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Mark Wheatley Original Art Show at Windy City
Originals for New Edgar Rice Burroughs Book on Display
 
Acclaimed artist and pulp enthusiast Mark Wheatley’s work will be the subject of an extensive gallery show at the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention, Friday-Sunday, April 12-14, 2019 at The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, 70 Yorktown Center Lombard, Illinois 60148.

In the spotlight will be his illustrations for Swords Against the Moon Men, part of the new “Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs” series published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Conceived as a continuation of Burroughs’ Moon novels, novelist Christopher Paul Carey expands on the original series while remaining solidly true to the established lore not only of the Moon series, but several other of Burroughs’ series as well. Carey, newly appointed as ERB, Inc.’s Director of Publishing, will join Wheatley at the show.

Wheatley drew and painted the illustrations for the book using a combination of traditional and digital media, “I’ve been painting in Photoshop for over a decade, but I still prefer to draw in ink. So I rough out my composition in Photoshop, print that and ink over it, scan that back into the computer and paint!” he said.

The inked originals will be framed and presented along with high quality, full size Giclée prints of the digital paintings, offering a unique chance to see the entire set of illustrations for the book in one place. This is made possible because a single collector purchased all the art for the book and is allowing it to be displayed for the public.

“I have never been able to attend before, but I’ve heard so many good things about the Windy City show. Certainly, so many of my friends will be attending. Not only will I have a good opportunity to introduce the public to some of the plans I have in store for the publishing program at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. I’ll also get to check out Mark Wheatley’s amazing art show for my novel Swords Against the Moon Men. I can’t wait!” Carey said.

Wheatley, the acclaimed writer-illustrator of the DC/Vertigo graphic novel Breathtaker, the cutting edge First Comics series Mars, pioneering WaRP Graphics mini-series Blood of the Innocent, and ComicMix/IDW Publishing graphic novel series Lone Justice, among other projects, is also an experienced pulp collector himself. Active with The Burroughs Bibliophiles, he has illustrated or painted covers for The Burroughs Bulletin, The National Capital Panthans Journal and Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Second Century. With frequent collaborator Marc Hempel, he also created Tarzan the Warrior and produced many Tarzan comic book series for Semic International, published by Malibu in the US. 2018 saw the release of two new Wheatley illustrated Philip José Farmer books from Meteor House, Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time and The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection.

Wheatley’s also painted covers for The Spider: Satan’s Murder Machines by Norvell W. Page, Amazon Nights by Arthur O. Friel, and adapted The Spider into a graphic novel and followed that up with his own pulp-inspired Frankenstein Mobster. He has illustrated new pulp fiction for Airship 27’s award winning Rick Ruby series. His most recent pulp-infused project is his own creation, in collaboration with G. D. Falksen; Doctor Cthulittle. Copies of the signed, limited edition of Doctor Cthulittle will be available at Windy City. Additionally, art from Doctor Cthulittle and several of his other pulp projects will be on view at the show.

“I’ve been honored to have shows at the Library of Congress and many other prestigious venues across the country, but sharing my art with pulp fans is very much about connecting with my own clan. It’s an awesome experiance!” Wheatley said.

“Swords Against the Moon Men was a great project to be a part of, and I can’t wait for everyone to see these pieces in person. Likewise, it will be wonderful to see fans get a chance to meet Christopher, whose work could easily have inspired three or four times the number of illustrations needed for the book,” he said.
 
ABOUT MARK WHEATLEY
Inducted in July 2017 into The Overstreet Hall of Fame, Mark Wheatley most recently has continued his string of popular Doctor Who covers for Titan, completed a set of Stargate Atlantis covers for American Mythology, and provided the cover and interior illustrations for the new novel Man of War by Heidi Ruby Miller from Meteor House, continuing the Two Hawks series from Philip Jose Farmer. Prior to that, his work for CBS Television was featured on The Millers, 2 Broke Girls, and Super Clyde, and the Square Roots pilot for ABC. In print he was featured in the acclaimed Jungle Tales of Tarzan from Dark Horse Comics, on the cover of the Meteor House release of Exiles of Kho by Christopher Paul Carey, and his own well received art book, Stars, which presents elaborate line art portraits of actors, musicians, and authors. With a track record that includes Frankenstein Mobster, Radical Dreamer, Return of the Human, Hammer of the Gods, EZ Street, Skultar, and Lone Justice, Wheatley is an Inkpot, Mucker, Gem, Speakeasy, and Eisner award-winning creator. He has lectured at the Library of Congress, exhibited at the Norman Rockwell Museum, created set pieces for The Black Eyed Peas, designed for Lady Gaga, and contributed designs to ABC’s Beauty and the Beast.

ABOUT THE WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION
The Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention was first held in 2001 and sees its 19th annual show in 2019.  It's the largest collectibles show in the country devoted primarily to pulps.  Roughly 100 dealers from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.  will display their wares in a massive a dealer room featuring 180 tables of pulps, paperbacks, original illustration art, golden age comics, OTR, vintage movie memorabilia and more.  During the day on Fridays and Saturdays, attendees can also attend film programming, featuring movies based on pulp stories, while in the evenings and on Sunday are panels devoted to the pulps.  One of the highlights of any Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention are the Friday and Saturday night auctions, and this year's auctions will continue that trend.  The 2019 Friday night estate auction is devoted to material from the legendary collection of Bob Weinberg, one of pulp fandom's best known collectors, while the Saturday night auction features material from the estate of Glenn Lord, for decades the literary executor for the Robert E. Howard estate.  The Windy City convention is also known for its amazing art show.  For 2019, in addition to the art of Mark Wheatley, the art show will be displaying art from Planet Stories, as well as pulp art relating to pulps, authors and artists with a Chicago connection, including Edgar Rice Burroughs and J. Allan St. John.  Visit www.windycitypulpandpaper.com for more info.








Adventure House

Adventure House is pleased to announce that Adventure House has acquired a number of the Girasol Collectables reprint files.
They will be releasing on a monthly basis a number of their public domain titles as part of our monthly offerings.

March 2019  - Coming soon!
Strange Stories - 02/39  
Spicy-Adventure Stories – 11/34

February 2019
Spicy Detective Stories - 04/34
Oriental Stories - 10-11/30

January 2019
Golden Fleece – 10/38
Doctor Death – 02/35
Saucy Movie Tales – 12/35
Magic Carpet – 01/33


Adventure House
Coming soon!

High Adventure #165
Hostages of Hate by Anthony Rud – PEOPLE’S

Randolph Haish vowed to exterminate every member of the family which he thought had wronged him.
But the family included Koot Koven, an ex-soldier, and Koot objected to being exterminated. 
A remarkable girl got mixed up in the affair too, a story of fiendish cleverness, rapid-fire action, and genuine romance.



7x10, 110 pages, $12.95


 
Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #57 – June 1938

Patrol of the Iron Hand by Robert J. Hogan

Death walks the world in an iron garb and sleeps in the dismal caves of Hell! 
Stahlmaske once more roams the Front—and the bodies of the damned lie strewn in his wake! 
The Master Spy Calls on his courage and wits to battle forces of Hate!

Suicide On Wheels by Greaseball Joe

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7x10, 110 pages, $12.95


Adventure House
Coming in April!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #58 – July 1938

Fangs of the Serpent by Robert J. Hogan

The skies are red with the blood of men who have a right to live, and G-8 flies to his last appointment with Death! 
This is the will of the Serpent and there is hell and misery locked in the magic of his eyes. 
You’ll know about this when you’ve felt the bloody FANGS OF THE SERPENT. Death Makes A Bargain by Greaseball Joe



Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee

7x10, 110 pages, $12.95







Airship 27 Productions
IKE MARS, PRIVATE EYE
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the release of a new Fred Adams Jr. Mystery here in “Ike Mars – Bloody.” Pittsburg private eye Ike Mars was struck by lightning twice.  Now he can change his face to look like anybody else. An enviable talent for any investigator. When a small time hood dies in Mars’ arms, after having been shot, he leaves the Mars with a small, key covered in blood.

The street-smart shamus safely assumes the man was killed by people after that key. So, the question is why is it so important as to be worth a man’s life? What mystery does it unlock and how much danger is Mars in now that he possesses it? 

Once again, pulp scribe Fred Adams, Jr. launches another thrilling mystery series with this novel starring one of the most unique characters ever to walk the midnight streets of crime novels.

Artist James McFarland handles the interior illustrations and Rob Davis the cover. This is new pulp fiction at its finest.


Available from Amazon and coming soon on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
DOMINO LADY VOLUME 3
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the release of “Domino Lady Vol 3.”

Pulpdom’s sexiest masked avenger returns in five new adventures courtesy of writers Adam Mudman Bezecny, Gene Moyers, Brad Mengel and Samantha Lienhard. By day she is wealthy Los Angeles socialite Ellen Patrick. By night she dons her mask, cape and arms herself with a hypodermic syringe and deadly silver plated automatic to become the beautiful and mysterious vigilante known only as the Domino Lady.

In this volume she uncovers a secret female society also combating evil; a plot to take over rich wineries, confronts a blackmailer, defends a Hollywood union against gangsters and solves a friend’s murder.

“Domino Lady is arguably the most well known of the classic female pulp heroes,” says Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “Fans can’t get enough of her adventures and we are delighted to satisfy their demands.” Dressing up this third volume is the same super talented art team that was responsible for volumes one and two. James Lyle provides all the interior black and white illustrations, while Ted Hammond delivers another stunning, colorful cover. All neatly assembled by award winning Art Director Rob Davis. 

When it comes to spills and thrills, defending innocent people and thwarted the bad guys, it is all in a night’s work for the one and only, Domino Lady.


Available from Amazon and on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Podcast #49
Radio Archives, Pulp Factory Awards, and Bulldog Drummond!
Now online!


Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis step aboard the Airship 27 for a new voyage!
They discuss Radio Archives, the Pulp Factory Awards, Bulldog Drummon, Fred Adams Jr., share some bad jokes and more!



Airship 27 Podcast


Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Announcing the new Altus Press releases premiering at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show

More Pulp Releases: The Spider #4 and Dusty Ayres #11… At a Discount
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

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 #8: The Mad Horde
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge

Never before in history had anything quite so horrible as the Mad Horde been loosed upon a terrified humanity! In rural towns and through the thronging streets of great cities the death-bringers stalked, spreading the slow madness of which they themselves must soon die! The Spider, dismayed and horrified as never before in his long career, is forced at last into risking the life of the girl he loves—so that a million others may live!

$13.95 softcover
On sale until April 5: $12.95


Captain Satan #1: The Mask of the Damned
By William O’Sullivan

He held in his hands the burning Brand of Hell, and in his heart was locked the courage of the Gods! Wise guys and tough mugs, crooks and their thieving mobs knew the Mark of Satan; and they knew the swift ghosts of Fear and Destruction that rode by his side—the many fierce hands of Justice that fought in Satan’s Crew!

$13.95 softcover
On sale until April 5: $12.95


Altus Press



 
Altus Press
Premiering at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show!

Altus Press has been hard at work on these oversized collections, and you can get them at www.altuspress.com or via Mike Chomko's table at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show in Lombard, IL, on April 12:


Operator 5: The Complete Purple Wars (2 Volume Deluxe Edition)
by Emile C. Tepperman, illustrated by John Fleming Gould and John Newton Howitt
introduction by Will Murray and an afterword by Tom Johnson
Dustjacketed two-volume hardcover edition.

The "War and Peace of the Pulps” is finally collected in a two-volume deluxe, hardcover edition. Running in the pages of Operator #5 magazine from 1936–38, this 14-part epic chronicled the invasion and conquering of America by a mysterious foe from Europe: The Purple Empire. As Will Murray describes in this edition's Introduction: "Battles rage from coast to coast. The exploits of Operator 5 shift from espionage and counterespionage to straight military adventure. Through it all, Jimmy Christopher rises to become the de facto leader of the resistance."

Written by Emile C. Tepperman (author of The Spider and The Masked Marksman) and containing nearly 300 illustrations by John Fleming Gould, this half-million-word saga remains the greatest epic to see print in Golden Age of the pulps and is still considered most risky and ambitious experiment ever undertaken in the single-character magazines.

This two-volume deluxe, hardcover edition includes an all-new Introduction by pulp historian Will Murray, as well as Tom Johnson's retrospective on the series, The History of the Purple Wars. It also collects the rarely-reprinted Epilogue to the Purple War, "Revolt of the Devil Men."

Also restored are all of author Tepperman's rarely-reprinted footnotes which graced the original pulp editions of the stories.

Never-before collected, this remastered, comprehensive collection of Operator 5: The Complete Purple Wars has been one of the most eagerly-anticipated pulp publications of all time.

788 pages / 8.5"x11" / $150



Ships and Men: The Complete Epic (Deluxe Edition)
by H. Bedford-Jones
illustrated by Frederic Anderson, George Avison, John Richard Flanagan, Leyland R. Gustavson, Robert L. Lambdin, Arthur Lytell, Alex Raymond, Alfred Simpkin, Yngve E. Soderberg, and Harve Stein
Dustjacketed hardcover edition.

Running for three years in the pages of the prestigious Blue Book Magazine, author H. Bedford-Jones crafted the most ambitious work of his career: a massive, 34-part saga of seafaring adventure, told chronologically throughout the annals of naval warfare, involving a number of significant figures in world history. Never before collected, this 200,000-word epic includes nearly 200 interior illustrations by artists such as Alex Raymond, John Richard Flanagan, and Leyland R. Gustavson.

350 pages / 8.5"x11" / $85



Black Mask (2019 Yearbook)
by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun, Katrina Younes, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Michael Bracken, Jonathan Sheppard, Jim Doherty, Isaac Babel, Boris Dralyuk, D.L. Champion, Dashiell Hammett, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C. Davis

Black Mask, the greatest American detective magazine of all time, is back with another issue. This time around, it includes nine new stories in the Black Mask vein by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Jonathan Sheppard, Michael Bracken, Jim Doherty, as well as a new article on Raymond Chandler’s The Little Sister by Katrina Younes. In addition, Boris Dralyuk has kindly supplied his translation of Isaac Babel’s “Lyubka the Cossack” and arranged for its reprinting here.

And, as with previous issues, Black Mask collects some of the best hard-boiled detective fiction from the Popular Publications vaults, as written by some of the genre’s best: Dashiell Hammett, D.L. Champion, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C. Davis.

142 pages / 8.5"x11" / $19.95




Altus Press




 

American Mythology Productions
Arriving in comic shops April 3!

CARSON OF VENUS: FLAMES BEYOND #3
(Writer) Carey Christopher Paul (Art) Cyrus Mesarcia
(Cover) 
Cyrus Mesarcia
(Cover) Puis Calzada (Pulp Homage cover)

In the climactic conclusion of Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond, Carson Napier must go head to head with his nemesis Varlek Sar, whose army of ghostly Carson duplicates is locked in a deadly battle with the allied forces Duare has assembled from across Amtor. But the war raging in the streets of the dystopian science-city of Havatoo is just the diversion Varlek Sar needs, as he sets his sights beyond the mythical flames that surround Amtor to achieve his true goal-conquest of the planet Earth!

Carson of Venus The Flames Beyond #3 comes with three covers - Main by series artist Cyrus Mesarcia, Pulp Homage by Puis Calzada, and limited-edition Character Design edition also by Mesarcia.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale March 27 (Main & Pulp Homage covers).
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale March 27 (Limited Edition cover).




 
 

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE SHADOW #139: “Kings of Crime” and “The Stars Promise Death”
The Master of Darkness crushes crime in Seaview City in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, while community leaders speed the growth of a great city, “Kings of Crime” plot to fleece the resort town out of millions Then, following a cryptic clue left by a dead man, The Shadow pursues a trail of astrological slayings when “The Stars Promise Death.”

BONUS: The Whisperer investigates “Invisible Evidence” in a pulp thriller by Alan Hathway writing as “Clifford Goodrich,” plus Nick Carter solves “The Case of the Mermaid’s Murder!” in a Golden Age of Comics classic by Bob Powell. This instant collector’s item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with supporting commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-257-5 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)

Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Airship 27 Update with Ron Fortier and Rob Davis
 
It has been a busy first 3 months of 2019 for Airship 27!  Ron Fortier and Rob Davis will have 9 new books published by the end of March.  We had a spirited chat about these new books and some insider information about how they were produced.
  
It is always a spirited discussion when Ron and Rob come on the show and this was no exception.  There were several exclusives and lots of inside information.


Past episodes:
Audible versions of Bobby Nash's "Abraham Snow" Series with Voice actor Stuart Gauffi
Roger Alford - The Black Spectre Origins Book II
New World Order: HERO U.N.I.O.N. by Jeff Deischer

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

Black Moon: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Five - Now available!
by Seabury Quinn


The concluding volume in a series collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel” (1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.


Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99

 

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





Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
Now available!

Among the most prolific fictioneers ever to pound a typewriter, Johnston McCulley has earned pop-culture immortality as the creator of Zorro, who made his debut in 1919.  At that time he was just one of many McCulley characters romping through the shag-edged pages of America's pulp-fiction magazines.  Most others appeared in Street & Smith's DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, a weekly periodical devoted to fast-paced tales of crime and mystery.  The three novels contained in this book, originally published in DETECTIVE STORY as several series of connected novelettes, feature protagonists operating outside the law. Two of them, Black Star and The Spider, are master criminals who take special pleasure in outwitting police; the third, The Thunderbolt, is a vigilante attempting to right wrongs beyond the law's reach.

Although these yarns were written a hundred years ago, they lack the florid excesses common to what is popularly known as "purple prose." McCulley's style is simple and direct, and aside from some stilted dialogue here and there, his fiction remains just as entertaining as it was upon first publication. Moreover, his World War I-era protagonists set the pattern for countless pulp characters to follow, lending historical context to their fanciful exploits. In reading the adventures of Black Star, The Spider, and The Thunderbolt, today's pulp-fiction aficionado will encounter tropes that were still being employed twenty and thirty years later. None of the characters in this omnibus had Zorro's longevity, nor did they achieve his success in other media. But they are fascinating nonetheless as precursors of an entire school of pulp heroes and villains. 

Cover Art by John A. Coughlin
Introduction by Ed Hulse
590 pages., trade paperback, 6x9 inches

Price: $35.00


All three novels are now available in one jumbo-sized, affordably priced volume.

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press


Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

Collectibles Section Update: March 28
- New!
2019 Windy City con’s Film Program: Saturday schedule
Coming Next Week: THE JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
2/1/19: Customer Service Update

Bold Venture Press
PULP ADVENTURES #31
Now available!

MYSTERY, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR — NEW AND CLASSIC PULP FICTION!
Audrey Parente, editor

Cover art by Norman Saunders
Interior illustration by Aleena-Valentine Lopez

CLASSIC PULP FICTION
"Noggins Gets His Man" by Johnston McCulley
A police detective bides his time hoping a killer might crack.
"You Can Get Away With Murder" by Charles Boeckman
Amidst the sea of Mardi Gras revelers, two detectives follow a trail of clues to find a killer.
"Flapjack Meehan’s Coal Strike" by Frank Richardson Pierce
It can't be fool's gold when it's lumpy and black ...

NEW PULP FICTION
"’The Death Clock" by David Bernard
Antique heirloom or deadly obsession?
"The Ghost of Torreon" by Edd Vick and Manny Frishberg
Time and space — an inventor may run out of both …?
"When the Punishment Fits the Crime" by Carson Demmans
A rat turns stoolie …
"A Fear of Winning" by Gary Lovisi
Cheaters never win … but winners just might cheat …
"Daemon Mask: Crimson Wings of Silence"
by Stuart Hopen & Russ Martin
[35-page comic section] The Whisper clashes with a mad scientist whose "cleansing agent" could whitewash reality!
[The Whisper's origin story appears in Pulp Adventures #24]

SHORT FEATURE
"Happy 100th Birthday, Zorro" by Rich Harvey
Strike up the parade in Chillicothe, Illinois.
Editorial by Audrey Parente


Trade paperback, 7 x 10 inches, 134 pages, $12.95


 

Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Appeal: THE GETAWAY by Jim Thompson
Pulp Appeal: “The Garden of Adompha” by Clark Ashton Smith  
Pulp Appeal: “The Tomb Spawn” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Appeal: “The Master of the Crabs” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (2017)
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (1999)
Issue 8 Out Today!


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

Sensor Sweep: Classics, Steve Tompkins, Queen of the Black Coast, Gun Ghoul
- New!
Remembering a Friend - New!
H.P. Lovecraft: The Music of Erich Zann
Brand New Cirsova Out Today!
Sensor Sweep: Dime Detective, Jules Verne, Warhammer, Galactic Patrol, Rambo!
Sensor Sweep: August Derleth, Mack Bolan, Fandom History, Bill Crider Prize
Sensor Sweep: Captain Marvel, Michael Shea, C. S. Forester, Strange Matter

Sensor Sweep: Moon Pool, Talismans, Sea Wolf, Jerry Pournelle, New Heinlein

Centipede Press
SWORDS IN THE MIST  by Fritz Leiber
Now available!


In the annals of heroic fantasy one epic tale stands head and shoulders above the rest, spanning sixty years in the telling, the saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser has captivated fans ever since Fritz Leiber’s first tale of the duo appeared in the August, 1939 issue of Unknown. The story of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is among the most enduring in modern fantasy, and Centipede Press is releasing the first of what will be the definitive eight-volume set comprising not only all of the stories by Fritz Leiber (and his friend Harry Fischer), but also the brilliant epilogue to the series, Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin Wayne Bailey.

The third book in the series, Swords in the Mist, includes “The Cloud of Hate,” “Lean Times in Lankhmar,” “Their Mistress, The Sea,” “When the Sea-King’s Away,” “The Wrong Branch,” and “Adept’s Gambit.”

For bonus materials, we have a rare photograph of Fritz Leiber, plus Leiber’s introduction from Night’s Black Agents, an essay by Fritz Leiber called “H.P. Lovecraft meets Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser,” some story fragments and a “Few Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Firsts,” and H.P. Lovecraft’s letters to Fritz Leiber regarding “Adept’s Gambit.”

This book features an introduction by Tim Powers and artwork by Grant Griffin. It features six color interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece, full color wraparound dustjacket, and custom illustrated endpapers. The book includes all of the stories that make up Swords in the Mist along with the bonus material mentioned above.


Bound in full black cloth, blind stamping on front board.
Illustrations hand-tipped into the book.
Introduction by Tim Powers.
Gorgeous dustjacket on Mohawk Superfine.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Published March 2019.
Book size 6 × 9 inches.
Number of pages: 280.

unsigned: $69 (on sale from $75)



Centipede Press


Clive Cussler: CELTIC EMPIRE (Dirk Pitt Adventure)  - Now available!
by Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler

The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. . . A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. . . An attack by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. . . Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie in the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago.

During what was supposed to be a routine investigation in South America, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt finds himself embroiled in an international mystery, one that will lead him across the world and which will threaten everyone and everything he knows--most importantly, his own family. Pitt travels to Scotland in search of answers about the spread of an unknown disease and the shadowy bioremediation company that may be behind it. Meanwhile, his son and daughter face a threat of their own when the discoveries they have made in an Egyptian tomb put killers on their trail. These seemingly unrelated riddles come together in a stunning showdown on the rocky isles of Ireland, where only the Pitts can unravel the secrets of an ancient enigma that could change the very future of mankind.


Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches
List price: $29.99



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.



CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5 - Arriving in comic shops April 3!
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

 
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION VOLUME 2: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA TPB - Arriving in comic shops April 3!
Written by Kurt Busiek, Mike Mignola & Tim Truman
Penciled by Cary Nord, Greg Ruth, Tim Truman, Eric Powell, Paul Lee & Rafael Kayanan
Cover by Tony Harris


“The Tower of the Elephant” and other stories! Conan the Barbarian stars in more legendary tales filled with swords, sorcery, giant spiders and monstrous creatures — including stories adapted from the original works of Robert E. Howard! Stealing the priceless gem the Heart of the Elephant from an unguarded tower seems like child’s play — but nothing’s ever easy for Conan! Then, a dalliance with a magistrate’s wife spells trouble, and Conan’s adventures in the City of Thieves continue as he runs a gauntlet of threats both human and inhuman! But what grotesque horrors await him in the Hall of the Dead? And is anybody ready for Conan…the King? Plus: Tales of Conan’s youth as he braves the Battle of Brita’s Vale — and rides a wild Cimmerian bull!

Collecting CONAN (2004) #20-39.


Trade paperback, Full Color, 504 pages, $39.99



 

Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!


FRAZETTA Goes Coo-Coo Again (1948-49)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: THE SHADOW (1933) - New!
Movie Posters of 1924 (Part 2) - New!
FANTASTIC Covers by Herbert McCauley
Pulp Gallery: TOP-NOTCH (1935)
Forgotten Books: HALF-PAST MORTEM by John A. Saxon (Robert Leslie Bellem?)
SHADOW COMICS 81, 82, 83 & 84 (1947-48)
 
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!



    



The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Amazing Stories No. 3 Spring 2019 - New!
Science Fiction Adventures Feb. 1953
Analog Mar/Apr 2019
Paperback Parade No. 103 Feb. 2019
Paperback Fanatic No. 41 March 2019
Nostalgia Digest Spring 2019
Mystery Weekly Magazine March 2019


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

Steve Tompkins Tributes Across the Blogosphere
- New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/24/2019 - New!
Steve Tompkins - May His Light Never Dim - New!
A Lament for Sword-and-Sorcery Champion Steve Tompkins (1960-2009) - New!
In Memoriam: Steve Tompkins - New!
Steve Tompkins -- Ten Years Gone
- New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/17/2019
Metallic Mirrors Part One: Michael Whelan
Algernon Blackwood's Sesquicentennial


Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Fourth Title in the EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Limited Edition Collection....
JOHN CARTER OF MARS Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Now shipping!

(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. 



For a look at additional artwork
click here


Now available!
The Scarlet Citadel

The decay of a king. The fall of a kingdom.

Everything starts on a battlefield. Conan, then king of Aquilonia, faces a coalition of traitors led by the wizard Tsotha-Lanthi who, to overcome the rage of the Cimmerian, uses his spells before neutralizing it in the most cowardly way. Captured alive, Conan is taken to the terrible jails of the Scarlet Citadel to suffer a worse fate than death and obtain his abdication, while the wizard's armies march to his capital. Will the horror of the prison and the dreadful magic of the wizard overcome the inflexible resolution of Conan? Will he manage to escape to reach his people in time?

Luc Brunschwig and Étienne Le Roux take up the challenge of adapting one of Conan's darkest news, in which the Cimmerian probably makes the biggest fall in his history: from glorious king, he becomes a pathetic prisoner. A black story, panting, full of diplomatic issues and tensions, where the myth becomes human again.


Language: French
Scriptwriter: Luc Brunschwig
Designer: Etienne Le Roux

Full Color
Size: 240 x 320 mm
72 pages
Shaping: Hardcover
Price: 14.95 €



Arriving in bookstores April 3!
The Scarlet Citadel

The decay of a king. The fall of a kingdom.

Everything starts on a battlefield. Conan, then king of Aquilonia, faces a coalition of traitors led by the wizard Tsotha-Lanthi who, to overcome the rage of the Cimmerian, uses his spells before neutralizing it in the most cowardly way. Captured alive, Conan is taken to the terrible jails of the Scarlet Citadel to suffer a worse fate than death and obtain his abdication, while the wizard's armies march to his capital. Will the horror of the prison and the dreadful magic of the wizard overcome the inflexible resolution of Conan? Will he manage to escape to reach his people in time?

Luc Brunschwig and Étienne Le Roux take up the challenge of adapting one of Conan's darkest news, in which the Cimmerian probably makes the biggest fall in his history: from glorious king, he becomes a pathetic prisoner. A black story, panting, full of diplomatic issues and tensions, where the myth becomes human again.


Language: French
Scriptwriter: Luc Brunschwig
Designer: Etienne Le Roux

Black & White
Size: 280 x 370 mm
64 pages
Shaping: Hardcover
Price: 14.95 €





Haffner Press
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
By Manly Wade Wellman
Complete in two volumes!

Now available for pre-order!

“Not All a Dream”                
An unpublished Manly Wade Wellman story to be shipped with preorders of       
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
Note: Cover shown is not final!       


John, whose last name is never revealed, is a wandering singer who carries a guitar strung with strings of pure silver. He is a veteran of the Korean War and served in the U.S. Army as a sharpshooter (in the novel After Dark, he mentions that his highest rank was PFC). In his travels, he frequently encounters creatures and superstitions from the folk tales and superstitions of the mountain people. Though John has no formal education, he is self-taught, highly intelligent and widely read; it is implied that his knowledge of occult and folk legendarium is of Ph.D level. This knowledge has granted him competent use of white magic, which he has used on occasion to overcome enemies or obstacles, but it is primarily his courage, wit and essential goodness that always enables him to triumph over supernatural evils (although the silver strings of his guitar and his possession of a copy of The Long Lost Friend are also powerful tools in fighting evil magic), while basic Army training allows him to physically deal with human foes.

The stories are rich in the customs and lore of the region and many of the folk songs John sings are authentic as well. Wellman did introduce some original songs and legends but his creations blend seamlessly with the traditional material. Whereas Tolkien integrated Northern mythology into his mythos, and C.S. Lewis the European Fairy Tales of yore, Wellman’s stories are drenched in the folktales and songs of old Americana; the haunting stories of the slaves and the tall tales of the Revolution, strange beasts, witch-women, and dark apparitions. As famed author Karl Edward Wagner wrote: “These stories are chilling and enchanting, magical and down-to-earth, full of wonder and humanity. They are fun. They are like nothing else you’ve read before.”—Adapted from Wikipedia


Complete in Two Volumes!
Smythe-sewn Hardcovers

Edited by Stephen Haffner
Pre-Order price: $90

Stories:
"O Ugly Bird!"
"The Desrick on Yandro"
"Vandy, Vandy"
"One Other"
"Call Me from the Valley"
"The Little Black Train"
"Shiver in the Pines"
"Walk Like a Mountain"
"On the Hills and Everywhere"
"Old Devlins Was A-Waiting"
"Nine Yards of Other Cloth"
"Then I Wasn't Alone"
"You Know the Tale of Hoph"
"Blue Monkey"
"The Stars Down There"
"Find the Place Yourself"
"I Can't Claim That"
"Who Else Could I Count On"
"John's My Name"
"Why They're Named That"
"None Wiser for the Trip"
"Nary Spell"
"Trill Coster's Burden"
"The Spring"
"Owls Hoot in the Daytime"
"Can These Bones Live?"
"Nobody Ever Goes There"
"Where Did She Wander?"

Novels
The Old Gods Waken (1979)
After Dark (1980)
The Lost and the Lurking (1981)
The Hanging Stones (1982)
The Voice of the Mountain (1984)

That's right. All the stories. All the novels (the most recent of which has been out of print for nearly 35 years!).

If you're acquainted with our previous Manly Wade Wellman volume, THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE, then you know what to expect and won't want to miss this important edition of one of the finest literary creations in all of weird fiction.





Haffner Press
THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 1 Second Edition
By Edmond Hamilton

Now available for pre-order!

Okay, you kiwis and pee-lots, listen up!

This is Sergeant Saturn letting you rascally rocketeers know that when you fans of a certain classic cosmic crusader send enough feedback, the Big Poobah at Haffner Press has little choice but to give you what you want.

To that end, be it known that sometime, sooner than later, you will be able to add THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME ONE to your already stellar library in a revised 2nd Edition.

What’s the difference between this forthcoming edition and the 2009 First Printing, you ask? Good question! All we can say at this time is that the 2nd Edition will contain the four Captain Future novels:

“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future, Win ’40)
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40)
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40)
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll ’40)

and we’ll share more information as it becomes available.

So, prime yer rockets while Mr. Wart Ears here goes to the galley for another jug of Xeno.


Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by George Rozen
700+ page Hardcover

Pre-order price: $45.00



Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS: VOLUME 9 KILLER'S TOWN - Now available!

For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print!

Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books, starting in August 2016, and every other month thereafter! This exciting installment, Volume 9 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: "Killer’s Town!"

Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #9 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!

In the far reaches of the peaceful jungle, a notorious international criminal establishes KILLER’S TOWN, a haven for thieves and murderers from many nations. There, with their stolen diamonds, gold, and other precious loot, they find safe refuge from the forces of law and order and are free to pursue their dissolute lives, protected from arrest and punishment.

When a beautiful and innocent young girl is trapped in this evil place, the terrorists are confronts by a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful force represented by THE SIGN OF THE SKULL, as the Phantom, single-handed, pits himself against the vicious world of KILLER’S TOWN.


Paperback, 144 pages, $14.99






Hermes Press: The Phantom: The Complete Avon Novels Volume #10: The Goggle-Eyed Pirates! - Arriving in comic shops April 3!

For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print!
Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books!
This exciting installment, Volume 10 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: "Goggle-Eyed Pirates!"

Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #10 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!

On a luxury liner in mid-ocean, a gang of weird pirates suddenly appears – as if out of nowhere. They rob the ship’s vaults and passengers – then disappear just as mysteriously as they had come. How?

Piracy – to the Phantom – is like a red cape to a bull. For centuries – since the first Phantom’s father was killed by pirates – the Phantom has been the nemesis of pirates everywhere. Now, once more, the Phantom must meet that threat as he rallies to seek out and destroy the mysterious GOGGLE-EYED PIRATES.


Paperback, 6X9 inches, 144 pages, $14.99




Hippocampus Press
Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others
By Bobby Derie 

Now available for pre-order!
On sale April 1st!

For more than a decade, Bobby Derie has written insightful and penetrating essays on some of the leading authors of pulp fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, especially Robert E. Howard and his friends, colleagues, and fellow-writers. In this collection of twenty-six essays, Derie covers an extraordinarily wide range of subjects; but in every instance he draws upon primary documents to illuminate some of the obscurer corners in the realm of the pulp magazines, especially the legendary Weird Tales.

Here we find studies of the expansive and at times contentious correspondence of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard; Howard’s association with such colleagues in the pulp world as Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, and Frank Belknap Long; Howard’s sporadic involvement with such fans as R. H. Barlow, Stuart M. Boland, and Francis T. Laney; a discussion of Howard’s writing for amateur papers; and numerous other topics.

Derie’s perspicacity and keenness of analysis are apparent on every page of his work. His thorough familiarity, not only with Robert E. Howard’s fiction but also with his bountiful letters, serves as the foundation of his critical work, and he exhibits a wide knowledge of the work of Lovecraft, Smith, and others who form the inexhaustibly fascinating cadre of writers associated with Weird Tales.

Bobby Derie is the author of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos (2014) and the compiler of The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard: Index and Addenda (2015). He has written numerous articles on pulp fiction that have appeared in print and in online venues.


Paperback, 352 pages
Cover design by Dan Sauer, incorporating Bobby Derie's photomontage of Robert E. Howard.

Pre-order price: $20.00



The Horror From The Mound by Robert E. Howard - Now online!
Hosted by: Matthew Clark
Produced by: KBOO
Program: Gremlin Time
Air date: Mon, 03/18/2019 - 11:00pm to Tue, 03/19/2019 - 12:00am

Considered to be the first "weird western" short story, 'The Horror From The Mound" is about a former cowpuncher, Steve Brill, who regrets having left the cowboy life to become a farmer in West Texas. He is also curious to see if there might be spanish treasure buried in a nearby hullock, which his mexican neighbors avoid walking past. As if it were haunted. A classic story from the pulp era, by Robert E. Howard which combines elements of regional legends and the horror story.




Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Hardback Copy
 
Robert E. Howard’s Birthday
Novel Excerpt
State of the Tower
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes


ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #63 - Now available!  

We feature the work of ELBERT McGRAN JACKSON, known for his many slick magazine illustrations and covers for the Saturday Evening Post and others. Our second feature concerns MARIO COOPER, known for his watercolor and dye illustrations for Collier's, American Weekly, and many more. Finally, we feature part three of our ongoing series concerning early American artists of the Western frontier. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue.

Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00






The Illustrated Press
RAFAEL DESOTO
Coming soon!


$50
Details will be posted when available.




The Illustrated Press


ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #4 - Now available and arriving soon in comic shops!  

A celebration of one of the greatest British comic strip artists of all time, Ron Embleton.
The life and art of one of the most popular and talented artists of the 20th century is explored in depth.
The retrospective includes many reproductions of his original art, including hitherto rarely seen examples of his fine art.
We hope that you are excited as we are at the incredible scope and vitality of this great man's art, from the early years of Wulf the Briton to Wicked Wanda from Penthouse.

Magazine, 144 pages, Full Color, $34.99




Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

STRANGE TALES, September 1931
The first issue of this pulp magazine.

Contents
THE DEAD WHO WALK by Ray Cummings
THE PLACE OF THE PYTHONS by Arthur J. Burks
THE DARK CASTLE by Marion Brandon
DR. MUNCING, EXORCIST by Gordon MacCreagh
THE DOG THAT LAUGHED by Charles Willard Diffin
THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER by Clark Ashton Smith
NASTURTIA by Capt. S. P. Meek
A CRY FROM BEYOND by Victor Rousseau
THE AWFUL INJUSTICE by S. B. H. Hurst

Pulp-sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 146 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95


STRANGE STORIES, February 1939
The first issue of this pulp magazine.

Contents
THE SINGING SHADOWS by Vincent Cornier
THE CURSE OF THE HOUSE by Robert Bloch
EYES OF THE SERPENT by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer
THE INVADERS by Keith Hammond
CHANGELING by Manly Wade Wellman
THE SORCERER'S JEWEL by Tarleton Fiske
MAJOR McCRARY'S VISION by Ralph Milne Farley
THE FROG by Henry Kuttner
SERVANT OF SATAN by Otis Adelbert Kline


Pulp-sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95


HONEY WEST #5: GIRL ON THE PROWL

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME who packs a .38 automatic and a lethal command of karate-whose curves are deadlier than a cobra-who hunts killers for fun (and, besides, it's a living...)
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME when she's HONEY WEST-the wildest private eye ever!


Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 160 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95



THE GODDESS OF ATVATABAR

"The Goddess of Atvatabar" is a story that must certainly and speedily take rank as one of the most tremendous efforts of the imagination put forth by any modern writer. William R. Bradshaw, the author, has given a history of the discovery of the interior world. The scene is laid in the North Polar Gulf and the inside of the earth, the narrative being based on the theory that the planet on which we live is a hollow shell one thousand miles in thickness, in which there are continents and oceans, all lit by an interior sun. Fifty million people worship a living goddess of surpassing beauty, and they are masters of invention theosophy and occult forces. The story displays all the invention, vivacity and incident of Jules Verne, and it goes still further in picturing an advanced scale of social, philosophic and religious attainment. It is written in simple, direct and fascinating style, and every page is intensely interesting. Julian Hawthorn deems the story of such extraordinary merit that he has written an elaborate introduction to it.

Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 324 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $14.95












Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Reno rides the range!
Remembering the Friends of Old Time Radio Conventions
Debunking the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon myth
The day Silver rescued The Lone Ranger
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



The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!


Bringing you the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.

Now featuring:

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Virgil Finlay - New!

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Michael William Kaluta:  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3  

Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie

Accepting new articles for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net




Mystery*File - Now online!

Pulp Stories I’m Reading: C. S. MONTAYNE “The Perfect Crime.”
- New!
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: RICHARD SALE “The House of Kaa.”
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading, Selected by David Vineyard: CLEVE F. ADAMS “Flowers for Violet.”
SF Stories I’m Reading: ROBERT L. DAVIS “Teratohippus.”
SF Stories I’m Reading: JOHN SHIRLEY “Shaman.”
Pulp SF Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: NORMAN DANIELS “The Great Ego.”
SF Stories I’m Reading: STEVEN GOULD “Peaches for Mad Molly.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: GEORGE HARMON COXE “Murder Picture.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lost, Strayed and Stolen.”

The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!

Cliff Lords

MAIO-SHAN
Black Dove
The Wraith
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre

North-West Adventures - Now online!

Adventure Fiction: (1926) “The Glacier Lode” by Strickland Gillian - New!
Radio: (1938) Blair of the Mounties
- New!
(1934) The Key to Windigo
W. Ryerson Johnson (1901-1995)
William Macleod Raine (1871-1954)
More Covers From Adventure

Frank Williams (1887-?)

George T. Marsh (1876-1945)
Mounties on the Cover II





Register Now for PulpFest 2019

PulpFest 2019 postcardPulpFest is accepting advance registrations for our 2019 convention, August 15 – 18. Register now and beat the rush. You’ll save money and get free early-bird shopping if you book a room at the convention’s host hotel. By staying at the DoubleTree, you help defray the convention’s expenses and show our hotel that PulpFest will help their bottom line.

There are plenty of rooms available at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. You can book a room directly through the PulpFest website. Just below the PulpFest banner at the top of our home page,  you’ll find a link that reads “Book a Room.” Click the link and you’ll be redirected to a secure site where you can place your reservation.

You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention PulpFest to receive the special convention rate of $129 plus tax per night.Included in the room rate are two complimentary breakfasts per room during your stay. Also included is free Wi-Fi in each sleeping room. Parking is free. You must book your room by July 31, 2019 in order to get the special convention rate.

For All Members
All PulpFest 2019 members — including dealers — must register for the convention.

Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying at the DoubleTree: $35 (includes free early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $40 (without early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $70 (with early-bird shopping)

Single-day membership for Friday or Saturday: $20
Single-day membership for Sunday: $10 (available only at the door)
Supporting Membership: $25



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 — A Century of Zorro (Rich Harvey)
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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:05 PM — Wayne Carey, author of Quatermain: The New Adventures
1:10 – 1:45 PM — Craig McDonald, author of The Hector Lassiter Series
1:50 – 2:25 PM — Joab Stieglitz, author of The Utgarda Series
2:30 – 3:05 PM — Christopher Paul Carey, The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Series and The Khokarsa Series author
3:10 – 3:50 PM — William Patrick Maynard, authorized author of Fu Manchu


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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:30 PM — Flinch Books Fest, featuring John Bruening & Jim Beard
1:35 – 2:10 PM — Sara Light-Waller, author of ANCHOR and LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS
2:15 – 2:50 PM — Christopher Ryan, author of Alex Simmon’s Blackjack and The Mallory and Gunner Series
4:05 – 4:40 — Roger Alford, author of The Black Spectre Series


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)



Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"Law and Order" by Gordon Young from ADVENTURE, February 18, 1919

Featuring: Colonel Sutherland
Sutherland applies Frontier justice to a man who threatens to kill a woman's fiancee.

"Holdup" by Jack Kofoed from BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE, June, 1947
As a kid he had witnessed a hold-up and killing of a cop. His testimony sent a man to prison for 20 years but he worries what will happen when the man eventually gets out.

"Strange Guardian" by Carter Critz from DETECTIVE MYSTERY NOVELS, Winter, 1948
For three years an ex-cop has followed a girl whose father he was accusing of killing. The reason involves a fortune of gems her father had hidden in her house before he died. The Ex-cop had been waiting for the real killers to try to recover the jewels.




The Pulp Archivist - Now online!

"Sword" and "Shield"
 
The Scientific-Ridiculous
What is Science Fiction?  
Lewis, Lundwall, and Campbell  
A Basic Science-Fiction Library  


Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!

The Last Shuttle Flight

You're Dead  
Earthweeds
First Contact  
Fate
Angkor Away


Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Windy City 2019 - See you there - New!
Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, August, 1952
Issue Review - Dime Detective Magazine, June 1943
Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, Jan 15, 1935
Richard Dermody - Author, Journalist
Northwest adventure blog - story reviews, author surveys
It’s Great to Be Back - new Robert A. Heinlein book to be published this year
Index to the Weird Tales Collector fanzine


The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

Of Other Days And Other Spiders
New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais)
The Deadly Pick-Up
The Pulps And Their Time
The Equalizer #1
New Pulp Author Colleen Drippe
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.

QUEEN OF THE PULPS
by Laurie Powers
Coming later this year!
Now available for pre-order!


QUEEN OF THE PULPS, the definitive biography of Daisy Bacon and the untold story of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE!
It will be available in both softcover and ebook.
Softcover: $39.95

Release date is still undetermined, but you can pre-order at the link below.



Radio Archives
G-8 and His Battle Aces #44 Audiobook
Flight of the Dragon
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!
 
Death rode like the wind across the sky, in the guise of a monster such as no man had seen before. All men were the prey of the Dragon whose hunting grounds were the open sky! Planes could not match him; guns could not destroy the beast who threatens the lives of the Allies.
 
The flames of destruction are closing about the Master Spy. How long can one man fight on his courage alone? G-8 may pay the ultimate price to find out!



Although the leader of the group, G-8 was not a lone wolf. Accompanied on most missions by the two men making up the Battle Aces, G-8 relied on Bull Martin and Nippy Weston to fight alongside him and have his back. And, as written by Hogan, the two of them did just that, often nearly losing their own lives in the process.
 
Bull Martin may not have been long on brains, but he definitely had muscle. Even though he was often at odds with Nippy, Bull only ever used his particular two fisted skills when he or his companions were threatened and always to defend his country. Bull also proved, though, to be rather superstitious. This comes up often in the stories, but is exemplified best by the number of the plane he flies, 7.
 
Almost the opposite of Bull, as was sort of the pattern for sidekicks in Pulp Fiction, Nippy Weston was small only in stature. A fair hand with fighting himself, Nippy acted as mechanic, but also spent a fair amount of time antagonizing Bull. Just as Bull proved his superstition by the numbering of his plane, Nippy maintained he was in no way superstitious, proving it by numbering his own plane 13.
 
Nick Santa Maria brings G-8, Nippy and Bull to thrilling life in their desperate struggle to defeat a destructive nemesis unlike anything they have ever before encountered in Flight of the Dragon. Originally published in the May, 1937 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces magazine.

    
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
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Over the entire civilized world had broken the terrible, false dawn of anarchy and revolution that threatened to consume America in its fury! But Operator #5 and his volunteer aides saw one desperate chance to avert disaster. Overseas sailed this valiant little band, on them resting the final hope of civilization. And there, in his lair, they found and fought, blow upon blow, the devil dictator who had sworn to weld the whole world into an evil empire and make an end, for all time, of freedom, justice and liberty!
 
Originally written by master pulpsmith Frederick C. Davis, Operator #5 was a clear forerunner of the spy genre, which exploded in the 1960s when President John F. Kennedy happened to remark that he enjoyed reading Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels. The first Bond film, Dr. No, was released in 1962. Soon, America was surrounded by spies. The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Our Man Flint, and Nick Carter, Killmaster were just a few of the most prolific. Jimmy Christopher was on the job a generation before them all, blazing the espionage trail, and keeping America safe from fascism and other wicked isms.



They called James Christopher Operator #5—undercover agent, man of many identities, patriotic protector of America’s sacred shores. Working for the U. S. Intelligence Service, his job is to root out subversive elements and stand as the first line of defense against foreign invasions from all quarters. Jimmy Christopher was indeed the James Bond of the 1930s!
 
It was a horrible, false dawning breaking over the world — heralding the most powerful and ruthless autocracy known to man. America, like England and France, was under the heel of a dictator who had set out to make himself emperor of the earth! Operator #5 and his volunteer aides crossed the sea to Europe — waging a fierce, relentless undercover war!
 
The Dawn That Shook The World is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby. Originally published in the November-December 1938 issue of Operator #5 magazine.


 
  
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MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs



Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Startling Stories eBook
March 1940

Now available!

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.
 
Startling Stories was the younger sibling of Thrilling Wonder Stories. It began in 1939 at the urging of science fiction fans who clamored for a full-length novel in each issue. At this point, Thrilling Wonder Stories contained a variety of novelets and short stories, but fans wanted something longer that allowed for more character development. And thus, Startling Stories was born. Each issue started off with a book-length novel, and was filled out with a variety of short stories, science columns, special features and, of course, letters to the editor. Some of science-fiction’s best authors appeared in Startling Stories, including luminaries such as Stanley G. Weinbaum, Eando Binder, Edmond Hamilton, and Alfred Bester. The magazine thrived through the 1940s and early 1950s, but fading revenues forced it to close with the Fall 1955 issue, after a 99-issue run. Startling Stories now returns with these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.

Table of Contents:

A Complete Book-Length Scientifiction Novel
When New York Vanished
by Henry Kuttner
Madness rules when the world’s greatest city is catapulted into another dimension — while civilization ponders the enigma of the missing metropolis!
 
The Phantom Teleview — Unusual Story
by Bob Olsen
A Scientifiction Hall Of Fame Story
 
Station Death — Unusual Story
by Oscar J. Friend
The black jungle doesn’t mix with white man’s magic!
 
Guinea Pig, Ph.D. — Unusual Story
by Alfred Bester
All life’s secrets are revealed on Dr. Winters’ lab tables!
 
Meet The Author — A Department
 
Review Of Science Fiction Fan Publications
 
Guest Editorial
by Manly Wade Wellman
 
Science Question Box
Questions And Answers
 
Thrills In Science — Special Feature
by Mort Weisinger
 
The Ether Vibrates
Announcements And Letters


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


RED SONJA #3  - Arriving in comic shops April 3!
(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
       
    






ROBERT E. HOWARD DAYS
June 6-8, 2019

2019 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE


THURSDAY JUNE 6
2:00 – 4:00 pm: The Robert E. Howard House and Museum is open to the public. There are no docents on duty but the Gift Shop will be open and the grounds and Pavilion available to all.
5:00 – 7:00 pm: Fish Fry at the Cross Plains Senior Center.
6:00 pm: Barbarian Festival Parade down Main Street in Cross Plains.
Afterwards, Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion


FRIDAY JUNE 7
8:30 am until gone: Coffee and donuts at the Pavilion, compliments of Project Pride
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum and Grounds open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation Souvenir at Cross Plains Post Office. Friday Only.
9 am – 11 am: Bus Tour of Cross Plains & Surrounding Areas. Friday Only.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
10 am – 5 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display. The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
11 am: PANEL: A History of Project Pride and the Robert E. Howard Museum.
NOTE: Presented at the House & Pavilion.
NOON: Hot Dog Lunch hosted by Project Pride at the Pavilion. Donations are welcome!
1:30 pm: PANEL: The Writers of REH
2:30 pm: PANEL: The Fourth Annual Glenn Lord Symposium.
Following this panel will be the presentations of the 2017 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding at Banquet site
6:30 pm: Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the Family Life Center of the Baptist Church on Main Street. Guest of Honor Speaker: David C. Smith
9:00 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House, Celebrating 90 Years of Sailor Steve Costigan.
NOTE: Presented on the actual Ice House grounds where Howard boxed!

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion. All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

SATURDAY JUNE 8
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: BARBARIAN FESTIVAL at Treadway Park, 3 blocks west of REH House
10 am – 3 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
11 am PANEL: The Sword & Sorcery Poetry of Robert E. Howard
NOON: Lunch and/or Barbarian Festival activities at your leisure
1:30 pm PANEL: Kull, Conan Solomon Kane: The Original S&S Characters?
2:30 pm PANEL: What’s Up with REH?
4:30 pm: Tour of the 100 year old REH House Grounds
6 to 8 pm: Sunset BBQ at the Pavilion
At twilight/after BBQ: Multi-language reading of Howard’s poem “Cimmeria” + more REH poetry read aloud from the Museum porch.

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion. All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

Special Announcements will be ongoing over both days,
There will be special guests and extemporaneous events: readings, book signings and surprises happening throughout Friday and Saturday

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PANELS LAST ONE HOUR AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1000 N. MAIN ST. IN CROSS PLAINS, unless noted.




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


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.







SONGS OF GIANTS
The poetry of pulp, illustrated
Lost poetry of pulp giants Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs & H.P. Lovecraft
Illustrated by Mark Wheatley!
This Kickstarter will run through April 20, 2019!
The books and rewards are expected to ship in June!


The early part of the 20th century was a wild time in fiction, when publishers would try just about anything to see if it sold. Nowhere was there a more formidable challenge than in the pages of the pulps, which often chewed up and spat out would-be writers faster than new ones could step forward. Out of his fiery crucible came three giants: Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and H. P. Lovecraft.

These legendary authors forged names and reputations that still echo decades later. In turn, they have inspired many creators across the generations. One such creator is Overstreet Hall of Fame inductee, Inkpot, Mucker, Gem, Speakeasy, and Eisner award-winning writer-artist Mark Wheatley, and the result of that inspiration is Songs of Giants, a new Kickstarter project that launches on Monday, March 11, 2019.

Resurrected from crumbling pages of old pulp magazines, Songs of Giants cuts straight to the heart of the look, feel and language of the pulps as it highlights the often-forgotten poetry of these unforgotten masters. For his part, Wheatley expertly captures the essence of the beauty, horror, and adventure of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft’s words. He brings their poems to life with a fine line illustration style that is clearly inspired by the early, classic, golden age illustrators. The book also features an introduction by Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt, creator of the Academy and Alex Benedict series.

Songs Of Giants is a limited edition, 8 ½” x 11” 72-page deluxe hardcover printed on super heavy stock, The accompanying Kickstarter rewards range from screen savers and wallpapers to an exclusive signature plate, audio books, and one-of-a-kind original art. Reward levels start at just $15 for a digital version of the book and only $25 for the printed version.

“I’ve spent more than a year crafting this art. And while I’ve been working, I’ve had a major pulp art show of my illustration originals. Based on the public reaction to that show, I’m thrilled to finally share Songs of Giants art with the public. The few people who have seen the work so far have convinced me that this is possibly my best work, ever. Because of that, it was difficult to keep the project quiet, so now I’m truly happy that the news is out,” said Mark Wheatley.

Working on his originals at a very large size in a traditional brush, pen and ink approach, Wheatley spent hours savoring the poems in order to bring them to life in this new way. Characters, dangers, and whole worlds became embodied in his illustrations, in turn reflecting the full flavor and power of the works that inspired them.

“Our initial goal of $5,500 is intentionally set very low. This money will cover the cost of printing the book. From our past experience on Kickstarter, having successfully raised money for the Doctor Cthulittle book and fulfilled the rewards, we believe that hitting this goal is very possible and quite likely. If we do not hit our stretch goals, we will still have enough to print the book and we are in a position to ship the rewards with our budget. Of course, the stretch goals offer a good many perks that we would like to be able to share with our backers,” Wheatley said.

For those who chose the reward levels that include the audio book, the masterful voice actor Mark Redfield is on full display with many of the poems from Songs Of Giants. His readings of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft are augmented by the outstanding original musical score and sound design by Jennifer Rouse. It provides a truly stirring dramatic experience! 

The Kickstarter project for Songs Of Giants will launch on Monday, March 11 and is scheduled to conclude on April 20th. If successfully funded, the books and other rewards are expected to ship in June 2019. The Kickstarter project is listed under ComicMix, LLC, Wheatley’s frequent publishing collaborators.

8.5 x 11 inches, 72 pages plus signing plate
Full color front and back end pages.
Thick paper and boards.






Kickstarter    Songs of Giants  


SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Spider Pete by Claude Stewart
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels


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-Conclusion
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Five
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Four
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Three 

 

WEIRDBOOK ANNUAL #2
Now available!

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu theme.
Storys abound featuring our squamish elder god!
Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:


-The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price
-A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder
-Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward
-The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz
-Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole
-Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson
-Ronnie and the River, by Christian Riley
-Cellar Dweller, by Franklyn Searight
-Yellow Labeled VHS Tape, by R.C. Mulhare
-Tuama, by L.F. Falconer
-Mercy Holds No Measure, by Kenneth Bykerk
-Treacherous Memory, by Glynn Owen Barrass
-The Hutchison Boy, by Darrell Schweitzer
-Dolmen of The Moon, by Deuce Richardson
-Lovecraftian Limerick, by Andrew J. Wilson
-A Wizard's Daughter, by Ann K. Schwader
-The Shadow of Azathoth is your Galaxy, by DB Spitzer
-Ascend, by Mark A. Mihalko
-The Solace of the Farther Moon, by Allan Rozinski
-The Stars Are Always Right, by Charles Lovecraft
-Daemonic Nathicana, by K.A. Opperman
-Asenath, by Ashley Dioses
-The Book of Eibon/Le Livre D'eibon, trans. by Frederick J. Mayer


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook



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.









22 March 2019  

 



40th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
Sunday, March 24, 2019!

There will be over 80 dealer tables with tens of thousands of vintage paperbacks for sale.
You can find every vintage paperback you want or need - from inexpensive filler copies to the most elusive and rare collectibles in the hobby.
There is no telling what might show up. Plan for a fun day of looking. There will be treasures found.
Click HERE for more information.

The show has another excellent lineup of authors and artists scheduled to be present at various times throughout the day.
Come meet the authors and artists. Bring your books and have them sign their works for FREE!
Check the Guest Schedule to plan your day.

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking



Adventure House

Adventure House is pleased to announce that Adventure House has acquired a number of the Girasol Collectables reprint files.
They will be releasing on a monthly basis a number of their public domain titles as part of our monthly offerings.

March 2019  Coming later this month!
Strange Stories - 02/39  
Spicy-Adventure Stories – 11/34

February 2019
Spicy Detective Stories - 04/34
Oriental Stories - 10-11/30

January 2019
Golden Fleece – 10/38
Doctor Death – 02/35
Saucy Movie Tales – 12/35
Magic Carpet – 01/33


Adventure House
Coming later this month!

High Adventure #165
Hostages of Hate by Anthony Rud – PEOPLE’S

Randolph Haish vowed to exterminate every member of the family which he thought had wronged him.
But the family included Koot Koven, an ex-soldier, and Koot objected to being exterminated. 
A remarkable girl got mixed up in the affair too, a story of fiendish cleverness, rapid-fire action, and genuine romance.



7x10, 110 pages, $12.95


 
Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #57 – June 1938

Patrol of the Iron Hand by Robert J. Hogan

Death walks the world in an iron garb and sleeps in the dismal caves of Hell! 
Stahlmaske once more roams the Front—and the bodies of the damned lie strewn in his wake! 
The Master Spy Calls on his courage and wits to battle forces of Hate!

Suicide On Wheels by Greaseball Joe

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7x10, 110 pages, $12.95


Adventure House
Coming in April!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #58 – July 1938

Fangs of the Serpent by Robert J. Hogan

The skies are red with the blood of men who have a right to live, and G-8 flies to his last appointment with Death! 
This is the will of the Serpent and there is hell and misery locked in the magic of his eyes. 
You’ll know about this when you’ve felt the bloody FANGS OF THE SERPENT. Death Makes A Bargain by Greaseball Joe



Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee

7x10, 110 pages, $12.95







Airship 27 Productions
DOMINO LADY VOLUME 3
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the release of “Domino Lady Vol 3.”

Pulpdom’s sexiest masked avenger returns in five new adventures courtesy of writers Adam Mudman Bezecny, Gene Moyers, Brad Mengel and Samantha Lienhard. By day she is wealthy Los Angeles socialite Ellen Patrick. By night she dons her mask, cape and arms herself with a hypodermic syringe and deadly silver plated automatic to become the beautiful and mysterious vigilante known only as the Domino Lady.

In this volume she uncovers a secret female society also combating evil; a plot to take over rich wineries, confronts a blackmailer, defends a Hollywood union against gangsters and solves a friend’s murder.

“Domino Lady is arguably the most well known of the classic female pulp heroes,” says Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “Fans can’t get enough of her adventures and we are delighted to satisfy their demands.” Dressing up this third volume is the same super talented art team that was responsible for volumes one and two. James Lyle provides all the interior black and white illustrations, while Ted Hammond delivers another stunning, colorful cover. All neatly assembled by award winning Art Director Rob Davis. 

When it comes to spills and thrills, defending innocent people and thwarted the bad guys, it is all in a night’s work for the one and only, Domino Lady.


Available from Amazon and coming soon on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
THE RETURN OF BULLDOG DRUMMOND
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the return of one of pulpdom’s most well known heroes, Bulldog Drummond, in “On Poisoned Ground” by writer I.A. Watson.

London 2018 - Upon his discharge from the military, Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond finds civilian life boring. He post an ad in the London Times explaining his desire to find new adventures. Much to his surprise, he gets much more than he could have ever bargained for and soon finds himself battling an evil genius bent on destroying all of London. This is a threat he can’t possibly win alone and soon he has recruited his former S.A.S team, unique men with special skills that just might save the day.

“This is  a brand new version of a classic hero, reinvented for our times and jam-packed with suspense, thrills and danger enough to fill a half dozen books,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “The original Bulldog Drummond was created by H.C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. The character has appeared in novels, short stories, on the stage, in films, on radio and television, and in graphic novels.”

Last year Fortier was approached by one of his Airship 27 writers from India who was a fan of the character and inquired if it would be possible to revive him as a New Pulp hero. Fortier immediately reached out to British author, I.A. Watson, a writer known for his exhaustive research in any project he undertakes. “Ian thought the idea was worth pursuing and ultimately discovered the property was indeed public domain,” Fortier continues. “After several long letters on how to do the character properly, both of us agreed a new, modern interpretation was called for. At which point I gave Ian the green light to write the first adventure in what we hope will be a long running series at Airship 27 Productions.”

“Bulldog Drummond – On Poisoned Ground,” features black and white interior illustrations by professional graphic illustrator, Howard Simpson, and sports a wonderful cover by Canadian Ted Hammond. The book design was by Art Director Rob Davis. The story is a roller-coaster ride of action and adventure. Fortier concludes, “Once you open page one, you will not be able to put this book down.”


Available from Amazon and on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!




Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Announcing the new Altus Press releases premiering at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show

More Pulp Releases: The Spider #4 and Dusty Ayres #11… At a Discount
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

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 #7: The Serpent of Destruction
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge

When the Underworld united in one compact army of crime, the Spider—his prestige gone—faced the most vicious collection of criminals and degenerate killers ever assembled under one dark banner of bloody social war! How can Richard Wentworth, robbed of Kirkpatrick and Nita, renew the Spider-fear which alone can bring him victory from a menace that is making casualty columns of our daily papers and filling our institutions with driveling victims of the new madness?

$13.95 softcover
On sale until March 29: $12.95


Operator 5 #4: The Melting Death
By Curtis Steele

Out of the blue it struck—that dread, mysterious force, dealing death, destruction and misery to millions. America found herself stripped of her strongest defenses as battleships, huge guns, skyscrapers, factories and transportation systems crumbled to dust before the voracious flame. No one could tell where it came from; where it would next strike; no one was safe from its hot, devouring maw. An entire nation stood crippled, paralyzed by panic as Operator 5, alone, fought to save America from the red ruin loosed upon it.

$13.95 softcover
On sale until March 29: $12.95


Altus Press



Altus Press
Premiering at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show!

Altus Press has been hard at work on these oversized collections, and you can get them at www.altuspress.com or via Mike Chomko's table at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show in Lombard, IL, on April 12:


Operator 5: The Complete Purple Wars (2 Volume Deluxe Edition)
by Emile C. Tepperman, illustrated by John Fleming Gould and John Newton Howitt
introduction by Will Murray and an afterword by Tom Johnson
Dustjacketed two-volume hardcover edition.

The "War and Peace of the Pulps” is finally collected in a two-volume deluxe, hardcover edition. Running in the pages of Operator #5 magazine from 1936–38, this 14-part epic chronicled the invasion and conquering of America by a mysterious foe from Europe: The Purple Empire. As Will Murray describes in this edition's Introduction: "Battles rage from coast to coast. The exploits of Operator 5 shift from espionage and counterespionage to straight military adventure. Through it all, Jimmy Christopher rises to become the de facto leader of the resistance."

Written by Emile C. Tepperman (author of The Spider and The Masked Marksman) and containing nearly 300 illustrations by John Fleming Gould, this half-million-word saga remains the greatest epic to see print in Golden Age of the pulps and is still considered most risky and ambitious experiment ever undertaken in the single-character magazines.

This two-volume deluxe, hardcover edition includes an all-new Introduction by pulp historian Will Murray, as well as Tom Johnson's retrospective on the series, The History of the Purple Wars. It also collects the rarely-reprinted Epilogue to the Purple War, "Revolt of the Devil Men."

Also restored are all of author Tepperman's rarely-reprinted footnotes which graced the original pulp editions of the stories.

Never-before collected, this remastered, comprehensive collection of Operator 5: The Complete Purple Wars has been one of the most eagerly-anticipated pulp publications of all time.

788 pages / 8.5"x11" / $150



Ships and Men: The Complete Epic (Deluxe Edition)
by H. Bedford-Jones
illustrated by Frederic Anderson, George Avison, John Richard Flanagan, Leyland R. Gustavson, Robert L. Lambdin, Arthur Lytell, Alex Raymond, Alfred Simpkin, Yngve E. Soderberg, and Harve Stein
Dustjacketed hardcover edition.

Running for three years in the pages of the prestigious Blue Book Magazine, author H. Bedford-Jones crafted the most ambitious work of his career: a massive, 34-part saga of seafaring adventure, told chronologically throughout the annals of naval warfare, involving a number of significant figures in world history. Never before collected, this 200,000-word epic includes nearly 200 interior illustrations by artists such as Alex Raymond, John Richard Flanagan, and Leyland R. Gustavson.

350 pages / 8.5"x11" / $85



Black Mask (2019 Yearbook)
by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun, Katrina Younes, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Michael Bracken, Jonathan Sheppard, Jim Doherty, Isaac Babel, Boris Dralyuk, D.L. Champion, Dashiell Hammett, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C. Davis

Black Mask, the greatest American detective magazine of all time, is back with another issue. This time around, it includes nine new stories in the Black Mask vein by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Jonathan Sheppard, Michael Bracken, Jim Doherty, as well as a new article on Raymond Chandler’s The Little Sister by Katrina Younes. In addition, Boris Dralyuk has kindly supplied his translation of Isaac Babel’s “Lyubka the Cossack” and arranged for its reprinting here.

And, as with previous issues, Black Mask collects some of the best hard-boiled detective fiction from the Popular Publications vaults, as written by some of the genre’s best: Dashiell Hammett, D.L. Champion, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C. Davis.

142 pages / 8.5"x11" / $19.95




Altus Press




 

American Mythology Productions
Coming in June!

PRINCESS OF VENUS #1
(Writer) Pat Shand (Art) Alfret Le (Covers) Alfret Le, Mike Wolfer

At last, Duare, the Princess of Venus gets her own comic book origin story! The mysterious princess has prover herself a capable fighter alongside Carson Napier in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe, but how she obtained her fighting prowess has been a mystery… Until now! Before a strange Earthman named Carson crashed upon Amtor, a swashbuckling princess was forged, evolving from coddled royalty into a fiery fighter.

Princess of Venus is available with three covers
Main Cover by interior artist Alfret Le, Venus Rising Cover by Mike Wolfer, and Limited Edition 1/350 Pulp cover also by Le!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale June 12 (Limited edition).

PRINCESS OF VENUS #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191355 (Le cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191356 (Wolfer cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191357 (Limited Edition cover).




 
American Mythology Productions
Coming in August!

PELLUCIDAR TERROR AT EARTHS CORE TPB
(Writer) Mike Wolfer (Art) Gabriel Rearte & Various (Covers) Gabriel Rearte, Mike Wolfer

Deep within the Earth lies a world of dangers and unimaginable creatures! This is Pellucidar, one of the most beloved creations of Edgar Rice Burroughs! Ruled by the blood-thirsty Mahars, Pellucidar lives in fear of the pterosaurian terrors, but when a newly discovered tunnel leads the Mahars to the lost continent of Caspak, the flesh-eating monsters launch an invasion of the Land That Time Forgot! This volume collects the Pellucidar/Land That Time Forgot: Terror From the Earth's Core 3-issue series and the Pellucidar One Shot, plus a cover gallery and more.

Softcover, Full Color, 112 pages, $19.99, On sale August 28.

PELLUCIDAR TERROR AT EARTHS CORE TPB is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191358.





Cover not available.
American Mythology Productions
Coming in June!



MOON MAID: CATACOMBS OF THE MOON #2
(Writer) Christopher Mills (Art) Gabriel Rearte (Covers) Alex Miracolo, Puis Calzada

Nah-ee-lah's trials continue as she fights her way through a catacomb filled with creatures and terrors. Deep inside the hidden subterranean world of the Moon the fight for survival is fierce and fraught with dangers around every corner. The Moon Maid delivers a wonderful mix of action and horror that will transport your imagination to the vivid worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

The Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #2 comes with three covers
Main by Alex Miracolo, Fury of the Moon Maid by Puis Calzada (Hatchet), and 350-copy limited-edition Virgin Art cover also by Sparacio.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 26.
Full Color, 32 pages, $6.99, On sale June 26 (Limited edition).

MOON MAID #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191359 (Miracolo cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191360 (Calzada cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191361 (Limited Edition cover).



American Mythology Productions
Coming in June!

ZORRO MASTERS ALEX TOTH #1
(Art/Cover) Alex Toth

Celebrate 100 years of Zorro with stories illustrated by one of the all-time comics legends:  Alex Toth! This special series delivers some of Toth’s best, classic Zorro work and is a virtual master class in comic art, composition, and storytelling. If you’re a fan of Zorro, a fan of comics, or even a fan of fine art, this series is not to be missed!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 19.
Full Color, 32 pages, $6.99, On sale June 19 (Limited edition).

ZORRO MASTERS ALEX TOTH #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191367.
The Diamond Item Code is APR191368 (Limited Edition cover).



Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in June!
Coming to comic shops June 26!

THE SHADOW Volume 143: “The Shadow Meets The Mask” & “Toll of Death"
The Dark Avenger returns in two tales of Crime and Punishment by Walter B. Gibson writing as Maxwell Grant. First, the law is powerless to uncover the true identity of a frozen-faced fiend until “The Shadow Meets The Mask.” Then, a panoramic shadow of doom casts a “Toll of Death” upon Lamont Cranston! This collector’s classic showcases both original color covers by Graves Gladney and Modest Stein and the interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-261-2 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE SHADOW VOLUME 143 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191921.

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)




Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE SHADOW #139: “Kings of Crime” and “The Stars Promise Death”
The Master of Darkness crushes crime in Seaview City in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, while community leaders speed the growth of a great city, “Kings of Crime” plot to fleece the resort town out of millions Then, following a cryptic clue left by a dead man, The Shadow pursues a trail of astrological slayings when “The Stars Promise Death.”

BONUS: The Whisperer investigates “Invisible Evidence” in a pulp thriller by Alan Hathway writing as “Clifford Goodrich,” plus Nick Carter solves “The Case of the Mermaid’s Murder!” in a Golden Age of Comics classic by Bob Powell. This instant collector’s item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with supporting commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-257-5 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)

Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Audible versions of Bobby Nash's "Abraham Snow" Series with Voice actor Stuart Gauffi
In this episode we discuss the issuing of the first 2 volumes in author Bobby Nash's "Abraham Snow" Series as Audible books (Snow Falls, Snow Storm.)  Bobby and voice actor Stuart Gauffi discuss the process by which a print book is made into an audio book with hints for authors who are interested in the process for their own work.
 
We also discuss the Snow series.  There are 4 books already completed with 2 more volumes due out by the end of this year.
Booby and Stuart give us an update on their work to date and give hints about what is coming in the future.


Past episodes:
Roger Alford - The Black Spectre Origins Book II
New World Order: HERO U.N.I.O.N. by Jeff Deischer

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

ATHENA VOLTAIRE TERROR ORIENT EXPRESS TPB - Coming in June!
(Writer) Steve Bryant (Art) Abel Cicero (Covers) Steve Bryant

Reuniting with an old friend, Athena travels by train from Istanbul en route to Paris when something begins horrifically killing her fellow passengers. Can the aviatrix stop the creature responsible for the carnage?

Trade paperback,128 pages, Full Color, $14.99, On sale June 5.

ATHENA VOLTAIRE TERROR ORIENT EXPRESS TPB is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191294.


Black Moon: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Five - Now available!
by Seabury Quinn


The concluding volume in a series collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel” (1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.


Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99

 

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





Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
Now available!

Among the most prolific fictioneers ever to pound a typewriter, Johnston McCulley has earned pop-culture immortality as the creator of Zorro, who made his debut in 1919.  At that time he was just one of many McCulley characters romping through the shag-edged pages of America's pulp-fiction magazines.  Most others appeared in Street & Smith's DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, a weekly periodical devoted to fast-paced tales of crime and mystery.  The three novels contained in this book, originally published in DETECTIVE STORY as several series of connected novelettes, feature protagonists operating outside the law. Two of them, Black Star and The Spider, are master criminals who take special pleasure in outwitting police; the third, The Thunderbolt, is a vigilante attempting to right wrongs beyond the law's reach.

Although these yarns were written a hundred years ago, they lack the florid excesses common to what is popularly known as "purple prose." McCulley's style is simple and direct, and aside from some stilted dialogue here and there, his fiction remains just as entertaining as it was upon first publication. Moreover, his World War I-era protagonists set the pattern for countless pulp characters to follow, lending historical context to their fanciful exploits. In reading the adventures of Black Star, The Spider, and The Thunderbolt, today's pulp-fiction aficionado will encounter tropes that were still being employed twenty and thirty years later. None of the characters in this omnibus had Zorro's longevity, nor did they achieve his success in other media. But they are fascinating nonetheless as precursors of an entire school of pulp heroes and villains. 

Cover Art by John A. Coughlin
Introduction by Ed Hulse
590 pages., trade paperback, 6x9 inches

Price: $35.00


All three novels are now available in one jumbo-sized, affordably priced volume.

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press


Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
2019 Windy City con’s Film Program: Saturday schedule
Coming Next Week: THE JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
2/1/19: Customer Service Update

Bold Venture Press
PULP ADVENTURES #31
Now available!

MYSTERY, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR — NEW AND CLASSIC PULP FICTION!
Audrey Parente, editor

Cover art by Norman Saunders
Interior illustration by Aleena-Valentine Lopez

CLASSIC PULP FICTION
"Noggins Gets His Man" by Johnston McCulley
A police detective bides his time hoping a killer might crack.
"You Can Get Away With Murder" by Charles Boeckman
Amidst the sea of Mardi Gras revelers, two detectives follow a trail of clues to find a killer.
"Flapjack Meehan’s Coal Strike" by Frank Richardson Pierce
It can't be fool's gold when it's lumpy and black ...

NEW PULP FICTION
"’The Death Clock" by David Bernard
Antique heirloom or deadly obsession?
"The Ghost of Torreon" by Edd Vick and Manny Frishberg
Time and space — an inventor may run out of both …?
"When the Punishment Fits the Crime" by Carson Demmans
A rat turns stoolie …
"A Fear of Winning" by Gary Lovisi
Cheaters never win … but winners just might cheat …
"Daemon Mask: Crimson Wings of Silence"
by Stuart Hopen & Russ Martin
[35-page comic section] The Whisper clashes with a mad scientist whose "cleansing agent" could whitewash reality!
[The Whisper's origin story appears in Pulp Adventures #24]

SHORT FEATURE
"Happy 100th Birthday, Zorro" by Rich Harvey
Strike up the parade in Chillicothe, Illinois.
Editorial by Audrey Parente


Trade paperback, 7 x 10 inches, 134 pages, $12.95


 

Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Appeal: THE GETAWAY by Jim Thompson
Pulp Appeal: “The Garden of Adompha” by Clark Ashton Smith  
Pulp Appeal: “The Tomb Spawn” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Appeal: “The Master of the Crabs” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (2017)
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (1999)
Issue 8 Out Today!


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

H.P. Lovecraft: The Music of Erich Zann
- New!
Brand New Cirsova Out Today!
Sensor Sweep: Dime Detective, Jules Verne, Warhammer, Galactic Patrol, Rambo!
Sensor Sweep: August Derleth, Mack Bolan, Fandom History, Bill Crider Prize
Sensor Sweep: Captain Marvel, Michael Shea, C. S. Forester, Strange Matter

Sensor Sweep: Moon Pool, Talismans, Sea Wolf, Jerry Pournelle, New Heinlein

Centipede Press
SWORDS IN THE MIST  by Fritz Leiber
Now available!


In the annals of heroic fantasy one epic tale stands head and shoulders above the rest, spanning sixty years in the telling, the saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser has captivated fans ever since Fritz Leiber’s first tale of the duo appeared in the August, 1939 issue of Unknown. The story of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is among the most enduring in modern fantasy, and Centipede Press is releasing the first of what will be the definitive eight-volume set comprising not only all of the stories by Fritz Leiber (and his friend Harry Fischer), but also the brilliant epilogue to the series, Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin Wayne Bailey.

The third book in the series, Swords in the Mist, includes “The Cloud of Hate,” “Lean Times in Lankhmar,” “Their Mistress, The Sea,” “When the Sea-King’s Away,” “The Wrong Branch,” and “Adept’s Gambit.”

For bonus materials, we have a rare photograph of Fritz Leiber, plus Leiber’s introduction from Night’s Black Agents, an essay by Fritz Leiber called “H.P. Lovecraft meets Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser,” some story fragments and a “Few Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Firsts,” and H.P. Lovecraft’s letters to Fritz Leiber regarding “Adept’s Gambit.”

This book features an introduction by Tim Powers and artwork by Grant Griffin. It features six color interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece, full color wraparound dustjacket, and custom illustrated endpapers. The book includes all of the stories that make up Swords in the Mist along with the bonus material mentioned above.


Bound in full black cloth, blind stamping on front board.
Illustrations hand-tipped into the book.
Introduction by Tim Powers.
Gorgeous dustjacket on Mohawk Superfine.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Published March 2019.
Book size 6 × 9 inches.
Number of pages: 280.

unsigned: $69 (on sale from $75)



Centipede Press


Cirsova Volume 2 Number 1 - Spring 2019
Featuring a Tarzan short story by ERB and Michael Tierney!
Now available!

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.


 

Clive Cussler: CELTIC EMPIRE (Dirk Pitt Adventure)  - Now available!
by Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler

The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. . . A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. . . An attack by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. . . Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie in the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago.

During what was supposed to be a routine investigation in South America, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt finds himself embroiled in an international mystery, one that will lead him across the world and which will threaten everyone and everything he knows--most importantly, his own family. Pitt travels to Scotland in search of answers about the spread of an unknown disease and the shadowy bioremediation company that may be behind it. Meanwhile, his son and daughter face a threat of their own when the discoveries they have made in an Egyptian tomb put killers on their trail. These seemingly unrelated riddles come together in a stunning showdown on the rocky isles of Ireland, where only the Pitts can unravel the secrets of an ancient enigma that could change the very future of mankind.


Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches
List price: $29.99



Clive Cussler: THE ORACLE (A Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure) - Coming June 11!
by Clive Cussler & Robin Burcell

In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army. The oracle tells the king that a high priestess cast a curse upon the Vandal Kingdom after a sacred scroll was stolen. In order to lift the curse, the scroll must be returned to its rightful home. But the kingdom falls before the scroll is found, leaving its location a great mystery. . . until a current day archeological dig, funded by Sam and Remi Fargo, uncovers some vital clues.

The search for the ancient scroll is put on hold when the Fargos learn that a shipment of supplies intended for their charitable foundation's school has been stolen, and they travel to Nigeria to deliver new supplies themselves. But their mission becomes infinitely more complicated when they run afoul of a band of robbers. The group takes Remi and several students hostage, and there are signs that the kidnapping is related to the missing scroll. The Fargos need all their skills to save the lives of the young girls at the school before they uncover the hidden treasure. . . and lift the deadly curse.


Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches
List price: $29.00




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.



CONAN THE BARBARIAN

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 - Now available!

Penciled by Barry Windsor-Smith & John Buscema With Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, Esteban Maroto, Tony DeZuniga, Sonny Trinidad, Alex Niño, Tim Conrad, Pablo Marcos, Gray Morrow, Gene Colan, Val Mayerik, Howard Chaykin, Walter Simonson, Jess Jodloman & Bruce Jones

Covers by Gabriele Dell’otto & Boris Vallejo (Direct Market)

Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel’s line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. After the breakout success of Conan’s color comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard’s hero to its black-and-white magazine line. In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can offer, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel’s greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Red Nails” and John Buscema’s “Black Colossus” and “A Witch Shall Be Born” featuring the infamous Tree of Death are just the beginning!

Collecting SAVAGE TALES (1971) #1-5 and SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #1-12 and SPECIAL (1975) #1.

Collecting: SAVAGE TALES (1971) 1-5; SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 1-12, SPECIAL (1975) 1

On Sale: March 20, 2019
Format: Hardcover
Price: $100.00 ($127.00 In Canada)
Size: 7-1/4" X 10-7/8"
Pages: 1072














 

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7 - Coming in June!
Jason Aaron (Writer) • Mahmud Asrar (Art)
Cover by Esad Ribic
Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw
Hidden Gem Variant Cover By John Buscema
Marvels 25th Anniversary Variant Cover by Carlos Pacheco

THE MANY LOVES OF CONAN!

• There have been many loves of Conan’s life beyond ale and battle.
• But nothing is sacred as the CRIMSON WITCH twists what is truly best in life!
• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 5.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190908.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.



 
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6 - Coming in June!
Meredith Finch (Writer) • Luke Ross (Art) • Cover By David Finch
Virgin Variant Cover by David Finch
Variant Cover by Max Fiumara

THORFEL’S REVENGE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

• Brought to you by the creative team of Meredith Finch and Luke Ross, this all-new self-contained story springs from classic Conan mythology as Conan is led to death by the son of man he had wronged in the past.  But stripped of his weapons, his strength, and even his wits, Conan will have to dig deep if he wants to live to see the dawn!

• Plus: Continuing the all-new Conan novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 19.

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190912.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.



 
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #4 - Coming in June!
Tini Howard (Writer) Kate Niemczyk (Art)
Cover by Sana Takeda
Variant cover by Ben Caldwell

INTO THE DEPTHS OF STYGIA!

• BÊLIT’s mad quest takes her on a new course…
• But will the sea monsters she’s been hunting prove to have a deeper connection to her future?
• N’YAGA returns!  But what has he been up to since Bêlit last encountered him?
• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new BÊLIT novella, “Bone Whispers” as Bêlit learns the truth behind the mysterious King’s treasure!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.

AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #4 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190906.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.



SAVAGE AVENGERS #2 - Coming in June!
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Mike Deodato Jr. (Art)
Cover by David Finch
Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi
Variant Cover by Mike Deodato Jr.
Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw
Marvels 25th Tribute Variant Cover by Tomm Coker

• The Hand has teamed up with the evil wizards of the Hyborian Age to summon a death god from a celestial hell.
• The only thing standing between Earth and destruction is the Savage Avengers: Conan, Wolverine, Punisher and Voodoo.
• Plus: Logan donates blood, changing one Avenger forever. And Conan discovers a dark secret squirming in a genie bottle.
• Your new favorite ongoing series is knives out in its second chapter.


Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale June 5.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190795.


   
CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOL. 1: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK ONE TPB - Coming in July!
Written by Jason Aaron
Penciled by Mahmud Asrar & Gerardo Zaffino
Cover by Esad Ribic


The greatest sword-and-sorcery hero of all returns to Marvel! From an age undreamed…hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. Conan’s travels have brought him to the far reaches of the unknown, from his birthplace in Cimmeria to the kingdom of Aquilonia and all in between. But as his fighting prowess lets him carve his way through life, so too does it attract the forces of death! And few are more deadly than the Crimson Witch. Robert E. Howard’s legendary barbarian stars in an all-new ages-spanning saga as the destiny of Conan — and King Conan — are forever changed!

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2019) #1-6.

Full Color, 152 pages, $19.99, On sale July 3.


CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOLUME 1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190959.


CONAN: THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR AND OTHER STORIES TPB - Coming in July!
Written by P. Craig Russell, Jimmy Palmiotti & Darick Robertson
Penciled by P. Craig Russell, Mark Texeira & Darick Robertson
Cover by P. Craig Russell

Conan the Barbarian hunts one of the world’s greatest treasures! In an action-packed adaptation by P. Craig Russell, Conan seeks the prized Teeth of Gwahlur. But when he discovers that a former dancing girl is being compelled to pose as a long-dead oracle, can he use this knowledge to outfox his opponents on the hunt for the jewels? Plus: In more action-packed tales by top-flight talent, a king’s daughter is kidnapped by a sorcerer — and only Conan and the girl’s sister can save her! And intrigued by a leader known as the “Mad King of Gaul,” Conan joins his army — but when tragedy strikes, will Conan be worthy to wear the crown?

Collecting CONAN AND THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR #1-3, CONAN AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MIDORA, CONAN AND THE MAD KING OF GAUL and CONAN: THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN.

Full Color, 176 pages, $19.99, On sale July 3.


CONAN: THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190960.



Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!


FANTASTIC Covers by Herbert McCauley
- New!
Pulp Gallery: TOP-NOTCH (1935) - New!
Forgotten Books: HALF-PAST MORTEM by John A. Saxon (Robert Leslie Bellem?)
SHADOW COMICS 81, 82, 83 & 84 (1947-48)
 
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!



    



The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Science Fiction Adventures Feb. 1953 - New!
Analog Mar/Apr 2019
Paperback Parade No. 103 Feb. 2019
Paperback Fanatic No. 41 March 2019
Nostalgia Digest Spring 2019
Mystery Weekly Magazine March 2019


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/17/2019
- New!
Metallic Mirrors Part One: Michael Whelan - New!
Algernon Blackwood's Sesquicentennial
Was Tolkien a Robert E. Howard Fan?
Win the Last Copy of The Sapphire Goddess by Nictzin Dyalhis!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/10/2019
Mundy Monday: Rung Ho!


Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Fourth Title in the EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Limited Edition Collection....
JOHN CARTER OF MARS Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Now shipping!

(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. 



For a look at additional artwork
click here


Haffner Press
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
By Manly Wade Wellman
Complete in two volumes!

Now available for pre-order!

“Not All a Dream”                
An unpublished Manly Wade Wellman story to be shipped with preorders of       
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
Note: Cover shown is not final!       


John, whose last name is never revealed, is a wandering singer who carries a guitar strung with strings of pure silver. He is a veteran of the Korean War and served in the U.S. Army as a sharpshooter (in the novel After Dark, he mentions that his highest rank was PFC). In his travels, he frequently encounters creatures and superstitions from the folk tales and superstitions of the mountain people. Though John has no formal education, he is self-taught, highly intelligent and widely read; it is implied that his knowledge of occult and folk legendarium is of Ph.D level. This knowledge has granted him competent use of white magic, which he has used on occasion to overcome enemies or obstacles, but it is primarily his courage, wit and essential goodness that always enables him to triumph over supernatural evils (although the silver strings of his guitar and his possession of a copy of The Long Lost Friend are also powerful tools in fighting evil magic), while basic Army training allows him to physically deal with human foes.

The stories are rich in the customs and lore of the region and many of the folk songs John sings are authentic as well. Wellman did introduce some original songs and legends but his creations blend seamlessly with the traditional material. Whereas Tolkien integrated Northern mythology into his mythos, and C.S. Lewis the European Fairy Tales of yore, Wellman’s stories are drenched in the folktales and songs of old Americana; the haunting stories of the slaves and the tall tales of the Revolution, strange beasts, witch-women, and dark apparitions. As famed author Karl Edward Wagner wrote: “These stories are chilling and enchanting, magical and down-to-earth, full of wonder and humanity. They are fun. They are like nothing else you’ve read before.”—Adapted from Wikipedia


Complete in Two Volumes!
Smythe-sewn Hardcovers

Edited by Stephen Haffner
Pre-Order price: $90

Stories:
"O Ugly Bird!"
"The Desrick on Yandro"
"Vandy, Vandy"
"One Other"
"Call Me from the Valley"
"The Little Black Train"
"Shiver in the Pines"
"Walk Like a Mountain"
"On the Hills and Everywhere"
"Old Devlins Was A-Waiting"
"Nine Yards of Other Cloth"
"Then I Wasn't Alone"
"You Know the Tale of Hoph"
"Blue Monkey"
"The Stars Down There"
"Find the Place Yourself"
"I Can't Claim That"
"Who Else Could I Count On"
"John's My Name"
"Why They're Named That"
"None Wiser for the Trip"
"Nary Spell"
"Trill Coster's Burden"
"The Spring"
"Owls Hoot in the Daytime"
"Can These Bones Live?"
"Nobody Ever Goes There"
"Where Did She Wander?"

Novels
The Old Gods Waken (1979)
After Dark (1980)
The Lost and the Lurking (1981)
The Hanging Stones (1982)
The Voice of the Mountain (1984)

That's right. All the stories. All the novels (the most recent of which has been out of print for nearly 35 years!).

If you're acquainted with our previous Manly Wade Wellman volume, THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE, then you know what to expect and won't want to miss this important edition of one of the finest literary creations in all of weird fiction.





Haffner Press
THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 1 Second Edition
By Edmond Hamilton

Now available for pre-order!

Okay, you kiwis and pee-lots, listen up!

This is Sergeant Saturn letting you rascally rocketeers know that when you fans of a certain classic cosmic crusader send enough feedback, the Big Poobah at Haffner Press has little choice but to give you what you want.

To that end, be it known that sometime, sooner than later, you will be able to add THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME ONE to your already stellar library in a revised 2nd Edition.

What’s the difference between this forthcoming edition and the 2009 First Printing, you ask? Good question! All we can say at this time is that the 2nd Edition will contain the four Captain Future novels:

“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future, Win ’40)
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40)
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40)
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll ’40)

and we’ll share more information as it becomes available.

So, prime yer rockets while Mr. Wart Ears here goes to the galley for another jug of Xeno.


Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by George Rozen
700+ page Hardcover

Pre-order price: $45.00



Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS: VOLUME 9 KILLER'S TOWN - Arriving in comic shops March 27!

For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print!

Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books, starting in August 2016, and every other month thereafter! This exciting installment, Volume 9 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: "Killer’s Town!"

Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #9 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!

In the far reaches of the peaceful jungle, a notorious international criminal establishes KILLER’S TOWN, a haven for thieves and murderers from many nations. There, with their stolen diamonds, gold, and other precious loot, they find safe refuge from the forces of law and order and are free to pursue their dissolute lives, protected from arrest and punishment.

When a beautiful and innocent young girl is trapped in this evil place, the terrorists are confronts by a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful force represented by THE SIGN OF THE SKULL, as the Phantom, single-handed, pits himself against the vicious world of KILLER’S TOWN.


Paperback, 144 pages, $14.99






Hermes Press: The Phantom: The Complete Avon Novels Volume #10: The Goggle-Eyed Pirates! - Arriving in comic shops March 27 or April 3!

For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print!
Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books!
This exciting installment, Volume 10 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: "Goggle-Eyed Pirates!"

Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #10 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!

On a luxury liner in mid-ocean, a gang of weird pirates suddenly appears – as if out of nowhere. They rob the ship’s vaults and passengers – then disappear just as mysteriously as they had come. How?

Piracy – to the Phantom – is like a red cape to a bull. For centuries – since the first Phantom’s father was killed by pirates – the Phantom has been the nemesis of pirates everywhere. Now, once more, the Phantom must meet that threat as he rallies to seek out and destroy the mysterious GOGGLE-EYED PIRATES.


Paperback, 6X9 inches, 144 pages, $14.99




Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS: VOLUME 11 SWAMP RATS - Coming in June!
(Writer) Lee Falk (Cover) George Wilson

The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues! Who would dare to venture into the deadly reaches of the Great Swamp? Few who had entered into its mists had emerged to tell of their experiences. Yet, if no one knew the Great Swamp, what better hiding place could he find? So it is that a pack of ruthless escaped convicts set up their headquarters in the Great Swamp, leaving them free to plunder the surrounding areas. They call themselves the Swamp Rats - and only one man can meet the dual challenge of this evil gang and the treacherous swamp. He is the Phantom.

Softcover, 6x9, 144 pages, B&W, $14.99, On sale June 26.


THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS VOLUME 11 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191776.


Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS: VOLUME 12 VAMPIRES & WITCH - Coming in June!
(Writer) Lee Falk (Cover) George Wilson

The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues! A plague of human vampires - a 300-year-old witch who, legends says, can only be freed from her chains and returned to youth and beauty by a Phantom kiss. Incredible in the twentieth century? Yet a tiny nation is terrorized by these ghastly beings who inhabit a medieval torture change beneath an ancient castle ruin. Follow the Phantom through a chilling web of superstition, fear, and deadly danger.

Softcover, 6x9, 144 pages, B&W, $14.99, On sale June 26.

THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS VOLUME 12 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191777.

Hippocampus Press
Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others
By Bobby Derie 

Now available for pre-order!
On sale April 1st!

For more than a decade, Bobby Derie has written insightful and penetrating essays on some of the leading authors of pulp fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, especially Robert E. Howard and his friends, colleagues, and fellow-writers. In this collection of twenty-six essays, Derie covers an extraordinarily wide range of subjects; but in every instance he draws upon primary documents to illuminate some of the obscurer corners in the realm of the pulp magazines, especially the legendary Weird Tales.

Here we find studies of the expansive and at times contentious correspondence of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard; Howard’s association with such colleagues in the pulp world as Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, and Frank Belknap Long; Howard’s sporadic involvement with such fans as R. H. Barlow, Stuart M. Boland, and Francis T. Laney; a discussion of Howard’s writing for amateur papers; and numerous other topics.

Derie’s perspicacity and keenness of analysis are apparent on every page of his work. His thorough familiarity, not only with Robert E. Howard’s fiction but also with his bountiful letters, serves as the foundation of his critical work, and he exhibits a wide knowledge of the work of Lovecraft, Smith, and others who form the inexhaustibly fascinating cadre of writers associated with Weird Tales.

Bobby Derie is the author of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos (2014) and the compiler of The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard: Index and Addenda (2015). He has written numerous articles on pulp fiction that have appeared in print and in online venues.


Paperback, 352 pages
Cover design by Dan Sauer, incorporating Bobby Derie's photomontage of Robert E. Howard.

Pre-order price: $20.00



The Horror From The Mound by Robert E. Howard - Now online!
Hosted by: Matthew Clark
Produced by: KBOO
Program: Gremlin Time
Air date: Mon, 03/18/2019 - 11:00pm to Tue, 03/19/2019 - 12:00am

Considered to be the first "weird western" short story, 'The Horror From The Mound" is about a former cowpuncher, Steve Brill, who regrets having left the cowboy life to become a farmer in West Texas. He is also curious to see if there might be spanish treasure buried in a nearby hullock, which his mexican neighbors avoid walking past. As if it were haunted. A classic story from the pulp era, by Robert E. Howard which combines elements of regional legends and the horror story.




Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Hardback Copy
 
Robert E. Howard’s Birthday
Novel Excerpt
State of the Tower
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes


ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #63 - Now available and arriving in comic shops March 20!  

We feature the work of ELBERT McGRAN JACKSON, known for his many slick magazine illustrations and covers for the Saturday Evening Post and others. Our second feature concerns MARIO COOPER, known for his watercolor and dye illustrations for Collier's, American Weekly, and many more. Finally, we feature part three of our ongoing series concerning early American artists of the Western frontier. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue.

Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00






ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #4 - Now available and arriving soon in comic shops!  

A celebration of one of the greatest British comic strip artists of all time, Ron Embleton.
The life and art of one of the most popular and talented artists of the 20th century is explored in depth.
The retrospective includes many reproductions of his original art, including hitherto rarely seen examples of his fine art.
We hope that you are excited as we are at the incredible scope and vitality of this great man's art, from the early years of Wulf the Briton to Wicked Wanda from Penthouse.

Magazine, 144 pages, Full Color, $34.99




ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #26 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Diego Cordoba (Art)  Various

More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. It guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of the leading authorities on this important art form. As well as building into an indispensable reference library, illustrators gives readers an insight into the creative process, from idea to sketch to painting, and from painting to the image seen by millions. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, much of the art taken from scans of the original work. This issue features John Millar Watt, Petar Mseldzija, Philip Mendoza, and Arthur Barbosa.

Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale June 26.

ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #26 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191503.


JAMES BOND 007 #8 - Coming in June!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art:
Eric Gapstur
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Khoi Pham
Cover C: Steve Lieber
Cover D: Eric Gapstur

"GOLDFINGER"

You think you know Goldfinger. But you don't know THIS Goldfinger. Go inside the mind of the most ruthless sociopath in the world, courtesy of GREG PAK (World War Hulk, Weapon X) and ERIC GAPSTUR (Batman Beyond, The Flash: Year Zero).


Full Color, 36 pages, $3.99, On sale June 19.

JAMES BOND 007 #8 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191051 (Johnson cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191052 (Pham cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190153 (Lieber cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191054 (Gapstur cover).

 
 
     



JAMES BOND ORIGIN #10 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover A: Dan Panosian
Cover B: Scott Forbes
Cover C: Cian Tormey
Cover D: Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover E: Bob Q

"THE DEBT"

Lieutenant Bond returns to England to recuperate from injuries. But the death of his mentor will throw him into the seediest alleyways London has to offer, as he seeks revenge. Courtesy of JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, Fantastic Four) and IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (Mother Panic, The Flash).


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.

JAMES BOND ORIGIN #10 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191059 (Panosian cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191060 (Forbes cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191061 (Tormey cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191062 (Moustafa cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191063 (Bob Q cover).


  
   
     
 



Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

JAN IN INDIA

Raise in strange isolation with his only companion a great ape, Jan of the Jungle escaped to find himself alone against the jungle. There his muscles and his ingenuity were to be challenged to their utmost. With all his fighting skill, there remained only one challenge left to him: trace his origins and locate his parents. As JAN IN INDIA opens, Jan is with his reunited parents and his finance, Ramona. On a world-wide tour by yacht, through treachery, Jan is cast into the shark-infested waters off India, and Ramona is stolen by the Maharaja of Varuda to be his bride. Follow the exploits of Jan of the Jungle as he strives to save his future wife from a hideous death at the fangs of the Black Tigress in a Temple of Kali!

Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 170 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95


PLANET STORIES, Winter 1944

Contents
KEEPER OF THE DEATHLESS SLEEP by Albert DePina
MIND-STEALERS OF PLUTO by Joseph Farrell
CHIMERA WORLD by Wilbur S. Peacock
COLONY OF THE UNFIT by Manfred A. Carter
DOORWAY TO KAL-JMAR by Stuart Fleming
INVADER FROM INFINITY by George Whittington
THE HAIRY ONES by Basil Wells
LAZARUS COME FORTH by Ray Bradbury
DOUBLE-CROSS by James MacCreigh


Pulp-sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95


THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December 1938

Contents
THE STAR PARADE by Henry Kuttner
THE LOOT OF TIME by Clifford D. Simak
THE METAL OCEAN by Eando Binder
HANDS ACROSS THE VOID by Will Garth
THE GREAT ADVENTURE by Ray Cummings
TIDAL MOON by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum
THE COSMIC HISS by Edmond Hamilton



Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95




JOE GOLEM OCCULT DETECTIVE CONJURORS #2 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Mike Mignola, Chris Golden (Art) Peter Bergting, Michelle Madsen (Cover) David Palumbo

The GOLEM has returned! As his humanity slips away, one driving thought remains in Joe Golem's mind: hunt the witches, save the girl. But time is running out as he treks through the submerged tunnels of the Drowning City in search of Dr. Cocteau and the horrible revelation that awaits in his lab! Meanwhile, the ghosts of Simon Church's past associates pay a call. But are they there to help, or to hinder?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.

JOE GOLEM OCCULT DETECTIVE: THE CONJURORS #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190304.


Justin Marriott
The Paperback Fanatic 41
The fanzine for collectors of vintage paperbacks

Now available!

64 pages, full colour throughout with many rare paperback covers reproduced.
Articles and features include:
Crom's Tomes - 50 Years of Conan in Paperback
The Plantation Pulps of New English Library
Segretissimo - more classic espionage and thriller paperbacks
Brian Hayles - Dr Who and Doom Watch script-writer
Raymond Kursar - an interview with the legendary artist
Australian Movie Tie-Ins
And more!

Paperback: 64 pages
Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches
$10.00

 

   
 

Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Reno rides the range!
Remembering the Friends of Old Time Radio Conventions
Debunking the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon myth
The day Silver rescued The Lone Ranger
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



The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!


Bringing you the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.

Now featuring:

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Virgil Finlay - New!

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Michael William Kaluta:  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3  

Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie

Accepting new articles for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net




Mike Chomko -  March/April 2019 newsletter is now available!

Mike has released a list of pulp-related books and periodicals available from Mike Chomko for March/April 2019.

Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). 
Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542

Send Mike an email at mikechomko@gmail.com to subscribe to his catalogue.

Mike has established a website where you can download his current and past newsletters.
The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/





Mystery*File - Now online!

Pulp Stories I’m Reading: RICHARD SALE “The House of Kaa.”
- New!
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading, Selected by David Vineyard: CLEVE F. ADAMS “Flowers for Violet.” - New!
SF Stories I’m Reading: ROBERT L. DAVIS “Teratohippus.” - New!
SF Stories I’m Reading: JOHN SHIRLEY “Shaman.”
Pulp SF Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: NORMAN DANIELS “The Great Ego.”
SF Stories I’m Reading: STEVEN GOULD “Peaches for Mad Molly.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: GEORGE HARMON COXE “Murder Picture.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lost, Strayed and Stolen.”

The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!

Cliff Lords

MAIO-SHAN
Black Dove
The Wraith
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre

North-West Adventures - Now online!

(1934) The Key to Windigo - New!
W. Ryerson Johnson (1901-1995) - New!
William Macleod Raine (1871-1954)
More Covers From Adventure

Frank Williams (1887-?)

George T. Marsh (1876-1945)
Mounties on the Cover II





Register Now for PulpFest 2019

PulpFest 2019 postcardPulpFest is accepting advance registrations for our 2019 convention, August 15 – 18. Register now and beat the rush. You’ll save money and get free early-bird shopping if you book a room at the convention’s host hotel. By staying at the DoubleTree, you help defray the convention’s expenses and show our hotel that PulpFest will help their bottom line.

There are plenty of rooms available at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. You can book a room directly through the PulpFest website. Just below the PulpFest banner at the top of our home page,  you’ll find a link that reads “Book a Room.” Click the link and you’ll be redirected to a secure site where you can place your reservation.

You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention PulpFest to receive the special convention rate of $129 plus tax per night.Included in the room rate are two complimentary breakfasts per room during your stay. Also included is free Wi-Fi in each sleeping room. Parking is free. You must book your room by July 31, 2019 in order to get the special convention rate.

For All Members
All PulpFest 2019 members — including dealers — must register for the convention.

Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying at the DoubleTree: $35 (includes free early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $40 (without early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $70 (with early-bird shopping)

Single-day membership for Friday or Saturday: $20
Single-day membership for Sunday: $10 (available only at the door)
Supporting Membership: $25



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 — A Century of Zorro (Rich Harvey)
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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:05 PM — Wayne Carey, author of Quatermain: The New Adventures
1:10 – 1:45 PM — Craig McDonald, author of The Hector Lassiter Series
1:50 – 2:25 PM — Joab Stieglitz, author of The Utgarda Series
2:30 – 3:05 PM — Christopher Paul Carey, The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Series and The Khokarsa Series author
3:10 – 3:50 PM — William Patrick Maynard, authorized author of Fu Manchu


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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:30 PM — Flinch Books Fest, featuring John Bruening & Jim Beard
1:35 – 2:10 PM — Sara Light-Waller, author of ANCHOR and LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS
2:15 – 2:50 PM — Christopher Ryan, author of Alex Simmon’s Blackjack and The Mallory and Gunner Series
4:05 – 4:40 — Roger Alford, author of The Black Spectre Series


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)



Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"Welcome Home, Sucker" by Joe Archibald from BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE, October, 1945

Paroled from prison, Jimmy Rohan Is caught in a murder snare while following the grim trail of hidden loot!

"The Man Who Was Dead" by Helen Topping Miller from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, March 3, 1917
A msn who wants to die is over-dosed with a sedative so while still alive and conscious everyone thinks he Is dead. He Is lost overboard, rescued by others.

"The Bloodless Peril" by Will Garth from THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December, 1937
Science evolves a superior plant kingdom when a war of the future is waged in the laboratory. Will Garth is the pseudonym for Henry Kuttner.




The Pulp Archivist - Now online!

"Sword" and "Shield"
 
The Scientific-Ridiculous
What is Science Fiction?  
Lewis, Lundwall, and Campbell  
A Basic Science-Fiction Library  


Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!

The Last Shuttle Flight

You're Dead  
Earthweeds
First Contact  
Fate
Angkor Away


Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, August, 1952 - New!
Issue Review - Dime Detective Magazine, June 1943
Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, Jan 15, 1935
Richard Dermody - Author, Journalist
Northwest adventure blog - story reviews, author surveys
It’s Great to Be Back - new Robert A. Heinlein book to be published this year
Index to the Weird Tales Collector fanzine


The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

Of Other Days And Other Spiders - New!
New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais)
The Deadly Pick-Up
The Pulps And Their Time
The Equalizer #1
New Pulp Author Colleen Drippe
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.

Radio Archives
The Spider #96 Audiobook
The Spider and the Deathless One
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge

Read by Nick Santa Maria

Now available!

Pinch-hitting as Police Commissioner for his friend Kirkpatrick, Richard Wentworth found himself in the most difficult spot of his long career, when Munro — the Deathless One — came back to loot the city and destroy the Spider, at the very time when Wentworth’s enemies in the department had united to tie his hands!
 
Meet the Spider—Master of Men! More just than the Law...more dangerous than the Underworld. Hated, wanted, feared by both! Alone and desperate, he wages a deadly, one-man war against the supercriminal whose long-planned crime-coup will snuff a thousand lives! Can the Spider prevent this slaughter of innocents? This was how the editors of the Spider magazine first introduced their avenging new hero, and this description fits our latest audiobook release perfectly.
During the difficult decade encompassed by the years 1933-43, a commanding figure blazed his way through a legion of Depression-era supercriminals, Nazi spies and saboteurs. Though others fought injustice, none did it with the savage style of this hero. He was wealthy criminologist Richard Wentworth. He was also secretly the Spider!



Never before or since has there been a hero like the Spider. Driven, hunted, and violently committed to exterminating criminals of all calibers. A self-appointed savior of humanity, driven manic-depressive, and possibly undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, the Spider was known as the Master of Men.
 
Nick Santa Maria reads this exciting suspense story of murder, mayhem and mystery that perfectly evokes 1941 Manhattan. The Spider and the Deathless One originally published in The Spider magazine, September, 1941.


    
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs



A nameless mystery man with a wartime past, backed by a shadowy group of powerful philanthropists, Secret Agent “X” took on the toughest assignments of the dirty thirties. Operating out of the half-haunted Montgomery Mansion, “X” was also known as the Man of a Thousand Faces. A past master of disguise, he infiltrated the Underworld to crush crime in all of its hideous manifestations.
 
Why did those strange human derelicts patronize newsreel-movie showings and immediately leave the theaters with evil, mysterious intent. That was the veiled enigma Agent “X” had to pierce—while unfathomable gusts of hell’s killing cold trapped “X” and Betty Dale in a murder maelstrom.



The enigma of enigmas, Secret Agent “X” has been deputized by a high government official to battle the darkest, most diabolical enemies of America before they sink their poisonous fangs into the nation’s healthy core. Faceless and unsung, “X” infiltrates these threats in a bewildering array of disguises.
 
Secret Agent “X” ventures forth in a bewildering array of false identities to infiltrate the darkest underbelly of the underworld—and destroy it from within. A master investigator of a thousand guises and surprises. The only clue to his true identity is his haunting whistle…..
 
Like many of his Pulp peers, Secret Agent “X” worked with a female companion who walked the fine line between aide and love interest. Betty Dale, a reporter with as much moxy and courage as any man, played a pivotal role in the entire series. She proved to be much more than a convenient damsel in distress, though this is a role she played more than once. Most stories deftly handled the balance of Betty’s emotions, teetering between her dedication to the mission and an attraction to a man whose real name she didn’t even know.
 
Follow the Man of a Thousand Faces as he confronts the menace of Death’s Frozen Formula, ripped from the pages of Secret Agent “X” magazine, February 1937 and read with chilling intensity by Milton Bagby.


 
  
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs



Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Air War eBook
Captain Danger #7 - March 1942

Now available!

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 Blitzkrieg
by Lieutenant Scott Morgan
Captain Allan Danger, yank soldier of fortune, battles to rescue an important man for Britain — and victory! Follow this intrepid ace of aces as he bucks into the inferno of a Nazi concentration camp to lead the prisoners in a rebellion!
 
Fiats Over Albania — A Complete Novelet
by David Goodis
“Playboy” Geere joins a game of death in the flaming skies — fighting to halt the fiery advance of marauding Italians.
 
Top Flight Soldier — Swift-Action Short Story
by Kenneth Collings
The old war and the new are pitted against each other in yammering rivalry of the skies.
 
Battle Wings — Swift-Action Short Story
by Robert Sidney Bowen
Yank Johnny Blake acts in a most unneutral manner when Nazis rob him of a powerful fighting ship.
 
Blood Feud — Swift-Action Short Story
by Henry S. Lewis
Roaring out of the clouds, Bjorne Halvorsen settles a grim debt with his spitfire’s flaming guns.
 
The Spitfire Assignment — Swift-Action Short Story
by Cosmo Bennett
Over the burning African desert, British Pilot Officer Mowbray provides plenty of troubles for his foes!
 
Prop Wash — Special Feature
by Joe Archibald
A Live-Wire Department for Readers.
 
The CAA Of The Eagle — Special Feature
by Sam Merwin, Jr.
The Odyssey of Winged America!



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


RED SONJA #5  - Coming in June!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Mirko Colak
Cover A: Amanda Conner
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Christian Ward
Cover D: Jenn St-Onge
Cover E: Cosplay

Like an all-consuming fire, the armies of Dragan The Magnificent pursued Sonja The Red until there was nowhere else to flee. The corpses of her people scattered before her like charred rabbits, she turned to face his exquisite wrath. And prayed in vain for death to take her quickly. The epic continues by MARK RUSSELL (Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, The Flintstones) and MIRKO COLAK (Conan).

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 5.

RED SONJA #5 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191075 (Conner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191076 (Linsner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191077 (Ward cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191078 (St-Onge cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191079 (Cosplay cover).

       
    
  
    




RED SONJA: BIRTH OF THE SHE DEVIL #1  - Coming in June!
(Writer) Luke Lieberman (Art) Sergio Davila
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Sergio Davila
Cover C: Cosplay

An early tale of the She-Devil! Explore the early years of the wild and untamed Sonja the Red, before she because the scourge of Hyboria - Red Sonja! Retaining her trademark armor and flame-filled hair - and temper, writer Luke Liberman (Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods) and artist Sergio Davila (Conan) deliver high adventure and horror as they introduce the demon conqueror Raka and his devil's brew, which turns men against their fellow men (and everyone in their way!). Also featuring the return of Sonja's early mentor, Ozzyus!
Look for a trio of incredible covers: Master Painter Lucio Parillo, interior artist Sergio Davila and the return of cosplaying favorite, Shannon Kingston!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.

RED SONJA: BIRTH OF THE SHE DEVIL #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190987 (Conner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190988 (Parillo cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190989 (Cosplay cover).

    
 



RED SONJA: BALLAD OF THE RED GODDESS HC - Arriving in comic shops March 27!
(Writer) Roy Thomas (Art) Esteban Maroto, Santi Casas (Cover) Esteban Maroto

A stunning new original graphic novel produced in cooperation with leading Spanish publisher Planeta, from the legendary creative team of writer Roy Thomas, artist Esteban Moroto and the incredible talent of Santi Casas - presented here as an oversized hardcover and featuring a spectacular use of black, white and RED!

Never before seen in English, this Hardcover OGN is an all-new tale, lost from the Nemedian Chronicles - until now!

The very origins of Sonja are cleverly teased as the masterful Roy Thomas weaves a tale of intrigue, deception and the search for eternal youth.

Hardcover, 88 pages, Partial Color, $19.99

Hardcover, Signed Edition, 88 pages, Partial Color, $49.99





ROBERT E. HOWARD DAYS
June 6-8, 2019

2019 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE


THURSDAY JUNE 6
2:00 – 4:00 pm: The Robert E. Howard House and Museum is open to the public. There are no docents on duty but the Gift Shop will be open and the grounds and Pavilion available to all.
5:00 – 7:00 pm: Fish Fry at the Cross Plains Senior Center.
6:00 pm: Barbarian Festival Parade down Main Street in Cross Plains.
Afterwards, Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion

FRIDAY JUNE 7
8:30 am until gone: Coffee and donuts at the Pavilion, compliments of Project Pride
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum and Grounds open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation Souvenir at Cross Plains Post Office. Friday Only.
9 am – 11 am: Bus Tour of Cross Plains & Surrounding Areas. Friday Only.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
10 am – 5 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display. The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
11 am: PANEL: A History of Project Pride and the Robert E. Howard Museum.
                           NOTE: Presented at the House & Pavilion.
NOON: Hot Dog Lunch hosted by Project Pride at the Pavilion. Donations are welcome!
1:30 pm: PANEL: The Writers of REH
2:30 pm: PANEL: The Fourth Annual Glenn Lord Symposium.
Following this panel will be the presentations of the 2017 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding at Banquet site
6:30 pm: Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the Family Life Center of the Baptist Church on Main Street. Guest of Honor Speaker: David C. Smith
9:00 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House, Celebrating 90 Years of Sailor Steve Costigan.
                             NOTE: Presented on the actual Ice House grounds where Howard boxed!

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion.  All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

SATURDAY JUNE 8
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: BARBARIAN FESTIVAL at Treadway Park, 3 blocks west of REH House
10 am – 3 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
11 am PANEL: The Sword & Sorcery Poetry of Robert E. Howard
NOON: Lunch and/or Barbarian Festival activities at your leisure
1:30 pm PANEL: Kull, Conan Solomon Kane: The Original S&S Characters?
2:30 pm PANEL: What’s Up with REH?
4:30 pm: Tour of REH House Grounds
6 to 8 pm: Sunset BBQ at the Pavilion
At twilight/after BBQ: Multi-language reading of Howard’s poem “Cimmeria” + more REH poetry read aloud from the Museum porch.

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion.  All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

Special Announcements will be ongoing over both days,
There will be special guests and extemporaneous events: readings, book signings and surprises happening throughout Friday and Saturday


PLEASE NOTE: ALL PANELS LAST ONE HOUR AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1000 N. MAIN ST. IN CROSS PLAINS, unless noted.




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


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.







SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TPB VOL 02 - Arriving in comic shops March 27!
(Writer) Marguerite Bennett, Christina Trujillo (Art/Cover) Maria Sanapo

The start of a bold new adventure! Mother Forest is beset by a terrible plague that sickens the very jungle, but this deadly evil is not the only danger Sheena must face. A ruthless huntress prowls the forest, seeking a girl with golden hair, and the mark of the jaguar...

Trade paperback, 144 pages, Full Color, $19.99








SONGS OF GIANTS
The poetry of pulp, illustrated
Lost poetry of pulp giants Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs & H.P. Lovecraft
Illustrated by Mark Wheatley!
This Kickstarter will run through April 20, 2019!
The books and rewards are expected to ship in June (if successfully funded)!


The early part of the 20th century was a wild time in fiction, when publishers would try just about anything to see if it sold. Nowhere was there a more formidable challenge than in the pages of the pulps, which often chewed up and spat out would-be writers faster than new ones could step forward. Out of his fiery crucible came three giants: Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and H. P. Lovecraft.

These legendary authors forged names and reputations that still echo decades later. In turn, they have inspired many creators across the generations. One such creator is Overstreet Hall of Fame inductee, Inkpot, Mucker, Gem, Speakeasy, and Eisner award-winning writer-artist Mark Wheatley, and the result of that inspiration is Songs of Giants, a new Kickstarter project that launches on Monday, March 11, 2019.

Resurrected from crumbling pages of old pulp magazines, Songs of Giants cuts straight to the heart of the look, feel and language of the pulps as it highlights the often-forgotten poetry of these unforgotten masters. For his part, Wheatley expertly captures the essence of the beauty, horror, and adventure of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft’s words. He brings their poems to life with a fine line illustration style that is clearly inspired by the early, classic, golden age illustrators. The book also features an introduction by Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt, creator of the Academy and Alex Benedict series.

Songs Of Giants is a limited edition, 8 ½” x 11” 72-page deluxe hardcover printed on super heavy stock, The accompanying Kickstarter rewards range from screen savers and wallpapers to an exclusive signature plate, audio books, and one-of-a-kind original art. Reward levels start at just $15 for a digital version of the book and only $25 for the printed version.

“I’ve spent more than a year crafting this art. And while I’ve been working, I’ve had a major pulp art show of my illustration originals. Based on the public reaction to that show, I’m thrilled to finally share Songs of Giants art with the public. The few people who have seen the work so far have convinced me that this is possibly my best work, ever. Because of that, it was difficult to keep the project quiet, so now I’m truly happy that the news is out,” said Mark Wheatley.

Working on his originals at a very large size in a traditional brush, pen and ink approach, Wheatley spent hours savoring the poems in order to bring them to life in this new way. Characters, dangers, and whole worlds became embodied in his illustrations, in turn reflecting the full flavor and power of the works that inspired them.

“Our initial goal of $5,500 is intentionally set very low. This money will cover the cost of printing the book. From our past experience on Kickstarter, having successfully raised money for the Doctor Cthulittle book and fulfilled the rewards, we believe that hitting this goal is very possible and quite likely. If we do not hit our stretch goals, we will still have enough to print the book and we are in a position to ship the rewards with our budget. Of course, the stretch goals offer a good many perks that we would like to be able to share with our backers,” Wheatley said.

For those who chose the reward levels that include the audio book, the masterful voice actor Mark Redfield is on full display with many of the poems from Songs Of Giants. His readings of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft are augmented by the outstanding original musical score and sound design by Jennifer Rouse. It provides a truly stirring dramatic experience! 

The Kickstarter project for Songs Of Giants will launch on Monday, March 11 and is scheduled to conclude on April 20th. If successfully funded, the books and other rewards are expected to ship in June 2019. The Kickstarter project is listed under ComicMix, LLC, Wheatley’s frequent publishing collaborators.

8.5 x 11 inches, 72 pages plus signing plate
Full color front and back end pages.
Thick paper and boards.






Kickstarter    Songs of Giants  


SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Spider Pete by Claude Stewart
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels


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-Conclusion
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Five
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Four
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Three 

 

WARLORD OF MARS ATTACKS #1  - Coming in June!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Dean Kotz
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Marco D'Alfonso
Cover C: Ramon Villalobos
Cover D: Ben Caldwell

Just when people thought Dynamite could not think of more fun crossovers!
Warlord of Mars Attacks takes everything to a new level of unexpected meta crossovers!

Who can best defend against a Martian invasion?
A fearless human hero adopted by the red planet, the one and only John Carter!
After a lander disturbs the Martian surface, everyone's favorite big-headed sadistic aliens lead a brutal invasion force toward Earth.
Meanwhile on Earth, a man from 1868 Virgina comes out of stasis.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 5.

WARLORD OF MARS ATTACKS #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191002 (Johnson cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191003 (D'Alfonso cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR19 1004 (Villalobos cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR19 1005 (Caldwell cover).

       
   





WEIRDBOOK ANNUAL #2
Now available!

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu theme.
Storys abound featuring our squamish elder god!
Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:


-The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price
-A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder
-Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward
-The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz
-Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole
-Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson
-Ronnie and the River, by Christian Riley
-Cellar Dweller, by Franklyn Searight
-Yellow Labeled VHS Tape, by R.C. Mulhare
-Tuama, by L.F. Falconer
-Mercy Holds No Measure, by Kenneth Bykerk
-Treacherous Memory, by Glynn Owen Barrass
-The Hutchison Boy, by Darrell Schweitzer
-Dolmen of The Moon, by Deuce Richardson
-Lovecraftian Limerick, by Andrew J. Wilson
-A Wizard's Daughter, by Ann K. Schwader
-The Shadow of Azathoth is your Galaxy, by DB Spitzer
-Ascend, by Mark A. Mihalko
-The Solace of the Farther Moon, by Allan Rozinski
-The Stars Are Always Right, by Charles Lovecraft
-Daemonic Nathicana, by K.A. Opperman
-Asenath, by Ashley Dioses
-The Book of Eibon/Le Livre D'eibon, trans. by Frederick J. Mayer


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook



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.









15 March 2019  

 



40th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
Sunday, March 24, 2019!

There will be over 80 dealer tables with tens of thousands of vintage paperbacks for sale.
You can find every vintage paperback you want or need - from inexpensive filler copies to the most elusive and rare collectibles in the hobby.
There is no telling what might show up. Plan for a fun day of looking. There will be treasures found.
Click HERE for more information.

The show has another excellent lineup of authors and artists scheduled to be present at various times throughout the day.
Come meet the authors and artists. Bring your books and have them sign their works for FREE!
Check the Guest Schedule to plan your day.

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking



Adventure House

Adventure House is pleased to announce that Adventure House has acquired a number of the Girasol Collectables reprint files.
They will be releasing on a monthly basis a number of their public domain titles as part of our monthly offerings.

March 2019  Coming later this month!
Strange Stories - 02/39  
Spicy-Adventure Stories – 11/34

February 2019
Spicy Detective Stories - 04/34
Oriental Stories - 10-11/30

January 2019
Golden Fleece – 10/38
Doctor Death – 02/35
Saucy Movie Tales – 12/35
Magic Carpet – 01/33


Adventure House
Coming later this month!

High Adventure #165
Hostages of Hate by Anthony Rud – PEOPLE’S

Randolph Haish vowed to exterminate every member of the family which he thought had wronged him.
But the family included Koot Koven, an ex-soldier, and Koot objected to being exterminated. 
A remarkable girl got mixed up in the affair too, a story of fiendish cleverness, rapid-fire action, and genuine romance.



7x10, 110 pages, $12.95


 
Adventure House
Now available!

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

   
Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #57 – June 1938

Patrol of the Iron Hand by Robert J. Hogan

Death walks the world in an iron garb and sleeps in the dismal caves of Hell! 
Stahlmaske once more roams the Front—and the bodies of the damned lie strewn in his wake! 
The Master Spy Calls on his courage and wits to battle forces of Hate!

Suicide On Wheels by Greaseball Joe

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7x10, 110 pages, $12.95



Airship 27 Productions
MARTY QUADE PRIVATE DETECTIVE Volume 1
Now available!

During the days of the classic pulps, one of the finest mystery magazines on the stands was 10 DETECTIVE ACES.  Among the revolving series that appeared in that monthly were the cases of tough guy private eye Marty Quade as written by Emile C. Tepperman whose career went from 1933 to 1942.  His most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. Little is known about Mr. Tepperman. He was credited for writing radio broadcasts for programs such as Suspense and Gang Busters. Other than that, his life remains a mystery.

Now Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to bring back this classic pulp character in four brand new adventures written by Gordon Dymowski, Chris Bell, Gene Moyers and Michael Black. From a missing pulp writer to spies on a military base, gumshoe Quade finds himself knee deep in hot dames, flying fists, and lethal lead. But Quade is no ordinary shamus, with both a quick wit and street-smart survival skills; he almost always solves the case.

Brian Loner provides 12 black and white interior illustrations while Airship 27 Productions’ own award Winning Art Director, Rob Davis, the cover, which is our homage to that old classic pulp mag. 

Available from Amazon and on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
THE RETURN OF BULLDOG DRUMMOND
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the return of one of pulpdom’s most well known heroes, Bulldog Drummond, in “On Poisoned Ground” by writer I.A. Watson.

London 2018 - Upon his discharge from the military, Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond finds civilian life boring. He post an ad in the London Times explaining his desire to find new adventures. Much to his surprise, he gets much more than he could have ever bargained for and soon finds himself battling an evil genius bent on destroying all of London. This is a threat he can’t possibly win alone and soon he has recruited his former S.A.S team, unique men with special skills that just might save the day.

“This is  a brand new version of a classic hero, reinvented for our times and jam-packed with suspense, thrills and danger enough to fill a half dozen books,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “The original Bulldog Drummond was created by H.C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. The character has appeared in novels, short stories, on the stage, in films, on radio and television, and in graphic novels.”

Last year Fortier was approached by one of his Airship 27 writers from India who was a fan of the character and inquired if it would be possible to revive him as a New Pulp hero. Fortier immediately reached out to British author, I.A. Watson, a writer known for his exhaustive research in any project he undertakes. “Ian thought the idea was worth pursuing and ultimately discovered the property was indeed public domain,” Fortier continues. “After several long letters on how to do the character properly, both of us agreed a new, modern interpretation was called for. At which point I gave Ian the green light to write the first adventure in what we hope will be a long running series at Airship 27 Productions.”

“Bulldog Drummond – On Poisoned Ground,” features black and white interior illustrations by professional graphic illustrator, Howard Simpson, and sports a wonderful cover by Canadian Ted Hammond. The book design was by Art Director Rob Davis. The story is a roller-coaster ride of action and adventure. Fortier concludes, “Once you open page one, you will not be able to put this book down.”


Available from Amazon and on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!



Airship 27 Productions
FRED ADAMS JR. - PULP WRITER
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions is proud to showcase the work of New Pulp’s most talented and prolific writer, Fred Adams Jr.  A retired college teacher, Adams burst on the New Pulp scene several years ago with his novel “Hitwolf,” from Airship 27 Productions. It tells the story of a Green Beret captured by Mob in the 1970s and turned into a werewolf assassin.

“The concept is so what pulp is all about,” claims Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor, Ron Fortier, “that when I first read the concept I was euphoric. We couldn’t publish it fast enough. Later Fred sent me his very first novel, a mystery entitled, ‘Dead Man’s Melody,’ and we happily put that out.” What Fortier didn’t realize at the time was both books were intended to be the first entries in on-going series.

By the time Adams had submitted “Six-Gun Terrors,” a story about two Texas cowboys who encounter supernatural monsters, the writer’s master goal had become obvious.  “He wanted to produce as many on-going series as he was capable of writing,” Fortier explains.

Following on the heels of those first three series debuts, Adams then offered up C.O. Jones, a World War II veteran who, during the war years, belonged to an elite squad that dealt primarily with magical threats to the Allies.  After several C.O. Jones novels, came
 “The Eye of Quang Chi,” a mystery set in San Francisco during the turn of the century and starring the co-joined Chinese-American Smith Brothers.

Adams latest pulp series features Ike Mars, a 1950s private eye who was struck twice by lightning. The result of these near-death events left his face malleable enough that he can mold his features to look like other people for a short time. “Shades of the Avenger,” thought Fortier, when editing the first Ike Mars manuscript.

It became clear to Fortier and Airship 27 Art Director, Rob Davis, that Adams prodigious volume of great pulp stories should be showcased in a way as to draw attention to all these various series. The answer to that challenge was to produce a “sampler” collection and they put the idea to Adams. He was only too happy to participate and thus, the new “Fred Adams Jr. – Pulp Writer” features six brand new pulp thrillers culled from his current six on-going Airship 27 series.

“We had a blast putting this book together,” Fortier sums up. “Rob did all the interior illustrations and the cover. It is our hope the book will show fans of his work some of the other series they may missed, as well as make him lots of new readers.”

The astounding epilogue, according to Fortier, is that Adams is currently creating a seventh series. “Fred Adams Jr. is pulp writing machine!”


Available from Amazon and soon on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!



Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Announcing the new Altus Press releases premiering at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show
- New!
More Pulp Releases: The Spider #4 and Dusty Ayres #11… At a Discount
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

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 #7: The Serpent of Destruction
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge

When the Underworld united in one compact army of crime, the Spider—his prestige gone—faced the most vicious collection of criminals and degenerate killers ever assembled under one dark banner of bloody social war! How can Richard Wentworth, robbed of Kirkpatrick and Nita, renew the Spider-fear which alone can bring him victory from a menace that is making casualty columns of our daily papers and filling our institutions with driveling victims of the new madness?

$13.95 softcover
On sale until March 29: $12.95


Operator 5 #4: The Melting Death
By Curtis Steele

Out of the blue it struck—that dread, mysterious force, dealing death, destruction and misery to millions. America found herself stripped of her strongest defenses as battleships, huge guns, skyscrapers, factories and transportation systems crumbled to dust before the voracious flame. No one could tell where it came from; where it would next strike; no one was safe from its hot, devouring maw. An entire nation stood crippled, paralyzed by panic as Operator 5, alone, fought to save America from the red ruin loosed upon it.

$13.95 softcover
On sale until March 29: $12.95


Altus Press



Altus Press
Premiering at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show!

Altus Press has been hard at work on these oversized collections, and you can get them at www.altuspress.com or via Mike Chomko's table at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show in Lombard, IL, on April 12:


Operator 5: The Complete Purple Wars (2 Volume Deluxe Edition)
by Emile C. Tepperman, illustrated by John Fleming Gould and John Newton Howitt
introduction by Will Murray and an afterword by Tom Johnson
Dustjacketed two-volume hardcover edition.

The "War and Peace of the Pulps” is finally collected in a two-volume deluxe, hardcover edition. Running in the pages of Operator #5 magazine from 1936–38, this 14-part epic chronicled the invasion and conquering of America by a mysterious foe from Europe: The Purple Empire. As Will Murray describes in this edition's Introduction: "Battles rage from coast to coast. The exploits of Operator 5 shift from espionage and counterespionage to straight military adventure. Through it all, Jimmy Christopher rises to become the de facto leader of the resistance."

Written by Emile C. Tepperman (author of The Spider and The Masked Marksman) and containing nearly 300 illustrations by John Fleming Gould, this half-million-word saga remains the greatest epic to see print in Golden Age of the pulps and is still considered most risky and ambitious experiment ever undertaken in the single-character magazines.

This two-volume deluxe, hardcover edition includes an all-new Introduction by pulp historian Will Murray, as well as Tom Johnson's retrospective on the series, The History of the Purple Wars. It also collects the rarely-reprinted Epilogue to the Purple War, "Revolt of the Devil Men."

Also restored are all of author Tepperman's rarely-reprinted footnotes which graced the original pulp editions of the stories.

Never-before collected, this remastered, comprehensive collection of Operator 5: The Complete Purple Wars has been one of the most eagerly-anticipated pulp publications of all time.

788 pages / 8.5"x11" / $150



Ships and Men: The Complete Epic (Deluxe Edition)
by H. Bedford-Jones
illustrated by Frederic Anderson, George Avison, John Richard Flanagan, Leyland R. Gustavson, Robert L. Lambdin, Arthur Lytell, Alex Raymond, Alfred Simpkin, Yngve E. Soderberg, and Harve Stein
Dustjacketed hardcover edition.

Running for three years in the pages of the prestigious Blue Book Magazine, author H. Bedford-Jones crafted the most ambitious work of his career: a massive, 34-part saga of seafaring adventure, told chronologically throughout the annals of naval warfare, involving a number of significant figures in world history. Never before collected, this 200,000-word epic includes nearly 200 interior illustrations by artists such as Alex Raymond, John Richard Flanagan, and Leyland R. Gustavson.

350 pages / 8.5"x11" / $85



Black Mask (2019 Yearbook)
by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun, Katrina Younes, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Michael Bracken, Jonathan Sheppard, Jim Doherty, Isaac Babel, Boris Dralyuk, D.L. Champion, Dashiell Hammett, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C. Davis

Black Mask, the greatest American detective magazine of all time, is back with another issue. This time around, it includes nine new stories in the Black Mask vein by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Jonathan Sheppard, Michael Bracken, Jim Doherty, as well as a new article on Raymond Chandler’s The Little Sister by Katrina Younes. In addition, Boris Dralyuk has kindly supplied his translation of Isaac Babel’s “Lyubka the Cossack” and arranged for its reprinting here.

And, as with previous issues, Black Mask collects some of the best hard-boiled detective fiction from the Popular Publications vaults, as written by some of the genre’s best: Dashiell Hammett, D.L. Champion, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C. Davis.

142 pages / 8.5"x11" / $19.95




Altus Press




 

American Mythology Productions
Arriving in comic shops March 20!

ZORRO LEGENDARY ADVENTURES #4
(Writer) Jean-Marie Nadaud (Art) Robert Rigot (Cover) Francisco Cueto


American Mythology is proud to deliver classic stories that have never been seen in English and share the legendary exploits of the original masked hero with his fans worldwide.

Zorro Legendary Adventures #4 comes with two covers – Main and Limited-Edition Blazing Blades of Zorro by Francisco Cueto.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 28.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale November 28 (Limited edition).







Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE SHADOW #139: “Kings of Crime” and “The Stars Promise Death”
The Master of Darkness crushes crime in Seaview City in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, while community leaders speed the growth of a great city, “Kings of Crime” plot to fleece the resort town out of millions Then, following a cryptic clue left by a dead man, The Shadow pursues a trail of astrological slayings when “The Stars Promise Death.”

BONUS: The Whisperer investigates “Invisible Evidence” in a pulp thriller by Alan Hathway writing as “Clifford Goodrich,” plus Nick Carter solves “The Case of the Mermaid’s Murder!” in a Golden Age of Comics classic by Bob Powell. This instant collector’s item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with supporting commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-257-5 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)

Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.

Past episodes:
Roger Alford - The Black Spectre Origins Book II
New World Order: HERO U.N.I.O.N. by Jeff Deischer

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

ATHENA VOLTAIRE 2018 ONGOING #8 - Arriving in comic shops March 20!
(Writer) Steve Bryant (Art) Yusuf Idris (Covers) Steve Bryant

"Athena Voltaire and Golden Dawn," Part Four.

"Athena Voltaire and the Golden Dawn," part four. The thrilling conclusion to "The Golden Dawn," as Athena and company face the denizens of the Ghost Caves! More on Mr. X's mysterious mission in Istanbul! And back in the United States, what the heck has Carter Charles gotten himself into? (STL096328) NOTE: Not available in Germany.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99






Black Moon: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Five - Arriving in book stores March 19!
by Seabury Quinn


The concluding volume in a series collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel” (1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.


Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99

 

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





Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
Now available!

Among the most prolific fictioneers ever to pound a typewriter, Johnston McCulley has earned pop-culture immortality as the creator of Zorro, who made his debut in 1919.  At that time he was just one of many McCulley characters romping through the shag-edged pages of America's pulp-fiction magazines.  Most others appeared in Street & Smith's DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, a weekly periodical devoted to fast-paced tales of crime and mystery.  The three novels contained in this book, originally published in DETECTIVE STORY as several series of connected novelettes, feature protagonists operating outside the law. Two of them, Black Star and The Spider, are master criminals who take special pleasure in outwitting police; the third, The Thunderbolt, is a vigilante attempting to right wrongs beyond the law's reach.

Although these yarns were written a hundred years ago, they lack the florid excesses common to what is popularly known as "purple prose." McCulley's style is simple and direct, and aside from some stilted dialogue here and there, his fiction remains just as entertaining as it was upon first publication. Moreover, his World War I-era protagonists set the pattern for countless pulp characters to follow, lending historical context to their fanciful exploits. In reading the adventures of Black Star, The Spider, and The Thunderbolt, today's pulp-fiction aficionado will encounter tropes that were still being employed twenty and thirty years later. None of the characters in this omnibus had Zorro's longevity, nor did they achieve his success in other media. But they are fascinating nonetheless as precursors of an entire school of pulp heroes and villains. 

Cover Art by John A. Coughlin
Introduction by Ed Hulse
590 pages., trade paperback, 6x9 inches

Price: $35.00


All three novels are now available in one jumbo-sized, affordably priced volume.

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press


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Bold Venture Press
AWESOME TALES #9
Now available!

Awesome Tales #9 presents four stories of hair-raising suspense!

"Reign of Terror" Part 2 by R. Allen Leider
Still enjoying his amnesty from the French government, the phantom terrorist unleashes more death and destruction upon the Nazi invaders with a new weapon — Nikola Tesla’s earthquake machine!

"Scorpion" by John L. French
Simon Tombs and his demonic companion Fel investigate a cult-related murder, only to discover someone is killing saints.

"Man On the Inside" by John L. French
Officer DeWitt Jackson was dead, but he had unfinished business before he could move on.

"Damaged Goods" by Quintin Peterson
Private Eye Luther Kane planned to free his client from the clutches of Russian mob boss “Ivan the Terrible” Sizov — then he awoke to find himself at the mercy of the merciless.

Trade paperback, 7 x 10 inches, 84 pages, $6.00

Coming next issue: Domino Lady in Part 2 of "Give Them a Corpse"



Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Appeal: THE GETAWAY by Jim Thompson
Pulp Appeal: “The Garden of Adompha” by Clark Ashton Smith  
Pulp Appeal: “The Tomb Spawn” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Appeal: “The Master of the Crabs” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (2017)
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (1999)
Issue 8 Out Today!


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

Brand New Cirsova Out Today!
- New!
Sensor Sweep: Dime Detective, Jules Verne, Warhammer, Galactic Patrol, Rambo! - New!
Sensor Sweep: August Derleth, Mack Bolan, Fandom History, Bill Crider Prize
Sensor Sweep: Captain Marvel, Michael Shea, C. S. Forester, Strange Matter

Sensor Sweep: Moon Pool, Talismans, Sea Wolf, Jerry Pournelle, New Heinlein
Short Reviews – Keep it Simple, by Frances M. Deegan
Happy Birthday Robert McGinnis!
Sensor Sweep: Merritt, Howard, Merle Constiner, D&D, Warhammer
Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography


Cirsova Volume 2 Number 1 - Spring 2019
Featuring a Tarzan short story by ERB and Michael Tierney!
Now available!

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.


 

Clive Cussler: Celtic Empire (Dirk Pitt Adventure)  - Arriving in book stores March 19!

The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. . . A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. . . An attack by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. . . Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie in the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago.

During what was supposed to be a routine investigation in South America, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt finds himself embroiled in an international mystery, one that will lead him across the world and which will threaten everyone and everything he knows--most importantly, his own family. Pitt travels to Scotland in search of answers about the spread of an unknown disease and the shadowy bioremediation company that may be behind it. Meanwhile, his son and daughter face a threat of their own when the discoveries they have made in an Egyptian tomb put killers on their trail. These seemingly unrelated riddles come together in a stunning showdown on the rocky isles of Ireland, where only the Pitts can unravel the secrets of an ancient enigma that could change the very future of mankind.


Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.6 x 9.3 inchesList price: $29.99



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.



THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #3 - Arriving in comic shops March 20!
Gerry Duggan (Writer)
Ron Garney (Art)
Cover by Alex Ross
Variant Cover by Kaare Andrews 


THE DEADLY CATACOMBS OF KOGA THUN!

* CONAN descends into Stygian catacombs in search of a mystical treasure...
* But what secrets does the trove hold, and can Conan trust his compatriots?
* No matter--the undead forces of KOGA THUN have other plans for the barbarian!
* PLUS: The next chapter in an all-new CONAN novella, running through the SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN series!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99



 
CONAN: THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 - Arriving in comic shops March 20!

Penciled by Barry Windsor-Smith & John Buscema With Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, Esteban Maroto, Tony DeZuniga, Sonny Trinidad, Alex Niño, Tim Conrad, Pablo Marcos, Gray Morrow, Gene Colan, Val Mayerik, Howard Chaykin, Walter Simonson, Jess Jodloman & Bruce Jones

Covers by Gabriele Dell’otto & Boris Vallejo (Direct Market)

Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel’s line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. After the breakout success of Conan’s color comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard’s hero to its black-and-white magazine line. In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can offer, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel’s greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Red Nails” and John Buscema’s “Black Colossus” and “A Witch Shall Be Born” featuring the infamous Tree of Death are just the beginning!

Collecting SAVAGE TALES (1971) #1-5 and SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #1-12 and SPECIAL (1975) #1.

Collecting: SAVAGE TALES (1971) 1-5; SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 1-12, SPECIAL (1975) 1

On Sale: March 20, 2019
Format: Hardcover
Price: $100.00 ($127.00 In Canada)
Size: 7-1/4" X 10-7/8"
Pages: 1072














 

Centipede Press
SWORDS IN THE MIST  by Fritz Leiber
Now available!


In the annals of heroic fantasy one epic tale stands head and shoulders above the rest, spanning sixty years in the telling, the saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser has captivated fans ever since Fritz Leiber’s first tale of the duo appeared in the August, 1939 issue of Unknown. The story of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is among the most enduring in modern fantasy, and Centipede Press is releasing the first of what will be the definitive eight-volume set comprising not only all of the stories by Fritz Leiber (and his friend Harry Fischer), but also the brilliant epilogue to the series, Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin Wayne Bailey.

The third book in the series, Swords in the Mist, includes “The Cloud of Hate,” “Lean Times in Lankhmar,” “Their Mistress, The Sea,” “When the Sea-King’s Away,” “The Wrong Branch,” and “Adept’s Gambit.”

For bonus materials, we have a rare photograph of Fritz Leiber, plus Leiber’s introduction from Night’s Black Agents, an essay by Fritz Leiber called “H.P. Lovecraft meets Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser,” some story fragments and a “Few Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Firsts,” and H.P. Lovecraft’s letters to Fritz Leiber regarding “Adept’s Gambit.”

This book features an introduction by Tim Powers and artwork by Grant Griffin. It features six color interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece, full color wraparound dustjacket, and custom illustrated endpapers. The book includes all of the stories that make up Swords in the Mist along with the bonus material mentioned above.


Bound in full black cloth, blind stamping on front board.
Illustrations hand-tipped into the book.
Introduction by Tim Powers.
Gorgeous dustjacket on Mohawk Superfine.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Published March 2019.
Book size 6 × 9 inches.
Number of pages: 280.

unsigned: $69 (on sale from $75)



Centipede Press


Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Books: HALF-PAST MORTEM by John A. Saxon (Robert Leslie Bellem?)
- New!
SHADOW COMICS 81, 82, 83 & 84 (1947-48) - New!
Otto Penzler Auction Results: CARROLL JOHN DALY Books - New!
Otto Penzler Auction Results: MISC MYSTERIES - New!
Otto Penzler Auction Results: CLASSICS Unillustrated - New!
Otto Penzler Auction Results: RAYMOND CHANDLER Books
Otto Penzler Aucton Results: HAMMETT STUFF
For Sale! Otto Penzler's SHERLOCK HOLMES Stuff
For Sale! Otto Penzler's RAYMOND CHANDLER Books (Part 1)  
For Sale! Otto Penzler's HAMMETT Novels
Pulp Gallery: DIME DETECTIVE (1932)

 
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!



    



The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Analog Mar/Apr 2019 - New!
Paperback Parade No. 103 Feb. 2019 - New!
Paperback Fanatic No. 41 March 2019 - New!
Nostalgia Digest Spring 2019
Mystery Weekly Magazine March 2019
Science Fiction Adventures Nov. 1952
Space Science Fiction No. 6
Occult Detective Quarterly No. 5
Amazing Stories Science Fiction Novel
Space Science Fiction No. 5
Mystery Weekly Magazine January 2019


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

Algernon Blackwood's Sesquicentennial
- New!
Was Tolkien a Robert E. Howard Fan? - New!
Win the Last Copy of The Sapphire Goddess by Nictzin Dyalhis! - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/10/2019 - New!
Mundy Monday: Rung Ho!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/3/2019
"The Moon Pool" Re-Read: Part Three
Two Missed Centennials in 2018
Regarding August Derleth
The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/24/2019


Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Fourth Title in the EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Limited Edition Collection....
JOHN CARTER OF MARS Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Now shipping!

(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. 



For a look at additional artwork
click here


F. Paul Wilson: THE LAST CHRISTMAS: A Repairman Jack novel - Coming this Fall!

Jack is back.

Wilson never said he was through with Repairman Jack.  He said he was through turning in a new novel every year. He also said when a story came along that was right for Jack, he’d write it.  The Last Christmas is that story.

It’s late December between Ground Zero and Fatal Error, a winter of discontent for Jack who’s perhaps spending too much time hanging at Julio’s. An old contact, Edward Burkes, convinces him to take on a missing-person fix.  As usual, nothing is as it seems and the missing person isn’t exactly a person.  In fact, it’s like nothing anyone has ever seen.

And in the middle of all this, the mysterious Madame de Medici hires him to safeguard a valuable object. Simple, right?

Not even close.

Yep, Jack is back and, as usual, weird trouble is on his heels.

All editions signed by F. Paul Wilson.



Haffner Press
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
By Manly Wade Wellman
Complete in two volumes!

Now available for pre-order!

“Not All a Dream”                
An unpublished Manly Wade Wellman story to be shipped with preorders of       
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
Note: Cover shown is not final!       


John, whose last name is never revealed, is a wandering singer who carries a guitar strung with strings of pure silver. He is a veteran of the Korean War and served in the U.S. Army as a sharpshooter (in the novel After Dark, he mentions that his highest rank was PFC). In his travels, he frequently encounters creatures and superstitions from the folk tales and superstitions of the mountain people. Though John has no formal education, he is self-taught, highly intelligent and widely read; it is implied that his knowledge of occult and folk legendarium is of Ph.D level. This knowledge has granted him competent use of white magic, which he has used on occasion to overcome enemies or obstacles, but it is primarily his courage, wit and essential goodness that always enables him to triumph over supernatural evils (although the silver strings of his guitar and his possession of a copy of The Long Lost Friend are also powerful tools in fighting evil magic), while basic Army training allows him to physically deal with human foes.

The stories are rich in the customs and lore of the region and many of the folk songs John sings are authentic as well. Wellman did introduce some original songs and legends but his creations blend seamlessly with the traditional material. Whereas Tolkien integrated Northern mythology into his mythos, and C.S. Lewis the European Fairy Tales of yore, Wellman’s stories are drenched in the folktales and songs of old Americana; the haunting stories of the slaves and the tall tales of the Revolution, strange beasts, witch-women, and dark apparitions. As famed author Karl Edward Wagner wrote: “These stories are chilling and enchanting, magical and down-to-earth, full of wonder and humanity. They are fun. They are like nothing else you’ve read before.”—Adapted from Wikipedia


Complete in Two Volumes!
Smythe-sewn Hardcovers

Edited by Stephen Haffner
Pre-Order price: $90

Stories:
"O Ugly Bird!"
"The Desrick on Yandro"
"Vandy, Vandy"
"One Other"
"Call Me from the Valley"
"The Little Black Train"
"Shiver in the Pines"
"Walk Like a Mountain"
"On the Hills and Everywhere"
"Old Devlins Was A-Waiting"
"Nine Yards of Other Cloth"
"Then I Wasn't Alone"
"You Know the Tale of Hoph"
"Blue Monkey"
"The Stars Down There"
"Find the Place Yourself"
"I Can't Claim That"
"Who Else Could I Count On"
"John's My Name"
"Why They're Named That"
"None Wiser for the Trip"
"Nary Spell"
"Trill Coster's Burden"
"The Spring"
"Owls Hoot in the Daytime"
"Can These Bones Live?"
"Nobody Ever Goes There"
"Where Did She Wander?"

Novels
The Old Gods Waken (1979)
After Dark (1980)
The Lost and the Lurking (1981)
The Hanging Stones (1982)
The Voice of the Mountain (1984)

That's right. All the stories. All the novels (the most recent of which has been out of print for nearly 35 years!).

If you're acquainted with our previous Manly Wade Wellman volume, THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE, then you know what to expect and won't want to miss this important edition of one of the finest literary creations in all of weird fiction.





Haffner Press
THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 1 Second Edition
By Edmond Hamilton

Now available for pre-order!

Okay, you kiwis and pee-lots, listen up!

This is Sergeant Saturn letting you rascally rocketeers know that when you fans of a certain classic cosmic crusader send enough feedback, the Big Poobah at Haffner Press has little choice but to give you what you want.

To that end, be it known that sometime, sooner than later, you will be able to add THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME ONE to your already stellar library in a revised 2nd Edition.

What’s the difference between this forthcoming edition and the 2009 First Printing, you ask? Good question! All we can say at this time is that the 2nd Edition will contain the four Captain Future novels:

“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future, Win ’40)
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40)
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40)
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll ’40)

and we’ll share more information as it becomes available.

So, prime yer rockets while Mr. Wart Ears here goes to the galley for another jug of Xeno.


Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by George Rozen
700+ page Hardcover

Pre-order price: $45.00



Hippocampus Press
Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others
By Bobby Derie 

Now available for pre-order!
On sale April 1st!

For more than a decade, Bobby Derie has written insightful and penetrating essays on some of the leading authors of pulp fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, especially Robert E. Howard and his friends, colleagues, and fellow-writers. In this collection of twenty-six essays, Derie covers an extraordinarily wide range of subjects; but in every instance he draws upon primary documents to illuminate some of the obscurer corners in the realm of the pulp magazines, especially the legendary Weird Tales.

Here we find studies of the expansive and at times contentious correspondence of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard; Howard’s association with such colleagues in the pulp world as Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, and Frank Belknap Long; Howard’s sporadic involvement with such fans as R. H. Barlow, Stuart M. Boland, and Francis T. Laney; a discussion of Howard’s writing for amateur papers; and numerous other topics.

Derie’s perspicacity and keenness of analysis are apparent on every page of his work. His thorough familiarity, not only with Robert E. Howard’s fiction but also with his bountiful letters, serves as the foundation of his critical work, and he exhibits a wide knowledge of the work of Lovecraft, Smith, and others who form the inexhaustibly fascinating cadre of writers associated with Weird Tales.

Bobby Derie is the author of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos (2014) and the compiler of The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard: Index and Addenda (2015). He has written numerous articles on pulp fiction that have appeared in print and in online venues.


Paperback, 352 pages
Cover design by Dan Sauer, incorporating Bobby Derie's photomontage of Robert E. Howard.

Pre-order price: $20.00



Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Hardback Copy
 
Robert E. Howard’s Birthday
Novel Excerpt
State of the Tower
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes


ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #63 - Now available and arriving in comic shops March 20!  

We feature the work of ELBERT McGRAN JACKSON, known for his many slick magazine illustrations and covers for the Saturday Evening Post and others. Our second feature concerns MARIO COOPER, known for his watercolor and dye illustrations for Collier's, American Weekly, and many more. Finally, we feature part three of our ongoing series concerning early American artists of the Western frontier. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue.

Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00






ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #4 - Now available and arriving soon in comic shops!  

A celebration of one of the greatest British comic strip artists of all time, Ron Embleton.
The life and art of one of the most popular and talented artists of the 20th century is explored in depth.
The retrospective includes many reproductions of his original art, including hitherto rarely seen examples of his fine art.
We hope that you are excited as we are at the incredible scope and vitality of this great man's art, from the early years of Wulf the Briton to Wicked Wanda from Penthouse.

Magazine, 144 pages, Full Color, $34.99




JAMES BOND 007 #5 - Arriving in comic shops March 20!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art:
Stephen Mooney
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Rags Morales
Cover C: Adam Gorham
Cover D: Stephen Mooney

ODD JOB continues, by superstars GREG PAK (Planet Hulk, Firefly) and STEPHEN MOONEY (Grayson, The Dead Hand)!

007: Arrested! John Lee: Saving the world, solo! But when the time comes, will Lee be able to pull the trigger, or will his love for the mind-controlled Agent K prevent him from stopping her terrorist organization from succeeding in their world-altering endgame?


Full Color, 36 pages, $3.99


 
 
 
   



Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY, Summer 1941

Contents
TARRANO THE CONQUEROR by Ray Cummings
EARTH DOES NOT REPLY by Lawrence Woods
THE WORLD ON THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE by Martin Pearson
PATH OF EMPIRE by Hugh Raymond

Pulp-sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 146 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95



SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY, Winter 1941

Contents
THE SHOT INTO INFINITY by O. W. Gail
DOUBLE DESTINY by Helen Weinbaum
THE WALL OF WATER by Raymond Z. Gallun
ARTIFICIAL UNIVERSE by John Coleridge

Pulp-sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 146 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95



GOLDEN FLEECE, March 1939

Contents
BARD OF BABYLON by A. Westcott McKee
THE FIRE-MASTER by Seabury Quinn
RED HAIR AND REDSKIN by Robert James Green
MUCH LOST, MORE WON by H. Bedford-Jones
FROM BEYOND THE HAZY SEA by Edward F. Medosch
GRAAH, FOILER OF DESTINY by Pansy E. Black
and more

Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 132 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95



HONEY WEST #4: HONEY IN THE FLESH
The Lieutenant slammed his fists on the desk. "Who do you think you are, anyway?"

"West's the name. Female. Over twenty-one. Occupation: private eye. Call me Honey. Call me any time."

Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 162 pages
Retail Price $19.95
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Justin Marriott
The Paperback Fanatic 41
The fanzine for collectors of vintage paperbacks

Now available!

64 pages, full colour throughout with many rare paperback covers reproduced.
Articles and features include:
Crom's Tomes - 50 Years of Conan in Paperback
The Plantation Pulps of New English Library
Segretissimo - more classic espionage and thriller paperbacks
Brian Hayles - Dr Who and Doom Watch script-writer
Raymond Kursar - an interview with the legendary artist
Australian Movie Tie-Ins
And more!

Paperback: 64 pages
Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches
$10.00

 

   
 

Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Reno rides the range! - New!
Remembering the Friends of Old Time Radio Conventions
Debunking the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon myth
The day Silver rescued The Lone Ranger
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



The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!


Bringing you the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.

Now featuring:

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Virgil Finlay - New!

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Michael William Kaluta:  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3  

Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie

Accepting new articles for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net




Mike Chomko -  March/April 2019 newsletter is now available!

Mike has released a list of pulp-related books and periodicals available from Mike Chomko for March/April 2019.

Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). 
Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542

Send Mike an email at mikechomko@gmail.com to subscribe to his catalogue.

Mike has established a website where you can download his current and past newsletters.
The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/





Mystery*File - Now online!

SF Stories I’m Reading: JOHN SHIRLEY “Shaman.”

Pulp SF Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: NORMAN DANIELS “The Great Ego.”
SF Stories I’m Reading: STEVEN GOULD “Peaches for Mad Molly.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: GEORGE HARMON COXE “Murder Picture.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lost, Strayed and Stolen.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: FREDERICK C. DAVIS “Death to the Witness.”
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: RAYMOND CHANDLER “Guns at Cyrano’s.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ROBERT E. HOWARD “The Horror from the Mound.”

The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!

Cliff Lords

MAIO-SHAN
Black Dove
The Wraith
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre

North-West Adventures - Now online!

William Macleod Raine (1871-1954) - New!
More Covers From Adventure
- New!
Frank Williams (1887-?)
- New!
George T. Marsh (1876-1945)
Mounties on the Cover II
Maclean's Covers
Animal Covers at Adventure
Black Dog Books
Northern Comic Covers

North-West Stories-Romances
Roger Sherman Lerch (1890-1953)





Register Now for PulpFest 2019

PulpFest 2019 postcardPulpFest is accepting advance registrations for our 2019 convention, August 15 – 18. Register now and beat the rush. You’ll save money and get free early-bird shopping if you book a room at the convention’s host hotel. By staying at the DoubleTree, you help defray the convention’s expenses and show our hotel that PulpFest will help their bottom line.

There are plenty of rooms available at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. You can book a room directly through the PulpFest website. Just below the PulpFest banner at the top of our home page,  you’ll find a link that reads “Book a Room.” Click the link and you’ll be redirected to a secure site where you can place your reservation.

You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention PulpFest to receive the special convention rate of $129 plus tax per night.Included in the room rate are two complimentary breakfasts per room during your stay. Also included is free Wi-Fi in each sleeping room. Parking is free. You must book your room by July 31, 2019 in order to get the special convention rate.

For All Members
All PulpFest 2019 members — including dealers — must register for the convention.

Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying at the DoubleTree: $35 (includes free early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $40 (without early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $70 (with early-bird shopping)

Single-day membership for Friday or Saturday: $20
Single-day membership for Sunday: $10 (available only at the door)
Supporting Membership: $25



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 — A Century of Zorro (Rich Harvey)
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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:05 PM — Wayne Carey, author of Quatermain: The New Adventures
1:10 – 1:45 PM — Craig McDonald, author of The Hector Lassiter Series
1:50 – 2:25 PM — Joab Stieglitz, author of The Utgarda Series
2:30 – 3:05 PM — Christopher Paul Carey, The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Series and The Khokarsa Series author
3:10 – 3:50 PM — William Patrick Maynard, authorized author of Fu Manchu


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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:30 PM — Flinch Books Fest, featuring John Bruening & Jim Beard
1:35 – 2:10 PM — Sara Light-Waller, author of ANCHOR and LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS
2:15 – 2:50 PM — Christopher Ryan, author of Alex Simmon’s Blackjack and The Mallory and Gunner Series
4:05 – 4:40 — Roger Alford, author of The Black Spectre Series


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)



Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"An Adventure on Eros" by J. Harvey Haggard from WONDER STORIES, September, 1931

A student travels with his professor to the asteroid Eros where a series of disasters threaten their lives.

"The Crawling Creature" by Donald Bayne Hobart from THRILLING ADVENTURES, July, 1932
Every Step Meant Danger in the Trail of Dan Buckly's Mysterious, Sinister Killer.

"Trial by Typhoon" by Albert Richard Wetjen from ACTION STORIES, September, 1932

Here they come! Thirteen brigands in a sleek black bark, scenting pearl plunder ripe for snatching in Typhoon Bradley's bailiwick. The captain of the crew? Gentleman Harry, corsair out of Singapore.




The Pulp Archivist - Now online!

"Sword" and "Shield"
 - New!
The Scientific-Ridiculous
What is Science Fiction?  
Lewis, Lundwall, and Campbell  
A Basic Science-Fiction Library  
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



Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!

The Last Shuttle Flight
- New!
You're Dead  
Earthweeds
First Contact  
Fate
Angkor Away


Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Issue Review - Dime Detective Magazine, June 1943 - New!
Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, Jan 15, 1935
Richard Dermody - Author, Journalist
Northwest adventure blog - story reviews, author surveys
It’s Great to Be Back - new Robert A. Heinlein book to be published this year
Index to the Weird Tales Collector fanzine


The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais)
The Deadly Pick-Up
The Pulps And Their Time
The Equalizer #1
New Pulp Author Colleen Drippe
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.

Radio Archives
G-8 and His Battle Aces #42 Audiobook
Fangs of the Sky Leopard
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 greatest fighters among you will die first!”
 
This message was not a lie. It came swiftly and frighteningly, written for all to see in the blood of the brave. What strange strength had been given to these beasts that was denied to other men? What forces have made courage useless and the honor of men a travesty? The Leopard Men, rampant, anxious to kill — determined to murder the Master Spy!



As a team, The Battle Aces took on multiple missions, largely against the Germans as depicted in Robert J. Hogan’s version of World War One. G-8 and his men handled espionage, air and ground special forces type duties, and anything aerial, from reconnaissance to raids. The pacing of the G-8 stories seemed, believe it or not, faster than most Pulp tales, primarily because they were taking on missions during a war and everything had a sense of tension, of time being of the essence. This added to the impact of the story for the readers, making them invested in whether or not G-8 won the day.
 
Although the most frequently featured, the Battle Aces weren’t G-8’s only supporting cast. Adding a rather unique twist to things, G-8 had the services and loyalty of Battle, a British manservant, a butler of sorts. Battle did more, however, than simply look after his master in his off hours. Involved in several stories as a sort of ground troop, Battle provided assistance to the Battle Aces whenever he could. He was also responsible for G-8’s mastery of disguise, having learned himself from a master actor.
 
Nick Santa Maria brings G-8, Nippy and Bull to thrilling life in their desperate struggle to defeat a feline nemesis unlike anything they have ever before encountered in Fangs of the Sky Leopard. Originally published in the March, 1937 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces magazine.

    
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs


Radio Archives
Startling Stories Audiobook
March 1949

Read by Milton Bagby and Paul Curtis

Now available!

Startling Stories was the younger sibling of Thrilling Wonder Stories. It began in 1939 at the urging of science fiction fans who clamored for a full-length novel in each issue. At this point, Thrilling Wonder Stories contained a variety of novelets and short stories, but fans wanted something longer that allowed for more character development. And thus, Startling Stories was born. Each issue started off with a book-length novel, and was filled out with a variety of short stories, science columns, special features and, of course, letters to the editor. Some of science-fiction’s best authors appeared in Startling Stories, including luminaries such as Stanley G. Weinbaum, Eando Binder, Edmond Hamilton, and Alfred Bester. The magazine thrived through the 1940s and early 1950s, but fading revenues forced it to close with the Fall 1955 issue, after a 99-issue run. Startling Stories now returns with these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s listeners as audiobooks.

Table of Contents:
 
A Complete Novel
The Black Galaxy by Murray Leinster
Barred from space, Rod Cantrell suddenly gets an unlooked-for opportunity to fight the marauders who threaten the existence of all cosmic life!
 
The Sound Of Bugles by Robert Moore Williams
“By the sweat of your brow shall ye earn your daily bread —” is still true on the hard-working Earth — but what of the fiery planet of Mars?
 
The Loot Of Time by Clifford D. Simak
Marooned in the past, a party of travelers send an SOS ringing far into the future! A Hall of Fame classic reprinted by popular demand
 
Startling Oddities of Science - Feature
 
Tyranny and Test Tubes - Feature
 
The Magnificent Failure by Rene LaFayette
History calls Jonathan Bates the Father of Exploration, but —
 
The Road To Space Travel (Part I) by Willy Ley
 
The Howling Bounders by Jack Vance
Magnus Ridolph found the ticholama plantation an amazing bargain
 
Marionettes, Inc by Ray Bradbury
Braling and Smith sought vacations from their wives, and almost succeeded
 
Turnover Time by Noel Loomis
Fated to miss the moon, a rocket-ship’s doomed to be lost in space


 
  
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
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Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Startling Stories ebook
March 1949

Now available!

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.
 
Startling Stories was the younger sibling of Thrilling Wonder Stories. It began in 1939 at the urging of science fiction fans who clamored for a full-length novel in each issue. At this point, Thrilling Wonder Stories contained a variety of novelets and short stories, but fans wanted something longer that allowed for more character development. And thus, Startling Stories was born. Each issue started off with a book-length novel, and was filled out with a variety of short stories, science columns, special features and, of course, letters to the editor. Some of science-fiction’s best authors appeared in Startling Stories, including luminaries such as Stanley G. Weinbaum, Eando Binder, Edmond Hamilton, and Alfred Bester. The magazine thrived through the 1940s and early 1950s, but fading revenues forced it to close with the Fall 1955 issue, after a 99-issue run. Startling Stories now returns with these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
 
Table of Contents:

A Complete Novel
The Black Galaxy
by Murray Leinster
Barred from space, Rod Cantrell suddenly gets an unlooked-for opportunity to fight the marauders who threaten the existence of all cosmic life!
 
The Sound Of Bugles — Complete Novelet
by Robert Moore Williams
“By the sweat of your brow shall ye earn your daily bread —” is still true on the hard-working Earth — but what of the fiery planet of Mars?
 
The Loot Of Time — Complete Novelet
by Clifford D. Simak
Marooned in the past, a party of travelers send an SOS ringing far into the future! A Hall of Fame classic reprinted by popular demand
 
The Magnificent Failure — Short Stories
by Rene LaFayette
History calls Jonathan Bates the Father of Exploration, but —
 
The Howling Bounders — Short Stories
by Jack Vance
Magnus Ridolph found the ticholama plantation an amazing bargain
 
Marionettes, Inc — Short Stories
by Ray Bradbury
Braling and Smith sought vacations from their wives, and almost succeeded
 
Turnover Time — Short Stories
by Noel Loomis
Fated to miss the moon, a rocket-ship’s doomed to be lost in space
 
The Ether Vibrates — (Announcements and Letters)
The Editor
 
The Road To Space Travel (Part I)
by Willy Ley
 
Science Fiction Fan Publications — A Review
 
Science Fiction Bookshelf — A Department


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



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


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.







SONGS OF GIANTS
The poetry of pulp, illustrated
Lost poetry of pulp giants Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs & H.P. Lovecraft
Illustrated by Mark Wheatley!
This Kickstarter will run through April 20, 2019!
The books and rewards are expected to ship in June (if successfully funded)!


The early part of the 20th century was a wild time in fiction, when publishers would try just about anything to see if it sold. Nowhere was there a more formidable challenge than in the pages of the pulps, which often chewed up and spat out would-be writers faster than new ones could step forward. Out of his fiery crucible came three giants: Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and H. P. Lovecraft.

These legendary authors forged names and reputations that still echo decades later. In turn, they have inspired many creators across the generations. One such creator is Overstreet Hall of Fame inductee, Inkpot, Mucker, Gem, Speakeasy, and Eisner award-winning writer-artist Mark Wheatley, and the result of that inspiration is Songs of Giants, a new Kickstarter project that launches on Monday, March 11, 2019.

Resurrected from crumbling pages of old pulp magazines, Songs of Giants cuts straight to the heart of the look, feel and language of the pulps as it highlights the often-forgotten poetry of these unforgotten masters. For his part, Wheatley expertly captures the essence of the beauty, horror, and adventure of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft’s words. He brings their poems to life with a fine line illustration style that is clearly inspired by the early, classic, golden age illustrators. The book also features an introduction by Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt, creator of the Academy and Alex Benedict series.

Songs Of Giants is a limited edition, 8 ½” x 11” 72-page deluxe hardcover printed on super heavy stock, The accompanying Kickstarter rewards range from screen savers and wallpapers to an exclusive signature plate, audio books, and one-of-a-kind original art. Reward levels start at just $15 for a digital version of the book and only $25 for the printed version.

“I’ve spent more than a year crafting this art. And while I’ve been working, I’ve had a major pulp art show of my illustration originals. Based on the public reaction to that show, I’m thrilled to finally share Songs of Giants art with the public. The few people who have seen the work so far have convinced me that this is possibly my best work, ever. Because of that, it was difficult to keep the project quiet, so now I’m truly happy that the news is out,” said Mark Wheatley.

Working on his originals at a very large size in a traditional brush, pen and ink approach, Wheatley spent hours savoring the poems in order to bring them to life in this new way. Characters, dangers, and whole worlds became embodied in his illustrations, in turn reflecting the full flavor and power of the works that inspired them.

“Our initial goal of $5,500 is intentionally set very low. This money will cover the cost of printing the book. From our past experience on Kickstarter, having successfully raised money for the Doctor Cthulittle book and fulfilled the rewards, we believe that hitting this goal is very possible and quite likely. If we do not hit our stretch goals, we will still have enough to print the book and we are in a position to ship the rewards with our budget. Of course, the stretch goals offer a good many perks that we would like to be able to share with our backers,” Wheatley said.

For those who chose the reward levels that include the audio book, the masterful voice actor Mark Redfield is on full display with many of the poems from Songs Of Giants. His readings of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft are augmented by the outstanding original musical score and sound design by Jennifer Rouse. It provides a truly stirring dramatic experience! 

The Kickstarter project for Songs Of Giants will launch on Monday, March 11 and is scheduled to conclude on April 20th. If successfully funded, the books and other rewards are expected to ship in June 2019. The Kickstarter project is listed under ComicMix, LLC, Wheatley’s frequent publishing collaborators.

8.5 x 11 inches, 72 pages plus signing plate
Full color front and back end pages.
Thick paper and boards.






Kickstarter    Songs of Giants  


SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Spider Pete by Claude Stewart
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels


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-Conclusion
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Five
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Four
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Three 

 

WEIRDBOOK ANNUAL #2
Now available!

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu theme.
Storys abound featuring our squamish elder god!
Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:


-The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price
-A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder
-Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward
-The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz
-Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole
-Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson
-Ronnie and the River, by Christian Riley
-Cellar Dweller, by Franklyn Searight
-Yellow Labeled VHS Tape, by R.C. Mulhare
-Tuama, by L.F. Falconer
-Mercy Holds No Measure, by Kenneth Bykerk
-Treacherous Memory, by Glynn Owen Barrass
-The Hutchison Boy, by Darrell Schweitzer
-Dolmen of The Moon, by Deuce Richardson
-Lovecraftian Limerick, by Andrew J. Wilson
-A Wizard's Daughter, by Ann K. Schwader
-The Shadow of Azathoth is your Galaxy, by DB Spitzer
-Ascend, by Mark A. Mihalko
-The Solace of the Farther Moon, by Allan Rozinski
-The Stars Are Always Right, by Charles Lovecraft
-Daemonic Nathicana, by K.A. Opperman
-Asenath, by Ashley Dioses
-The Book of Eibon/Le Livre D'eibon, trans. by Frederick J. Mayer


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook



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.









08 March 2019  

 



40th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
Sunday, March 24, 2019!

There will be over 80 dealer tables with tens of thousands of vintage paperbacks for sale.
You can find every vintage paperback you want or need - from inexpensive filler copies to the most elusive and rare collectibles in the hobby.
There is no telling what might show up. Plan for a fun day of looking. There will be treasures found.
Click HERE for more information.

The show has another excellent lineup of authors and artists scheduled to be present at various times throughout the day.
Come meet the authors and artists. Bring your books and have them sign their works for FREE!
Check the Guest Schedule to plan your day.

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking



Adventure House
Now available!

Adventure House is pleased to announce that Adventure House has acquired a number of the Girasol Collectables reprint files.
They will be releasing on a monthly basis a number of their public domain titles as part of our monthly offerings.

Golden Fleece – 10/38
Doctor Death – 02/35
Saucy Movie Tales – 12/35
Magic Carpet – 01/33


Adventure House
Now available!

High Adventure #164

Adventure Fiction of F. Van Wyck Mason

Adventure and battle stories from the pages of THREE STAR STORIES and DANGER TRAILS.

The Fetish of Sergeant M’Gourra
Croix De Guerre
The Trap-Door of Hell
Blockade
A Sneeze in the Dark by Joseph Knox Stone

7x10, 110 pages, $12.95



Adventure House
Now available!

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

   
Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #57 – June 1938

Patrol of the Iron Hand by Robert J. Hogan

Death walks the world in an iron garb and sleeps in the dismal caves of Hell! 
Stahlmaske once more roams the Front—and the bodies of the damned lie strewn in his wake! 
The Master Spy Calls on his courage and wits to battle forces of Hate!

Suicide On Wheels by Greaseball Joe

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7x10, 110 pages, $12.95


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




Airship 27 Productions
MARTY QUADE PRIVATE DETECTIVE Volume 1
Now available!

During the days of the classic pulps, one of the finest mystery magazines on the stands was 10 DETECTIVE ACES.  Among the revolving series that appeared in that monthly were the cases of tough guy private eye Marty Quade as written by Emile C. Tepperman whose career went from 1933 to 1942.  His most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. Little is known about Mr. Tepperman. He was credited for writing radio broadcasts for programs such as Suspense and Gang Busters. Other than that, his life remains a mystery.

Now Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to bring back this classic pulp character in four brand new adventures written by Gordon Dymowski, Chris Bell, Gene Moyers and Michael Black. From a missing pulp writer to spies on a military base, gumshoe Quade finds himself knee deep in hot dames, flying fists, and lethal lead. But Quade is no ordinary shamus, with both a quick wit and street-smart survival skills; he almost always solves the case.

Brian Loner provides 12 black and white interior illustrations while Airship 27 Productions’ own award Winning Art Director, Rob Davis, the cover, which is our homage to that old classic pulp mag. 

Available from Amazon and on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
SHERLOCK HOLMES CONSULTING DETECTIVE Volume 13
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions proudly presents the 13th Volume in its popular series, “Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective.” It features five new mysteries.

In their recorded exploits, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson faced all kinds of mysteries; from the mundane to the most foul and insidious. They solved riddles involved with blackmail, thievery and murder, each with the same devotion to serving justice no matter the outcomes.

In this latest collection of the bestselling series, Holmes and Watson will deal with three women all claiming to the heir to a fortune, the brother of an old foe seeking revenge and a severed head sent to their apartment at 221 B Baker Street. Writers I.A. Watson, S. Subramanian, Fred Adams Jr. and Dexter Fabi have created thrilling new adventures that will challenge the detective duo in the most bizarre ways ever imagined.

A unique element of this volume is the cover by Michael Youngblood.  As Airship 27 Productions Manager explains, “For years, Sydney Paget was considered the premier Sherlock Holmes artist having done the illustrations for Arthur Conan Doyle’s original tales when they appeared in The Strand Magazine. Many of these are just as familiar as the stories themselves.”

Since the conception of the Consulting Detective series at Airship 27, Art Director Rob Davis has handled the illustrations. In the past ten years he has done over 150 gorgeous; several for which he won awards. Fortier continues, “I’m always saying Rob is the new Sydney Paget which led to this idea of taking one of Paget’s most popular pieces and having one of our artists do a cover interpretation of it. Which is what Michael Youngblood has done far exceeding our expectations.”

Quality stories and beautiful artwork, the hallmarks of Airship 27.


Available from Amazon and soon on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
AIRSHIP 27 & RADIO ARCHIVES
EXPANDING PARTNERSHIP

For the past several years Radio Archives, a leading audio book recorder, has been partnered with Airship 27 Productions. In that time, Radio Archives has produced 125 Airship 27 audiobooks and made them available via Amazon-Audible.com.

Effective Friday March 1st, 2019, Radio Archives will take over complete production of future Airship 27 titles and for the very first time sell them via their own popular website. Not only will New Pulp fans be able to purchase digital copies of these books, but CD sets as well. This is a first for Airship 27 Productions.

“Our association with Radio Archives has been nothing but beneficial to our little company,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “With their recordings they have greatly increased our fan base. In fact this new evolution of having our books available on their site immediately opens 27 new distribution channels previously out of our reach.” Fortier adds, “Naturally that number 27 is a definite good omen for us.”

The first Airship 27 title to sell on the Radio Archives web store will be the recently released “CODENAME – INTREPID” by author Robert J. Mendenhall and is read by Paul Curtis. Fans can purchase either the digital download or the CD beginning on Friday. Also worth noting, all new titles will sell at a discounted 50% off cover price only during the first six days of the book’s posting. Fortier concludes, “We urge our Loyal Airmen to take advantage of this truly amazing deal and to also sign up for the Radio Archives Newsletter so that they do not miss future title releases.”






Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

More Pulp Releases: The Spider #4 and Dusty Ayres #11… At a Discount

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

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 #6: Citadel of Hell
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge

What manner of men were these who burned their victims alive—and in public! With flaming pyres adding their nightly terror to a city already tasting the grim pangs of slow starvation, the Spider, revealed at last, is forced to disappear! Can Richard Wentworth, unmasked and in hiding, successfully combat the Flame Men?

$13.95 softcover
On sale for one week only: $12.95


Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #12: The Tesla Raiders
by Robert Sidney Bowen

“Special emergency report from the Atlanta, Georgia, area. The 25th air concentration depot was completely destroyed fifteen minutes ago… All communication cut off… No details available….” Dusty Ayres heard this report grimly. He knew it meant that Fire-Eyes had caught America unprepared, had struck where he was least expected. How could we parry this new blow? How could our nation, tricked and worn out with war, outwit the Blacks in their most gigantic attempt to conquer the western world?

$13.95 softcover
On sale for one week only: $12.95


Altus Press



 

American Mythology Productions
Arriving in comic shops March 13!
ZORRO SWORDS OF HELL #3
(Writer) David Avallone (Art) Roy Allen Martinez (Covers)
Roy Allen Martinez , Jon Pinto & Alex Toth

A horde of undead demons are sweeping across Alta California, conquering and killing all who stand in their way. Can Zorro stop them? When he learns that cold steel won't be enough, the masked avenger seeks mystical help, tracks down old allies, and unlocks the mysteries of the Swords of Hell! Swords and sorcery, as Zorro fights zombies… brought to you by David Avallone (Bettie Page, Twilight Zone: The Shadow) and Roy Allen Martinez (House of M, Immortal Iron Fist).

Zorro Swords of Hell #3 comes with three covers - Main by Roy Allan Martinez, Devils by Moonlight by Jon Pinto, and Visions of Zorro by the legendary Alex Toth.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale  October 31 (Martinez & Pinto covers).
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale October 31 (Toth cover).








Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE SHADOW #139: “Kings of Crime” and “The Stars Promise Death”
The Master of Darkness crushes crime in Seaview City in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, while community leaders speed the growth of a great city, “Kings of Crime” plot to fleece the resort town out of millions Then, following a cryptic clue left by a dead man, The Shadow pursues a trail of astrological slayings when “The Stars Promise Death.”

BONUS: The Whisperer investigates “Invisible Evidence” in a pulp thriller by Alan Hathway writing as “Clifford Goodrich,” plus Nick Carter solves “The Case of the Mermaid’s Murder!” in a Golden Age of Comics classic by Bob Powell. This instant collector’s item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with supporting commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-257-5 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)

Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.

Past episodes:
Roger Alford - The Black Spectre Origins Book II
New World Order: HERO U.N.I.O.N. by Jeff Deischer

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


Black Moon: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Five - Now available!
by Seabury Quinn


The concluding volume in a series collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel” (1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.


Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99

 

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





Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
Now available!

Among the most prolific fictioneers ever to pound a typewriter, Johnston McCulley has earned pop-culture immortality as the creator of Zorro, who made his debut in 1919.  At that time he was just one of many McCulley characters romping through the shag-edged pages of America's pulp-fiction magazines.  Most others appeared in Street & Smith's DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, a weekly periodical devoted to fast-paced tales of crime and mystery.  The three novels contained in this book, originally published in DETECTIVE STORY as several series of connected novelettes, feature protagonists operating outside the law. Two of them, Black Star and The Spider, are master criminals who take special pleasure in outwitting police; the third, The Thunderbolt, is a vigilante attempting to right wrongs beyond the law's reach.

Although these yarns were written a hundred years ago, they lack the florid excesses common to what is popularly known as "purple prose." McCulley's style is simple and direct, and aside from some stilted dialogue here and there, his fiction remains just as entertaining as it was upon first publication. Moreover, his World War I-era protagonists set the pattern for countless pulp characters to follow, lending historical context to their fanciful exploits. In reading the adventures of Black Star, The Spider, and The Thunderbolt, today's pulp-fiction aficionado will encounter tropes that were still being employed twenty and thirty years later. None of the characters in this omnibus had Zorro's longevity, nor did they achieve his success in other media. But they are fascinating nonetheless as precursors of an entire school of pulp heroes and villains. 

Cover Art by John A. Coughlin
Introduction by Ed Hulse
590 pages., trade paperback, 6x9 inches

Price: $35.00


All three novels are now available in one jumbo-sized, affordably priced volume.

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press


Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
2019 Windy City con’s Film Program: Saturday schedule
Coming Next Week: THE JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
2/1/19: Customer Service Update

Bold Venture Press
AWESOME TALES #9
Now available!

Awesome Tales #9 presents four stories of hair-raising suspense!

"Reign of Terror" Part 2 by R. Allen Leider
Still enjoying his amnesty from the French government, the phantom terrorist unleashes more death and destruction upon the Nazi invaders with a new weapon — Nikola Tesla’s earthquake machine!

"Scorpion" by John L. French
Simon Tombs and his demonic companion Fel investigate a cult-related murder, only to discover someone is killing saints.

"Man On the Inside" by John L. French
Officer DeWitt Jackson was dead, but he had unfinished business before he could move on.

"Damaged Goods" by Quintin Peterson
Private Eye Luther Kane planned to free his client from the clutches of Russian mob boss “Ivan the Terrible” Sizov — then he awoke to find himself at the mercy of the merciless.

Trade paperback, 7 x 10 inches, 84 pages, $6.00

Coming next issue: Domino Lady in Part 2 of "Give Them a Corpse"



Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Appeal: THE GETAWAY by Jim Thompson - New!
Pulp Appeal: “The Garden of Adompha” by Clark Ashton Smith  
Pulp Appeal: “The Tomb Spawn” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Appeal: “The Master of the Crabs” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (2017)
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (1999)
Issue 8 Out Today!


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

Sensor Sweep: August Derleth, Mack Bolan, Fandom History, Bill Crider Prize
- New!
Sensor Sweep: Captain Marvel, Michael Shea, C. S. Forester, Strange Matter

Sensor Sweep: Moon Pool, Talismans, Sea Wolf, Jerry Pournelle, New Heinlein
Short Reviews – Keep it Simple, by Frances M. Deegan
Happy Birthday Robert McGinnis!
Sensor Sweep: Merritt, Howard, Merle Constiner, D&D, Warhammer
Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography


Cimmerian Press
RINGSIDE WITH ROBERT E. HOWARD
By Brian Leno

Now available!

Brian Leno returns with his second Robert E. Howard TriplePunchPack — only this time the emphasis isn’t on literary criticism. The game is biography. The Life of Robert E. Howard. Lives of the Boxers. Both subjects lifelong interests for this award-winning Howard scholar.

Leno establishes those longtime bona fides in “Down the Rabbit Hole,” in which he reveals details of his first trip to Cross Plains — in 1967, when he was eleven years old — riding the initial shock waves of the phenomenon known as the Howard Boom.

Standing inside Howard’s home in 2007, during the annual festival held in honor of the author who created Conan the barbarian, Leno pauses to reflect on many aspects of his life, while also reporting on the fan tumult surging around him. And of course he visits Howard’s grave. He stands in the ruins of the local ice house where Howard once boxed himself.

“Jim Tully and Robert E. Howard: Beggars of Life” broods over the Texan’s fascination with Tully, novelist and Hollywood reporter, once a hobo, a boxer — and during Howard’s lifetime one of the best-selling writers in America. Why is Tully now so completely forgotten while a man who never had a book appear before his early death maintains a lasting international reputation?

“Ernest Hemingway, Robert E. Howard and Battling Siki: Typewriters and Fists” covers the life and career of Siki, “Wild Man of the Boulevards,” the first African to win a major boxing championship. This pioneering figure influenced moments in fiction by Hemingway and REH. Hemingway and Howard — both suicides.

(And as an eBook eXtra Leno tosses a new survey into the ring — “A Texas Cowboy in Chicago” — on local fighter “Kid” Dula and Howard’s predictions for his climb to a title. No one else sits at the ringside known to Robert E. Howard with the authority of Brian Leno.)


Print Length: 82 pages
Kindle: $2.99


  Kindle  



Cirsova Volume 2 Number 1 - Spring 2019
Featuring a Tarzan short story by ERB and Michael Tierney!
Coming March 15!

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.


 

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.



AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #1 - Arriving in comic shops March 13!
Tini Howard (Writer)
Kate Niemczyk (Art)
Cover by 
Sana Takeda
Variant Covers by Afu Chan, Sara Pichelli, and Olivier Vatine 

THE SHE-DEVIL OF THE SEA WHO WOULD BE QUEEN! BÊLIT. The name alone conjures fear up and down the coasts of the Hyborian Age. And the sight of her ship, the Tigress, is an omen of despair for any town in the pirate queen's path! The AGE OF CONAN kicks off with one of Conan's most formidable -- and memorable -- female compatriots, in an all-new story revealing how she became the undisputed QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST! 

The teenage Belit, obsessed with the sea -- as well as the monsters and treasures she thinks are summoning her there -- stows away on the ship of the dread Admiral ATRAHASIS into a deadly adventure even she could not predict! PLUS: The first chapter in an all-new BÊLIT prose novella, presented here for the first time!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99




 

Centipede Press
SWORDS IN THE MIST  by Fritz Leiber
Now available!


In the annals of heroic fantasy one epic tale stands head and shoulders above the rest, spanning sixty years in the telling, the saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser has captivated fans ever since Fritz Leiber’s first tale of the duo appeared in the August, 1939 issue of Unknown. The story of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is among the most enduring in modern fantasy, and Centipede Press is releasing the first of what will be the definitive eight-volume set comprising not only all of the stories by Fritz Leiber (and his friend Harry Fischer), but also the brilliant epilogue to the series, Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin Wayne Bailey.

The third book in the series, Swords in the Mist, includes “The Cloud of Hate,” “Lean Times in Lankhmar,” “Their Mistress, The Sea,” “When the Sea-King’s Away,” “The Wrong Branch,” and “Adept’s Gambit.”

For bonus materials, we have a rare photograph of Fritz Leiber, plus Leiber’s introduction from Night’s Black Agents, an essay by Fritz Leiber called “H.P. Lovecraft meets Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser,” some story fragments and a “Few Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Firsts,” and H.P. Lovecraft’s letters to Fritz Leiber regarding “Adept’s Gambit.”

This book features an introduction by Tim Powers and artwork by Grant Griffin. It features six color interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece, full color wraparound dustjacket, and custom illustrated endpapers. The book includes all of the stories that make up Swords in the Mist along with the bonus material mentioned above.


Bound in full black cloth, blind stamping on front board.
Illustrations hand-tipped into the book.
Introduction by Tim Powers.
Gorgeous dustjacket on Mohawk Superfine.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Published March 2019.
Book size 6 × 9 inches.
Number of pages: 280.

unsigned: $69 (on sale from $75)



Centipede Press


Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!


Otto Penzler Auction Results: RAYMOND CHANDLER Books
- New!
Otto Penzler Aucton Results: HAMMETT STUFF - New!
For Sale! Otto Penzler's SHERLOCK HOLMES Stuff
For Sale! Otto Penzler's RAYMOND CHANDLER Books (Part 1)  
For Sale! Otto Penzler's HAMMETT Novels
Pulp Gallery: DIME DETECTIVE (1932)
For Sale: Otto Penzler's CARROLL JOHN DALY Books
Movie Posters of 1924 (Part 1)
Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in "The Big Shiv" (1947)
FRANK FRAZETTA Back in the Barnyard  
 
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!



    



The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Nostalgia Digest Spring 2019
- New!
Mystery Weekly Magazine March 2019 - New!
Science Fiction Adventures Nov. 1952 - New!
Space Science Fiction No. 6
Occult Detective Quarterly No. 5
Amazing Stories Science Fiction Novel
Space Science Fiction No. 5
Mystery Weekly Magazine January 2019


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

Mundy Monday: Rung Ho!
- New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/3/2019 - New!
"The Moon Pool" Re-Read: Part Three - New!
Two Missed Centennials in 2018
Regarding August Derleth
The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/24/2019


Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Fourth Title in the EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Limited Edition Collection....
JOHN CARTER OF MARS Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Now shipping!

(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. 



For a look at additional artwork
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F. Paul Wilson: THE LAST CHRISTMAS: A Repairman Jack novel - Coming this Fall!

Jack is back.

Wilson never said he was through with Repairman Jack.  He said he was through turning in a new novel every year. He also said when a story came along that was right for Jack, he’d write it.  The Last Christmas is that story.

It’s late December between Ground Zero and Fatal Error, a winter of discontent for Jack who’s perhaps spending too much time hanging at Julio’s. An old contact, Edward Burkes, convinces him to take on a missing-person fix.  As usual, nothing is as it seems and the missing person isn’t exactly a person.  In fact, it’s like nothing anyone has ever seen.

And in the middle of all this, the mysterious Madame de Medici hires him to safeguard a valuable object. Simple, right?

Not even close.

Yep, Jack is back and, as usual, weird trouble is on his heels.

All editions signed by F. Paul Wilson.



Haffner Press
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
By Manly Wade Wellman
Complete in two volumes!

Now available for pre-order!

“Not All a Dream”                
An unpublished Manly Wade Wellman story to be shipped with preorders of       
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
Note: Cover shown is not final!       


John, whose last name is never revealed, is a wandering singer who carries a guitar strung with strings of pure silver. He is a veteran of the Korean War and served in the U.S. Army as a sharpshooter (in the novel After Dark, he mentions that his highest rank was PFC). In his travels, he frequently encounters creatures and superstitions from the folk tales and superstitions of the mountain people. Though John has no formal education, he is self-taught, highly intelligent and widely read; it is implied that his knowledge of occult and folk legendarium is of Ph.D level. This knowledge has granted him competent use of white magic, which he has used on occasion to overcome enemies or obstacles, but it is primarily his courage, wit and essential goodness that always enables him to triumph over supernatural evils (although the silver strings of his guitar and his possession of a copy of The Long Lost Friend are also powerful tools in fighting evil magic), while basic Army training allows him to physically deal with human foes.

The stories are rich in the customs and lore of the region and many of the folk songs John sings are authentic as well. Wellman did introduce some original songs and legends but his creations blend seamlessly with the traditional material. Whereas Tolkien integrated Northern mythology into his mythos, and C.S. Lewis the European Fairy Tales of yore, Wellman’s stories are drenched in the folktales and songs of old Americana; the haunting stories of the slaves and the tall tales of the Revolution, strange beasts, witch-women, and dark apparitions. As famed author Karl Edward Wagner wrote: “These stories are chilling and enchanting, magical and down-to-earth, full of wonder and humanity. They are fun. They are like nothing else you’ve read before.”—Adapted from Wikipedia


Complete in Two Volumes!
Smythe-sewn Hardcovers

Edited by Stephen Haffner
Pre-Order price: $90

Stories:
"O Ugly Bird!"
"The Desrick on Yandro"
"Vandy, Vandy"
"One Other"
"Call Me from the Valley"
"The Little Black Train"
"Shiver in the Pines"
"Walk Like a Mountain"
"On the Hills and Everywhere"
"Old Devlins Was A-Waiting"
"Nine Yards of Other Cloth"
"Then I Wasn't Alone"
"You Know the Tale of Hoph"
"Blue Monkey"
"The Stars Down There"
"Find the Place Yourself"
"I Can't Claim That"
"Who Else Could I Count On"
"John's My Name"
"Why They're Named That"
"None Wiser for the Trip"
"Nary Spell"
"Trill Coster's Burden"
"The Spring"
"Owls Hoot in the Daytime"
"Can These Bones Live?"
"Nobody Ever Goes There"
"Where Did She Wander?"

Novels
The Old Gods Waken (1979)
After Dark (1980)
The Lost and the Lurking (1981)
The Hanging Stones (1982)
The Voice of the Mountain (1984)

That's right. All the stories. All the novels (the most recent of which has been out of print for nearly 35 years!).

If you're acquainted with our previous Manly Wade Wellman volume, THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE, then you know what to expect and won't want to miss this important edition of one of the finest literary creations in all of weird fiction.






Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Hardback Copy
 
Robert E. Howard’s Birthday
Novel Excerpt
State of the Tower
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes


ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #63 - Now available and coming soon to comic shops!

We feature the work of ELBERT McGRAN JACKSON, known for his many slick magazine illustrations and covers for the Saturday Evening Post and others. Our second feature concerns MARIO COOPER, known for his watercolor and dye illustrations for Collier's, American Weekly, and many more. Finally, we feature part three of our ongoing series concerning early American artists of the Western frontier. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue.

Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00






ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #4 - Now available and arriving soon in comic shops!  

A celebration of one of the greatest British comic strip artists of all time, Ron Embleton.
The life and art of one of the most popular and talented artists of the 20th century is explored in depth.
The retrospective includes many reproductions of his original art, including hitherto rarely seen examples of his fine art.
We hope that you are excited as we are at the incredible scope and vitality of this great man's art, from the early years of Wulf the Briton to Wicked Wanda from Penthouse.

Magazine, 144 pages, Full Color, $34.99




JAMES BOND ORIGIN #7 - Arriving in comic shops March 13!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Bob Q
Cover A: Dan Panosian
Cover B: Christian Ward
Cover C: Stephen Mooney
Cover D: Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover E: Bob Q

New arc! New creative team! Perfect time to jump aboard one of the best-reviewed series of 2018-19!

RUSSIAN RUSE, Part 1: A Norwegian supply ship carrying gold mysteriously sinks.
A Russian crew claims the Nazis are responsible. Royal Navy Lieutenant James Bond suspects foul play.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99



 

   
 
 




Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

THE COMPLETE STORIES OF DOCTOR SATAN
In 1935 and 1936, Weird Tales published eight stories by Paul Ernst concerning the diabolical Doctor Satan. Here is the complete collection:

DOCTOR SATAN
THE MAN WHO CHAINED THE LIGHTNING
HOLLYWOOD HORROR
THE CONSUMING FLAME
HORROR INSURED
BEYOND DEATH'S GATEWAY
THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE
MASK OF DEATH

Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 398 pages
Retail Price $24.95
Our Price $14.95



CAPT. HAZZARD MAGAZINE, May 1938
The first and only issue of this rare pulp magazine.

Contents
PYTHON MEN OF LOST CITY by Chester Hawks
BOOMERANG BLUFF by Clint Douglas
SKY-HIGH OUTCAST by Cliff Howe
THE DEVIL'S DEADLINE by Ralph Powers


Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 98 pages
Our Price $12.95


HIGH-SEAS ADVENTURES, June 1935

Contents
THE SEA ROGUE by Morgan Robertson
THE FIJI'S SLAVE by Bill Adams
FATHOMS DEEP by John Austin Schetty


Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Our Price $12.95






Justin Marriott
The Paperback Fanatic 41
The fanzine for collectors of vintage paperbacks

Now available!

64 pages, full colour throughout with many rare paperback covers reproduced.
Articles and features include:
Crom's Tomes - 50 Years of Conan in Paperback
The Plantation Pulps of New English Library
Segretissimo - more classic espionage and thriller paperbacks
Brian Hayles - Dr Who and Doom Watch script-writer
Raymond Kursar - an interview with the legendary artist
Australian Movie Tie-Ins
And more!

Paperback: 64 pages
Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches
$10.00

 

   
 

Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Remembering the Friends of Old Time Radio Conventions
Debunking the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon myth
The day Silver rescued The Lone Ranger
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



The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!


Bringing you the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.

Now featuring:

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Virgil Finlay - New!

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Michael William Kaluta:  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3  

Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie

Accepting new articles for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net




Mystery*File - Now online!

SF Stories I’m Reading: JOHN SHIRLEY “Shaman.”
- New!
Pulp SF Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: NORMAN DANIELS “The Great Ego.” - New!
SF Stories I’m Reading: STEVEN GOULD “Peaches for Mad Molly.” - New!
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: GEORGE HARMON COXE “Murder Picture.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lost, Strayed and Stolen.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: FREDERICK C. DAVIS “Death to the Witness.”
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: RAYMOND CHANDLER “Guns at Cyrano’s.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ROBERT E. HOWARD “The Horror from the Mound.”

The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!

Cliff Lords

MAIO-SHAN
Black Dove
The Wraith
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre

North-West Adventures - Now online!

George T. Marsh (1876-1945) - New!
Mounties on the Cover II
Maclean's Covers
Animal Covers at Adventure
Black Dog Books
Northern Comic Covers

North-West Stories-Romances
Roger Sherman Lerch (1890-1953)



PULP FACTORY AWARDS FINAL BALLOT - Voting is open until March 15!

BALLOT FOR TENTH ANNUAL PULP FACTORY AWARDS OFFICIALLY RELEASED; VOTING NOW OPEN UNTIL 3/15/2019
AWARDS TO BE GIVEN OUT AT WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION, APRIL 12

 
With April’s Windy City Pulp and Paper Con approaching fast, the ballot for the 2019 Pulp Factory Awards – the Tenth Annual, to be handed out at the conference – has just opened up for voting by the reading public.

The ballot can be found online at https://goo.gl/forms/SnofAQANqFmOLW1l1
 
Voters have until Friday, March 15 to vote. You may vote in as many of the five categories as you wish, but you are limited to one vote per category. We are again using electronic ballot via Google forms.
 
Nominees in each category are as follows:
 
BEST PULP NOVEL
•         The Bay Phantom: Feast of the Cannibal Guild - Chuck Miller (Airship 27)
•         Jezebel Johnston: Mourning Star - Nancy A. Hansen (Airship 27)
•         Premium Delivery to the Centre of the Earth - I. A. Watson (Chillwater Press)
•         Vegas Heist - Van Allen Plexico (White Rocket Books)

BEST PULP COVER
•         Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Vol 12 – Rob Davis (Airship 27)
•         The Moon Man, Vol 2 – Mike Fyles (Airship 27)
•         Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Vol 11 – Laura Givens (Airship 27)
•         Jezebel Johnston: Mourning Star - Ted Hammond (Airship 27)
•         The Bay Phantom: Feast of Cannibals - Adam Shaw (Airship 27)

BEST PULP SHORT STORY
•         "Glass Devil" - Mel Odom - Bass Reeves, Frontier Marshal Vol 3  (Airship 27)
•         "The Hangman's Daughter" - I A Watson - Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective Vol 12 (Airship 27)
•         "Knights of the Silver Cross" - Gordon Dymowski - 1950s Western Roundup (Pro Se Productions)
•         "The Scotland Yard Murder" - I A Watson - Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective Vol 11 (Airship 27)

BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS
•         Ed Catto - The Adventures of Captain Graves (Airship 27)
•         Rob Davis - Jezebel Johnston, Mourning Star (Airship 27)
•         Rob Davis - Secret Agent X, Vol 6 (Airship 27)
•         Rob Davis - Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Vol 11 (Airship 27)
•         Rob Davis - Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Vol 12 (Airship 27)
•         Clayton Hinkle - Pulp Mythology (Airship 27)

BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY
•         The New Adventures of Richard Knight, Vol 3 (Pro Se Productions)
•         Secret Agent X, Vol 6 (Airship 27)
•         Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Vol 11 (Airship 27)
•         Tales of the Interstellar Bartenders Guild (Pro Se Productions)

After March 15, the committee will tally all of the electronic votes via https://goo.gl/forms/SnofAQANqFmOLW1l1
and the winners will be announced at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, outside Chicago, IL, on April 12, 2019.
Questions and concerns should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will insure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.
Thank you for your interest, and looking forward to your votes!






Register Now for PulpFest 2019

PulpFest 2019 postcardPulpFest is accepting advance registrations for our 2019 convention, August 15 – 18. Register now and beat the rush. You’ll save money and get free early-bird shopping if you book a room at the convention’s host hotel. By staying at the DoubleTree, you help defray the convention’s expenses and show our hotel that PulpFest will help their bottom line.

There are plenty of rooms available at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. You can book a room directly through the PulpFest website. Just below the PulpFest banner at the top of our home page,  you’ll find a link that reads “Book a Room.” Click the link and you’ll be redirected to a secure site where you can place your reservation.

You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention PulpFest to receive the special convention rate of $129 plus tax per night.Included in the room rate are two complimentary breakfasts per room during your stay. Also included is free Wi-Fi in each sleeping room. Parking is free. You must book your room by July 31, 2019 in order to get the special convention rate.

For All Members
All PulpFest 2019 members — including dealers — must register for the convention.

Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying at the DoubleTree: $35 (includes free early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $40 (without early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $70 (with early-bird shopping)

Single-day membership for Friday or Saturday: $20
Single-day membership for Sunday: $10 (available only at the door)
Supporting Membership: $25



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 — A Century of Zorro (Rich Harvey)
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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:05 PM — Wayne Carey, author of Quatermain: The New Adventures
1:10 – 1:45 PM — Craig McDonald, author of The Hector Lassiter Series
1:50 – 2:25 PM — Joab Stieglitz, author of The Utgarda Series
2:30 – 3:05 PM — Christopher Paul Carey, The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Series and The Khokarsa Series author
3:10 – 3:50 PM — William Patrick Maynard, authorized author of Fu Manchu


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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:30 PM — Flinch Books Fest, featuring John Bruening & Jim Beard
1:35 – 2:10 PM — Sara Light-Waller, author of ANCHOR and LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS
2:15 – 2:50 PM — Christopher Ryan, author of Alex Simmon’s Blackjack and The Mallory and Gunner Series
4:05 – 4:40 — Roger Alford, author of The Black Spectre Series


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)



Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week


"The Last Joke of Joker Joe" by Hapsburg Liebe from ADVENTURE, January, 18, 1920
A practical joker is cured of his joking when a practical joke is played on him.

"Shrieking Coffins" by G. T. Fleming-Roberts from SECRET AGENT "X", April, 1935
Mysteriously six empty coffins disappeared. Then one by one out of the black void of the night they began to appear, each with its grim cargo of shrieking corpses.

"World Upside Down" by Ray Cummings from THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December, 1940
Earth versus the upside world of Xenenon.



The Pulp Archivist - Now online!

The Scientific-Ridiculous

What is Science Fiction?  
Lewis, Lundwall, and Campbell  
A Basic Science-Fiction Library  
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



Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!

You're Dead  
- New!
Earthweeds - New!
First Contact  
Fate
Angkor Away
Cliff Lords  
Recruited  
Dark City


Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, Jan 15, 1935 - New!
Richard Dermody - Author, Journalist
Northwest adventure blog - story reviews, author surveys
It’s Great to Be Back - new Robert A. Heinlein book to be published this year
Index to the Weird Tales Collector fanzine
Merle Constiner - biographical article
An inside look at Ziff Davis in the pulp years
Richard Deming - Detective/Mystery author



The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais) - New!
The Deadly Pick-Up
The Pulps And Their Time
The Equalizer #1
New Pulp Author Colleen Drippe
The Lineup
The Roaring Twenties & The Heroic Thirties May Not Be What We Imagined
New Pulp Author: Jens H. Altmann
I Cover The Murder Front

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.

Radio Archives
The Spider #95 Audiobook
The Spider and the Scarlet Surgeon
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge

Read by Nick Santa Maria

Now available!


 With a skill unheard of, the fabulous Red Surgeon changed people into imbeciles... or geniuses of crime! Thus did he found an empire built on murder and, incredibly, sought as his lieutenants... Kirkpatrick, Nita van Sloan and the Spider — with personalities completely redesigned by the scalpel!
 
Eighty years ago in the summer of 1933, Popular Publications President Harry Steeger and his executive editor, Rogers Terrill, decided to enter the new field of magazines built around a single hero. They enlisted popular aviation hero Robert J. Hogan to help conceive G-8 and His Battle Aces, which debuted late in August. But they also wanted to publish a crimebuster to rival a famous pulp juggernaut. Steeger frankly admitted in later years, “The reason we started the title the Spider was because of the success of Street & Smith’s The Shadow. At this point in pulp history individual titles became very popular, so we decided to try out a few ourselves.”


 
Garbed in a black silk cloak, slouch hat and wearing an assortment of masks and strange disguises to make him look as fierce as his namesake, the Spider ran roughshod over a vicious legion of thugs and hoodlums, leaving behind him a trail of cold corpses branded by his calling card, a scarlet spider burned into their foreheads.
 
So go now with Richard Wentworth, alias the Spider.
 
Nick Santa Maria takes on the dual persona of Richard Wentworth and his arachnid alter-ego for this nail-biting audio rendition of The Spider and the Scarlet Surgeon. Originally published in The Spider magazine, August, 1941.


    
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs



 They called Secret Agent “X”, the Man of the Thousand Faces. Armed with his irresistible gas gun, wearing impenetrable disguises, Secret Agent “X” infiltrates the darkest corners of the Underworld to crush all crime czars!
 
Secret Agent “X” knew that the destiny of millions of honest people rested in his judgment of a beautiful but crafty woman. And all the Agent’s plans fell to pieces when his most important confederate, Harvey Bates, rebelled against orders. For Bates insisted that Charlotta, the glamorous and powerful spy of old, was incapable of any evil.



The enigma of enigmas, Secret Agent “X” has been deputized by a high government official to battle the darkest, most diabolical enemies of America before they sink their poisonous fangs into the nation’s healthy core. Faceless and unsung. Secret Agent “X” infiltrates these threats in a bewildering array of disguises.
 
Operating out of the supposedly haunted Montgomery Mansion, Secret Agent “X” ventures forth in a bewildering array of false identities to infiltrate the darkest underbelly of the underworld—and destroy it from within. A master investigator of a thousand guises and surprises. The only clue to his true identity is his haunting whistle…..
 
For Secret Agent “X”, it was decreed that he would pit himself against villains who were maestros of unbridled horror. Melodrama was the rule of the day, Secret Agent “X” plunged into maelstroms of raw bloodlust undreamed of by The Shadow and Doc Savage. His foes were truly depraved.
 
Walking a fine line between Government Agent and masked vigilante, Secret Agent “X” demanded villains more extreme than he was. Street level crime was not what the likes of Doctor Marko, The Leopard Lady, Thoth, and Madam Death practiced. They brought mass murder and hysteria and only Secret Agent “X” could stand up to them.
 
Follow the Man of a Thousand Faces as he confronts the menace of City of Madness, ripped from the pages of Secret Agent “X” magazine, December 1936 and read with chilling intensity by Milton Bagby.
 
  
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs



Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Air War eBook
Captain Danger #6 - Winter 1942

Now available!

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 Over London
by Lieutenant Scott Morgan
The Whirlwind Ace of Aces speeds to help the R.A.F. in its greatest crisis, flying into rip-roaring action on a dangerous mission in occupied France!
 
The Sky Pilot — A Complete Novelet
by F. E. Rechnitzer
Reverend Jones’ D.H. 4 couldn’t compare with Spitfires, but that didn’t stop him from raising the devil with the Nazis!
 
Rawhide Ace — Swift-Action Short Story
by Orlando Rigoni
A flying fool adopts a battling mascot, and the Italians in Libya begin leading a dog’s life.
 
Wings Of Vengeance — Swift-Action Short Story
by Robert Sidney Bowen
Squadron Leader Wentworth of the R.A.F. solves a baffling sky puzzle in the Eritrean blue.
 
War’s How You Fight It — Swift-Action Short Story
by Laurence Donovan
Yank freelance photogs match an ancient Fokker plane against a modern Jap flyer!
 
Prop Wash — Special Feature
by Joe Archibald
A Live-Wire Department for Readers.
 
My Most Thrilling Sky Fight — Special Feature
by Air Marshal Wm. A. Bishop
A high spot in a famous flyer’s fighting career.
 
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
Discounted 50% the first week: $1.99



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.


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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.







SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Spider Pete by Claude Stewart
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels


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-Conclusion
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Five
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Four
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Three 

 

WEIRDBOOK ANNUAL #2
Now available!

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu theme.
Storys abound featuring our squamish elder god!
Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:


-The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price
-A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder
-Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward
-The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz
-Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole
-Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson
-Ronnie and the River, by Christian Riley
-Cellar Dweller, by Franklyn Searight
-Yellow Labeled VHS Tape, by R.C. Mulhare
-Tuama, by L.F. Falconer
-Mercy Holds No Measure, by Kenneth Bykerk
-Treacherous Memory, by Glynn Owen Barrass
-The Hutchison Boy, by Darrell Schweitzer
-Dolmen of The Moon, by Deuce Richardson
-Lovecraftian Limerick, by Andrew J. Wilson
-A Wizard's Daughter, by Ann K. Schwader
-The Shadow of Azathoth is your Galaxy, by DB Spitzer
-Ascend, by Mark A. Mihalko
-The Solace of the Farther Moon, by Allan Rozinski
-The Stars Are Always Right, by Charles Lovecraft
-Daemonic Nathicana, by K.A. Opperman
-Asenath, by Ashley Dioses
-The Book of Eibon/Le Livre D'eibon, trans. by Frederick J. Mayer


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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.









01 March 2019  

2019 Film Releases
All dates are subject to change.


2019

March 8, 2019
March 29, 2019
CAPTAIN MARVEL
DUMBO
April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019
April 12, 2019
SHAZAM
PET SEMETARY
HELLBOY
May 3, 2019
May 31, 2019
THE AVENGERS: UNTITLED
GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS
June 7, 2019
June 14, 2019
June 14, 2019
June 21, 2019
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX
MEN IN BLACK SPINOFF
JUSTICE LEAGUE: PART 2
TOY STORY 4
July 5, 2019
July 19, 2019
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
THE LION KING
August 2, 2019
THE NEW MUTANTS
October 4, 2019
October 11, 2019
JOKER
ADDAMS FAMILY
November 1, 2019
November 1, 2019
November 8, 2019
November 22, 2019
November 27, 2019
CHARLIE''S ANGELS
TERMINATOR SEQUEL
UNTITLED KINGSMAN FILM
UNTITLED TERMINATOR FILM
FROZEN SEQUEL
December 20, 2019
STAR WARS: EPISODE IX


 



40th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
Sunday, March 24, 2019!

There will be over 80 dealer tables with tens of thousands of vintage paperbacks for sale.
You can find every vintage paperback you want or need - from inexpensive filler copies to the most elusive and rare collectibles in the hobby.
There is no telling what might show up. Plan for a fun day of looking. There will be treasures found.
Click HERE for more information.

The show has another excellent lineup of authors and artists scheduled to be present at various times throughout the day.
Come meet the authors and artists. Bring your books and have them sign their works for FREE!
Check the Guest Schedule to plan your day.

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking



Adventure House
Now available!

Adventure House is pleased to announce that Adventure House has acquired a number of the Girasol Collectables reprint files.
They will be releasing on a monthly basis a number of their public domain titles as part of our monthly offerings.

Golden Fleece – 10/38
Doctor Death – 02/35
Saucy Movie Tales – 12/35
Magic Carpet – 01/33


Adventure House
Now available!

High Adventure #164

Adventure Fiction of F. Van Wyck Mason

Adventure and battle stories from the pages of THREE STAR STORIES and DANGER TRAILS.

The Fetish of Sergeant M’Gourra
Croix De Guerre
The Trap-Door of Hell
Blockade
A Sneeze in the Dark by Joseph Knox Stone

7x10, 110 pages, $12.95



Adventure House
Now available!

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

   
Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #57 – June 1938

Patrol of the Iron Hand by Robert J. Hogan

Death walks the world in an iron garb and sleeps in the dismal caves of Hell! 
Stahlmaske once more roams the Front—and the bodies of the damned lie strewn in his wake! 
The Master Spy Calls on his courage and wits to battle forces of Hate!

Suicide On Wheels by Greaseball Joe

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7x10, 110 pages, $12.95


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




Airship 27 Productions
MARTY QUADE PRIVATE DETECTIVE Volume 1
Now available!

During the days of the classic pulps, one of the finest mystery magazines on the stands was 10 DETECTIVE ACES.  Among the revolving series that appeared in that monthly were the cases of tough guy private eye Marty Quade as written by Emile C. Tepperman whose career went from 1933 to 1942.  His most remembered work has been the Purple Invasion Series for Operator 5. Little is known about Mr. Tepperman. He was credited for writing radio broadcasts for programs such as Suspense and Gang Busters. Other than that, his life remains a mystery.

Now Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to bring back this classic pulp character in four brand new adventures written by Gordon Dymowski, Chris Bell, Gene Moyers and Michael Black. From a missing pulp writer to spies on a military base, gumshoe Quade finds himself knee deep in hot dames, flying fists, and lethal lead. But Quade is no ordinary shamus, with both a quick wit and street-smart survival skills; he almost always solves the case.

Brian Loner provides 12 black and white interior illustrations while Airship 27 Productions’ own award Winning Art Director, Rob Davis, the cover, which is our homage to that old classic pulp mag. 

Available from Amazon and on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
SHERLOCK HOLMES CONSULTING DETECTIVE Volume 13
Now available!

Airship 27 Productions proudly presents the 13th Volume in its popular series, “Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective.” It features five new mysteries.

In their recorded exploits, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson faced all kinds of mysteries; from the mundane to the most foul and insidious. They solved riddles involved with blackmail, thievery and murder, each with the same devotion to serving justice no matter the outcomes.

In this latest collection of the bestselling series, Holmes and Watson will deal with three women all claiming to the heir to a fortune, the brother of an old foe seeking revenge and a severed head sent to their apartment at 221 B Baker Street. Writers I.A. Watson, S. Subramanian, Fred Adams Jr. and Dexter Fabi have created thrilling new adventures that will challenge the detective duo in the most bizarre ways ever imagined.

A unique element of this volume is the cover by Michael Youngblood.  As Airship 27 Productions Manager explains, “For years, Sydney Paget was considered the premier Sherlock Holmes artist having done the illustrations for Arthur Conan Doyle’s original tales when they appeared in The Strand Magazine. Many of these are just as familiar as the stories themselves.”

Since the conception of the Consulting Detective series at Airship 27, Art Director Rob Davis has handled the illustrations. In the past ten years he has done over 150 gorgeous; several for which he won awards. Fortier continues, “I’m always saying Rob is the new Sydney Paget which led to this idea of taking one of Paget’s most popular pieces and having one of our artists do a cover interpretation of it. Which is what Michael Youngblood has done far exceeding our expectations.”

Quality stories and beautiful artwork, the hallmarks of Airship 27.


Available from Amazon and soon on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
AIRSHIP 27 & RADIO ARCHIVES
EXPANDING PARTNERSHIP

For the past several years Radio Archives, a leading audio book recorder, has been partnered with Airship 27 Productions. In that time, Radio Archives has produced 125 Airship 27 audiobooks and made them available via Amazon-Audible.com.

Effective Friday March 1st, 2019, Radio Archives will take over complete production of future Airship 27 titles and for the very first time sell them via their own popular website. Not only will New Pulp fans be able to purchase digital copies of these books, but CD sets as well. This is a first for Airship 27 Productions.

“Our association with Radio Archives has been nothing but beneficial to our little company,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “With their recordings they have greatly increased our fan base. In fact this new evolution of having our books available on their site immediately opens 27 new distribution channels previously out of our reach.” Fortier adds, “Naturally that number 27 is a definite good omen for us.”

The first Airship 27 title to sell on the Radio Archives web store will be the recently released “CODENAME – INTREPID” by author Robert J. Mendenhall and is read by Paul Curtis. Fans can purchase either the digital download or the CD beginning on Friday. Also worth noting, all new titles will sell at a discounted 50% off cover price only during the first six days of the book’s posting. Fortier concludes, “We urge our Loyal Airmen to take advantage of this truly amazing deal and to also sign up for the Radio Archives Newsletter so that they do not miss future title releases.”






Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

More Pulp Releases: The Spider #4 and Dusty Ayres #11… At a Discount

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

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 #6: Citadel of Hell
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge

What manner of men were these who burned their victims alive—and in public! With flaming pyres adding their nightly terror to a city already tasting the grim pangs of slow starvation, the Spider, revealed at last, is forced to disappear! Can Richard Wentworth, unmasked and in hiding, successfully combat the Flame Men?

$13.95 softcover
On sale for one week only: $12.95


Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #12: The Tesla Raiders
by Robert Sidney Bowen

“Special emergency report from the Atlanta, Georgia, area. The 25th air concentration depot was completely destroyed fifteen minutes ago… All communication cut off… No details available….” Dusty Ayres heard this report grimly. He knew it meant that Fire-Eyes had caught America unprepared, had struck where he was least expected. How could we parry this new blow? How could our nation, tricked and worn out with war, outwit the Blacks in their most gigantic attempt to conquer the western world?

$13.95 softcover
On sale for one week only: $12.95


Altus Press



 

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available and arriving in comic shops March 6!

THE SHADOW #139: “Kings of Crime” and “The Stars Promise Death”
The Master of Darkness crushes crime in Seaview City in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, while community leaders speed the growth of a great city, “Kings of Crime” plot to fleece the resort town out of millions Then, following a cryptic clue left by a dead man, The Shadow pursues a trail of astrological slayings when “The Stars Promise Death.”

BONUS: The Whisperer investigates “Invisible Evidence” in a pulp thriller by Alan Hathway writing as “Clifford Goodrich,” plus Nick Carter solves “The Case of the Mermaid’s Murder!” in a Golden Age of Comics classic by Bob Powell. This instant collector’s item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with supporting commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-257-5 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)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in June!
Coming to comic shops June 26!

THE SHADOW Volume 143: “The Shadow Meets The Mask” & “Toll of Death"
The Dark Avenger returns in two tales of Crime and Punishment by Walter B. Gibson writing as Maxwell Grant. First, the law is powerless to uncover the true identity of a frozen-faced fiend until “The Shadow Meets The Mask.” Then, a panoramic shadow of doom casts a “Toll of Death” upon Lamont Cranston! This collector’s classic showcases both original color covers by Graves Gladney and Modest Stein and the interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-261-2 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

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ATHENA VOLTAIRE 2018 ONGOING #7 - Arriving in comic shops March 6!
(Writer) Steve Bryant (Art) Yusuf Idris (Cover) Steve Bryant

"Athena Voltaire and Golden Dawn," Part Three.

"Athena Voltaire and The Golden Dawn," part three. What lurks in the Ghost Caves? Athena and company chase the Nazis to Nepal and possibly to the secrets of Da Vinci's lost codex! But will those secrets cost them their lives? Homage variant cover by Steve Bryant and Jason Millet.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99




Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.

Past episodes:
Roger Alford - The Black Spectre Origins Book II
New World Order: HERO U.N.I.O.N. by Jeff Deischer

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


Black Coat Press
New titles now available!

TALES OF ENCHANTMENT AND DISENCHANTMENT
A History of Faerie, with an Exemplary Anthology of Tales
by Brian Stableford
cover by Mike Hoffman

The Contes de fées, defined here as tales that contain fées, i.e.: “fays” (as opposed to “fairies,” which in British literary history referred to imaginary entities often different from the French fées), were invented by aristocratic women of the 17th century, such as Madame d’Aulnoy, the Comtesse de Murat, Madame Leprince de Beaumont, etc.

In making visible the operations of the human heart, they also did so with their torments, fears and resentments: the tightly-laced corset of social convention, the catastrophe of arranged marriages; the tyranny and frequent brutality of those in legal control of their lives and fortunes.

Such aspects of everyday life were exaggerated by the conventions of the genre: the princesses were the most beautiful in the world, or the ugliest; the prisons in which they were contained were inaccessibly tall towers or lightless subterrains, often guarded by dragons; their captors were ogres, hags or giants, often addicted to setting them impossible tasks to complete, under the threat of dire punishment. And the fantasies of their salvation were exaggerated in consequence, beyond all reasonable expectation: the magic wand of a good fay, and, perhaps even more implausibly, the trustworthy love of a good man.

Since the 1970s, there has been a spectacular increase in the popularity of a kind of fantasy that has revivified many of the imaginative materials previously developed in the contes de fées, and they can now be seen as a key link in a strand of imaginative literature that extends forwards from Classical literature and Medieval Romance all the way to a significant sector of contemporary literary production, and its extensions into visual media, connected not merely by the complex transference of imagery, but by the underlying psychology of composition and consumption. In order to understand modern fantasy fully, it is therefore necessary to understand its roots in previous literary genres, and one of the most important is the conte de fées.

This volume also includes 38 exemplary stories sampled from 1696 to 1914, forming the most complete anthology devoted to the History of the Faerie to-date.

Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has published more than 70 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as several authoritative non-fiction books. He has also translated many of the works reviewed herein for Black Coat Press.


US $49.95 / GBP £32.99
6x9 trade paperback, 672 pages
THE LITTLE FAYS IN THE AIR
by Catulle Mendes
introduced & adapted by Brian Stableford
cover by Mike Hoffman

Catulle Mendès (1841-1909) wrote more tales featuring fays than any other French writer—nearly twice as many as Madame d’Aulnoy. However, by the 1880s, the genre had been largely misremembered and remained unread for a hundred years. It is, therefore, unsurprising that Mendès elected to draw his own imaginative raw materials from Shakespeare rather from than any original French sources.

Even though his tales feature a different species of fays, Mendès’ belated contributions to the genre have closer affinities with it than he may have suspected. He is a deliberately subversive writer, not only employing the narrative dynamic of his fantasies to insist that amour is far from perfect, but frequently applauding certain aspects of that imperfection.

This volume provides a useful illustration of a significant, if eccentric, phase in the history of the genre.


US $21.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 248 pages
GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC/BARBARELLA COLLECTOR'S EDITION
by Jean-Marc Lofficier & José Luis Ruiz Pérez.

Barbarella created by, (c) & tm Jean-Claude Forest

Story: In the future, a series of bloody murders take place on a holiday planet built around the theme of Christmas. Barbarella, and a ressurrected Guardian, must unmask the murderer....

7x10 squarebound comic, 48 pages color

$12.95






Black Moon: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Five - Arriving in book stores March 5!
by Seabury Quinn


The concluding volume in a series collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel” (1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.


Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99

 

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





Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
Now available!

Among the most prolific fictioneers ever to pound a typewriter, Johnston McCulley has earned pop-culture immortality as the creator of Zorro, who made his debut in 1919.  At that time he was just one of many McCulley characters romping through the shag-edged pages of America's pulp-fiction magazines.  Most others appeared in Street & Smith's DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, a weekly periodical devoted to fast-paced tales of crime and mystery.  The three novels contained in this book, originally published in DETECTIVE STORY as several series of connected novelettes, feature protagonists operating outside the law. Two of them, Black Star and The Spider, are master criminals who take special pleasure in outwitting police; the third, The Thunderbolt, is a vigilante attempting to right wrongs beyond the law's reach.

Although these yarns were written a hundred years ago, they lack the florid excesses common to what is popularly known as "purple prose." McCulley's style is simple and direct, and aside from some stilted dialogue here and there, his fiction remains just as entertaining as it was upon first publication. Moreover, his World War I-era protagonists set the pattern for countless pulp characters to follow, lending historical context to their fanciful exploits. In reading the adventures of Black Star, The Spider, and The Thunderbolt, today's pulp-fiction aficionado will encounter tropes that were still being employed twenty and thirty years later. None of the characters in this omnibus had Zorro's longevity, nor did they achieve his success in other media. But they are fascinating nonetheless as precursors of an entire school of pulp heroes and villains. 

Cover Art by John A. Coughlin
Introduction by Ed Hulse
590 pages., trade paperback, 6x9 inches

Price: $35.00


All three novels are now available in one jumbo-sized, affordably priced volume.

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press


Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
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Bold Venture Press

Bold Venture Press has a limited supply of The Buddha's Elephant #21 for sale, published by Camille Cazedessus.

Originally published in the August 1916 issue of the All Around magazine. H. Bedford-Jones wrote this tale of an ancient Greek city in the Gobi under the pseudonym Allan Hawkwood. Among the rarest HBJ tales, this reprint edition was released in July 2001 — measuring 5.5" x 8.5" and saddle-stitched with a color wrap, published by Camille Cazedessus. 72 pages (including cover) with cover illustration by Ray Capella.


Pages: 72
Format: 5.5" x 8.5" saddle-stitched
$10.00

Bold Venture Press
PULPDOM ONLINE #21
Now available!

Bold Venture Press has a limited supply of Pulpdom Online #21 for sale, published by Camille Cazedessus.

New Fiction format debuts!

"KASPA and the Lion Goddess" by Mike Taylor.
Lion Man rescues Lion Goddess! An original short story, the beginning of an adventure that will take them into lost TIRAMBITAR a land beyond Africa's Great Rift Valley, a new dimension far from Africa.

Also: A pulp fiction classic!
"The Yardarm Swing" by H. Bedford-Jones

The exciting conclusion to a June 1937 Argosy serial documenting the old days on the high seas!

Also:
Mike Taylor's review of James Cawthorne: The Man and His Art written and compiled by Maureen Cawthorne, with an accompanying letter from James Cawthorne to Pulpdom publisher Camille Cazedessus.
Stapled, color cover by Jorsak, 50 pages.


Pages: 50
Format: 8.5" x 11" saddle-stitched
$6.00


Bold Venture Press
AWESOME TALES #9
Now available!

Awesome Tales #9 presents four stories of hair-raising suspense!

"Reign of Terror" Part 2 by R. Allen Leider
Still enjoying his amnesty from the French government, the phantom terrorist unleashes more death and destruction upon the Nazi invaders with a new weapon — Nikola Tesla’s earthquake machine!

"Scorpion" by John L. French
Simon Tombs and his demonic companion Fel investigate a cult-related murder, only to discover someone is killing saints.

"Man On the Inside" by John L. French
Officer DeWitt Jackson was dead, but he had unfinished business before he could move on.

"Damaged Goods" by Quintin Peterson
Private Eye Luther Kane planned to free his client from the clutches of Russian mob boss “Ivan the Terrible” Sizov — then he awoke to find himself at the mercy of the merciless.

Trade paperback, 7 x 10 inches, 84 pages, $6.00

Coming next issue: Domino Lady in Part 2 of "Give Them a Corpse"



Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Appeal: “The Garden of Adompha” by Clark Ashton Smith  - New!
Pulp Appeal: “The Tomb Spawn” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Appeal: “The Master of the Crabs” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (2017)
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (1999)
Issue 8 Out Today!


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

Sensor Sweep: Captain Marvel, Michael Shea, C. S. Forester, Strange Matter
- New!
Sensor Sweep: Moon Pool, Talismans, Sea Wolf, Jerry Pournelle, New Heinlein
Short Reviews – Keep it Simple, by Frances M. Deegan
Happy Birthday Robert McGinnis!
Sensor Sweep: Merritt, Howard, Merle Constiner, D&D, Warhammer
Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography


Cimmerian Press
RINGSIDE WITH ROBERT E. HOWARD
By Brian Leno

Now available!

Brian Leno returns with his second Robert E. Howard TriplePunchPack — only this time the emphasis isn’t on literary criticism. The game is biography. The Life of Robert E. Howard. Lives of the Boxers. Both subjects lifelong interests for this award-winning Howard scholar.

Leno establishes those longtime bona fides in “Down the Rabbit Hole,” in which he reveals details of his first trip to Cross Plains — in 1967, when he was eleven years old — riding the initial shock waves of the phenomenon known as the Howard Boom.

Standing inside Howard’s home in 2007, during the annual festival held in honor of the author who created Conan the barbarian, Leno pauses to reflect on many aspects of his life, while also reporting on the fan tumult surging around him. And of course he visits Howard’s grave. He stands in the ruins of the local ice house where Howard once boxed himself.

“Jim Tully and Robert E. Howard: Beggars of Life” broods over the Texan’s fascination with Tully, novelist and Hollywood reporter, once a hobo, a boxer — and during Howard’s lifetime one of the best-selling writers in America. Why is Tully now so completely forgotten while a man who never had a book appear before his early death maintains a lasting international reputation?

“Ernest Hemingway, Robert E. Howard and Battling Siki: Typewriters and Fists” covers the life and career of Siki, “Wild Man of the Boulevards,” the first African to win a major boxing championship. This pioneering figure influenced moments in fiction by Hemingway and REH. Hemingway and Howard — both suicides.

(And as an eBook eXtra Leno tosses a new survey into the ring — “A Texas Cowboy in Chicago” — on local fighter “Kid” Dula and Howard’s predictions for his climb to a title. No one else sits at the ringside known to Robert E. Howard with the authority of Brian Leno.)


Print Length: 82 pages
Kindle: $2.99


  Kindle  



Cirsova Volume 2 Number 1 - Spring 2019
Featuring a Tarzan short story by ERB and Michael Tierney!
Coming March 15!

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.


 

COMIC BOOK CREATOR #19 - Arriving in comic shops March 6!

Comics historian Steve Ringgenberg joins CBC as guest co-editor for our special tribute to the great fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta [1928-2010]!

CBC #19 includes a comprehensive, career-spanning interview with the master unseen for 32 years, complemented with innumerable articles on his many achievements: examinations of Frank's Conan work and "Adventures of a Brooklyn Hillbilly"; studies of his White Indian series as well as his public service advertisements; forays into his ace caricaturist material in movie posters and record album covers, and much more!

Cover artist Tom Grindberg, is interviewed, as weall famed fantasy painter Joe Jusko, discussing their careers and the indelible Frazetta influence on their work.

Magazine, 100 pages, Full Color, $9.95





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.



CONAN THE BARBARIAN #4 - Arriving in comic shops February 6!
Jason Aaron (Writer)
Gerardo Zaffino
(Art)
Cover by Esad Ribic

KING CONAN REIGNS AS "THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN" CONTINUES!

* A hard-fought life has rewarded CONAN with the crown of Aquilonia...
* But even a monarch must face the cold embrace of death!
* The legendary adventure continues as the CRIMSON WITCH makes good on her threat to King Conan!
* PLUS: The next chapter in the ALL-NEW Conan novella "BLACK STARLIGHT," begun in issue #1!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99




 

Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!


For Sale! Otto Penzler's SHERLOCK HOLMES Stuff
- New!
For Sale! Otto Penzler's RAYMOND CHANDLER Books (Part 1)  - New!
For Sale! Otto Penzler's HAMMETT Novels - New!
Pulp Gallery: DIME DETECTIVE (1932) - New!
For Sale: Otto Penzler's CARROLL JOHN DALY Books - New!
Movie Posters of 1924 (Part 1) - New!
Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in "The Big Shiv" (1947) - New!
FRANK FRAZETTA Back in the Barnyard  
For Sale! Otto Penzler's RACE WILLIAMS Books  
Pulp Gallery: 10 STORY WESTERN  
Movie Posters of 1923 (Part 2)  
Forgotten Books: CAPTAIN BLOOD Illustrated (1949)
GEORGE EVANS visits "The Lost World" (1948) 
Pulp Gallery: ASTONISHING STORIES 
Forgotten Books: CONAN OF VENARIUM by Harry Turtledove (2003)
FRANK FRAZETTA Gets Happy (1947-48)
G-MEN Gum Cards (1936)
 
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!



    



The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Space Science Fiction No. 6

Occult Detective Quarterly No. 5
Amazing Stories Science Fiction Novel
Space Science Fiction No. 5
Mystery Weekly Magazine January 2019


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

Two Missed Centennials in 2018
- New!
Regarding August Derleth - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/24/2019 - New!
Quick Reviews: Swords Against the Shadowland
Mundy Monday: Author, Philosopher… Spy?
The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/17/2019
"The Moon Pool" Re-Read: Part Two
The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/10/2019
Painting Metal – Frank Frazetta
The Lion of Cairo Interview with Scott Oden
Mundy Monday: "The Soul of a Regiment"
The DMRtian Chronicles, 2/3/2019




Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Fourth Title in the EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Limited Edition Collection....
JOHN CARTER OF MARS Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Now shipping!

(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. 



For a look at additional artwork
click here



  Now online!

New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!

March 2019
An early science fiction opus, A Corner in Lightning by George Griffith, for the March, 1898 issue of Pearson's Magazine including the illustrations by Paul Hardy.  Introduction by Bob Gay.


November 2018
Baroness Orczy has not made an appearance on our pages in some time, and this month we remedy that problem with an historical romance, “The Revenge of Ur-Tasen,” pretty close to how it appeared in the June, 1900 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the illustrations by J. Ambrose Walton.  Introduction is by Dan Neyer.

October 2018
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages this month with "The Comet Doom" from the pages of the January, 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. 
The Frank R. Paul illustration is included and hopefully readers will find fascination with the parallels between this story and the Zoromes of Neil R. Jones, something Bob Gay discusses in his introduction to the story.


September 2018
No fiction this month, but an extremely rare autobiographical sketch of Neil R. Jones called (surprise!),  "An Autobiographical Sketch of Neil R. Jones," reprinted from the January, 1937 issue of Fantasy Magazine. 
Bob Gay pens the introduction.


July 2018
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages, with a tale of a deserted island and evolution gone amok...it all comes together in "Evolution Island," a story from the March, 1927 issue of Weird Tales with all the text, the title illustration and a newly written introduction by Bob Gay.

June 2018
It has been some time since Baroness Orczy has graced our site and this month you will find "Juliette A Tale of the Terror," the sixth published story by the Baroness that is set during the French Revolution. 
We have included all the original illustrations by the Baroness's husband, Montagu Barstow, translations for all archaic words and phrases and an informative introduction by Dan Neyer.



The Golden Age of Science Fiction: A Journey into Space with 1950s Radio, TV, Films, Comics and Books - Coming soon!

John Wade grew up in the 1950s, a decade that has since been dubbed the ‘golden age of science fiction’. It was a wonderful decade for science fiction, but not so great for young fans. With early television broadcasts being advertised for the first time as ‘unsuitable for children’ and the inescapable barrier of the ‘X’ certificate in the cinema barring anyone under the age of sixteen, the author had only the radio to fall back on – and that turned out to be more fertile for the budding SF fan than might otherwise have been thought. Which is probably why, as he grew older, rediscovering those old TV broadcasts and films that had been out of bounds when he was a kid took on a lure that soon became an obsession.For him, the super-accuracy and amazing technical quality of today’s science fiction films pale into insignificance beside the radio, early TV and B-picture films about people who built rockets in their back gardens and flew them to lost planets, or tales of aliens who wanted to take over, if not our entire world, then at least our bodies. This book is a personal account of John Wade’s fascination with the genre across all the entertainment media in which it appeared – the sort of stuff he revelled in as a young boy – and still enjoys today.

Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9.2 inches
$42.95



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

Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
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







Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Hardback Copy
 
Robert E. Howard’s Birthday
Novel Excerpt
State of the Tower
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes


Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

PLANET STORIES, March 1943

Contents
COSMIC CASTAWAY by Carl Jacobi
CITADEL OF LOST SHIPS by Leigh Brackett
THE FLAME BREATHERS by Ray Cummings
SLAVES OF THE NINTH MOON by Ross Rocklynne
THE SWORD OF JHNNY DAMOKLES by Hugh Frazier Parker
ORIDIN'S FORMULA by R. R. Winterbotham
STAR OF PANADUR by Albert dePina and Henry Hasse
TROUBLE ON TYCHO by Nelson S. Bond


Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Our Price $12.95

AIR WONDER STORIES, October 1929

Contents
THE SKY MANIAC by Henrik Dahl Juvc
AROUND THE WORLD IN 24 HOURS by R. H. Romans
THE AIR SPY by Harl Vincent
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT (Part 4) by Victor MacClure
THE INVISIBLE RAIDERS by Ed Earl Repp
THE ROBOT MASTER by O. Beckwith

Magazine, 8.5 x 11 inch, 100 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95

MYSTERY BOOK MAGAZINE, Summer 1949

Contents
THE RESTLESS HANDS by Bruno Fischer
BEDSIDE MURDER by John D. MacDonald
DESIGN IN RED by Barry Perowne
THE PLAY'S THE THING by Frank Perkins
THE LIQUID BULLET by Sam Merwin Jr
BEHIND THE WINDOWS by Bernard Louis Jacot
LADY KILLER by John W. Clifford
MURDER AND MATILDA by Fredric Brown
RETURN TO MURDER by Norman A. Daniels


Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 162 pages
Our Price $12.95


STAR DETECTIVE, August 1935

Contents
DEATH STALKS THE NIGHT by Hugh B. Cave
CROOK'S SEMINARY by Richard Wormsey
BRAINS FOR SALE by Donald Barr Chidsey
KINGS AND KILLERS by Conrad Gerson
MURDER MAGIC by George A. MacDonald


Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Our Price $12.95





 
Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Remembering the Friends of Old Time Radio Conventions
Debunking the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon myth
The day Silver rescued The Lone Ranger
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



The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!


Bringing you the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.

Now featuring:

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Virgil Finlay - New!

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Michael William Kaluta:  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3  

Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie

Accepting new articles for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net




Mystery*File - Now online!

Pulp Stories I’m Reading: GEORGE HARMON COXE “Murder Picture.”
- New!
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lost, Strayed and Stolen.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: FREDERICK C. DAVIS “Death to the Witness.”
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: RAYMOND CHANDLER “Guns at Cyrano’s.”
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: ROBERT E. HOWARD “The Horror from the Mound.”

The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!

Cliff Lords

MAIO-SHAN
Black Dove
The Wraith
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre

North-West Adventures - Now online!

Mounties on the Cover II - New!
Maclean's Covers
Animal Covers at Adventure
Black Dog Books
Northern Comic Covers

North-West Stories-Romances
Roger Sherman Lerch (1890-1953)





Register Now for PulpFest 2019

PulpFest 2019 postcardPulpFest is accepting advance registrations for our 2019 convention, August 15 – 18. Register now and beat the rush. You’ll save money and get free early-bird shopping if you book a room at the convention’s host hotel. By staying at the DoubleTree, you help defray the convention’s expenses and show our hotel that PulpFest will help their bottom line.

There are plenty of rooms available at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. You can book a room directly through the PulpFest website. Just below the PulpFest banner at the top of our home page,  you’ll find a link that reads “Book a Room.” Click the link and you’ll be redirected to a secure site where you can place your reservation.

You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention PulpFest to receive the special convention rate of $129 plus tax per night.Included in the room rate are two complimentary breakfasts per room during your stay. Also included is free Wi-Fi in each sleeping room. Parking is free. You must book your room by July 31, 2019 in order to get the special convention rate.

For All Members
All PulpFest 2019 members — including dealers — must register for the convention.

Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying at the DoubleTree: $35 (includes free early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $40 (without early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $70 (with early-bird shopping)

Single-day membership for Friday or Saturday: $20
Single-day membership for Sunday: $10 (available only at the door)
Supporting Membership: $25



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 — A Century of Zorro (Rich Harvey)
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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:05 PM — Wayne Carey, author of Quatermain: The New Adventures
1:10 – 1:45 PM — Craig McDonald, author of The Hector Lassiter Series
1:50 – 2:25 PM — Joab Stieglitz, author of The Utgarda Series
2:30 – 3:05 PM — Christopher Paul Carey, The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Series and The Khokarsa Series author
3:10 – 3:50 PM — William Patrick Maynard, authorized author of Fu Manchu


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

Author Readings — The New Fictioneers

11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:30 PM — Flinch Books Fest, featuring John Bruening & Jim Beard
1:35 – 2:10 PM — Sara Light-Waller, author of ANCHOR and LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS
2:15 – 2:50 PM — Christopher Ryan, author of Alex Simmon’s Blackjack and The Mallory and Gunner Series
4:05 – 4:40 — Roger Alford, author of The Black Spectre Series


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)



Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"The Winged Ones" by H. Field Leslie from ACTION STORIES, September, 1926
Blood flows on the Treasure Trail - and Splint Moraine settles with fate!

"The Hurricane" by Charles Brown, Jr. from ADVENTURE, 2nd September, 1917
Captain Barker opened a trading station with his native woma Kalputa but when their baby died after four weeks he turned to drink and grew mean, Kalputa bearing the brunt of his angry. Yet she remained loyal to him even after being knifed, bringing aid after a hurricane wrecked their island. Told from the viewpoint of the woman this is a very emotional, powerful story.

"The Sun God's Eyes" by Edwin Glenn Huddleston from FRONTIER STORIES, April, 1929
Far up in the Napo jungles sat the Sun God, blinded. And all through the head waters of the Amazon the ominous throb of the Tockinoon drums betokened a dread pursuit of the missing eyes - eyes that were priceless opals



The Pulp Archivist - Now online!

The Scientific-Ridiculous
- New!
What is Science Fiction?  
Lewis, Lundwall, and Campbell  
A Basic Science-Fiction Library  
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



Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!

First Contact  
- New!
Fate - New!
Angkor Away
Cliff Lords  
Recruited  
Dark City


Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Richard Dermody - Author, Journalist - New!
Northwest adventure blog - story reviews, author surveys
It’s Great to Be Back - new Robert A. Heinlein book to be published this year
Index to the Weird Tales Collector fanzine
Merle Constiner - biographical article
An inside look at Ziff Davis in the pulp years
Richard Deming - Detective/Mystery author



The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

The Deadly Pick-Up - New!
The Pulps And Their Time
The Equalizer #1
New Pulp Author Colleen Drippe
The Lineup
The Roaring Twenties & The Heroic Thirties May Not Be What We Imagined
New Pulp Author: Jens H. Altmann
I Cover The Murder Front

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.

Radio Archives
G-8 and His Battle Aces #39 Audiobook
Patrol of the Mad
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!
 
They reached with their ugly hands of disaster, guided by the madness of their tortured minds — caring not what they swept in their wake so long as they fed the fires of blood lust! Allied pilots lost, and then returned as gibbering idiots! Germany’s forces swept the air, and the end was now in sight, if the Master Spy and his Aces could not combat this terrible menace! G‑8 squares off with the genius of a madman!



Created to compete in the Hero Pulp market, G-8 flew into that particular fray in a rather unique way. Not a super scientist or a shrouded vigilante or even a double pistol wielding mask wearing maniac, G-8 was simply a soldier fighting for his country. This was one of the several aspects of the character that made him stand out from not only the other heroes trying to save the world through Pulp Fiction, but the multitude of pilots flying off the newsstands.
 
Featured in 110 stories in just over a ten year period, G-8 and His Battle Aces, while being essentially normal men doing exceptional things, came into conflict with terrors that no real soldier in World War One ever confronted. Created by Robert J. Hogan, G-8 was literally America’s Master Spy, a man without a given name through his entire Pulp series. Obviously a skilled pilot, G-8 proved in every story to be as skilled in espionage as he was in aviation. A master of disguise, a skill he learned from his manservant appropriately named Battle, G-8 often undertook missions that took him deep into enemy territory, literally at times into the den of the beasts he fought.
 
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 Patrol of the Mad. Originally published in the December, 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.

    
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In the hot hills of Old Mexico, Operator #5 launched his great counter-espionage campaign against a plotting Asiatic horde which threatened to loose the entire barbarous guerrilla Southwest upon America! It was an attack that also combined modern Japanese mechanized warfare and dread tropical disease. As Operator #5 gathered his gallant border legions together to repel the most frightful invasion the world had ever seen, the very pages of history seemed turned back — when America was forced to make its last bloody stand on the hallowed ground of the Alamo!
 
From out of the pages of Operator #5 magazine steps a dramatic hero who pits himself against threats to national security from all origins. Whether it’s a subversive internal threat, or a full-scale invasion from an enemy land, James Christopher stood ready and resolute to defeat it.


 
James Christopher did not technically belong to the U. S. Secret Service. He was a top agent for an America’s unnamed Intelligence Service. It was in his blood. His father, John Christopher, retired from the same agency years before. Answerable only to his superior, Z-7, and carrying a letter from the President of the United States identifying him as Operator #5, Jimmy Christopher played for keeps. He carried a rapier sewn into his belt, and in a golden skull hanging from his watch-chain was a reservoir of poison to be taken in the event of capture.
 
Even though he returned to his previous role as Intelligence agent after the Purple Invasion ended, the raw, rough hero that Jimmy Christopher had become did not soften. Emille Tepperman had tempered Jimmy in war and Wayne Rogers wielded him like a well made sword in later stories. This meant throwing increasingly horrific villains and obstacles in his way, but Operator #5 never wavered!
 
The Day of the Damned is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby. Originally published in the September-October 1938 issue of Operator #5 magazine.


  
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Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Air War eBook
Captain Danger #5 - Fall 1941

Now available!

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 Death Patrol
by Lieutenant Scott Morgan
A courageous Yank Eagle battles to save Britain from the threat of invasion! Follow Captain Danger as he struggles against grim odds in a lone onslaught against the enemy’s secret nerve center!
 
Irish Wings — A Complete Novelet
by Major M. Wheeler-Nicholson
The red hand of ancient Eire takes the controls to battle the brown menace in the high war skies.
 
Night Flight — Swift-Action Short Story
by Milton Lowe
Dave Lorton uses his own personal defense plan when he is nabbed by spies.
 
Wander Vogel — Swift-Action Short Story
by Charles S. Strong
Barry Fulton and his three valiant comrades fight with desperate fury to stem the advance of the Nazi legions.
 
Nazi Number Ten — Swift-Action Short Story
by Robert Sidney Bowen
The Canadians put a chip on their shoulders — and go searching for a Nazi to knock it off.
 
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
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RED SONJA #2  - Arriving in comic shops March 6!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Mirko Colak
Cover A: Amanda Conner
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Christian Ward
Cover D: Joe Jusko
Cover E: Cosplay

THE SHE-DEVIL WITH A SWORD IS QUEEN OF HYRKANIA! LONG MAY SHE REIGN!

Dragan The Magnificent marches his massive Zamoran army to do battle with Sonja's puny Hyrkanian forces. Any other monarch would retreat in cowardly fear. But Sonja will rely on the lessons she learned at THE COURT OF THE KHITAI, and empty her nephew Kryon's BROTHERS OF MISFORTUNE…



Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99


  


 




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


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.







SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Spider Pete by Claude Stewart - New!
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels


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-Conclusion
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Five
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Four
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Three 

 

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

Coming soon!
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
Height of the Storm: A Novel of Earth Prime, Aaron Rosenberg, Green Ronin Publishing, $15.99, March 12, 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 Secret Life of Sam Holloway: A Novel, Rhys Thomas, Park Row, $15.99, August 27, 2019
The Return of the Incredible Exploding Man, Dave Hutchinson, Solaris, $9.99, September 3, 2019

The Godhead [The God Wave Trilogy #3], Patrick Hemstreet, HarperCollins, $26.99, November 12, 2019



WEIRDBOOK ANNUAL #2
Now available!

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu theme.
Storys abound featuring our squamish elder god!
Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:


-The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price
-A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder
-Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward
-The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz
-Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole
-Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson
-Ronnie and the River, by Christian Riley
-Cellar Dweller, by Franklyn Searight
-Yellow Labeled VHS Tape, by R.C. Mulhare
-Tuama, by L.F. Falconer
-Mercy Holds No Measure, by Kenneth Bykerk
-Treacherous Memory, by Glynn Owen Barrass
-The Hutchison Boy, by Darrell Schweitzer
-Dolmen of The Moon, by Deuce Richardson
-Lovecraftian Limerick, by Andrew J. Wilson
-A Wizard's Daughter, by Ann K. Schwader
-The Shadow of Azathoth is your Galaxy, by DB Spitzer
-Ascend, by Mark A. Mihalko
-The Solace of the Farther Moon, by Allan Rozinski
-The Stars Are Always Right, by Charles Lovecraft
-Daemonic Nathicana, by K.A. Opperman
-Asenath, by Ashley Dioses
-The Book of Eibon/Le Livre D'eibon, trans. by Frederick J. Mayer


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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.