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Age of Aces Latest
Dispatches
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Age of Aces
Now available!
CAPTAIN PHILIP STRANGE: STRANGE
SPECTRES by Donald E. Keyhoe
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. “Horrors of war” takes on a whole new
meaning when WWI erupts with paranormal activity: Flaming planes piloted
by charred skeletons; Battleship crews that mysteriously vanish; Medieval
knights falling from the sky; The spirit of the Red Baron himself haunting
the frontlines! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom
Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain
Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the
WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies.
And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip
Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as
the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for
his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories
featuring Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s
counter measures!
Stories include:
“Scourge of the Spectre,” – Flying Aces, August 1935
“Spectre of the Red Knight,” – Flying Aces, January 1932
“The Vanishing Avenger,” – Flying Aces, February 1934
“The Ghost from G-2,” – Flying Aces, May 1934
“Strafe of the Flying Corpse,” – Flying Aces, January 1936
“The Armored Corpse,” – Flying Aces, March 1936
Trade paperback, 6"x9", 350 pages, $16.99
SQUADRON OF THE DEAD by Frederick
C. Painton
The Squadron of the Dead contained
all the hellions of ten armies! Men without hope; men courting death; men
who loved to kill; men who laughed and fought, drank and cursed, lived hard,
and died harder. Americans, British, Russians—even Germans—made up their
ranks, and only one bond held them together: Death lay ahead of them. They
were assigned the grim missions no other squadron dared to take—for they
had all been condemned to die!
Each of the eight stories in Painton’s Squadron of the Dead is the story
of a different pilot who has been condemned to death and sent to the squadron
to serve out his sentence. And die they did, dropping spies, bombing impossible
places, strafing infantry for harassed Allied battalions. These men flew
recklessly, savagely, knowing they could live again only when death really
claimed them. Then their names would shine once again in the casualty announcements
and they would be posthumously awarded the Legion d’Honneur.
Frederick C. Painton, a prolific pulp author and venerated newspaper man,
wrote the eight Squadron of the Dead stories contained in this anthology
in 1935 for Sky Birds magazine.
Painton is best remembered for his coverage of World War II for Reader’s
Digest magazine.
Stories include:
“Today We Die,” – Sky Birds, February 1935
“Ghosts of the Living,” – Sky Birds, March 1935
“The Glory Gambler,” – Sky Birds, April 1935
“Tarmac of Treason,” – Sky Birds, June 1935
“Death’s Dreadnaughts,” – Sky Birds, July 1935
“Legion of the Unlucky,” – Sky Birds, August 1935
“Duel of Dishonor,” – Sky Birds, September 1935
“Slaughter of the Dead,” – Sky Birds, December 1935
Plus:
”About the Author” by Frederick C. Painton
Trade paperback, 6"x9", 362 pages, $16.99
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Airship 27 Productions
HITWOLF 2: THE PACK
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to be releasing the exciting sequel
to Fred Adams Jr. crime/horror thriller “Hitwolf.” In “Hitwolf 2 –
The Pack” the hunt continues.
Oct. 1969. It has been several months since veteran Green Beret Jim
Slate escaped captivity at the hands of New Jersey mob boss, Michael Monzo.
Employing a mercenary wizard, Monzo had transformed Slate into a werewolf
with the intentions of using him as his own personal “hitwolf.” But
Slate managed to foil Monzo and fled to the New Jersey wilderness known as
the Barrens.
There he rendezvoused with three of his former army pals and related his
harrowing experiences. Knowing the mob will never stop hunting Slate,
the team heads for the swamps of Chambliss, Georgia to hide out. At
their request, Slate turns Swede and Haines into werewolves while the third,
Singer, opts to remain the solo “normal” one of the squad. Things get
worst when, through some Washington contacts, Slate learns he was betrayed
by his former C.I.A. liaisons in Nam. Now they have added their considerable
resources in capturing him and the others.
Determined to use their new found abilities only to defend themselves against
their enemies, Slate walks a delicate tightrope hoping the beasts he and
his mates carry in their veins can be controlled. If not, then all
hell will break loose and even the blood of the innocent will flow.
“Fred Adams Jr. is one of the best New Pulp writers in the field today,”
says Airship 27 Production Manager, Ron Fortier. “His work is always
fresh, original and fast paced. The classic hallmarks of excellent
pulp-fiction. When Adams wrote HITWOLF, we knew we had a winner
on our hands. It’s a creepy blend of gangster and horror genres mixed
to taut, suspenseful perfection. And it was ripe for sequels.
Now he delivers THE PACK and the action picks up exactly where book one ended.”
Artist Zachary Brunner provides the stunning cover with Clayton Hinkle doing
the interior illustrations. All whipped together by Award Winning Art
Director Rob Davis to offer up another over-the-top thriller by the one and
only Fred Adams, Jr. Bolt the doors, put on the lights and get ready
for a fun chiller of a ride.
Available from Amazon at the link below.
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Altus Press: Enjoy Pulps! by
David Lee Smith - Now online!
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: Brief Stories (December 1925)
Pulps Pricing Sales Census: All Star Detective Stories (Feb.
1931) and All Star Detective (May 1942)
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: Popular Fiction Magazine (November
1931)
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: 5 Exciting Detective
Unknown Pulp: Ladies of the Underworld
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Altus
Press
Now available!
The Altus Press summer 2016 releases listed below
premiered at PulpFest.
They were available exclusively at the Mike Chomko, Books, table.
These titles will now be made
available on the Altus Press website over the coming weeks.
You can also contact Mike Chomko to order copies.
mikechomko@gmail.com
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Altus
Press
THE MYSTERIOUS WU-FANG #1: THE CASE OF THE SIX COFFINS
By Robert J. Hogan
Now available!
“There is one Val Kildare, government
agent. It is my wish that he die the most painful death in our power to inflict.”
From an underground room in Limehouse this order was given.
And now, across the Atlantic, sped a murder cargo to wipe out the only man
who stood between Wu Fang, Emperor of Crime, and his conquest of the world!
201 pages
$12.95
softcover
SALE PRICE: $11.95 softcover
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Altus
Press
YEN SIN #1: THE MYSTERY OF THE DRAGON'S SHADOW
By Donald E. Keyhoe
Now available!
Out of the teeming turbulent East had
come Dr. Yen Sin—saffron-skinned wizard of crime—bringing to the capital
of the West all the ancient Devil’s-lore at his command—and a horde of Asian
Hell-born to help him spawn it. But Michael Traile—The Man Who Never Slept—had
crammed into his own keen brain the means to cope with the sinister doctor.
For he knew even the secrets of the Dragon’s Shadow and how to penetrate
the yellow murder fog that had descended on the capital to mingle its blood-wisps
with the mist from the Potomac.
152 pages
$12.95 softcover
SALE PRICE: $11.95 softcover
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Altus
Press
Operating out of Morocco, American profiteer
Denis Burke encounters business opportunities fraught with political intrigue,
shady underworld characters, double-crossing associates, and devious women—all
while trying not to run afoul of the law. Burke must dodge his ever-watchful
nemesis, Inspector Crepin, who has vowed to expel him from the country—or
better yet—put him behind bars.
A never before reprinted series by the King of the Pulps, H. Bedford-Jones.
132 pages
$14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
SALE PRICE: $13.95 softcover
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Altus
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Peter Larsen knew well enough that
air personnel had often been forced to land on remote tropical islands.
But he hadn’t thought of any of them as being haunted islands.
A classic that once appeared in Weird Tales, it’s now part of The H. Bedford-Jones
Library.
132 pages
$9.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
SUPER-DETECTIVE JIM ANTHONY: THE COMPLETE SERIES VOLUME 3
by Victor Rousseau
The complete reprinting of the greatest
of the Doc Savage pastiches continues!
Volume Three of contains the next three adventures of Jim Anthony: “Murder
Syndicate,” “The Horrible Marionettes,” and “Border Napoleon.”
This volume also includes editor notes and correspondence.
353 pages
$19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
KI-GOR: THE COMPLETE SERIES VOLUME 3
by John Peter Drummond, introduction by Howard Andrew Jones
For the first time, the Ki-Gor series from the pages of Jungle Stories is
collected, complete, uncut and in order!
Volume 3 includes the next four stories:
“Tigress of T’wanbi” (Winter 1941-42)
“Slaves for the Renegade Sultan” (Spring 1942)
“Blood Priestess of Vig’Na” (Summer 1942)
“The Cannibal Horde” (Fall 1942).
318 pages
$24.95 softcover / $34.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE GRIFFON VOLUME 3
by Arch Whitehouse
Fighting the aerial forces of evil for nearly ten years in the pages of
Flying Aces, Kerry Keen aka The Griffon finally returns to print!
This edition continues the complete reprinting of the series.
Volume 3 contains the next six stories:
“Riddle of the Rocket”
“Cavalry of the Clouds”
“Twin-Engine Treachery”
“Test Pilot Terror”
“The Carrier Coup”
“Scourge of the Sky Brood”
275 pages
$19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE MOON MAN, VOLUME 2: 1934
by Frederick C. Davis, introduction by Andrew Salmon
One of the strangest pulp heroes is finally available from Altus Press!
Created by pulp fiction legend Frederick C. Davis for the pages of the ultra-rare
title, Ten Detective Aces, the Moon Man fought the forces of the underworld
in 38 unforgettable tales.
Volume 2 collects the next six stories from this series:
“Silver Death”
“Mark of the Moon Man”
“Crimson Shackles”
“Blood Bargain”
“The Black Lash”
“The Murder Master”
And it includes an all-new introduction by Moon Man expert Andrew Salmon.
337 pages
$24.95 softcover / $34.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THE BLACK BAT OMNIBUS VOLUME 5
by Norvell W. Page and Norman A. Daniels
Pulp hero the Black Bat returns!
This collection contains the next three adventures of the Black Bat:
“The Black Bat’s Summons”
“The Black Bat’s Invisible Enemy”
“The Voice of Doom”
uncut and restored with the original illustrations.
Featuring a story by long-time Spider author, Norvell W. Page, it’s the
next volume of the complete reprinting of the series.
339 pages
$19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
HAZZARD: THE COMPLETE SERIES
by Frederick C. Davis
The Fight Against the lawless! Mark Hazzard,
red-headed, fiery-tempered District Attorney of King’s County was a man of
the Law, but when the law didn’t get justice, the guilty were then the prey
for the Juggernaut of Justice and his own iron rules. Bucking the police
and the underworld alike, Hazzard kept a secret that would send him to burn
in the electric chair. Written by Frederick C. Davis, the author of the Moon
Man series. Featuring all six of Mark Hazzard’s adventures in one volume!
296 pages
$19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
ADVENTURES OF A PROFESSIONAL CORPSE
by H. Bedford-Jones
Meet James F. Bronson, a man who finds dying a profitable business.
Time after time, Bronson accepts assignments to whom dying is all in the
day’s work.
One of the most offbeat series that H. Bedford-Jones penned; a series for
which he was inspired by an advertisement that actually appeared.
94 pages
$11.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
RED RUNES OF CHINA
by H. Bedford-Jones
The runes told of mystery, of danger lurking in odd corners, of the craft
of the Orient put to evil purposes in the Far West, and started young Dick
Clews on a great adventure.
A never-before-collected series, it’s now part of The H. Bedford-Jones Library.
138 pages
$14.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THE CROSS AND THE HAMMER: AA TALE OF THE DAYS OF THE VIKINGS
by H. Bedford-Jones
H. Bedford-Jones’ thrilling novel of the Vikings and King Olaf, who broke
the power of the old gods and who introduced Christianity into his realm.
One of H. Bedford-Jones’ earliest novels, it’s now part of The H. Bedford-Jones
Library.
162 pages
$14.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THE MARDI GRAS MYSTERY
by H. Bedford-Jones
Who is The Midnight Masquer? While partygoers
celebrate Mardi Gras under the recently-enacted Prohibition, attention is
cast to this masked character and his connection to the murder of a prominent
New Orleans citizen. Did the victim’s son really commit the crime, or is
there more than meets the eye?
A classic mystery written by The King
of the Pulps, and now it’s part of The H. Bedford-Jones Library.
188 pages
$14.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THADY SHEA’S SAGA
by H. Bedford-Jones
The Navajo’s sacred relics, the seven
Gods of the San Marcos, are the focus of attention between warring factions
in the Old West, and washed-up actor Thaddeus Shea is caught in between the
chaos!
A classic adventure written by The King of the Pulps, and now it’s part
of The H. Bedford-Jones Library.
174 pages
$14.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
CONQUEST: THE STORY OF PIERRE RADISSON, FOUNDER OF THE HUDSON BAY
COMPANY
by H. Bedford-Jones
The story of Pierre Radisson has passed into history. That he was the first
man to reach the Mississippi, after De Soto, is now admitted.
It was he who founded the Hudson’s Bay Company, and who opened up
the great Northwest to the world.
One of H. Bedford-Jones’ earliest novels, now part of The H. Bedford-Jones
Library.
184 pages
$14.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THE COMPLETE TALES OF KOROPOK (DELUXE EDITION)
by Sidney Herschel Small
Limited hardcover edition of 50 copies. Comes with eBook versions of all
the stories.
One of the best series from the twilight
of Adventure Magazine’s run, this 11-story saga of an American undercover
agent in the Far East during World War II has been sadly neglected for 75
years. But no longer! This Comprehensive set also includes over 100 illustrations
by master pulp illustrators Hamilton Greene and Frank Kramer. This limited,
deluxe edition collects them all! Plus: purchase of this deluxe edition entitles
you to free eBook versions of these stories.
306 pages
$75.00 deluxe hardcover
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Altus
Press
Premiered
at Pulpfest 2016!
Coming soon to the Altus Press website!
THE COMPLETE CASES OF CARDIGAN (2 VOLUME DELUXE EDITION)
by Frederick Nebel
Limited hardcover edition of 50 copies. Comes with eBook versions of all
the stories.
Frederick Nebel’s unforgettable character
Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons behind the success of the legendary
Dime Detective Magazine. His hard-boiled P.I. stories were a major influence
to other writers of the era, yet only a handful have been reprinted since
their original 44-story run eighty years ago. This deluxe two-volume contains
the entire series of 44 stories, complete and uncut, with an introduction
by Will Murray and the original illustrations by John Fleming Gould.
698 pages
$140.00 deluxe hardcover
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Pulp Logo
T-shirts
Now available!
Black Mask T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine
from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to
1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$19.95
The Mysterious Wu Fang T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine
from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to
1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$19.95
Dr. Yen Sin T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine
from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to
1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$19.95
Short Stories T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine
from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to
1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$19.95
Popular Publications Logo
1 T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine
from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to
1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$24.95
Popular Publications Logo
2 T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine
from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to
1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$24.95
Also available!
Dusty Ayres and his Battle
Birds T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine
from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to
1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$19.95
Argosy Magazine T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp magazine from
the 1930s.
Note: red fabric only.
$19.95
Dime Detective Magazine T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp magazine from
the 1930s.
Note: black fabric only.
$19.95
All shirts are available in Small, Medium, Large,
X-Large, and XX-Large.
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Estimated to be on sale in comic shops August 17!
THE SHADOW
Volume 109: "The Blur" & "Blue Face"
The Shadow battles incredible super-villains in startling pulp thrillers
by Walter B. Gibson and Theodore Tinsley writing as "Maxwell Grant." First,
the Knight of Darkness hunts down a mysterious super-foe who appears only
as a kaleidoscopic blur and has kidnapped Margo Lane! Then, "Blue Face" conducts
a series of sadistic attacks that net miniscule proceeds, but only
The Shadow knows that there is far more to the bizarre crime wave than meets
the eye. This double-novel collector's edition showcases the original color
pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior
illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray and
Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-211-7 Softcover, 7x10, 112
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
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Art's Reviews Podcasts!
- Now online!
Jim Beard and the "Super Swingin' Heroes 1968 Special
"
Award winning author Jim Beard discusses this new anthology of pastiches
that harken back to the 1960's and the "Second Tier" super-heroes that made
comics so much fun.
Do you remember the Metal Men? Metamorpho? Angel and Dove? Relive
those great times in the Silver Age of comics in this prose anthology!
Jim also talks about what is new and coming up in Flinch books, his own
publication group. And stand by for some EXCITING exclusives on what
else Jim has coming out VERY SOON!
Past
episodes:
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting
Detective Volume 8 with Ian Watson and George Kuch
The Superlatives- Silver Age style hero comic
stories in prose by Jeff Deischer
Danny Adams discusses "Dayworld: A Hole in
Wednesday"
Micah Harris and "Murder in the Miracle Room"
Will Murray : Doc Savage
in "Glare of the Gorgon"
Jeff Deischer: "The Night of the Owl" and Guest
Host Ric Croxton
Gordon Dymowski on Black Bat Mystery,
Vol. 3 and much more!
Sinbad: The New Voyages - The Legacy of Ray Harryhausen
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Beb Books
Now available!
Caravan of the Dead by Harold Lamb
In the foothills of the Himalayas there is a mystery caravan that
travels in silence. There are no bells on the camels, the drivers do not
chant or curse their beasts of burden. And it is said that anyone who attempts
to follow this caravan of the Dead never returns! John Donovan, English adventurer
dares to follow the Caravan and like so many he disappears from the face
of the Earth.
Edith Rand, American heiress, is vacationing in Kashmir,
long regarded as the jewel of the Indian sub-continent, when she is
abducted and carried into the hills where both British and Russians have
tried to conquer and failed. Edith Rand’s and John Donovan’s lives will intersect
in interesting ways... A thrilling adventure by the master of adventures.
90,000 words long. $9.00 plus postage printed or $1.99 in ePub eBook format
House of Skulls by H. Bedford-Jones.
Six stories reflecting the wide range of subjects Bedford-Jones could write,
and master them all.
• To save the life of a Christian missionary
woman the 3rd mate of a shipwrecked freighter must learn to think ruthlessly
as the Raja of Hell Island. A novella of stirring adventure.
• An American detective learns that
when it comes to solving a murder btween orientals he’s out of his league.
• A Mississippi hellcat gets religion
and decides to clean up the pirates along Lake Michigan, a tale of early
pioneer days,
• A man defrauded by other gives
the man ten minutes for him to do the right thing, or else ... nothing.
• A actor to volunteered for the World
War finds that civilian life does hold the same appeal that it once
did.
• The House with Indian skulls embedded
in its foundation proved to bad lucky for both the man who built it and the
man who bought.
$6.0 plus postage printed or $1.99 ePub e-book.
The Science Fiction of Ed Earl Repp, Book
I: Beyond Gravity and other air-adventures.
Three novellas from the short lived Air Wonder Stories: Beyond Gravity,
its sequel, The Annihilator Comes and Flight of the Eastern Star.
$6.00 plus postage for print, $1.99 for ePube-book.
The War of the Planets and Around the World
in 24 Hours by R. H. Romans
R. H. Romans wrote only three stories for Hugo Gernsback’s Amazing Stories.
Who he was, what else he might have written is completely unknown. This book
collects his first and third story. The remaining story, a long novel, The
Moon Conquerors will be forthcoming soon.
The War of the Planets is a sequel of sorts to the Moon Conquerors. It tells
the history of the peoples from a planet that once existed between Mars and
Jupiter, how they destroyed their homeworld, resettled on the Moon before
populating the Earth. Fought wars with ant-like Martians, fought among themselves
in the process of which sculpted Earth to look the way it is Today. A fascinating
journey through a hundred thousand years of pre-history.
Around the World in 24 Hours is a clever tale about a man who has discovered
a new way of propelling a plane through the air in such manner that he can
circle the world in one day's time while still indulging in a lot of horse-play.
$6.00 plus postage printed or $1.99 as an Epub e-book.
Pay by either
check or money order to:
Brian Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224
or via Paypal to beb01@sprynet.com
Print editions are printed on 8.5x11 paper and stapled on the side. Postage
is $3.00 for one to three books. Add 25 cents extra for each copy over three.
Check out the rest of Beb Books many titles.
Ask for a catalog at beb01@sprynet.com
Ask for a list of everything in stock. It’s free.
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Black Coat Press
New titles now available!
The Pearl Fay is suspended in mid-air in the middle of a cloud of
light as white as that of a star and as soft as daylight passed through muslin
woven with designs.
An alchemist, his family and his valet, Caliban, settle in an isolated village.
After their deaths, their young son, Abel, who has read only fairy tales,
falls in love with a local girl, Catherine, whom he mistakes for the legendary
Pearl Fairy. But the scheming Lady Sommerset, infatuated with Abel, plans
to use his delusions to her advantage...
The Last Fay (1823) is one of Balzac's early works in which he tried to
capitalize on the then-popular fantasy genre, and yet twist it in a new direction
and use it in a novel way, more advanced in both literary and philosophical
terms than the sophistications already added by generations of French writers
over the past century.
CONTENTS:
La Dernière fée, ou La Nouvelle Lampe merveilleuse (1823)
Introduction, Afterword and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $20.95 /GBP £13.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 200 pages
"Who are you?" "We are those who are not born." "Where are you going?" "We
want to climb toward the light." "What do you want to be?" "We want to be
those who are."
The Son of Silence (1911) tells of the quest of the legendary philosopher
Pythagoras looking for a vision of utopia in the philosophical and religious
doctrines of the Samothracian and Eleusianian Mysteries, and the teachings
of Ancient Egypt and Zarathustra.
Ryner's construction of his fictional Pythagoras is both intriguing and
ingenious, and telling his story represented a challenging literary experiment
as well constituting one of the most original adventures in the field of
anarchist utopianism.
Cynic Parables(1913) is a highly unusual and remarkable experiment in the
development and use of the parable as an art-form and exemplifies his commitment
to individualistic anarchism and pacifism.
CONTENTS:
Le Fils du Silence (1911)
Paraboles Cyniques (1913)
Introduction, Afterword and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $27.95 /GBP £18.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 356 pages
Translations by Ruth Berman, J.S. Chartres, C.J. Cherryh, W.W. Comfort,
Lafcadio Hearn, Charles Lamb, Mrs. John Lane, Andrew Lang, Eugene Mason,
Peter Antony Motteux, Léonce Rabillon, Michael Shreve, P.J. Sokolowski,
Brian Stableford, and Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty.
The French Fantasy Treasury serves as an introduction to French fantasy,
which has a long and noble history, quite distinct from its British and American
counterparts. Its three volumes chronicle the history of the genre, from
its origins through modern times, and include stories, excerpts and novellas
by some of the most prestigious authors in French literature. A must for
fantasy lovers everywhere.
This first volume begins in the 11th century when fantasy helped the medieval
people to illuminate the fearsome darkness in which they lived. We meet the
brave Lancelot and the doomed Knight Roland; we go to war with the Giant
King Pantagruel and visit Giphantie, at the World's Edge. In the 16th century,
during the Age of Enlightenment, we travel to the Fourth Heaven known to
us as Mars, and we wonder at the exploits of the Wing-Men of Mercury. Finally,
in the 17th and 18th centuries, we discover how fantasy mutated into fairy
tales and Arabian Nights. We rediscover the tale of Beauty and the Beast
and meet the Yellow Dwarf; we share the sorrows of the Water Sprites and
marvel at the tale of Prince Ahmed and the fairy Paribanou.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
SWORDS & SORCERY
Anon.: The Death of Roland
Chrétien de Troyes: Lancelot and the Damsel
HIGH FANTASY
Marie de France: The Lay of Sir Lanval
AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
Rabelais: Pantagruel's War Against the Dipsodes
Fénelon: The Enchanted Ring
Chevalier de Mouhy: The Worm-Men
Tiphaigne de la Roche: Journey to Giphantie
PLANETARY FANTASIES
Chevalier de Béthune: The War Between the Sun and Mercury
Marie-Anne de Roumier Robert: Mars, The Fourth Heaven
FAIRY TALES
Madame d'Aulnoy: The Yellow Dwarf
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont: Beauty and the Beast
Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert: The Water Sprites
ARABIAN NIGHTS
Antoine Galland: The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou
US $32.95 /GBP £22.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 428 pages
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Black Dog Books
War-Nymphs of Venus: The Complete Planet Stories
Tales
by Ray Cummings (Author), Gene Christie (Editor), Tom Roberts (Introduction)
Now available!
Journey to worlds afar and combat
space pirates, find a new utopian world shrouded in fear, follow an interstellar
bounty hunter on his obsessive task, see man’s conquest of a frozen planet
fail, and witness the Shadow Squad battle a new and unknown enemy.
This volume collects the complete contributions to Planet Stories by one
of the pioneers in the science fiction genre, and includes such previously
uncollected works as “Phantom of the Seven Stars,” “Gods of Space,” “The
Flame Breathers,” “Monster of the Asteroid,” “The Man Who Killed the Earth,”
“Space-Wolf,” “Space-Liner X-87,” “War-Nymphs of Venus” plus five others.
With an introduction by Tom Roberts.
Softcover, 360 pages, $19.95
Black Dog Books
Amazon.com
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Black Dog Books
The Thing from--Outside
by George Allan England (Author), Gene Christie (Editor), Tom Roberts (Introduction)
Now available!
"George Allan England . . . to my mind, ranks with Edgar Rice Burroughs
and Albert Payson Terhune as one of the three supreme literary artists of
the house of Munsey."—H.P. Lovecraft
When science fiction was a new and yet undefined genre, pre-dating the vast-reaching,
intergalactic sagas of Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke, one of the most successful
authors of the era was George Allan England. Garbed in his rapid-paced storytelling,
England depicts people affected by advancing technology and unexplainable
events, always delving further, towards a central theme, asking the question
of “What if?”
What if . . .
. . . viewing events from other periods of history became possible?
. . . the implantation of a mechanical heart could grant near immortality?
. . . Earth were visited by an alien intelligence looking for science projects?
. . . a device were created to predict crime before it happens and weed
out from society those individuals with predilection for such behaviors?
. . . the intelligence of man were surgically spliced with the brutish physic
of a great ape?
The answers to these and other questions may be discovered in The Thing
from—Outside.
With an introduction by Tom Roberts
Softcover, 252 pages, $19.95
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Black Dog Books
In the Shadow: and Other Uneasy Stories
by C.A. Tod Robbins (Author), Gene Christie (Introduction)
Now available!
Strip away the façade of sanity and discover why C.A. “Tod”
Robbins is considered a curator of malevolence. From the author of “Spurs”
and “The Terrible Three,” sources for the classic horror films Freaks and
The Unholy Three, comes this new collection of bizarre masterpieces to make
you shudder.
SAFE AND SANE—The watchdogs of wisdom howl as the counter-effects of boredom
take a mysterious twist.
UNDYING HATRED—The Hand of Death dispenses its black gift with odd equality.
IN THE SHADOW—The death of a matriarch perverts the thoughts and actions
of an entire family.
THE MAN WHO ESCAPED—An unlikely hero faces off against unavoidable Fate
in this mysterious offering.
The roots of evil clutch at the reader in these and other strangling tales.
The fiction of C.A. “Tod” Robbins has been compared to the works of Edgar
Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and other masters of the weird and bizarre.
In this volume, readers may savor some of Robbins’ twisted tales that have
remained unavailable for decades, not collected previously in book form.
Also included are two newly discovered works!
Softcover, 228 pages, $19.95
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
PulpFest 2016 Report -
New!
More Collectibles for Sale Being Listed for July 4th Weekend!
Collectibles Section Updated
Coming Next Week: THE PURPLE EYE
October Collectibles Update
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press
The latest issue of Blood 'n' Thunder continues our survey of Famous
Fantastic Mysteries, that most underrated pulp reprint magazine.
Readers will also find extensive coverage of important vintage films: "Cliffhanger
Classics" revisits The House Without a Key, the 1926 silent serial that introduced
moviegoers to Charlie Chan, while "Pulp Page to Silver Screen" takes an in-depth,
behind-the-scenes look at three 1946 Monogram Pictures whodunits featuring
The Shadow.
Other department installments focus on such rare pulps as Detective Dragnet
and Dime Mystery Book.
In other articles: Western yarns by Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the
Barbarian, are examined and defended by Howard scholar Morgan Holmes.
Prolific novelist Will Murray contributes a piece on a proposed Street &
Street hero pulp that was to have had a time-traveling protagonist and be
edited by the legendary SF writer John W.Campbell.
The issue is rounded out by two portfolios; one features ads for 1930s Street
& Smith pulps published in the company's top-selling movie fan magazine
Picture Play, the other reproduces rare pulp cover paintings scanned from
the original art.
100
pages, 8x10, trade paperback
Price: $12.50
PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO
DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS.
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Get ready for Bold Venture Press's
"Pulp Adventures #22," available August 15.
The summer issue is loaded with old pulp, new pulp, and even some pulp comics
from "Thrilling Adventures" and "Public Enemy."
New stories by Richard A. Lupoff and Nick Xylas.
Adam Beau McFarlane offers another new Sherlock Holmes story.
An incredibly talented artist/author, Stuart Hopen, gives us "The Tethers."
If you haven't seen Hopen's work, you must.
The old pulp novella by Emmett McDowell and a pulp story by Jean Francis
Webb are accompanied by terrific background features by Douglas A. Anderson
and John Locke.
$12.95 plus $3.59 shipping.
Advance orders to PayPal boldventurepress@aol.com
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Castalia House Blog - Now online!
Short Reviews – Hellhounds of the Cosmos by Clifford D.
Simak - New!
The Legend of Tarzan -
New!
Short Reviews – Vulcan’s Workshop by Harl Vincent
The Man Who Saved Sword-and-Sorcery Fiction
An Incompetent Story Collection
Short Reviews – The Wheel Is Death by Roger Dee
Nictzin Dyalhis
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery,
Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Overlooked Films: THE SHADOW (serial) - New!
DEATH by ELECTION
Poster Gallery: GENE AUTRY
Overlooked Films: "A Dime a Dance," from a BLACK MASK story
by Cornell Woolrich (1995)
Pulp Gallery: The UNDERWORLD Magazine (1932-33)
Braggin' Time: BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2016
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Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!
Harlan Ellison: Super-Science Fiction #4 - New!
Galactic Thrill KIds
Double-Action Detective and Mystery Stories #9
Super-Science Fiction: June 1957
The Continental Op’s Zigzags of Treachery
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The
Digest Enthusiast #4
Now available!
The
fourth spectacular edition of The Digest Enthusiast is now available in print
and Kindle from Amazon.
Contents:
Interviews:
Art Taylor: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
• An insightful conversation with the award-winning
author and frequent contributor to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Art Taylor.
Editors of the new generation of digital digests:
Alec Cizak, Pulp Modern
Jennifer Landels, Pulp Literature
John Kenyon, Grift
Kristen Valentine, Betty Fedora
Sheri White, Morpheus Tales
• The editors share their thoughts on the new generation
of digital digests.
Articles:
Suspense Magazine and Novels by Richard Krauss
• A close-up view of Suspense Magazine and its Suspense
Novel series, along with the associated radio, TV and comic book series.
Galaxy Science Fiction Novels by Steve Carper
• Steve Carper’s comprehensive overview of the digest-sized
Galaxy Novel series.
Galaxy Magabooks by Gary Lovisi
• Gary Lovisi’s companion piece (to Galaxy Novels):
Galaxy Magabooks.
Criswell Predicts: Fate & Spaceway by Tom Brinkmann
• Tom Brinkmann’s exposé on The Amazing Criswell’s
prognostications for Fate Magazine and Spaceway science fiction.
Shock Mystery Tales by Peter Enfantino
• Peter Enfantino dissects Shock Mystery Tales—the
shudder pulps inbred man-child.
Pocket Pin-ups trading cards
• An unfettered peek into the Pocket Pin-Ups trading
card set by Max Allan Collins.
Reviews:
H.G. Wells Society Newsletter #30
Bulldog Drummond by Snapper
Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines by Michael L. Cook
Fiction:
"A Rat Must Chew" by Gary Lovisi
"The Hideout" by Ron Fortier
"Strangers in Need" by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
"Wounded Wizard" by John Kuharik
Artwork and Cartoons:
Sean Azzopardi
Rob Davis
Brad Foster
Michael Neno
Bob Vojtko
Also includes:
Editor's Notes
Digest indexes (Suspense Magazine)
Social media round-up
Opening Lines
Print
version, $8.99, includes nearly 100 B&W cover images, 152 pages, 5.5"
x 8.5" digest.
Kindle version, $2.99, includes over 50
color cover images.
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Doc Con 2016
November 4, 5 & 6, 2016
Doc Con will be
held November 4, 5 & 6, 2016.
Request that vacation time...mark those calendars and let everyone know
you will be in Phoenix the first weekend of November.
Special plans are still being made to make this the best Doc Con ever!
So stay tuned for more details to follow as soon as we can announce them.
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At the conclusion of the classic TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice
Burroughs, Tarzan is despondent but assured he did what was honorable by
enabling Jane to leave with his cousin, William Clayton (who believes he
is the rightful heir to the Greystoke estate and can appropriately provide
for Jane when they marry). But what then? There has never been an explanation
of Tarzan’s activities after his presence in Wisconsin and before he begins
his voyage back to Africa—until now!
This story is full of fantasy, imaginative fiction and adventure – It grabs
your attention from the beginning and keeps it to the very end. As Tarzan
travels north, you will have visions of Canada that will make you feel as
if you are there, touching and feeling all that Tarzan does. Thinking time
and again that Tarzan’s demise is imminent, he escapes only to encounter
still more dangers, with each episode building more suspense and anticipation
for the next. Tarzan’s discovery of a lost Viking civilization and the author’s
description and explanation of it will bring you a clear picture of village
life and the gruesome realities of their existence.
While you may think this is a novel of pure fiction, archaeologists are
continuing to discover new Viking sites in North America. Just recently,
satellite technology has revealed intriguing evidence of a second Norse settlement
further south than ever before known. A new Canadian site was discovered
after infrared images from 400 miles in space showed possible man-made impressions
under layers of vegetation with telltale signs of iron working. And now you
will have the opportunity, while joining Tarzan, to unearth and experience
this new discovery.
Of course, TARZAN ON THE PRECIPICE has a double meaning. He is indeed chained
with his life hanging in the balance on the precipice of a volcanic crater,
but he is also on the precipice of the rest of his life, not knowing his
future, abandoning his right of birth as an English Lord and bereft of the
thing in life he cherishes most, Jane. All that is left for him now is Africa,
which is at least known to him. Enjoy this tale and join Tarzan on his Canadian
adventure as he prepares to return to Africa and a future even he cannot
predict.
TARZAN
ON THE PRECIPICE
Copyright © 2016 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Tarzan of the Apes copyright © 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All
Rights Reserved
Trademarks TARZAN®, TARZAN OF THE APES™ AND
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS® owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
and Used by Permission
First Edition—June 2016
Designed by Matthew Moring/Altus Press
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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
Fifteen 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
"The Outlaw of Torn" by Thomas Simmons and Jake Bilbao
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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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Edgar Rice Burroughs
TARZAN
MYTH & MYSTERY AT BRAZOS VALLEY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
JUNE 16 - OCTOBER 29, 2016
The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History proudly announces the
premiere of its upcoming exhibition, TARZAN: Myth & Mystery,on display
from June 16-Oct 29, 2016. This exhibition will open on Thursday, June 16th,
at 6 pm, with a free public lecture by Edgar Rice Burroughs Bibliophile Jim
Goodwin, followed by a wine & hors d’oeuvres reception & gallery
viewing.
A reader and collector of Edgar Rice Burroughs for over 55 years, Goodwin
will discuss the story behind Burroughs’ Tarzan tales, interesting Burroughs
background and Tarzan trivia, and other fascinating anecdotes about Burroughs’
writing. A native Texan and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin University, Goodwin
worked in the communications industry for 37 years. He is the co-founder
of the Texas chapter of the Burroughs Bibliophiles, the “Hell’s Benders.”
The name “Hell’s Benders” originated from Burroughs’ Western fiction novel,
The Bandit of Hell’s Bend, featuring a character named Tex. Mr. Goodwin currently
resides in Iowa Park, Texas with his wife, Rita, of 43 years and is blessed
with two daughters and 4 grandchildren.
Jim Goodwin
This exclusive exhibit showcases items from an extensive collection of Tarzan
and Edgar Rice Burroughs memorabilia. Early publications, beautiful original
artwork, rare books, and rarely seen film posters will be shown alongside
stunning taxidermy animals from central Africa. Through this colorful and
exciting exhibit, visitors can explore the natural settings of the Tarzan
books, the life of author Edgar Rice Burroughs, the bold world of pulp art,
Tarzan’s international appeal, and other related topics.
The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History is committed to promoting science,
and cultural and natural history with the integration of art in exhibits
and educational programs. This exhibit was made possible in part through
Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station through the Arts
Council of Brazos Valley. The Museum partnered with Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Inc., private collectors, Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, and the
Anthropology Department at Texas A&M University to produce this outstanding
display.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs’ "Tarzan
and Jane” - Coming to Netflix later this year!
In modern-day remake of the classic characters, 16-year-old Tarzan
returns from the African jungle to a London boarding school where he meets
Jane, who helps him solve environmental injustice, crimes and mysteries.
The eight-episode season comes from 41 Entertainment and executive producer
Avi Arad (which are also developing “Kong – King of the Apes” original series
and feature-length film for Netflix) with animation from ARC Prods.
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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!
July 2016
Presenting the third (and oddly titled) Father Brown story, Why True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats,
from the pages of the October 1, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post,
including the illustrations by George Gibb. Introduction to the story
is by Dan Neyer.
June 2016
Following up on last month's release, we are pleased to present the
second Father Brown story, The Secret of the Sealed Garden, as it appeared in the
September 3, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The original
illustrations by George Gibbs are included along with a short introduction
by Dan Neyer. If you are new to Father Brown, you might want to read
our introduction to the character found on the page, The Innocence of Father Brown, written by Dan Neyer.
May 2016
We have revamped Valentine Follows a Curious Trail (The Blue Cross) by G.
K. Chesterton and fixed some errors from our previous reprinting and
cleaned up the illustrations by George Gibbs.
This story now serves as the beginning of our reprinting of the original
Father Brown stories as they appeared in the Post, complete with the original
illustrations.
Introductions to all are by Dan Neyer. Best place to start is on our introductory page, The Innocence of Father Brown.
April 2016
A dictator meets his comeuppance in Kirby Draycott's The Clock Face of Schaumburg which,
as explained in in the introduction, bears some resemblance to a story by
a certain Mr. Poe. All the original illustrations are included, just as they
appeared in the November, 1898 issue of The Royal Magazine. Introduction
is by Bob Gay.
March 2016
A tale of romance and espionage by Baroness Orczy, Number 187, as it appeared in the January, 1899 issue
of Pearson's Magazine, including the illustrations by Ernest Prater.
Introduction by Dan Neyer.
February 2016
All is revealed to the members of The Grill Club in the third (and
final) part of In the Fog by Richard Harding Davis, The Solicitor's
Story, just as it appeared in the May, 1902 issue of The Windsor Magazine,
including the illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen.
January 2016
The second part of "In The Fog" by Richard Harding Davis:
"The Story of the Queen’s Messenger," just as it appeared in the April, 1902
issue of The Windsor Magazine, including the illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen.
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Girasol Collectables
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Girasol Pulp Replicas project is complete.
No NEW Replicas will be added to the catalogue.
We will, for an as yet undetermined period, be keeping the existing catalogue
available.
Girasol Collectables has begun retiring the less-active Replicas.
The replicas listed below will be discontinued in the next month or two.
Don't delay if there are any you're interested in!
Contact us before ordering large quantities to confirm availability.
Soon to be retired pulp replica
editions!
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All Detective #27
Civil War Stories
Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #1, 2
Dime Mystery Book #1
Eerie (Canadian pulp)
Mystery Adventures #7
Phantom Detective #1
Pirate Stories #1
Soldiers of Fortune #1
Strange Detective Stories #2
Strange Stories #1
Thrilling Mystery #1
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All of the remaining issues shown below are available now.
We'd like to thank everybody that has supported the project over the years,
and we hope that the Replicas continue to provide reading and research enjoyment
for years to come.
We do not anticipate taking on any other pulp reprint projects at this time
and our Pulp Cover Gallery project is our only active item at present.
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.
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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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)
#45 Winged Hordes of the Yellow Vulture (May-June 1939)
#46 War Tanks of the Yellow Vulture (July-Aug 1939)
#47 Corpse Cavalry of the Yellow Vulture (Sept-Oct 1939)
#48 The Army from Underground (Nov-Dec 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
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THE
SPIDER ($35 each postpaid)
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(November 1933)
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Death (December 1933)
#4 City of Flaming Shadows
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#5 Empire of Doom (February
1934)
#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
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Terror (September 1934)
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Black Empire (October 1934)
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Juggernaut (November 1934)
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Red Death Rain (December
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#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor (February 1935)
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#19 Slaves of the Crime Master (April 1935)
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1935)
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of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
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#33 Legions of Madness (June 1936)
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#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
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#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)
#111 The Spider and the Flame King
(December 1942)
#112 The Howling Death (January 1943)
#113 Secret City of Crime (February 1943)
#114 Recruit for the Spider Legion (March 1943)
#115 The Spider
and the Man from Hell (June1943)
#116 The Criminal
Horde (August1943)
#117 The Spider
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#118 When Satan Came to Town (December1943)
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Girasol Collectables
Pulp Cover Gallery Edition Volume 5
The
Spider, G-8 and His Battle Aces, and Operator #5
Now available!
Volume 5 of our Pulp Cover Gallery series
is in the works, scheduled for a mid-May release.
This edition will be the same overall format
as our other volumes, featuring sets of cover scans of The Spider, G-8 and
His Battle Aces, and Operator #5.
One difference this time out is that the
images are square-cut, they do not show the rough pulp edges.
The same bonded leather hardcover exterior,
8.5" x 11" interior pages, 130+ pages, full color throughout,
with a brief introduction and checklist with
cover artist credit where known.
As before, this is not a book about the pulp
titles featured, it is a visual reference of the covers. Lots of great viewing!
Order before April 01, 2016 and save $10!
$140 including shipping & handling* (*within
North America, for overseas orders add $25.)
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Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
3rd Saturday of every month
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors
to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday of every month.
Check the website at the link below for exact time and place information.
Name:
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place: Muhlenberg Library on West 23rd Street.
Contact: Mark Halegua
at msh@pulps1st.com
Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
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Haffner Press
In addition to containing “They,”
a brand-new Leigh Brackett story, the contents of the LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL
book continues to grow.
So, it seems a natural to offer a combo of it, THE BOOK OF STARK, and our
most recent Brackett title, SHANNACH—THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS.
Ordering the combo will put you first in line as well as lock-in your total
price for:
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL is still being
offered at $25, but with the addition of new content, the final price will
certainly be higher. Wait until you see what we uncovered! (Keep Watching
the Skies, indeed!)
THE BOOK OF STARK is still holding at
$45 and we hope to have news of who will be providing the introduction very
soon (fingers-crossed!). As you may gather, this massive tome collects the
four “Eric John Stark” stories, the three novels of the “Skaith” series,
and will be the first appearance of Brackett’s outline for a new Stark novel
that she abandoned in 1977 to take on the screenwriting duties for the sequel
to STAR WARS. The dustjacket and endpapers are provided by Raymond Swanland.
SHANNACH—THE LAST: FAREWELL TO
MARS is the third and final volume collecting all Brackett’s
science fiction stories published in her lifetime. At nearly 600 pages, it’s
a excellent addition to your library; many stories being reprinted for the
first time and nearly as many appearing in their first hardcover appearance.
The cover art is by Frank Kelly Freas and illustrated endpapers are by Ed
Emshwiller. Grandmaster Anne McCaffrey provides the introduction.
$110.00 with free shipping!
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Now available for
pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
Quite far along, this volume sees all proofreading complete except for the
long-awaited introduction.
This cover image is still a work-in-progress and Raymond Swanland once again
demonstrates that he is the master of heroic and kinetic action.
THIS
IS IT! The BIG one!
All the tales of Eric John Stark in a single volume.
The stories, the novels, and for the first time, Brackett’s working
notes for the abandoned FOURTH “Stark” novel from 1977.
Contents
“Queen of the Martian Catacombs”
“Enchantress of Venus”
“Black Amazon of Mars”
“Stark and the Star Kings”
The Ginger Star
The Hounds of Skaith
The Reavers of Skaith
“1977: Notes for Stark #4″
Artwork by Raymond Swanland
Edited by Stephen Haffner
ISBN: 9781893887862
720+ pages
Smythe-sewn Hardcover
Preorder
price: $45
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Haffner Press
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL
Now available for pre-order!
Production Update from Haffner Press!
Proofreading
is also complete on this title as well. We are still waiting for clearances
and permissions on a several texts and images that we feel MUST be a part
of this book.
And remember, there's a NEW AND UNPUBLISHED Brackett-tale in here!
Leigh Brackett (1915-1978), noted
author of mystery & science fiction novels—with screenplays for THE BIG
SLEEP, RIO BRAVO and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK—sees her Centennial celebrated
with a previously unpublished story in the forthcoming Haffner Press collection:
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL.
Discovered by editor Stephen Haffner, Brackett’s unpublished story “They”
is a mature science fiction tale of power and intrigue, of homegrown xenophobia
versus stellar exploration, with an answer to the ultimate question: “Are
we alone?”
“They” leads off this tribute volume collecting the majority of Brackett’s
nonfiction writings, supplemented with vintage interviews and commentaries/remembrances
from such luminaries as Ray Bradbury, Michael Moorcock, Richard A. Lupoff
and more.
“Her dialogue crackled, the characters lived and breathed. For any burgeoning
fan of film, you couldn’t ask for a better inspiration than Leigh Brackett.”
—George Lucas
“She had a marvelous ability for moving a narrative along…I remember one
story of mine which had me frozen…she took over and wrote the first thousand
words—and it was published that way.” —Ray Bradbury
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL covers numerous facets and events of Brackett’s
life, in her own words, and in the words of those who knew her:
- Brackett writes of bringing Philip Marlowe into the 1970s for Robert
Altman’s The Long Goodbye . . .
- SF-author and NASA employee Joseph Green records the time he hosted
Brackett at the launch of Apollo XII . . .
- Bookseller Ray Walsh documents the day he escorted Brackett to view
a new groundbreaking space-fantasy film in the summer 1977 . . .
Available for preorder, LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL continues the effort begun
in 2002 by Haffner Press to collect, preserve, and present the works of Leigh
Brackett for current and future generations.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
ISBN-13 978-1893887-84-8
500pp. Trade Paperback
$25.00
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Haffner Press
FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY
VOLUME 1: MURDER DRAWS A CROWD
(Writer) Fredric Brown, Jack Seabrook
(Cover) Norman Saunders
Still available for pre-order!
Production Update from Haffner Press!
As noted before,
Volume One, MURDER DRAWS A CROWD was initially printed in December 2015,
but the quality was so poor that we rejected the finished inventory and the
printer refused to mount a second effort that would meet our (and your) expectations.
Since then, we've been looking for a new printer whom we feel can get the
job done.
Fairly soon, we will be giving a different printer the job to make THE WATCHER
AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO. If all goes well, we will send
Volume One and Volume Two of the FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY to this printer
at the same time. Ideally, these Browns will be ready in the 4th quarter.
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!
Introduction by Jack Seabrook
ISBN: 9781893887787
744 pages
Over 100 illustrations
39 pulp magazine stories: • Detective • Mystery • Horror
• Western
100-pg appendix with the "V.O.N. Munchdriller" & "William Z. Williams"
comedies
Decorated endpapers
Smythe-sewn binding
Full cloth-covered binding boards
Preorder
price: $40
On publication: $45
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Haffner Press
Fairly soon, we will be giving a printer the job
to make THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO. If all goes
well, we will send Volume One and Volume Two of the FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY
LIBRARY to this printer at the same time. Ideally, these Browns will be ready
in the 4th quarter.
“. . . enough good people
put Brown on their must-read lists and then become evangelists to keep his
name alive on the same high shelf as Hammett, Thompson, Ross Macdonald and
other crime icons. Somewhere up in literary heaven, I hope he’s looking down,
sipping a beer, playing his flute and smiling.”—Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune
While the editor of this series only recently came upon the above quote
from 2008, these eyes read no truer words. Work has been underway for nearly
a year on assembling the first two volumes of a series provisionally titled
LOADED: THE COLLECTED FREDRIC BROWN. Now is your chance to get in on the
ground floor of what is hoped to be the definitive collection of Fredric
Brown sans his science fiction works. Assembled in chronological order of
publication, this set will contain all the short fiction (of all genres:
mystery, horror, noir, western, detection, etc.) and all of Brown’s novels
(again, excepting his sf works). You’ll be able to enjoy Fredric Brown at
his longer lengths from The Fabulous Clipjoint and Night of the Jabberwock
to The Lenient Beast and Mrs. Murphy’s Underpants.
Assisting with this effort have been Brown bibliographer Phil Stephensen-Payne
and Brown biographer Jack Seabrook. This massive undertaking could not have
been accomplished without their help.
Introduction by Jack Seabrook
744 pages
Over 90 illustrations
32 pulp magazine stories: • Detective • Mystery • Horror
80-pg appendix with the "Colonel Cluck/Kluck," "Barnyard Bill Says—"
& "Willie Skid" bits
Decorated endpapers
Smythe-sewn binding
Full cloth-covered binding boards
Preorder
price: $40
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Haffner Press
The Watcher at the Door: The Early Kuttner, Volume Two
Now available for pre-order!
Edited by
Stephen Haffner
Foreword by Robert A. Madle
Introduction by Dr. Garyn G. Roberts
Cover Art by Jon Arfstrom
700+ page Hardcover
$45.00
Production Update from Haffner Press!
We're happy
to report that we've run out of things to do to make the second volume of
Henry Kuttner's early stories THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR ready for the bindery,
so this 700+ page treasure is heading down the birthing process. The ambition
is to release the book at the 2016 World Fantasy Convention in Columbus,
Ohio in the last week of October.
Before his marriage to (and subsequent collaborations with) Catherine
L. Moore, Henry Kuttner was a frequent contributor to the pulp magazines
that specialized in the weird, supernatural, horror, and science fiction
genre. Beginning in 1936, with the minor classic “The Graveyard Rats,” Kuttner
launched a steady stream of short stories aimed at Weird Tales, Strange Stories,
Thrilling Mystery, and others.
Writing for Weird Tales brought Kuttner into direct correspondence with
that magazine’s premier contributor. H. P. Lovecraft. Kuttner set several
stories in Lovecraft’s “Cthulhu Mythos” and two are presented in THE WATCHER
AT THE DOOR: “Hydra” and “The Hunt.”
At this point in his still-young career, Kuttner had cracked the science
fiction market and was steadily publishing in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fantastic
Adventures, Science Fiction, and made his first sale to the new prestigious
fantasy magazine, UNKNOWN.
In the course of writing the stories collected in this volume, Kuttner married
Catherine Lucille Moore on June 7, 1940 (in New York with artist Virgil Finlay
as Best Man).
THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR is the second volume in a three-volume “Early Kuttner”
set collecting many of Kuttner’s earliest stories, most of which have never
been reprinted.
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Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei
Cover Art by Raymond Swanland
Now available for pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
The assembly of Donald Wandrei's colossal 744-page
collection of all 18 stories of sleuth IVY FROST and his partner Jean Moray
(from the pages of CLUES DETECTIVE STORIES) passed another hurdle with the
recent delivery of the interior art by Chris Kalb!
Chris has re-purposed the original black and white pulp illos for each story
as double-page spreads opening each tale. They are simply fantastic!
The introduction by Wandrei expert D.H. Olson is in hand and all that remains
is the last proofreaders pass on three remaining stories with a final touch-up
on the magazine covers reproduced on the full-color endpapers.
It may come as a surprise to some that Donald Wandrei wrote more
mysteries than all his horror, fantasy, and science fiction tales combined.
This volume collects all eighteen adventures of Wandrei’s ratiocinative detective
I.V. Frost, who is ably assisted by his beautiful and tough female assistant,
Jean Moray. A scientist and inventor, Frost has his own approach to solving
mysteries. Rather than following the usual hard-drinking, trench-coated style
of many of his contemporaries, Frost’s strategy was to mix the logic of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes with the technology of Lester Dent’s
Doc Savage. In 2000, D.H. Olson edited a volume published by Fedogan and
Bremer collecting the first eight of Frost’s adventures. A second volume
of the remaining 10 tales was promised but never materialized.
Hardcover
$40
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Production
Update from Haffner Press!
With the rigamarole in getting the Fredric Brown
titles back on track, this omnibus of four 1950s mystery novels, THE MICHAEL
GRAY MYSTERIES by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore, has been pushed down
the publication list.
We can report that aside from acquiring new cover art (the image at
left is a placeholder; yeah, we know it says "Henry Kutter"...), we are in
possession of the proofread manuscript, the Ed Gorman introduction, and the
finished interior design.
We are soon to send out an offer to a new cover artist and hope to hear
back some good news.
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
Haffner Press Status Update:
Nearly everything is in hand to bring this 4-novel omnibus to you.
Once we have Fredric Brown's MURDER DRAWS A CROWD under our belt and out
in the wild, this is the next title to go to press.
NOTE: this title is part of a 3-book combo of Horror & Detective titles
that features an exclusive chapbook. See the Haffner Press homepage
for details.
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Haffner Press
The Six Sleepers, The Collected
Edmond Hamilton, Volume Five
Now available for pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
Bob Madle's fantastic intro is done and the manuscript
has been proofread. Additional work is needed cleaning up the graphics for
the appendix.
Following on from THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON,
VOLUME FOUR, THE SIX SLEEPERS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME FIVE
brings you more of the World Wreckers vintage works.
Here, Hamilton really put his Remington’s to the task with more stories
for WEIRD TALES as well as some of his best work (which is to say some of
the best work ever to appear in) for WONDER STORIES. Depending on the length
of ephemera in the appendix, this volume may also see Hamilton crack the
Tremaine-era of ASTOUNDING STORIES.
As with previous volumes in this series, an appendix showcasing the original
pulp magazine illustrations also bulks large with obscura including reader’s
letters from the vintage magazines commenting on these stories, along with
editorial correspondence between Hamilton and his editors.
Introduction by Robert A. Madle
Cover Art by Margaret Brundage
Illustrated by C.C. Senf, Frank R. Paul, H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski,
Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin, Virgil Finlay
600+ page Hardcover
$40.00
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Haffner Press
Hollywood on the Moon / Man About Time: The Pete Manx Adventures
Arthur K. Barnes & Henry Kuttner
Now available for pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
We had an introduction lined up for this from a
noted SF comic, but it appears to have evaporated.
The book also needs different cover art.
This Bergey image from Startling Stories, while awesome, doesn't match the
time-frame of these stories. We'll have more news later this year.
Prior to his marriage
to fellow science-fantasy writer Catherine L. Moore in 1940, Henry Kuttner
wrote stories of Lovecraftian horror, weird-menace “shudder” tales, and thrilling
adventure stories. But he also wrote blood-n-thunder Space Opera stories
in the vein of Edmond Hamilton (one of young Kuttner’s favorite authors)
told with a rough-edge style similar to Kuttner’s protege Leigh Brackett.
Arthur K. Barnes, an early friend of Kuttner, published his first story
“Lord of the Lightning” for Wonder Stories in December 1931. His “Interplanetary
Hunter” series featuring Miss Gerry Carlyle of the London Interplanetary
Zoo was originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Together, Kuttner & Barnes collaborated (and in some cases, wrote independently)
on two series of science fiction adventures for Thrilling Wonder Stories.
The first, the “Hollywood on the Moon” series, featured ace cameraman Tony
Quade of Nine Planets Films, Inc. and his crew skipping around the solar
system (even teaming up with Gerry Carlyle a few times!) humorously encountering
all manner of weird alien life.
The second series, dealt with the hilarious temporal romps of carnival barker,
conman, and small-time crook Pete Manx. Pete is always on the run from some
debt collector, or running to his lastest scam for an easy buck. Inevitably,
Manx always ends up in the laboratory of Dr. Mayhem, whose unreliable time
machine launches Pete into the past where he finds himself in hotter water
than before.
This volume collects all the SF collaborations of these two punsters and
features the interior illustrations of the original magazines.
Introduction by Ron Goulart
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
600+ pp. Hardcover
$40.00
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Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
October 2016
QUARRY IN THE BLACK
by Max Allan Collins
Cover art by Laurel Blechman, Glen Orbik
With a controversial presidential election just weeks away, Quarry
is hired to carry out a rare political assignment: kill the Reverend Raymond
Wesley Lloyd, a passionate Civil Rights crusader and campaigner for the underdog
candidate. But when a hate group out of Ferguson, Missouri, turns out to
be gunning for the same target, Quarry starts to wonder just who it is he’s
working for.
NOW A CINEMAX TELEVISION SERIES!
The longest-running series from Max Allan Collins, author of ROAD TO PERDITION,
the Quarry novels tell the story of a paid assassin with a rebellious streak
and an unlikely taste for justice. Once a Marine sniper, Quarry found a new
home stateside with a group of contract killers. But some men aren’t made
for taking orders—and when Quarry strikes off on his own, God help the man
on the other side of his nine-millimeter...
First publication ever!
November 2016
SINNER MAN by Lawrence Block
Cover art by Michael Koelsch
To escape punishment for a murder he didn’t mean to commit, insurance
man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley, ferocious
up-and-comer in the New York mob. But can he find safety in the skin of another
man...a worse man...a sinner man...?
Long before he became the award-winning creator of Matthew Scudder (A WALK
AMONG THE TOMBSTONES) and an MWA Grand Master, Lawrence Block penned this
tough, unforgettable crime novel, his very first. But as he describes in
a new afterword, the book wound up published only eight years later, under
a different title and a fake name—and was then lost for half a century. Now
appearing for the first time under Block’s real name, with revisions by the
author, SINNER MAN is revealed as a powerful work by a young novelist destined
to become one of the giants of the mystery genre.
First publication in almost 50 years!
December 2016
THE KNIFE SLIPPED by Erle Stanley Gardner
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
THE LOST DETECTIVE NOVEL BY THE CREATOR OF PERRY MASON!
At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gardner was the best-selling American
author of the 20th century, and world famous as the creator of crusading
attorney Perry Mason. Gardner also created the hardboiled detective team
of Cool and Lam, stars of 29 novels published between 1939 and 1970—and one
that’s never been published until now.
Lost for more than 75 years, THE KNIFE SLIPPED was meant to be the second
book in the series but got shelved when Gardner’s publisher objected to (among
other things) Bertha Cool’s tendency to "talk tough, swear, smoke cigarettes,
and try to gyp people." But this tale of adultery and corruption, of double-crosses
and triple identities —however shocking for 1939—shines today as a glorious
present from the past, a return to the heyday of private eyes and shady dames,
of powerful criminals, crooked cops, blazing dialogue, and delicious plot
twists.
Donald Lam has never been cooler—not even when played by Frank Sinatra on
the U.S. Steel Hour of Mystery in 1946. Bertha Cool has never been tougher.
And Erle Stanley Gardner has never been better.
First publication ever!
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iPulpFiction.com
Pulp Preservation Project
Our goal is
to preserve the legacy of an entire class of American literature
and make it accessible to the mobile generation.
New Kickstarter campaign (July 18 - August
16)!
On July 18th, iPulpFiction.com
launched a Kickstarter campaign of vital importance the legacy of American
literature and pop culture of the first half of the 20th century.
It’s a literary legacy that was the source of countless film and television
shows like Amazing Stories, Buck Rogers, Doc Savage, Perry Mason, Tarzan,
and Zorro.
Even today it influences directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Shane Black,
the Coen brothers, and Steven Spielberg.
A Legacy in Danger
Pulp fiction magazines were a huge part of American pop culture in the first
half of the twentieth century. If you have any doubts about the importance
of pulp fiction in American literature, here are a few pulp authors you may
have heard of: Isaac Asimov, Charles Beaumont, Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury,
Max Brand, Edgar Rice Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, Raymond Chandler,
Agatha Christie, Arthur C. Clarke, Joseph Conrad, Stephen Crane, Lester Dent,
Philip K. Dick, Philip José Farmer, C. S. Forester, F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Erle Stanley Gardner, Zane Grey, Dashiell Hammett, Robert A. Heinlein, O.
Henry, Frank Herbert, Robert E. Howard, L. Ron Hubbard, Rudyard Kipling,
Louis L'Amour, Elmore Leonard, Jack London, H. P. Lovecraft, John D. MacDonald,
Richard Matheson, Johnston McCulley, Ellery Queen, Upton Sinclair, Mickey
Spillane, Tennessee Williams, and many others who will be forgotten if their
bodies of work are not preserved.
Collectors may preserve physical copies of pulp magazines, but the volumes
are slid into archival sleeves and stored in a dark place. The literature
in those magazines is very rarely read. And even in their protective cases,
the magazines' poor quality pulp paper is slowly disintegrating.
Time is running out to save the works of these authors.
Preserving the Legacy
The iPulpFiction.com Pulp Preservation Project
is about bringing this wealth of forgotten American literature to the mobile
generation. Our objective is to preserve the legacy of an entire class of
literature. Many of these stories have never been reprinted since their original
publication, making the Pulp Preservation Project a rich research tool for
scholars as well as a boon to pulp fans and casual readers.
There will be two sets of classic pulp collections on the site:
(1) The free public collection of public domain issues
(2) The premium all-you-can-read subscription service of copyrighted
content licensed from premium content holders such as Steeger Properties,
LLC and Altus Press.
To view
and join the campaign, click on the link below.
For more information contact:
Keith Shaw, publisher
iPulpFiction.com
1630 West Gail Drive
Chandler, AZ 85224
480-773-8958
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
SLAVES TO THE METAL HORDE & THE FIRES OF FOREVER
Two Complete Novels in One Book
SLAVES TO THE METAL HORDE by Milton Lesser:
Johnny Hope knew the robot armies had been created to serve Man.
But war and a plague had destroyed civilization, leaving humans as Slaves
to the Metal Horde.
THE FIRES OF FOREVER by Chad Oliver:
Irth was slipping backwards to extinction, and only a few scientists were
left to seek the help they needed from the stars.
They had a Ship--and an ancient Skull. With those, they had to win!
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 206 pages
$12.95
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KING'S QUEST #4
(OF 5) - Arriving in comic shops August 10!
Writer: Ben Acker, Heath Corson
Art: Dan McDaid
Cover A: Marc Laming
Cover B: Jonathan Lau
Cover C Subscription: Colton Worley
Flash Gordon escapes! Broken in mind and spirit, our intrepid heroes
must bust out of their sci-fi prison and rescue their friend, even if that
friend doesn’t want to be rescued! Continuing the epic crossover that unites
the greatest heroes from the King Features Syndicate comic strips: The Phantom,
Mandrake the Magician, Prince Valiant, Jungle Jim, Flash Gordon, and more!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Laurie's Wild West - Now online!
Upcoming Engagement: Pulp Studies Symposium, James Madison
University, October 7-8, 2016 - New!
PulpFest 2016: In One Word: Spectacular - New!
Windy City Report and an Auction SCORE
LOVE STORY WRITER is Returning!
Daisy Bacon on Exhibit
Happy Anniversary, Daisy
LOVE STORY’s March Winds
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LONE RANGER / GREEN HORNET #2 (OF 6) - Arriving in comic shops August 10!
Writer: Michael Uslan
Art: Giovanni Timpano
Cover: Jan Dursema
With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, G-Man Eliot Ness
demands The Lone Ranger return! But Britt Reid breaks with his family tradition,
creating a painful rift with his Great Uncle John Reid, forcing the original
Lone Ranger to instead offer his mask to America’s greatest Olympic hero…
Jesse Owens!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
The Shadow of Fu Manchu Radio Program
Bruce Lee as Kato on the Green Hornet
Movie Review: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN
Recent Book Reviews: Handsome Heroes and Vicious Villains
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The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!
Bringing you the
latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions,
games, and whatever else seems applicable.
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September
15-17, 2016!
COME
MEET HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES
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PICTURE TAKEN WITH THEM!
ROBERT FULLER
KEIR DULLEA
GARY LOCKWOOD
LUCIANA PALUZZI
DEBRA PAGET
THE AMAZING KESKIN
JIM ROSIN
MARK REDFIELD
CAROL FORD
JOE MARTELLE
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KENT McCORD
DABNEY COLEMAN
KATHY GARVER
BERNIE KOPELL
JOHN AMOS
BRITT EKLAND
GERI REISCHL
RUSTY GILLIGAN
EDDIE DEEZEN
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EVENTS
So much goes on during the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention that
we suggest you look over the schedules and map out what seminars and movies you want
to see during the weekend.
ADMISSION
Cost is $20 per person, per day. Children under the age of 16 are
free.
You can pay for admission at the front gate when you attend the convention.
Admission gives you access to everything during the weekend.
EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS GETS A FREE 56-PAGE PROGRAM GUIDE!
Purchasing tickets in advance will save you money. Tickets
are $15 per person, per day. If you pay for admission at the door, the cost
is $20 per person, per day.
The purchase of a Saturday Evening Dinner Banquet Ticket includes free admission
for Saturday. If you plan to attend the entire weekend and the dinner banuqet,
buy a two-day ticket for every dinner banquet ticket you buy.
VENDORS AND DEALER ROOM HOURS
Thursday, 10 am to 9 pm
Friday, 10 am to 9 pm
Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm
HOTEL
The Convention is held at Hunt Valley Wyndham in Maryland.
The Hotel is located at 245 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, Maryland, 21031
Hotel phone number: 410-785-7000
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS BOOKING A ROOM, ASK FOR SHARON.
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Mystery*File - Now online!
PulpFest
2016, by Walker Martin
A
Movie Review by Jonathan Lewis: CHARLIE CHAN AT THE WAX MUSEUM (1940)
JONATHAN
LEWIS: Stories I’m Reading — REX DOLPHIN “Off the Map”
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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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2016 Munsey
Award
Laurie Powers has
been named the winner of the 2016 Munsey Award. Nominated by the general
pulp community, Laurie was selected through a vote cast by all the living
Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Award winners. The award is a fine art print created
by Dan Zimmer of a David Saunders painting, presented annually to a person
who has worked for the betterment of the pulp community. J. Barry Traylor,
the recipient of the 2014 Rusty Award presented Laurie were her well-deserved
Munsey.
Congratulations
Laurie!
Retro
Lamont Award
David Saunders was
presented with a special “retro” Lamont Award to recognize his substantial
service to the pulp community over the years. Since a limited edition of
thirty-six numbered and signed prints — designed by David — serves as the
Munsey and Rusty awards, it was decided to honor David’s significant contributions
to the pulp world with one of the few remaining copies of Pulpcon‘s Lamont
Award. The award was presented by our 2015 Munsey Award winner, Stephen T.
Miller.
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Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"The Little Blue Box" by William Merriam Rouse from ARGOSY
WEEKLY, July 17, 1920
A widow finds in a box of rat poison the solution to her problems, or will
it?
"Doom on Wheels" by Dale Clark from SECRET AGENT
"X", June, 1937
Ma and Pa Garrison were likable old folks enjoying their sunset of life
in a trailer - when Death caught up with them. And Detective Sergeant Al
Leo had to bait a phantom killer who could vanish through strongly bolted
doors.
"Murder-by Appointment" by Robert Turner from TEN
DETECTIVE ACES, December, 1941
For months Johnny Lane had searched the country for a forgotten, fugitive
movie idol. And just as Johnny was about to catch up with his fallen star,
he learned that Death had cast them both for a fadeout in the morgue.
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Pulp Adventurecon
November 5, 2016!
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Pulp Crazy - Now online!
Pulp Crazy’s
PulpFest 2016 Convention Report
- New!
The God of
Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Dream-Quest
of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
Blood of Ancient Opar with Christopher Paul Carey
The Master
Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Pulp Den - Now online!
Hathor Legacy: Revelations - New!
Satellite Lost
End light Dawning 2012
Tomb of The Ten Thousand Dead
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Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure
and detective pulps.
Pulpfest 2016 - a few photos - New!
Happy Fourth of July to you...
Pulp Magazine collector picture from EBay
Rare interview with a pulp illustrator - Creig Flessel
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The Pulp Hermit -
Now online!
Collector's Guide To Trading Cards - New!
Hell's Hostages
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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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James Madison University
Libraries will host the first Pulp Studies Symposium on October 7-8, 2016.
JMU Special Collections
recently acquired a large number of original Love Story issues that represent
its entire publication run,
and is thrilled to feature them to promote the Pulp Studies Symposium.
Laurie Powers will be one of the plenary speakers at the Symposium. She
will be speaking about Daisy Bacon and LOVE STORY.
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
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Ramble House
Now available!
THEY DINE IN DARKNESS and Other Stories
Volume III in the series by Arthur Leo Zagat
With an Introduction by John Pelan
Dancing Tuatara Press #66
You can tell by the titles of the six stories in this
third volume of the works of Arthur Leo Zagat that blood pudding and spotted
dick are on the menu.
John Pelan obviously has a taste for Zagat and his introduction explains
why.
And doesn't Gavin O'Keefe's cover art show Zagat's hunger for all things
poached -- and perhaps fried?
Bone appetite!
They Dine in Darkness, Dime Mystery Magazine, 9/35
Satan’s Scalpel, Terror Tales, 10/35
One Night of Terror, Dime Mystery Magazine, 6/34
Monster at Play, Dime Mystery Magazine, 2/35
When Love Went Mad, Terror Tales, 1/35
Thirst of the Living Dead, Terror Tales, 11/34
Available Editions
$6 Ebook (EPUB or MOBI)
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
$35 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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Robert E. Howard Foundation
Join the Robert E. Howard Foundation
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The Seventh Plague: A Sigma Force Novel (Sigma Force
Novels) - Coming December 13!
by James Rollins
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
List Price: $27.99
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The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!
The Thunder King - New!
The Northdale Mystery - New!
The Death Tower
Vengeance Bay
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A horror
and fantasy journal featuring short fiction, essays, poetry, reviews, and
art by both seasoned pros and talented newcomers!
First issue features a short, previously unpublished Robert E. Howard draft
illustrated by Mark Schultz.
CONTENTS
Short Fiction
"The Dead Unicorn" by Scott Cupp
"Hungry" by Charles Gramlich
"The Night Maere" by Scott Hannan
"The Nameless Tribe Drafts" by Robert E.
Howard (Illustrated by Mark Schultz)
"The Yellow Death" by David Hardy
"The Burning Messenger" by Matt Sullivan
"Dangerous Pearl" by Ethen Nahté
Novelettes
"The Drowned Dead Shape" by Keith Taylor
"One Less Hand for the Shaping of Things" by Jason Ray Carney
Poetry
"Sorceress" by Ashley Dioses
"Midnight in the Ebon Rose Bower" by K. A. Opperman
"The Casualty of the Somme" by Frank Coffman
"The Writer" by Jason Hardy
"Totem" by Pat Calhoun
"Surtur" by James McNew
"A Revelation Dream" by Kenneth Bykerk
Essays
"Nameles Tribes: Robert E. Howard's Anthropological World-Building in Men
of the Shadows" by Jeffrey Shanks
"From the Cosmos to the Test-Tube: Lovecraft, Machen, and the Sublime" by
Karen Joan Kohoutek
"A Sword-Edge Beauty as Keen as Blades: C. L. Moore and the Gender Dynamics
of Sword-and-Sorcery" by Nicole Emmelhainz
Special Features
"Skull Session" by Mark Finn (Editorial)
"Grettir and the Draugr" by Samuel Dillon and Jeffrey Shanks (Illustrated
story)
"About the Contributors"
The Bone Yard
Reviews by Josh Akins, Bobbie Derie, Charles Hoffman, Paul McNamee, Brian
Murphy, Deuce Richardson, Todd Vick, and Keith West
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SUPERFALL - Available
August 6!
by John Hegenberger
In June 1959, America's TV superhero
took a bullet to the head in an apparent suicide. But was it? And is he really
dead?
Stan Wade, a Hollywood PI, sets out to uncover the secret and encounters
a host of Mob and Soviet intrigue that threatens not only his life, but the
future of the world.
Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Black Opal Books
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
$13.99
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Black Opal
Books
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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.
Henry del Campo (1899-?) - New!
A Note from PulpFest - New!
Rodney M. Ruth (1912-1987) - New!
Edd Cartier (1914-2008) - New!
Weird Tales and the Inner Sanctum
Joel Townsley Rogers (1896-1984)-Part Two
Joel Townsley Rogers (1896-1984)-Part One
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates
(New publications to the list are
in bold)
Now available!
The Interminables, Paige Orwin, Angry Robot, $7.99,
July 5, 2016
The Conclave of Shadow [Missy Masters #2], Alyc Helms,
Angry Robot, $7.99, July 5, 2016
Heroine Complex, Sara Kuhn, DAW Books, $15.00, July 5, 2016
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity, A. Lee Martinez, Saga Press,
$24.99, July 5, 2016
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, Paul Crilley, Marvel,
$24.99, July 19, 2016
Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge, Larry Correia &
John Ringo, Baen, $27.00 August 2, 2016
Coming soon!
Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization, Marv Wolfman, Titan
Books, $7.99, August 9, 2016
Wild Cards XXIII: High Stakes, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $25.99, August 30, 2016
Marvel’s Iron Man: Mutually Assured Destruction, Patrick
Shand, Joe Books, $9.99, August 23, 2016
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Castaways, David MacDonald,
Joe Books, $9.99, August 30, 2016
Black Widow: Forever Red, Margaret Stohl, Marvel Press,
$9.99, September 6, 2016
Lara Croft and the Blade of Gwynnever, Dan Abnett &
Nik Vincent, DK Publishing, $12.99, September 13, 2016
Sif: Even Dragons Have Their Endings, Asgard Trilogy,
Book 2, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Joe Books, $9.99, September
14, 2016
Warriors Three: Godhood’s End, Asgard Trilogy, Book
3, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Joe Books, $9.99, September
28, 2016
Futuristic Violence & Fancy Suits, David Wong, St.
Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, October 4, 2016
Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $17.99, October 4, 2016
Black Widow: Red Vengeance, Margaret Stohl, Marvel Press,
$17.99, October 11, 2016
Doctor Strange: The Fate of Dreams, Devin Grayson, Marvel,
$24.99, October 18, 2016
Iron Man: The Gauntlet, Eoin Colfer, Marvel Press, $16.99,
October 25, 2016
The Flash: The Haunting of Barry Allen, Clay &
Susan Griffith, Titan Books, $7.99, October 25, 2016
Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners, Larry Correia &
John Ringo, Baen, $27.00, December 6, 2016
Avalanche: Secret World Chronicle (Bk. 5), Mercedes
Lackey, et al., Baen, $25.00, January 3, 2017
Pax Britannia: The El Sombra Trilogy, Al Ewing, Abaddon, $15.99,
January 10, 2017
Gotham: Dawn of Darkness, Jason Starr, Titan Books,
$7.99, January 31, 2017
Thanos: Death Sentence, author to be announced, Marvel,
$24.99,February 14, 2017
Monster Hunter Tales, eds. Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Larry Correia,
Baen, $29.99, April 6, 2017
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity, A. Lee Martinez,
Saga Press, $15.99, April 11, 2017
Monster Hunter Guardian, Larry Correia & Sarah Hoyt, Baen, $27.00,
June 6, 2017
Ghosts of Empire, George Mann, Titan Books, $9.95, October 25, 2017
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WEIRDBOOK #33
Coming this October!
Table of contents
Fiction
The River Flows To Nowhere by John R. Fultz
The Amnesiac’s Lament by Scott R Jones
Trance Junkie By Bruno Lombardi
Bad Faith by Will Blinn document page 56
Dwelling of the Wolf by Franklyn Searight
The Ruby Palace by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
The Screams at the Keyhole by Garrett Cook
Diary of an Illness by C. M. Muller
Teatime with Mrs. Monster by James Aquilone
Train to Nowhere by Adrian Cole
Poetry & Prose
A Cure for Unrequited Love by Donald W. Schank
The Owl by S. L. Edwards
Bathory in Red by Ashley Dioses
Blood Siren's Alcove by Ashley Dioses
The Woodland funeral by K.A. Opperman
The Lady in Scarlet by K.A. Opperman
The Ghost Carriage by K. A. Opperman
Hymn to Shub-Niggurath by Darrell Schweitzer
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WEIRDBOOK #32
Now available!
Issue # 32
of the legendary Weirdbook is now available from Amazon and Wildside Press.
Weirdbook is the premier weird fiction magazine on the market today.
Issue #31, our first relaunch issue, was a rousing success and was
applauded by both the critic and our readers.
Weirdbook is published by John Betancourt's "Wildside Press" and
edited by former "Weird Tales" on-line editor Douglas Draa.
Weirdbook is currently appearing twice yearly with each issue topping
170 pages packed full of the best in weird fiction and poetry.
CONTENTS
Fiction
Childhood's Dread, by Taye Carrol
The Other Neighbors, by Daniel Davis
Rare Air, by Mark Slade
The Children, by J.E. Álamo
The Radiant Boy, by Kevin Wetmore
The Whisperer in the Woods, by Peter Schranz
Sweet Oblivion, by Andrew Darlington
An Unsolicited Lucidity, by Lee Clark Zumpe
Black Carnival, by Bobby Cranestone
The Howard Family Tradition, by P. R. O'Leary
Hell in a Boxcar, by Scott A. Cupp
Jorōgumo, by Kelda Crich
Clay Baby, by Jack Lee Taylor
The Corpse and the Rat: A Story of Friendship, by Joshua L. Hood
Getting Thin, by DJ Tyrer
Maybe Next Door, by Richard LaPore
Containment Protocol, by Leeman Kessler
Under a Rock, by Lori R. Lopez
The Children Must Be Hungry, by L.F. Falconer
The Road to Hell, by Kevin L. O'Brien
Maggot Coffee, by Roy C. Booth and Axel Kohagen
Baby Mine, by Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen
In Blackwalk Wood, by Adrian Cole
My Longing to See Tamar, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Gust of Wind Made by Swinging a Blade, by Molly N. Moss
Poetry
Necromancer's Lair, by Chad Hensley
The Helm, by Chad Hensley
Ex Arca Sepulcrali, by Wade German
The Laughter of Ghouls, by K.A. Opperman
Ode to Ashtoreth, by K.A. Opperman
The Necro-Conjuring Sorceress, by Ashley Dioses
What Dark Gods Are Friends to Me? by Chad Hensley
Scarlet Succubus Shrine, by Frederick J. Mayer
Penelope, Sleepless, by Darrell Schweitzer
Paperback: 174 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
List Price: $12.00
Weirdbook #32 - Wildside Press Weirdbook #32 - Amazon.com
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