The Graham Greene Box Set: Featuring The Empty Chair Plus the Graham Greene & Ian Fleming issue PLUS The Complete Stories of Graham Greene

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The Graham Greene Box Set: Featuring The Empty Chair Plus the Graham Greene & Ian Fleming issue PLUS The Complete Stories of Graham Greene (8 issues of The Strand)

Step into a golden age of storytelling with this exclusive bundle of The Strand Magazine, Issues 28 through 33. These six collectible issues include the full serialized run of Graham Greene’s long-lost novella, “The Empty Chair”—a gripping whodunit originally released by The Strand in 2010–2011. Serialized in its entirety across these issues, “The Empty Chair” showcases Greene at his most haunting and morally complex.

But the literary treasures don’t stop there. This bundle also features original short fiction by Agatha Christie and Dashiell Hammett, two titans of the mystery genre whose work defined the detective story. Christie’s clever twists and Hammett’s hard-boiled style bring vintage brilliance to the pages of The Strand.

Adding to the mix are contemporary icons such as R.L. Stine, the master of suspense for all ages, and Alexander McCall Smith, whose gentle wit and rich character work add heart and humor to every tale.

Whether you’re a longtime collector or new to The Strand, issues 28–33 are essential reading—a blend of classic and contemporary fiction that celebrates the enduring power of great storytelling.

Issue 75 Featuring Graham Greene and Ian Fleming

Issue 75 will leave you both shaken and stirred. James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s “The Shameful Dream” now widely available for the first time in the pages of The Strand Magazine, alongside Graham Greene’s never-before-published “Reading at Night.”

Ian Fleming’s “The Shameful Dream,” written in 1951, reveals a facet of the author beyond the world of James Bond. Dryly amused by power and its excesses, Fleming casts a wry eye on the world of newspapers and tabloids, and a media tycoon whose flair for cruelty carries unmistakable shades of Blofeld and Fleming’s other iconic villains—calculating, merciless, and unsettlingly absurd.

Graham Greene’s previously unpublished ghost story “Reading at Night,” written at the height of his powers around 1960, bears the hallmarks of his best fiction. In prose as spare as it is unsettling, Greene conjures a haunting in just a few strokes. This ghost story, preserved in the author’s archives for over sixty years, has finally found its home in the pages of The Strand, where several of his earlier ghost stories first appeared.

Also in Issue 75, bestselling author C. J. Box offers us a tale of survival and vengeance with “Pelts.” John M. Floyd’s “Boom” takes us to the New Mexico desert for a wry take on timing, loyalty, and unforeseen consequences. In “The Affair of the Grave Undertaking,” Mike Adamson sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson into the shadowy dealings of a prestigious undertaker. And Denise Mina serves up creeping dread and cold retribution amid the fluorescent-lit routine of a Scottish fast-food joint in “Death Delivers for the Chicken Drink.”

Bestselling author Amor Towles joins The Strand for a lively conversation about Table for Two, his latest collection, and the instincts that drive his storytelling. From the glittering salons of 1930s Manhattan to the back alleys of old Los Angeles, Towles talks setting, structure, and the small decisions that bring a story to life.

Midcentury legends, modern masters, and fiction that lingers long after the final page, Issue 75 delivers the mysterious, the stylish, and the quietly unforgettable.