Larry M. Harris
6. Wizard by by Larry M. Harris
7. Brain Twister by Mark Philips
8. The Impossibles by Mark Philips