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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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Altus Press: Enjoy Pulps! by David
Lee Smith - Now online!
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: Flying Stories (Oct. and Dec.
1929)
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: Confessions of a Stool Pigeon
(1931)
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: Brief Stories (December 1925)
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Altus Press
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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Altus Press
THE WILD ADVENTURES LINE OF CLASSIC PULP CHARACTERS
THE
WILD ADVENTURES OF PAT SAVAGE
THE WILD ADVENTURES OF KING KONG
THE WILD ADVENTURES OF DOC SAVAGE
Coming in September, October, and December!
Altus Press
is expanding its Wild Adventures line of classic pulp fiction characters starring
in new exploits,
which last year added the Wild Adventures of Tarzan to the ongoing Wild
Adventures of Doc Savage licensed series.
Our September release is the first volume in the Wild Adventures
of Pat Savage. Move over, Nancy Drew and Annie Oakley, Doc Savage’s feisty
cousin Patricia is getting her own series!
Written by Will Murray, the creator of Marvel Comics’ Squirrel Girl, and
based on a outline by Doc Savage originator Lester Dent, Six Scarlet Scorpions
teams the bronze-skinned golden girl with Doc Savage associate Monk Mayfair
in her first solo adventure.
Patricia Savage had come to Tulsa to speculate in oil. That was all. To
make a quick killing and go home richer than before.
But when a man claiming that his blood had been drained to feed an unknown
creature begs Pat for help, she drops everything and goes on the warpath.
Soon Pat and her business partner, Monk Mayfair, are on the run from the Oklahoma
law. The proof of their guilt? Indelible scorpions tattooed to their faces!
For October, there is the
long-awaited King Kong vs. Tarzan. Fans of both iconic characters have long
dreamed of a face-off between these jungle giants ever since Kong creator
Merian C. Cooper attempted to film one back in 1935. Fully licensed by Edgar
Rice Burroughs Inc. and the Cooper estate, King Kong vs. Tarzan recounts the
previously untold story of the sea voyage from Skull Island to New York City
in which the mighty Kong was transported to his doom back in 1933.
When Kong nearly breaks his chains, the crew of the tramp freighter Wanderer
are forced to release him into the african jungle, where, lost and hungry,
the former monarch of Skull Island blunders into the domain of another jungle
ruler—Tarzan of the Apes! The stage is set for the ultimate rumble in the
jungle. But will the beast-god and the ape-man become foes—or friends?
Written by prolific pulp novelist Will Murray, King Kong vs. Tarzan is
a follow-up to last year's Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don and marks the start
of the Wild Adventures of King Kong.
Finally, the 13th installment
of the Wild Adventures of Doc Savage brings the Man of Bronze to 1930s Wyoming
to investigate a seemingly supernatural mystery that begins when a naked man
is sighted swimming in circles high over the Big Horn Mountains. When he
falls to his death and is discovered soaked to the skin in spite of a long
summer drought, Doc Savage realizes that something sinister is afoot.
Extortion notes prove that a human agency lies behind a growing outbreak
of levitation murders. After a passenger airliner slams into a mysterious
floating body of water, the crisis escalates.
From the Big Horn Mountains to Devil’s Tower, Doc Savage and his mighty
crew race against time to avert an impending tragedy created by the unknown
devil in human form who calls himself Mr. Calamity.
Bylined Kenneth Robeson, Mr. Calamity is a December release.
All three titles will be released in hardcover, trade paperback, and ebook
formats with cover art by acclaimed illustrator, Joe DeVito.
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Altus Press
DUSTY
AYRES AND HIS BATTLE BIRDS #1: BLACK LIGHTNING!
by Robert Sydney Bowen
Coming
this fall!
“America, you are next!” As those words
rang through the War Department room, officers gasped in horror.
Fire-Eyes, emperor of the world, had invaded their secret council to hurl
his challenge.
And America knew only one answer—“War Declared!”
$12.95 softcover
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Altus Press
DR. YEN
SIN #2: THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN SKULL
by Donald E. Keyhoe
Coming this fall!
Moving east from the ration’s capitol at Washington, Dr. Yen Sin, saffron-skinned
scourge of the Orient, sets up his hell-base in New York and under the banner
of the Golden Skull, once again locks horns with Michael Traile, the Man Who
Never Sleeps, and his partner Eric Gordon.
What is the ghastly doom he brings with him to turn living men to rainbow-colored
dust?
Why should the flowers in his corpse garden have their heads removed, only
to be sewed on again—backwards—by the surgeon mandarin?
$12.95 softcover
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Altus Press
A MATTER
OF RANGE: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE MAJOR VOLUME 2
by L. Patrick Greene
Coming this fall!
The long-running and much-beloved series from the pages of Short Stories
is finally collected in order and with a plethora of bonus material.
Join Aubrey St. John Major—AKA the Major—and his faithful companion, Jim
the Hottentot, on their adventures across the diamond country of Africa. This
collection includes the next nine stories, along with another rare, never-before
reprinted story by Greene.
$19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Altus Press
THE COMPLETE
ADVENTURES OF ERIC TRENT VOLUME 1
by Donald E. Keyhoe
Coming this fall!
Donald E. Keyhoe returns to chronicle the super-spy sagas of the high-flying
Eric Trent!
Running for only 12 stories in the pages of Flying Aces, the series continued
Keyhoe’s tradition of fast-paced air war adventures,
this time featuring a character who hasn’t seen print since these stories’
original publications!
Volume 1 collects the first six stories from 1940–41:
“Secret Flight Sixteen,” “Death Flies Blind,” “Junkers Juggernaut,”
“Swastika Scourge,” “The Ace From Hell” and “Television Tracers.”
$19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
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Art's Reviews Podcasts!
- Now online!
Nothing new this week.
Past
episodes:
Pulpfest 5: Dick Enos
Jon C. Breuning : "The Midnight Guardian Hour
of Darkness"
Strange Days : An Argent
Universe novel by Jeff Deischer
Jim Beard and the "Super Swingin' Heroes 1968
Special "
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"
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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!
Cover by Stephan
Martiniere
“Let’s return to Baker Street, Harry,”
he said. “The evidence is indisputable; the conclusion inescapable... We
face Fantômas!”
Southampton, England, 1910. Jack the Ripper is back -- or is he?
A series of ghastly murders are reported near the estate of Lord Beltham.
Young detective Harry Dickson is mentored by Sherlock Holmes to take over
the most perilous case of his budding career. But neither the Great Detective
nor his youthful protégé are as yet aware that someone else
is pulling the strings behind the scene: the criminal mastermind known as
– Fantômas!
The Man in Grey was first published in France in 1911. It is one of the
first Holmesian pastiches ever crafted. Penned by the creator of Doctor Omega,
it is now being adapted and retold in English for the first time by Jean-Marc
& Randy Lofficier and features a unique crossover between three legendary
figures of popular fiction.
.Contents:
- Introduction by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier
- L'Homme au Complet Gris (1911) by Arnould Galopin
- Timeline.
US $20.95 /GBP £12.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 224 pages
Henri-René "Jimmy" Guieu (1926-2000) was one of the leading
French SF authors of the 1950s and 60s, before he turned to the exploration
of UFOs and parapsychological phenomena. In this classic six-volume saga (presented
in English in two volumes), written in 1954 through 1956, Guieu introduced
his signature hero, French paleoanthropologist Jean Kariven, and imagined
that Earth was secretly caught in a vast space-time war pitting the benevolent
Polarians against the aggressive Denebians. Guieu sprinkled the books with
some of his favorite themes, such as UFOs, alien encounters and ancient astronauts,
while delivering fast-paced SF adventure.
In the second half of the series, the space war between Polarians
and Denebians heats up, with Earth stuck in the middle. Jean Kariven is forced
to join his space friends and take part in an assault on the enemy's cosmic
stronghold. The series ends as it began, on a trip through time showing the
changes wrought by the war.
Contents:
Introduction by Jean-Marc Lofficier.
4. Commandos de l'Eespace [Space Commandos] (1955)
5. Nos Ancêtres de l'Avenir [Our Ancestors from the Future] (1956)
6. Prisonniers du Passé [Prisoners of the Past] (1956)
US $30.95 /GBP £20.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 392 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 second volume explores how new forms of fantasy emerged from the gothic
novels and romanticism of the 19th century, reshaping old myths and revisiting
ancient legends of the French countryside, before evolving into the opulent
and seductive visions of the Symbolists of the fin de siècle. Can the
old beggar woman fed from the crumbs of children's lunches really be the
beautiful Queen of Sheba? Was Merlin a creature of the King of Hell and did
he ever rise against his father? In these pages, we visit the Kingdom of
the Dwarves and the Ashen Tower; we meet the Last Fay and the Lady of the
Seven Mirrors; we share in the mournful tales of Anne of the Iles and the
Lady of the Cold Kisses.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
MYTHS
Charles Nodier: The Crumb Fairy
Honoré de Balzac: The Pearl Fay
Edgar Quinet: Paradise Rediscovered
LEGENDS
S. Henry Berthoud: The Lady of the Cold Kisses
Paul Féval: Anne of the Isles
Anatole France: Honey Bee
SYMBOLIST FANTASIES
Henri de Régnier: The Tale of the Lady of the Seven Mirrors
Camille Mauclair: The Poison of Precious Stones
Gustave Kahn: The Ashen Tower
US $32.95 /GBP £22.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 432 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!
Collectibles Section Updated - New!
PulpFest 2016 Report
More Collectibles for Sale Being Listed for July 4th Weekend!
Collectibles Section Updated
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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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Harry Turner won’t sit on the
sidelines any longer. He’s through watching his neighborhoods and fellow New
Yorkers suffer. Drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters practically have free reign.
When he dons the nightblack disguise of The Nemesis, criminals won’t stand
a chance against his brand of Justice … but he’s never encountered a threat
like the Satan Plague ….
THE NEMESIS™ thrilled readers with his pulp-inspired exploits.
His thrill-packed tales are collected in this volume, along with The Nemesis
Returns, a NEW adventure continuing Harry Turner’s war on evil.
Stories include: "The Kingdom of Crime," "The Season of Darkness,"
"Destiny With a Gun," "Time Out For Death," "The Falcon Strikes!," "Claws
of the Falcon," "The Satan Plague," and "The Nemesis Returns."
194 Pages, $14.95
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Zorro rides again in new editions from Bold
Venture Press
Bold Venture Press presents the complete original pulp adventures
of Zorro! Volume three presents Zorro Rides Again, a full-length adventure
never reprinted since its original 1931 publication. With a shock of disbelief,
the old Spanish California village heard that its friend Zorro was now attacking
the weak and helpless! Hated by those who once worshiped him, hounded by the
soldiery, the proud Zorro again becomes an outlaw to regain his stolen honor.
In addition to Zorro Rides Again, this edition includes eleven thrill-packed
short stories, published as a continuing series in West, the legendary pulp
fiction magazine. There’s action aplenty in “Zorro Draws His Blade” when the
masked swordsman first duels with Sergeant Manuel Garcia. Also: John E. Petty,
film lecturer and pop culture author, examines Zorro’s exploits in Saturday
matinee serials.
Trade paperback, 6 x 9, 322 pages,
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9781537128962
Volume 4 — On sale November 2016
Volume 5 — On sale January 2017
Volume 6 — On sale March 2017
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Cirsova Heroic Fantasy &
Science Fiction Pulp Zine: Issues 3 & 4
Now available for pre-order!
Cirsova is taking
pre-orders for the third and fourth issues of its a newly launched semi-pro
market for Pulp adventure stories.
Running a Kickstarter for every issue is ultimately untenable. It
is, however, a potentially valuable tool for selling subscriptions.
With our content finished and paid for through the rest of 2016, we can
offer with certainty the remaining content we have planned to our backers
via a single Kickstarter and maintain our planned release schedule.
Backers of this Kickstarter may back for our Fall Issue (Issue 3), our
Jumbo-sized Winter Issue (Issue 4), or both.
This is probably THE most important Kickstarter that Cirsova will ever
launch. The first two were just to spread the word, prove that we were what
we said we were and could do what we said we’d do, and partially defray some
of the enormous overhead of putting together 5 magazines worth of content,
making certain everything was done and paid for well before taking pre-orders.
This Kickstarter will determine how much content we will be able to acquire
for 2017 and when. Ideally, we would like to be able to acquire an entire
year’s worth of content so that following the release of our Winter issue
we can begin selling subscriptions for 2017. We want to be a quarterly magazine,
but we also want to keep paying our contributors at our current rates. We
need money in our coffers to make sure that can happen.
So, what are we offering?
CIRSOVA #3
A Pirate Issue with stories of Caribbean pirates, space pirates and other
assorted brigands and mercenaries.
Novelette
The Wooing of Etroklos, by J. Comer
Short Stories
War in a Way that Suits You, by Michael A. Michaels
The Lion's Share, by J.D. Brink
Blood and Bones: Caribbean 1645, by Jim Breyfogle
The Mad God's Scepter, by Edward McDermott
The End of the Golden Age, by Tyler Young
Othan, Liberator, by Kurt Magnus
Clock's Watch, by Michael Reyes
Essay
Retrospective: The Best of C.L. Moore, by Jeffro Johnson
Cover
Blood and Bones: Caribbean 1645, by Jabari Weathers
CIRSOVA #4
A double-stuffed jumbo issue just in time for Christmas that will feature
several tales of dark fantasy, action packed science fiction, adventure and
Raygun Romance. Remember that call-out I made for unironic Lovecraft inspired
stories? It paid off in spades!
Novelettes
The Vault of Phalos, by Jeffery Scott Sims
Shadow Vision, by Preston Dennet
Short Stories
The Lady of the Amorous City, by Edward M. Erdelac
A Suit of Haidrah Skin, by Rob Lang
...Where There Is No Sanctuary, by Howie K. Bentley
The Last Dues Owed, by Christine Lucas
The Witch of Elrica, by Jennifer Povey
The Bubbcat, by Sean Monaghan
Wall Wardens, by Lynn Rushlau
Lost Men, by Eugene L. Morgulis
The Unfolding of the World, by Harold R. Thompson
The Sands of Rubal-Khali, by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
The Priests of Shalaz, by Jay Barnson
Dust of Truth, by Joyce Frohn
The Ride, by Edward McDermott
The Phantom Sands of Calavass, by S.H. Mansouri
Essay
The Feminine Force Awakens, by Liana Kerzner
Cover
The Lady of the Amorous City, by Jabari Weathers
Click on the link
below for ordering details!
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Castalia House Blog - Now online!
Short
Reviews – Queen of the Martian Catacombs, by Leigh Brackett
- New!
RETROSPECTIVE: “Song in a Minor Key” by C. L. Moore
- New!
The Reavers of Skaith
Short Reviews – Priestess of the Flame, by Sewell Peaslee
Wright
Young People Read Old SF!
Short Reviews – The Raid on the Termites, by Paul Ernst
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CONAN VOLUME 20: A WITCH SHALL BE BORN - Arriving in comic shops September 7!
by Fred Van Lente (Author), Brian Ching (Illustrator), José
Luis (Illustrator), Andy Owens (Illustrator), Michael Atiyeh (Illustrator)
Writer Fred Van Lente's incredible run on Conan reaches its epic
conclusion! Taramis, the beloved queen of Khauran, was born with a twin sister,
Salome--but by an ancient doom placed on their bloodline Salome's chest bore
a scarlet half-moon birthmark: the mark of the witch! Left to die in the desert,
Salome survived instead, and grew up to embrace her malevolent destiny .
. . and now she's back, to take vengeance on all of Khauran!
Featuring perhaps the most famous event in the Conan mythos, Conan's crucifixion,
this spellbinding volume collects Conan the Avenger #20-25.
Hardcover, Full Color, 144 pages
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DEJAH THORIS 2017 WALL CALENDAR - Arriving in comic shops September 7!
(Art) Tula Lotay, Jay Anacleto
For over one hundred years, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ beloved creation, Dejah
Thoris, has captured the imagination of science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts…
and she’ll continue to do so in 2017 on each and every page of this gorgeous
wall calendar! Whether gazing over the extraordinary Martian vistas or commanding
armies in battle against the four-armed Warhoons, the Red Planet’s foremost
heroine always appears with beauty and strength. Surrender to her regal presence
all twelve months of the year!
Full Color, 26 pages, SRP: $14.99
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The
Digest Enthusiast
Digest Magazine Checklists
Now
available!
The first set of digest magazine checklists are available now.
There are two types of checklists, available as free PDF files on the Resources
page of the Larque Press website: pages and cards
Digest-Size Pages
These checklists are 2-up on a sheet of paper. Print them out and cut them
in half. Then 3-hole punch as indicated and drop into a 3-ring binder designed
for 8.5” x 5.5” pages.
The Digest-Size Checklists include more complete background information
on each title, the full contents list and cover images for most of the issues.
Some titles, like The Mysterious Traveler Magazine include more than one page.
A sample digest size page is shown at the right.
Trading Card-Size Checklists
The trading card checklists are 8-up on a sheet of paper. Print and cut
the sheet into individual cards via the trim marks. Finished card size is
the standard 2.5” x 3.5”. The checklist cards include basic information on
each title, a check box and a little space for notes. Some titles, like Dashiell
Hammett Digests include more than one card.
Both checklists are dated for version control.
If corrections or new information is added The Digest Enthusiast will update
the file and post an updated version.
Please let The Digest Enthusiast know of any errors.
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Pulp Literature #11 Summer 2016 - New!
The Pulpster #25 - New!
Sea Stories #2 - New!
Dashiell Hammett: The Main Death
Alias Calvin M. Knox’ Alien Vordilians
Digest Magazine Checklists
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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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Doc Savage Fantasy Covers
Now online!
Kez Wilson's DOC SAVAGE FANTASY COVERS website has added a new cover!
Check out the whole series of covers at the link
below!
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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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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!
August 2016
Just to prove that we have some small literary interests at FAFF,
we are pleased to present to you "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
as it appeared in the May 27, 1922 issue of Collier's Magazine.
Our presentation includes the illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg and
an introduction by Bob Gay.
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
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#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936
EERIE
TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941
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MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
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ADVENTURE MAGAZINE ($25 each
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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)
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1930
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1930 / January 1931
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1931
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#5 Summer 1931
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#7 Winter 1932
#8 Spring 1932
#9 Summer 1932
PIRATE STORIES ($25
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#1 November 1934
THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February
1933
SAUCY MOVIE TALES ($25 each
postpaid)
#3 December 1935
(#1 after a title change)
#4 January 1936
(#2 after a title change)
#5
March 1936
#9 July 1936
#11 September 1936
#17 March 1937
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April/May 1939
SOLDIER
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October 1931
SPICY-ADVENTURE
STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
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#76 August 1940
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July 1936
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1936
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1937
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#1 November 1936
#2 December
1936
#3 January 1937
#4 February 1937
#14 December 1937
THE
SPIDER ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The Spider Strikes!
(October 1933)
#2 The Wheel of Death
(November 1933)
#3 Wings of the Black
Death (December 1933)
#4 City of Flaming Shadows
(January 1934)
#5 Empire of Doom (February
1934)
#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7 Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8 The
Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9 Satan's Death
Blast (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red
Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver
Terror (September 1934)
#13 Builders of
the Black Empire (October
1934)
#14 Death's Crimson
Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15 The
Red Death Rain (December
1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor (February 1935)
#18 The Flame Master
(March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master (April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler
(May 1935)
#21 Hordes of the Red
Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld (July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness
(August
1935)
#24 King of the Red Killers
(September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign of the
Vampire King (November 1935)
#27 Emperor of the Yellow Death
(December
1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29 Slaves
of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)
#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June
1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror (September
1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night (November
1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men (December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres (February 1937)
#42 Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker (May 1937)
#45 Voyage of the Coffin Ship (June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell (July 1937)
#47 Slaves of the Black Monarch (August 1937)
#48 Machine Guns Over the White House (Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat (October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde (November 1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December 1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light (January 1938)
#53 The City of Lost Men (February 1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March 1938)
#55 City of Whispering Death (April 1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May 1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58 The Emperor from Hell (July 1938)
#59 The Devil's Candlesticks (August
1938)
#60 The City That Paid to Die (September 1938)
#61 The Spider at Bay (October 1938)
#62 Scourge of the Black Legions (November 1938)
#63 The Withering Death (December 1938)
#64 Claws of the Golden Dragon (January
1939)
#65 The Song of Death (February 1939)
#66 The Silver Death Rain (March 1939)
#67 Blight of the Blazing Eye (April 1939)
#68 King of the Fleshless Legion (May 1939)
#69 Rule of the Monster Men (June
1939)
#70 The Spider and the Slaves of Hell (July
1939)
#71 The Spider and the Fire God (August
1939)
#72 The Corpse Broker (September 1939)
#73 The Spider and the Eyeless Legion
(Oct. 1939)
#74 The Spider and the Faceless One (Nov. 1939)
#75 Satan's Murder Machines (December
1939)
#76 The Spider and the Pain Master (January
1940)
#77 Hell's Sales Manager (February 1940)
#78 Slaves of the Laughing Death (March 1940)
#79 The Man From Hell (April
1940)
#80 The Spider and the War Emperor (May 1940)
#81 Judgement of the Damned (June 1940)
#82 Dictator's Death Merchants (July
1940)
#83 Pirates From Hell
(August 1940)
#84 Master of the Night-Demons (Sept. 1940)
#85 The Council of Evil
(October 1940)
#86 The Spider and his Hobo
Army (November 1940)
#87 The Spider and
the Jewels of Hell (Dec. 1940)
#88 Harbor of Nameless Dead
(January 1941)
#89 The Spider and the Slave
Doctor (February 1941)
#90 The Spider and the Sons
of Satan (March 1941)
#91 Slaves of the Burning Blade (April 1941)
#92 The Devil's Paymaster (May 1941)
#93 The Benevolent Order of Death
(June 1941)
#94 Murder's Black Prince (July 1941)
#95 The Spider and the Scarlet
Surgeon (August 1941)
#96 The Spider and the Deathless
One (September1941)
#97 The Satan's Seven Swordsmen
(October1941)
#98 Volunteer Corpse Brigade
(November1941)
#99 The Crime Laboratory (December 1941)
#100 Death and The Spider (January 1942)
#101 Murder's Legionaires (February 1942)
#102 The
Gentleman from Hell (March 1942)
#103 Slaves of
the Ring (April 1942)
#104 The Spider and the Death
Piper (May 1942)
#105 Revolt of the Underworld (June 1942)
#106 Return of the Racket Kings (July 1942)
#107 Fangs of the Dragon (August 1942)
#108 Hell Rolls on the Highways (September 1942)
#109 Army of the Damned (October 1942)
#110 Zara, Master of Murder (November 1942)
#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
and Hell's Factory (October1943)
#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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THE GREEN HORNET: REIGN OF THE DEMON - Coming December 7!
This December, “Mystery Men” scribe David Liss and “Army of Darkness:
Furious Road” artist Kewber Baal will join forces for “The Green Hornet: Reign
of the Demon,” a four-issue miniseries.
View alternate covers and preview the art at Comic Book Resources or Bleeding Cool.
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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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Hard Case Crime
FOREVER AND A DEATH
An unused plot
for Pierce Brosnan’s 007 has resurfaced - as a novel!
Coming in June 2017!
Back in the 1990s, Eon Productions worked with a number of writers
to develop the story for the follow-up to Goldeneye. One of those writers
was Donald Westlake, legendary author of over 100 crime novels, the perhaps
most famous of which were the Parker books (under his pseudonym of Richard
Stark).
In 1995, before Goldeneye was even released, Westlake turned into Eon two
treatments for “Bond 18.” Both his treatments apparently used as their backdrop
Hong Kong’s transfer of sovereignty to China. In one of the treatments, Westlake
had 007 facing off against Gideon Goodbread, an American businessman who planned
to level Hong Kong after robbing its banks – a revenge scheme for the death
of his missionary parents at the hands of the Red Chinese. Westlake described
his Bond villain as “John Goodman with a Southern accent”, and likened him
to the lead character in Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me. Goodbread commanded
an army of Amerasian orphans he called “the Children.”
Westlake floated the following titles for his Bond adventure: Dragonsteeth;
Nobody Dies; Forever And A Death; Never Look Back; On Borrowed Time. That
last title was prophetic; the time-sensitive nature of the Hong Kong chanegover
backdrop was deemed unsuitable, we got Tomorrow Never Dies instead, and Westlake's
script was shelved.
Now Hard Case Crime has resurrected this lost story, which at some point
Westlake rewrote as a novel - Forever And A Death.
It’s no longer a James Bond story and the details described above may not
be included, but the vestigial elements of the story seem to be in place.
As a bonus, the novel will contain an afterword by one of the Bond producers,
describing the history of the project.
The cover is by artist Paul Mann.
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
BLOOD ON THE SUN
A FICTION HOUSE PRESS FIRST EDITION RELEASE
The Ancient Brain-Destroyers prepare to use the bodies of mankind
for their own sinister purposes and few are aware of the threatening menace!
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 198 pages
$12.95
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THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY
GOD: A TRUE STORY - Coming January 3!
by Douglas Preston (Author)
Douglas Preston takes readers on an adventure deep into the Honduran
jungle in this riveting, danger-filled true story about the discovery of an
ancient lost civilization.
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
List Price: $28.00
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
Free streaming video from the MMid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention
- New!
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
GET THEIR AUTOGRAPH! HAVE
YOUR 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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Moonstone Books: GUNS OF THE BLACK BAT #2 - Arriving in comic shops September 7!
Writer: Ron Fortier
Art: Silvestre Szilagyi
Cover: Michael Stribling
Someone has poisoned Manhattan’s water supply and is turning both humans
and animals in to de-evolved monsters and beasts. Only the Black Bat and his
assembled team, Phantom Detective, Domino Lady, I.V. Frost and Nighthawk,
can hope to stem the nightmare tide and save their city before it is too late.
32 pages, grayscale, $3.50
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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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Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"The Devil's Dagger" by Farnham Bishop & Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
from ADVENTURE, 1st September, 1918.
A Medieval Scotland mystery adventure. How was a dagger thrown into the
chest of the king's representative when no one was near him. And who did it?
"Don't Wake the Corpse" by Dale Cochrane from
TEN DETECTIVE ACES, October, 1942
Detective Stew Jessup was no postman but he undertook to deliver a most
expensive parcel - a beautiful, two-legged item marked "Special Handling."
But a ruthless pair of crooks who used bullets for stamps rerouted both Jessup
and his charge - and designated them for "Special Delivery to the Morgue."
"Undercover Angel" by Leslie Gordon Barnard from
SECRET AGENT "X", June 1938
Inspector Gregory knew that he was one fly that had to outsmart two spiders
in their own web.
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Pulp Adventurecon
November 5, 2016!
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Pulp Crazy - Now online!
PulpFest
2016 – Guest of Honor, Ted White
PulpFest
2016 – FarmerCon XI Author Readings
Pulp Crazy’s
PulpFest 2016 Convention Report
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Pulp Den - Now online!
Hiatus - New!
Golden Hell
The Black Shadow
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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
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!
The Shadow In Review - New!
The Baroness #1
Small But Deadly Wars
Collector's Guide To Trading Cards
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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Crooked politicians, corrupt businessmen, gangland racketeers --
they're all fair game for the masked man with the gas gun! Join Britt Reid,
daring young publisher, and his faithful valet Kato as they crusade against
crime in twenty thrilling episodes of The Green Hornet!
They can always count on secretary Lenore Case and ex-cop turned reporter
Michael Axford, who've got their ears to the ground and their eyes open. When
powerful people prey on the vulnerable, Britt uses the press (and a little
pressure) to balance the scales of justice!
Includes many rare episodes, and a Program Guide by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr.
Episodes Include: Death Comes to Dinner 01-05-47; The Woman and Oliver
Perry 01-12-47; The Rodin Statue 01-19-47; A Shot in the Arm 02-09-47; The
State's Witness 02-16-47; The Findley Case 03-02-47; The Big Deal 03-11-47;
Chickens Come Home to Roost 03-18-47; Rent in Advance 03-25-47; Political
Strings 04-01-47; Stolen Identity 04-08-47; The Last of the Top Hat Gang
04-15-47; Cut Rate Crime 05-06-47; Camera Obscure 05-13-47; Merger Not Preferred
05-20-47; Cornered Steel 06-03-47; Fodder for Headlines 06-10-47; The Big
Mouthpiece 06-17-47; Of Thee I Sing 06-24-47; Almost Used Cars 07-08-47
Category: Adventure
Duration: 10 hours
Media: (10) CDs
Was: $39.98 Now: $31.98
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Robert E. Howard Foundation
Join the Robert E. Howard Foundation
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THE SHADOW: THE DEATH OF MARGO LANE #4 (of 5) - Arriving in comic shops September 7!
Cover A: Matt Wagner
Writer: Matt Wagner
Art: Matt Wagner, Brennan Wagner (Colorist)
Frustrated by his loss and his inability to bring down the Red Empress,
The Shadow fears he might be losing control of himself. He seeks out
the advice of a friend, lest he slip further and become an agent of vengeance,
not justice. Finally, The Master of Darkness finds his enemy’s palatial
lair. Will The Shadow be able to infiltrate the sanctum of the Red Empress?
And what dark secrets await him there?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!
The Python -
New!
The Radium Murders - New!
The Murdering Ghost
The Banshee Murders
Alibi Trail
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Subterranean Press
EARLY DAYS: MORE
TALES FROM THE PULP ERA
By Robert Silverberg
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
To be sold out on pubication!
Production status: Due to be published imminently.
The book has sold well enough that it will be declared out of print when
all the large account orders are filled, so this may be your best time to
pick up a copy!
In 2006, Robert Silverberg published
In the Beginning, a generous selection of stories from the early, developmental
stages of his distinguished sixty-year career. Fast-paced, energetic, and
unabashedly pulp-like in their origins and ambitions, those stories proved
to be an unexpected gift to Silverberg’s many readers. That gift continues
with Early Days, a second volume of apprentice fiction as wide-ranging and
enjoyable as the first.
Early Days collects seventeen impossible to find stories from the years
1956 to 1958, supplemented by a fascinating introduction and extensive notes
on the creation and publication history of each story. Together, these non-fiction
pieces constitute both an episodic memoir and an affectionate history of an
era when pulp magazines still dominated the SF marketplace.
Without exception, each of the stories in Early Days offers honest, unpretentious
entertainment. The astonishingly prolific Silverberg may have had a bit to
learn back then, but he had an innate understanding of narrative that shines
through every one of these tales. The stories range in tone from the grimly
dystopian future of “The Inquisitor” to the playful “Space Is the Place,”
in which a maintenance technician from Crawford IX experiences comic culture
shock during a mandatory vacation on Earth. “Rescue Mission” revolves around
the telepathic connection between two interplanetary intelligence agents.
“Housemaid No. 103” provides a humorous glimpse into the romantic difficulties
of a far future matinee idol. “Harwood’s Vortex” combines a mad scientist,
alien invaders, and the possible end of life as we know it into a single colorful
narrative.
Silverberg, of course, would evolve into one of the genuine masters of
the genre, and this retrospective collection of early work offers invaluable
insights into his development. Silverberg himself calls Early Days “an affectionate
tribute to my hardworking self of more than half a century ago.” It is all
of that and more. Anyone with an interest in Silverberg’s career, or in the
history and evolution of modern science fiction, needs to read this book.
They may not write ‘em like this anymore, but once upon a time they did. And
looking back has never been so much fun.
340+ pages of his apprentice efforts, as well as copious personal notes
about the stories.
Limited: 1000 signed numbered hardcover copies: $40
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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.
More on Boris Dolgoff . . . But Only a Little - New!
Boris Dolgov (?-?) - New!
More Utopia, More Dystopia - New!
Harry Ferman (1906-1973)
Henry del Campo (1899-?)
A Note from PulpFest
Rodney M. Ruth (1912-1987)
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