Belmont's initial offerings were four titles — a Western, a mystery, a science fiction book, and a detective book.[2] Once they got going, Belmont published about 12 titles per month, with print runs of between 30,000 and 70,000 copies. Rather than bookstores, their books were sold in railroad stations, airports, bus terminals, drug stores, and the lobbies of office buildings and hotels.[1]
Beginning in 1963, Belmont published nine updated The Shadow novels. The first one, Return of The Shadow, was by Walter B. Gibson. The remaining eight, published from 1964 to 1967, were written by Dennis Lynds under the pen name "Maxwell Grant."
From 1969 to 1970, Belmont published a series of sword and sorcery novels by Gardner Fox, featuring the barbarian character Kothar.[3]
The firm merged with Tower Publications (the parent company of Tower Comics) in 1971, forming Belmont Tower, under which name it continued publishing from 1971 through 1980.
Tales of the Frightened, edited by Boris Karloff (1963) — though based on the recordings by Karloff of the same title, and featuring his image on the book cover, contained stories written by Avallone[citation needed]
Escape to Earth (1962) — includes three stories from Future Fiction
The Weird Ones (1962) — includes three stories from Future Fiction
6 and the Silent Scream (1963) — includes three stories from Science Fiction
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963) — anthology containing L. Sprague de Camp's short story "The Galton Whistle"[4] as well as four stories from Dynamic Science Fiction and four from Future Fiction[5]
Rare Science Fiction (1963) — includes three stories from Science Fiction Quarterly and four stories from Science Fiction
Way Out (1963) — six of the seven stories are from Dynamic Science Fiction, mostly from the first issue[5]
Masters of Science Fiction (1964) — includes four stories from Science Fiction
Things (1964) — includes three stories from Future Fiction
Now and Beyond (1965) — includes four stories from Science Fiction and four from Future Fiction
Charles Willeford: The Machine in Ward Eleven (1963) — short story collection. Willeford stated, "I had a hunch that madness was a predominant theme and a normal condition for Americans living in the second half of this century. The publication of [the book] and its reception by readers confirmed what I had only heretofore suspected."[6]
