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Adventure House
Coming soon!
G-8 and His
Battle Aces #56 - May 1938
The Flames of Hell by Robert J. Hogan
In one brain, and in one mad will to destroy, lies the menace that
would take thief of G-8, the Master Spy—and grind to powdered dust his countrymen!
Who is this Master of Destruction—and what is the torch that has lighted
the Flames of Hell?
Code of the Air by Greaseball Joe
Cover Artist: Fredrick Blakeslee
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Adventure House
Coming soon!
Planet Stories – Fall 1954
The Time-Techs of Kra by Max Sheridan
The vast technical knowledge of eons, past and future, was help captive
by the genius Kralons—giant insects that were
seining the stream of Time for the truth that would make them unrivaled
masters of the system.
The Geisha Memory by Winston Marks
Jupiter’s Joke by A.L. Haley
Down Went McGinty by Fox B. Holden
“Phone Me In Central Park” by James McConnell
Hex On Has by Robert Sheckley
The Violators by Eando Binder
The Pluto Lamp by Charles A. Stearns
Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
7x10, 96 pages, $12.95
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Airship 27 Productions
COMPANY OF
SHADOWS
By Wayne Carey
Now available!
Frustrated with his job as a high school science teacher, Frank Blaine
enjoyed his rare weekends participating in Civil War battle re-enactments.
It is passion he shares with his young son, Steve, and several neighbor pals.
This particular year they near Ramsey, Virginia the site of the Pine Creek
Battlefield where back in 1864 the Union Army fought fiercely to thwart a
Confederate excursion northward.
All is going as planned when, in the middle of one exercise, Frank encounters
other soldiers not part of his company. Soldiers who suddenly materialize
and then vanish in the blink of an eye…as if they weren’t really there. Without
any clear rationalization for these encounters, Frank begins to suspect the
impossible. He’s being confront by ghosts from the actual battle. And if
so, why?
Author Wayne Carey spins a suspenseful story about a hundred year old secret
that can no longer remain hidden…even if the dead must at long last tell
the tale. Artist Ed Catto provides nine wonderful interior illustrations
and Laura Given offers up her haunting cover. All assembled by Airship 27
Art Director, Rob Davis.
Available
from Amazon in paperback and soon on Kindle.
Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Airship 27 Productions
CODENAME –
INTREPID
By Robert J. Mendenhall
Now available!
In 1933, the Assistant Secretary of War, Henry Hines Woodring, under
the orders of the President, created a top secret department known as the
Office of Special Actions. Its purpose; to investigate incidents and situations
which threaten the security of the United States that are outside the realm
of normal occurrence. A skilled team is assembled from all the U.S. services
and designated Codename – Intrepid.
Lt. Colonel Rick Justice, United States Army Air Corps leads the unit. Joining
him are Lt. Commander Roger “Sky Hawk” Winchester of the Navy, U.S. Marine
Gunnery Sgt. Dexter “Guns” Preston, Master Sgt. Michael “Hammer” Downe U.S.
Army. The final member of the team, Rita Marshall, daughter of Admiral James
Marshall, Commander of the Atlantic Fleet. A beautiful, college educated
spitfire, Rita is more than capable of holding her own with the rest of the
team. Together these five take on the most dangerous threats facing America
including insidious agents from the rising German Third Reich.
In this volume, writer Robert J. Mendenhall offers up the squad’s first
five thrilling adventures reminiscent of such classic pulps as The Secret
Six and Ace G-Man. Here are full throttle pulp action tales as only Airship
27 can deliver.
Artist James Lyle provides the interior illustrations with Canadian Ted
Hammond the beautiful cover. The entire package wonderfully assembled by
Art Director Rob Davis.
Available
from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle.
Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Airship 27 Podcast #47
First release of 2019!
Now online!
Captain Ron Fortier and Chief
Engineer Rob Davis bring you aboard the Airship 27 for another exciting adventure
into the world of New Pulp!
Discussed this episode:
Ron & Rob look back on the year that was.
Airship 27 Podcast
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Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!
More Pulp Releases: The Spider #4 and Dusty Ayres #11… At
a Discount - New!
More Pulp Releases: The Spider #3 and Operator 5 #2
The Altus Press 30% Off Cyber Monday Sale: Race Williams,
Talbot Mundy, The Domino Lay, and 20 Ebooks
The Altus Press 30% Off Weekend Sale Continues With The
Spider, Operator 5, G-8, and Dusty Ayres
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Altus Press
Now
available!
We’re releasing two Popular Publications Hero Pulp titles every other week,
and that’s on top of our other forthcoming pulp titles!
Yes, we’ve been busy preparing a few million words of pulp prose for release,
and it continues with these new releases.
Domestic orders of $35 of softcovers gives you free shipping. So what's
the hold-up? Order now from altuspress.com.
The Spider #4: City of Flaming Shadows
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge
The Flaming Shadows fell upon the city, shrouding whole neighborhoods in
a fiery gloom—wherein walked screaming death and merciless destruction… Go
with the Spider as he battles, single-handedly, the Flaming Shadows—to save
the very people who pray for his destruction!
$13.95 softcover
On sale for one week only: $12.95
Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #11: The Blue Cyclone
by Robert Sidney Bowen
Black Invaders establish secret base in the Rocky Mountains!… American H.Q.
heard this news in surprise—and dread. Despite our vigilance, the enemy had
penetrated our Border, were hidden in our very midst. What was their plan?
How would they strike? The nation’s safety depended on learning these answers
in time—and Dusty Ayres and his buddies took the job, pitting their wings
against the war’s newest death weapon—the Blue Cyclone!
$13.95 softcover
On sale for one week only: $12.95
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American Mythology
Productions
ZORRO LEGENDARY ADVENTURES #2
(Writer) Jean-Marie Nadaud (Art) Robert Rigot (Cover) Francisco Cueto
Zorro was the original swashbuckling hero and is one of the most
recognizable comic book characters in the entire world! His fans are legion
and come from every corner of the globe. These are action adventure stories
that defined generations of fans for 99 years and American Mythology is proud
to deliver stories that have never been seen in English and express the passion
of Zorro in beautiful illustration.
Zorro Legendary Adventures #2 comes with two covers - Main and Limited-Edition
Blazing Blades of Zorro by Francisco Cueto.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale September 26.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale September 26
(Limited edition & Sketch covers).
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in April!
MOON MAID: CATACOMBS OF THE MOON #1
(Writer) Christopher Mills (Art) Gabriel Rearte (Cover) Mark Sparacio
The first full series of THE MOON MAID is here at last!
Picking up after the end of the "Fear on Four Worlds" introduction issue,
we return to the ancient subterranean world on the Moon where primal savagery
rules and only the strong survie. Nah-ee-lah must find her way home, but
to do so she must survive a vile catacomn of horrors filled with monsters
and peril. This is Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventure at its finest!
THE MOON MAID: CATACOMBS OF THE MOON comes with three covers: Main by painter
Mark Sparacio (Chelsea Dagger), "Fury of the Moon Maid" by Puis Calzada (Hatchet),
and a 350-copy limited edition Virgin Art cover also by Sparacio.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 24.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale April 24
(B&W Limited edition).
MOOD MAID: CATACOMBS OF THE MOON
#1 is solicited in the
February PREVIEWS (Now available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191369 (Sparacio
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191370 (Calzada
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191369 (Limited Edition cover).
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in April!
ZORRO LEGENDARY ADVENTURES BOOK 2 #3
(Writer) Jean-Marie Nadaud (Art) Robert
Rigot
(Cover) Francisco Cueto
Join Zorro's 100th anniversary celebration with another exciting
chapter of classic swashbuckling adventure never before seen in English!
These are classic adventures of the original masked man all beautifully
illustrated by Europe's most talented artists.
Zorro Legendary Adventures #3 Book II comes with two covers — Main and Limited-Edition
Blazing Blades of Zorro by ***.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 3.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale April 3
(Limited).
ZORRO LEGENDARY ADVENTURES BOOK
2 #3 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191376
(Main cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191377
(Limited Edition cover).
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in May!
ZORRO SACRILEGE #4
(Writer) Mike Wolfer (Art) Mauricio
Melo
(Covers) Roy Allen Martinez & Clint
Hilinski
The explosive conclusion to ZORRO: SACRILEGE is here! Faced with
the prospect of either exorcising the possessed inhabitants of the town or
killing them all to free their souls, Zorro must sacrifice everything to
destroy the evil once and for all! This is blazing supernatural action like
you have never seen before as a legendary hero must face the very legions
of Hell! ZORRO: SACRILEGE #4 comes with three covers: Main and Variant by
Mike Wolfer, and a 350-copy Limited Edition B&W "Visions of Zorro" cover,
also by Wolfer.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale May 29.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale May 29
(Limited).
ZORRO SACRILIGE #4 is
solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191373 (Martinez
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191374 (Hilinski
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191375 (B&W
Limited Edition cover).
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW
#138: “Murder Mansion” and “Young Men of Death”
The Knight of Darkness journeys from Connecticut to Chicago’s slums
and the Alabama bayous in never-reprinted pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson
and Theodore Tinsley writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, an innocent man is
accused of serial slayings perpetrated in an old colonial “Murder Mansion,”
and only The Shadow can unmask the real murderer—but which Shadow? Then,
the Dark Avenger braves a series of bizarre deathtraps as he investigates
the strange disappearances of “Young Men of Death." BONUS: Carrie Cashin
confronts ancient Egyptian magic in "Black Queen." This collector’s special
showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein
plus the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical commentary
by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-256-8 Softcover,
7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in April!
Coming to comic shops April 24!
THE
SHADOW Volume 141: “Double Z,” “Death on
Ice” & “Death Paints a Picture”
The Dark Avenger crushes
crime in two pulp thrillers by “Maxwell Grant” and a lost Shadow radio adventure
by Walter B. Gibson—with a Postscript by legendary artist JIM STERANKO! First,
a master crook known only as “Double Z” terrorizes New York with serial slayings
that are publicized in advance! Then, The Shadow investigates violent “Death
on Ice" at a mountain resort, as the Fool Killer stalks helpless victims!
BONUS: “Death Paints a Picture” in a long-lost Shadow radio script. This
instant collector’s item leads off with a striking color pulp cover by George
Rozen and showcases all the original interior pulp illustrations, with supporting
commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-259-9
Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SHADOW #141 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191942.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in May!
Coming to comic shops May 29!
THE
SHADOW Volume 142: “Five Ivory Boxes,” “A Quarter of Eight” and “Ten Glass
Eyes"
The Knight of Darkness proves that crime does not pay in three classic
pulp thrillers by Maxwell Grant. First, The Shadow investigates the mystery
of “Five Ivory Boxes” as a murderer returns to exact vengeance on a man already
dead! Then, four pieces of an ancient pirate coin lead to incredible riches—and
deadly danger! Finally, Lamont Cranston seeks the solution to a seemingly
perfect murder in “Ten Glass Eyes.” This instant collector’s item showcases
the original color covers by George Rozen, Modest Stein and Walter Swenson
and the interior pulp illustrations by Paul Orban and Edd Cartier, with historical
commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-260-5 Softcover,
7x10, 144 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Art's Reviews Podcasts!
- Now online!
Nothing new this week.
Past
episodes:
Interview with Legendary Comic artist Robert Fujitani
The Avenger Double Feature by Bobby Nash and
Chuck Miller
"The House of Souls": The Steel Ring Vol. 3 by R. A. Jones
"Murder Gets Even" by John Molino
Tommy Hancock's "Pulp Domain " Project
PulpFest - Christopher Paul Carey reads from
"Swords Against the Moon Men "
The Doom Legion by Will
Murray
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Black Coat Press
New titles now available!
This two-volume collection assembles all the known tales of the fays
published by Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d’Aulnoy (1651-1705).
From the early 1690s onwards, Madame d’Aulnoy was an active member of a
literary salon where she and the Comtesse de Murat became the most prolific
contributors to the new genre of the contes de fees, which they helped invent,
shape and develop. Like almost all of the other members of her coterie, she
became a renegade female aristocrat writing tales for the select consumption
of other renegade female aristocrats about a world the corrupt glamour of
which they understood only too well, with a depth of sarcasm that the innocent
could not be expected to comprehend.
One should regard Madame d’Aulnoy and the Comtesse de Murat as significant
writers of Decadent fantasy, and one wonders what they might have done had
they been allowed to continue with their work. Given that both had extraordinary
imaginative range, it is hard to imagine that they would have run out of
inspiration, had they not been violently stopped in their tracks. We have
to be grateful that they contrived to publish as much as they did during
their brief window of opportunity, leaving behind fugitive material that
could be recovered once the worst of the repression had blown over.
Considered separately Madame d’Aulnoy and the Comtesse de Murat were great
writers of imaginative fiction, but as a competitive collective, they are
unique in literary history, and it is as part of that collective endeavor
that Madame d’Aulnoy is fully entitled to her classic status today.
US $39.95 /
GBP £29.99
5x8 trade paperback, 516
pages
This two-volume collection assembles all the known tales of the fays
published by Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d’Aulnoy (1651-1705).
From the early 1690s onwards, Madame d’Aulnoy was an active member of a
literary salon where she and the Comtesse de Murat became the most prolific
contributors to the new genre of the contes de fees, which they helped invent,
shape and develop. Like almost all of the other members of her coterie, she
became a renegade female aristocrat writing tales for the select consumption
of other renegade female aristocrats about a world the corrupt glamour of
which they understood only too well, with a depth of sarcasm that the innocent
could not be expected to comprehend.
One should regard Madame d’Aulnoy and the Comtesse de Murat as significant
writers of Decadent fantasy, and one wonders what they might have done had
they been allowed to continue with their work. Given that both had extraordinary
imaginative range, it is hard to imagine that they would have run out of
inspiration, had they not been violently stopped in their tracks. We have
to be grateful that they contrived to publish as much as they did during
their brief window of opportunity, leaving behind fugitive material that
could be recovered once the worst of the repression had blown over.
Considered separately Madame d’Aulnoy and the Comtesse de Murat were great
writers of imaginative fiction, but as a competitive collective, they are
unique in literary history, and it is as part of that collective endeavor
that Madame d’Aulnoy is fully entitled to her classic status today.
US $39.95 /
GBP £29.99
5x8 trade paperback, 508
pages
1914: Hurtling to Earth like a meteor comes the Great Brain, a vampiric
monster frantically determined to survive the end of his reign on Mars. Seizing
the mind of a human, he inadvertently prevents a catastrophic World War,
but transforms Earth into a dark, horror-filled planet with massive
techno-cities and nightmarish technology.
1920: Irma Vep, the legendary cat-burglar of the Vampires, and her lover/partner,
the fearsome being only known as the Eidolon, investigate a series of terrible
murders that has shaken the city of Marseilles. Together, they face not only
the powerful criminal empire of the Red Hand, but also demonic forces stirred
by the Great Brain. The fate of the world, not to mention a little profit,
lies in the balance!
Irma Vep, played by the lovely Musidora, was the star of Louis Feuillade’s
1915 silent serial, Les Vampires. Frank Schildiner is the author of the Frankenstein
and the Napoleon’s Vampire Hunters series for Black Coat Press. This novel,
the first in a new series, blends dystopic science fiction elements with
characters created by legendary French author Gustave Le Rouge.
US $22.95 /
GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 284
pages
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Now shipping!
From the dawn of the sound era through the mid-1950s, action-loving
moviegoers patronized their local picture palaces every week to see the latest
thrill-packed episodes of their favorite chapter plays. And while they were
primarily drawn to the intrepid heroes who battled dastardly villains in
pursuit of lost treasures or secret formulas, they also paid close attention
to the distressed damsels in constant need of rescue. Of course, not every
woman in serials required saving; a few were pro-active partners in peril,
willing and eager to mix it up with brutish heavies whenever the occasion
demanded. But all of them were sweetly sexy, even if they rarely got the
chance to show off their charms.
In this book serial historian Ed Hulse has gathered more than a hundred
rare photos showing the serial queens at their sexiest and most provocative.
Some are clad in swimsuits, others in negligées, still others in their
skivvies. You’ll see the most familiar—Kay Aldridge, Frances Gifford, Noel
Neill, Jean Rogers, Linda Stirling—as well as the obscure actresses who appeared
in only a single chapter play. Hulse provides informative captions summarizing
the careers of these cliffhanging cuties of yesteryear.
PURCHASE
PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Before launching what would eventually become the Marvel Comics empire,
Martin Goodman published low-rent pulp magazines issued by a dizzying array
of shell companies designed to insulate him from irate creditors. In order
to compete in an already-crowded marketplace, he allowed editor-in-chief
Robert O. Erisman to distinguish their periodicals with lurid covers and
frankly sensational fiction. Bearing Goodman's "Red Circle" trademark, the
short-lived horror pulps Mystery Tales, Uncanny Tales, Marvel Tales, and
Real Mystery were transgressive in the extreme, shattering the boundaries
of good taste and igniting a firestorm of outrage that eventually drove all
horror pulps off the newsstands.
This book collects ten of the most shocking, sadistic, and salacious yarns
ever to appear in Red Circle's shudder pulps — more than 100,000 words of
mesmerizingly appalling fiction — tied together with a 4200-word essay that
puts them in their proper cultural-historical perspective. We guarantee you'll
never read another pulp anthology quite like it!
Cover Art by J. W. Scott
Introduction by Ed Hulse
306 pages, trade paperback, 6x9 inches
Price: $25.00
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
JOHNSTON
McCULLEY OMNIBUS
Coming next week!
Some of you will recall
that upon publishing The Return of Black Star, a novel cobbled together from
early yarns written by Zorro creator Johnston McCulley for Street & Smith’s
Detective Story Magazine, we announced it would be followed by two similar
collections by that author. Titled The Thunderbolt Strikes and The Spider
Spins His Web, these book-length compilations gathered together the first
three novelettes in each of those McCulley series, also published sequentially
in Detective Story.
Priced at $19.95, like the other pulp reprints in our line, Return of Black
Star didn’t exactly catch fire, sales-wise, and we indefinitely postponed
the releases of Spider and Thunderbolt. Having done the time-consuming work
of scanning and editing these stories, we’ve decided to publish the material
in a different format that originally envisioned, rather than see them languish
on the shelf, so to speak.
Therefore, rather than make the trilogy available as three twenty-dollar
books, we’re bundling them together between two covers and pricing the jumbo-sized
volume at $35—which works out to less than $12 per novel. We realize this
will inconvenience those of you who did pay $19.95 for Black Star, but look
at it this way: Buying the Omnibus for $35 will still be cheaper then buying
Spider and Thunderbolt separately at $19.95 each.
You’ll notice the Omnibus uses the same John A. Coughlin Detective Story
painting we put on Black Star‘s cover. Candidly, we feel this piece of artwork
is more attractive than those DSM covers heralding publication of the initial
Spider and Thunderbolt stories; hence, we’re giving it a second revival.
Additionally, the Omnibus will feature an expanded version of the introductory
essay we wrote for Return of Black Star.
We’ve completed layout and will be doing a few last-minute tweaks this weekend
before registering the title and submitting the corrected digital files to
our printer.
We expect to get approval and begin soliciting orders by next Friday.
Blood 'N'
Thunder / Murania Press
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
2019 Windy City con’s Film Program: Saturday schedule
- New!
Coming Next Week: THE JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS - New!
2/1/19: Customer Service Update - New!
ART OF THE PULPS on sale!
Coming Soon: SATAN LIVES FOR MY LOVE!
Holiday-Season Sale Begins Today!
An Important Announcement for Murania Press Customers
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Bold Venture Press
Frank Coffman has compiled a substantial collection of 266 poems,
herein. The verses cover the gamut of the genres of speculative poetry of
the high imagination: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, and even
Detection. The early sections of this tome explore the range of subjects
in the Weird, Horrific, and Supernatural; later sections are excursions into
the other speculative modes and subgenres. The final part of the book contains
a section of ekphrastic poems — tributes to works in other art forms; a group
of homages to admired fellow poets; and a section of "metapoetry" with poems
on the subject of poetry itself and some thoughts on the writing of verse
and the practice of poetic composition. The final grouping of poems are of
a more "traditional" nature, including some examples of poetry written over
a span of the past half century or more.
The reader will immediately note that Coffman is a traditional, formalist
poet writing almost exclusively metered and rhymed verse. With the resurgence
of both speculative and narrative poetry, this is not as unusual as some
may think. The pendulum swing back to more formal poetry and away from the
dominance of vers libre has been under way for some time. In fact, the poetics
of tradition were never pushed completely aside with the advent of free verse.
Also, the early poets of the speculative in the pulps were primarily traditional
versifiers, and those inspirations have influenced many moderns.
He is, as he says, "primarily a sonneteer," being a great exponent of that
most ubiquitous form of poetry in the Western world, the "little square of
ink upon the page," the "perfect poetic paragraph." But the poems in this
volume range far beyond the sonnet—although there are many sonnets contained
herein, some in surprising "hybrid" forms and experimental modes. Ballads
and other longer narratives are mixed in.
Coffman's other poetic love, beyond the charms of the "fourteener," is to
revive and experiment with Medieval, Renaissance, and cross-cultural modes
of verse. There are forms here from Welsh, Irish, French, Italian, Spanish,
Catalan, Romanian, Greek, Russian, Persian, Old Norse, Anglo-Saxon, Japanese,
Korean, Malaysian, and Vietnamese cultures.
In fact, so much "hybridization" and experimentation with form has been
done, that the poet provides a "Glossary"after the poems to help clarify
the many poetic types used. An index of poems by title and page number has
also been included for easy reference. The tome offers a cornucopia of both
speculative and traditional verse.
Trade paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 278 pages, $14.95
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Bold Venture Press
The Saga of "Kiamichi Bill" Burns and his rise from hobo to train
conductor — with a little guidance from King Lawson, superintendent of the
S. & S. line. Also ... "When the Devil Calls," a tale of the hills, and
"Vengeance," exploring the past of engineer Rud Randall!
• The Saga of "Kiamichi Bill" Burns in three
stories — Lula Ross was immediately smitten with the handsome hobo, and the
feeling was mutual. Before long, "Kiamichi Bill" is setting down roots in
"The Hobo's Secret," but animosity exists between his mentor Pat "Blackie"
Burns and conductor Charlie Ross. Soon, the long-standing feud threatens
to come between Bill and Lula; The "Rawhider" is a young whippersnapper,
promoted by a Brass Hat, determined to break the experienced rail workers
who won't cowtow; Finally reaching a position of authority, "Kiamichi Bill"
begins a campaign to outlaw and redesign the sidecar doors, referred to as
"Death Traps" ... by the survivors.
• "When the Devil Calls" — An engineer flees
Ireland, reasoning the Devil can't cross the ocean, after a long-standing
curse claims his ancestors one by one. Working the rails of the S. &
S., he hears the melancholy tune that foretells of doom! Now he's in a race
against time and the Devil's timetable!
• "Vengeance" — Rud Randall developed a love
of the railway, and wanted to join its ranks ... His brother chose a different
path, the wishes of his family who hated the railways for commandeering their
land. Then, one day, Rud's brother appears as a trusted rail employee! Has
Gyp had a change of hear, or is he plotting a sinister revenge that could
spell disaster for everyone?
Cover by Emmett Watson, Illustrations by John R. Neill and Douglas Hilliker
Trade paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 234 pages, $14.95
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Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (2017) - New!
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (1999) - New!
Issue 8 Out Today!
Pulp Consumption: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Pulp Appeal: Worms of the Earth (Guest Post by Matt Spencer)
Pulp Appeal: Highlander (the tv series)
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum
Pulp Consumption: The Shadow of the Torturer
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THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #82 is now available and recommended!
Front Cover: Joe DeVito
"Bronze in Amber" by Chuck Welch
"A Heart-Warming Savage Tale" by Duane Spurlock
"The Strange Case of the SS Domino"
by Julián Paga
"Savage Sketchbook" by Ron Hill
"Through the Seventh Gate" by Christopher Paul Carey
"Selling the Sizzle: Remembering Ron Wilber" by Howard Wright
"Escape From Loki Revisited" by Will Murray
"Doc Calls an Audible" by Terry Allen
"Calamity Averted" by Will Murray
Back Cover: Tim Faurote imagines Doc and the Fatal Five in the style of
James Bama
Everything, new and old, is beautifully designed by Kez Wilson.
You can order available single issues at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/back-issues/
Subscribe for 2018 (Issues 81, 82, and 83) at:
http://www.bronzegazette.com/subscribe/
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(Prices Include Postage)
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The Bronze
Gazette
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Castalia House Blog - Now online!
Sensor Sweep: Merritt, Howard, Merle Constiner, D&D,
Warhammer - New!
Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography - New!
Sensor Sweep: Occultism, Jack London, The Moon of Skulls
Sensor Sweep: Horrors of the Hyborian Age, Tarzan, Keith
Taylor, Atomic Tunnels!
Forgotten Sword and Sorcery Artists: Ezra Tucker
Sensor Sweep: PulpRev, Solomon Kane, Crypts, Fritz Leiber
Short Reviews – Slaves of the Crystal Brain, by Rog Phillips
(as William Carter Sawtelle)
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Cirsova Volume 2 Number
1 - Spring 2019
Featuring a Tarzan short story by ERB
and Michael Tierney!
Coming
in March!
According to Michael Tierney:
The Tarzan tale is a short story that is approximately 3500 words. ERB wrote
1100 of them in 1930.
It's definitely set in the Jungle Tales time period and it is solidly in
canon.
Contents
Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She, by Edgar Rice Burroughs and
Michael Tierney
Atop the Cleft of Ral-Gri, by Jeff Stoner
The Idol in the Sewers, by Kenneth R. Gower
Born to Storm the Citadel of Mettathok, by D.M. Ritzlin
The Book Hunter’s Apprentice, by Barbara Doran
How Thaddeus Quimby the Third and I Almost Took Over the World, by Gary
K. Shepherd
Deemed Unsuitable, by W.L. Emery
Warrior Soul, by J. Manfred Weichsel
Seeds of the Dreaming Tree, by Harold R. Thompson
The Valley of Terzol, by Jim Breyfogle
The Elephant Idol, by Xavier Lastra
Moonshot, by Michael Wiesenberg
Kindle: $2.99
Print edition details and link to follow when available.
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The Complete Adventures
of Jimmie Dale: Volume One
An Annotated Compilation of all five novels of the Gray Seal and
the Tocsin (Volume 1)
By Frank L. Packard (Author), Michael Howard (Editor)
Now
available!
In 1914 a character appeared who would permanently transform popular fiction.
Frank Packard's Gray Seal melded elements from A. J. Raffles, Jimmy Valentine,
the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Arsène Lupin, but those traits were combined
with an entirely new concept: the gifted young man who conceals his identity
behind a mask to fight crime in the big city.
It had never been done before and it's never stopped being done since. Jimmie
Dale, the high society millionaire behind the Gray Seal persona, helped to
launch the hero pulp boom of the 1930s and was a direct influence on the
Green Hornet, the Spider, the Phantom, and especially The Shadow. The Gray
Seal template was adopted by the comic book industry as well, and well into
the Twenty-first Century continues to appear there, on television, and in
the movies.
And now, for the first time ever the complete Jimmie Dale saga is being
reprinted in a set of authoritative editions.
The personal papers of Gray Seal creator Frank Packard have been consulted
for this project, along with various unpublished works of fiction by him
that add further insight to the series.
Also, a detailed chronology has been established for the novels so they
can be considered in their proper historical setting.
The definitive Gray Seal collection is finally here, beginning with the
novel that forever changed adventure fiction - and the larger world of popular
entertainment.
Paperback: 381 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$17.99
This
is the first of three volumes.
Volume 2 is anticipated in late 2019.
There is no eBook edition at this time.
The plan is to wait until all three volumes in the reprint series are completed
in trade paperback editions, then combine them into a single eBook edition.
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Color Out of Space - New feature film in the works!
Nicolas Cage Nabs Lead in Sci-Fi Thriller
'Color Out of Space'
Joely Richardson and Tommy Chong also star.
Nicolas Cage has grabbed the lead in Color Out of Space, a sci-fi
thriller from director Richard Stanley and co-producers SpectreVision and
ACE Pictures.
Based on a novella by H.P. Lovecraft, the indie project reunites Cage with
SpectreVision, the genre division of Company X, which produced the 2018 psychedelic
revenge drama Mandy. Color Out of Space also stars Joely Richardson, Tommy
Chong, Julian Hilliard and Q’Orianka Kilcher.
The film, which starts production next month, portrays the Gardners, a family
who move to rural New England for country peace, only to face a meteorite
crashing into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite infects the land
with a strange, otherworldly color, leaving the Gardner family to face an
alien force gradually mutating every life form it touches.
Stanley is directing his first feature in over 20 years, after earlier cult
classics like Hardware, Dust Devil and the 1996 flick The Island of Dr. Moreau,
with Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer,
Color Out of Space is produced by Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, Lisa Whalen
and Elijah Wood. Timur Bekbosunov, Johnny Chang, Emma Lee, Peter Wong and
Stacy Jorgensen will share the executive producer credits.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #3 -
Arriving in comic shops February 6!
Jason Aaron (Writer)
Mahmud Asrar (Art)
Cover by Esad Ribic
Variant Cover by Greg Land
Variant Cover by Whilce Portacio
Action Figure Variant Cover by John Tyler Christopher
THE CRIMSON WITCH GETS CLOSER TO HER GOAL AS "THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF CONAN" CONTINUES!
Hungry and desperate, CONAN's experience in "civilization" takes a dark
turn...
When Conan is caught thieving, he'll discover the penalty is DEATH!
But how does this figure in to the CRIMSON WITCH's plan?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARKSOME
HILLS - Arriving in comic shops February 6!
by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates, Greg Ruth,
Tom Mandrake
The legend returns! Conan the Barbarian stars in epic tales by comic
book veteran Kurt Busiek - including classics adapted from the works of original
author Robert E. Howard! Whether he's warring with the violent Vanir or meeting
a Frost Giant's daughter, Conan's savage sword is always close at hand and
ready for battle! The story of "The God in the Bowl" is presented in all
its terrifying detail - introducing Conan's notorious adversary, Thoth-Amon!
But who is Janissa the Widowmaker, and what role will she play in the Cimmerian
warrior's life? Beware the Horror on Uskuth Hill - and the Thing in the Temple!
And when two Nemedians walk into a bar, it's no joking matter. Prepare for
swords and sorcery of the highest order with the greatest barbarian of them
all!
COLLECTING: VOL. 1: CONAN: THE LEGEND 0, CONAN (2004) 1-19
Trade paperback, 496 pages, $39.99
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5 -
Coming in April!
by Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Esad Ribic
Variant Cover by Gabriel Hernandez Walta
SET SAIL ON A SHIP OF THE DEAD!
CONAN leaves the land for the life of a pirate!
How did he survive disaster during the most ominous voyage
of his life on a ship surrounded by dead men?
And the CRIMSON WITCH's dark plans for KING CONAN become
grimly clear!
PLUS: The fifth chapter in the ALL-NEW Conan novella "BLACK
STARLIGHT," begun in issue #1 of CONAN THE BARBARIAN!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April
3.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5 is
solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB190932.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.
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THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #4 -
Coming in April!
Gerry Duggan (Writer)
Ron Garney (Art)
Cover by Alex Ross
Variant Cover by Adi Granov
THE BATTLE FOR STYGIA!
CONAN descends into a hidden labyrinth protected by an undead army and does
battle with the forces of KOGA THUN!
At stake -- the fate of Stygia!
Conan's friend SUTY begins a shocking transformation as he discovers what
MENES has been hiding about the mysterious treasure they've been hunting...
PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella "THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE",
begun in issue #1 of SAVAGE SWORD!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 10.
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #4 is solicited
in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB190937.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.
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AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #2 -
Coming in April!
Tini Howard (Writer)
Kate Niemczyk (Art)
Cover by Sana Takeda
Variant Cover by Rebekah Isaacs
FIRST BLOOD ON THE HIGH SEAS!
BELIT finds her first battle at sea!
But will her impetuous nature lead the crew to victory, or sink her ambitions
before they've begun?
Either way, CAPTAIN SATURNINUS will need a new ship!
PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new BELIT prose novella!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April
10.
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #2 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB190935.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.
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THE MARVEL ART OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN - Coming in August!
Written by John Rhett Thomas
Penciled by Various
Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith
The Hyborian Age meets the Marvel Age in this stunning gallery of
classic Conan comic art! The Cimmerian warrior made his comics mark at Marvel,
and would hack and slash his way through three decades of phenomenal full-color
storytelling in Conan the Barbarian and its many sister comics. This hardcover
highlights the very best covers, pages and pinups from legendary titles such
as Conan the Barbarian, Giant-Size Conan, King Conan and more -- from the
seminal masterworks of Barry Windsor-Smith, to stunning interpretations by
Gil Kane and Neal Adams, to a character-defining legacy by John Buscema,
to gorgeous latter-day illustrations by Silvestri, Kaluta, Mignola and more!
As Conan makes his highly anticipated return to the House of Ideas in 2019,
immerse yourself in the vibrant and vivid world of Conan the Barbarian, and
experience sensational sword-and-sorcery sagas in the Mighty Marvel Manner!
Hardcover, 8.5 x 10 7/8 inches, 224 pages,
$50, On sale August 7.
THE MARVEL ART OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB190982.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery,
Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: ONE WHO WALKS ALONE: Robert E. Howard,
the Final Years by Novalyne Price Ellis (1986) - New!
More Mort Künstler Sweat Mag Art - New!
SHADOW COMICS 76, 77, 78 & 79 (1947) - New!
Pulp Gallery: THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE - New!
Mickey Spillane's Second MIKE DANGER Story -FIXED- !!!
- New!
Forgotten Books: POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS by Robert E.
Howard (1990) - New!
FRAZETTA Goes Coo-Coo (1947-48) - New!
THE PHANTOM Big Little Books - New!
AL WILLIAMSON draws the "Demon of Destruction" (1951)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: ARGOSY Goes Native - New!
Forgotten Stories: Dan Turner in BULLET FROM NOWHERE by
Robert Leslie Bellem (1935)
LONE RANGER Gum Cards Ride Again! (1940)
More FLASH GORDON Big Little Books
Pulp Gallery: WEIRD TALES 78, 79, 80 & 81 (1930)
Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in Color! "The Slain Gorilla"
(1953)
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The
Digest Enthusiast #9
Now available!
Interviews
• Filmmaker and author Susan Emshwiller reveals the inside story on her
films, the work of her parents, Ed Emshwiller and Carol Emshwiller, along
with nearly two dozen rare photographs of her famous family.
• Senior Art Director Victoria Green takes us behind the scenes of the art
department at AHMM, Analog, Asimov’s, and EQMM, complemented by artist’s
confidentials from Tim Foley and Maurizio Manzieri.
Articles
• Vince Nowell, Sr. charts Ray Palmer’s digest dynasty from 1948 to 1958,
followed by the bibliography of S.J. Byrne, one of Palmer’s go-to SF storytellers.
• Tom Brinkmann uncovers Benedict Canyon, where Elke Sommer and Joe Hyams
joined “A Neighborhood of Ghosts” from 1964 to 1969.
• Steve Carper wraps “One-and-Dones” with a final, fascinating batch of
obscure and/or rare collector’s treasures.
• Peter Enfantino delivers a story-by-story synopsis of Manhunt from January
thru June 1954.
Plus a report on the rare western digest paperback, Sunset Showdown by Steve
Frazee.
Fiction
• Crime, espionage, and fantasy fiction by Michael Bracken, Josh Pachter,
and Joe Wehrle, Jr., with art from Marc Myers, Michael Neno, and Joe.
Also includes
• News from all your favorite genre digest magazines, straight from their
editors’ lips, including every newsstand stalwart, and the new generation
of POD/digital stars.
• In-depth reviews of EconoClash Review, Nostalgia Digest, Occult Detective
Quarterly, and Hot Lead.
• Plus over 100 digest magazine cover images, cartoons by Bob Vojtko and
Clark Dissmeyer, first issue factoids, and more.
• Cover by Ed Emshwiller
Print $8.99 (b&w interior)
eBook $2.99 (color)
Includes
over 100 digest magazine cover images
159 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest
Print version, $8.99
Kindle version and Magzter, $2.99
Checkout the PREVIEW at the link below!
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| The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!
Space Science Fiction No. 5 - New!
Mystery Weekly Magazine January 2019 - New!
Pulp Literature No. 21 Winter 2019 - New!
Nostalgia Digest Winter 2019
Inside Digest Enthusiast Number 9 - January 2019
Digest Enthusiast Number 9 - January 2019
Space Science Fiction No. 3
Weirdbook No. 40
Pulp Horror No. 8: Sabat
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DMR Books Blog - Now online!
Talbot Mundy – Wanderer, Philosopher, Storyteller - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 1/27/2018 - New!
Sax Rohmer: Under the Spell of the Supernatural - New!
A Brief REH-Inspired Guide to Writing Great Story Openings
(Part Two) - New!
A Brief REH-Inspired Guide to Writing Great Story Openings
(Part One) - New!
Robert E. Howard as a Writer of Consequence - New!
Robert E. Howard and the Heroic Tradition - New!
Three Merritt Mysteries - New!
Collecting Merritt: "You Collect Who?" - New!
"Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She"
John Jakes’ Dark Gate Novels
Thoughts on Karl Edward Wagner’s “Cold Light”
The DMRtian Chronicles, 1/13/2018
Tolkien and Howard: Two Roads Diverged in Haggard’s Kor
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Coming
in February!
Now available for pre-order!
(Preorder)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Two books in dust jackets and custom slipcase with bonus medallion
$199.99 + $6 shipping
Ship/Release Date: February 15, 2019
ERB’s 11th and final novel in the Barsoom series is for the first time published
by ERB Inc. and G&D in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348) - with different
dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end matter – individual
custom slipcases and a new Foreword by Kevin J. Anderson and an updated Introduction
by Richard Lupoff.
The G&D edition of John Carter of Mars will be the 50th authorized ERB
title reprinted by G&D since they published their first title, Princess
of Mars, 100 years ago.
This Ultimate Presentation Set Includes:
• Two unique matching number books in custom slipcases
signed by the artists and contributors.
• Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and an
artist TBA.
• 2" Commemorative Medallion featuring JCM artwork
and ERB's crest from his bookplate - edge-etched with numbers matching .
• 20+ Tipped in Color Plates by Robert Abbett, J.
Allen St. John & Reed Crandall (newly colorized), Joe Jusko, and other
artists to be announced.
• 100+ B&W Story Illustrations by John Coleman
Burroughs, Reed Crandall, Motoichiro Takabe, Richard Corben, Krupa and J.
Allen St. John
• Vintage Style Book Cloth with new titling by Zavier
Cabarga grained to match the original ERBI & G& D editions from the
1930’s & 1940’s.
• New Barsoom map endpapers, (2) 2-sided laser-cut
bookmarks, replicas of a Canaveral Press postcard & letter and ERB’s
Notebook pages.
• High Quality Printing, Paper and Bindings - Offset
printed in the U.S.A. on 80# Archival Vanilla Finch paper in symth-sewn bindings.
Ship/Release Date: February 15, 2019
Anyone who ordered Savage Pellucidar will be given first opportunity to
reserve their same limitation number for this and all future editions.
Be sure to include your set # with your order.
Thanks for your order from The Edgar Rice Burroughs Limited Edition Collection.
John Carter of Mars is the fourth title in the Limited Edition Collection.
We’re committed to producing the ultimate ERB books ever published – the
highest quality, most prolifically illustrated and attractively designed
ERB books available.
We’ve added lots of extras like....
• an antique silver finish medallion edge-etched with
the number matching your books.
• (2) two-sided laser cut bookmarks,
• 80# archival paper, fold-out color plates, two-sided laminated
dust jacket and original commissioned artwork, make these volumes unique
treasures.
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Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
Typically
the 3rd Saturday of every month
Check the website at the link below for the latest schedule.
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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Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
February 2019
BROTHERS KEEPERS
Donald E. Westlake
Cover art by Paul Mann
Read A Sample Chapter
"FORGIVE ME, FATHER, FOR I HAVE RENTED."
What will a group of monks do when their century-old monastery in New York
City is threatened with demolition to make room for a new high-rise? Anything
they have to. "Though Shalt Not Steal" is only the first of the Commandments
to be broken as the saintly face off against the unscrupulous over that most
sacred of relics, a Park Avenue address.
Returning to bookstores for the first time in three decades, BROTHERS KEEPERS
offers not only a master class in comedy from one of the most beloved mystery
writers of all time but also a surprisingly heartfelt meditation on loss,
temptation, and how we treat our fellow man.
First appearance in bookstores in 30 years!
Donald E. Westlake is a multiple Edgar Award winner—and a nominee for the
Academy Award!
April
2019
A BLOODY BUSINESS
Dylan Struzan
Cover art by Drew Struzan
Read A Sample Chapter
"Dylan Struzan has delivered a soaring treat for those of us who
love mobster history, a sprawling saga drawn not from rumor or recycled myth,
but directly from the horse’s mouth. Her exploration of mob life and the
shadow empires the bootleggers built is an exhilarating rush, a must-read."
FRANK DARABONT, director of The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption
ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROHIBITION, LEARN WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
In 1919, the National Prohibition Act was passed, making it illegal across
America to produce, distribute, or sell liquor. With this act, the U.S. Congress
also created organized crime as we know it. Italian, Jewish, and Irish mobs
sprang up to supply the suddenly illegal commodity to the millions of people
still eager to drink it. Men like Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, Dutch Schultz
and Bugsy Siegel, Al Capone in Chicago and Nucky Johnson in Atlantic City,
waged a brutal war for power in the streets and on the waterfronts. But if
you think you already know this story...think again, since you’ve never seen
it through the eyes of one the mobsters who lived it.
Called "one of the most significant organized crime figures in the United
States" by the U.S. District Attorney, Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo was
just 15 years old when Prohibition became law. Over the next decade, Alo
would work side by side with Lansky and Luciano as they navigated the brutal
underworld of bootlegging, thievery and murder. Alo’s later career included
prison time and the ultimate Mob tribute: being immortalized as "Johnny Ola"
in The Godfather, Part II.
Introduced to the 91-year-old Alo living in retirement in Florida, Dylan
Struzan based this book on more than 50 hours of recorded testimony—stories
Alo had never shared, and that he forbid her to publish until "after I’m
gone." Alo died, peacefully, two months short of his 97th birthday. And now
his stories—bracing and violent, full of intrigue and betrayal, hunger and
hubris—can finally be told.
First publication ever!
At nearly 200,000 words, this is the longest book Hard Case Crime has ever
published, covering the entire 13 years of Prohibition, 1920-1933
With cover art and 24 interior illustrations by Drew Struzan, one of the
most acclaimed movie poster painters of all time
July
2019
THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER MONKEY
Joyce Carol Oates
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Read A Sample Chapter
INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MANIAC
Abandoned as a baby in a bus station locker, shuttled from one abusive foster
home and detention center to another, Bobbie Gotteson grew up angry, hurting,
damaged. His hunger to succeed as a musician brought him across the country
to Hollywood, but along with it came his seething rage, his paranoid delusions,
and his capacity for acts of shocking violence.
Unavailable for 40 years, THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER MONKEY is an eloquent,
terrifying, heartbreaking exploration of madness by one of the most acclaimed
authors of the past century. This definitive edition for the first time pairs
the original novel with a never-before-collected companion novella by Joyce
Carol Oates, unseen since its sole publication in a literary journal nearly
half a century ago, which examines the impact of Gotteson’s killing spree
on a woman who survived it, as seen through the eyes of the troubled young
man hired by a private detective to surveil her...
First publication in 40 years, and first publication ever with the lost
Joyce Carol Oates companion novella "Love, Careless Love," unseen anywhere
outside of a literary journal in 1974
Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most acclaimed authors of the past century,
a National Book Award winner and six-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Features a new cover painting by the legendary Robert McGinnis
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Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM COMPLETE DAILIES
HC VOLUME 17 1961 -1962 - Coming in April!
(Writer) Lee Falk (Art) Seymour
Sy Barry
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom
continues!
Referred to by comic strip historian Maurice Horn as the "granddaddy
of all costumed superheroes," The Phantom hit the funny pages of newspapers
well before the Dark Knight or Superman made their first appearances andset
the standard for action, adventure, intrigue, and romance in adventure comic
strips and comic books. This exciting volume begins the Sy Barry years! Reprinted
in all its black and white glory, journey with Hermes Press as we bring you
four complete continuities drawn by Sy himself: "The Slave Market of Mucar,"
"The Epidemic," "The Wharf Rats," and "The Mysterious Ambassador." Strips
from this issue are taken directly from King Feature's proofs.
Hardcover, 13x9, 288 pages, B&W, $60.00, On sale April 24.
THE PHANTOM COMPLETE DAILIES VOLUME 17 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191796.
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Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!
Robert E. Howard’s Birthday - New!
Novel Excerpt - New!
State of the Tower
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes
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HP LOVECRAFT'S AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS TP VOL 01
- Coming in June!
(Writer/Art/Cover) Gou Tanabe
January 25, 1931: an expedition team arrives at a campsite in Antarctica
. . . to find its crew of men and sled dogs strewn and dead. But a still
more horrific sight is the star-shaped mound of snow nearby . . . for under
its five points is a grave-and what lies beneath is not human! At the Mountains
of Madness is a journey into the core of Lovecraft's mythos-the deep caverns
and even deeper time of the inhospitable continent where the secret history
of our planet is preserved-amidst the ruins of its first civilization, built
by the alien Elder Things with the help of their bioengineered monstrosities,
the shoggoths.
Since it was first published in Astounding Stories during the classic pulp
era, At the Mountains of Madness has influenced both horror and science fiction
worldwide!
Softcover, 5x7, 316 pages, B&W, $19.99, On sale June 12l
HP LOVECRAFT'S AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB190388.
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ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #64 - Coming in April!
We feature the work of Joe DeMers on the cover, and our story showcases
numerous examples of his original art, printed tear sheets, and rare photographs.
Next up, we feature the work of E. Simms Campbell, an African-American artist
famous for his wonderful cartoon work in Esquire and Playboy magazines.
Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00, On sale April 24.
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #64 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191811.
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JAMES BOND 007 #3 - Now available!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art: Marc Laming
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Philip Tan
Cover C: Kris Anka
Cover D: Marc Laming
ODD JOB continues, by superstars GREG PAK (Planet Hulk, Mech Cadet
Yu) and MARC LAMING (Star Wars, Wonder Woman)!
Northern Australia: Agent 007 infiltrates an illegal outpost, to prevent
a uranium dealer's negotiations with terrorists. Or, that WOULD be his mission,
if not for the interference of a (seemingly ever-present) Korean secret agent.
Will James Bond stay on target, or will his fury towards John Lee overtake
his priorities?
Full Color, 36 pages, $3.99
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JAMES BOND 007 #6 -
Coming in April!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art: Stephen Mooney
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Declan Shalvey
Cover C: Raffaele Ienco
Cover D: Stephen Mooney
The modern Bond epic continues by superstars GREG PAK (Planet Hulk, Firefly)
and STEPHEN MOONEY (Grayson, The Dead Hand). Secrets are revealed, allegiances
confirmed. Bond and Oddjob learn the awful truth of the terrorist organization
ORU, and how they're helpless to prevent the destruction of global infrastructure
as we know it…
Full Color, 36 pages, $3.99, On sale April 17.
JAMES BOND 007 #6 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191113
(Johnson cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191114
(Shalvey cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191115
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JAMES BOND ORIGIN
#8 - Coming in April!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Bob Q
Cover A: Dan Panosian
Cover B: Katie O'Meara
Cover C: Will Sliney
Cover D: Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover E: Bob Q
Captured by the Russians, Lieutenant Bond meets the beautiful Oksana,
who may be his ticket to safety, or lead to his doom. But it's quite difficult
to know ally from foe, when you've been drugged. The epic World War 2 tale
continues from JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, Fantastic Four) and superstar artist
IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (Mother Panic, The Flash)!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April
10.
JAMES
BOND ORIGIN #8 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
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James Rollins: CRUCIBLE - Now available!
In the race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the
deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind-expanding adventure from
the #1 New York Times bestselling author, told with his trademark blend of
cutting edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.
Arriving home on Christmas Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house
ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend’s wife, Kat, unconscious
on the kitchen floor. With no shred of evidence to follow, his one hope to
find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to
what happened. But the injured woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot
speak—until a brilliant neurologist offers a radical approach to "unlock"
her mind long enough to ask a few questions.
What Pierce learns from Kat sets Sigma Force on a frantic quest for answers
that are connected to mysteries reaching back to the Spanish Inquisition
and to one of the most reviled and blood-soaked books in human history—a
Medieval text known as the Malleus Maleficarum, the Hammer of Witches. What
they uncover hidden deep in the past will reveal a frightening truth in the
present and a future on the brink of annihilation, and force them to confront
the ultimate question: What does it mean to have a soul?
Series: Sigma Force Novels (Book 14)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
List Price: $28.99
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now
available!
WINGS, Winter 1938/39
Contents
THE CRIMSON COMET by George Bruce
MADMAN'S SQUADRON by Robert H. Leitfred
HANGAR OF HATE by Tom O'Neill
FLAMING COFFINS by Andrew A. Caffrey
THE FIVE-A-DAY ACE by Carl B. Ogilvie
Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
TRUE CRIME DETECTIVE, June 1944
This true detective magazine was published from 1942 to 1953.
MAD ROMEO AND THE DANCE HOSTESS
REVENGE MURDER AND THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO
DOPE--JAPAN'S DEMON ALLY
FIENDISH SLAYING OF THE WEALTHY WIDOW
CAFFEIN TRAPS THE WILY TEXAN
A BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER
THE STRANGE CASE OF AMY SHONIO
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE
DEATH LODGES AT THE ROOMING HOUSE
HOPELESS QUEST OF THE YOUNG FARMER
THE CLUE OF THE HUNGRY CAT
BUCK SHOT LEG AND THE LIMPING SAFECRACKER
ROMANTIC ROBBER
THE "PERFECT CRIME" FIZZLES
Magazine, 8.5 x 11 inch, 80 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $10.95
HONEY WEST #7: DIG A DEAD DOLL
A GUY, A GIRL, A BOAT, A BOTTLE...
...an ideal set-up for an afternoon's fun. The girl was me, Honey
West, fun-loving private eye and we were all a couple of miles out in the
Pacific off Mexico. The boat was out of gas, but the guy wasn't...
I don't know what would have happened--the sun was warm, the bottle 94 proof,
and I was shedding my inhibitions...when suddenly the fun stopped.
A plane came out of nowhere, and a very ugly machine gun began splintering
the deck--and the line of bullets ran straight toward me!
Honey West matches wits and trades bullets with the most vicious crime syndicate
south of the Border!
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 160 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
LLANA OF GATHOL
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
All four parts of the original magazine text versions of this book
plus illustrations direct from Amazing Stories.
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 368 pages
Retail Price $24.95
Our Price $12.95
BLUE BOOK MAGAZINE, November 1929
Contents
TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE (part 3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE FOREST WAR by Harold Titus
WAR PAINT by Robert Winchester
THE FINGER OF DEATH by Arthur Hunt Chute
FREE LANCES IN DIPLOMACY by Clarence Herbert New
IT TAKES THE LEGION by Warren Hastings Miller
PINKY AND THE TORPEDO by W. F. G. Thacher
THE BEAR THAT BUSTED by Bud La Mar
THE SCENT OF VENGEANCE by Charles V. Brereton
HERCULES THE HORSE RUSTLER by Bertram Atkey
THE PATHS OF GLORY by Bogart Rogers
THE DEDHAM MANSION CASE by Lemuel De Bra
THE MOUNTAIN MYSTERY by Rollin Brown
THE GHOST SHIP by John Colohan
THE ANESTHETIC PANTHER by Tom Richards
VOODOO by O. R. Roderick
ARGONNE by W. Wagner A DESPERATE CHASE by Lytle Deming
Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 202 pages
Retail Price $24.95
Our Price $12.95
SPORTS FICTION, July 1948
Contents
MEAL TICKET ON THE MOUND by T. W. Ford
SHADOWS ON THE DIAMOND by Herbert L. McNary
BUILD-UP by Larry Holden
RIGHT OFF THE BAT by Ree Dragonette-Dye
SO SORRY by John D. MacDonald
SCRAPPLE AT THE CREASE by James Blish
SELF-PORTRAIT by Sid Press
IT PAYS TO BE UNORTHODOX by Wilcey Earle
Pulp-Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 100 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $10.95
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Justin Marriott
THE
COLLECTED PULP HORROR
Now available!
The
Collected Pulp Horror.
Bringing issues 1-3 back into print in a new omnibus edition.
A collection of the out-of-print first three issues of Pulp Horror,
the fanzine dedicated to vintage horror fiction from pulps, magazines and
paperbacks.
Interviews, articles and reviews on 50 years of classic horror fiction.
Paperback: 130 pages
Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches
$5.99
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LONE RANGER VOLUME 3 #4 - Now available!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Bob Q (Cover) John Cassaday
The walls close in around Tonto and The Lone Ranger as the ranchers
hire Connor, the deadliest man in the West, to kill the troublesome pair.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
The day Silver rescued The Lone Ranger - New!
Hopalong Cassidy meets Judy Canova
The Latest Books from Bear Manor Media
Thurston the Magician: The 1932-1933 Radio Program
WEIRD TALES the Radio Program
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The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!
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Moonstone Books
Announcing...Hunt
the Avenger!
Coming in 2019!
Out of tragedy, a hero is
born! In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging
flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than
human.
A figure of ice and steel, Richard Benson is an avatar of vengeance—a chilled
impersonal force of justice masking a cold genius and nearly supernatural
power behind a face as white and still as arctic frost. His pale eyes, like
a polar dawn, only hint at the terrible force evildoers heedlessly unleashed
the day they created…The Avenger!
In the annals of Justice, Inc.’s battles against spies, crooks, and killers,
only one malefactor has escaped The Avenger’s clutches not once, but twice—Baron
Ulrich Blau-Montag, the half-man, half-machine known as the Iron Skull!
But when Benson and his cohorts partner with the mysterious and saucy Domino
Lady to hunt down the demented half-robot, and go on to clash with other
supervillains, such as the Nazi spy Werner Konrad and a diabolical weapons
dealer known as the Countess, a frightening pattern emerges…are they the
creatures of a hidden puppetmaster?
And is Benson the hunter?
Or the prey?
Hunt the Avenger!
'Hunt the Avenger'
by Win Scott Eckert will soon be available for preorder, shipping direct
from Moonstone in two editions:
an exclusive, signed limited edition “unmasked” hardcover (featuring gorgeous
Ellen Patrick—the Domino Lady—sans mask) and
a “masked” softcover (with Ellen wearing her trademark black domino mask).
For now, enjoy the stunning cover art by Malcolm McClinton, and stay tuned
for preordering information, coming soon from Moonstone Books!
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Mystery*File -
Now online!
Pulp PI Stories
I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: RAYMOND CHANDLER “Guns at Cyrano’s.” - New!
Pulp
Stories I’m Reading: ROBERT E. HOWARD “The Horror from the Mound.”
Hero
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: GORDON E. WARNKE “Whispering Monk.”
Pulp
Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER – The Face Lifter.
Western
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Carved in Sand.”
Podcast
Noted: Interview with Pulp Writer FRANK BONHAM.
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The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
MAIO-SHAN -
New!
Black Dove -
New!
The Wraith
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre
Dr. Vigilante
Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
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New World Order: Hero U.N.I.O.N. - Now available!
by Jeff Deischer
Billionaires all over the world are disappearing without a trace!
There are no ransoms, no corpses. The fates of the missing men are a mystery.
U.N.I.O.N. -- the United Nations Intelligence Operatives Network -- is called
in to investigate. Fifty years ago, U.N.I.O.N. began the Spartan program
to develop superhuman agents. Now, these agents no longer depend on devices
for their super powers. Now their genes have been modified to reproduce the
super abilities of the Sixties' wondrous devices.
Series: Hero U.N.I.O.N. (Book 1)
Paperback: 252 pages
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
$15.00
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North-West Adventures - Now online!
North-West Stories-Romances - New!
Roger Sherman Lerch (1890-1953) - New!
(1953) More Rat River Trapper - New!
Hugh Pendexter (1875-1940) - New!
Top-Notch Covers - New!
All-Story Covers - New!
Man and Wolf
Albert Payson Terhune (1872-1942)
(1936) “Captives of the Arctic Wastelands”
Dwellers in the Mirage & Other Northern Fantasies
Action Stories Covers-
Doc Savage in the North
Argosy Covers (1936-1939)
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Programming for PulpFest 2019
Thursday, August 15
Evening Programming
8:15 – 9:00 PM — Robert H. Davis — The Man Who Made ARGOSY (Gene Christie)
9:05 – 9:50 PM — From Pulps to Comics — Pulp Influences in the Comic Book
Medium (Jim Beard)
9:55 – 10:40 PM — Hollywood Pulp — From Pulp Page to the Silver Screen (Ed
Hulse)
10:45 – 11:30 PM — Two Sought Adventure — Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & the
Gray Mouser (Jason Aiken & Morgan Holmes)
11:40 – 1:00 AM — Fu Manchu Film Fest (William Patrick Maynard)
Friday, August 16
Afternoon Programming
4:00 – 4:40 PM — Fu Manchu Film Fest (William Patrick Maynard)
Evening Programming
6:55 – 7:00 PM — Welcome to PulpFest (Convention Chairman Jack Cullers)
7:05 – 7:50 PM — ARGOSY, ADVENTURE and BLUE BOOK — Men’s Adventure Pulps
(Bob Deis & Wyatt Doyle)
7:55 – 8:40 PM — The Game’s Afoot: Sherlock Holmes and the Pulps (George
Vanderburgh & Garyn Roberts)
8:45 – 9:30 PM — The Secret Life of Women Pulp Artists (David Saunders)
9:35 – 10:25 PM — Dashiell Hammett and the Detective Story (John Wooley
with John Gunnison)
10:25 – 11:10 PM — The Key of Imagination: THE TWILIGHT ZONE and the Pulps
(Garyn Roberts)
11:15 – 12:45 AM — Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic
Man (A film by Jason V. Brock)
Saturday, August 17
Afternoon Programming
3:00 – 4:00 PM — Contemporary Pulp: Writing the New Pulp Fiction (featuring
Will Murray, John Bruening, and Christopher Paul Carey, with William Patrick
Maynard moderating)
Evening Programming
7:00 – 7:30 PM — PulpFest Annual Business Meeting (meet the convention organizers)
7:30 – 7:40 PM — Munsey Award Presentation (presented by William Lampkin)
7:45 – 8:25 PM — FarmerCon: A Philip José Farmer Presentation
8:30 – 9:30 PM — Born Writing: The Unparalleled Career of Arthur J. Burks
(John Locke)
9:30 – 9:45 PM — Last Minute Auction Viewing
9:45 – 12:00 AM — Saturday Night Auction
12:00 – 1:00 AM — Fu Manchu Film Fest Encore (William Patrick Maynard)
Announcing
PulpFest 2019
The fall pulp con season is getting into full swing. Adventure House’s PULP
AND COLLECTIBLES CONVENTION gets the ball rolling on Sunday, September 9.
It will be followed by other fine conventions. But what about the main event?
PulpFest 2019 will take place from Thursday, August 15, through Sunday,
August 18. We’ll be returning to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh
– Cranberry, just north of Pennyslvania’s “Steel City.” PulpFest will be
joined by FarmerCon. Hopefully, they’re not too hung over from this year’s
Philip José Farmer centennial.
Start making your plans for the 48th convening of PulpFest and its celebration
of mystery, adventure, science fiction, and more. Join us for “Children of
the Pulps and Other Stories” at “Summer’s Great Pulp Con.” Please bring your
friends!
Bookmark http://www.pulpfest.com/
to keep informed about PulpFest 2019. You’ll find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PulpFest.
And for those who prefer their news short and sweet, follow our Twitter feed
at https://twitter.com/pulpfest.
Wherever you look for PulpFest on the web, we’ll be sure to keep you informed
of our plans.
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Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"Cauphul - The City Under the Sea" by George
Cookman Watson from Amazing Stories, January, 1929
The city of Atlantis is found.
"Somebody Has to Die" by J. J. Cliff from Mammoth
Detective, May, 1946
Ace, a gambling kingpin has returned from the war on a medical discharge.
The Ace's younger brother was murdered and while he seems not interested
in taking back control of the gambling, somebody has to pay for killing his
brother, Ace uses the psychological warfare to get the killer to crack.
"The Skin Game" by Frederick L. Nebel from Action
Stories, September, 1932
It was dead man's choice for Dike. Behind, the furious demons of the icy
wind howled for their meat - ahead, the tundra tamer placed his deadfall
cunningly.
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The Pulp Archivist - Now online!
A Basic Science-Fiction Library - New!
Cirsova Magazine: Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She
Who Killed Cock Robin? by Henry Kuttner
2019 Planetary Award Nominations
A Short Break for the Holidays
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Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
Vincent -
New!
MIAO-SHAN: The Awakening - New!
HILI
- New!
The Legend of Black Dove - New!
Dangerous Alliance
The Spider Slaughter, Incorporated
Complete Adventures of The Domino Lady
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Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure
and detective pulps.
Merle Constiner - biographical article - New!
An inside look at Ziff Davis in the pulp years
- New!
Richard Deming - Detective/Mystery author
Mystery pulpster - guess who
Joe Gores - Author, Detective
MVPs - Most Valuable Pulp issues
The Klondike gold rush @ the Fairbanks Community Museum
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The Pulp Hermit by Tom Johnson
- Now online!
New Pulp Author Colleen Drippe - New!
The Lineup -
New!
The Roaring Twenties & The Heroic Thirties May Not Be
What We Imagined
New Pulp Author: Jens H. Altmann
I Cover The Murder Front
New Pulp Author Debra DeLorme
To Even The Odds
Introducing New Pulp Author Jeff Deischer
The Black Bat Novel That Disappeared
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Pulp Hero Press
ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN LIFE
Now available!
ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN LIFE is the first of two volumes
written by Roy Thomas about the "life" of Conan the Barbarian as chronicled
in the Marvel comics he scripted during the 1970s. The first volume has 50
chapters, each corresponding to the same-numbered issue of the comic book,
and includes a biographical style account of what Conan did in the comic,
in comparison to what he did in the REH story on which the comic is based,
as well as background information about the people involved in creating the
comic, relevant inner workings of Marvel at the time, Roy's working relationship
with Glenn Lord, etc.
Cover by Benito Gallego
Know, O Reader...
In thousands of four-color panels for Marvel Comics, Roy Thomas told the
tale of Robert E. Howard’s greatest creation, Conan the Barbarian. Now, in
this definitive biography and analysis, Roy chronicles Conan’s comic-book
life, issue by issue, plot by plot, and artist by artist.
For ten years, from October 1970 when Roy and artist Barry Smith assembled
the first issue of Marvel's Conan the Barbarian, to October 1980 when Roy
and artist John Buscema completed their last issue together on the series,
Thomas wrote of Conan's gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth—as well
as the wars, the wenches, and the wizardry that bedeviled the Cimmerian from
one issue to the next.
In this first of two volumes, Roy Thomas explains the creative process behind
the first 51 issues of Conan the Barbarian. You'll look over his shoulder
as he plots and scripts each issue, devises new adventures for Conan that
expand Howard's original stories into a world-spanning epic, and works with
such Conan artists as Barry Smith, Gil Kane, and John Buscema.
Whether you’re a Conan fan or a comics fan, you'll enjoy this in-depth look
at a Marvel comic-book classic.
322 pages, 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
Softcover: $19.95
Kindle: $7.99
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The Pulp.Net
- Now online!
The Pulp.Net features
three ongoing blogs!
Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R.
Brown, That's Pulp by John Olsen, and the long-running Yellowed Perils written
by William Lampkin.
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Radio Archives
G-8 and His Battle Aces #36 Audiobook
Wings of Invisible Doom
by Robert J. Hogan
Read by Nick Santa Maria
Now available!
They called G-8 the Flying
Spy. History never recorded his exploits—and for good reason! No one would
ever believe World War I was that wild!
The Gods of War are crimson with the blood that fills the sky — and the
Master Spy is helpless against the forces he can’t control! What are three
men against the forces of hell itself! What price will brave men pay for
their honor? It is the most baffling and fast-moving case of G-8’s career,
a case of one man’s mind and courage fighting a foe he cannot see!
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Author Robert J. Hogan
wrote G-8 and His Battle Aces for ten years. What makes this accomplishment
even more intriguing is that Hogan wrote every single adventure, all total
110 tales, of America’s Master Spy. This was rare in the Pulp industry, as
long running series usually ended up having at least two authors, if not
more, because writers had to be spelled from time to time or had other projects.
Hogan, however, piloted G-8 through every single adventure.
Another interesting note about Hogan’s tenure with G-8 is that he wrote
under his own name. Every adventure carried Robert J. Hogan as a byline.
Again, this was rather different for Pulp series of the day. Long running
series, such as Doc Savage or The Shadow, usually ran under a house name.
This made it possible for other writers to step in at times and readers allegedly
never be aware of the difference. Hogan, however, hammered out every tale,
and this was while he wrote for other pulp magazines and even, for a short
time, wrote the novel length The Mysterious Wu Fang stories. At one point,
it was believed Robert J. Hogan was writing two million words a year for
Pulp magazines.
Nick Santa Maria brings G-8, Nippy and Bull to thrilling life in their desperate
struggle to defeat a strange nemesis unlike anything they have ever before
encountered in Wings of Invisible Doom. Originally published in the September,
1936 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces magazine.
Nick DeGregorio composed the music for the G-8 and His Battle Aces series
of audiobooks.
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99
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price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs
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Featuring the Hard Riding’ - Fast Shootin’ Modern Robin Hood
of the West - The Lone Ranger, his Wonder Horse Silver and Tonto.
The Lone Ranger magazine ran from April 1937 to November 1937. The title
was changed to Romantic Western and was published from January 1938 to July
1939.
Trojan Publishing was the publisher. The pulp magazine preceded the first
recorded radio show.
These five stories are torn from the pages of the May, 1937 issue of The
Lone Ranger magazine and is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby,
Mark Finfrock, and Paul Curtis. |
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Table of Contents:
The Masked Rider's Justice
Featuring the Hard Ridin’ - Fast Shootin’ Modern Robin Hood of the
West - The Lone Ranger, his Wonder horse “Silver” and Tonto. Justice meant
more to the Lone Ranger and his companions than merely saving an innocent
boy from a blood -lusting Lynch Mob - it meant following through until the
youth’s name was cleared and the real murderer brought to trial.
Dust Devils - Short Story
by Claude Rister
The 3-In-1 Lawman - Short Story
by Lawrence A Keating
The Marshall of Frozen Cat - Short Story
by Frank Kavanaugh
Famous Frontier Fights - Special Feature
by Colonel Jno. J. Boniface
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Total Pulp Experience. These
exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading
as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of
the original pulp magazine.
Winging from World War II skies, it's Captain Danger, Nazi-dom’s
ultimate nemesis! The exploits of this steely-eyed defender of justice, this
whirlwind ace of aces, were things of legend as he struggled against the
Axis of Evil. Captain Allan Danger, a character of epic proportions, first
appeared in Air War, a new aviation magazine from Thrilling Publications
in 1940. Intended as a companion magazine to Sky Fighters and The Lone Eagle,
Air War contained a variety of aviation war stories, each showcasing an adventure
of Captain Danger.
Captain Danger typified a hard-jawed, larger-than-life ace pilot who would
battle the Nazi threat, encountering fantastic situations, robot-controlled
planes, death fogs, and Nazi bombers that had harnessed the power of splitting
the atom. In all, fifteen adventures of Captain Danger were published between
1940 and 1944, as the flyboys of the Allied nations battled against the war
power of the Axis. The stories were part of America’s propaganda machine,
blatant and unapologetic, high on hyperbole, low on subtlety. The Axis was
portrayed as sniveling cowards who would shoot down helpless parachuters
and run from an even fight —the Allies as staunch, dauntless, fighting for
right. And greatest of them all... Captain Danger! Air War returns in vintage
pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
A Complete Sky Action Novel
Captain Danger’s Sky Trail
by Lieutenant Scott Morgan
Like an avenging eagle, a Yank soldier of fortune goes winging home to hurtle
his undying courage against those who seek to destroy and enslave the United
States of America! Featuring the whirlwind ace of aces.
Wings Of The Double Cross — A Complete Novelet
by Darrell Jordan
Young Bill Laramie storms through battle clouds on a mission to aid England
and finds himself the unwilling tool of a grim Nazi plot to create havoc!
Hot Lead For Heinkels — Swift Action Short Story
by David Goodis
Yank Ed Denny scours the skies of battle to wipe them clean of a Nazi rat.
Strange Destiny — Swift Action Short Story
by Frank Johnson
Nils Svensen teaches the enemy something about flying when it defiles the
home of his ancestors.
The Powder Keg — Swift Action Short Story
by Arthur J. Burks
Dale Newsom plays a hunch and slams down to crush a grim canal zone conspiracy!
Claws Of The Panther — Swift Action Short Story
by Harold F. Cruickshank
Rod Barry fills the sky with slugs of vengeance to put an end to a circus
of death.
Prop Wash — Special Feature
by Joe Archibald
A Live-Wire Department for Readers.
Off The Runway — Aviation Feature
Interesting, Timely News and Notes.
Radio Archives Pulp Classics line of eBooks are of the highest quality and
feature the great Pulp Fiction stories of the 1930s-1950s. All eBooks produced
by Radio Archives are available in ePub and Mobi formats for the ultimate
in compatibility. If you have a Kindle, the Mobi version is what you want.
If you have an iPad/iPhone, Android, or Nook, then the ePub version is what
you want.
Regular price:
$3.99
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Total Pulp Experience. These
exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading
as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of
the original pulp magazine.
Winging from World War II skies, it's Captain Danger, Nazi-dom’s
ultimate nemesis! The exploits of this steely-eyed defender of justice, this
whirlwind ace of aces, were things of legend as he struggled against the
Axis of Evil. Captain Allan Danger, a character of epic proportions, first
appeared in Air War, a new aviation magazine from Thrilling Publications
in 1940. Intended as a companion magazine to Sky Fighters and The Lone Eagle,
Air War contained a variety of aviation war stories, each showcasing an adventure
of Captain Danger.
Captain Danger typified a hard-jawed, larger-than-life ace pilot who would
battle the Nazi threat, encountering fantastic situations, robot-controlled
planes, death fogs, and Nazi bombers that had harnessed the power of splitting
the atom. In all, fifteen adventures of Captain Danger were published between
1940 and 1944, as the flyboys of the Allied nations battled against the war
power of the Axis. The stories were part of America’s propaganda machine,
blatant and unapologetic, high on hyperbole, low on subtlety. The Axis was
portrayed as sniveling cowards who would shoot down helpless parachuters
and run from an even fight —the Allies as staunch, dauntless, fighting for
right. And greatest of them all... Captain Danger! Air War returns in vintage
pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
A Complete Sky Action Novel
Captain Danger’s Nazi Hunt
by Lieutenant Scott Morgan
The Yank eagle of fury flies head-on for disaster when he storms through
battle-scarred skies in an effort to smash a diabolical German slaughter
scheme!
Black Flight — A Complete Novelet
by John Scott Douglas
When Nazi planes strafe his airdrome in the darkness of night, Kenny Pierce
rides the blue in quest of a powerful “seeing eye”!
Wings Of War — Swift action short story
by Robert Sidney Bowen
Chick Chandler, stripped of captaincy by court martial, remains captain
of his soul.
The Token Of Glory — Swift action short story
by David Goodis
Gifford flies toward his personal grail of triumph — but it lies at the
end of a trail of death!
Killer’s Wings — Swift action short story
by Jack Terry
Jake Dugan, on the lam, outwits the law — and outsmarts himself!
Droning In The West — Swift action short story
by Arthur J. Burks
A lieutenant espies lights off the coast of Hawaii — and spikes a plot to
steal Uncle Sam’s secrets!
Off The Runway — Aviation Feature
Interesting, Timely News and Notes.
Prop Wash — Special Feature
by Joe Archibald
A Live-Wire Department for Readers.
Radio Archives Pulp Classics line of eBooks are of the highest quality and
feature the great Pulp Fiction stories of the 1930s-1950s. All eBooks produced
by Radio Archives are available in ePub and Mobi formats for the ultimate
in compatibility. If you have a Kindle, the Mobi version is what you want.
If you have an iPad/iPhone, Android, or Nook, then the ePub version is what
you want.
Regular price:
$3.99
Discounted
50% the first week: $1.99
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RED SONJA #1 - Arriving in comic shops February 6!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Mirko Colak
Cover A: Amanda Conner
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Christian Ward
Cover D: Frank Cho
Cover E: Cosplay
No man knows the place of her birth, nor where she learned to wield
a sword to shame many a male. They know only that she is called The She-Devil
of The Hyrkanian Steppes. That, and RED SONJA. MARK RUSSELL (The Flintstones)
and MIRKO COLAK (Conan) bring a savage tale of metal and blood. A world conqueror
possesses a massive army and a fatal prophecy. A bastard sorceress craves
revenge. And a fearsome red-haired warrior is made wartime ruler of a homeland
set for decimation.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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RED SONJA #3 - Coming in April!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Mirko Colak
Cover A: Amanda Conner
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Christian Ward
Cover D: Julian Totino Tedesco
Cover E: Cosplay
TREMBLE BEFORE THE VICTORIOUS QUEEN SONJA OF HYRKANIA! …for now.
Yea, she outwitted Dragan The Magnificent, but it is a fleeting triumph.
Spies and vipers surround, awaiting the perfect time to strike. A tale of
tact, trust and trepidation, by MARK RUSSELL (The Flintstones, The Wonder
Twins) and MIRKO COLAK (Conan).
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 3.
RED SONJA #3 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Now Available).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191133 (Conner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191134 (Linsner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191135 (Ward cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191136 (Tedesco cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB191137 (Cosplay cover).
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Rough Edges -
Now online!
Forgotten Books: Buz Sawyer, Volume 1: The War in the Pacific
- Roy Crane -
New!
Dracula's Revenge - Charles R. Rutledge
- New!
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Planet Stories, May 1952
-
New!
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Fifteen Western Tales, October
1947 - New!
The Digest Enthusiast, Book Nine - Richard Krauss, ed.
- New!
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Dime Detective, August 1935
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New!
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Adventures, June
1942 - New!
Forgotten Books: The Time Trap - Henry Kuttner
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Adventure, March 1939
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Max Brand's Western Magazine,
April 1950
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Detective Tales, October 1947
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THE SCIENCE FICTION FANZINE READER - Now available!
THE SCIENCE FICTION FANZINE READER: FOCAL POINTS, 1930-1960 is the first
mainstream book to go into the background of fanzine culture and shed light
on how science fiction fandom has shaped popular culture. Editor Luis Ortiz
with his sweeping knowledge and passion for the genre has mined thousands
of fanzines to collect more than 50 essays by participants in the genesis
of American science fiction. The book is a paean to the young writers and
artists that would grow up to define the field. People like Ray Bradbury,
Harlan Ellison, Donald A. Wollheim, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Robert Silverberg,
and many more. Throughout, Ortiz’s insightful text links pieces together,
highlighting themes and offering background surprises that will delight both
hardcore fans and casual readers of science fiction.
Illustrated
400 pages
Hardcover: $45
Softcover: $30
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The Serial Squadron
Now
available!
THE SCARLET HORSEMAN DVD
Featuring Paul Guilfoyle
and Victoria Horne
Rarely-seen masked-rider serial in which the title character poses
as a mythological figure during a conflict with the Comanche. A greedy woman
uses the alias "Matoska" and the acquisition of a sacred sword to try to
divide Texas.
13 Episodes / Black and White
4 hours 40 minutes
Restored picture and audio
Dual-layer DVD
Extras: The Scarlet Cloak audition program
This archive title is not available commercially.
SHIPPING NOW
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The Serial Squadron
Coming
soon!
SPY SMASHER
Blu-Ray/DVD
The fan-favorite serial in a new HD transfer, for the first time on DVD
and Blu-Ray. Really.
PREORDERS WILL BE TAKEN SOON FOR THIS TITLE.
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Solar Pons: The Adventures of Solar Pons (Volume 1 -
9) - Now available!
By August Derleth
Belanger Books (in association with Arkham
House) has reissued all of the original Solar Pons books in brand new editions.
They have also published The Papers of Solar Pons, a new Solar Pons collection
by David Marcum.
The Solar Pons series by August Derleth
Set in London from 1919–1939, this slightly updated version of the
Holmes stories features the detective Solar Pons, his partner Dr. Parker,
a brother named Bancroft, and Mrs. Johnson the landlady.
Highly recommended, with better stories, plots and puzzles than most Holmes
pastiches.
Once again in old London, "the game is afoot." In these pastiches
of the Sacred Writings, written when he was nineteen and twenty, August Derleth
has recreated the London of Sherlock Holmes. It does not matter that the
familiar name has become Solar Pons, or that the familiar Baker Street has
become Praed Street — something of the nostalgic charm and fascination, of
the remembered quickening of the pulse and the familiar settings of the original
London of Sherlock Holmes, has been recaptured in these pages. And what intriguing
titles there arc to these twelve pastiches, chosen from among a greater number!
Here are "The Adventure of the Frightened Baronet" — about a spectral image
of Siva seen at a country estate beyond London; "The Adventure of the Purloined
Periapt" — which is the purest of pastiches and perhaps the closest of all
the tales in this book to the original spirit; "The Adventure of the Norcross
Riddle" —containing some of the neatest deduction in the book; "The Adventure
of the Man with the Broken Face" — a tale of "dark waters"; and eight others.
"No doubt," writes Vincent Starrett in his Introduction, "we — and by we,
I mean those frantic and incurable Sherlockians who, with August Derleth,
deplore the paucity of canonical entertainments — should rather have more
of the great originals, but we accept the imitations, faute de mieux, to
satisfy a normal appetite. And we accept them with enthusiasm. They are the
work of affectionate minds and hands. There is no intention to deceive. These
stories, and others in their field, are intended only to please. They are
nostalgic reminders of vanished days and nights in Baker Street."
In Re: Sherlock Holmes—The Adventures of Solar Pons
The Memoirs of Solar Pons
The Return of Solar Pons
The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
The Casebook of Solar Pons
The Chronicles of Solar Pons
The Novels of Solar Pons
The Apocrypha of Solar Pons
Papers of Solar Pons by David Marcum
There is also a Kickstarter for The New Adventures of Solar Pons, the
first anthology of Solar Pons stories from multiple authors!
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SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND
PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth - New!
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels
Brothers of the Purple Plains by Steve Watts
Death Stills the Brush by F. W. Gumley
Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis
“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker
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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.
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Two - New!
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part One - New!
Who Was Arthur Pendragon? - New!
C. Hall Thompson (1923-1991) - New!
Viking Adventure
Tales of Viking Fantasy
Friends of Thanos
Read Weird Tales
The Shadow Over Aquaman
Guy L. Helms (1898-1932)
Robert H. Leitfred (1891-1968)
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Thrilling Adventure Yarns
A celebration of the Pulp Magazines
New Kickstarter Project now online!
This project will only be funded if it reaches
its goal by February 19, 2019 9:01 PM EST.
The pulp magazines were a gateway to other worlds and times. It was
where some of the greatest writers of the 20th Century got their start and
some of the most iconic characters made their debut, from Edgar Rice Burroughs'
Tarzan and John Carter to Maxwell Grant's The Shadow to Robert E. Howard's
Conan the Barbarian.
Without the pulps, comic books may never have introduced the super-hero...and
then where would we be today?
The pulp magazine era was bristling with brawny men and statuesque women
globetrotting, and getting into and out of danger. Their exploits quickened
the pulses of their readers, young and old alike. They gave rise to some
of the most enduring heroes known the world 'round.
To honor and celebrate a bygone era, I have partnered with most of my Crazy
8 Press team. If you've loved Aaron Rosenberg's work on ReDeus or From this
is Hell or Paul Kupperberg's super-hero comics and adventure stories or the
intergalactic adventures from Mary Fan or the noirish stylings of Russ Colchamiro,
then you know what you're in for. Aaron, Paul, Mary, the late Glenn Hauman,
and Michael Jan Friedman are all signed on for the project.
Additionally, I have assembled a stellar line-up of other writers – Derek
Tyler Attico, Jim & Becky Beard, Paige Daniels, Kathleen O'Shea David,
Robert T. Jeschonek, Amy Lewanski, Karissa Laurel, and Jenifer Purcell Rosenberg
– to produce new thrills and chills, spanning the traditional pulp realms
of mystery, sword and sorcery, horror, science fiction, romance, and high
adventure, in a volume appropriately titled...Thrilling Adventure Yarns!
Meet Professor Ironheart! The Blue Mask! The Green Lady! Cannon Belle! And
many more brand-new heroes that would have made pulp-era creators proud.
We're really excited about Thrilling Adventure Yarns -- in part,
at least, because of this great cover by the inestimable British artist Alex
Ronald.
An Historic
Coup!
We have also secured the rights to
a true relic of the glory days of the pulps:
A previously unpublished World War I aviator tale by none other than Lester
Dent, the creator of Doc Savage!
This is a milestone in the history of the pulp magazines, available only
to the backers of this campaign.
Here is the exciting line-up:
Thrilling Two-Fisted Adventures
Opium Dreams Paige Daniels
The Juggernauts of El Dorado Robert T. Jeschonek
The Legend of Hammer Jack Curry Russ Colchamiro
Masks Michael Jan Friedman
Belle of the Ball Aaron Rosenberg
Thrilling Mystery Adventure
Girl Running from House Jim & Beckyn Beard
Trouble Came Kathleen David
Thrilling War Adventure
Hate Hop Lester Dent
Thrilling Western Adventure
The Last Gunslinger Mary Fan
Thrilling Romance Adventure
Not Just an Intern Amy Lewanski
Name to Come Jim & Becky Beard
The Green Lady and the Rogue Karissa Laurel
Thrilling Graphic Adventure
The Invasion from Planet-Ex Glenn Hauman
Thrilling Alien Adventure
The Third Law Derek Tyler Attico
Thrilling Occult Adventure
The Outsiders Jenifer Purcell Rosenberg
Thrilling Sword & Sorcery Adventure
Dreams of Kingdom Paul Kupperberg
The Crazy Complicated Cat Caper Will Murray
Professor Ironheart and the Fuhrerbunker Peter David
Alien Invasion of Earth Keith R.A. DeCandido
Aftermath Robert Greenberger
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates
(New publications to the list
are in bold)
Now available!
Batman: The Killing Joke, Christa Faust & Gary Phillips,
Titan Books, $12.95, February 19, 2019
Batman: The Court of Owls, Greg Cox, Titan Books, $22.95,
February 19, 2019
Judges, Volume One, Michael Carroll, Abaddon Books,
$11.99, February 26, 2019
Captain Marvel: Liberation Run, Tess Sharpe, Titan Books,
$24.95, February 26, 2019
Height of the Storm: A Novel of Earth Prime, Aaron Rosenberg, Green
Ronin Publishing, $15.99, February 27, 2019
Superman: Dawnbreaker, Matt de la Peña, Random
House, $18.99, March 5, 2019
The Reign of the Kingfisher, T.J. Martinson, Flatiron
Books, $27.99, March 5, 2019
Rico Dredd: The Titan Years, Michael Carroll, Abaddon
Books, $11.99, April 2, 2019
Thanos: Death Sentence, Stuart Moore, Titan Books, $9.99, April
2, 2019
Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, April 30, 2019
Avengers: Infinity, James A. Moore, Titan Books, $24.95,
April 30, 2019
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Stuart Moore, Titan Books,
$22.95, May 14, 2019
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt, Neil Kleid, Titan Books, $9.99,
May 28, 2019
Zero Sum Game, Cas Russell #1, S.L. Huang, Tor, $18.99,
June 4, 2019
Avalanche [Secret World Chronicle #5], Mercedes Lackey & Cody Martin,
Baen, $7.99, June 25, 2019
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Alex Irvine, Titan Books, $9.99, June
25, 2019
Heroine’s Journey, Sarah Kuhn, DAW, $7.99, July 2, 2019
Null Set, Cas Russell #2, S.L. Huang, Tor, $25.99,
July 9, 2019
Wild Cards XXV: Low Chicago, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, July 16, 2019
The Violent Century, Lavie Tidhar, Tachyon Publications,
$16.95, July 23, 2019
Monster Hunter Guardian, Larry Correia & Sarah Hoyt,
Baen, $27.00, August 6, 2019
Wild Cards XXVII: Knaves over Queens, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor,
$29.99, August 13, 2019
The Godhead [The God Wave Trilogy #3], Patrick Hemstreet, HarperCollins,
$26.99, November 12, 2019
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VERSES FOR THE DEAD (Agent Pendergast) - Now available!
by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office,
A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition
of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.
Pendergast and his new teammate, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to
Miami Beach, where a rash of killings by a bloodthirsty psychopath are distinguished
by a confounding M.O.: cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving
them-along with cryptic handwritten letters-at local gravestones, unconnected
save in one bizarre way: all belonged to women who committed suicide.
But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new
murders is soon the least of Pendergast's worries. Because as he digs deeper,
he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy
of death that reaches back decades.
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
$28.00
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THE VOID PROTOCOL (The ICE Sequence) - Now available!
by F. Paul Wilson
In The Void Protocol, New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson
concludes his medical thriller trilogy featuring Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning
as they confront the entities responsible for the supernatural events of
Panacea and The God Gene.
Something sits in a bunker lab buried fifty feet below the grounds of Lakehurst
Naval Air Station.
The product of the Lange-Tür technology confiscated from the Germans
after World War II occupies a chamber of steel-reinforced ballistic glass.
Despite experimentation for nearly three-quarters of a century, no one knows
what it is, but illegal human research reveals what it can do. Humans with
special abilities have been secretly collected―abilities that can only have
come from whatever occupies the underground bunker in Lakehurst.
And so it sits, sequestered on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens,
slowly changing the world.
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Forge Books
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 9.2 inches
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WEIRDBOOK #40
Print
edition is now available!
Softcover,
256 pages, 6 x 9 inches
$12.00
Weirdbook returns with another
jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales!
Full contents
Iconoclasm, by Adrian Cole
Have a Crappy Halloween, by Franklyn Searight
Early Snow, by Samson Stormcrow Hayes
The Dollhouse, by Glynn Owen Barrass
Elle a Vu un Loup, by Loren Rhoads
Bringing the Bodies Home, by Christian Riley
Restored, by Marlane Quade Cook
Nameless and Named, by David M. Hoenig
Playing A Starring Role, by Paul Lubaczewski
And the Living is Easy, by Mike Chinn
The Prague Relic, by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
The Circle, by Matt Sullivan
Sanctuary, by John Linwood Grant
The Giving of Gifts, by Matt Neil Hill
The Santa Anna, by Jack Lothian
The Dread Fishermen, by Kevin Henry
Blind Vision, by Andrew Darlington
The Thirteenth Step, by William Tea
This Godless Apprenticeship, by Clint Smith
Waiting, by John W. Dennehy
Pouring Whiskey In My Soul, by Paul R. McNamee
True Blue, by Darrell Schweitzer
The Treadmill, by Rohit Sawant
The Veiled Isle, by W. D. Clifton
Poetry
Gila King, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Necro-Meretrix, by Frederick J. Mayer
Grinning Moon, by Frederick J. Mayer
The Burning Man, by Russ Parkhurst
Silent Hours, by Russ Parkhurst
The Old White Crone, by Maxwell I. Gold
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Amazon.com
Kindle Wildside
Press: Softcover Wildside Press: eBook
Weirdbook Magazine Blogspot Weirdbook
Facebook: Weirdbook
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Wonders and Visions: A Visual
History of Science Fiction
By Adam Roberts and Graham Sleight
New crowd funding project at Unbound!
A sumptuous history of science fiction told through its iconic covers.
Our book tells the story of science fiction through its most iconic, beautiful,
interesting and (sometimes) crass cover art: from the earliest days of publishing
in the 19th-century, through the glory days of Pulp magazine covers and the
Golden Age, into the endless visual experimentation of the New Wave and so
to the post-Star Wars era, when a 'visual logic' comes to dominate not just
science fiction but culture as a whole.
With over 350 full-colour images and more than 50,000 words of text this
is more than simply an anthology of famous science fiction covers--it is
an ambitious attempt to tell the whole history of the genre in a new way,
and to make the case that science fiction art, from the sober future-visions
of Chesley Bonestell, to the garish splendours of Hannes Bok, from the Magritte-like
surrealism of Richard Powers, Frank Freas, Judith Clute, and Ed Emshwiller
to the amazingly talented designers and artists of the 21st-century, exists
as a vital and neglected mode of modern art as such.
Through much of the twentieth-century it flowed like a subterranean river,
influencing artistic Modernism, surrealism, abstraction, op-art and postmodernism,
creating a heritage that directly informs the global visual texts of today
in cinema, TV, graphic novels and video games. There has never been a book
quite like this one.
Printed on 120 gsm art paper, hardbound and hand-sewn, we want this book
to be a visually beautiful artifact, although as far as that is concerned
we have a head start since so much of the art we want to reproduce is so
gorgeous. The intense, inky detail of Virgil Finlay’s illustrations to the
extraordinary visions of Paul Lehr, from the cool wondrousness of Moebius
to the gorgeous grotesqueness of H R Giger and the amazing cityscapes of
Kirsten Zirngibl.
There will be three main types of entry. Firstly, there will be several
hundred key covers: one or sometimes two images + plus 150-200 words of text,
of the ten (or more) most iconic and recognisable covers from each decade
of our history: from Wells and Verne to H Rider Haggard's Barsoom and E E
'Doc' Smith's Lensman, from Arthur C Clarke's Childhood's End and Asimov's
Foundation to Leigh Brackett and Joanna Russ's Female Man, from Cyberpunk
masterpieces by William Gibson and Pat Cadigan to dystopias by Octavia Butler
and Cormac McCarthy, to twenty-first century SF.
Second there will be more extended visual comparative studies, one or two
page spreads that compare multiple covers for the same book, to see the way
different artists and publishers have approached the task of visualising
some of the most famous novels in the history of the genre: The Day of the
Triffids; Dune; Left Hand of Darkness and more, as well as surveys of the
work of famous illustrators, or publishing houses.
Third there will be milestone entries: examples of groundbreaking or unusual
covers, usually the first example of (among other things) a fine late 19th-century
illustrated binding for a SF title; a garishly coloured SF magazine cover;
a Golden Age fix-up paperback, a psychedelic 1960s New Wave title, a movie-tie-in;
a graphic novel adaptation of a classic: Shelley's Frankenstein as first
SF novel; Auf Zwei Planeten as first Martian invasion; Time Machine as first
time travel; Orphans of the Sky as the first Generation Starship novel; Leo
and Diane Dillon's illustrations for Ellison's Dangerous Visions; early computer-generated
SF art; and Metal Hurlant revolutionising the potential of SF comics.
Every visual entry will be accompanied by text, and the whole will threaded
together to tell a new story about this important and beautiful mode of art.
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