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High Adventure #166
The Big Foot Murder Mystery by Edgar Wallace
Complete Detective Novel Magazine
Murder in a lonely cabin—a giant’s footprints in sand—a singing tramp, who terrorizes a whole countryside—
a strangler-killer who murders wholesale—these elements make a story you should not read at night.
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Now available!
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
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Now available!
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
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Announcing the new Altus Press releases premiering at Pulpfest 2019 - New!
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
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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 #13: Builders of the Dark Empire
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge
By what strange twist of Fate did the fearful menace which was to shadow every man and woman in New York City first rear its venomous head in the distant Caribbean? When terror suddenly boarded a little tramp steamer and left crimson havoc littering its narrow decks a spluttering wireless flashed the doom of every living thing aboard. Within a week, the same ghastly fate struck a gigantic new ocean liner, its luxurious cabins occupied by the elite and powerful of a dozen different nations! Death—swift and terrible—rode the ocean lanes. And the Spider—taken for once off guard—was supposedly dying in a hospital room on the very day when that terror from the seas first showed itself in all its terror above the city skyline. How can the Spider, fighting death himself, help the nation he loves in her hour of greatest need?
$13.95 softcover
On sale until July 5: $12.95
Operator 5 #7: Invasion of the Dark Legions
By Frederick C. Davis, writing as Curtis Steele
A powerful army of invasion—armed with the most ghastly modern weapons: bacteria, plagues, hideous diseases—lay carefully hidden within the borders of the United States, ready to strike at the heart of the nation, to kill, pillage, demolish… A foreign demagogue, mad-drunk with power, greed, and lust, planned the slaughter of a million helpless men and women, to sate his twisted, race-proud ambition. Belligerent nations watched and waited, sighting America helpless before them. One man—Operator 5—read the crimson writing on the wall—and he alone was left to battle the frightful odds!
$13.95 softcover
On sale until July 5: $12.95
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4th of July sale!
Save 25% This Weekend:The Altus Press Fourth of July Weekend Sale Is On
From now until midnight on July 7th—and only on www.altuspress.com—use promo code 2019fourth at checkout to get 25% off the price of our books.
Use it on just about everything we sell on www.altuspress.com.
This means you can get classic pulp reprints from Argosy, Black Mask, and Dime Detective, the adventures of The Spider, Operator 5, and The Green Lama,
as well as several histories of pulps by Will Murray, Philip Sherman, and Tom Johnson. And you can use promo code 2019fourth on our eBooks too.
Plus, this coupon code will work on all of our Deluxe Edition books! That's quite a savings.
Use the promo code 2019fourth on these at www.altuspress.com.
Altus Press is the leader in vintage pulp fiction reprints, covering superhero, adventure, mystery, detective, and other genres in high-quality editions.
We already have free shipping on softcovers on order over $35, so now’s the time to stock up on Altus Press releases.
But hurry: this promo code will expire after July 7th!
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Dime Detective, Max Brand, H. Bedford-Jones, and the complete Scientific Club by Ray Cummings
headline a lineup of 14 new titles to see print this August.
Altus Press will have them in stock & available for order at www.altuspress.com or
via Mike Chomko’s table at the Pulpfest 2019 Show in Pittsburgh, PA, on August 15.
The list of titles includes:
The Complete Tales of the Scientific Club (Deluxe Edition)
by Ray Cummings
introduction by Will Murray, illustrated by Joseph A. Farren, F.M. Follett, Virgil Finlay, Roger B. Morrison,
Frank R. Paul, Norman Saunders, Amos Sewell, Modest Stein, Lawrence Sterne Stevens, and Raymond Wardell
One of the most historically significant Twentieth Century science fiction series ever published is at last collected. A pioneer in pulp science fiction, Ray Cummings inspired an entirely-new fiction genre with his influential story originally published in 1919, The Girl in the Golden Atom, which introduced the world to a series of short stories and novels known as his “Matter, Space and Time” range.
This suite of stories featured the Scientific Club: a group of New York-based socialites of revolving membership who either recounted these tales of fantastic science—or were directly involved in these tales which originally appeared in the top magazines of the 1920s: All Story Weekly, Argosy, Detective Story Magazine, Flynn’s, and Science and Invention, among others.
This collection assembles all of the Scientific Club stories, sourced directly from their original magazine appearances… most of which have never before been reprinted. In addition, this deluxe edition includes all of Cummings’ Scientific Club stories which appeared exclusively in the United Kingdom. It also gathers the later Scientific Club stories from a brief revival in the mid-1930s.
No stone has been left unturned for this edition: two hitherto-unknown Scientific Club stories were discovered, and these have been included, along with 26 other stories. And among the many bonus features is a rare, alternate, early version of one of the Scientific Club stories.
Rounded out by vintage illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Frank R. Paul, Norman Saunders, Amos Sewell, Modest Stein, and Lawrence Sterne Stevens, and with an all-new introduction by Will Murray, The Complete Tales of the Scientific Club is a book one hundred years in the making.
8.5″x11″ | 494 pages | $85 deluxe casewrap hardcover
Dr. Yen Sin: The Complete Series (Deluxe Edition)
by Donald E. Keyhoe
introduction by William Patrick Maynard, afterword by Rick Lai
One of the great villain pulps from the 1930s is finally available in a complete, deluxe edition. Owing certain similarities to Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu, the Dr. Yen Sin series of three novels features “The Invisible Emperor” and his machinations to conquer the world using his unique mixture of futuristic science and ancient Asian technology. However, Yen Sin has met his match: “The Man Who Never Slept”—agent Michael Traile—who has the strange capability of not require sleep.
Includes an all-new introduction by current Fu Manchu author William Patrick Maynard, as well as a chronology of the character by Rick Lai.
8.5″x11″ | 179 pages | $60 deluxe casewrap hardcover
The 7th Day
by Frederick Faust
introduction by Andrew Salmon
illustrated by Charles LaSalle and Harold Wellington McCrea
Seven days to solve a murder! Tony Newcomen, a fiction writer, gets a call from his friend and mentor, Thomas Decker. Decker believes his life is in danger—but he’s unable to offer more information, as he is murdered while on the phone! Determined to uncover his friend’s killer amidst the idle rich and lavish estates of 1930s Florence, Newcomen will stop at nothing to bring the guilty to justice. He must walk a razor’s edge as he digs deeper into the case. The local police are out to get him, he’s in danger of losing his heart to the prime suspect and the murderer is more than willing to add another victim to end the investigation.
Out of print since its original magazine publication more than 80 years ago, The 7th Day appears here in book form for the first time. Rich in atmosphere and with an intriguing cast of characters, The 7th Day is Frederick Faust at his nuanced best.
Also included is the short story, “Devil Dog,” which takes readers into the frozen wasteland of Alaska for a harrowing, fast-paced tale of murder and revenge in the fevered quest for gold.
6″x9″ | 224 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
A Seabold Fights
by Frederick Faust
introduction by Andrew Salmon
illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
The best steel goes through the fire: Joseph Seabold hates the family business. But his aging cousin—running the Seabold Fruit Company—sees the young man as his successor. To test his mettle, he sends Seabold south of the border to the Republic of San Esteban where the company has a hand in the local politics to keep the company running. But revolution is brewing: the Republic is a powder keg about to explode! A naive mistake brands Seabold an enemy of the state and he has no choice but to join the revolution to overthrow the government. What follows is a roller-coaster ride of gritty battles, cold betrayals, steamy romance and heartless double crosses as only Frederick Faust can deliver.
This riveting tale has never been reprinted and appears in book form for the first time. Frederick Faust fans rejoice! This long neglected classic is back for a new audience to devour. This is Faust at his best.
6″x9″ | 200 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
The Complete Cases of Vee Brown, Volume 2 (The Dime Detective Library)
by Carroll John Daly
illustrated by John Fleming Gould
The creation of Carroll John Daly, father of the hard-boiled private eye, Vee Brown—AKA the Crime Machine—plied his trade in the pages of Dime Detective, the classic crime pulp that was second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.
Vivian “Vee” Brown leads two lives. Delicate-looking and small in stature, he lacks physical strength and endurance. But that doesn’t prevent him from being an effective special operative to the Manhattan District Attorney. In this capacity he often ignores the legal niceties of due process, shooting first and asking questions later. Many citizens view him as a hair-trigger gunman whose promiscuous killings make him little better than the vicious criminals he hunts. In his other life, Brown lives in a luxurious Park Avenue penthouse, paid for not with his modest civil-servant salary, but with the royalties he earns as a phenomenally successful composer of sentimental songs—a sideline he keeps secret. Both the police and the underworld refer to him as a “Killer of Men.” But the denizens of Tin Pan Alley know him as “Master of Melodies,” the prince of pop music.
Volume 2 features the Crime Machine’s battles with his greatest nemesis, the Emperor of Evil.
6″x9″ | 356 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover
The Complete Cases of Bail-Bond Dodd, Volume 2 (The Dime Detective Library)
by Norbert Davis
illustrated by John Fleming Gould and Frank Kramer
Bailbondsman William “Bail-Bond” Dodd was the first series character that hard-boiled genius Norbert Davis created for Harry Steeger’s best detective pulp. Running for eight installments, Volume 2 collects the balance of the series. This unique series was one of the best Davis ever wrote for the pages of Dime Detective.
6″x9″ | 222 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
The Complete Cases of Horatio Humberton, Volume 1 (The Dime Detective Library)
by J. Paul Suter
illustrated by John Fleming Gould
Meet the original necrologist sleuth: tall, gaunt Ho Humberton was a funeral director by day and detective at night… often those with more than a touch of the supernatural. Featuring the first half of this trend-setting detective series, this was one of the most popular series characters from the pages of Dime Detective. Also featuring the very first Horatio Humberton story, undiscovered for nearly 100 years.
6″x9″ | 337 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
The Complete Cases of the Arson Dick (The Dime Detective Library)
by Leslie T. White
illustrations by John Fleming Gould
Detective Todd Naughton of the central-office arson squad investigated some of the strangest arson and murder cases ever to appear in Dime Detective Magazine. Originally seeing print during the peak 1936–37 period of Dime Detective, this four-story complete series has never before been reprinted.
6″x9″ | 230 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
The Complete Cases of Anne Marsh (The Dime Detective Library)
by Arthur Leo Zagat
illustrated by Amos Sewell
Written during a period when the detective pulps showcased more gritty, realistic characters and situations, writer Arthur Leo Zagat penned a series of novelettes featuring the diminutive Anne Marsh, reluctant detective who must solve the death of her father and wage grim war in behalf of the city’s oppressed. Running for eight installments, this unique series was one of the few purposefully finite series from the pulp era, and one of the only female detective series characters to see print in a Popular Publications-published title.
6″x9″ | 298 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
The Complete Cases of the Blue Barrel, Volume 1 (The Dime Detective Library)
by William E. Barrett
illustrated by John Fleming Gould
Written at the height of Dime Detective’s popularity, author William E. Barrett (Lilies of the Field) penned this series featuring newspaperman Dean Culver, whose column—The Blue Barrel—dispensed gossip on the criminal underworld. No one called Dean Culver the Blue Barrel—for no one knew he was the author of the underworld-gossip column signed with that name each night in the Morning Star. If the easy-money players had ever guessed that the man who paid them off was the Walter Winchell of the other side of the law, he’d he cashing in his own checks at the first turn of the wheel, instead of those of the gamblers he spun it for.
6″x9″ | 228 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
The World Was Their Stage (The H. Bedford-Jones Library)
by H. Bedford-Jones
illustrated by George Avison, Merritt Berger, Pedar Cavanagh, John Richard Flanagan, Peter Kuhlhoff, J. Clinton Shepherd, and Raymond Sisley
cover by Herbert Morton Stoops
Spanning ancient Roman times, Normandy, medieval England and Germany, France, and colonial America, and including appearances by Cleopatra, d’Artagnan, and Cyrano de Bergerac, author H. Bedford-Jones details some of the most pivotable moments in history in this interconnected 17-part historical epic. The World Was Their Stage is one of the longest novels written by “the King of the Pulps,” H. Bedford-Jones, and has never before been reprinted.
Featuring scores of vintage story illustrations by George Avison, Merritt Berger, Pedar Cavanagh, John Richard Flanagan, Peter Kuhlhoff, J. Clinton Shepherd, and Raymond Sisley, along with a cover by Herbert Morton Stoops.
6″x9″ | 420 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover
John Solomon, Supercargo: The Adventures of John Solomon, Volume 2 (The H. Bedford-Jones Library)
by H. Bedford-Jones
Continue the story of John Solomon, author H. Bedford-Jones’ longest-running series character, with this next book in the series.
6″x9″ | 196 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
Barbary Gold (The H. Bedford-Jones Library)
by H. Bedford-Jones
Sunken treasure in the Barbary waters off Africa! A group of three wartime adventurers are after a fortune in German gold: a sunken sub hides the horde, but they’ll have to fight pirates, Germans, and unknown dangers to recover it.
Written in the early days of the career of the prolific “King of the Pulps”—H. Bedford-Jones—Barbary Gold has never before been collected in book form. It’s a fast-paced adventure… the type which made H. Bedford-Jones one of the most beloved authors of the first half of the Twentieth Century.
6″x9″ | 134 pages | $14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
The Heel of Achilles: The Complete Adventures of the Major, Volume 3
by L. Patrick Greene
illustrations by O.J. Gatter
The long-running and much-beloved series from the pages of Short Stories is finally collected in order and with a plethora of bonus material. Join Aubrey St. John Major—AKA the Major—and his faithful companion, Jim the Hottentot, on their adventures across the diamond country of Africa. This collection includes the next seven stories, along with another rare, never-before reprinted story by L. Patrick Greene.
6″x9″ | 356 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
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THE FANTASY FICTION OF HANNES BOK
New Kickstarter campaign is coming very soon!
THE FANTASY FICTION OF HANNES BOK Kickstarter will hopefully launch withing the next week!
We're excited to bring acclaimed artist Hannes Bok's three solo fantasy novels into hardcover for the first time!
Both THE SORCERER'S SHIP and BEYOND THE GOLDEN STAIR were previously published as part of Ballantine Books' Adult Fantasy paperback line. His first novel-length tale: STARSTONE WORLD, is a much shorter and darker piece, which has never been reprinted since it appeared in Science Fiction Quarterly #7, [Summer of 1942], over 75 years ago.
These aren't your conventional fantasies, although all the trappings are there. His novels have a sly humor with plots containing unconventional twists and turns; a strange metaphysical bent; and his artist's talent for glorious description.
THE FANTASY FICTION OF HANNES BOK's cover art is a never-before-published painting by Bok. A piece which mirrors the masculine, feminine, grotesque and transcendent archetypes which populate the novels within.
We'll be including Ballantine Adult Fantasy editor Lin Carter's introductions to THE SORCERER'S SHIP and BEYOND THE GOLDEN STAIR, plus an all-new introduction detailing the history of THE SORCERER'S SHIP by Bok collector, Professor William Lorenzo. Publisher, Robert T. Garcia will provide an introduction to STARSTONE WORLD. And we've discovered a number of unpublished photos of Bok to add to these intros as well.
Bok's pulp art for THE SORCERER'S SHIP is included, plus two paintings specified by the artist as illustrating that novel: a color reprise of an interior illustration and a color portrait of the creature Yanuk done for a fan.
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Arriving in comic shops July 10!
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).
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Now available and arriving in comic shops July 10!
THE SHADOW #142: “Five Ivory Boxes,” “A Quarter of Eight” & “Ten Glass Eyes"
The Knight of Darkness proves that crime does not pay in three classic pulp thrillers by Maxwell Grant. First, The Shadow investigates the mystery of “Five Ivory Boxes” as a murderer returns to exact vengeance on a man already dead! Then, four pieces of an ancient pirate coin lead to incredible riches—and deadly danger! Finally, Lamont Cranston seeks the solution to a seemingly perfect murder in “Ten Glass Eyes.” BONUS: Nick Carter solves the mystery of "The 4th Card" in an illustrated adventure by Bruce Elliott and Bob Powell. This instant collector’s item showcases the original color covers by George Rozen, Modest Stein and Walter Swenson and the interior pulp illustrations by Paul Orban and Edd Cartier, with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-260-5 Softcover, 7x10, 144 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Nothing new this week.
Past episodes:
Award Winning author Gordon Dymowski discusses his work
Dorian Gray: Darker Shades from Wild Hunt Press
"A Good Man Returns" a Jeff Deischer espionage novel
Airship 27 Update with Ron Fortier and Rob Davis
Audible versions of Bobby Nash's "Abraham Snow" Series with Voice actor Stuart Gauffi
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New titles now available!
WILLIAM'S ANGEL
by S. Henry Berthoud
Adapted by Brian Stableford
cover by Aurelien Hubert
William’s Angel (1838) is based on the story of William FitzOsbert, who led a popular uprising by the citizens of London in the spring of 1196, and was executed. S. Henry Berthoud goes on to weave a semi-mythical retelling of this incident, that includes the characters of Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart.
This book also includes a collection of ten other stories illustrating how Berthoud became an important pioneer of the conte cruel, and one of the first writers to experiment with that would later be called “stream-of-consciousness” narration.
The love of reckless fantasy that was evident in many of his early works is still evident in these conspicuously Gothic horror stories.
US $21.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 252 pages
THE SACRED FIRE
by Gabriel de Lautrec
Adapted by Brian Stableford
cover by Mario Mercier
The present volume contains De Lautrec’s short novel The Sacred Fire (1904), and a selection from short prose poems (1898). The latter benefit from being juxtaposed with the former because one of the episodes of the novel reveals the circumstances in which they were composed, with not only explains their surreal nature but allows them to serve as an illustration of the argument made in that episode.
The Sacred Fire opens with a description of a secret ritual practiced by one of the cults of the French Occult Revival, and much of the discussion featured in the story deals with the nature and philosophy of magic. Despite its ground-breaking nature, it never achieved publication in volume form until now.
The prose poems are among the most important precursors of surrealism, contemporary with the most significant contributions that Alfred Jarry made to the preliminary foundations of that movement. They are among the most extreme examples of the Decadent Movement, and together with the short novel a fascinating commentary on its psychology and esthetics.
US $20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 212 pages
THE LUNATIC LEGION
by Jean-Marc Lofficier, David Lafuente & Cyril Bouquet; cover by Juan Roncagliolo Berger
Contents:
- LO! THE LUNATIC LEGION! by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Cyril Bouquet
- THE LUNATIC LEGION LIVES AGAIN! by Jean-Marc Lofficier & David Lafuente
- Dossier: UNCLE RUFUS by Raffaele Paparella.
In the tradition of HOWARD THE DUCK and THE INFERIOR FIVE, meet the oddest superheroes ever – Baron Sarcasm, a Scrooge-like, wealthy, cantankerous elderly man living in a castle somewhere in the French countryside; his niece, the pretty, spunky Mademoiselle Mademoiselle, also a brilliant inventor, her teenage son Gizmo, and their cousin, a gentle giant nicknamed Captain Camembert.
Together, they built a rocket in their backyard shed in 1954, went exploring into outer space, and returned today, having barely aged a day, now transformed into… The Lunatic Legion! But are they the same astronauts who left half a century ago?
Discover the origins of the Lunatic Legion, previously introduced in Phenix #1, and its first adventures with two stories by writer Jean-Marc Lofficier, French artist Cyril Bouquet, and Spanish artist David Lafuente, known for his work on Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man and The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong.
7x10 squarebound comic, 52 pages n&b
US$10.95 / GBP 8.99
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By William Corcoran
Now shipping!
NOW AVAILABLE IN A REPACKAGED, LESS EXPENSIVE EDITION
THE GROUNDBREAKING 1933 NOVEL THAT LIKELY INSPIRED MANY OF THE HERO PULPS!
This wildly melodramatic thriller, originally published in the August 1933 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine, provided the template for countless pulp-hero novels published during the Thirties. Depression-era readers craved outlandish menaces to take their minds off their troubles, and The Purple Eye was at the top of the list.
The Eye, maniacal criminal mastermind and leader of the ancient death cult known as the Brotherhood of Baktuun, terrorizes New York City with a series of high-profile murders accomplished by mysterious means. Seven million souls are at his mercy as his outrages mount in dizzying succession. The police, constrained by legal niceties and endless red tape, seem powerless to thwart his mad schemes. Enter Wayne Saxon, millionaire sportsman and world traveler, who devotes his life to running the Eye to earth. He works within the law when possible, but without it when necessary. Will he succeed? There’s a thrill on every page of this baffling mystery.
Shawn Danowski’s introduction, “In the Days Before the Undressed Dames and Drooling Dwarves,” is adapted from his history of Dime Mystery in its early, pre-weird menace phase, an article written for the fanzine Purple Prose.
Cover Art by Hugh J. Ward
Introduction by Shawn Danowski
188 pages, 6x9, trade paperback
Price: $15.95
PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO U.S. BUYERS. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS.
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On sale until July 7!
Beginning now and until 11:59 p.m. on July 7 you can get our ten-volume "Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction" set for just $100, which includes shipping to U.S. buyers.
Each book sells for $15.95 and even the discounted set price is normally $120, so you'll be saving almost 20 percent by ordering this weekend.
Give yourself a break from the shadows and spiders, the dime detectives and battling barbarians;
instead, settle down in your favorite easy chair with these wonderful early adventures from the top pulps
—ARGOSY, ADVENTURE, BLUE BOOK, THE CAVALIER, and THE POPULAR MAGAZINE—
written by such highly regarded fictioneers as Talbot Mundy, Gordon Young, H. Bedford-Jones, and George Allan England, to name a few.
Just click HERE to order today
You may also order at the Books section or click on the images below to order!
Before the trend toward specialization—before the hard-boiled dicks, before the Skylarks and Lensmen, before the Shadows and Spiders—pulp magazines offered escapist fiction that appealed to readers of all stripes. Virtually every story was suffused with the spirit of adventure; beyond that there was great variety in theme and setting. Qualities that became pronounced during the era of genre pulps were already evident in rough-paper yarns of the 20th century’s first two decades. Sadly, many great stories from this period are unknown to today’s pulp aficionados, especially inasmuch as the issues in which they appeared are hard-to-find collector’s items.
Murania Press has rescued from obscurity ten noteworthy novels originally published in such legendary pulps as Adventure, Blue Book, The Argosy, The Cavalier, and The Popular Magazine between 1908 and 1921. Some never saw publication in hard covers, others did but have been out of print for many decades. This group of exemplary stories, written by early pulpdom’s top fictioneers, is being republished as a series titled “Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction.”
Each book, measuring six by nine inches, utilizes the same cover design. Each is numbered on the spine, alphabetically by author. Each has an informative introductory essay putting the novel and its author in proper historical context for maximum appreciation by readers.
Stories in the “Forgotten Classics” series take place in a variety of locales: India, the Appalachian Mountains, the American West, the Gobi Desert, the Canadian northwest, the French Riviera, the South Seas, colonial-era Kentucky, and a mythical Balkan state. Within the group a reader will detect genre elements that would become more distinct and pronounced in pulp fiction of subsequent decades. But each novel is, at its core, a rousing adventure story clearly and vividly told. You’d never guess these gems were written a hundred or more years ago.
Murania Press has previously published four of the listed novels in its “Classic Pulp Reprint” series. Those books, now withdrawn from circulation, sold for $20 per title. Each of the “Forgotten Classics” volumes is priced at $16, and the entire set of ten will be available at $120, which includes shipping to buyers in the United States.
The “Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction” will begin shipping on May 1. Between now and then we’ll be running individual blog posts with additional information on each book. For now, here are the titles and the magazines from which they have been sourced:
1. H. Bedford-Jones, The Wilderness Trail. Originally published in the February 1915 issue of Blue Book.
2. B. M. Bowers, The Spook Hills Mystery. Originally published in the November 7, 1914 issue of The Popular Magazine.
3. George Bronson-Howard, The Return of Yorke Norroy. Originally published in the October 1908 issue of The Popular Magazine.
4. A. M. Chisholm, Fur Pirates. Originally published in the October 20, 1915 issue of The Popular Magazine.
5. J. Allan Dunn, Barehanded Castaways. Originally published in the December 20, 1921 issue of Adventure.
6. George Allan England, The Elixir of Hate. Originally published in the August-November 1911 issues of The Cavalier.
7. Francis Lynde, B. Typhosus Takes a Hand. Originally published in the October 20, 1921 issue of The Popular Magazine.
8. Talbot Mundy, Yasmini the Incomparable. Originally published in the January 1914 and July-September 1915 issues of Adventure.
9. Perley Poore Sheehan, The Abyss of Wonders. Originally published in the January 1915 issue of The Argosy.
10. Gordon Young, Savages. Originally published in the May 3, 1918 and July 18-September 3, 1919 issues of Adventure.
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My Incredibly Busy April, #2: The Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention - New!
Slight Delay in Our Release of the “Forgotten Classics” Collection
Collectibles Section Update: May 3
My Incredibly Busy April, #1: The Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards Banquet
Coming This Month: Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction
Collectibles Section Update: March 28
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The saga of the Twilight Patrol continues — equal parts H.P. Lovecraft and G-8 and His Battle Aces.
An insidious battle rages for the post of High Priest of the Mysteriarchs of the Abyss. As the Archons work to replace their dying leader, they hide behind a new threat to humanity. In dealing with the ordeals of reordering their order, the Mysteriarchs of the Abyss always demand to be the only ones who will ever give the orders!
Babel rises again from the pits of its ruined foundations, raining devastation and confusion upon long suffering humanity! As in the ancient days, an unnameable force infects the tongue and afflicts the ear. How can the Twilight Patrol possibly defeat an unnameable force that attacks the very meaning of meaning? Could this actually be their very last adventure?
Also: An Outstanding Short Story — "The Fountain Red" by Stuart Hopen
Author: Stuart Hopen
Series: Twilight Patrol
Format: Softcover
Pages: 140
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
$14.95
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Illustrated by Ed Coutts, design by Rich Harvey
Awesome Tales #10 presents four stories of crime-busting action!
For starters, two connected stories give opposing views on an attempt to steal the prize from a solitaire tournament.
• John L. French’s “No Virtue in Patience” tells the tale of how the thieves’ plan to do it while ...
• Aaron Rosenberg’s “No Patience for Fools” tells it from the detectives’ point of view. Which side will you root for? The cops or the crooks?
• In "Broken Doll", by Quintin Peterson, P.I. Luther Kane has one more task to close a case, then his client, one-legged streetwalker Gypsy Kurylenko, would be free ...
• "Give Them a Corpse" Part 2 by Rich Harvey, The Domino Lady prowls the Broadway streets, hunting a shapely pornographer who could disrupt New York City’s democracy.
Once again, The Domino Lady clashes with her deadliest enemy, The Procuress, but now she also confronts her oldest enemies, The Black Legion!
Illustrations by Ed Coutts; Cover digital coloring by Rich Harvey
Format: Softcover
Pages: 64
Dimensions: 7" x 10"
$6.00
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| Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!
Pulp Appeal: From The Vaults of Imagination: The Forgotten Short Stories of Clark Ashton Smith (Guest Post by Joshua Grasso)
Pulp Appeal: Pulp Modern Summer 2019
Pulp Appeal: Moon Knight: From the Dead
Issue 9 is here!
| THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #83 is now available and recommended!
Front Cover: Tom Morgan & Mike Gustovich
"Mea Culpa" by Chuck Welch
"Mapping the Adventures" by Catherine Lavelée Welch
"Se-Pah-Poo: One of the Best?" by Craig Rogers
"Mystery of the Bronze Bombers" by Chuck Welch
"The Outlaw Doc Savage" by Dafyyd Neal Dyar
"The Sun Spot Menace" by Julián Paga
"Why Doc Savage Flipped His Lid" by Dafyyd Neal Dyar
"Skullcal Skulduggery" by Dafyyd Neal Dyar
"Alias Baron Karl" by Julián Paga
Back Cover: Tim Faurote imagines Doc and the Fatal Five in the style of James Bama
Everything, new and old, is beautifully designed by Kez Wilson.
You can order available single issues at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/back-issues/
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Sensor Sweep: S-F Weapons, Thomas Ligotti, Savage Minicrate, Michael Whelan, Starman Jones - New!
Sensor Sweep: Super Heroes, In the Labyrinth, Dennis Etchison, H. Rider Haggard, Zorro
Sensor Sweep: REH Foundation Awards, Arthur Machen, Tunnels & Trolls, Terry Pratchett
Sensor Sweep: D&D Cartoon, Tim Kirk, Lin Carter, Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
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Retro Fandom Friday – Enchantress of Venus Edition
| The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Fiction Studies (10.1) - Now available!
by Jason Ray Carney (Author), Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney (Editor)
Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp fiction writer who published in a variety of pulp literary genres: fantasy, western, detective, science fiction, historical adventure. He is internationally known for his sword and sorcery character, Conan the Cimmerian, who has been adapted into a variety of popular medias, such as comic books, films, cartoons, video games, roleplaying games, and many more. Howard's ubiquity in popular culture notwithstanding, he was also, and emphatically so, an ambitious literary artist whose poetry and fiction merits investigation by literary critics, historians, and philosophers interested in interwar America and the cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic significance of pulp fiction. The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the academic study of Howard's literary works as well as the literary historical and print culture contexts associated with it. The journal seeks to publish full-length articles, brief critical notes and commentaries, bibliographies, reviews of books, and other scholarship that treats Howard's life, time, literary work, and associated topics such as Weird Tales, H.P. Lovecraft, and the concept of a transhistorical pulp aesthetic.
Paperback: 101 pages
Publisher: Independently published
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
$8.00
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| Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
ZORRO Pulp Illustrations (Part 2) - New!
Pulp Gallery: THE SHADOW (1933) - New!
More Movie Posters of 1926 - New!
MANDRAKE the MAGICIAN Big Little Books
Mort Künstler Sweat Mag Art Strikes Again
Still More FANTASTIC Covers by Herbert McCauley
Pulp Gallery: OPERATOR #5 (1934-35)
ZORRO Pulp Illustrations (Part 1)
Pulp Gallery: THE SHADOW (1933)
THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE's Comic Book Debut (1946)
Crime Busting BIG LITTLE BOOKS
Pulp Gallery: WEIRD TALES 82, 83, 84 & 85 (1930)
| | The Digest Enthusiast #10
Now available!
The tenth edition of The Digest Enthusiast is now available in print and digital on amazon.com featuring an interview with James Reasoner covering his stories for Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine; PIs Cody, Delaney, and Markham; his Redemption series, the Wind River series with L.J. Washburn; and much more.
Interviews
Author, editor, and publisher James Reasoner delves into his stories for Mike Shayne; PIs Cody, Delaney, and Markham; his Redemption series, the Wind River series with L.J. Washburn; and much more.
Articles
Ward Smith remembers Armed Services Editions—digests that are not digests
Peter Enfantino tackles Startling Mystery Stories No. 1–18, and a keen assessment of Manhunt 1954 July–Oct
Vince Nowell, Sr. dissects Sol Cohen’s tactics to save Amazing Stories
Richard Krauss examines Charlie Chan’s media empire, with special emphasis on Renown Publications’ digest magazine
Steve Carper reports on the one, the only, Bronze Books and trailblazers Luke Roberts and Jesse Lee Carter
Tom Brinkmann exposes The Creature from the Black Lagoon with The Seven Year Itch.Fiction
Fiction
Robert Snashall and Joe Wehrle, Jr., with art by Carolyn Cosgriff
Also includes
News updates from the newsstand giants and the digital darlings of today’s genre fiction digests, straight from their editors and publishers
In-depth reviews of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2019 and Broadswords & Blasters No. 9
Plus over 100 digest magazine cover images, cartoons by Bob Vojtko, art by Brian Buniak, a poem by Clark Dissmeyer, first issue factoids, and more.
Includes over 100 digest magazine cover images
160 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest
Print version, $8.99
Kindle version, $2.99
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Rocket Stories April 1953
Fantasy Fiction August 1953
Fantasy Fiction June 1953
Science Fiction Adventures May 1954
Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 4 Summer 2019
WORLDS OF STRANGENESS NO. 3
| DMR Books Blog - Now online!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 6/30/2019 - New!
Michael Whelan Covers That Rocked My World - New!
Independent Author Spotlight: D.H. Dunn
Mundy Monday: “Prisoners of War”
The DMRtian Chronicles, 6/23/2019
The DMRtian Chronicles, 6/16/2019
Mundy Monday: The Caesar Controversy
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Willcox, Arizona
August 1-4
DUM-DUM 2019
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New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!
June 2019
This month we feature Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mummy tale, Lot No. 249, including the illustrations by William Thomas Smedley and an introduction by your humble scribes, Dan Neyer and Bob Gay.
We've also done some behind the scenes work to make the site work better...do stop by and check us out.
May 2019
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages with "The Man Who Evolved," direct from the pages of the April, 1931 issue of Wonder Stories, including the Frank R. Paul illustration. Intro by Bob Gay
Also, we found a 1953 comic book story where the plot was (*ahem*) "borrowed" from Hamilton's original and our unknown scribe managed to condense the story down to a mere 4 pages.
Read the original first, then "Evolution" which appears as it originally appeared in Tomb of Terror #12, with the digital restoration included at no extra cost.
April 2019
We are very pleased to present The Neil R. Jones Collection, which starts with an 11,000+ word biography of Jones that incorporates his words, newspaper articles and our research to create a long overdue portrait of the creator of Professor Jameson. We have also located a nearly all of Jones' non-fiction writings from various magazines and fanzines and have included them, along with 5, never before reprinted, stories that chart his early years as an author. Copiously illustrated throughout, we hope you enjoy it.
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.
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Typically the 3rd Saturday of every month
Check the website at the link below for the latest schedule.
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday of every month.
Check the website at the link below for exact time and place information.
Name: Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place: Muhlenberg Library on West 23rd Street.
Contact: Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
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The Complete Ed & Am Hunter Mysteries
Fredric Brown
Now available for pre-order! Target Date: September 2020!
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Introduction by Jack Seabrook
2 volumes, 1000+ pages
$95.00
PREORDER
Chicago’s own ED and AM HUNTER are one of the best, and most endearing and beloved private eye teams in the genre, and Fredric Brown’s one of the best writers to ever grace the genre, so what’s not to like?
Young, brash, ambitious, idealistic Ed Hunter and his uncle Am, a cheerful, chubby, streetwise ex-carny with a taste for poker, run the Hunter and Hunter Detective Agency in Chicago and it’s often Ed, wearing his heart on his sleeve, who ends up falling head over heels for some “skirt”, who leads them into some of the most entertaining, and offbeat, capers in detective fiction. I particularly liked Death Has Many Doors, where a young woman is convinced that Martians are out to get her.
But the undisputed highlight of the series and a stone-cold classic of the P.I. genre is definitely the one that kicked off the series: The Fabulous Clipjoint, an alternately heart-warming and darkly grim meditation on obsession, coming-of-age and the ensuing weight of maturity. Bill Pronzin referred to it, in 1001 Midnights, as “unquestionably more than just another hard-boiled detective tale.”
And he’s right. It won an Edgar for Best First Novel, but awards seem trivial compared to the emotional punch that this book packs. Not that Brown was some literary joykill — he also posessed one of the hinkiest senses of humour in the genre. He once wrote a book called Murder Can Be Fun, and in the Ed and Am series, he went about proving it. — from thrillingdetective.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947)
The Dead Ringer (1948)
The Bloody Moonlight (1949)
Compliments of a Fiend (1950)
Death Has Many Doors (1951)
The Late Lamented (February 1959)
"Before She Kills" (1961, Ed McBain's Mystery Book)
Mrs. Murphy's Underpants (1963)
"The Missing Actor" (November 1963, The Saint Mystery Magazine)
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“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.
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Target Date: September 2019!
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
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Jumpin’ Jungle Cats of Jupiter! It’s another mega-collection of four complete novels of the “Man of Tomorrow,” the “Wizard of Science,” the protector of the Solar System and a menace to evil-doers throughout the universe: CAPTAIN FUTURE!
Now that Captain Future (aka Dr. Curtis Newton) and the Futuremen (Grag the robot; Otho the Android; and Simon Wright, the Living Brain) have traveled not only through time but to another universe in the final story of Volume Three (See “Planets in Peril”), what other dangers will our heroes encounter?
Well, THE FACE OF THE DEEP sees the Futuremen stranded outside the Solar System on a volcanic planetoid in the company of a shipload of condemned criminals. Up next is WORLDS TO COME (written by Joseph Samachson) where Curt and his crew speed to the rescue of the Sagittarian system—ready to battle in mortal combat with nightmare enemies from another dimension. Edmond Hamilton (writing as Brett Sterling) returns with THE STAR OF DREAD wherein our heroes ply their stock-in-trade by exposing a dangerous secret menacing humanity and taking desperate risks pursuing two scheming miscreants across the void! Closing out this penultimate volume of the novel-length adventures of The Futuremen is MAGIC MOON. Adorned by one of Earle K. Bergey’s finest cover paintings, we see conspirators plotting to seize the satellite Styx, third moon of Pluto, enslaving the peaceful natives, and putting Captain Future and his trusty aides on their most dangerous mission ever!
As with the previous three volumes of THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, “Under Observation,” the CAPTAIN FUTURE letters column is reprinted, and the original pulp covers and interior illustrations are reproduced in a generous appendix.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
Illustrated by H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski
600+ page Hardcover
Pre-order price: $45.00
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
"Under Observation" - The Captain Future Letters Column
The Face of the Deep (Captain Future, Win ’43)
Worlds to Come (Captain Future, Spr ’43)
The Star of Dread (Captain Future, Sum ’43)
Magic Moon (Captain Future, Win ’44)
"The Future of Captain Future"
Appendix of original interior artwork
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The Six Sleepers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Five
Now available for pre-order!
Target Date: September 2019!
Following on from THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME FOUR, THE SIX SLEEPERS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME FIVE brings you more of the World Wreckers vintage works.
Here, Hamilton really put his Remington’s to the task with more stories for WEIRD TALES as well as some of his best work (which is to say some of the best work ever to appear in) for WONDER STORIES. Depending on the length of ephemera in the appendix, this volume may also see Hamilton crack the Tremaine-era of ASTOUNDING STORIES.
As with previous volumes in this series, an appendix showcasing the original pulp magazine illustrations also bulks large with obscura including reader’s letters from the vintage magazines commenting on these stories, along with editorial correspondence between Hamilton and his editors.
Introduction by Robert A. Madle
Cover Art by Margaret Brundage
Illustrated by C.C. Senf, Frank R. Paul, H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski, Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin, Virgil Finlay
600+ page Hardcover
$40.00
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Hollywood on the Moon / Man About Time: The Pete Manx Adventures
Arthur K. Barnes & Henry Kuttner
Now available for pre-order! Target Date: December 2019!
Prior to his marriage to fellow science-fantasy writer Catherine L. Moore in 1940, Henry Kuttner wrote stories of Lovecraftian horror, weird-menace “shudder” tales, and thrilling adventure stories. But he also wrote blood-n-thunder Space Opera stories in the vein of Edmond Hamilton (one of young Kuttner’s favorite authors) told with a rough-edge style similar to Kuttner’s protege Leigh Brackett.
Arthur K. Barnes, an early friend of Kuttner, published his first story “Lord of the Lightning” for Wonder Stories in December 1931. His “Interplanetary Hunter” series featuring Miss Gerry Carlyle of the London Interplanetary Zoo was originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Together, Kuttner & Barnes collaborated (and in some cases, wrote independently) on two series of science fiction adventures for Thrilling Wonder Stories. The first, the “Hollywood on the Moon” series, featured ace cameraman Tony Quade of Nine Planets Films, Inc. and his crew skipping around the solar system (even teaming up with Gerry Carlyle a few times!) humorously encountering all manner of weird alien life.
The second series, dealt with the hilarious temporal romps of carnival barker, conman, and small-time crook Pete Manx. Pete is always on the run from some debt collector, or running to his lastest scam for an easy buck. Inevitably, Manx always ends up in the laboratory of Dr. Mayhem, whose unreliable time machine launches Pete into the past where he finds himself in hotter water than before.
This volume collects all the SF collaborations of these two punsters and features the interior illustrations of the original magazines.
Introduction by Ron Goulart
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
600+ pp. Hardcover
$40.00
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Coming soon!
July 2019
THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER MONKEY
Joyce Carol Oates
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
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
October 2019
BLOOD SUGAR
Daniel Kraus
Cover art by Paul Mann
WHEN TRICK OR TREAT BECOMES LIFE OR DEATH
From the dark imagination of bestselling novelist Daniel Kraus—co-author with Guillermo del Toro of THE SHAPE OF WATER (which as a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture)—comes a Halloween crime story that’s like nothing you’ve ever read before.
At the end of Yellow Street, in a ruined junkyard of a house, an angry outcast hatches a scheme to take revenge for all the wrongs he has suffered. With the help of three alienated neighborhood kids, he plans to hide razor blades, poison, drugs, and broken glass in Halloween candy and use the deadly treats to maim or kill dozens of innocent children. But as the clock ticks closer to sundown, will one of his helpers—an innocent himself, in his own streetwise way—carry out or defeat the plan?
Told principally from the child’s point of view, in a voice as startling and unforgettable as A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Kraus’ novel is at once frightening and emotional, thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny. It’ll make you rethink your concepts of family and loyalty and justice—and will leave you anxiously double-checking the wrappers on your Halloween candy for the rest of your days.
First publication anywhere!
Daniel Kraus is the New York Times-bestselling author of not only THE SHAPE OF WATER and TROLLHUNTERS (both co-authored with Guillermo del Toro) but also THE DEATH AND LIFE OF ZEBULON FINCH (named one of Entertainment Weekly’s Top 10 Books of the Year) and ROTTERS and SCOWLER (both winners of the Odyssey Award).
Kraus’ next project is THE LIVING DEAD, a posthumous collaboration with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero.
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RAFAEL DESOTO
Now available!
Standard Edition
This is the ultimate book on the work of pulp, paperback, and men's adventure magazine artist Rafael DeSoto. This spectacular book contains scores of reproductions taken directly from DeSoto's original paintings, as well as working drawings, reference photos, rare proof sheets of pulp and paperback covers, as well as historic family photos. Don't miss this one! Limited to just 900 copies.
224 pages, 9x12 inches, hardcover with dust jacket. $44.95 (U.S.)
Deluxe Edition - Sold Out!
The Deluxe Edition is presented in a red slipcase, with a tipped in color insert signed and numbered by the author, David Saunders. This is the ultimate book on the work of pulp, paperback, and men's adventure magazine artist Rafael DeSoto. This spectacular book contains scores of reproductions taken directly from DeSoto's original paintings, as well as working drawings, reference photos, rare proof sheets of pulp and paperback covers, as well as historic family photos. Don't miss this one! The Deluxe Edition is limited to just 100 copies.
224 pages, 9x12 inches, hardcover with dust jacket. $64.95 (U.S.)
To see a preview of the book, follow this link: https://issuu.com/illomag/docs/rafaeldesoto
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| ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #26 - Now available from the publisher and coming soon in the U.S.!
(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
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SONGS OF GIANTS POETRY OF PULP LTD HC
Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. P. Lovecraft
(Art/Cover) Mark Wheatley
Now available!
Songs Of Giants is a collection of the very best poetry written by three giants of pulp literature; Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. P. Lovecraft.
Extravagantly illustrated by Mark Wheatley, with an introduction by Jack McDevitt.
This edition limited to 1,000 numbered and signed copies, Signed by the artist.
Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 72 pages, $29.99
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| JAMES BOND ORIGIN #11 - Arriving in comic shops July 10!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover A: Dan Panosian
Cover B: Michael Dowling
Cover C: Dean Kotz
Cover D: Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover E: Bob Q
"The Debt" continues. Lieutenant James Bond learns a new skill. A former friend helps atone for the death of another.
And Bond descends into a part of war-torn London that few fresh faces emerge from unscathed.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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| Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
BEST WESTERN, September 1951
Contents
THREE GUNHAWKS AND A GIRL by D. B. Newton
LEAVE YOUR HOLSTER HOME, HARDCASE! by William Hopson
THOSE THAT FIGHT by W. P. Brothers
DEVIL AND OLD MAN GILLIS by John Lumsden
BLOOD OF A BADMAN by Wayne D. Overholser
DEATH IN THE DUST by Frank Latham
Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 132 pages
$12.95
THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December 1937
Contents
A MONTH A MINUTE by Ralph Milne Farley
THE TENTH WORLD by John W. Campbell Jr
THE MIND MAGNET by Paul Ernst
RED SHARDS ON CERES by Raymond Z. Gallun
BEYOND THAT CURTAIN by Robert Moore Williams
WHEN SPACE BURST by Edmond Hamilton
THE BLOODLESS PERIL by Will Garth
Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 132 pages
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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: The Radio Program - New!
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir
The Green Hornet Newspaper Strip
The Twilight Zone's 60TH Birthday Party
The Lone Ranger: The Early Years Preserved
Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone on CBS All Access
Shazam! is a pleasant surprise
Tom Quest and the Mystery of the Timber Giant
Two Book Reviews
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Philip José Farmer had a life-long love affair with the pulps he read in his youth. They influenced nearly everything he wrote, but in the 1970s he paid special tribute to them with several stories. Greatheart Silver and Other Pulp Heroes collects these stories for the first time in hardcover! This collection also features an introduction by college professor and pulp historian, Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D., and artwork (coming soon) by Keith Howell!
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Greatheart Silver
The Return of Greatheart Silver
Greatheart Silver in the First Command
The Grant Robeson Papers
Savage Shadow
Skinburn
The first three stories: “Greatheart Silver,” “The Return of Greatheart Silver,” and “Greatheart Silver in the First Command,” originally appeared in Byron Priess’ Weird Heroes series and have been collected before in the paperback, Greatheart Silver. These stories are Philip José Farmer at his most irreverent.
The next two items, “The Grant Robeson Papers,” and “Savage Shadow” also appeared in Weird Heroes, and set up a fantastic premise that was never fulfilled and will leave you wanting more.
The final story, “Skinburn” appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and is the most scifi of these stories, while still giving a nod to the pulps.
Here’s something new—based on your feedback and buying trends, we’re only releasing this book in hardcover.
Greatheart Silver and Other Pulp Heroes will debut at FarmerCon XIV this coming August, but if you preorder the book now, we’re offering an “Early Bird Special” discount of $5 off! So you only $27 + shipping for this fascinating collection of Farmer paying homage to many of his literary heroes!
Please choose the correcting shipping option when preordering your copy.
$33 hardcover
5.5 × 8.5, 264 pages
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Announcing...Hunt the Avenger!
Now available for pre-order!
Scheduled to ship in late July!
ONLY AVAILABLE ON MOONSTONEBOOKS.com
In the annals of Justice, Inc's battles against spies, crooks, and killer, only one malefactor has escaped the Avenger's clutches not once, but twice- Baron Ulrich Blau-Montag, the half-man, half-machine known as the Iron Skull!
But when Benson and his cohorts partner with the mysterious and saucy Domino Lady to hunt down the demented half-robot, and go on to clash with other supervillains, such as the Nazi spy Werner Konrad and a diabolical weapons dealer known as the Countess, a frightening pattern emerges...are they the creatures of a hidden puppetmaster? And is Benson the hunter? Or the prey?
Hardcover: SIGNED by author!! 130pgs
contains some previously released material, as well as brand new tales!
$24.00
Softcover: 130pg
contains some previously released material as well as brand new tales!
$9.99
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Mike Nevins on Pulp Writer RAOUL WHITFIELD, Part One. - New!
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: FRED MacISAAC “The Corpse Goes East.” - New!
A Mystery Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA (1936).
Pulp Stories I’m Reading: RAY BRADBURY “The Small Assassin.”
Mystery Review: DAY KEENE – Joy House
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: T. T. FLYNN “Barred Doors.”
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: FRANK GRUBER “The Sad Serbian.”
Comic Books I’m Reading: STAR TREK – THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER #1
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: WYNDHAM MARTYN “The Shadow’s Shadow.”
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Australis Incognito - New!
The Henchmen
Cliff Lords
MAIO-SHAN
Black Dove
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What’s This PulpFest All About? - New!
Free Stuff at PulpFest 2019 - New!
The Art of Edgar Rice Burroughs - New!
Head for Arizona and the 2019 Dum-Dum - New!
Popular Yellowed Perils
Major George Fielding Eliot at 125
Hollywood Pulp — From Pulp Page to the Silver Screen
A Century of Zorro
The Key of Imagination: Pulp Television
Robert H. Davis — The Grandfather of Science Fiction
Dashiell Hammett and the Detective Story
Born Writing: The Unparalleled Career of Arthur J. Burks
The Game’s Afoot!
The PulpFest Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that fifteen individuals have been nominated by their peers for the 2019 Munsey Award. The honor is named after Frank A. Munsey — the man who published the first pulp magazine. This annual award recognizes an individual or institution that has bettered the pulp community, be it through disseminating knowledge about the pulps or through publishing or other efforts to preserve and foster interest in the pulp magazines we all love and enjoy. Congratulations to all of the nominees for this prestigious award, presented annually at PulpFest.
The nominees listed below — who received multiple nominations — will be forwarded to a committee made up of all the living Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Award winners who will select the recipient of this year’s Munsey.
Author, bibliographer, critic, editor, and historian MIKE ASHLEY has a special expertise in the history of magazine science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction. In 2002, he received a Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the study of science fiction. He is the author or co-author of numerous works related to the pulps, science fiction, and fantasy. These include THE AGE OF THE STORYTELLERS: BRITISH POPULAR FICTION MAGAZINES, 1880-1950, ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, “BLUE BOOK — The Slick in Pulp Clothing,” THE GERNSBACK DAYS: A STUDY IN THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION FROM 1911 TO 1936, MONTHLY TERRORS: AN INDEX TO THE WEIRD FANTASY MAGAZINES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN, SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND WEIRD FICTION MAGAZINES, THE SUPERNATURAL INDEX: A LISTING OF FANTASY, SUPERNATURAL, OCCULT, WEIRD AND HORROR ANTHOLOGIES, and others. In 2000, Ashley began to publish his multi-part THE HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE-FICTION MAGAZINES, beginning with THE TIME MACHINES: THE STORY OF THE SCIENCE-FICTION PULP MAGAZINES FROM THE BEGINNING TO 1950. Mr. Ashley has also edited many anthologies and single-author collections, often drawing work from the pulps. He is currently working to compile an index to the most important British popular fiction magazines between 1880 and 1950.
The Collections Librarian at the University of Connecticut, RICHARD BLEILER is a bibliographer and researcher in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction. In 2002, he was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction for the second edition of SUPERNATURAL FICTION WRITERS: FANTASY AND HORROR. With his father, Everett Bleiler, Richard compiled SCIENCE-FICTION: THE EARLY YEARSand SCIENCE-FICTION: THE GERNSBACK YEARS, both published by Kent State University Press. His other work includes THE INDEX TO ADVENTURE MAGAZINE, THE ANNOTATED INDEX TO THE THRILL BOOK, the second edition of SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS: CRITICAL STUDIES OF THE MAJOR AUTHORS FROM THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY, and REFERENCE AND RESEARCH GUIDE TO MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE FICTION. Richard’s essay, “Forgotten Giant: A Brief History of ADVENTURE MAGAZINE,” originally published in EXTRAPOLATION: A JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, is considered the finest overview of the classic pulp magazine. He has also written essays on early science fiction, fantasy, and mystery authors for THE DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY and other reference works, as well as articles on the writings of Frank Belknap Long and Clark Ashton Smith for Gary Hoppenstand’s PULP FICTION OF THE ’20S AND ’30S.
CAMILLE CAZEDESSUS has been publishing a fanzine devoted to pulp fiction for more than fifty years, first as ERB-DOM and later as THE FANTASTIC COLLECTOR. All told, he has edited and published almost 250 issues, as well as several books. In its earliest incarnation, Caz’s magazine focused on the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs, presenting background information and bibliographic details about the author’s work as it appeared in magazines, books, comics, and movies. ERB-DOM won a Hugo Award in 1966. In the late nineties, Caz rechristened his fanzine as PULPDOM, a publication devoted to “studying the authors that wrote for the pulps and reprinting the ‘fantastic adventure’ type stories from pulp magazines.” With the help of various writers and indexers including Gary Lovisi, Al Lybeck, Jerry Page and, most recently, Mike Taylor, PULPDOM has explored nearly every pre-1932 general fiction pulp ever published, including ARGOSY, ALL-STORY, BLUE BOOK, CAVALIER, and THE POPULAR. Caz continues to publish PULPDOM today as an online pulp fanzine.
Probably best known for the SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND WEIRD FICTION MAGAZINE INDEX that he originally compiled with Steve Miller, WILLIAM CONTENTO has assembled other works that have become essential tools of reference. These include his INDEX TO SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS, INDEX TO CRIME AND MYSTERY ANTHOLOGIES (with Martin H. Greenberg), THE SUPERNATURAL INDEX (with Mike Ashley), and others. In the last seventeen years, he and Phil Stephensen-Payne have built up the online FictionMags Index into a research juggernaut. It currently lists the contents of over 75,000 issues of thousands of different magazine titles. Pulps are heavily represented, of course, but pulp writers turn up in other magazines, too, and the FictionMags Index allows them to be discovered. A huge endeavor, the FictionMags Index has been a tremendous boon to pulp-magazine research.
WIN SCOTT ECKERT is the coauthor with Philip José Farmer of the Wold Newton novel THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE and the author of THE SCARLET JAGUAR, both featuring Patricia Wildman, daughter of the pulp hero Doc Wildman, the bronze champion of justice. He coedited and contributed stories to three Green Hornet anthologies, and his short fiction tales of Zorro, The Avenger, The Phantom, The Lone Ranger, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Hareton Ironcastle, Captain Midnight, The Green Ghost, Phileas Fogg, Sexton Blake, The Domino Lady, Doc Ardan, Sherlock Holmes, and others can be found in various anthologies. A Honey West/T.H.E Cat crossover novel, A GIRL AND HER CAT (coauthored with Matthew Baugh), came out in 2014. He is currently working on: the third Pat Wildman adventure; a new novel of one of the preeminent pulp heroes of the ’40s, The Avenger; and completing Philip José Farmer’s manuscript of THE MONSTER ON HOLD, the fourth novel in the Secrets of the Nine series. Additionally, he is the editor of and a contributor to MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER’S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE — a 2007 Locus Awards finalist — and the coeditor with Christopher Paul Carey of TALES OF THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE. He was the coeditor of FARMERPHILE from 2007–2009. His massive timeline of crossover stories — CROSSOVERS: A SECRET CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORLD — was published by Black Coat Press in 2010. In 1997, he launched the first Wold Newton website, The Wold Newton Universe. A tireless chronicler of Farmer’s idiosyncratic view of a broad shared universe, Eckert has shown remarkable fidelity to Farmer’s vision and serves as an inspiration to the many who have followed in his wake. Like Farmer, Win is one of the leading “Children of the Pulps.”
RALPH GRASSO may just be the ultimate pulp fan. He has created and is the administrator for at least 25 pulp and pulp-related Facebook groups. Ralph actively participates in these groups to engage members in spirited conversation relative to the group topic. These groups provide a place for fans of the pulps to congregate and chat. They also serve to bring in new members and introduce them to pulp literature, authors, and characters. Just some of the groups that Ralph has created are A. MERRITT FAN GROUP, FANS OF BRONZE, H.P.L. — THE MASTER OF COSMIC HORROR, IN THE ROARING HEART OF THE CRUCIBLE, THE MYSTERY MEN OF JOHNSTON MCCULLEY, PULP SWORD AND SORCERY, THE SHADOW STRIKES, SWORD AND PLANET FICTION, TWO-GUN BOB — THE WORLDS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, and WELLMAN’S GUYS!
STEPHEN HAFFNER — The “Big Poobah” of Haffner Press — has been returning the work of a number of well-regarded pulp fiction writers into print for nearly twenty years. Specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction, Stephen has brought back the early work of Leigh Brackett, Fredric Brown, Howard Brown, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Manly Wade Wellman, and Jack Williamson in a series of beautifully designed hardcovers. He is also working on volumes featuring the fiction of Robert Bloch, Donald Wandrei, and others. Ed Gorman wrote the following about Haffner Press books: “They’re among the best made and most handsomely illustrated of all the collectibles I’ve ever seen. These are masterpieces in every way.” Stephen has also been involved in furthering interest in the pulps among both academia and the general public. He has been associated with the annual Jack Williamson Lectureship at Eastern New Mexico University for many years and in 2009 was a co-sponsor with the Kinsman Historical Society of the first Edmond Hamilton Day in the late author’s hometown. Finally, Stephen has been a presenter at a number of pulp conventions.
Although pulp reprints abound in our day and age, such was not only the case. Along with John Gunnison of Adventure House, RICH HARVEY was one of the first small publishers to get the pulp reprint movement off the ground. He started in the pages of his fanzine, PULP ADVENTURES — begun in 1992 — where he published stories from COMPLETE NORTHWEST NOVEL, DIME DETECTIVE, .44 WESTERN MAGAZINE, NEW DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, and other pulps. Two of the highlights were two short stories by Norvell Page, offering the first two adventures of the popular pulp hero The Spider. Rich — along with his onetime partner, Cat Jaster, would go on to reprint two dozen of The Spider’s adventures. As Bold Venture Press, he has published a six-volume series reprinting the complete run of Johnston McCulley’s Zorro tales, reprinted unique tales from one of the longest lived pulp magazines, RAILROAD STORIES, “new pulp” adventures in AWESOME TALES, and pulp old and new in the continuing PULP ADVENTURES. Along with his current partner, Audrey Parente, Rich manages the twice-a-year Pulp AdventureCon in two locations, New Jersey and Florida. These one-day events help to bring the world of pulp to a wider geographic range of fans. Rich is also great at personally communicating with fans one-on-one, whether on email or facebook.
CHRIS KALB is known in pulp circles for his hero pulp websites, like The 86th Floor and The Spider Returns, ventures that have helped to attract people who are new to the pulps. There isn’t anyone out there making better use of all the new technology while still preserving the “oldness” of pulps and popular culture. He has become the person to go to for publishers who want a retro-design for their books or website, including Ed Hulse’s Murania Press. He is also the lead designer for Age of Aces Books, a pulp reprint house that specializes in air war fiction. In 2010, Age of Aces received two National Indie Excellence Awards for Chris’ work on the bestselling THE SPIDER VS. THE EMPIRE STATE. Chris was the designer of PulpFest‘s original website and for many years, put together the convention’s print advertisements.
Like many of us, RICK LAI has dedicated much of his adult life and disposable income to his passion for collecting pulp fiction (in all its permutations). Rick distinguished himself with his erudite and insightful scholarship that has made him respected among Wold Newtonians and purists alike. Rick’s speculative theories on character and continuity may have been inspired by Philip José Farmer, but were never bound by Farmer or anyone else’s parameters. Rick’s brilliant and provocative flights of fantasy informed, inspired, and even infuriated readers, but kept them coming back for the next article or book. Later in life, Rick made the natural progression from scholar to storyteller as he began creating works that supplement and expand upon his literary speculations. Among his many books are CHRONOLOGY OF SHADOWS: A TIMELINE OF THE SHADOW’S EXPLOITS, THE RETURN OF JUDEX, THE REVISED COMPLETE CHRONOLOGY OF BRONZE, RICK LAI’S SECRET HISTORIES: DARING ADVENTURERS, and SHADOWS OF THE OPERA: RETRIBUTION IN BLOOD.
While some nominees are like Doc Savage — out front and known to most — others are like The Shadow — hidden from view for most the time, yet still there and appearing when needed. A pulp collector since a teenager, SHEILA VANDERBEEK began attending pulp conventions in 1975. She has attended 62 of the 63 major pulp conventions since her first. She helped with all the radio recreations that were performed at Pulpcon. A member of the Battered Silicon Press pulp advisory committee, Sheila has helped on many books for the publisher. In addition to recommending authors and series, she has supplied all or most of the stories included in Battered Silicon’s Great Merlini, John Solomon, Needle Mike, Park Ave Hunt Club, Satan Hall, and Suicide Squad collections, as well as others. She has also provided copies of stories to Altus Press and other pulp-related publishers. Owning one of the largest and widest ranging pulp collections in existence, Sheila also provided content information to Leonard Robbins for his groundbreaking pulp magazine indices. She has also helped on countless other research projects in the pulp field. Sheila has been a member of the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society since 1997.
GEORGE VANDERBURGH has published over 600 books through his Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, many of them directly related to the pulps. He was largely responsible for finally getting all of Fred Davis’ classic Moon Man stories back into print. And what about his Peter the Brazen series, his five volumes featuring the work of Seabury Quinn, THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE PARK AVENUE HUNT CLUB, his Green Ghost set, THE COMPLEAT SAGA OF JOHN SOLOMON, THE ADVENTURES OF THE GOLDEN AMAZON, THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE SUICIDE SQUAD, and others? He has also given us numerous collections of detective fiction, including volumes featuring the Thinking Machine, Dr. Thorndyke, and Martin Hewitt. Looking at his website, his future plans include several books reprinting pulp authors who have been unjustly forgotten. Along with the late Robert Weinberg, George served as the co-editor of Arkham House Publishers until the death of April Derleth. A regular attendee of pulp conventions, George has helped both longtime and new fans to collect the tales of some of the most fantastic heroes from the pulps.
Although some may believe he is old enough to have purchased pulps off the newsstand, CHUCK WELCH is a mere whippersnapper. As one of the original Internet Fans of Bronze, Chuck started attending the summer pulp convention in the late 1990s. After meeting his future wife at one of those conventions, Chuck took some time off to start a family. At the behest of Bill Mann, he returned to attend PulpFest. As was his wont, Chuck immediately started volunteering and making suggestions to the organizing committee. Having enough of his puppy-dog eyes, he was asked to join the team. Chuck served as the convention’s technology and social media director until his resignation in 2018, due to family commitments. When the Internet began to take off, Chuck began Flearun, a Doc Savage group now at Facebook. He is also the creator of the Hidalgo Trading Company — perhaps the closest anyone has come to presenting an online Doc fanzine — and the current editor of the Doc Savage fan magazine THE BRONZE GAZETTE.
For twenty-five years, HOWARD WRIGHT was the publisher of the Doc Savage fan magazine THE BRONZE GAZETTE. He created his magazine when there was no real Internet and very little information readily available about Lester Dent’s “Man of Bronze.” His main reason for starting the publication was to gather information about Doc Savage, disseminate this news to the “Fans of Bronze,” and keep Doc fans going during the “lean” years when Doc was, for the most part, a mere memory. Through Howard’s sustained efforts, interest in Doc was maintained and his return to the limelight assured. His final issue of the GAZETTE was published at the beginning of 2016. The magazine is being continued by Terry Allen, Kez Wilson, and Chuck Welch, creator of the Hidalgo Trading Company and a member of the PulpFest organizing committee. It takes three people to duplicate Howard’s superb work on the GAZETTE.
DAN ZIMMER has been working to promote greater awareness of pulp artists by producing and distributing ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE since 2001. He is nearing the sixtieth issue of his magazine. Dan has tirelessly contributed his time, expertise and personal wealth to promote a more respectful awareness of the artistic accomplishments of pulp artists through the deluxe publication of the many biographical articles on such artists that have appeared in his magazine. He has done this despite the overwhelming fact that his creative vision is far beyond receiving any reasonable economic return for his efforts. His devotion to classic American illustrators is manifest in the elegant presentation of his magazine and has helped to turn the tide in our culture’s growing appreciation of pulp art. Dan has also published illustrated biographies of pulp artists Walter Baumhofer, H. J. Ward, and Norman Saunders through his book-publishing arm, The Illustrated Press. Additionally, he has supported the pulp community by drawing his readers’ attention to various pulp conventions, including the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, Pulpcon, and PulpFest. Dan has also served as the sponsor of Windy City’s annual pulp art exhibit and created the limited edition print of David Saunder’s Munsey Award painting without cost to the PulpFest organizing committee.
The recipient of the 2019 Munsey Award will be announced on August 17 as part of our Saturday evening programming, open to all members of PulpFest. The award will be presented by William Lampkin, the winner of our 2018 Munsey Award.
A limited edition of thirty-six numbered and signed prints, designed by artist and pulp enthusiast David Saunders, serves as the Munsey Award.
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 - Updated!
Thursday, August 15
Dealers’ Room
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM — Dealers’ Room Set-Up
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM — Member Registration and Early-Bird Shopping
Evening Programming
8:15 – 9:00 PM — Bob Davis — Grandfather of Science Fiction (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 — 80 Years of 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
Dealers’ Room
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM — Early Registration & Dealers’ Room Set-Up
10:00 AM – 4:45 PM — Dealers Room Open to All
Author Readings — The New Fictioneers
11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read & Sweet Sixteen Celebration (Publisher Jennifer Barnes)
Readings by Mike Arnzen, James Chambers, Carrie Gessner, John Edward Lawson, Jason Jack Miller, and Stephanie Wytovich, plus coffee, tea, and sweets, compliments of the publisher
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
1:30 – 2:30 PM — Author Signings — John Locke, Will Murray, and Chet Williamson will be available for signings at our main entrance
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
Dealers’ Room
10:00 AM – 4:45 PM — Dealers Room Open to All
Author Readings — The New Fictioneers
10:20 – 10:55 AM — Popular Fiction from Seton Hill (introduced by Heidi Ruby Miller)
Readings by Jeremiah Dylan Cook, E. C. Skowronski, Sara Tantlinger, and Ralph Weld
11:00 – 11:55 AM — Dog Star Books Rapid-Fire Read & Sweet Sixteen Celebration (Publisher John Edward Lawson)
Readings by Matt Betts, J.L. Gribble, Heidi Ruby Miller, K. W. Taylor, Albert Wendland, and K. Ceres Wright, plus coffee, tea, and sweets, compliments of the publisher
12:30 – 1:05 PM — Flinch Fest, featuring John Bruening, author of The Midnight Guardian Series
1:10 – 1:45 PM — Roger Alford, author of The Black Spectre Series
1:50 – 2:25 PM — Sara Light-Waller, author of ANCHOR and LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS
2:30 – 3:05 PM — Christopher Ryan, author of Alex Simmon’s Blackjack and The Mallory and Gunner Series
Afternoon Programming
1:30 – 2:30 PM — Author Signings — Win Scott Eckert, Nicholas Parisi, and John Wooley will be available for signings at our main entrance
3:15 – 4:15 PM — Contemporary Pulp: Writing the New Pulp Fiction (featuring John Bruening, Christopher Paul Carey, and Will Murray, with William Patrick Maynard moderating)
4:15 – 4:45 PM — Auction Preview
Evening Programming
5:00 – 6:45 PM — PulpFest 2019 Group Meal
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 XIV: Farmer of the Pulps: A Harvest of Influences (panel, moderated by Paul Spiteri)
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)
Sunday, August 18
Dealers’ Room
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM — Dealers Room Open to All
(many dealers will be packing up; buying opportunities may be limited)
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New this week
"Evidence" by Gordon Young from ADVENTURE, 1st April, 1919
A California Gold Rush story. A man killed a woman's fiancee. She went away and became a casino card dealer knowing he would eventually end up there and she was stealing all his money through double dealing.
"Cop with Wings" by Bruno Fischer from MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, July, 1946
Sheridan resolved to do his duty as an officer, even if it cost him everything he held dear.
"The Voice from the Inner World" by A. Hyatt Verrill from AMAZING STORIES, July, 1927
Gigantic, cannibalistic women from a void inside the earth have built a flying sphere to hijack steamships for the purposes of eating the people on board as well as using the steel to build more spheres. The story is relayed to a sole scientist on the surface via radio waves by a survivor of an abducted ship.
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Light Novel Recommendations: An Introduction
Quick Reviews: Shadow Heart and A Thousand Li
Out Today: Queen of the Martian Catacombs
The Passing of Greatness
Bone Dungeon
EU Declares Project Gutenberg Terrorist Material, Demands Removal
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Oklahoma Winds - New!
ASTOUNDING - New!
Haunted Charlottesville
Hologram: The Abduction of Hui Chien Song
Rope On Fire
Sarah And Zoey
Westfarrow Island
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A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.
Elliot W. Chess – Fighter pilot, Author - New!
Link Roundup - May 2019
Eugene Cunningham on the value of action fiction
Windy City 2019 - photos
L.L. Foreman - Western Author
An interesting issue of Dime Western
| The Pulp Hermit by Tom Johnson - Now online!
Introducing New Pulp Author Teel James Glenn
Bronze Shadows
INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR KATE A. GANNON
Legion of Living Dead
New Pulp Author John French
Of Other Days And Other Spiders
New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais)
The Deadly Pick-Up
| 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.
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| Radio Archives
G-8 and His Battle Aces #69 Audiobook
Flight of the Death Battalion
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!
Across the lines in the hot hell of a madman’s mind grew the scourge that was to ravage the land and the sky! And so G-8 flies, that his comrades may live and that his country may endure!
They had no way of telling what lay before them, no sign of murder in the day or in the night as the Battle Aces sat talking in their Hangar. And then it came! — strange and ghastly, as though from another earth, and G-8 had no weapon other than his courage with which to fight!
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Author Robert J. Hogan wrote G-8 and His Battle Aces for ten years. What makes this accomplishment even more intriguing is that Hogan wrote every single adventure, all total 110 tales, of America’s Master Spy. This was rare in the Pulp industry, as long running series usually ended up having at least two authors, if not more, because writers had to be spelled from time to time or had other projects. Hogan, however, piloted G-8 through every single adventure.
Another interesting note about Hogan’s tenure with G-8 is that he wrote under his own name. Every adventure carried Robert J. Hogan as a byline. Long running series, such as Doc Savage or The Shadow, usually ran under a house name. This made it possible for other writers to step in at times and readers allegedly never be aware of the difference. Hogan, however, hammered out every tale, and this was while he wrote for other pulp magazines and even, for a short time, wrote the novel length The Mysterious Wu Fang stories. At one point, it was believed Robert J. Hogan was writing two million words a year for Pulp magazines.
Nick Santa Maria brings G-8, Nippy and Bull to thrilling life in their desperate struggle to defeat a murderous nemesis unlike anything they have ever before encountered in Flight of the Death Battalion. Originally published in the June, 1939 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces magazine.
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
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Regular price:
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His true face unknown, his identity forever buried in a secret government file, Secret Agent “X” came back from the dead to take on the sinister sadists and evil extortionists who prey on innocent Americans. A master of disguise who carries a non-lethal gas gun, “X” the unknown is backed by a cabal of wealthy citizens and is answerable only to the shadowy K-9 in Washington.
Across six thousand miles and spanning two continents an unseen hand moved living pawns over a chessboard of death. The stake was the life blood of a nation, the symbol—the Red Maggot—a fire to unholy ambition, the possession of which bound a man’s soul to the Devil. And Secret Agent “X”—man of a thousand faces and conqueror of kings of crime—found himself parried by the ageless weapons and black magic of the Far East.
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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.
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…..
Secret Agent “X” would pit himself against villains who were maestros of unbridled horror. Melodrama was the rule of the day. “X” plunged into maelstroms of raw bloodlust undreamed of by The Shadow and Doc Savage. His foes were truly depraved. Terrorists. Torturers. Arsonists. These were the tabloid master criminals our nameless hero hunted.
Follow the Man of a Thousand Faces as he confronts the menace of Curse of the Crimson Horde, ripped from the pages of Secret Agent “X” magazine, September 1938 and read with chilling intensity by Milton Bagby.
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
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| Radio Archives
Marty Quade Private Detective Audiobook Volume 1
by Gordon Dymowski, Chris Bell, Gene Moyers and Michael Black
Read by Paul Curtis
Now available!
The Return of Marty Quade
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 had 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.
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| 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.
Airship 27 Productions’ award Winning Art Director, Rob Davis, created the cover, which is our homage to that old classic pulp mag. Read with stirring excitement by Paul Curtis.
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MP3 digital download - $7.99
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Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.
The Lone Ranger rides again! Return with us to the old west, where one masked man and his faithful companion fought for justice. Four years after The Lone Ranger's broadcast debut, the popularity of the thrice-weekly radio series, prompted a short-lived series of pulp magazine stories. Trojan Publishing, which was also responsible for such pulp titles as Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective; Private Detective Stories and Spicy Detective Stories bought the magazine rights in 1937, and released the first issue of The Lone Ranger Magazine dated April 1937. After eight monthly issues, the final issue of the magazine was dated November 1937. The Lone Ranger returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
A Complete Novel
The Masked Rider’s Justice
Featuring the Hard Ridin’ — Fast Shootin’ Modern Robin Hood of the West — The Lone Ranger, His Wonder Horse “Silver” and Tonto
Dust Devils — Rip-Roarin’ Short Story
by Claude Rister
The 3-In-l Lawman — Rip-Roarin’ Short Story
by Lawrence A. Keating
The Marshal of Frozen Cat — Rip-Roarin’ Short Story
by Frank Kavanaugh
John Wesley Hardin — Special Feature
by Chuck Martin
Famous Frontier Fights — Special Feature
by Col. Jno. J. Boniface
Life On the Ranch — Department
Lone Ranger Stamp Page — Department
Chuck Wagon Chats — Department
The Magazine Club Contest — 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
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| RED SONJA: BIRTH OF THE SHE DEVIL #2 Arriving in comic shops July 10!
(Writer) Luke Lieberman (Art) Sergio Davila
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Sergio Davila
Cover C: Cosplay
The previously untold story of the early years of Red Sonja continues in Birth of the She-Devil #2! The stakes continue to grow as Sonja is thrust back into an uneasy alliance that combines elements of her past against deadly new Hyborian foe as a literal death cult seeks to enslave all those in their path!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION PRESS
POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS
By Robert E. Howard
Now available!
Get yours before it sells out!
The REH Foundation Press is proud to present Post Oaks and Sand Roughs & Other Autobiographical Writings. Outside of the boxing stories, whenever Robert E. Howard used the name “Costigan” the autobiographical implications weren’t far behind. This volume collects those “other” Costigan tales, including the title novel as well as the previously unpublished early draft. It also contains other items that reveal details about the people and places in Howard’s life, including the “Lost Plains” stories, items from The Junto, personal essays, and more, all restored to the original text, where available.
With the introductory material, this volume checks in at over 400 pages and will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 200 copies, each individually numbered.
Cover art by Jim & Ruth Keegan; edited and with notes by Rob Roehm;
Introduction and notes by Rusty Burke.
This collection made its debut at Howard Days 2019, in Cross Plains, Texas and began shipping shortly thereafter.
Order yours today!
Ordering information is available HERE.
Robert E. Howard Foundation Press
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| Rough Edges - Now online!
Forgotten Books: The Ranger Way - Eugene Cunningham - New!
The Digest Enthusiast, Book Ten - Richard Krauss, ed. - New!
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Dime Mystery Magazine, June 1934 - New!
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Trails, July 1942 - New!
Forgotten Novellas: Squadron of the Damned - David Wright O'Brien
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: 10-Story Detective Magazine, May 1943
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Pete Rice Magazine, June 1934
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Action Stories, January 1927
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: New Western, September 1952
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Thrilling Adventures, January 1935
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Cowboy Stories, June 1936
Forgotten Books: El Cazador - Chuck Dixon and Steve Epting
| THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #7 - Arriving in comic shops July 10!
Jim Zub (Writer) • Patrick Zircher (Art) • Cover By David Finch
Variant Cover by Marco Checchetto
Variant Cover by Philip Tan
HITHER CAME...CONAN THE GAMBLER?!
A chance violent encounter in Shadizar lands young CONAN a position as a bodyguard for a wealthy merchant. But a twist of fate will put Conan in the hot seat — and no choice but to play the hand he’s dealt in a deadly game of SERPENT’S BLUFF! Conan will rely on his sword — and his wits — while navigating the seedy underworld of “civilized” gambling while making sure he stays clear of the deadly “Debtors Lounge”! Magic, mystery and action abound when writer Jim Zub (CHAMPIONS, AVENGERS: NO ROAD HOME) joins forces with artist Patch Zircher (HULK; TERROR, INC.) for the first of a three-part epic — CONAN THE GAMBLER!
PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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| | The Serial Squadron
Now available for pre-order!
SPY SMASHER
Blu-Ray/DVD
EXTRA SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION
Featuring
KANE RICHMOND
as the famous Fawcett Comics Hero
MARGUERITE CHAPMAN
and HANS SCHUMM as The Mask
Directed by WILLIAM WITNEY
The fan-favorite serial in a new HD transfer by Dino Everett at the USC Hefner Moving Image Archive and restored by Eric Stedman of the Squadron, for the first time on 1440 x 1080 Blu-Ray. Really.
This is not the end-all greatest digital video version of SPY SMASHER which could ever possibly exist, what it is is a new HD digital transfer from the Squadron's 16mm print, with improved sharpness, motion and audio in comparison to the old 1990s VHS version. SPY SMASHER remains, however, one of the most exciting and masterfully directed and produced sound cliffhanger serials ever made and an action-adventure masterpiece--the second comic book hero movie ever made, and still, possibly, the best--and this version will be sharper and clearer than any version on video you have seen before.
This transfer is complete, splice-free and very good quality and suitable for viewing on large-screen TVs. It also contains fixes of some errors which were present in all past video versions & apparently in the 1942 Republic original. There is a little dust in some of the early chapter openings but no lines or scratches in the transfer at all; the picture quality is very good to excellent throughout, reflecting the quality of the print from which it was transferred.
Preorder SPY SMASHER now
for delivery later this month or early July.
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| | The Serial Squadron
Now available!
NEW BOOK
THE ADVENTURES OF
SPY SMASHER
IN THE COMICS AND THE MOVIES
A Serial Squadron
"Cliffhanger Companion" Book
Includes:
History of Spy Smasher
Spy Smasher in the Comics
Spy Smasher's Greatest Foes
Spy Smasher Comic Book Stories
The Story of the Serial
Chapter Summaries/Lobby Cards
Cast Biographies
Still Photos Gallery
Costumes/Props
Pressbook Ad Cuts
and
The complete 113 page restored dime action novel
Spy Smasher and the Red Death
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Silken Swords: An Informal Guide to the Women
in the Fiction of Robert E. Howard
by Fred Blosser
Now available!
Lethal Lovelies
Steel-thewed barbarians. Two-fisted adventurers. Cold-blooded sorcerers. These are the heroes and villains of Robert E. Howard. But it wasn't all testosterone and loincloths. In REH's worlds, the ladies were sometimes as deadly as the men.
REH scholar Fred Blosser provides an A-Z encyclopedia of every female character in Robert E. Howard's fiction, from Conan's Belit, Valeria, and Yasmela, to dozens of hags, harlots, and hussies, as well as the occasional demure damsel and distaff destroyer.
Blosser assigns each woman to an archetype: elder, maiden, servant, supernatural being, temptress, warrior, witch. Taken together, these archetypes encompass the feminine gamut not just of REH fiction but of sword-and-sorcery in general, and are a useful tool for further scholarship.
These ladies don't do the dishes.
Bob McLain (Editor)
Paperback: 174 pages
Publisher: Pulp Hero Press
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
$17.95
Amazon.com
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| SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!
Love Traffic by Gaston Lamond - New!
“Murder Mayhem” by Ray Stahl (aka: Bart Carson)
Murder Gets Around by Robert Sidney Bowen
Spider Pete by Claude Stewart
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth
| 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.
A Teller of Weird Tales at Normandy - New!
Problems in Science Fiction-No. 1
Miscellany No. 5
Miscellany No. 4
Miscellany No. 3
Miscellany No. 2
Miscellany No. 1
| | Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher R. Yates
(New publications to the list are in bold)
Now available!
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
Coming soon!
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
Height of the Storm: A Novel of Earth Prime, Aaron Rosenberg, Green Ronin Publishing, $15.99, August 20, 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 Nobody People: A Novel, Bob Proehl, Del Rey, $27.00, September 3, 2019
Harley Quinn: Mad Love, Paul Dini, Titan Books, $12.95, September 10, 2019
Psi Judge Anderson: Year Two, Danie Ware, Laurel Sills & Zina Hutton, Abaddon Books, $11.99, September 17, 2019
Venom: Lethal Protector, James R. Tuck, Titan Books, $8.99, September 24, 2019
Captain Marvel: Liberation Run, Tess Sharpe, Titan Books, $8.99, October 29, 2019
Batman: The Court of Owls, Greg Cox, Titan Books,$12.95, November 5, 2019
The Godhead [The God Wave Trilogy #3], Patrick Hemstreet, HarperCollins, $26.99, November 12, 2019
X-Men: The Mutant Empire Omnibus, Christopher Golden, Titan Books, $10.99, November 12, 2019
Avengers: Infinity, James A. Moore, Titan Books, $8.99, November 26, 2019
Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire, Melinda Snodgrass, Tor, $19.99, December 3, 2019
Wild Cards XXVIII: Joker Moon, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $29.99, December 12, 2019
Null Set [Cas Russell #2], S.L. Huang, Tor, $18.99, January 14, 2020]
X-Men and the Avengers: The Gamma Quest Omnibus, Greg Cox, Titan Books, $10.99, January 21, 2020
Critical Point [Cas Russell #3], S.L. Huang, Tor, $27.99, February 11, 2020
The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel, T.J. Martinson, Flatiron Books, $16.99, March 3, 2020
Wild Cards XXVI: Texas Hold’em, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $18.99, April 14, 2020
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| Weird Tales of Modernity:
The Ephemerality of the Ordinary in the Stories of Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and H. P. Lovecraft
Coming July 22!
Serious literary artists such as T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf loom large in most accounts of the literary art of the first half of the 20th century.
And yet, working in the shadows cast by these modernists were science fiction, horror, and fantasy writers like "the Weird Tales Three": H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard.
These three writers did not publish in artistically ambitious little magazines like The Dial, The Smart Set and The Little Review, but instead in commercial pulp magazines like Weird Tales.
Contrary to stereotypes about pulp fiction and those who wrote it, the Weird Tales Three were serious literary artists who used their fiction to speculate about philosophical questions, the function of art, and the brevity of life.
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: McFarland
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$39.95
Amazon.com McFarland
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Softcover edition now available at Amazon!
Prose
Tonight I Wear My Crimson Face, by Adrian Cole
The House of the Witches, by Darrell Schweitzer
The Bones, by Erica Ruppert
-The Idols of Xan, by Steve Dilks
Conjurings, by Marlane Quade Cook
Matriarch Unbound, by Glynn Owen Barrass
The Mouth at the Edge of the World, by Luke Walker
"An Autumn Settling", by Alistair Rey
I Know How You'll Die, by K.G. Anderson
Fair Shopping, by Jack Lee Taylor
Black Aggie, by Marina Favila
The Chroma of Home, by Arasibo Campeche
The Last Resort, by Dean MacAllister
The Crypt Beneath the Manse, by S. Subramanian
A Winter Reunion, by C.M. Muller
The Stravinsky Code, by Leonard Carpenter
She Talks to Me, by Matthew Masucci
Wings of Twilight, by L.F. Falconer
A Pantheon of Trash, by Thomas C. Mavroudis
Juliet's Moon, by D.C. Lozar
The Gargoyle's Wife, by Jean Graham
The Melting Man, by Justin Boote
Dead Waves, by Sean McCoy
The Proposal, by J.D. Brink
Dark Energy, by Kevin Hayman
Christmas at Castle Dracula, by S. L. Edwards
There Was Fire, by M. Ravenberg
Them, by Sharon Cullars
For Love of Lythea, by C. I. Kemp
Poetry
Beltane, by K.A. Opperman
Twin Hungers, by Scott J. Couturier
The Jackal, by Ashley Dioses
Our Family Ghost, by Joshua Gage
Le Gargoyle, by Russ Parkhurst"
Amazon.com Kindle Wildside Press: Softcover Wildside Press: eBook
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| Wild Adventures Update
By Will Murray
I thought it was time to update Wild Adventures readers on our upcoming projects.
The manuscript for Tarzan, Conquer of Mars, has been delivered to Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. for their approval.
This long-awaited adventure, which costars John Carter of Mars, will probably debut this fall. Joe DeVito will be doing the cover and expects to start painting in about a month.
I am now focusing on my next Spider novel, Fury in Steel. It's a followup and sequel to the well-received Doom Legion.
Will this be a another crossover? Probably not in the usual sense.
But we might see guest appearances by other Popular Publications pulp characters, such as the Suicide Squad. But no promises.
How the story flows will dictate the appropriateness of including other characters.
The Spider: Fury in Steel will be released in time for the holiday season.
On the Doc Savage front, we've had preliminary discussions about adding more new titles.
I've discovered more Lester Dent material that will make for great adventures, including a complete Doc Savage outline from 1935!
If this works out, I would like to write shorter Doc novels going forward.
We've published many epic adventures, but the material we've discovered better suits stories only slightly longer than the original Doc Savage adventures.
Of course, we're always interested in being guided by reader's preferences.
If you feel strongly about this topic, let us know how long or short do you think future Doc Savage adventures should be.
The Hunted Sky and The Sun Terror would be next.
I've been writing Sherlock Holmes short stories for Belanger Books and the MX Sherlock Holmes series of anthologies.
We're thinking of collecting a number of these in the volume called The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
This is probably more than a year away. We already have a Joe DeVito cover on hand.
And we have other projects in mind, but announcements on those must await clearances.
Thanks for all your support and encouragement!
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