2015 Cthulhu Wall Calendar - Now available!
The Art of Fine Gifts: The Cthulhu calendar is
packed with weird and wonderful depictions of Lovecraft's
monster who lurks beneath the deep. Featuring the fantastic
work of talented artists such as Eddie Sharam, Kari Christensen
and Rafal Badan, you will be terrified and delighted
in equal measure. The datepad features previous and next month’s
views.
Calendar: 12 pages
ISBN: 9781783612703
Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
£9.99 / $6.99
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2015 Pulp Fiction Wall Calendar
- Now available!
The Art of Fine Gifts: This Pulp Fiction calendar
offers an amazing collage of pulp magazine covers every month,
featuring astounding artworks by masters, who encapsulate
the macabre, weird and exciting genres contained within. Ranging
from Weird Tales and Argosy, to Black Mask detective stories
and Westerns, the names of celebrated genre authors can also
be found on the covers. The datepad features previous and next
month's views.
Calendar: 12 pages
ISBN: 9781783612741
Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
£9.99 / $6.99
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2015 Vintage SCI-FI Calendar - Now available!
This collection of cover art from the Golden
Age of Science Fiction captures the explosion of creativity,
optimism, and experimentation that took place in
America from the 1920s to the 1950s. Unknown writers such
as Asimov, Bradbury, Sturgeon, and Clark got their start between
the covers of these vintage pulp magazines, and the artwork was
considered just as inspiring.
Journey back to the early days of science fiction—to witness
the evolution of a genre through these twelve colorful
and fantastic cover reproductions, faithfully restored and
printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based inks. This
is a true 12-month calendar featuring images that are perforated
to fit any 11"x14" frame. It's a wire-bound collection of
archival-quality prints, cleverly disguised as a calendar.
Collector's Sixth Edition
12 frame-ready 11"x14" reproductions of Golden Age pulp
science fiction covers
Large format 11"x15" wall calendar opens to 11"x30"
Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based inks
Each month's image perforated for easy framing
ISBN: 9781630360047
UPC: 724638060679
Price: $21.95
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2015 Desktop SCI-FI Calendar - Now available!
Faithful reproductions of classic cover art
3 Months at once viewing
Desktop format 7"x7" calendar
Each month's image is perforated for easy removal to a
postcard
Printed on heavy FSC-certified paper with soy-based
inks
ISBN: 9781603689229
UPC: 724638059857
Price: $14.95
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2015 Vintage Westerns Calendar - Now available!
Saddle up and ride on into the heart of American
Mythology, to a time and place where frontier life was hard
but much less complicated. Where courage, character,
and honor were the badges worn by intrepid men and women,
and good (almost) always triumphed over evil. Welcome
to the wild world of Pulp Westerns. Giddyup!
Collector's Second Edition
12 frame-ready 11"x14" reproductions of
classic western covers.
Large format 11"x15" wall calendar opens to 11"x30"
Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based inks
Each month's image perforated for easy framing
ISBN: 9781630360061
UPC: 724638060693
Price: $21.95
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2015 Desktop Westerns Calendar - Now available!
Faithful reproductions of classic cover art
3 Months at once viewing
Desktop format 7"x7" calendar
Each month's image is perforated for easy removal to a
postcard
Printed on heavy FSC-certified paper with soy-based
inks
ISBN: 9781603689243
UPC: 724638059871
Price: $14.95
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2015 Windy City Pulp &
Paper Convention
Celebrating the 125th Birthday of H. P. Lovecraft
April 17-19, 2015
MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for
Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only. We are also offering Early
Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership
which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is
one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally
opens to the public). Ages 13 & under are free. Please note that we
can now accept payments online through paypal (register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).
DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. — the dealer room is open to
the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for
Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
Sunday. For dealers, tables are 6' long. Each table includes: 1 tablecloth
and 2 chairs. Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80. The dealer
room will have around 150 tables. Each dealer and dealer's helper
must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).
PROGRAM BOOK
All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles
and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page
ads $70 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $40 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card
size $25 (3.25" x 2"). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads
is March 5, 2015. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net
for ad and other program book matters (other than payment).
ART SHOW
We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and
paperback art, sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration
magazine (www.illustration-magazine.com). If you have any art you'd like
to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The
art show hours will be posted to the website when they are set.
AUCTIONS
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist) and
Saturday nights.
PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories.
More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer
to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored
by Blood 'N' Thunder magazine (http:// muraniapress.com/blood-n-thunder/).
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NEW PULP SUNDAY
We will have several panels on Sunday morning and afternoon devoted
to New Pulp!
WEBSITE
www.windycitypulpandpaper.com
is the con's website. We'll be posting updates to it periodically up until
the time of the con, so please check it for the most recent information.
Also be sure to check out and join our Facebook page!
CON SUITE
Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges
and program materials!) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
— stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite
hobby!
HOTEL
For our fifteenth show, for the eighth year in a row we're at the Westin
Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is located about
20 minutes SW of O'Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway
Airport. Room rates are $113/night (to get the con rate, you must book
by 5:00 p.m. Central time on March 26, 2015!). Parking is free. The hotel
is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor — it's adjacent
(within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook
Shopping Center. For those with families, it's also only 7 miles from
the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation's top zoos. Movie theaters are
also a short walk away. And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat
is about 10 miles away. If you are flying in and not renting a car, you
can contact the hotel for details on various cab companies and shuttle services
that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel. Please mention
the con when booking rooms.
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ACES HIGH HC -
Arriving in comic shops November 12!
Illustrated by George Evans; written by George Evans, Harvey
Kurtzman, and Al Feldstein
This collection includes all of George Evans’ highly-acclaimed stories
for Aces High, EC’s famous air war title. As a bonus, we present
Evans’ never-before-reprinted 3-D story of World War I ace Frank
Luke (in regular, easy-on-the-eyes 2-D).
This volume also includes numerous crime and shock stories plus
other war stories done in collaboration with Harvey Kurtzman.
Like all books in the Fantagraphics EC line, Aces Highfeatures essays
and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic comic book
masterpieces.
Hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25, 216
pages, B&W, $29.99
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Adventures in Bronze
Now available in hardcover!
When William
Harper Littlejohn unearths a shadowy figure transfixed in ice, the renowned
archeologist understands
that he has made the most momentous discovery of his brilliant
career.
For inscribed over the frozen form is this chilling warning:
“IF I STILL LIVED, MANKIND WOULD TREMBLE!”
Who is this monster?
Why does his name strike terror into the hearts of brave men?
Can even Doc Savage control him once he breaks from of his icy
tomb?
From the Gobi Desert to war-torn Free China, the Man of Bronze
and his fighting crew battle a threat so terrifying that
it could change the course of human history….
ebook edition - $5.99
Softcover edition - $24.95
Hardcover edition - $39.95
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Adventures in Bronze
Now available in hardcover!
When the ruler of the Balkan state of
Merida vanishes from his locked limousine, official Washington
is baffled.
The President of the United States summons the one man who
can solve the mystery—Doc Savage!
No sooner does the Man of Bronze reach the nation’s capitol than
an even more bizarre phenomenon manifests.
A long-dead monarch, King Fausto the First, returns from the
grave to plunge his royal sword into the vitals
of anyone suspected of knowing the whereabouts of the vanished
modern ruler!
From Washington to Manhattan, Doc and his fighting brain trust
race to unravel one royal riddle
while battling the untouchable phantom potentate known as The
Whistling Wraith!
ebook edition - $5.99
Softcover edition - $24.95
Hardcover edition - $34.95
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Age of Aces Latest
Dispatches
Now available on line!
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A mental marvel from birth, who used
his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as "The
Phantom Ace of G-2" by the Allies during WWI. A boyhood
prank comes back to haunt the so-called Brain-Devil
when he meets his vaudeville nemesis in the Theater of War.
Karl von Zenden, the one-time "lightning-change" Man of a Thousand
Faces, is now using his stage tricks as agent Z-13 for the
Wilhelmstrasse—and he’s not one to drop the curtain on a grudge.
Now backstage rivals are front-line enemies in an exclusive
engagement of “Spy vs. Spy.” And when Strange gets into the act
and uses his own makeup-mastery, the Great War becomes the Greatest
Show on Earth! Ladies and gentlemen, presenting for your entertainment
... two strange operators head-to-head in eight pulp classics from
the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 476pp | ISBN:978-1937590024
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Age of Aces
Now available!
Coffin Kirk
By Arch Whitehouse
This
book is not available for sale on Amazon, as it was produced exclusively
for the 2013 Pulpfest convention.
As a young boy, Brian Kirk witnessed the brutal
murder of his zoo-keeper father at the hands of a
secret criminal organization known as "The Circle of Death".
He swore he would have his revenge and after years of
training, he was ready to fulfill his pledge. “Coffin” Kirk,
as he is now called due to his deadpan demeanor, is aided in
this quest by his sidekick and tail-gunner Tank, a trained
gorilla. However, “The Circle of Death” is now in league with
the Axis of Evil—the Nazis and Imperial Japan—with
Kirk and Tank standing in the way of their world domination!
The extraordinarily prolific Arch Whitehouse drew upon
his own experiences as a tail-gunner in the Royal Air Force to bring
to life the colorful aces that flew through his stories. His
characters for Flying Aces and Sky Birds were extremely popular
with readers of the 1930’s and ‘40s. Coffin Kirk and his gorilla
tail-gunner Tank are one of his craziest pairs of aces ever to
fly the pulp magazine skies.
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Join Smoke Wade, six-gun rider of theDevil’s
Sky Range flying the Pinto-colored Spad he called Jake, after
his favorite ranch pony back home in Arizona. With his
trusty smoke pole strapped to his leg, there wasn’t a fight
or a wager that the skipper of the 66th Pursuit Squadron was afraid
to take on—and that included the Baron von Stolz, the toughest
ace Germany had on the Western Front!
This exciting second volume of the collected adventures
of Smoke Wade by Robert J. Hogan pits Smoke and the
66th Pursuit Squadron against some of von Stolz’s most
sinister machinations yet in a rematch for the ages. From
the pages of Popular Publication’s Battle Birds and Dare-Devil
Aces, this book contains 11 more tales from 1934 and 1935 of
the Cowboy Ace in Hell skies!
Author Robert J. Hogan’s first job after graduating from
St. Lawrence University was riding range for several ranches
on the west slope of the Rockies. After that he tried amateur
boxing and playing piano for silent movies and hoedown dances.
Before he became a writer he also had built houses, manufactured
leather goods, designed planes, and taught flying.
Stories include:
“Cyclone Busters” – Battle Birds, February 1934
“The Pirate Patrol” – Battle Birds, March 1934
“Glory Hound” – Battle Birds, April 1934
"The Black Ace” – Battle Birds, May 1934
“Knock-Out Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1934
“The Cyclone Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, October
1934
“Maverick Buzzard” – Dare-Devil Aces, November
1934
“Bull’s-Eye Buzzards” – Dare-Devil Aces, February
1935
“The Dynamite Trio” – Dare-Devil Aces, April 1935
“Sixgun Dynamite” – Dare-Devil Aces, June 1935
“The Rawhide Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces,September 1935
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 424pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-03-1
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Alter Ego 129 -
Arriving in comic shops November 12!
ALTER EGO #129 explores the great adventure heroes of
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS—in comic strips & comic books!
Featuring the art of FOSTER, HOGARTH, FRAZETTA, MANNING, KANE, KUBERT,
MORROW, GRELL, THORNE, WEISS, ANDERSON, KALUTA, AMENDOLA, BUSCEMA,
MARSH, CELARDO, LUBBERS, and YEATES—with analysis by foremost ERB
experts!
Plus, the 1970s ERB comics company that nearly was—and today's
online ERB strips by GRINDBERG, THOMAS, MARCOS, MARZ, DIXON, KWAPISZ,
POWELL, FLOYD, LETO, POLIWKO, et al.!
Plus FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America), MICHAEL T. GILBERT in
Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, BILL SCHELLY on comics fandom history,
and more! Cover by TOM GRINDBERG and the ERB all-stars! Edited
by ROY THOMAS.
84 full-color pages, $8.95
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American Fantasy Press
THE COLLECTORS' BOOK OF VIRGIL
FINLAY
Starts shipping November 15!
Retail price - $125
Eye popping preview of The Collectors' Book of Virgil Finlay!
- New!
Coming this November in collaboration
with Tattered Pages Press, a beautiful art book featuring Virgil Finlay
art from the collections of Robert Weinberg, Doug Ellis and
Glynn Crain.
THE COLLECTORS BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY will premier at
the World Fantasy Convention in Virginia in
conjunction with the Centeary celebration of
Finlay's birth. This book will have pages and pages of
Finlay's exquisite detailed art.
Commentary on Virgil Finlay by two
of the field's foremost pulp art collectors: Robert Weinberg and
Doug Ellis.
Bob Weinberg's been scanning original artwork since November
of last year.
B&W Artwork includes: Virgil Finlay’s famous H.P.
Lovecraft portrait, the illustrations for The
Ship of Ishtar and A Midsummer's Night Dream, at
least one American Weekly piece, illustrations
for Pegasus, Citadel of Fear, Manikins of
Horror, The Colour out of Space, The Face in Abyss,
The People of the Pit, Anthem, The Hairy Ones Shall
Dance, and many more.
Color Artwork includes: Covers for
A Brave New World; Famous Fantastic Mysteries: Minimum
Man, Polaris of the Snows, The Metal Monster; Galaxy:
Captain Ahab
9" x 12" book,
208 pages, thick boards.
THE EDITIONS AVAILABLE
A Buckram cloth-bound Trade Edition
with thick boards, acid-free paper and smythe-sewn.
400 copies available.
Signed by Robert Weinberg and Doug Ellis.
A Bonded leather-bound edition with a signed,
cancelled publishers' payment check to Virgil Finlay.
26 copies.
This edition is also signed by Lail Finlay (Virgil
Finlay's daughter), in addition to Bob Weinberg
and Doug Ellis.
Shipped by Insured Priority Mail. 10 copies available
through this Kickstarter.
A Special Kickstarter Version of the Trade
Edition.
90 copies of the Trade also signed by Lail Finlay
as well as Bob W. and Doug.
Pre-order and pledge your
support at the Kickstarter link below!
American
Fantasy Press
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The first new Virgil Finlay art book in twenty
years will feature the collections of Robert Weinberg,
Doug Ellis, Glynn Crain and Robert K. Wiener.
Beginning today, a Kickstarter Campaign has been launched
to help defray costs in publishing THE COLLECTORS'
BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY an art book featuring Virgil
Finlay pieces from the collections of Robert Weinberg,
Doug Ellis, Glynn Crain, and Robert K. Wiener.
Virgil Finlay was the most accomplished and outstanding
line artist in American SF-Fantasy history. From
1936-1971 he illustrated an astounding amount of pulp fiction.
Beginning at WEIRD TALES, his interior art appeared in
62 WT issues and he painted 19 covers. His run only
ended when the magazine did in 1954. He didn't stop there.
For years afterward his illustrations appeared in almost every
genre magazine: AMAZING, STRANGE STORIES, FAMOUS
FANTASTIC MYSTERIES, FANTASTIC NOVELS, FANTASTIC UNIVERSE,
IF, GALAXY and more. Through A. Merritt, he was hired as
a staff artist for THE AMERICAN WEEKLY magazine and eventually
worked for astrology magazines in the 1950s and 1960s. In
1953, he won the Hugo Award for Best Interior Illustrator. He did
the dust jacket art for Arkham House Publishers THE OUTSIDER AND
OTHERS and ROADS. He also illustrated the hardcover of A. Merritt's
THE SHIP OF ISHTAR, worked for comics, and so much more. About
2500 pieces have been catalogued. He passed away in 1971 after a
harsh bout with cancer. In 1996, he was awarded the Retro Hugo as Best
Professional Artist of 1945. In 2012, Virgil Finlay was also posthumously
inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Slated for release at the World Fantasy Convention's Virgil
Finlay Centenary celebration on November 6-9, 2014, THE
COLLECTORS' BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY stands to be a milestone
in the history of sf-fantasy art publishing. It will
be the first to have Finlay art scanned in high resolution directly
from originals. It will contain 35 full color paintings
by the artist, the largest collection of Finlay's color
work ever assembled in print. It will also contain another 13
pages of additional color work, ranging from 2-color art pieces
done for the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Clubs' solicitations
to full-color cover roughs.
The Kickstarter campaign is schedule to end on Virgil
Finlay's actual Centenary Birthday: July 23, 2014.
The American Fantasy Press, Bob Garcia, and Bob Weinberg
Facebook pages will hold a virtual birthday party
for the artist with give-a-ways and more to celebrate. The
link for the Kickstarter is: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/565278014/the-collectors-book-of-virgil-finlay
The book will be released under Bob Garcia's American
Fantasy Press imprint. For more information or to set
up interviews with any of the principals, please contact
Bob at garpubserv@aol.com
Book Specifications:
9" x 12" Hardcover, 208 pages
Commentary on Virgil Finlay by two of the field?s
foremost pulp art collectors: Robert Weinberg and
Doug Ellis.
Over 40 pages of color artwork and over 150 pages
of black and white artwork.
A clothbound HC (signed by Weinberg and Ellis) &
a leatherbound HC (signed by Weinberg, Ellis and Virgil
Finlay's daughter, Lail) / ISBNs: TBA
ROBERT WEINBERG
Bob Weinberg as a noted author, editor and collector
in the science fiction field. Over the years,
Bob has written sixteen novels, sixteen non-fiction
books, edited over a hundred anthologies and has written
a number of comic books. He's also a collector of rare
pulp magazines and original science fiction art. His original
art collection contains hundreds of pieces from various artists
and includes almost 100 Finlay pieces all of which appear in THE
COLLECTORS' BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY.
DOUG
ELLIS
Doug is a collector of pulp, science fiction and fantasy
art, and he and his wife, Deb, have one of the largest
collections of pulp art in North America. He co-founded
and co-organizes the Windy City Pulp and Paper
Convention, whose art show has displayed thousands of vintage
illustrations. His Tattered Pages Press published
the acclaimed pulp fanzine PULP VAULT, as well as other books
on the pulps. He was one of the authors of THE ADVENTURE
HOUSE GUIDE TO PULPS, and has edited several pulp
anthologies, including the acclaimed Best of Adventure series.
His book, UNCOVERED: THE HIDDEN ART OF THE GIRLIE PULPS, an
in-depth study of the spicy pulps and their art, was named ForeWord
Magazine's 2003 Popular Culture Book of the Year. For the Comic &
Fantasy Art Amateur Press Association, he produced VIRGIL FINLAY:
THE ART OF THINGS TO COME, a very limited print run
booklet reproducing much of Finlay's art from the Science Fiction
Book Club's "Things to Come" bulletin. His collection of
Finlay art will also appear in THE COLLECTORS' BOOK OF VIRGIL
FINLAY.
ROBERT
GARCIA & AMERICAN FANTASY PRESS
Bob and his wife Nancy are the publishers of American
Fantasy Press, which specializes in producing
fantasy and horror limited editions, hardcovers and
chapbooks. AF has presented the work of authors Michael
Moorcock, Neil Gaiman & Gene Wolfe, Mike Resnick,
Dennis Etchison, Steve Rasnic & Melanie Tem and
Mary Frances Zambreno. "The Man on the Ceiling" (published as
a chapbook) by the Tems won the World Fantasy, IHG and Stoker
Awards. The original American Fantasy magazine brought Bob
and Nancy a World Fantasy Award years ago. Since 1983, Bob
has designed dozens of books and magazines for other specialty
press companies.
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume
89: "Treasures of Death" and "The Yellow Door"
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow
demonstrates that "crime does not pay" in two macabre mysteries
by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, discovery
of the theft of "Treasures of Death" brings fatal consequences,
but The Shadow knows that this is only the prelude to a greater
supercrime! Then, the greatest crooks in the world pass through
"The Yellow Door," until the Man in Black teams with G-Man
Vic Marquette to uncover the deadly secrets of the sinister portal!
This instant collector's item showcases both classic color pulp
covers by George Rozen and the original interior illustrations
by Tom Lovell with original commentary by popular culture historian
Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-159-2 Softcover, 7x10,
128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail)
[postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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THE ART OF ROBERT E. MCGINNIS HC
- Arriving in comic
shops November 12 and book stores November 11!
(Writer) Robert McGinnis, Art Scott (Art & Cover) Robert
McGinnis
Robert E. McGinnis created the distinctive and immediately recognizable
artwork on many classic film posters such as Breakfast at Tiffany's,
Barbarella, You Only Live Twice, Live and Let Die, The Odd Couple,
and Barefoot in the Park. He is also the illustrator of over
1200 paperback covers for authors such as Donald Westlake, Edward
S. Aarons, and most recently, Stephen King. The Art of Robert
E. McGinnis is the ultimate collector's item for fans of his uniquely
distinctive and evocative artwork, and serves as the definitive
collection for movie buffs and book lovers alike.
NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before
shipping to comic book specialty shops.
Hardcover, 9x12, 176 pages, Full Color, $34.95
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Art's Reviews
Podcasts! - Now online!
Keith Shaw on iPulpFiction
Keith Shaw talks with us about the relaunch of iPulpFiction and
the product they produce. The material ranges from graphic novels,
to classic pulp reprints, to horror, scieince fiction and Young adult books.
iPulpFiction also publishes the forgotten play of Mark Twain
-- Colonel Sellers -- that was very popular in its day but was
lost to history until Keith rediscovered it. Now for the first
time in 150 years it is available with a critical introduction and analysis.
Past
episodes:
Future
Tense: Volume X of the Golden Age Universe
Chuck Miller- The Black Centipede and more
Rick Lai on H. P. Lovecraft
Chinese Puzzle
Will Murray and Joe Devito
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Black Coat Press
Now available!
The
Enchanted City
by Eugène Hennebert; adapted by Brian Stableford
Before writing The Enchanted City: A Journey to Lake Tanganyika (1885),
Eugene Hennebert consulted Jules Verne; the result is a novel that combines
exotic adventures with scientific discovery, with a buoyant tone and
an action-packed narrative.
Following on the trail of past heroic expeditions, a disparate band of
French explorers, embark upon the quest for Kisimbasimba, the eponymous
"enchanted city" of Central Africa. During their epic journey, they will
face dangerous native tribes, legions of hostile animals, trek through
mysterious underground caverns before they finally reach their goal.
Contemporary with H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, The Enchanted
City is a somewhat didactic and earnest portrayal of the heroic age
of African exploration, celebrating the achievements of an era which,
today, is filled with nostalgia.
Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has
published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well
as several authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the
works of Paul Féval and other French writers of the fantastique
for Black Coat Press which also published his most two recent fantasy novels:
The New Faust at the Tragicomique, The Wayward Muse and The Stones of
Camelot.
edited by Peter Gabbani
Contents:
Eugène Hennebert: La ville enchantée : voyage au lac Tanganika.
1893.
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 228 pages
Leonie Rouzade, angry, combative, and prominent in the feminist cause,
delivered a scathing social commentary in this pair of tales from 1872.
When a shipwreck strands a man in a perfect island civilization in A
Voyage to the Isle of Utopia, he, after confronting a parade of didactic
lectures, accepts that the rigors of logic have rendered obsolete human
individuality.
The World Turned Upside Down is the earliest fantasy of gender role
reversal ever penned. An idealized woman, Celestine, climbs out of
her circumscribed existence to rule a foreign kingdom, only to mandate
the subjugation of men by women. Even today, its originality remains
unsurpassed. It is a grandiose conte philosophique, taking satire to
the edge of absurdity.
Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has
published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well
as several authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the
works of Paul Féval and other French writers of the fantastique
for Black Coat Press which also published his most two recent fantasy novels:
The New Faust at the Tragicomique, The Wayward Muse and The Stones of
Camelot.
edited by Peter Gabbani
Contents:
Le Monde Renversé [The World Turned Upside Down] (Lachaud,
1872)
Voyage de Théodosie à l'Île d'Utopie [A Voyage
to the Isle of Utopia] (Lachaud, 1872)
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 240 pages
"Vorski is the mightiest of men! Vorski
is the master of fate! The elements and the powers of nature are compelled
to do his bidding! Vorski is the new prophet!
Let the Superior Unknown be ready! Let him arise from the darkness
and ascend from Hell! Here stands Vorski!"
At long last, Arsène Lupin sets his sights on the fourth and
final secret of Cagliostro: the God-Stone of the Kings of Bohemia,
a miraculous stone that has the power "to give life and death," hidden
on the island of Sarek, nicknamed the "Island of the Thirty Coffins"
because of its barrier of deadly reefs.
In The Island of the Thirty Coffins (1919), Arsène Lupin is
summoned back to France in May 1917 by one of his friends and travels
to the accursed island of Sarek off the coat of Brittany to save the
beautiful Veronique d'Hergemont from the clutches of the murderous Vorski.
Fraught with terror and supernatural perils, The Island of the Thirty
Coffins is one of Maurice Leblanc's best thrillers. Retranslated here
for the first time, this edition also includes an all-new epilogue
written especially by noted lupinologist Jean-Marc Lofficier.
Contents:
- Introduction by Jean-Marc Lofficier
- The Island of the Thirty Coffins (L'Ile aux Trente Cercueils, 1919)
by Maurice Leblanc
- Brighter than the Sun (epilog) by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 300 pages
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Black Dog Books - Still available!
Singapore Sammy returns for another set of rough-and-tumble
thrilling adventures through the Straits Settlements continuing
his pursuit of his elusive father and the will to his
grandfather's estate in these four thrilling novel-length
works.
Sapphires and Suckers
Buying a sapphire mine proves more of a nuisance than it is
worth for Singapore Sammy Shay and Lucky Jones. When they
uncover a new deposit of the precious stone, the pair are
suddenly up to their elbows in blue clay and trouble!
The Python Pit
"Never trust a woman." Sammy quickly forgets that adage when
he and Lucky Jones are enticed to transport Sally Lavender
on the Blue Goose to somewhere east of the Celebs, to
the shunned isle of Konga, shunned because it is inhabited with
headhunters-and ghosts!
The Isle of the Meteor
A forgotten chart provides Sammy a clue to the location
of an island in the South Seas that centuries ago was struck
by an enormous meteorite of solid gold. Cooking up a scheme
to acquire these untold riches, Sammy embarks to locate the
island-only to discover that the gold is not simply for the taking.
A Whisker of Buddha
Singapore Sammy and Lucky Jones are hired to steal a revered
whisker of the Buddha himself from a well-guarded temple in the
Cambodian interior. Word of their quest gets out; quickly a race is
on to see which pursuing party will acquire the sacred object
first.
FIRST BOOK PUBLICATION
With an introduction by Rick Lai.
Trade paperback / 199 pages / Price: $19.95 US
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Blue Labyrinth - Coming
November 11!
by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Special Agent Pendergast-one of the most original, compelling characters
in all of contemporary fiction-returns in Preston and Child's new
exhilarating novel
BLUE LABYRINTH
A long-buried family secret has come back to haunt Special Agent Aloysius
Pendergast.
It begins with murder. One of Pendergast's most implacable, most feared
enemies is found on his doorstep, dead. Pendergast has no idea who is
responsible for the killing, or why the body was brought to his home.
The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect crime, save for an
enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased.
The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's
Salton Sea, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep
into his own family's sinister past. But Pendergast learns there is more
at work than a ghastly episode of family history: he is being stalked
by a subtle killer bent on vengeance over an ancient transgression.
And he soon becomes caught in a wickedly clever plot, which leaves him
stricken in mind and body, and propels him toward a reckoning beyond
anything he could ever have imagined...
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
List Price: $27.00
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Bold Venture Press
PULP ADVENTURES #15
Now available!
Hard-hitting fiction awaits within
the pages of editor Rich Harvey's revived PULP ADVENTURES.
Classic pulp stories by E. Hoffmann Price, Robert Leslie Bellem, Gardner
F. Fox, G.T. Fleming Roberts; plus two recent tales. In "Fury In Vermont"
by Ron Fortier, the intrepid adventurer Kate Fury battles zombies in
rustic backwood country. Then private detective Jack Hagee tracks a serial
killer, who begins tracking him in "Toothpick" by C.J. Henderson. With
a fantastic cover by the great Norman Saunders, vintage artwork, and new
illustrations by Ed Coutts.
Paperback, 130 pages
List Price: $12.95
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Featuring
a heart-pounding new Domino Lady adventure yarn by Rich Harvey with
R. Allen Leider!
London, Nazis, witches, and a plot to heist the Royal Crown Jewels
... and the pulp magazine's most breath-taking femme fatale!!
AWESOME TALES brings you thrilling new adventures told with
the gusto of the classic pulp fiction magazines!
In the premiere issue, three tales of intrigue and adventure delight
and dazzle your senses.
In war-torn Europe, The Domino Lady, the original pulp femme fatale,
teams with MI-6 supernatural agent Wicca Girl to battle a mystic force
threatening London!
In "Seven Pictures," by Jean Marie Ward, intrigue in the Pentagon leads
to jealousy and blood sports.
Back in the present day, Wicca Girl teams with Scotland Yard to solve
the 300-year old mystery of "The Warlock Murders."
"Pretenders to the Throne" is a full-length adventure, nearly 15,000
words long, by Rich Harvey and R. Allen Leider.
It pairs the pulp super-heroine Domino Lady with the contemporary-created
Wicca Girl, in an adventure involving Nazis and witches in 1943. Ellen
Patrick, the Domino Lady, prowls London's streets, which have been darkened
through mandatory blackouts. While citizens and soldiers alike hold
their breath, fearing more devastation and destruction by Luftwaffe bombs,
The Domino Lady plays a cat-and-mouse game to find hidden Nazi loot. But
another interested party, a lesbian witch-in-training, also has designs
on the loot.
Rich Harvey is the publisher of Bold Venture Press, which brought readers
"Compliments of the Domino Lady," the complete collection of her original
pulp stories, with stunning new illustrations by legendary comics creator
STERANKO. Harvey saw potential in a character no one else cared about
-- after "Compliments of the Domino Lady" appeared, several Johnny-come-latelies
scrambled to claim her as their own. Not deterred by the imitators, Harvey
faithfully continued the Domino Lady's adventures in audio dramas from
the AudioComics Company. Now she makes her dazzling return to prose in
the debut issue of AWESOME TALES. But the author has advanced her well
into World War II for this special adventure -- and confronted the Domino
Lady with her most world-shaking adversary ever!
Paperback, 54 pages
List Price: $6.00
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Davy Crockett's Almanak
of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: ALONG THE RIVER TRAIL by Hugh Pendexter
(1920) - New!
Pulp Gallery: THE SHADOW (1932) - New!
Comic Gallery: CRIME MYSTERIES (1952) - New!
ART SCOTT STRIKES AGAIN: The Art of Robert E. McGinnis
Pulp Gallery: HORROR STORIES
Comic Gallery: Topps ZORRO (1994)
Forgotten Books: SATAN'S VENGEANCE by Carroll John Daly (1936)
WEIRD TALES 44, 45 & 46 (1927)
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DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN
MEN OF MARS VOL. 3: RED TRIGGER TP - Arriving in comic shops November 12!
(W) Mark Rahner (A) Jethro Morales (CA) Jay Anacleto
She's faced the cannibal Thark, Voro, and he's dead. She's stopped
his plot to terrorize Helium and destroy the peace between red
and green people. Now, consumed with survivor's guilt, Dejah Thoris
does something beyond reckless: joins a team of Thark warriors
formerly under Voro's command for a suicide mission. The Princess
poses as their slave to infiltrate a savage tribe of green Warhoons
trekking across the Barsoomian desert to an ancient, unearthed weapon.
Vastly outnumbered, they must stop the Warhoon lunatics from activating
it with a psychic in their midst — and turning it on Helium! Collects
the final story arc (issues #9-12) from the Dejah Thoris and the Green
Men of Mars comic book series, complete with a pin-up gallery featuring
the entire gorgeous selection of variant cover artwork.
Softcover, 7x10, 120 pages, Full Color,
$16.99, On sale November 26
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DJANGO / ZORRO #1 (of 6) - Arriving in comic shops November 12!
(Writer) Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner
(Art) Esteve Polls (Cover) A: Jae Lee, B: Francesco Francavilla, C: Matt
Wagner
Featuring a story by Oscar Award-Winning Writer/Director,
and Django creator Quentin Tarantino, and award-winning writer/artist/creator
Matt Wagner! The official sequel to Django Unchained in the first-ever
comic book sequel ever done of a Tarantino film!
Set several years after the events of Django Unchained, Django/Zorro
#1 finds Django again pursuing the evil that men do in his role
as a bounty hunter. Since there’s a warrant on his head back east,
he’s mainly been plying his trade in the western states. After safely
settling his wife, Broomhilda, near Chicago, he’s again taken to the
road, sending her funds whenever he completes a job. It’s by sheer
chance that he encounters the aged and sophisticated Diego de la Vega
– the famed Zorro – and soon finds himself fascinated by this unusual
character, the first wealthy white man he’s ever met who seems totally
unconcerned with the color of Django’s skin… and who can hold his
own in a fight. He hires on as Diego’s “bodyguard” for one adventure
and is soon drawn into a fight to free the local indigenous people
from a brutal servitude, discovering that slavery isn’t exclusive
to black folks. In the course of this adventure, he learns much from
the older man (much like King Schultz) and, on several occasions,
even dons the mask and the whip… of The Fox!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99,
On sale November 12
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
All New Comic Strips created exclusively
for ERB, Inc.
You
can subscribe for only $1.99 / month
Fourteen strips currently available
on the Burroughs comics website:
"Tarzan of the Apes" by Roy Thomas and Pablo
Marcos, adapting the original Tarzan novels.
"Tarzan" by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg, featuring new
Tarzan adventures.
John Carter: Warlord of Mars by Roy Thomas and Rodolfo Pérez
Garcia.
"Korak the Killer"
by Ron Marz and Rick Leonardi.
"Carson of Venus" by Martin Powell and Tom Floyd.
"The Eternal Savage" by Martin Powell and Steven E.
Gordon.
"The War Chief" by Martin Powell and Nik Poliwko.
"The Cave Girl" by Martin Powell and Diana Leto.
"Pellucidar" by Chuck Dixon and Gary Kwapsiz.
"The Land That Time Forgot" by Martin Powell and
Pablo Marcos.
"The Mucker" by Ron Marz and Lee Moder
"The Monster Men" by
Tom Simmons, Erik Roman, L Jamal Walton, and
Cristian Docolomansky
"The Lost Continent"
by Martin Powell and Oscar González
"The
Jungle Girl" by Martin Powell and Will Meugniot
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
featuring art from your favorite ERB comic strips!
Now available!
The Land that
Time Forgot Comic Tee
The Mucker Comic Tee
The War Chief Comic Tee
Carson of Venus Comic Tee
Pellucidar Comic Tee
John Carter Comic Tee
Eternal Savage Comic Tee
Korak the Killer Comic Logo Tee
Tarzan Comic Tee
Cave Girl Comic Tee
Tarzan of the Apes Comic Tee
Mens and Womens sizes
Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XXL (+$2), XXXL (+$2)
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E-texts on the
net this week
The Shadow in Review:
There is no new Shadow review this week.
Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000
stories online!
"The Corpse in California" by Dale Clark
from THRILLING DETECTIVE, November, 1942
Detective Nick Barry of the War Duty Office slings a mean line when
he goes all out to rope a scheming Japanazi duo!
"Just Plane Murder" by Louis Owens from G-MEN DETECTIVE, September, 1942
The Skibbies and Their Gestapo Pard Had a Neat Setup and They Didn't
Figure on the F. B. I. Catching on!
"The Leprechaun" by Albert Dorrington from ALL-STORY
WEEKLY, February 17, 1917
Was there really a leprechaun living at the boarding-house? One of the
boarders was certain he had seen one.
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Facebook - Now online!
There are numerous groups on Facebook that are
of potential interest to pulp fans.
The Shadow Knows
Agents of The Shadow
Flearun - A Doc Savage Group
Fans
of Bronze
G-8
and Operator #5
The Spider - Master of Men
Flash Gordon
The
Others [The Gray Seal, Nick Carter, Fantomas, Arsene Lupin, The
Saint]
Professor
Jameson alias 21MM392
The Pulp Heroes
Pulp, Pulp Everywhere and Lots and Lots to Read
Pulp Talk
Pulp Magazine Authors and Literature Fans
The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Serial Archive
ERBzine
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Facebook Forum
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Worlds of Adventure
PulpFest
Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention
Pulp Coming Attractions
Robert E. Howard Comics Group
The Robert E. Howard Foundation
Robert E. Howard Readers
Two Gun Bob--The Worlds of Robert E. Howard
The International Robert E. Howard Fan Association
Conan the Cimmerian
REH: Two-Gun Raconteur
Altus Press
Weird Tales Magazine
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Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!
October 2014 - New!
In Writings
After over a year of research, we are (finally!) able to begin
our comprehensive overview of author George Allan England.
It all starts with George Allan England: A 1923 Newspaper Interview with
introduction and annotations by Bob Gay.
This is followed by England's first published story written at the time
he decided to become a professional writer: Sessions and the Steam-Coal, a tale of the Russo-Japanese
War.
Also included are an introduction and afterword by Bob Gay and the
original illustrations.
In the months to come, we will be adding additional stories and articles
both by, and about, England, many of which have never been reprinted
since their original publication.
September 2014
In Writings
The fourth chronicle of Don Q., How Don Q.'s Sword was Drawn for the Queen, is presented
in its entirety along with an introduction by Dan Neyer, instant translations
of foreign words and phrases, and the the Stanley Wood illustrations.
August 2014
In Writings
A delightful story of love, murder and revenge,
The Melonville Expressman by Avery Hopwood as it appeared
in the January, 1910 issue of The Strand Magazine. Also included
are the original illustrations and an introduction by
Bob Gay.
July 2014
In Writings
The third chronicle of Don Q., "The Ears of the Governor of Castelleno," as it appeared
in the September, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the
Stanley Wood illustrations. As an added bonus, an
introduction by Dan Neyer and all foreign or archaic
words are instantly translated with a mouseover.
June 2014
In Writings
We once again turn our attention to Baroness
Orczy and her first published story, "The Red Carnation" as it appeared in Everybody's Magazine
in June of 1900.
Instant translations, an introduction by Dan Neyer
and the original illustrations are also included.
May 2014
In Writings
Another tale from the Chronicles of Don Q.,
"How Don Q. Outwitted Don Luis," including the Stanley
Wood illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
Plus!
A short biography of Hesketh Prichard, "To Introduce Mr. Hesketh Prichard," that only appeared
in the UK edition of Pearson's Magazine.
April 2014
In Writings
How Kid Brady Fought For His Eyes by P. G. Wodehouse
How Kid Brady Fought for his Eyes as it appeared
in Pearson's Magazine in July of 1906, including the
original illustrations. Introduction by Dan Neyer.
March 2014
In Writings
Beginning the reprinting of the first 6 adventures
of the brigand chief of the Andalusian highlands,
Don Q., by Kate and Hesketh Prichard as they appeared
in Pearson's Magazine, including the original illustrations
and biographical/background information by Dan Neyer.
The Chronicles of Don Q.
How he Treated the Parole of Gevil-Hay
February 2014
In Writings
The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason
A tale as chilling as the Polar Vortex,
The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason, including the
original illustrations from The Strand Magazine
and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a new
site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along with
articles, pictures and essays. In the Writings
section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first
Reggie Fortune story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair
Lewis and a large selection of Kipling, including
the complete Mowgli stories and "The Man Who Would Be
King." We've also added an article about Sleeman's
An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their
Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of the
work.
In Comics, there is an overview
of Superman #205 ("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!")
and a look at a Steve Ditko illustrated story
that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known story
by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts with a
group of collectible (and some not so) items and is
the first of 24 collections.
The site is hoping for subscribers
to keep it going and future plans call
for more stories, more articles and there are a
number of novels we also intend to add to the
mix.
New material will be appearing
on the last Friday of each month (which
means we'll have more new stuff at the end
of February).
In a few month s, we will also
be offering ebooks: on the site (in PDF) and
at Amazon and B&N in their proprietary formats.
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Fear City (Repairman Jack) - Coming November 11!
by F. Paul Wilson
Rage, terror, and redemption: these are the stones upon which
F. Paul Wilson builds the concluding chapter of Repairman Jack: The
Early Years, the prequel trilogy focusing on the formative years of
Wilson's globally popular supernatural troubleshooter.
The strands of Jack's life, established in the first two books, Cold
City and Dark City, are now woven into a complete pattern.
Centered around an obscure group of malcontents intent on creating
a terrible explosion in New York City in 1993, Fear City shows the
final stages of young Jack becoming Repairman Jack. It is a dark and
terrible story, full of plots and needless mayhem, with secret agents,
a freelance torturer, a secret society as old as human history, love,
death, and a very bleak triumph. Jack threads his way through this intricate
maze, as people he loves are stripped away from him in a way that presages
the later epic series of novels.
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
List Price: $25.99
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FIGHT CARD - Now available!
FELONY FISTS by Paul Bishop
Los Angeles 1954. Patrick "Felony" Flynn has been fighting all
his life. Learning the "sweet science" from Father Tim the fighting
priest at St. Vincent's, the Chicago orphanage where Pat and his older
brother Mickey were raised, Pat has battled his way around the world
- first with the Navy and now with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Legendary LAPD chief William Parker is on a rampage to clean up both
the department and the city. His elite crew of detectives known as The
Hat Squad is his blunt instrument - dedicated, honest, and fearless. Promotion
from patrol to detective is Pat's goal, but he also yearns to be one of
the elite - and his fists are going to give him the chance.
Gangster Mickey Cohen runs LA's rackets, and murderous heavyweight Solomon
King is Cohen's key to taking over the fight game. Chief Parker wants Patrick
"Felony" Flynn to stop him - a tall order for middleweight ship's champion
with no professional record. Leading with his chin, and with his partner,
LA's first black detective Tombstone Jones, covering his back, Patrick Flynn
and his Felony Fists are about to fight for his future, the future of
the department, and the future of Los Angeles.
Listening Length: 3 hours and 9 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Get the Audible audiobook for the reduced price of $1.99 after
you buy the Kindle book.
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Flash Gordon Volume 4: The Storm Queen of Valkir
- Coming in May!
Featuring four years worth of non-stop exhilarating, science
fiction action-adventure as Flash battles a rogue’s gallery of villainy
to protect the innocent, the wronged and a bevy of beautiful women from
the likes of Kang The Cruel, Queen Valker the Violent, giant birds,
lizards, sea-beasts and rock men, as well as wolfmen and gas spiders!
For Flash Gordon, the king of the cliff-hanger every Sunday is a day of
action!
Hardcover: 224 pages
List Price: $39.95
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The Forgotten Room – Coming
May 5!
by Lincoln Child
Jeremy Logan (The Third Gate, Deep Storm) is an "enigmalogist"—an
investigator who specializes in analyzing phenomena that have no obvious
explanation. In this newest novel Logan finds himself on the storied
coastline of Newport, Rhode Island, where he has been retained by Symposikon,
one of the oldest and most respected think tanks in America. Just days
earlier, a series of frightening events took place in the sprawling
seaside mansion that houses the organization. One of its most distinguished
doctors began acting erratically—violently attacking an assistant in
the mansion's opulent library and, moments later, killing himself in
a truly shocking fashion. Terrified by the incident and the bizarre evidence
left behind, the group hires Logan to investigate—discreetly—what drove
this erudite man to madness.
His work leads him to an unexpected find. In a long-dormant wing of
the estate, Logan uncovers an ingeniously hidden secret room, concealed
and apparently untouched for decades. The room is a time capsule,
filled with eerie and obscure scientific equipment that points to
a top secret project long thought destroyed, known only as "Project
S." Ultimately, the truth of what Project S was . . . and what has happened
in that room . . . will put Logan in the path of a completely unexpected
danger.
One of his most thrilling novels to date, The Forgotten Room is replete
with veiled, fascinating history, and all the exhilarating action and
science that are the hallmarks of a Lincoln Child blockbuster.
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
List Price: $26.00
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FUTURES PAST: A Visual
History of Science Fiction
1926: The Birth of Modern
Science Fiction
Now available in e-book
PDF format!
Welcome to one of
the largest and most ambitious projects ever attempted in the field of science
fiction. In the pages of FUTURES PAST we will be covering, in detail,
the birth and development of modern science fiction over its first 50 years
– from 1926 to 1975. Designed in a yearbook format, each issue of FUTURES
PAST will cover all the works, people, organizations and events in detailed
chronological order.
Relive novels such as LAST AND FIRST MEN, GALACTIC PATROL,
and WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE all the way to more recent
classics such as 1984, DUNE, and THE LEFT HAND OF
DARKNESS.
Follow the early careers of legends such as Bradbury,
Clarke, Heinlein, Sturgeon, Asimov, Leinster and many
others, year by year, story by story and novel by novel.
Learn about and even listen to hundreds of “old time
radio” plays produced for shows such as DIMENSION
X and BEYOND TOMORROW.
Attend the major conventions such as the first Worldcon
held in New York City in 1939. Read all
the details, the award winners and the activities. See
photos and even video taken at some of the later conventions.
Hear about it from the people who were there.
There will even be coverage of amateur clubs and fanzines
over the years, beginning with THE COMET published
in 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago.
Yes, every book, every magazine, every film, convention,
and so much more! FUTURES PAST is dedicated
to all those amazing people who helped to shape
our modern world by giving us a sense of wonder, by showing us
possible futures and addressing social issues long before they
touched the mainstream, and by simply daring to ask, “what if…”
Our goal at FUTURES PAST is to keep alive the people, works
and memories of a great genre and introduce them to a whole
new generation of readers, thinkers and dreamers.
When
completed, this series will be the most comprehensive history of the
field ever undertaken.
FUTURES PAST is available at the link below as a PDF
download for $6.00, as well as a limited content
review copy for FREE.
In the next few months we will be pursuing production
of physical editions for sale as well.
FUTURES PAST: A
Visual History of Science Fiction
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Girasol Collectables - November Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three
more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas.
Terror Tales and Operator
5 are now at six (6) issues per year,
so that those two titles
and the Spider will be completed around the same
time in late 2015.
Girasol will also be tackling
the complete 1926 year of Weird Tales, as well as
other 1930s issues of interest.
| Monthly
Special: All three for $95
($10 off) |
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SPIDER #110 from November 1942
- $35 |
OPERATOR
5 #44 from March-April 1939
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WEIRD
TALES #130 from October 1934
- $35
Featuring Robert E.
Howard
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Girasol accepts checks, International money
orders, and Paypal as methods of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm availability
first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or
other books.
Paypal payments can be made to our
regular info@girasolcollectables.com
email address.
As always, these reprints are exact
copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories
and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound
and finished off with a high quality reproduction of
the original cover.
The only thing missing is the smell
(alas) and the flaking newsprint.
Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com.
A complete listing, along with other
items such as books, fanzines and of course
pulps, can be found on
the Girasol Collectables website at
http://www.girasolcollectables.com/
All payments
must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed
to:
Neil Mechem c/o
Girasol Collectables
3501 GlenErin
Drive, Apt. 1409,
Mississauga, ON,
Canada L5L 2E9
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Back
issues - Still available!
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ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935
BLACK MASK MAGAZINE
($35 each postpaid)
April 1920 - First issue!
June 1,1923 - The rare KKK issue
CIVIL
WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
Spring 1940
DAN
TURNER ($25 each postpaid)
Dan Turner
Hollywood DetectiveNo. 1 (January 1942)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective
No. 2 (April 1942)
DIME MYSTERY
BOOK ($35 each postpaid)
#1 December
1932
DOCTOR DEATH ($25
each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2 March 1935
#3 April 1935
DR. YEN SIN ($35
each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936
EERIE
TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941
GOLDEN FLEECE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
#5 February 1939
#6 March 1939
#7 April 1939
#8 May 1939
#9 June 1939
HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935
#2 February 1935
#5 July 1935
MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4 October 1933
#5 January 1934
THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 each postpaid)
#1 September 1935
#2 October 1935
#3 November 1935
#4 December 1935
#5 January 1936
#6 February 1936
#7 March 1936
MYSTERY
ADVENTURE MAGAZINE ($25 each
postpaid)
November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady cover
appearance
THE OCTOPUS ($35 each postpaid)
February/March 1939
OPERATOR
5 ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The Masked Invasion (April 1934)
#2 The Invisible Empire (May 1934)
#3 The Yellow Scourge (June 1934)
#4 The Melting Death (July 1934)
#5 Cavern of the Damned (August 1934)
#6 Master
of Broken Men (September 1934)
#7 Invasion
of the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8 The
Green Death Mists (November 1934)
#9 Legions of Starvation (December 1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 The League of War Monsters
(February
1935)
#12 The Army of the Dead (March 1935)
#13 March of the Flame Marauders
(April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator (May
1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords (June
1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July 1935)
#17 Hosts of the Flaming Death (August
1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson
Death Cult (September 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard
Men (October 1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible
Death (November 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death
(December 1935)
#22 War-Dogs of the Green Destroyer (January
1936)
#23 Rockets From Hell (February 1936)
#24 War Masters from the Orient (March
1936)
#25 Crimes Reign of Terror (April 1936)
#26 Death's Ragged Army
(June-July 1936)
#27 Patriot's Death Battalion (August-Sept.
1936)
#28 The Bloody Forty-Five Days (Oct.-Nov. 1936)
#29 America's Plague Battalions
(December 1936)
#30 Liberties Suicide Legion (January 1937)
#31 Seige of the Thousand Patriots (February
1937)
#32 Patriot's Death March (March-April 1937)
#33 Revolt of the Lost Legions (May-June
1937)
#34 Drums of Destruction (July-August 1937)
#35 The Army Without a Country (Sept-Oct
1937)
#36 The Bloody Frontier (Nov-Dec 1937)
#37 The Coming of the Mongol Hordes (Jan-Feb
1938)
#38 The Seige that
Brought the Black Death (Mar-Apr 1938)
#39 Revolt of the Devil
Men (May-June 1938)
#40 The Suicide Battalion
(July-Aug 1938)
#41 The Day of the Damned
(Sept-Oct 1938)
#42 The Dawn that Shook
the World (Nov-Dec 1938)
#43 When Hell Came to America
(Jan-Feb 1939)
#44 Invasion From The Sky (March-April 1939)
ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October / November
1930
#2
December 1930 / January 1931
#3 February
/ March 1931
#4 Spring
1931
#5 Summer 1931
#6 Autumn
1931
#7 Winter 1932
#8 Spring
1932
#9 Summer 1932
PIRATE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 November 1934
THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February
1933
SAUCY MOVIE TALES ($25 each
postpaid)
#3 December
1935 (#1 after a title change)
#4 January
1936 (#2 after a title change)
#5
March 1936
#9 July 1936
#11 September 1936
#17 March
1937
THE SCORPION ($35 each postpaid)
April/May 1939
SOLDIER
OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931
SPICY-ADVENTURE
STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 November
1934 [#1 after the ashcan]
#3 December 1934
#4 January 1935
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#7 April 1935
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#9 June 1935
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#11 August 1935
#12 September 1935
#13 October 1935
#14 November 1935
#15 December 1935
#16 January 1936
#17 February 1936
#18 March 1936
#19 April 1936
#20 May 1936
#21 June 1936
#22 July 1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September
1936
#25 October 1936
#26 November 1936
#27 December
1936
#28 January 1937
#36 September 1937
#39 December 1937
SPICY-DETECTIVE
STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 May 1934
#3 July 1934
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#22 February 1936
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#26 June 1936
#27 July 1936
#28 August 1936
#29 September 1936
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#32 December 1936
#33 January 1937
#42 October 1937
#76 August 1940
SPICY-MYSTERY
STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 June 1935
#3 July 1935
#4 August 1935
#5 September
1935
#6 October
1935
#7 November 1935
#8 December
1935
#9 January
1936
#10 February 1936
#11 March 1936
#12 April 1936
#13 May 1936
#14 June 1936
#15
July 1936
#16 August
1936
#17 September
1936
#18 October 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#21 January 1937
#22 February
1937
#23 March 1937
#26 June 1937
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SPICY WESTERN STORIES ($25 each
postpaid)
#1 November 1936
#2 December 1936
#3 January 1937
#4 February 1937
#14 December 1937
THE
SPIDER ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The Spider
Strikes! (October 1933)
#2 The Wheel
of Death (November 1933)
#3 Wings of the
Black Death (December 1933)
#4 City of Flaming
Shadows (January 1934)
#5 Empire of Doom
(February 1934)
#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7 Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8
The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9 Satan's
Death Blast (June
1934)
#10 The Corpse
Cargo (July 1934)
#11 Prince of
the Red Looters (August
1934)
#12 Reign of the
Silver Terror (September
1934)
#13 Builders
of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14 Death's
Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15
The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor (February 1935)
#18 The
Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master (April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler
(May
1935)
#21 Hordes of
the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld
(July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness
(August
1935)
#24 King of the
Red Killers (September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign
of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27
Emperor
of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29 Slaves
of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March
1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)
#32 Slaves of the Dragon
(May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June
1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August
1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror
(September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night
(November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men
(December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres
(February 1937)
#42 Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker
(May 1937)
#45 Voyage of the Coffin Ship
(June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell
(July 1937)
#47 Slaves of the Black Monarch (August 1937)
#48 Machine Guns Over the White
House (Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat
(October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde
(November 1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December
1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light
(January 1938)
#53 The City of Lost Men (February
1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March
1938)
#55 City of Whispering Death (April
1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May 1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58 The Emperor from Hell (July
1938)
#59 The Devil's Candlesticks
(August 1938)
#60 The City That Paid to Die (September
1938)
#61 The Spider at Bay (October
1938)
#62 Scourge of the Black Legions
(November 1938)
#63 The Withering Death (December
1938)
#64 Claws of the Golden Dragon
(January 1939)
#65 The Song of Death (February 1939)
#66 The Silver Death Rain
(March 1939)
#67 Blight of the Blazing Eye (April
1939)
#68 King of the Fleshless Legion
(May 1939)
#69 Rule of the Monster
Men (June 1939)
#70 The Spider and the
Slaves of Hell (July 1939)
#71 The Spider and the Fire God
(August 1939)
#72 The Corpse Broker (September 1939)
#73 The Spider and the Eyeless
Legion (Oct. 1939)
#74 The Spider and the Faceless
One (Nov. 1939)
#75 Satan's Murder Machines (December
1939)
#76 The Spider and
the Pain Master (January 1940)
#77 Hell's Sales Manager (February 1940)
#78 Slaves of the Laughing Death (March 1940)
#79 The Man From Hell
(April 1940)
#80 The Spider and the War Emperor (May 1940)
#81 Judgement of the Damned (June 1940)
#82 Dictator's Death Merchants
(July 1940)
#83 Pirates From Hell
(August 1940)
#84 Master of the Night-Demons (Sept. 1940)
#85 The Council of Evil
(October 1940)
#86 The Spider and
his Hobo Army (November 1940)
#87 The Spider
and the Jewels of Hell (Dec.
1940)
#88 Harbor of Nameless
Dead (January 1941)
#89 The Spider and
the Slave Doctor (February
1941)
#90 The Spider and
the Sons of Satan
(March 1941)
#91 Slaves of the Burning Blade (April 1941)
#92 The Devil's Paymaster (May 1941)
#93 The Benevolent Order of
Death (June 1941)
#94 Murder's Black Prince (July 1941)
#95 The Spider and the Scarlet
Surgeon (August 1941)
#96 The Spider and the Deathless
One (September1941)
#97 The Satan's Seven Swordsmen
(October1941)
#98 Volunteer Corpse Brigade
(November1941)
#99 The Crime Laboratory (December 1941)
#100 Death and The Spider (January 1942)
#101 Murder's Legionaires (February 1942)
#102 The
Gentleman from Hell (March
1942)
#103 Slaves of
the Ring (April 1942)
#104 The Spider and
the Death Piper (May 1942)
#105 Revolt of the Underworld (June 1942)
#106 Return of the Racket Kings (July 1942)
#107 Fangs of the Dragon (August 1942)
#108 Hell Rolls on the Highways (September 1942)
#109 Army of the Damned (October 1942)
#110 Zara, Master of Murder (November 1942)
STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 December 1933
STRANGE
STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1939
STRANGE TALES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 September 1931
#2 November 1931
#3 January 1932
#4 March 1932
#5 June 1932
#6 October 1932
#7 January 1933
TERROR
TALES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 September
1934
#2 October 1934
#3 November 1934
#4 December 1934
#5 January 1935
#6 February
1935
#7 March1935
#8 April 1935
#9 May 1935
#10 June 1935
#11 July 1935
#12 August 1935
#13 September 1935
#14 October 1935
#15 November 1935
#16 December 1935
#17 January 1936
#18 February 1936
#19 March 1936
#20 April 1936
#21 May 1936
#22 June 1936
#23 July/Aug 1936
#24 Sept-Oct 1936
#25 Nov-Dec 1936
#26 Jan-Feb 1937
#27 March-April 1937
#28 May-June 1937
#29 July-August 1937
#30 September-October 1937
#31 November-December 1937
#32 January-February 1938
#33 March-April 1938
#34 May-June 1938
#35 July-August 1938
#36 September-October 1938
#37 November-December 1938
#38 January-February 1939
#39 March-April 1939
#40 May-June 1939
#41 July-August 1939
#42 September-October 1939
#43 November/December 1939
#44 January/February 1940
#45 March 1940
THRILLING MYSTERY ($25
each postpaid)
#1 October
1935
WEIRD
TALES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 March 1923
#2 April 1923
#3 May1923
#4 June 1923
#5 July/August
1923
#6 September 1923
#7 October 1923
#8 November 1923
#9 December
1923/January 1924
#10 February 1924
#11 March 1924
#12 April 1924
#13
Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 ($50)
#14 November
1924 - One of the rarest WT's
#15 December 1924
#16 January 1925
#17 February 1925
#18 March 1925
#19 April
1925
#20 May 1925
#21 June 1925
#22
July 1925
#23 August 1925
#24 September 1925
#25
October 1925
#26 November 1925
#27 December 1925
#28 January 1926
#29 February 1926
#30 March 1926
#31 April
1926
#32 May 1926
#33 June 1926
#34 July 1926
#35 August 1926
#36 September 1926
#40 January 1927
#53 February 1928
#59 August
1928
#96 December 1931
#107 November 1932
#108 December 1932
#111 March 1933
#114 June 1933
#117 September 1933
#118 October 1933
#121 January 1934
#124 April 1934
#125 May 1934
#128 August 1934
#129
September 1934
#130 October 1934
#132 December 1934
#135 March
1935
#143 November 1935
#151 July 1936
#152 August 1936
#153 October 1936
#173 June 1938
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Girasol Collectables
Now
available and recommended!
Girasol Collectables
is pleased to announce Volume 3
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.
DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE / 15 MYSTERY STORIES / TERROR
TALES
Girasol has launched a new series
of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top
quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered
Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are
designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior
pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout,
130+ pages.
Each book in the series has a mix of full
page scans, size as to the original pulps, as
well as some 4 per page and 6 per page.
The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color
cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the
interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover
art and artists, as well as a title checklist with
issue number, date, and cover artist if known.
A combo volume of full sets of scans
of the 3 titles, all 210 issues in total.
This edition will be the same format as our first 2 volumes,
8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout,
bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered
copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and
issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this
series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp
titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover
art.
A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images.
Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing
on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Dime
Mystery touted itself as the Weirdest Stories Ever Told,
and certainly the cover art was true to the claim!
Only $130 (prices include s&h within
North America - overseas add $25)
Visit our ebay store to order, or
email us for more information to acquire your copy.
Paypal payments to: info@girasolcollectables.com
Please note
that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but
rather, a visual reference of the covers.
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The Golden Age - Now online!
Michael W. Kaluta ~ The Spawn of Frankenstein - New!
Berni Wrightson illustrating Mary Wollstonecraft's Frankenstein
- New!
N. C. Wyeth ~ misc Pulp Covers 1909-1926
Avon Fantasy Reader ~ 1947-1952
Imagination ~ 1950-54 ~ cover art by Hannes Bok, H. W.
McCauley & Malcolm Smith
Wally Wood ~ Galaxy illustrations Pt 3 ~ 1961-68
Wally Wood ~ Galaxy illustrations Pt 2 ~ 1959-1960
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The Great Zoo of China
Hardcover – Coming January 27!
by Matthew Reilly
The all-new thriller from #1 internationally
bestselling author Matthew Reilly!
It is a secret the Chinese government has been keeping for forty years.
They have found a species of animal no one believed even existed. It
will amaze the world. Now the Chinese are ready to unveil their astonishing
discovery within the greatest zoo ever constructed. A small group of
VIPs and journalists has been brought to the zoo deep within China to
see its fabulous creatures for the first time. Among them is Dr. Cassandra
Jane “CJ” Cameron, a writer for National Geographic and an expert on
reptiles. The visitors are assured by their Chinese hosts that they will
be struck with wonder at these beasts, that they are perfectly safe, and
that nothing can go wrong. Of course it can’t…
GET READY FOR ACTION ON A GIGANTIC SCALE.
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Gallery Books
List Price: $26.00
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GRENDEL VS. THE SHADOW #3
- Arriving in comic shops November
12!
Matt Wagner (Writer/Art/Cover/variant cover) and Brennan
Wagner (Color)
Matt Wagner brings this exciting miniseries to its dramatic conclusion
as two pulp-noir icons go head to head!
Will Grendel succumb to the seductive temptations of the past?
Or will The Shadow finally fall prey to the most dangerous foe he's
ever faced?
WHO will prevail as . . . the Master of Darkness?
Full Color, 48 pages, $5.99
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Edited by Stephen Haffner Introduction by Ed Gorman
Cover Art by Lawrence Noble
A massive omnibus of four novels from the late 1950s
all featuring the amateur sleuthing of San Francisco
psychoanalyst Michael Gray.
The Murder of Eleanor Pope —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray leads
police to a three-time killer!
The Murder of Ann Avery —Psychoanalyst solves brutal slaying!
Murder of a Mistress —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray solves
the killing of a girl who knew too much about too many
men who had too damned much to lose.
Murder of a Wife —Marked for Murder! No one believed
her—not even the police!
Hardcover
$40
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(Writer) Fredric Brown, Jack Seabrook (Cover) Norman
Saunders
A massive fix of liquor-fueled murder, smoke-clouded mystery,
and hard-hitting revenge from the author of The Screaming
Mimi and The Fabulous Clipjoint. This archival-quality
hardcover assembles 38 incredibly rare stories from
1938-1942, with the original Pulp artwork from such
magazines as Thrilling Detective, Masked Detective, Detective
Fiction Weekly, and more. This is the book Fredric
Brown fans have been waiting for!
Hardcover, 6x9, 744 pages, B&W, $45.00
Haffner
Press
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Hard Case Crime
November 2014
EASY DEATH by Daniel Boyd, Cover art by Glen Orbik
It takes guts and good luck to pull off an armored
car robbery, and Walter and Eddie have both. But getting the
money and getting away with it are two different things, especially
with a blizzard coming down, the cops in hot pursuit, and a
double-crossing gambler and a sadistic park ranger threatening
to turn this white Christmas blood red...
"Daniel Boyd" is the pseudonym of a veteran police officer
who served for nearly thirty years in a department in central
Ohio, including four years as Chief of Police. EASY DEATH
is his first crime novel. His only previous novel, ‘NADA,
was nominated for the Spur Award by the Western Writers of America.
First publication ever!
Hard Case Crime’s first Christmas novel
January 2015
QUARRY'S CHOICE by Max Allan Collins, Cover art by Robert
McGinnis
Quarry is a pro in the murder business. When the man
he works for becomes a target himself, Quarry is sent South
to remove a traitor in the ranks. But in this wide-open city—with
sin everywhere, and betrayal around every corner—Quarry must
make the most dangerous choice of his deadly career: who to kill?
First publication ever!
By the award-winning author of ROAD TO PERDITION
Quarry is in development to become a TV series
April 2015
THIEVES FALL OUT by Gore Vidal, Cover art by Glen Orbik
In 1953, Gore Vidal had already begun writing the works
that would launch him to the top ranks of American authors and
intellectuals. But in the wake of criticism for the scandalous content
of his third novel, Vidal turned to writing crime fiction
under fake names: three books as "Edgar Box" and one as "Cameron
Kay." The Edgar Box novels were subsequently republished under
his real name. The Cameron Kay never was.
Lost for more than 60 years and overflowing with political and sexual
intrigue, THIEVES FALL OUT provides a delicious glimpse into the
mind of Gore Vidal in his formative years. By turns mischievous
and deadly serious, Vidal tells the story of a man caught up
in events bigger than he is, a down-on-his-luck American hired to
smuggle an ancient relic out of Cairo at a time when revolution is
brewing and heads are about to roll.
One part Casablanca and one part torn-from-the-headlines tabloid
reportage, this novel also offers a startling glimpse of Egypt
in turmoil—written over half a century ago, but as current
as the news streaming from that region today.
First publication in 60 years, and first ever under the author’s
real name!
The author of LINCOLN, BURR, MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and other classics,
Gore Vidal is one of the most acclaimed American authors of
the past century
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Hunt at the Well of Eternity: Gabriel Hunt, Book
1 - Now available on audio!
By James Reasoner
The woman carrying the bloodstained flag seemed desperate for
help - but it was the attack that followed that convinced Gabriel there
was something here men would kill for. And that was before he knew about
the dungeon in the Mayan ruins, or the legendary secret hidden in the
rain forest of Guatemala.
Written by: James Reasoner
Narrated by: Michael Ray Davis
Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
Series: Gabriel Hunt, Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook
Regular Price:$19.59
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The Illustrated Press
Walter Baumhofer by David Saunders
Pulp art
historian David Saunders returns with a lavish new hardcover art book chronicling
the life and work of Walter Baumhofer.
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A
Progress Report!
The book
is currently en route from the printer, and should be shipping sometime in
mid-November.
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In the world of the pulp magazines, the name of Walter
Baumhofer has always resonated with a solemn and respectful
gravitas. His masterful cover paintings from the golden
era of Dime Detective, Dime Mystery, Dime Western, Adventure,
Pete Rice, Doc Savage, and The Spider were among the most
iconic images in pulp art history. The design and execution
of his work combined an impressive combination of sensational
brushwork with a theatrical flair for composing striking scenes
of intriguing villains, rugged heroes, and steadfast women.
His creative ambitions elevated him from the low-paying
field of the pulp magazines into the respectable and higher-paying realm
of the slick magazine industry. When he quit the pulps, he left behind
a legacy of innovative design and high standards that the next generation
would struggle in his wake to attain. Although he is renowned for
his paintings of pulp magazine covers, the actual number of years he worked
in the field is but one chapter in a lifelong history of creative accomplishments.
That full story has never been told—until now.
Pulp and illustration art historian David Saunders has
written an insightful biography, chronicling the life
and work of this influential artist.
This is the consummate reference book on the artist,
filled with over 300 reproductions of original art,
rare proof sheets, working drawings, reference photos,
as well as historic family photos.
This book will be limited to 1000 copies. It is 224 pages,
9”x12”, full-color on premium glossy stock, hardbound
with dust jacket for $44.95.
Unlike previous
titles from The Illustrated Press, this book will not be offered
through Amazon, so it will never be offered at a discounted
price (unless you can find a "used" copy.)
If you want this book new, you
will have to buy it directly from The Illustrated Press
or your local comic shop.
In other words, don't worry about
seeing it listed on Amazon later for $26.
That is not going to happen!
PRE-ORDER TODAY! This book begins shipping in November
2014 - $44.95
You can pre-order the book at
your local comic shop.
The Diamond Item Code is
SEP141860.
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The Illustrated Press
THE
GOLDEN AGE
Now available
for pre-order at Kickstarter.com!
This new hardcover book showcases some of the finest artworks
from the Golden Age of Illustration, circa 1880-1950.
From 1880 to 1950, during the "Golden Age" of illustration, spectacularly
talented artists produced hundreds of thousands of images for
magazines, calendars, books, advertisements, and much more. In the
days before radio, the movies, or television dominated the entertainment
world, PRINT was the preeminent media, and the illustrated magazine
cover was at the center stage of American visual culture.
Our new book celebrates this glorious period in art history, lavishly
presenting the work of 154 artists with 218 full page reproductions
of original paintings, some of the finest images produced during
the period, all photographed directly from the original art. Not a
text book or a history book, this new volume is a stunning PICTURE book,
filled to the brim with eye-popping visuals. If you are a fan of illustration
art, this book was made for you!
ARTISTS FEATURED:
Abbey, Abbott, F. Anderson, H.N. Anderson, H. Anderson, Armstrong,
Arthurs, Avati, Aylward, Barclay, Baine, Baumgartner, Beall, Becher,
Benda, Bergey, Betts, Biggs, Bleser, Bolles, Booth, Brangwyn, Bransom,
Brehm, Brickdale, Briggs, Brown, Brown, Bull, Burns, Campbell,
Carter, Castaigne, Chambers, Christy, Clark, Clinedinst, Coffin,
Coll, Content, Cooper, Cornwell, Cox, Crandell, Dohanos, Dryden,
Dulac, Dunn, Eastman, Enright, Everett, Falter, Fawcett, Fischer,
Fisher, Flagg, Flato, Flanagan, Flint, Fogarty, Fuller, Georgi, Giguere,
Gillespie, Godwin, Goodwin, Granville-Smith, Green, Gruger, Harding,
Heitland, Herbst, Herndon, Henry, Hintermeister, Hinton, Hoff, Hoffman,
Hoskins, Humphrey, Hunt, Hunter, Hurst, Iverd, Jackson, Keller, Kernan,
Kihn, Koerner, Korder, Lagatta, Lee, Leyendecker, Leyendecker, Loomis,
Louderback, Lovell, Lowell, Mantania, Matteson, McMein, Michelson, Moore,
O’Neill, Otto, Parker, Parrish, Paus, Penfield, Phillips, Pogany, Price,
Pyle, Pyle, Rackham, Raleigh, Reilly, Reusswig, Roberts, Rockwell, Rozen,
Rozen, Schaeffer, Schoonover, Schuyler, Scott, Sewell, Sheppard, D. Smith,
J.W. Smith, Soulen, Spreter, Staehle, Stahl, Stanley, Stephens, Stewart,
Stick, Stoops, Stuart, Sundblom, Tenggren, Tepper, Von Schmidt, Ward,
Watts, Weber, Webster, Wenzell, Whitmore, Wilson, Wood, Wyeth, and Zuckerberg.
This book will be limited to 1000 copies. It is 224 pages, 9”x12”,
full-color on premium glossy stock, hardbound with dust jacket.
A Special Edition version of the book is available, limited to 100
copies.These are presented in a golden yellow slipcase with white
stamped lettering, signed and numbered by editor Daniel Zimmer, with
a bookplate affixed to the front endpapers.
By pledging through Kickstarter you will receive a copy of the book
for only $40 delivered anywhere in the U.S. (Early Birds can get
the book for only $35, if you act fast!) The retail cost of the
regular unsigned edition (available after this Kickstarter campaign
ends) will be $44.95 plus postage.
Unlike previous titles from The Illustrated
Press, this book will not be offered through Amazon, so it will never
be offered at a discounted price (unless you can find a "used" copy.)
If you want this book new, you will have to buy it directly from The
Illustrated Press. In other words, don't worry about funding the
book for $40 and then turning around and seeing it listed on Amazon
later for $26. That is not going to happen.
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ILLUSTRATORS
MAGAZINE #8 - Arriving in comic
shops November 12!
Illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest
illustration art ever published. It guides you through the stories
behind the artists and their art, with features written by some
of leading authorities on this important art form. As well as
building into an indispensable reference library, illustrators
gives readers an insight into the creative process, from idea to
sketch to painting, and from painting to the image seen by millions.
Featured this issue: The Art of Les Edwards, a bucket of gore and
SF worlds. The Art of Bart Forbes, one of the USA's greatest illustrators.
The Art of Sydney Paget, the definitive Sherlock Holmes artist. The
Art of John Haslem, the expert of fonts.
Softcover, 8x11, 96 pages, Full Color, $24.99
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James Bond: Young Bond: Shoot to Kill - Now available!
By Steve Cole
Steve Cole's first Young Bond novel, SHOOT TO KILL, is now available
in the UK. It picks up where Charlie Higson left off and sends young
James Bond into action in Hollywood.
No U.S. release date has yet been announced.
BEFORE THE MAN BECAME THE LEGEND.
BEFORE THE BOY BECAME THE MAN.
Lights. Camera. Murder.
Young Bond is back – in his most action-packed, explosive adventure
yet; something terrible is happening in Tinseltown . . .
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Childrens
RRP: £12.99
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
Fiction House Science Fiction Double 5
VENGEANCE FROM THE PAST! & DON'T PANIC! by Geoff St. Reynard
Two Complete Novels in One Book
Ray Rollins fought to preserve the Space Station--and Earth--from
an enemy mankind had forgotten. An enemy in hiding, awaiting its--VENGEANCE
FROM THE PAST!
January 9th, 1955 began like any normal day on Earth. Then suddenly
our planet tossed in a death agony. The Green Men had landed...DON'T PANIC!
Illustrated.
Trade Paperback, 160 pages, $12.95
Imprint: Fiction House
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King Solomon's Mines-Classics
Reimagined
A new 48 page graphic
novel by Pablo Marcos & Mark Ellis!
Kickstarter project now online!
Classic adventures with a new twist!
Welcome to the new KING SOLOMON'S MINES --a colorful and sexy
new 48 page graphic novel by Pablo Marcos & Mark Ellis!
The KING SOLOMON'S MINES graphic novel is a fresh take on H.Rider
Haggard's classic tale of adventure and treasure hunting in
19th century Africa.
This adaptation by the team of legendary comics illustrator Pablo
(Conan The Barbarian, Tales of the Zombie) Marcos and best-selling
author Mark (Outlanders, Doc Savage, Justice Machine) Ellis
brings a new and colorful perspective to the Victorian-era yarn.
The KING SOLOMON'S MINES graphic novel by Pablo Marcos and Mark
Ellis is just the first of several planned projects (with Ying
Ko Graphics) featuring "reimagined" classic adventure heroes.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's CHALLENGER rendered here by the ever-awesome
Jeff Slemons, Jules Verne's NEMO by the uber-talented Steven
E Gordon and of course, HR Haggard's QUATERMAIN, by the legendary
Pablo Marcos.
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Larry Latham - R.I.P.
Larry Latham passed away on Sunday evening (November 2) after
a valiant battle with cancer.
Larry was the writer/artist of the online comic strip LOVECRAFT IS MISSING.
The strip began in 2008. His last published work was November
1.
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LONE RANGER: VINDICATED #1 (OF 4)
- Arriving in comic shops November 12!
(Writer) Justin Gray (Art) Rey Villegas (Cover) John Cassaday
The Lone Ranger and Tonto are called to the town of Red Mesa to help
capture a vicious gang of thieves. However things are not what
they seem as the masked man and his faithful companion find themselves
entangled in a mystery and surrounded by killers.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
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Moonstone Books
DOMINO LADY: “Money Shot” novel
Author: Bobby Nash, Howard Hopkins
Artist: Doug Klauba
Arriving in comic shops November
12!
Politics make strange bedfellows. A deadly
ménage-a-trois of power, politics and money, threatens
to bring 1930’s Hollywood to its knees. An assassin is hired
to kill an idealistic young DA running for governor, who happens
to be Domino Lady’s lover. A morally bankrupt movie star-turned
ambitious politician, with mob ties and a temper, takes
both of them on. Can Domino Lady keep her candidate safe or will
she learn the hard way that politics can be murder…and moreover,
can pulp’s #1 sultry temptress survive the money shot?
Plus a bonus GOLDEN AMAZON -warrior woman- novella by
Howard Hopkins!
Softcover, 6” x 9”, 216 pages, $11.95
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Moonstone Books
DAY OF THE DESTROYERS
Jimmie Flint, Agent X-11 must
save America
Coming in March!
Authors: Ron Fortier, Adam Lance Garcia, Gary Phillips, Paul Bishop,
Eric Fein, Tommy Hancock, Aaron Shaps, & Joe Gentile
Cover: Fernando Ferreiro
Based on a real historical event during the Roosevelt administration!
Guest starring pulp heroes The Green Lama, The Phantom Detective, and
The Black Bat!
Day of the Destroyers is an all-original linked prose anthology - each
story is part of a larger arc wherein Jimmie Flint, Secret Agent X-11
of the Intelligence Service Command, battles to prevent the seditionist
Medusa Council from engineering a bloody coup overthrowing our democracy.
Agent X-11 fights across the country preventing an aerial assault on
Chicago’s rail lines, destroying a secret factory of gas meant to enthrall
millions in New Mexico, racing to stop a machine of fantastic destruction
in Manhattan, and so much more!
Written by pulp fictioneers: Ron Fortier, Adam Lance Garcia, Gary Phillips,
Paul Bishop, Eric Fein, Tommy Hancock, Aaron Shaps, & Joe Gentile.
Introduction by pulp historian and award-winning author Robert Weinberg!
Softcover, 6” x 9”, 276 pages, $13.95
Note: I believe
that this volume contains the stories originally slated for the cancelled
Operator #5 anthology, NIGHT OF THE INSURGENTS, with Agent
X-11 replacing Operator #5.
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Mystery*File - Now online!
Convention Report: PULPADVENTURE CON 2014. - New!
COLLECTING PULPS: A Memoir, Part 12, by WALKER MARTIN:
Rereading UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN WORLDS.
COLLECTING PULPS: A MEMOIR, PART ELEVEN – Frank
Robinson, 1926-2014 by Walker Martin
Characters
from DFW #17: OLD CALAMITY — by Monte Herridge
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The New Pulp Heroes
- Now online!
Tom Johnson has started
a new Blog for authors who have created
new pulp heroes.
Hollywood Cowboy Detectives - New!
Fading Shadows Presents NEW PULP
New Pulp And New Pulp Heroes
he Black Claw
Murder Town
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Off-Trail Publications
- Now
available!
Before he was a comic-book pioneer, Major Malcolm-Wheeler
Nicholson wrote adventure tales for the great pulp
magazines—and no run-of-the-mill pulp fiction was
it. The Major served as a cavalry officer on
the southwest border during the Mexican Revolution. While
the First World War raged in Europe, he fought the
Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines. Then followed
his strangest assignment, conducting espionage in legendarily
hostile Siberia. After the war he was stationed in
Western Europe. These places became the settings for
the majority of his hardboiled adventure stories. His
use of authentic detail, combined with his superior storytelling
ability, make his stories difficult to put down. You
read one of the Major’s entrancing tales—and your imagination
is transported back to those real places of danger and
daring!
This inaugural collection of the Major’s fiction
includes stories set in all four of his real-life
arenas, originally published in top adventure pulps:
Adventure, Argosy, The Popular Magazine. It
is time for the Major to receive his due—as one of the
genuine larger-than-life men of the pulps. Included is an
in-depth introduction by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, the
Major’s granddaughter.
“Yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
is one of the very, very few people responsible for the birth
of the comic book industry as the visionary founder
of what we today call DC Comics. And, yes, Major
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very
few people responsible for giving the world Superman.”
Michael Uslan,
Executive Producer of all the Batman movies,
Comic book historian, and author of his memoir, The
Boy Who Loved Batman.
“Not many adventure writers
can claim to have based their stories on their own exploits. Malcolm
Wheeler-Nicholson could—and because of it, his evocations
of heroism and combat have a believability and a personal
depth unlike anything else in pulp fiction.”
Gerard Jones,
Author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the
Birth of the Comic Book.
6x9-inch perfect
bound; 264 pages, $20.00
Checkout earlier titles by clicking on the link below.
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Peril Press - Now
available!
MARTY
QUADE: DEAD FREIGHT
Private Detective Marty Quade Jumps
DEAD FREIGHT by Emile C. Tepperman from Ten Detective
Aces, May 1935
Author of “Slow Murder,” etc.
The elevator strike made Marty Quade climb seven flights of stairs.
But there was no Seventh Heaven up there waiting for him. Instead, he
met a very dead corpse, a very pretty blonde—and a very strange man.
The elevator strike makes Private Detective Marty Quade climb seven
flights of stairs. But there is no Seventh Heaven up there waiting
for him.
Plus six more bonus stories!
This edition includes 14 images between story illustrations, in-house
ads, mastheads and pulp covers.
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Perils On Planet Perils
On Planet X - Now
online!
Perils On Planet X is a swashbuckling
adventure on a lost planet… join Colonel Donovan
Hawke of Terra as he travels through time and
space to the ancient emerald world of Xylos – home
of vicious reptilian predators, ruthless strato-pirates,
beautiful princesses, and innumerable fantastic dangers!
Perils On Planet X is high adventure on alien
worlds – classic space opera in the Burroughs and
Alex Raymond traditions, revived for a new
millennium!
The adventure begins today at the link below!
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The Pulps
The Definitive Survey of a Re-Discovered
American Genre
from the Lesser Collection at the New Britain Museum of American
Art.
Sensational paintings that gripped
the Depression-era public
with their themes of adventure, mystery, horror, sci-fi and damsels
in distress.
October 03 through December 26!
Now, for the first time, the world’s largest collection
of Pulp Cover Art is presented in a comprehensive touring
exhibition of the original paintings and the magazine
covers they became.
The exhibition features Tarzan, The Shadow, Secret Agent X,
The Mysterious Wu-Fang, The Spider, Doc Savage, The Scorpion,
The Whisperer, The Black Mask, and The Lone Ranger.
Often described as unrepentant, unapologetic, unbridled and under-appreciated…
these are the vivid and daring period illustrations
which became the source of the visual language of today’s
popular cinema (imaginative movies like Avatar and sensual films like
Y Tu Mamá También), comic books, and multi-million copy
video games.
In riveting and attention-grabbing imagery, the selected works
reflect the subconscious urges of an economically deprived
and sexually repressed generation. They set the stage decades
ago for the expression of today’s liberated consumer culture.
Having influenced generations of artists and writers, Pulp Cover
Art has long been overlooked due to its subject matter, genre
clichés, and rarity of existing examples.
This exhibition is the first in-depth look at these incredible
yet misunderstood works of art, some of which, due to
their controversial content, have not been seen in public since
the Roaring Twenties. This definitive survey of sweeping
scope and range explores the subjects and influential work of the
artists who shaped American popular culture and the creative landscape
for generations to come.
Featuring stunning art by the masters of the genre – Tom Lovell,
J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, Hannes Bok, Margaret Brundage,
Rafael de Soto, and Enoch Bolles – the exhibition is culled
from the world’s largest collection of Pulp Art at the New Britain
Museum of American Art and documents Depression-era fantasy
as depicted on the covers of popular literature.
The content recognizes the rebirth of interest in this genre
demonstrated by the surge in new publications, nostalgia
events, collectors and reproductions of original pulps by a
growing number of new publishers.
As described by scholars and specialists who have studied the genre,
Pulp Art … “is more than simply an American art form. It
is a state of mind. Politically incorrect, shocking, offensive
and obviously fun…. It is unforgettable.”
Friday, October 03
- Friday, December 26
12:00am - 12:00am
Main Library
5 Monument Square
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 871-1700
Audience: Adults
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Pulp Crazy - Now online!
John Carter:
Warlord of Mars #1 Review - New!
The Chain by H. Warner Munn
The Tale
of Satampra Zeiros by Clark Ashton Smith
The Picture
in the House by H.P. Lovecraft
Dig Me
No Grave by Robert E. Howard
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Pulp Den - Now online!
Hollywood Cowboy Detectives - New!
Q & A With Running Meter Press
- New!
Fading Shadows Presents NEW PULP
Hold On!
Review For The Spider's Web
Altus Press Newsletter
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Pulp Magazines Project
- Now online!
Publishing legends The Black Mask (1920), Weird
Tales (1923), and Amazing Stories (1926) are considered
so “extremely rare and valuable” that the U.S.
Library of Congress houses its collection of 277
issues in Washington, D.C.’s Rare Book and Special
Collections Division—along with the personal libraries of Presidents,
medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and one of only three
known perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible in existence.
With its latest addition of 4 issues of The Black Mask
(Aug. & Sept. 1920; Dec. 1921; and Apr. 1922), the Pulp
Magazines Project has made all 3 classic titles available together—for
the first time—in high-quality, cover-to-cover digital editions.
Also available at the Pulp Magazines Project,
new issues of the iconic “weird menace” pulp, Dime
Mystery Magazine (Apr. 1938 and Sept. 1946); Adventure
(Jul. 1, 1928; feat. Walt Coburn’s “The Man Who Hated
Himself”); Western Story (Jul. 27, 1940); Detective
Story (May 1938; feat. Zorro-creator Johnston McCulley’s
“Thubway Tham’s Thothial Thecurity”); and histories
of both The Black Mask (E.R. Hagemann; UCLA) and
Dime Mystery Magazine (Emily Sisler; University
of West Florida).
The Pulp Magazines Project
is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the study and preservation
of one of the twentieth century's most influential literary &
artistic forms: the all-fiction pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides
information on the history of this important but long neglected
medium, along with biographies of pulp authors, artists, and their publishers.
At the heart of the Project's mission
is the archive itself. In summer 2011, it began with
a modest library of five representative first-generation
pulp titles from the early twentieth century. Over
time, the archive will expand, new magazines will be
digitized, and contextual materials added. Eventually, the
archive will feature a broad range of pre-1923
titles, post-1923 titles where copyright has lapsed, and
full volume runs of select titles from 1896
to 1946.
The Project is dedicated to fostering ties between
communities of collectors, fans, and academics devoted
to pulp magazines, and will offer opportunities for
research and collaboration to both scholars and enthusiasts
alike. We will provide information on upcoming
conferences and conventions, and promote new working
relationships between academics and the hundreds
of pulp fans and collectors beyond the college and
university.
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Pulp Newsgroups
- Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are
of potential interest to pulp fans.
Information on several of these groups and
a link to sign up is posted below.
Abraham Merritt:
This group is dedicated
to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM
MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories,
paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any
movies based on these works can all
be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any
of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing
can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions
and statements about other authors that copied or imitated
Merritt's style can be posted.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/
CoverUps: Sharing
and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed,
but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/
Doc Con:
The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together
for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also
known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who
together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers
have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally
held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts
residents from around the country, for a weekend
of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions
and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each
year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/
Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated
to the study and appreciation of one of
the greatmasters of literary adventure, Burroughs
(1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters,
such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter
of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus,
Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized
as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern
heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/
FictionMags: The purpose
of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction
magazines, and to exchange information about magazines
which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular
emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914,
the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th
century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century,
the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s
-- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have
been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects
of the publishing history of the magazines concerned,
their editors and editorial policies, the authors they
published, and so on.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/
Flearun: This group is
for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/
H.R. Haggard: This
group is dedicated to one of the greatest of adventure/fantasy
writers , H.R. Haggard.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterofadventureriderhaggard/
Justice Inc.: This group
is dedicated to the [1940's pulp version] of Richard
Benson and his group of crime fighting
adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything about this group
can be discussed [ comics, pulps, radio shows, paperbacks, current
news]also if anyone is interested in Paul
Ernst---In the roaring heart of the crucible......
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/
Otis Adelbert Kline:
This group is devoted to Otis
Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction,
weird and historical fiction genre and his general
biography can also be discussed here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/
to join!
Pulp Fiction Uncensored:
is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/
PulpMags: If you're interested
in the old pulp magazines,
this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps
only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern
"pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated
list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp
Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across
the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/
Pulp Swap Group:
Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus
wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/
REH Comics Group:
This group is dedicated to the characters created
by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form
from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics,
Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/
Vintage Paperbacks:
A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books,
primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly
speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A.
Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many
more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is
welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare
and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that
you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers,
the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected
with the great world of vintage paperback books.
Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about
it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/
Western Pulps: This
list is dedicated to the discussion of Western
pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors,
the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else
connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis
is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies,
comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/
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“Meet 'Singapore' Sammy Shay! He’s the roughest, toughest sailor
to sail the Seven Seas!”
Introducing one of the most popular and hard-boiled characters ever to
roam the fabled pages of Argosy magazine. Singapore Sammy Shay is the toughest
sailor in the South Pacific, scouring the coasts of Malaysia and the
hundreds of islands in the vicinity, searching for his ne’er-do-well
father who abandoned his family when Sammy was only two years old.
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Written by George F. Worts, creator of the popular Peter the Brazen
series under the pen-name Loring Brent, the Singapore Sammy adventures
are among the few Argosy classics that can match the adventures of Brent's
“The Man of Bronze” in intensity and action!
His full name is Samuel Larkin Shay, but few people know or recognize
him by that name. Born in Cairo, Illinois, he’s spent the last six
years of his life roaming the South Seas in the schooner, Blue Goose,
skippered by Captain Lucifer Jones. It’s there that he’s known as Singapore
Sammy, a vagabond sailor who’s hunting a man, a worthless roustabout
known as Bill Shay. Shay was Sammy’s father, and when he deserted his
family, Bill Shay took with him the only copy of a will leaving Sammy
a fortune. Without that document, Sammy can’t claim a penny. For the
past half-dozen years, he’s hunted for his father, following a trail that
leads to the farthest ends of the Earth. In The Monster of the Lagoon, Sammy
encounters one of the greatest surprises in his search for his father—as
he finds himself actually battling a monster in a lagoon!
George F. Worts was born in Toledo, Ohio on March 16, 1892. Growing
up in a port city, he became interested in telegraphy. As a teenager,
he worked as a radio man on the Great Lakes. Afterwards, he shipped
out, again as a radio operator to South and Central America.
In 1915, Worts decided to become a writer. He attended Columbia University
for a year, got married, and started work as a reporter. A few years
later, he started writing fiction, selling primarily to Argosy. In the
1930s, that pulp was considered to be the leading publisher of high adventure
stories in the world. Worts became known as one of the magazine’s top writers
and he contributed 45 novelettes and serials in that ten year period.
Read by Milton Bagby.
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #63
The Secret 6 #3 Audiobook
The Monster Murders by Robert J. Hogan
Read by Michael C. Gwynne. Liner Notes by Will Murray
Now available!
The premise of The Secret 6 was
deceptively simple, yet pure pulp. An enigmatic adventurer known only
as King busts out of Death Row to form an anti-crime group called The
Secret 6. The others include The Key, The Doctor, Shakespeare, The Bishop,
and Luga, as well as numerous underworld stool pigeons and hangers-on.
All are wanted. So they operate outside the law.
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The work of the wildly imaginative Robert J. Hogan, who pitted his
World War I flying ace, G-8, against zombies, Martians, defrosted Viking
warriors, and other bizarre foes, The Secret 6 battled sinister supervillains,
a Mayan Bat-Man, a giant golden alligator and other outrageous menaces.
Few pulp series stretched reality as did this four-issue Popular Publications
title from 1934-35. There were no limits. That’s what made it a terrific
read.
If you wanted to, you could call The Secret 6 "Doc Savage lite". The
series followed a similar template––a group of adventurers pitting themselves
against overwhelming threats. The big difference was that the leader,
King, was no superman. Like Hogan’s G-8, he was a typical American he-man,
not a fearless wonder-worker. King could feel fear, and make mistakes.
He was not perfect, therefore the average reader could identify with
him, and see himself in King’s shoes.
The third Secret 6 entry shows every indication of having been inspired
by the famous Doc Savage novel, The Monsters. The premise is virtually
identical––giant creatures are terrorizing the rural population. Authorities
are helpless. Only the resourceful Secret 6 team is up to the challenge.
No doubt the inspiration for both of these pulp classics goes back
to the 1933 film, King Kong. In The Monster Murders, we encounter ferocious
packs of gigantic dogs, thirty-foot giants, and other towering nightmare
threats to life and liberty.
The Murder Monsters is read by Michael C. Gwynne. This exciting audiobook
also includes the true stories, Allan Barnes' “Stand and Deliver!” and
“The Jungle,” by Winthie Leach.
6 hours - $11.99 Download / $23.98 Audio CDs
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!
The Best of Argosy #5: "The Monster of the Lagoon" by George
F. Worts
Introducing one of the most popular and hard-boiled characters
ever to roam the fabled pages of Argosy magazine. Singapore Sammy is
the toughest sailor in the South Pacific, scouring the coasts of Malaysia
and the hundreds of islands in the vicinity, searching for his ne’er-do-well
father who abandoned his family when Sammy was only two years old. When
Bill Shay left his wife and child, he took with him a will leaving a
fortune to Sammy from his grandfather. Sammy wants that document back,
along with a measure of revenge against his father for deserting his family.
Written by George F. Worts, creator of the popular Peter the Brazen
series under the pen-name Loring Brent, the Singapore Sammy adventures
are among the few Argosy classics that can match the adventures of “The
Man of Bronze,” in intensity and action! These exciting books have been
beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and are of the highest
quality. $2.99.
Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #21: Crimson Doom
This is the second issue in the Dusty Ayres series. “The President’s
son will be returned if you send us Captain Ayres in exchange.” From
the enemy camp came this message. And as Dusty answered, he knew he was
starting on the greatest mission of the war, was going to play a lone hand
against the Black Invaders, who sought to crush America beneath their
barbarous wings! Captain Dusty Ayres, ace pilot for the U.S. Air Defense
flies in the Silver Flash, an advanced craft of his own design. With
his two pals Curly Brooks and Biff Bolton, they battle some of the most
diabolical mad scientists and their weirdest inventions. These exciting
stories took over the Battle Birds magazine from June 1934 through the
July/August issue of 1935, changing the magazine name to Dusty Ayres and
his Battle Birds. And now Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds is back, reissued
for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
Battle Birds #43 - December 1941
Beginning in 1932, Battle Birds brought readers a thrilling
main story, referred to as a “novel”, that featured a rotating cast of
main characters like The Three Mosquitoes and Smoke Wade. After nineteen
issues, just over a year and a half after its debut, the magazine began
to feature the air adventures of Dusty Ayres, and the magazine became
officially titled Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds. This lasted until
the summer of 1935 when the magazine folded after thirty-one issues. But
Battle Birds wasn't finished; it would return. In early 1940, Battle Birds
reappeared on the newsstands. But now the focus of the stories was on the
conflict that would soon be known as World War II. This resurrected Battle
Birds lasted for 26 issues until May 1944. And now Battle Birds is back,
reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
Sports Novels Gridiron Classics
Sports thrills, ripped from the burning pages of one of the
all-time great sports magazines of the 1930s, Sports Novels! Magazines
containing sports fiction were one of the staples of the pulp magazines,
becoming popular in the early 1920s and by the mid-1930s there were over
two dozen titles on the newsstands. In early 1937, Popular Publications
decided to enter the lucrative field of the sports fiction magazines. The
April-May 1937 issue of Sports Novels hit the newsstands in late March, featuring
an eye-catching baseball cover. For the next fifteen years, each issue featured
stories of football, boxing, baseball, hockey, track, basketball, tennis
and hockey. Nearly every sport imaginable was represented in the long-running
magazine. It continued publishing for a total of eighty-five issues until
the April 1952 issue, when pulp magazines were in their waning days. Vintage
Sports Novels are now being reissued for today’s readers in electronic
format. $2.99.
Horror Stories: Ray Cummings and
Russell Gray
Horror Stories! The dark companion to Dime Mystery Magazine.
Created to showcase stories too horrible for Terror Tales. The third
of the triumvirate of fear pulps. This brand of fiction came to be
called Weird Menace. The mystery-and-menace formula proved so successful
that publisher Popular Publications produced Dime Mystery Magazine, Terror
Tales and Horror Stories. These three dominated the Weird Menace genre
all through the 1930s. Blurbed as “mystery-horror” stories instead of
“mystery-terror,” Horror Stories was formulated differently than its companion
titles. Damn the plot. Pour on the menace! This eBook contains a collection
of stories from the pages of Horror Stories magazine, all written by Ray
Cummings and Russell Gray, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
$2.99.
All eBooks
produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats for
the ultimate in compatibility.
When you upgrade to a new eReader,
you can transfer your eBooks to your new device without the need to purchase
anything new.
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15% Off Your
Entire Order and $4.95 Flat Shipping Rate until November 4!
Use Offer Code: r10nc006
Mystical matters, dastardly doctors, frightening families,
spirits and schemes! These eighteen classic broadcasts will catapult
you back to a time when the line between good and evil was stark…and
spine-chilling.
Orson Welles, William Johnstone, and Bret Morrison take on the role
Lamont Cranston, "a man of wealth…a student of science…and a master
of other people's minds"…and his alter-ego, The Shadow! Margot Stevenson,
Marjorie Anderson, and Grace Matthews are heard as Margo Lane, the only
person in the world who knew that Cranston and The Shadow were one and
the same. Together, they face the frightening and demonstrate to "young
and old alike that crime does not pay!"
Includes a Program Guide by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr.
Episodes Include: The Hypnotized Audience 03-27-38; The Blind Beggar
Dies 04-17-38; Power of the Mind 04-24-38; Murders in Wax 05-15-38;
House of Fun 10-22-39; Murder Incorporated 12-17-39; The Killer's Rendezvous
12-15-40; Nightmare at Gaelsberry 02-02-41; The Phantom Voyage 02-16-41;
Death Rides a Broomstick 03-02-41; Murder From the Grave 04-06-41;
The Ring of Light 11-23-41; Dead Men Tell 03-01-42; The Werewolf of
Hamilton Mansion 01-05-47; When the Grave is Opened 09-14-47; The Face
09-21-47; Murder and the Medium 11-30-47; Death and the Easter Bonnet
04-17-49
Duration: 9 hours
Media: (9) CDs
Price: $35.95
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Ramble House
Now available!
CATHEDRAL
OF HORROR AND OTHER STORIES
The Weird Tales of Arthur J. Burks
Introduced by John Pelan
Dancing Tuatara Press #55
Between the years 1934 and the dying days of Popular Publications'
three weird menace pulps, Arthur J. Burks contributed some five dozen
tales, most of novelette length.
John Pelan has sifted through them and introduces this first
volume of Burks' weird works.
The eleven stories are only a sample of what we have in store for
you.
Cathedral of Horror, Terror Tales, July/August 1938
Priestess of Shame, Dime Mystery Magazine July 1935
Room of Shadows, Weird Tales May 1936
Keepers of the Black Tavern, Terror Tales May 1935
Bells of Oceana, Weird Tales December 1927
Black Harvest of Moraine, Weird Tales January 1950
Slaves of the Blood Wolves Terror Tales Dec. 1935
The Death Kiss, Thrilling Mystery, June 1936
A Bride for Death, Terror Tales April 1936
The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee Weird Tales May 1926
Devils in the Dust Thrilling Mystery, December 1935
Available Editions
$6 Ebook (EPUB or MOBI)
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
$35 Hardcover with Dustjacket 6" x 9"
$45 Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John
Pelan
This book is available
at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers
you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him
with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com 228-826-1783
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Ramble House
Now available!
TWO-TIMERS
THE MAN WHO MASTERED TIME by Ray Cummings
TIME COLUMN and TAA THE TERRIBLE by Malcolm Jameson
Introduced by Richard A. Lupoff
Surinam Turtle Press #45
Richard A. Lupoff, an author known for
his 12:01 stories of time repeating itself, has selected two stories of
time travel by a couple of his favorite authors: Ray Cummings and Malcolm
Jameson. The Man Who Mastered Time, by Cummings, is a serialized novel
of a future inspired by H.G. Wells' classic, and Time Column, by Jameson,
was written as WWII loomed. It's been unavailable for almost 75 years.
In addition to writing the introduction, Lupoff has added a short story
from 1942 by Jameson called Taa the Terrible.
Available Editions
$6 Ebook (EPUB or MOBI)
$18 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
$32 Hardcover with Dustjacket 6" x 9"
This book is available
at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers
you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him
with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com 228-826-1783
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Ramble House
Now available!
THE DAYMAKERS
Selected Stories from Science Fantasy
Chosen and Introduced by Damien Broderick and John Boston
Damien Broderick and John Boston got together and picked the
11 short stories of SF that they wanted to see brought back for modern
readers to enjoy.
The list of authors is impressive:
A. Bertram Chandler, Brian Aldiss, Peter Hawkins, Edward Mackin, John
Kippax, E.C. Tubb, John Brunner,
Wallace West, Michael Moorcock, Mervyn Peake and Thomas Burnett Swann.
The stories are, too.
Available Editions
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
This book is available
at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers
you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him
with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com 228-826-1783
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RED SONJA #13 - Arriving in comic shops November 12!
(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Walter Geovani
(Cover) Main: Jenny Frison; Variant: Renae De Liz
Beginning a new Sonja epic that will shake the She-Devil
to her core! In THE FORGIVING OF MONSTERS, PART ONE, the
Hyrkanian finds herself aiding a small village against a
hideous and bloody infestation, while an enemy from her
past threatens to crush her spirit forever!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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REVIVAL - Arriving
in book stores November 11!
By Stephen King
According to The Lovecraft Ezine, the new novel
by Stephen King contains some major Lovecraftian themes.
From an interview with King:
“The inspiration was Arthur Machen’s The Great God Pan, which is a
terrifying story about the world that might exist beyond this one…
I also wanted to use Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos, but in a new fashion,
if I could, stripping away Lovecraft’s high-flown language.”
A dark and electrifying novel
about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.
In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls
over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up
to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with
his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are
all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about
Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With
Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession.
When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses
God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.
Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen,
he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle
of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss.
In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets
Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their
bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers
that revival has many meanings.
This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the
most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It’s a masterpiece
from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Scribner
List Price: $30.00
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Robert E. Howard Foundation
SWORDS OF THE NORTH
Now accepting pre-orders!
The long-awaited
Celtic and Nordic stories!
Cormac Mac Art, Turlogh O'Brien, the James Allison stories, Spears of
Clontarf, etc.
Cover art by Aaron Miller.
There is a clear self-consistency among all of Howard’s tales
which will readily demonstrate that underlying it all is a coherent
vision of a fictional history of the world and mankind, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s
term a “secondary” world, internally consistent, full of strangeness
and wonder, “free from the domination of observed fact,” yet quite credible,
a world rooted in the familiar if populated with the unfamiliar, a
world that combines the ordinary with the extraordinary. Just as Tolkien’s
“Arda” is our Earth, so too is Howard’s world. -from Rusty
Burke’s introduction
The REH Foundation Press is proud to present Swords of the North, a
collection of Robert E. Howard’s Celtic/Viking adventure stories. The
book checks in at 540 pages, and will be printed in hardback with dust
jacket, in a limited first-print quantity of 200 copies, each individually
numbered. Cover art by Aaron Miller and introduction by Rusty Burke.
This volume marks the first publication of the fragment that begins with,
“Between berserk battle rages,” which features Cormac Mac Art’s partner,
Wulfhere Skull-splitter. It also collects for the first time in one
volume all of the James Allison stories and fragments, both incomplete
drafts of “The Temple of Abomination,” and other rarities.
The
book is expected to ship in December 2014. Pre-order yours today.
SWORDS OF THE NORTH is $45 for REHF Members, $50 for non-members (all
prices in US dollars) plus shipping. (How to become a member? Look here.)
Shipping options for a single volume:
Domestic via USPS Priority: $9
Domestic via USPS Book Rate: $3
Canada via Global Priority: $33
Australia via Global Priority: $46
Europe via Global Priority: $46
Ordering and payment
To order, pay directly via PayPal to paypal@rehfpress.com, via check
(personal or cashier’s) or money order sent to: The REH Foundation Press,
PO Box 2641, Sugar Land, TX, 77487-2641.
ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS.
Be sure that all the necessary shipping information is included and accurate,
and that the total price includes correct shipping and insurance (if
wanted).
NO FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS.
Books will not be shipped prior to checks clearing the bank. If you
have any questions or comments regarding pricing or shipping, please contact
us at info@rehfoundation.org.
Contents
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Swords of
the North
Niflheim (verse)
The Frost King’s Daughter (Amra version)
The Valley of the Worm
The Garden of Fear
Marchers of Valhalla
“Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or” (verse)
The People of the Dark
An Echo From the Iron Harp (verse)
Kings of the Night
Swords of the Northern Sea
The Night of the Wolf
Delenda Est
The Ballad of King Geraint (verse)
The Song of the Last Briton (verse)
Memories of Alfred (verse)
Dreaming on Downs (verse)
The Song of Horsa’s Galley (verse)
Song before Clontarf (verse)
The Grey God Passes
The Dark Man
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farer (verse)
Marching Song of Connacht (verse)
The Skull in the Clouds (verse)
The Ghost in the Doorway
Black Michael’s Story (verse)
Dermod’s Bane
The Cairn on the Headland
Black Harps in the Hills (verse)
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Appendix 1 – James
Allison
Brachan the Kelt
Genseric’s Son
The Guardian of the Idol
Akram the Mysterious
Appendix 2 – Cormac Mac Art
Tigers of the Sea
The Temple of Abomination, early draft
The Temple of Abomination, later draft
Untitled, “Between berserk battle rages”
Appendix 3 – Turlogh Dubh O’Brien
Untitled, “The Dane came in with a rush”
The Shadow of the Hun
Miscellanea
The King’s Service
Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? (verse)
No More the Serpent Prow (verse)
Untitled, “ ‘I,’ said Cuchulain”
The Harp of Alfred (verse)
Viking’s Vision (verse)
Thor’s Son (verse)
To Harry the Oliad Men (verse)
The Isle of Hy-Brasil (verse)
Heritage (1) (verse)
Singing Hemp (verse)
The Return of the Sea-Farer (verse)
Heritage (2) (verse)
Viking’s Trail (verse)
To a Friend (verse)
Twilight on Stonehenge (verse)
The House of Gael (verse)
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The REH Foundation Press is proud to present Fists
of Iron, Round 3, the third volume of a four-volume series that presents
the Collected Boxing Fiction of Robert E. Howard. This volume
features the second half of the collected Sailor Steve Costigan
yarns and measures in at 325 pages (plus introductory material). It
will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, with the first printing
limited to 200 copies, each individually numbered. Cover art by
Tom Gianni and introduction by Chris Gruber. The book is expected to
ship in November 2014. The final volume will follow as soon as its
cover is completed. Pre-order volume 3 today.
The price for volume 3 is $40 for REHF members,
$44 for non-members, plus shipping.
To guarantee that you receive volumes with the same number,
order the complete set.
Members pay $165, plus shipping; non-members pay $182, plus shipping.
The price for Volume 1, the largest book in the collection, is $45
for REHF Members, $50 for non-members, plus shipping.
Volumes 2 through 4 are somewhat smaller, and cost $40 apiece
for REHF members, $44 apiece for non-members.
Complete ordering information is available on the
REHF website.
CONTENTS
Intro: “Big Talk Don’t Bust No Chins” by Chris Gruber
Circus Fists
Vikings of the Gloves
Night of Battle
Sailor Costigan and the Yellow Cobra
Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey
Alleys of Darkness
Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla
A New Game for Costigan
A Two-Fisted Santa Claus
The Slugger’s Game
General Ironfist
Sluggers of the Beach
The Honor of the Ship (originally untitled)
Untitled story (A sailorman ain’t got no business…) (aka “Flying
Knuckles”)
Iron-Clad Fists
Sailor Costigan and the Swami (originally untitled)
Alleys of Treachery
APPENDIX
Night of Battle (synopsis)
Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace (incomplete)
Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace (synopsis)
Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey (3rd person version)
Alleys of Darkness (synopsis)
Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla (synopsis)
A New Game for Costigan (synopsis)
A Two-Fisted Santa Claus (synopsis)
The Slugger’s Game (synopsis)
General Ironfist (synopsis)
Sluggers of the Beach (synopsis)
Iron-Clad Fists (synopsis)
Alleys of Treachery (synopsis)
The Lord of the Ring, (part 3), by Patrice Louinet
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ROY THOMAS PRESENTS: SHEENA, QUEEN OF
THE JUNGLE VOLUME 2 -
Arriving in comic shops November 12!
(Editor) Roy Thomas (Art) Robert Webb,
Alex A. Blum
She may still be everyone's favorite yellow-tressed, leopard-skin-clad
Jungle Jane! There have been other incarantions,
of course, but it's this classic material that strikes at the
very heart of Good Girl Art. Sheena: Queen of the Jungle issues
#5-10 (Summer 1949 to 1950) of the original titles from Fiction
House.
Hardcover, 288 pages, Full Color, $47.99
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The Serial Squadron Cinema
Cliffhanger Archive
NOW SHOWING:
A NEW CHAPTER EVERY SATURDAY!
The Squadron will now be broadcasting
a new, long-unseen rare serial chapter every week and spotlighting
restorations in progress.
So no more waiting until the whole thing
is done to be able to see those new chapters from restorations in progress
-- SerialFest will now happen all year round right on this
website!
We begin with the Squadron restoration of THE MASKED
RIDER (1919), which includes lost scenes re-created
according to the original script by volunteer actors.
The presentations are viewable free of charge.
To get the complete restorations without the watermarks,
and with commentary, extras, and all that other good
stuff, order the DVD editions!
Sept-Oct-Nov-Dec
THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA Restoration
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The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger
Archive
THE SPIDER'S WEB
Research copies are now available!
Archive DVD featuring Warren Hull -
15 Chapters (Complete)
One of the major original pulp heroes
comes to the screen in the greatest adaptation of pulp to film
ever created, featuring Warren Hull and Iris Meredith. Consistently
rated one of the top 5 cliffhanger serials of all time by fans,
and hugely influential. Source: new digital transfer of
16mm original print, complete, with generally excellent
sharp picture quality, restored picture element with stabilization,
exposure correction, and noise reduced audio.
Status: Restoration
complete, archive DVD requests are shipping now.
To request a research copy, click here.
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The Shadow Fan's Podcast
- Now online!
The Wheels of Justice Keep Turning
The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 72! This time around,
Barry takes a look at Midnight In Moscow # 4 and Justice Inc. #
2!
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is
the podcast for you!
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The Shadow - Under the
Blue Light - Now online!
Mobsmen on the Spot - New!
Wizard of Crime - New!
The Blackmail Ring
Happy Death Day
Jabberwocky Thrust
Messenger of Death
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SHERLOCK HOLMES VS. HARRY
HOUDINI #2 (OF 5)
- Arriving in comic shops November 12!
(Writer) Anthony del Sol, Conor McCreery (Art) Carlos Furuzono
(Covers) Aaron Campbell, Colton Worley
After Harry Houdini’s opening night performance is undone by a grotesque
murder, he clashes with Sherlock Holmes when Holmes refuses to allow
the legendary magician to help bring the perpetrator to justice.
But the proud Houdini won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, leading to an epic
game of cat-and-mouse in London’s dangerous streets.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Tellers of Weird Tales
- Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he
researches and writes about the contributors to
Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles,
Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet
Magazine.
Who Was Hasan Vokine? - New!
Robert S. Carr (1909-1994)-Part 2 - New!
Robert S. Carr (1909-1994)-Part 1 - New!
Happy Halloween . . .
Galen C. Colin (1890-1973)
Valma Clark (1894-1953)
Lines Straight and Tangled
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates
(New publications to the list
are in bold)
Now available!
Tomb Raider: The Ten Thousand Immortals, Dan Abnett &
Nik Vincent, DK Publishing, $12.99, October 20, 2014
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt, Neil
Kleid, Marvel, $24.99, October 21, 2014
Judge Dredd Year One: Omnibus, Michael Carroll,
Al Ewing & Matthew Smith, Abbadon, $7.99, October 28, 2014
Revolution: Book Three in the Secret World Chronicles,
Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $7.99, October 28, 2014
Wild Cards XXII: Lowball, ed.
George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, November 04,
2014
The Black Stiletto: Endings &
Beginnings, Raymond Benson, Oceanview Publishing,
$26.95, November 04, 2014
Coming soon!
Captain America: The Death of Captain
America, Larry Hama, Marvel, $7.99, November 18, 2014
Dreams of a Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn, Tor,
$7.99, November 25, 2014
Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $8.99, November 25, 2014
With Great Power, eds. John L. French & Greg Schauer,
Dark Quest, LLC, $14.95, November 28, 2014
Collision: Book Four in the Secret World Chronicles,
Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $25.00, December 02, 2014
S.C.P.D.: Avenging Amethyst, Keith
R.A. DeCandido, Crossroad Press, $12.99, December
14, 2014
HEROES!, ed. Jean Rabe, Silence in the Library,
$15.00, December 2014
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad, ed. George R.R.
Martin, Tor, $15.99, January 13, 2015
Secret Wars, Alex Irvine, Marvel, $24.99,
January 20, 2015
Monster Hunter: Nemesis, Larry Correia, Baen, $7.99, February
24, 2015
Less Than Hero, S.G. Browne, Gallery Books, $16.00,
March 17, 2015
Arrow – Vengeance, Oscar Balderrama & Lauren Certo,
Titan Books, $7.99, March 31, 2015
The Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Dan Abnett,
Marvel, $24.99, April 14, 2015
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Alex Irvine, Marvel, $7.99, April
28, 2015
Stiletto [sequel to The Rook], Daniel O’Malley,
Little, Brown & Co., $25.99, June 30, 2015
Ex-Isle, Peter Clines, Broadway Books, $14.00,
July 2015
The Dragons of Heaven, Alyc Helms, Angry Robot,
$7.99, July 7, 2015
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William Patrick Maynard -
Now online!
Sax Rohmer at
Towers of London
A couple weeks ago, I finally read Mr. Towers of London, the
posthumously published memoirs of Harry Alan Towers, the unflappable
veteran British radio/TV/film writer-producer with well over a hundred
works to his credit. It wasn’t Towers’s first stab at writing his memoirs,
but this final work was notable as his most personal.
Read the rest at the links
below.
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