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Adventure House
Coming soon!
High Adventure #168
WONDER STORIES SPECIAL ISSUE
The Time Annihilator by Edgar Manley and Walter Thode
In a stirring chase through time they saw the race destroyed. but
they were powerless in the grip of the destroyer.
The House in the Clouds by Ulf Hermann
The Invulnerable Scourge by John S. Campbell
Lords of the Deep by Henry F. Kirkham
Hornets of Space by R.F. Starzl
Tubby—Time Traveler by Ray Cummings
Martian Heritage by Barry Cord
Cover Artist: Frank R. Paul
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Age of Aces
Now available!
Through the dark night sky, streaking swiftly with their Hisso engines
thundering, is the greatest trio of aces on the Western Front—the famous
and inseparable “Three Mosquitoes,” the mightiest flying combination that
had ever blazed its way through overwhelming odds and laughed to tell of
it! At point was Captain Kirby, impetuous young leader of the great trio;
on his right was little Lieutenant “Shorty” Carn, the mild-eyed, corpulent
little Mosquito and lanky Lieutenant Travis, eldest and wisest of the Mosquitoes
on his left! Flying in a V formation through four exciting hell-bent tales
from the pages of Popular Publication’s Battle Aces.
Stories Include: The X-Gun Flight (Jan 32), The Iron Ace (Feb 32), The Flying
Dreadnought (Jun 32), The 20-Ace Patrol (Jul 32). All illustrated by John
Fleming Gould
Captain Philip Strange is back in eight more weird WWI stories spanning
the run of the series in the penultimate volume of this series. A mental
marvel from birth, who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange
is now known as “The Phantom Ace of G-2? by the Allies during WWI and the
verdamntBrain-Devil by the Boche. Just when you thought there were no more
ways to die in war, the Germans come up with some even more gruesome ways!
if you’re not just being incinerated by the sun’s ray focused through enormous
lenses, you’re being gassed with a horribly disfiguring plague; drowned in
a sea of blood or injected with a serum that turns you into a hyped up fighting
hellion until you keel over dead; maybe you’ll be lucky and just have your
own munitions blow up your entire outfit, or simply have your head chopped
off and mounted on some psychotic ace’s wings. Thankfully, we have have Captain
Philip Strange on our side to stop them in eight of his strangest cases yet
from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
Stories Include: The Code of K-14 (Feb 32), The Masked Marauders (Mar 33),
The Sky Torch (Apr 33), Marauders Without Mercy (Oct 33), Legion of the Lost
(Aug 34), Valley of Vengeance (Jun 35), Fokkers of the Red Fog (Aug 37),
Headsman Strafe (Feb 38).
Age of Aces
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Altus Press / Steeger Books: Pulp
Blog - Now online!
Farewell Altus Press, Hello Steeger Books
Announcing the new Altus Press releases premiering at Pulpfest
2019
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
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Altus Press / Steeger
Books
Now
available!
We’re releasing two Popular Publications Hero Pulp titles every other week,
and that’s on top of our other forthcoming pulp titles!
Yes, we’ve been busy preparing a few million words of pulp prose for release,
and it continues with these new releases.
Domestic orders of $35 of softcovers gives you free shipping. So what's
the hold-up? Order now from steegerbooks.com.
The Spider #17: The Pain Emperor
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge
In a hundred thousand homes, families sat down together at the supper table.
A few hours later, those persons were dead—killed by poison in canned foods!
Thousands of women used cosmetics, and acid made their faces forever hideously
scarred. A master criminal, daring and clever, was ruthlessly slaughtering
Americans to win immense illicit profits for himself. Only one man was powerful
enough and wise enough to stop this wholesale murder—Richard Wentworth, champion
of oppressed humanity, better known as the Spider. And the Spider was engaged
in the bitterest battle of his career, fighting the Avenger, a false, wily
crusader who was determined to destroy him!
$13.95 softcover
Operator 5 #9: Legions of Starvation
By Curtis Steele, Frederick C. Davis, John Fleming Gould, John Newton Howitt
Speeding through the silent blackness of the night, a long freight-train
was laden with a cargo more precious than fine gold—wheat! Then suddenly,
the hirelings of Apocryphos unleashed red destruction, and the great machine
lay wrecked, its cars of priceless grain afire… Another blow in the ruthless
campaign that was driving a proud people, whimpering, to slavery—overwhelmed
by the cruel pangs of hunger! The four horsemen of the Apocalypse, thundered
sharp-hoofed over the sterile reaches of a famine-wasted continent, while
only one man—Operator 5—realized the ghastly extent of the diabolical plot.
And only he—America’s undercover ace—could hope to bring the canny schemer
to the justice he deserved—death!
$13.95 softcover
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Altus Press / Steeger
Books
Joseph T. Shaw:
The Man Behind Black Mask
by Milton Shaw
Coming
in late November!
Joseph T. “Cap” Shaw enjoyed several distinguished careers—military man
and champion fencer, among them—before he assumed the editorial chair of
the most significant fiction magazine since The Strand gave the world the
immortal Sherlock Holmes.
Between 1926 and 1936, Shaw edited Black Mask magazine. The pioneering first
stories of Carroll John Daly and Dashiell Hammett had just begun to appear
in its pages. Shaw recognized in their hard-boiled treatment of the American
crime story the potential for a new literary school. Working closely with
his hand-picked writers, he pulled the magazine back from the brink of cancellation,
and transformed the staid detective story into a vigorous and modern genre,
discovering and championing important inheritors of this new tradition, among
them, Raymond Chandler.
But there is more to Joe Shaw than his editorial career. Here, in the first
biography ever written of this editorial giant, his son relates the full
fascinating story of the man behind the revolutionary editorial persona….
318 pages | $19.95 softcover
| $29.95 hardcover
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in January!
CARSON OF VENUS: REALM OF DEAD #1
(Writer) Mike Wolfer (Art) Vincenzo Carratu, Mike Wolfer (Cover)
Vincenzo Carratu
Carson Napier's adventures on the planet Venus take a terrifying turn in
this all-new mini-series! Picking up where the "Fear on Four Worlds" story
ended, Carson finds himself alone in the jungles of Amtor, where he embarks
on a single-man crusade to rescue his beloved Duare, who has been kidnapped
by the villainous Skor. But Skor is not alone... He is the self-appointed
ruler of a city of reanimated corpses! It's one of Edgar Rice Burroughs'
most iconic heroes in an action-packed flight into the very realm of the
dead!. Carson of Venus: Realm of the Dead #1 is available with three covers
- Main by Vincenzo Carratu, Variant by Mike Wolfer, and a limited edition
1 in 350 Pulp cover, also by Carratu.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 (Carratu cover), On sale
January 29!
Full Color, 32 pages, $4.99 (Wolfer cover),
On sale January 29!
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99 (Carratu Pulp Limited
edition), On sale January 29!
CARSN OF VENUS: REALM OF THE DEAD
#1 is solicited in the
November PREVIEWS (Available
October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191393 (Carratu cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191394 (Wolfer cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191395 (Carratu Pulp Limited cover).
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in February!
AM ARCHIVES ZORRO 1958 DELL FOUR COLOR #882
(Writer) Various (Art) Alex Toth
Revisit another historic issue in the AM Archives line with a beautiful
representation of Dell's Four Color Comics #882 from over 60 years ago! Alex
Toth's incredible Zorro illustrations are unrivaled to this date and we present
two of the Masked Avenger's first comic book stories here. In "Presenting
Senior Zorro" Don Diego returns home from Spain to fight Monastario and free
a local landowner from prison. And in "Zorro's Secret Passage" the captain
tries desperately to learn the identity of Zorro while arresting an innocent
man. Discover timeless adventure with one of the most recognizable heroes
in the world! AM Archives Zorro 1958 Dell Four Color #882 is available with
two covers - Main Facsimile Cvr and a 350 Copy Limited Edition B&W TV
Photo Cvr!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale January 29!
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99 (Limited edition), On
sale January 29!
AM ARCHIVES ZORRO 1958 DELL FOUR
COLOR #882 is solicited
in the November PREVIEWS
(Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191414 (Wolfer cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191415
(Wolfer Limited pulp cover).
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Antarctic Press
Coming
in February!
JUNGLE COMICS #3 (OF 4)
(Writer) Chuck Dixon & Various (Art) Ben Dunn, Hannu Kesola (Covers)
John Rhodes; Will Meugniot
80th Anniversary Issue! For this Jungle Comics landmark, we've got
a four-course feast of tangled tales! Jojo and Rhula combat invading
poachers who have unwittingly awakened a sinister force in "Jungle Heat".
Shanna the Firehair must find the will to fight her own father, possessed
by an evil alien entity. The survivors of a plane crash on "Hidden
Island" must handle encountering prehistoric beasts. And an explorer,
the lone survivor of a jungle plane crash, saves a local princess and is
taken to her village, where something sinister appears to be afoot!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 (Rhodes cover), On sale
January 29!
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99 (Meugniot edition),
On sale January 29!
JUNGLE COMICS #3 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191459 (Rhodes cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191460 (Meugniot cover).
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Antarctic Press
Coming
in February!
PLANET COMICS #1
(Writer) Sean Russell & Various (Art) Mike Vosburg & Various
Just in time for its 80th anniversary, Planet Comics is blasting
off once again, with a trinary system of stellar stories to celebrate!
Sean Russell and legendary comics artist Mike Vosburg deliver the derring-do
of Spurt Hammond: Planet Flyer as he strives to save a stranded princess
from a pursuing beast. Mark Fenton and Brian Roger show what happens
when a malfunction occurs at an orbital prison housing highly dangerous criminals,
threatening the world below. And Spike Jarrell brings us the return
of classic spacefaring adventurer Captain Future!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale January 29!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 (Meugniot edition),
On sale January 29!
PLANET COMICS #1 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191461 .
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191462 (Meugniot cover).
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Sanctum Books HALLOWEEN WAREHOUSE SALE
OFFER
EXPIRES MIDNIGHT, October 31, 2019
Any 25 in-print Sanctum Books:
1/3 off list price (plus $15 shipping)
Any 50 in-print Sanctum Books: 40% off list price (plus $25 shipping)
Any 100 in-print Sanctum Books: 50% off list price (HALF PRICE plus $50
shipping)
Available volumes: THE SHADOW #1-28, 30-144, SHADOW ANNUALS #1 & 2 DOC
SAVAGE pulp cover editions 1-81, 83-87DOC SAVAGE Bama variants #2, 14, 17,
18, 22, 36, 42, 45, 46, 48, 60, 62, 80, 82 & 86THE AVENGER #2-12BLACK
BAT #1-9CAP FURY #1NICK CARTER #1-3PHANTOM DETECTIVE #1 & 2THE WHISPERER
#1-7
List price $12.95: THE SHADOW #1-28, 30-37; DOC SAVAGE pulp cover editions
#1-36; AVENGER 2 & 3, WHISPERER #1-3;List price $14.95: THE SHADOW #38-99,
102-144, ANNUAL #1; DOC SAVAGE #37-81, 83-87; AVENGER 4-12; BLACK BAT 1-9;
CAP FURY #1; NICK CARTER #1-3; PHANTOM DETECTIVE #1 & 2; WHISPERER #4-7;List
price $15.95: THE SHADOW #100 & 101List price $19.95: THE SHADOW ANNUAL
#2
EMAIL QUESTIONS AND ORDERS TO:
sanctumotr@earthlink.net
Mail checks or money orders to:
Sanctum Books; P.O. Box 761474; San Antonio, TX 7824501474 or Paypal to:
sanctumotr@earthlink.net
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now
available!
THE
SHADOW Volume 145: “The Crime Cult” & “The Taiwan Joss”
The Master of Darkness investigates mysteries from the mystic East
in exotic pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant."
First, grotesque murder marks left on the foreheads of victims set The Shadow
on the trail of Charn and his deadly “Crime Cult.” Then, hidden messages
from an abducted newspaper columnist lead the shadowy Ying Ko to modern-day
pirates and “The Taiwan Joss." BONUS: The Whisperer investigates "The Ghost
of Lin San Fu." This collector’s special showcases the classic color covers
by George Rozen and Modest Stein and the original interior illustrations
by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray and
Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-263-6 Softcover, 7x10,
112 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At
the printer and coming soon!
THE SHADOW Volume 146: “The
Crime Oracle” and “Murder by Moonlight” - Haunted Horror Special!
The Dark Avenger proves that “crime does not pay" in bone-chilling
pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, “The Crime
Oracle,” a gruesome, disembodied head, dictates instructions for perfect
crimes in a bizarre pulp thriller! Then, monstrous murders occur under a
blood-red moon, and Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane must visit a strange sanitarium
to uncover the deadly secrets lurking behind “Murder by Moonlight.” BONUS:
A classic Shadow thriller from the Golden Age of Radio! This instant collectors
item leads of with one of George Rozen’s most lurid paintings and also showcases
the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban and historical
commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-264-3
Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in December!
Coming to comic shops January 15!
THE
SHADOW Volume 148: “The Isle of Doubt," "Murder Town" & "Fountain
of Death”
EXTRA-LENGTH TRIPLE-NOVEL SPECIAL!
The Master Avenger crushes crime in classic pulp novels by Walter
B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, A Mississippi River “Isle of
Doubt” conceals crooks and their ill-gotten wealth, until The Shadow’s justice
proves to be as inevitable as the flow of the mighty river itself! Then,
the specter of death rises over a thriving community, transforming it into
a “Murder Town.” Finally, the restorative waters of Sapphire Springs are
claimed to have fabulous curative properties, but could conceal an evil “Fountain
of Death." This collectors special features the original pulp covers by George
Rozen and Modest Stein and interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul
Orban, with new commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-266-7 Softcover, 7x10, 160 pages, B&W, $19.95
THE
SHADOW VOLUME 148 is solicited
in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191859.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in December!
Coming to comic shops January 29!
THE
SHADOW Volume 149: "Murder by Magic," "Crime Out of Mind,” "The
Freak Show Murders” & “Svengali Kill”
FOUR-NOVEL MAGIC SPECTACULAR!
The Knight of Darkness investigates magic-based crimes in FOUR thrilling
pulp tales by Walter B. Gibson and Bruce Elliott writing as “Maxwell Grant."
First, The Shadow infiltrates the world of illusion and legerdemain when
professional magician’s props are utilized to commit “Murder by Magic.” And
a nightclub mind reader sees and tells all, but Kent Allard suspects the
mentalist’s visions are being used to commit “Crime Out of Mind”? Then The
Shadow follows a traveling carnival’s trail of death to uncover the bizarre
secret behind “The Freak Show Murders.” Finally, is a stage hypnotist responsible
when a subject commits suicide before a theater full of witnesses? Only The
Shadow knows! This instant collectors item leads off with a striking cover
painting by illustrator Charles Coll and also showcases the original digest
covers by Modest Stein and interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical
commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-268-1
Softcover, 7x10, 176 pages, B&W, $19.95
THE
SHADOW VOLUME 149 is solicited
in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191860.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Art's Reviews Podcasts!
- Now online!
Nothing new this week.
Past
episodes:
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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Beb Books
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
BLOOD 'N' THUNDER VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2
Now accepting pre-orders!
The first copies will begin shipping
November 1st!
The second issue of the revived Blood 'n' Thunder opens with a special
section devoted to Jimmie Dale, alias the Gray Seal, Frank L. Packard's World
War I-vintage protagonist whose adventures in Street & Smith's People's
Magazine presaged the Depression-era hero-pulp phenomenon. Award-winning
writer, editor, documentarian, and pop-culture historian Don Hutchison makes
his first appearance in BnT with "Death to the Gray Seal!", an overview of
the legendary character. Then editor Ed Hulse offers "The Celluloid 'Seal',"
which recounts Jimmie Dale's brief but tumultuous history on film.
Novelist and pulp historian Will Murray is back with "The Spicy Mrs. Schwartz,"
another of his fascinating examples of literary detective work. This time
Will trains his attention on one of Spicy Detective's most unlikely contributors.
BnT presents a long-forgotten short story by Richard Sale, prolific fictioneer
who eventually became a Hollywood hyphenate (writer-producer-director) but
is best known for his detective yarns in the Munsey pulps. Sale's 1935 "Mellow
Drama" is a clever send-up of rough-paper magazines in general and hero pulps
in particular.
The making of Republic Pictures' episodic epic Spy Smasher (1942), based
on the popular Fawcett Publication comic book and still considered one of
the finest chapter plays ever, is fully documented in Ed Hulse's "Anatomy
of a Serial," which presents material gleaned from Republic studio files
and first-hand interviews with selected cast and crew members. This 8000-word
essay chronicles production from the 1941 licensing of screen rights to the
efforts of exhibitors to promote the serial while it was in release. Nothing
like it has ever been written by the form's historians.
That relentless researcher of all things Old Time Radio, Karl Schadow, contributes
"Avenger Addendum," a brief article that supplements last issue's piece on
the 1941 series that adapted Street & Smith's character The Avenger.
The latest BnT also includes reviews and reference material sure to be of
interest to pulp-fiction aficionados. And, as always, the magazine is profusely
illustrated.
First copies ship from the plant late next week. Order yours today at Murania
Press » Blood ‘n’ Thunder, Second Series, Number Two.
#2, Second Series
92 pages, paperback, 7x10
Price: $9.95
PURCHASE
PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO U.S. BUYERS. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS.
Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Now
available!
The 2019 edition of Lone Pine and the Movies, like its recent predecessors,
chronicles the history of Western-movie production. Its cover story examines
the wave of 1939 hits that brought big-budget “A” Westerns back to box-office
prominence, with behind-the-scenes information on the making of Stagecoach,
Dodge City, Jesse James, Union Pacific, and others released during Hollywood’s
greatest year. Prolific “B”-Western director George Sherman, who began his
40-year career with two inexpensive horse operas shot partially at Lone Pine,
is profiled with a detailed survey of his dozens of Westerns made for Republic
Pictures. “The Lovely Ladies of Lone Pine” covers three favorite actresses
whose careers are inextricably linked to the area: Beth Marion, Grace Bradley
Boyd (Mrs. Hopalong Cassidy), and the late Peggy Stewart, a favorite guest
at Lone Pine Film Festivals, who passed away earlier in 2019.
“RevisitingFrontier Days” not only takes a detailed look at this favorite
1934 “B”-Western but tells the entire story of its star, Bill Cody, a marginal
figure who built a career on Hollywood’s Poverty Row and made a precarious
living on the fringes of the film industry. A Don Kelsen photo essay matches
present-day pictures of Frontier Days locations with frame captures from
the original film. Finally, this issue contains a special section, “The Man
Who Loved Westerns,” devoted to the late Packy Smith, who organized the very
first film festival devoted entirely to his favorite genre—and who, many
years later, was instrumental in getting the Lone Pine Film Festival up and
running. Packy, who died in late 2018, is remembered by some of his closest
friends and fellow movie buffs.
Introduction by Ed Hulse
136 pages, 8x10, trade paperback
Price: $12.95
PURCHASE
PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO U.S. BUYERS. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS.
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
FORGOTTEN
CLASSICS OF PULP FICTION, SECOND SERIES!
Coming soon!
Murania Press is proud to announce that, owing to the success of
its recent “Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction” reprint line, a second series
of ten books will be published soon.
The intent is to have the next ten volumes ready for Christmas-season gift
purchases, although we’re making no hard and fast promises along that line.
As with the first series, released this past summer, individual books will
be priced at $15.95 (postage included in the U.S.) but the entire set will
sell for $100.
Like the earlier “Forgotten Classics” volumes, this second set offers considerable
variety as to tone, genre, setting, and time period. In coming weeks we will
have more to say about the new additions, but for now here are the titles,
listed alphabetically by author:
1. H. Bedford-Jones, Blood, Amber and Jade. Action and intrigue in the Far
East with Jim Hanecy, dealer in rare Oriental jewels and artifacts, and his
daring associates.
2. Max Brand, The Sword Lover. The overlooked but excellent second novel
by this specialist in Westerns is a swashbuckling adventure yarn set in 18th-century
England.
3. J. Allan Dunn, The Island. The sequel to Barehanded Castaways is a rousing
adventure in its own right and an eminently worthy continuation of Dunn’s
original narrative.
4. Clarence E. Mulford, Black Buttes. Almost certainly this author’s best
novel not featuring Hopalong Cassidy. Its protagonist spends years combing
the West for his sister’s despoiler and becomes involved in a frontier murder
mystery.
5. Roy Norton, The Glyphs. After deciphering ancient Mayan hieroglyphs,
an eccentric archeologist, a soldier of fortune, and an English sportsman
head to Nicaragua in search of a lost city that houses tremendous wealth.
6. Randall Parrish, The Strange Case of Cavendish. A baffling mystery that
begins with murder in New York City and the victim’s disappearance, with
the only clues directing an intrepid female reporter to the contemporary
West.
7. Perley Poore Sheehan, The Copper Princess. The mummy of an ancient Peruvian
princess is scientifically revived in early 20th-century New York, and her
resuscitation has terrifying ramifications for a curious antropologist.
8. Francis Stevens, Serapion. Combining elements of fantasy, science fiction,
and psychological horror, this spine-chilling tale chronicles the efforts
of a malevolent spirit to dominate a weak man and his hapless associates.
9. Edgar Wallace, Blind Men. Mysterious events, culminating in murder, seem
to have their origins in and around the London headquarters of a charity
for the blind. Original pulp-magazine version of a novel later revised and
published in book form (and brought to the screen) as Dark Eyes of London.10.
Gordon Young, Hurricane Williams’ Vengeance. The best of this author’s Hurricane
Williams novels, a South Seas adventure with an unforgettable climax.
10. Gordon Young, Hurricane Williams’ Vengeance. The best of this author’s
Hurricane Williams novels, a South Seas adventure with an unforgettable climax.
Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
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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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
Coming Soon: The Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction, Second
Series!
Lone Pine and the Movies
The BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER Revival Will Continue!
Permanent Price Reduction for “Forgotten Classics” 10-book
set
PulpFest 2019 Report
My Incredibly Busy April, #2: The Windy City Pulp and Paper
Convention
Slight Delay in Our Release of the “Forgotten Classics”
Collection
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Bold Venture Press
Edited by R. Allen Leider
(Available in eBook format)
Illustrated by Ed Coutts, design by Rich Harvey
Awesome Tales #11 presents four stories of scintillating science fiction!
All the world — indeed, the galaxy! — knows of Tom Corbett: Space Cadet
and his heroic deeds across the heavens. Aboard the Polaris, a sturdy spaceship,
his loyal, intrepid crew is ready to face danger and maintain the peaceful
status quo of the universe — for all mankind! Tom Corbett’s secret mission
leads to unknown danger light years from Earth in "Mystery Mission to Kepler
186f" by R. Allen Leider.
• "Ask Not for Whom the
Planet Tolls" by Patrick Thomas — The Startenders are called to duty when
one planetary system after another dies by the marauding hands
of the Grim Reaper.
• A child’s nightmares
warn of a deadly future in "A Voice in the Dark" by Sandra Lee Rauenzahn
• Agent Archer blasts
off for action When the Insectoids stalk hapless space travelers in "Rogue
Planet" by DJ Tyrer.
Format: Softcover
Pages: 86
Dimensions: 7" x 10"
$6.00
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Bold Venture Press
Tales of Zorro's Old California
(Available in eBook edition)
In the early 1800s, California — with its warmth, its romance, its peaceful
beauties — was still under Spanish rule. While the legend of Zorro grew,
stirring the hearts of Californians, this sprawling state was a land of opportunity
and adventure — and, oft-times, great danger.
Black Grandee
Down the King’s High Road he came, swift and unsuspected as the evil he
would do, bearing the warrant of the Crown for the vengeance that spurred
him on.
Satan's Caballero —an additional short story of Old California!
Honor demanded that Don Fernando challenge Marcos Coudillo, but his own
death warrant would be written the next time he crossed blades with any man!
Cover by Francisco Silva
Softcover: $14.95
Hardcover: $29.95
Pages: 194
Dimensions: 6" x 9"
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Bold Venture Press
(Available in eBook edition)
Kit Carson (1809 – 1868) was a real-life pulp hero in his own manner, an
American frontiersman who braved all manner of danger as he carved out a
place in history, opening the western states to all America. He was a fur
trapper and wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. Few people
described pulp protagonists, real and fictional, as well as H. Bedford-Jones
(1887-1949), referred to by his contemporaries as "the King of the Pulps".
Originally published in 1941 in the Toronto Star Weekly, and never before
reprinted, Young Kit Carson is a he-man adventure of the American frontier,
high in the Rocky Mountains. Carson battles to maintain peaceful relations
between the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes, while maintaining order among the
fur-trappers competing for precious pelts.
Bold Venture Press presents this forgotten pulp classic through arrangement
with Camille “Caz” Cazedessus, publisher of Pulpdom, the legendary journal
documenting pulp fiction history prior to 1931.
This book will be available November 2nd, 2019
— debuting at the annual Pulp Adventurecon in Bordentown, NJ.
50 tables of pulp magazines, golden age comic books, movie memorabilia,
vintage paperbacks, and more!
See the Pulp Adventurecon webpage for more information.
Softcover: $12.95
Hardcover: $24.95
Pages: 162
Dimensions: 6" x 9"
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Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!
Issue 11 Is Live!
Pulp Consumption: Tough 2 (Crime Stories)
Pulp Appeal: Penny Dreadful
Pulp Appeal: Storyhack #3
Issue 10 is Live!
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!
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THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #84 is now available and recommended!
Front Cover: Bob larkin
"Scattered Covers" by Chuck Welch
"A Bob Larkin Retrospective" by Courtney Rogers
"The Doc Savage Comics Guide" by Philip Schweier
"The Savage Society of Bronze Remembered" by Jennifer DiGiacomo
"The Cover That Could Have been" by Julián
Puga
"The Power of Gold" by Dafyyd Neal Dyar
"The True Origin of Capt. Gideon Argo" by Tony Simmons
"Fifty Years later" by Will Murray
Back Cover: Alvaro Fernandois
Everything, new and old, is beautifully designed by Kez Wilson.
You can order available single issues at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/back-issues/
Subscribe for 2019 (Issues 84 and 85) at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/subscribe/
$25.00 USA
$35.00 Canada (US Dollars)
$40.00 International
(Prices Include Postage)
Click HERE
to subscribe!
Click HERE
for available back issues!
Coming
soon!
Dare Devlin: Stormbirds
by Dafyyd Neal Dyar
The Bronze
Gazette
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CAPTAIN FUTURE RETURNS!
Coming in November!
Allen Steele has announced
that he will soon be continuing the adventures of Captain
Future.
From Allen
Steele's announcement:
This fall Experimenter
Publishing, the publisher of AMAZING STORIES, will be launching EDMOND HAMILTON'S
CAPTAIN FUTURE as a paperback/ebook series called "Amazing Stories Selects."
The first issue, scheduled for release in November, will feature "Captain
Future in Love", the long novella that ran as a two-part serial in AMAZING
last year; it will also include an essay about the history of Captain Future
and how and why I reinvented this classic SF character. This will kick off
a four-part story cycle, "The Return of Ul Quorn", that will run for the
next three issues; the second installment, "The Guns of Pluto", is now being
written, and we're aiming to publish it early next year.
As I've said a couple of years ago when my first CF novel, AVENGERS
OF THE MOON, was published by Tor, although my take on the character is derived
from Edmond Hamilton's novels of the 1940's, this ain't your grandpa's Captain
Future. Authorized by the Hamilton estate, this is an updated and revised
version of the original pulp series. For example, feast your eyes on Curt
Newton's ship, the "Comet II". Rob Caswell, the illustrator, and I put a
lot of time and thought into designing a plausible new version of this classic
ship ... and this is just a preview of things to come.
As things come together, AMAZING and I will release more info about
EHCF, including where and how to purchase single issues and subscriptions.
If you're a fan of high adventure and space opera in the grand tradition,
we think you'll like this. Stay tuned.
Experimenter Publishing
Allen Steele
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Castalia House Blog - Now online!
Sensor Sweep: E. C. Tubb, Bernie Wrightson, The Professionals
- New!
Sensor Sweep: 10/14/2019
Sensor Sweep: 10/7/2019
Sensor Sweep: 9/30/2019
Sensor Sweep: 9/23/2019
Sensor Sweep: U.K Modules, Chernobyl game, Max Brand
Sensor Sweep: Tolkien’s Letters, Taghri’s Prize, Kardios
of Atlantis
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #10 -
Arriving in comic shops October 30!
Jason Aaron (Writer)
Mahmud Asrar (Art)
Esad Ribic (Cover)
Steve McNiven (Variant Cover)
THE STORY YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D SEE – THE DEATH OF CONAN!
It’s all been leading to this!
The thief, the reaver, the slayer – CONAN meets his ultimate fate at the
hands of the CRIMSON WITCH!
But what lies beyond?
And find out the secret history of the Crimson Witch and her mysterious
underlings!
Plus: The next chapter in the all-new novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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SAVAGE AVENGERS ANNUAL #1-
Arriving in comic shops October 30!
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Ron Garney (Art)
Cover by Mike Deodato Jr.
Variant cover by Ron Garney
A barbarian walks into a brothel and thus begins another adventure
in the life of Conan of Cimmeria. Human traffickers finally meet an immovable
human. Black Widow is drawn into the intrigue by following the trail of bodies
left by Kulan Gath’s henchman, and a last prayer from one of the trafficked
women summons an unexpected angel, the Son Of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom.
It’s the Marvel team-up you didn’t know you needed until now. Pre-order Savage
Avengers Annual # 1 or go to hell.
Full Color, 48 pages, $4.99
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CONAN: SERPENT WAR #3 - Coming
in January!
Jim Zub (Writer)
Ig Guarra & Vanessa Del Rey (Art)
Carlos Pacheco (Cover)
THE LAST STAND OF CONAN, DARK AGNES, SOLOMON KANE & MOON KNIGHT!
• CONAN and DARK AGNES face off against the servants of SET in STYGIA!
• SOLOMON KANE and MOON KNIGHT encounter a bizarre relic – but will it aid
their quest, or doom their compatriots?
• And what deadly secret lurks in the mind of JAMES ALLISON?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale January 8.
CONAN: SERPENT WAR #3 is solicited in the
November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV190929.
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CONAN: SERPENT WAR #4 - Coming
in January!
Jim Zub (Writer)
Luca Pizzari & Vanessa Del Rey (Art)
Carlos Pacheco (Cover)
• At last - AGNES, KANE, and MOON KNIGHT join CONAN in the Hyborian
Age for the final showdown between SET, the WYRM, and…KHONSHU?!
• JAMES ALLISON brought them together, but will KHONSHU tear them apart?
• The thrilling conclusion to the ages-spanning saga that will have ramifications
on the future of the assembled cast!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale January
22.
CONAN: SERPENT WAR #4 is solicited in the
November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV190933.
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SAVAGE AVENGERS #9 (Featuring Conan) - Coming in January!
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Patch Zircher (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano
The Quest to Kill Kulan Gath Part 1
Folks, we won’t mince words. Kulan Gath has got to go. If Conan The Barbarian,
Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom can’t do it, then it can’t be done. Plus,
what is the fate of Kulan Gath’s guest, Doctor Voodoo?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale January
15.
SAVAGE AVENGERS #9 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV190873.
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THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS
OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 - Coming in May!
Written by Roy Thomas with Christy Marx
Penciled by John Buscema, Ernie Chan & Sal Buscema with Frank Brunner,
Gene Colon & Carmine Infantino
Covers by Ryan Brown and Earl Norem
Writer Roy Thomas and Conan artist supreme, John Buscema, are joined by
a host of top-tier visual talents—Frank Brunner, Gene Colan, Sal Buscema,
Ernie Chan and Carmine Infantino—to tell Conan’s most savage tales.
This volume’s stories range from the young Cimmerian’s exploits as a mercenary
to his latter days as king of Aquilonia in the iconic “Scarlet Citadel.”
Anchoring it is Thomas and Buscema’s 160-page adaptation of Conan the Buccaneer.
It’s a high-seas masterpieces that entangles Conan, a vile pirate and a beautiful
princess with the forces of Thoth-Amon.
Also featuring pinups galore, an exhaustive dictionary of Hyborian era names
and places, and the stunningly painted, full-color masterpiece, “The Trail
of the Bloodstained God.”
Collecting SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #29-44 and MARVEL COMICS SUPER SPECIAL
(1977) #9.
Hardcover, B&W & Full Color, 944 pages, $125.00, On sale
May 20.
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL
MARVEL YEARS VOLUME 3 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV190954 (Regular Edition).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV190955 (Direct Market Edition).
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AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA TPB - Coming in February!
Meredith Finch (Writer)
Aneke (Art)
Jay Anacleto (Cover)
She seeks truth — and revenge! Journey into the Hyborian Age with
the hero from the classic Conan tale “Red Nails” in a story set before that
fan-favorite tale! Before Robert E. Howard’s Valeria became a pirate and
mercenary — before she crossed paths with Conan and the Red Brotherhood —
Valeria was a young woman from Aquilonia seeking justice for a crime gone
unpunished. But as she makes her way in the cruel Hyborian world, proving
herself against those who doubt her abilities, she will find more than she
bargained for in her thirst for vengeance! Valeria’s deadly fighting skills
will be put to the test, and her trust will be shaken, as she hunts her brother’s
killer — and comes into her own as a force to be reckoned with! Collecting
AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA #1-5.
Trade paperback, Full Color, 112 pages, $15.99, On
sale February 12.
AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA TPB is solicited in the
November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV190976.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery,
Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Pulp Gallery: SPICY MYSTERY - New!
TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET Comic Strip - Week 17 (THE END)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: DOC SAVAGE
TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET Comic Strip - Week 16 (1951)
Forgotten Stories: "Alone" by FREDERICK NEBEL (1926)
Pulp Gallery: DIME DETECTIVE
More Movie Posters of 1928
TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET Comic Strip - Week 15 (1951)
Forgotten Autobiographies: ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM (1941)
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DEJAH THORIS #2 - Coming in January!
(Writer) Dan Abnett (Art) Vasco
Georgiev
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Amanda Conner
Cover C: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover D: Erica Henderson
Cover E: Cosplay
The epic reimagining of the world of Barsoom continues, from the minds of
DAN ABNETT (Guardians of The Galaxy) and VASCO GEORGIEV (Xena Warrior Princess).
The once-powerful Dejah Thoris is an outcast, her dynasty has been practically
wiped out. Yet her family survives and are determined to uncover the mysterious
reasons for Barsoom’s worldwide dangers. But the powerful Jeddak would rather
Dejah’s entire family be…removed…
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale
January 15.
DEJAH THORIS #2 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191095 (Parrillo cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191096 (Linsner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191097 (Hughes cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191098
(Tucci cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191099 (Cosplay cover).
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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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Broadswords and Blasters No. 11 Fall 2019
- New!
Mystery Weekly Magazine Oct. 2019
Western Magazine No. 4
Fantastic Oct. 1975
Detective No. 3
Nostalgia Digest Autumn 2019 -
Mystery Weekly Magazine Sept. 2019
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DMR Books Blog - Now online!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 10/20/2019 - New!
The Macabre Frazetta - New!
Mundy Monday: Tros of Samothrace as a Precursor to Sword
& Sorcery
The DMRtian Chronicles, 10/13/2019
The Sword and Planet Art of Richard Hescox
The DMRtian Chronicles, 10/6/2019
The Artistic Legacy of Donald A. Wollheim
Mundy Monday: The Savage Swords of Tros
The DMRtian Chronicles, 9/29/2019
The Warlord of Mars: A Centennial
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Books
A PRINCESS OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Deluxe Manuscript Edition!
Now available for pre-order!
Shipping November - December 2019!
The Deluxe Manuscript Edition of A Princess of Mars is the fifth
title in the ERB Limited Edition Collection.
The set is published by Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. and includes an
leather bound book in dust jacket, manuscript portfolio, handcrafted dip
pen and Dejah Thoris medallion all housed in a 7”x10” custom decorated case.
We think this will be the most elaborate and unique edition of A Princess
of Mars ever published.
Each set features:
• A Leather Bound Book limited to 500 numbered copies
signed by the artists and contributors with a corrected text, new foreword
and preface.
• 20 Color Plates featuring the original (5) color
Schoonover paintings and works by Frazetta, Abbett, Whelan, Manchess, Miller
and including..
(4-6) New Paintings commissioned for this
edition (Artists like Iain McCaig, Dave Dorman, Thomas Gianni, Tom Grindberg,
Doug Klauba and others.)
• A Custom Case covered in Cialux cloth, with spine
titling and decorations debossed in gold and 1st edition dust jacket illustration
inlaid on the lid.
• ERB Manuscript Portfolio (1911-1912) for 'Under the
Moons of Mars" containing replica manuscript pages, editor letters, the Munsey
check to ERB for UMM, and first publication pulp cover and pages.
• Manuscript Pen (1911-1912)- replica of the dip pen
used by ERB to write the holographic manuscript for Under the Moons of Mars.
• 2" Dejah Thoris Medallion - 3D portrait design in
antique silver accented in gold, numbered to match the book and inserted
inside the custom case.
• New Dust Jacket artwork and color Barsoom Map endpapers.
• 30+ Black and White Illustrations by Tom Yeates and
others…
In addition:
• The Deluxe Manuscript Edition of A Princess of Mars does
not include a Grosset & Dunlap printing since the ERB Limited Edition
Collection only publishes titles in G&D that have not previously been
available.
So far that includes 1st G&D printings of Back to the
Stone Age, Land of Terror, Savage Pellucidar and John Carter of Mars.
• The text has been proofed by
Frank Puncer and reset with corrections for this new edition. (One notable
mistake was discovered in the 1st edition text that has been carried over
to every later edition.)
• The decorated box, dust jacket, book cover and title
and chapter page designs are by Zavier Cabarga with the book bound in brown
Cromwell leather with red/orange stamping
in a style reminiscent of the first edition published by A.
C. McClurg.
• The custom case features a drop spine and houses
the book, manuscript portfolio and a die cut tray for the medallion and pen.
• This vintage-style document portfolio is a 6”x9”
gusseted custom envelope made of heavy kraft paper and secured by a button
and string.
We have taken great care to source antique and vintage papers
to match the original pages or documents.
• The first publication pulp cover and pages are from
the Feb. 1912 All-Story Magazine and include two-sided replicas of the color
cover, contents page and first story page.
• The handmade Italian wooden/pewter pen comes with
an original 100 year-old Esterbrook 788 Oval gold-plated nib and is mounted
in a base tray with the Dejah Thoris medallion.
• Limited: 500 numbered copies signed by the contributors
and artists, in slipcase
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Haffner Press
Status
Update
We're getting closer on completing the definitive collection of ALL
(19 stories and 5 novels!) of the tales of Manly Wade Wellman's most popular
character, John the Balladeer. As you can see, illustrator Raymond Swanland
has delivered two masterpiece covers, and Stephen Jones has delivered his
introduction. That's the good news. The bad news is that we're not going
to be able to launch the book as planned at this year's World Fantasy Convention.
But we feel the wait will be worth it. And remember, if you preorder The
Complete John the Balladeer, you will receive the exclusive chapbook, Not
All a Dream. This 32-page chapbook is Wellman's contribution to the unpublished
anthology, The Last Dangerous Visions.
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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Haffner Press
THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF ROBERT BLOCH
By Robert Bloch, Edited by Stephen
Haffner, Illustrated by Gahan Wilson
Now available for pre-order!
Expected in time for Halloween!
Status
Update
The Vampire Stories of Robert Bloch was staged to be at the printer—Thomson
Shore in Dexter, Michigan—this summer. Tragically, Thomson-Shore declared
bankruptcy in March and their assets were sold outright in May. This left
more than a few presses, including us, scrambling to find replacement printers.
Haffner Press was especially challenged as our books are case-bound and smythe-sewn.
In recent years, most printers have invested heavily in short-run print-on-demand
technology. While many book-printers offer smythe-sewn services, fewer than
ever offer both smythe-sewing AND hardcover case-binding. (FYI, in 2006-2008,
we did have some titles sewn by the printer and then cased by a third-party
bindery, but we found this added unnecessary time and expense.) Happily,
we can report that we are aligned with a printer who can do the entire job
in-house and we hope to have this title ready for Hallowe'en.
In the meantime, here's notice that there will be THREE states of The Vampire
Stories of Robert Bloch!
1. $50 trade hardcover (currently available as a $45 preorder)
2. $175 slipcased edition limited to 100 copies signed by Gahan Wilson,
Paul Winters, Robert Eighteen-Bisang and Stephen Haffner with an exclusive
chapbook, Dracula Country.
3. Price TBD for a 26-copy lettered edition with special black embossed
covers, signed by all contributors, the Dracula Country chapbook, and a Robert
Bloch autograph laid in
Robert Bloch (1917-1994)
is one of the most fondly remembered and collected authors of crime, horror,
fantasy, and science fiction of the 20th Century. Noted by many as the author
of Psycho, Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. He was
a member of the Lovecraft Circle and began his career by emulating H.P. Lovecraft's
brand of "cosmic horror." He later specialized in crime and horror stories
dealing with a more psychological approach.
500+ page Smythe-sewn Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-893887-90-9
Pre-order price: $45.00
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
“The Feast in the Abbey”
“The Beasts of Barsac”
“The Shambler from the Stars”
“The Opener of the Way”
“The Mannikin”
“A Question of Identity”
“The Cloak”
“Unheavenly Twin”
“Nursemaid to Nightmares”
“Fear Planet”
“Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”
“Black Barter”
“Death Is a Vampire”
“The Bat Is My Brother”
“The Skull of the Marquis de Sade”
“The Bogey Man Will Get You”
“Tooth or Consequences”
“The Hungry House”
“The Man Who Collected Poe”
“The Light-House”
“I Kiss Your Shadow”
“Dig That Crazy Grave”
“The Sleeping Redheads” aka “Sleeping Beauty”
“Hungarian Rhapsody”
“The Living Dead”
“A Case of the Stubborns”
“The Undead”
“The Yougoslaves”
“The Bedposts of Life”
“The Scent of Vinegar”
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Haffner Press
DESIGNS FOR DREAMING:
The Early Kuttner, Volume Three
Introduction by Dr. Garyn G. Roberts
Now available for pre-order!
Target
Date: April 2020!
Exclusive
Chapbook with all pre-orders!
All preorders of DESIGNS FOR DREAMING will ship with an exclusive
chapbook reprinting the long-lost 1938 terror-tale, MASTER OF THE DAMNED!
Submitted by Kuttner on January 6, 1937, the 3500-word terror-tale "Master
of the Damned" was serialized in three issues (July 1937, Vol. 1 No. 2, Winter
1937 Vol. 1 No. 3, and November 1938 Vol. 1 No. 4) of John Weir's hectographed
fanzine Fantasmagoria. The story involves witches, warlocks and . . . well,
here's Mr. Kuttner's chilling prose to give you a sample:
Incubi and succubi leaped and cried beside shrieking hags. Warlocks bestrode
yelling mooncalves that cavorted through the throng, and demons and familiars
mingled with the coven. A monstrous, bloated head, leering and chuckling,
crawled past on spidery legs, and in its wake crept a thing like a monstrous
turtle, save that human hands and feet propelled the creature on its way.
Curiously deformed toads and serpents squirmed underfoot, and great cats,
monstrously altered, capered in the wake of their masters. I saw a headless
thing, with a grinning face growing on its belly, rush up to the altar, carrying
a tall black candle, and light it from the red flame that sprang, apparently,
from the ground itself before the altar.
YIKES! And there are 3,380 more words to the story!! Speaking of which,
how can you get a copy of "Master of the Damned"? Well, if you've placed
a preorder for Designs for Dreaming: The Early Kuttner, Volume Three, then
you're already in line to receive it! You read that correctly: "Master of
the Damned" is available as an exclusive chapbook shipping with all preordered
copies of Designs for Dreaming at no extra charge! So, get on board, smash
that Preorder link, and make your Kuttner book kollection something that
everyone will krave!
Before his marriage
to (and subsequent collaborations with) Catherine L. Moore, Henry Kuttner
was a frequent contributor to the pulp magazines that specialized in the
weird, supernatural, horror, and science fiction genre. Beginning in 1936,
Kuttner launched a steady stream of short stories aimed at Weird Tales, Strange
Stories, Thrilling Mystery, and others.
Kuttner and Moore were married on June 7, 1940 in New York with artist Virgil
Finlay as Best Man. With NYC as his base of operations, Kuttner interfaced
on a frequent basis with the major local genre editors: Leo Margulies at
Standard Magazines (Thrilling Mystery, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Strange
Stories,), Alden H. Norton at Popular Publications (Astonishing Stories,
Strange Detective Mysteries) and perhaps most importantly, John W. Campbell,
Jr. at Street & Smith Publications (Unknown / Unknown Worlds). Campbell’s
Astounding Science Fiction will loom large in Kuttner’s career for the next
decade.
In DESIGNS FOR DREAMING (the third and final volume of “The Early Kuttner”)
Kuttner sells the last of his stories to the weird-menace pulps, places some
SF stories with lesser markets (Stirring Science Stories and Fantastic Adventures),
and delivers some of his finest fantasy work in Unknown Worlds. By the summer
of 1942, Kuttner’s Draft Status was reclassified as 1-A. By April 13, 1943,
Pfc Henry Kuttner had orders to report to Fort Dix, New Jersey. The early
phase of Kuttner’s career was over.
Cover art by Robert Gibson-Jones
700+ pages
Smythe-sewn binding
Full cloth-covered binding boards
Pre-order: $45.00
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Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: COMPLETE SUNDAYS VOLUME 7;
1960-1961 - Coming in March!
(Writer) Lee Falk (Art) Wilson McCoy, Seymour Sy Barry
The long anticipated seventh volume of the reprint of the entire
run of Lee Falk's full color Phantom Sundays continues!
This volume finishes up with the Wilson McCoy years and begins the long
awaited Sy Barry years of the Sunday stripes! Presented in Volume Seven are
thirteen storylines which encompass, "The River Gang" (January 10, 1960 -
May 22, 1960) to "The Astronauts and the Pirates" (November 4, 1962 - May
12, 1963). In addition to the strips this volume contains documentary materials
and a detailed essay.
Hardcover, 13x9, 208 pages, Full Color, $70.00, On sale March 4.
THE PHANTOM: COMPLETE SUNDAYS
VOLUME 7 is solicited
in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191770.
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Hide and Seek - Now available!
by Jeff Deischer
The public domain Charlton characters team up to fight a menace that
threatens the entire Earth in 1968. Some other characters will seem very
familiar to fans.
Paperback: 244 pages
Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 inches
$16.00
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The Illustrated Press
ALLEN ANDERSON
Now available!
Standard Edition
This is the ultimate book on the work of pulp artist ALLEN ANDERSON.
Known best for his covers for PLANET STORIES, DELL COMICS, spicy pulps, Western
pulps, and many others, this spectacular book contains stunning reproductions
taken directly from Anderson's original paintings, as well as reference photos,
rare proof sheets of pulp covers, and much more. Limited to just 900 copies.
224 pages, 9x12 inches, hardcover with dust jacket. $44.95 (U.S.)
Deluxe Edition
This is the ultimate book on the work of pulp artist ALLEN ANDERSON.
Known best for his covers for PLANET STORIES, DELL COMICS, spicy pulps, Western
pulps, and many others, this spectacular book contains stunning reproductions
taken directly from Anderson's original paintings, as well as reference photos,
rare proof sheets of pulp covers, and much more. Limited to just 100 copies!
224 pages, 9x12 inches, hardcover with dust jacket in red
slipcase with white lettering. Insert bookplate signed and numbered by author
David Saunders. $64.95 (U.S.)
To see a preview of the book, follow this link: https://issuu.com/illomag/docs/rafaeldesoto
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ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #67 - Coming
in January!
We feature the work of Vincent DiFate, best known for his spectacular
science-fiction paperback book cover illustrations. Next up we feature the
work of James Bingham, known for his remarkable slick magazine illustrations
of the '40s and '50s. Our final feature concerns the work of slick illustrator
John Fernie, also known for his work in magazines of the 40s and 50s. Book
reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue!
Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00, On sale January 29.
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #67 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191778.
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JAMES BOND 007 #12 - Arriving in comic shops October 30!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art: Robert Carey
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Khoi Pham
Cover C: Ben Caldwell
Cover D: Robert Carey
"Goldfinger" concludes. From GREG PAK (Agents Of Atlas, Star
Wars) and ROBERT CAREY (Aliens: Resistance).
Full Color, 36 pages, $3.99
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JAMES BOND #2 - Coming in January!
(Writer) Vita Ayala, Danny Lore (Art) Eric Gapstur (Cover) Jim Cheung
A fake is only the beginning…James Bond is forced into a world he
doesn’t understand.
Counterfeits, smuggling, following impossible trails to invisible villains.
Can he learn to trust others for help, or will the mission leave him behind?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale January
8.
JAMES BOND #2 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191114.
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JAMES BOND 007 VOLUME 2 Hardcover
- Coming in January!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art: Eric Gapstur & Robert Carey
Cover: Dave Johnson
A friendship is finished. The world is in peril. And Goldfinger wants
diamonds?
You think you know Goldfinger. But you don't know THIS Goldfinger.
Go inside the mind of the most ruthless sociopath in the world, courtesy
of GREG PAK (World War Hulk, Weapon X) and ERIC GAPSTUR (Batman Beyond, The
Flash: Year Zero).
Hardcover, Full Color, 152 pages, $24.99, On sale
January 8.
JAMES BOND 007 VOLUME 2 HARDCOVER is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191119.
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
MAGAZINE OF HORROR #13
CONTENTS
THE THING IN THE HOUSE by H. F. Scotten
ALMOST IMMORTAL by Austin Hall
DIVINE MADNESS by Roger Zelazny
VALLEY OF THE LOST by Robert E. Howard
HEREDITY by David H. Keller
DWELLING OF THE RIGHTEOUS by Anna Hunger
Digest, 5.5 x 8.5 inch, 130 pages
$12.95
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
Old Dark House: A Chilling Genre
Universal Studios Cliffhanger Classics
The Shadow: 1940 Cliffhanger Serial
King Kong, The Alvin Show and Rock and Roll
The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention
The Lion King Reigns Supreme
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: The Radio Program
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The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!
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Moonstone Books
Avenger
Double Feature!
Now available
for pre-order!
Coming in December 2019!
In the jungle of southern
Mexico, people are struck down by mysterious obsidian spearheads, a gigantic
winged serpent appears in the skies, and a golden giant claims to be an Aztec
god reborn. When Nellie Gray and Cole Wilson go missing investigating the
mysterious Sons of the Feathered Serpent, the Avenger is drawn into one of
the most bizarre and dangerous adventures of his career. His life, the lives
of his associates, and the Aztec treasure that sustains Justice Inc. are
all endangered by the curse of Kukulkan.
Hardcover: $25.99
Softcover: $10.99
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Mystery*File -
Now online!
Pulp SF-Fantasy
Stories I’m Reading: THEODORE STURGEON “The Ultimate Egoist.”
- New!
THE
AVENGER IN RADIO: RICHARD BENSON vs. JIM BRANDON, by Michael Shonk.- New!
Reviewed
by Walker Martin: LAURIE POWERS – Queen of the Pulps: The Reign of Daisy
Bacon and Love Story Magazine.
A
Pulp Fiction Mystery Review: JOHN JAY CHICHESTER – The Bigamist.
Pulp
Stories I’m Reading: L. M. MONTGOMERY “The House Party at Smoky Island.”
A
Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH (1943).
Stories
I’m Reading: AUGUST DERLETH “The China Cottage.”
Pulp
Stories I’m Reading: Three Northerns by FREDERICK NEBEL.
Mike
Nevins on Pulp Writer RAOUL WHITFIELD, Part Two.
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The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Birdman
Bounty
The Scarlet Claw
The Midnight Phantom
Australis Incognito
The Henchmen
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North-West Adventures - Now online!
King of the Royal Mounted Cover Gallery
(1935) Zane Grey’s King of the Royal Mounted
(1883) “Captain of the ‘Polestar'
(1951) “The Smile of Jean Charcot”
(1937) “The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw”
Lawrence Mott (1881-1931)
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George Vanderburgh has been named the winner of the 2019 Munsey Award.
Nominated by the general pulp community, George was selected by previous
winners of the Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Awards. The award is a fine art
print created by David Saunders and published by Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated
Press. It is presented annually to an individual or institution that has
bettered the pulp community. Bill Lampkin — winner of the 2018 Munsey Award
— presented this year’s award.
Our 2019 Munsey Award winner, 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. At this year’s PulpFest, George was part of our presentation, “The
Game’s Afoot: Sherlock Holmes and the Pulps.”
Congratulations to George for this most deserved award.
PulpFest Blog Posts
The Countess of PulpFest - New!
Coming Soon! Pulp AdventureCon and Classicon!
Get Your Copy of THE PULPSTER
Thanks to Everyone Who Helped with PulpFest 2019
PulpFest 2020 Estate Auction -
Thanks for Making PulpFest 2019 a Great Success!
PulpFest 2019: Two Sought Adventure: Eighty Years of Fafhrd
and the Gray Mouser
Get Nostalgic at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention
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Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"Tascosa Partners" by Robert Moore Williams from MAMMOTH WESTERN, December,
1946
A member of a four man partnership was robbed of their year's earning from
raising cattle and another member thinks he can reclaim the money by himself.
His plans go awry and after several desperate attempts to get out of town
finds himself rescued by his other partners teaching him a lesson about working
together.
"Bricks and Beans" by Johnston McCulley from ALL-STORY
WEEKLY, March 24, 1917
PETER SMITH worked eight hours a day, six days a week, for twenty-five cents
an hour, and on the wages thus acquired he maintained himself, Mrs. Peter
Smith, and three little Smiths, two of whom were old enough already to kick
out shoes and wear out stockings and go to school. He lived with his brood
in a two-room shack that fronted on an alley behind a factory, and, from
the front door one had a wide view of old tin cans and broken bottles. He
was vitally interested in bricks and beans.
"Spawn of the Stars" by Charles Willard Diffin
from ASTOUNDING STORIES, February, 1930
The Earth lay powerless beneath those loathsome, yellowish monsters that,
sheathed in cometlike globes, sprang from the skies to annihilate man and
reduce his cities to ashes.
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PULPSTER #28
Now available!
Copies of THE PULPSTER #28 — the annual PulpFest program book — are
available for purchase through Mike Chomko, Books, one of the leading purveyors
of pulp-related publications in the field.
Echoing the “Children of the Pulps” portion of our PulpFest 2019 theme,
THE PULPSTER takes a look at how characters and fictioneers from the pulpwood
paper magazines influenced other characters, television, movies, and more
that came after them.
Fronting the magazine is art by Rudolph Belarski from the cover for the
September 1939 BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE magazine. It illustrates one aspect of
how the pulps influenced the creation of the superhero in comics, with a
decidedly Batman-looking Black Bat. That leads into the first of our cover
stories.
Will Murray recalls how he and Anthony Tollin pieced together how the creators
of Batman lifted elements from THE SHADOW MAGAZINE for their Dark Knight.
Will also writes about Johnston McCulley, whom he calls the grandfather of
the superhero. Meanwhile, D. Kepler looks at how McCulley’s most famous character
— Zorro — on the 100th anniversary of his debut, has been portrayed on screens
around the world.
Scott Tracy Griffin surveys how Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan begat generations
of jungle men, women, and children in popular culture.
Three articles examine the pulp magazines’ influence on movies and television:
Aaron H. Oliver writes about the 1960s western/spy TV series THE WILD WILD
WEST; Jess Terrell looks at the original STAR WARS trilogy; and Sara Light-Waller
details how Japanese anime (animated) and tokusatsu (live-action special
effects film) drew from the pulps.
THE PULPSTER also celebrates the 100th anniversaries of two pulp magazines:
ROMANCE and THE THRILL BOOK. Doug Ellis writes about how ROMANCE struggled
for a year with its name and its place in the adventure field, while Richard
Bleiler looks at the ambitious oddity that was THE THRILL BOOK.
Then editor emeritus of THE PULPSTER, Tony Davis, writes about Bertrand
Sinclair and his nearly 50-year career in the pulps. And THE PULPSTER reprints
a letter from fictioneer G. T. Fleming-Roberts in which he reflects on the
influence of Sherlock Holmes on his career.
Of course, this issue has the regular departments: “Final Chapters,” by
Davis, which notes those of the pulp community who have passed away during
the last year; and columns by publisher Michael Chomko and editor Bill Lampkin.
And we would be remiss without noting assistant editor Peter Chomko’s help
with this issue.
If you’d like to order a copy of THE PULPSTER #28, please write to Mike
Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com or 2217 W. Fairview St., Allentown, PA 18104-6542.
The cost of the issue is $13, postage paid in the United States. Buyers from
outside the United States should inquire about shipping charges, prior to
placing an order.
Back issues of THE PULPSTER are also available through Mike Chomko, Books.
A limited number of copies of THE PULPSTER #26 and 27 are available. The
cost of each is $13, postage paid. Reduced postage is available on orders
for multiple books. These prices are good only in the United States. Buyers
from outside the United States should inquire about shipping charges, prior
to placing an order. All other issues of THE PULPSTER are out of print.
Please note that all issues of THE PULPSTER — included this year’s number
— are in very short supply. Order your copies before they are gone!
Mike will accept payments made via check or money order or through Paypal.
Please write to him at mike@pulpfest.com or 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown,
PA 18104-6542 for further instructions.
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IN THE 100th BIRTHDAY YEAR
OF ZORRO,
PULP ADVENTURECON WILL BE SPECIAL!
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The Pulp Archivist - Now online!
Detective Fiction -
New!
The Last Ancestor
Leviathan
Giants
The Oklahoma Tradition
Light Novel Recommendations: An Introduction
Quick Reviews: Shadow Heart and A Thousand Li
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Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
Hatteras Island Mystery
Sunken Treasure Lost Worlds
Shadow of The Dagger
Welcome To Miskatonic University
Boundless
King Ra Ra: Carrots For Sale
The City Burns At Night
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Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure
and detective pulps.
Pulpfest 2019 trip report - photos
Walker Martin: Pulpfest 2019 report - August 15-18, 2019,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The dark side of the pulps
Pulp links roundup - July 2019 edition
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The Pulp Hermit by Tom Johnson
- Now online!
INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR THOMAS V. POWERS
INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR STEPHEN PAYNE
INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUHOR TERRY NUDDS
INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR WILLIAM PATRICK MURRAY
Introducing New Pulp Author Tom Johnson
A New Artist Comes to ECHOES
Introducing New Pulp Author Ginger Johnson
Betty Dale, Charlotta & Leanne Manners
A Piece of Something Big
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The Pulp.Net
- Now online!
Eleven new episodes of ThePulp.Net's Pulp Event
Podcast—
featuring nearly seven-and-a-half hours of programming from PulpFest 2019
— are now online.
You can listen to them on the web at ThePulp.Net’s PulpFest 2019 page,
or on your favorite mobile device by subscribing to the free podcast at
the iTunes App Store or Google Play store.
The Pulp.Net
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The Pulp.Net
- Now online!
The Pulp.Net features
three ongoing blogs!
Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R.
Brown, That's Pulp by John Olsen, and the long-running Yellowed Perils written
by William Lampkin.
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QUEEN OF THE PULPS
by Laurie Powers
Now available!
QUEEN
OF THE PULPS, the definitive biography of Daisy Bacon and the untold story
of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE!
Daisy Bacon, the opinionated,
autocratic and complex editor of Love Story Magazine from 1928 to 1947, chose
the stories that would be read by hundreds of thousands of readers each week.
The first weekly periodical devoted to romance fiction and the biggest-selling
pulp in the early days of the Great Depression, Love Story sparked a wave
of imitators that dominated newsstands for more than twenty years.
Disparaged as "love pulp," the magazine actually championed the "modern
girl," bringing its heroines out of the shadows of Victorian poverty and
into the 20th century. With Love Story'ssuccess, Bacon became a national
spokesperson, declaring that the modern woman could have it all-in love,
in marriage and in the business world.
Yet Bacon herself struggled to achieve that ideal, especially in
her own romantic life, built around a long-term affair with a married man.
Drawing on exclusive access to her personal papers, this first-ever biography
tells story behind the woman who influenced millions of others to pursue
independence in their careers and in their relationships.
Softcover: $39.95
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Forged in war, The Phantom Detective wages a one-man battle on crime!
Solving impossible mysteries and delivering his own justice, he is the underworld’s
masked nightmare!
Living dead men walk in this exciting, sensational tale of the Phantom Detective’s
thrilling campaign against the fiendish perpetrator of a ghastly series of
gruesome crimes. Confronted by a veritable fiend — a criminal with all the
cunning and cruelty of Satan himself — the Phantom Detective carries on —
valiantly, grimly, fearlessly. For in his chosen profession as Nemesis of
the underworld, there is no retreat. Come what may, the Phantom wages his
lone wolf war against the enemies of society — putting all his vast mental
and physical resources into the bitter, never-ending struggle. Thrill to
his astonishing deductions and daredevil exploits as the Phantom Detective
stands face to face with one of the most nefarious criminals who ever threatened
mankind with horrors unspeakable!
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The Phantom Detective debuted in February 1933, a little less than two years
after The Shadow magazine debuted. Ned Pines, owner of Thrilling Publications,
saw an opportunity to capitalize on and perhaps capture a bit of Street &
Smith’s triumph for himself. The second character to lead his own magazine,
The Phantom Detective hit the stands, causing Street & Smith to cry foul.
Threatening lawsuit, The Shadow’s publisher maintained that Pines essentially
copied The Shadow and made a few minor changes. Before it could develop into
full blown legal action, though, other magazines hit the stands featuring
titles and characters with names like Secret Agent "X" and The Spider, among
others. Hero Pulps were now a thing all their own and in a way, that is thanks
to Ned Pines and The Phantom Detective for taking that risk initially.
‘The Sinister Hand of Satan’ was originally published in the October 1933
issue of The Phantom Detective Magazine and is read with pulse pounding intensity
by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $19.99
Regular
price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs
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Radio Archives
G-8 and His Battle Aces #15 Audiobook
The Blizzard Staffel
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!
Cut off from Allied lines, the 162nd American division was in a death spot.
There was only one way of reaching them — and that was by air. But it was
practically impossible to fly through the blizzard even then raging along
the front. As G-8 stared down at the snow-bound valley he knew H.Q.’s fears
were realized. The 162nd division was doomed, short of food and ammunition.
Thousands of Yanks near death. But grimly he took up their horror trail,
riding storm skies to spring the enemy snare with suicide lead!
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Two new pulp characters debuted in 1933. Each of these heroes would leave
their own indelible marks on pulp fans and heroic fiction for decades. Both
exist, at least initially, because of Popular Publications’ leader, Henry
Steeger. Finding himself in need of a series or two to capture a bit of the
success competitor Street & Smith had found with The Shadow, Steeger
began looking for his own hero to fight the good fight. He ended up with
two, both coincidentally debuting in the same month and year. One was a dark,
mysterious figure, similar in some ways to The Shadow, who fought insidious
evil in the streets of New York, often with hundreds of bodies filling the
streets. This was, of course, The Spider. The second hero, however, fought
evil and tyranny above the dark alleys and skyscrapers, literally putting
the wild in ‘wild blue yonder.’ G-8, both a man with many skills and someone
that readers could relate to, battled evil on metallic wings for nearly 11
years.
Nick Santa Maria brings G-8, Nippy and Bull to thrilling life in their desperate
struggle to defeat a deadly nemesis unlike anything they have ever before
encountered in ‘The Blizzard Staffel’. Originally published in the December
1934 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces magazine.
Nick DeGregorio composed the music for the G-8 and His Battle Aces series
of audiobooks.
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $19.99
Regular
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Featuring Ki-Gor, Lord of the Jungle
Jungle Mysteries
One of the most popular sub-genres of the classic pulp magazines were those
with jungle settings. With the success and popularity of Edgar Rice Burroughs’
Tarzan stories, editors began clamoring for similar tales featuring jungle
heroes. Soon dozens of cheap loin-cloth wearing imitators were popping up
everywhere, including a few jungle queens to add spice to the mix. By far
the most successful of these Tarzan clones was the blond-haired Ki-Gor, the
Jungle Lord whose adventures appeared regularly in the pages of Jungle Stories
magazine.
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Airship 27 Productions offers up this new collection with three brand new
adventures of Ki-Gor and his lovely, red-headed mate, Helene, as they travel
into the mysterious, uncharted jungles of Africa. Penned by Aaron Smith,
Duane Spurlock and W. Peter Miller, here are a trio of fast-paced tales that
have the Jungle Lord discovering a hidden village of Vikings, crossing paths
with dinosaurs in a lost valley and battling cannibals to save the life of
a benevolent jungle princess. This is the pulse-pounding action and thrill-a-minute
adventure fans have come to expect from the classic jungle pulps.
Featuring a stunning cover by painter Bryan Fowler, Jungle Tales Volume
1 kicks off a new series pulp fans are sure to approve of happily. Read with
stirring excitement by Paul Curtis.
Table of Contents:
The Path of Life & Death by Aaron Smith
The Devil’s Nest by Duane Spurlock
Ki-Gor & the Secret of the Vikings by W. Peter Miller
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MP3 digital download - $6.99
Audio CDs - $13.99
Regular
price:
7 hours - $13.99 Download / $27.98 Audio CDs
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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 Phantom Detective! The name alone conjures up action and adventure.
From the same publisher that brought you The Black Bat, Captain Danger, The
Crimson Mask and The Green Ghost came one of pulpdom’s best-known detectives.
Scourge of the underworld, The Phantom, as he was called, aided the Law with
his sweetheart Muriel Havens. His first adventure was published in February
1933 and they continued for 170 thrilling exploits until the Summer 1953
issue. The Phantom Detective returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued
for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Featuring the World’s Greatest Sleuth in A Full Book-Length Novel
The Sinister Hand Of Satan
by G. Wayman Jones
Living dead men walk in this exciting, sensational novel of the Phantom
Detective’s thrilling campaign against the fiendish perpetrator of a ghastly
series of grue some crimes.
Dumb Like A Fox — Gripping Short Story
by Robert Wallace
Trying to pin a rap on Tracey was a tough assignment.
The Blue-Eyed Kid — Gripping Short Story
by Ray Humphreys
Big Joe trusted his hand-picked gang — but...
Rat Trap — Gripping Short Story
by Joseph Ivers Lawrence
Ruthless crime on a mysterious island of terror.
The Phantom Speaks — A Department
Radio Archives Pulp Classics line of eBooks are of the highest quality
and feature the great Pulp Fiction stories of the 1930s-1950s. All eBooks
produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub and Mobi formats for the
ultimate in compatibility. If you have a Kindle, the Mobi version is what
you want. If you have an iPad/iPhone, Android, or Nook, then the ePub version
is what you want.
Regular price:
$3.99
Discounted
50% the first week: $1.99
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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.
G-8 and His Battle Aces rode the nostalgia boom ten years after World
War I ended. These high-flying exploits were tall tales of a World War that
might have been, featuring monster bats, German zombies, wolf-men, harpies,
Martians, and even tentacled floating monsters. Most of these monstrosities
were the work of Germany’s seemingly endless supply of mad scientists, chief
of whom was G-8’s recurring Nemesis, Herr Doktor Krueger. G-8 battled Germany’s
Halloween shock troops for over a decade, not ceasing until the magazine
folded in the middle of World War II. G-8 and His Battle Aces return in vintage
pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to G-8 and His Battle Aces
by Will Murray
Smashing Sky Fighting Novel
The Blizzard Staffel
As told by G-8 to Robert J. Hogan
Cut off from Allied lines, the 162nd American division was in a death spot.
There was only one way of reaching them — and that was by air. But it was
practically impossible to fly through the blizzard even then raging along
the front. Yet G-8 and his buddies defied doom to try to work out a suicide
plan to rescue thousands of Yanks!
G-8 Speaks
The club is called to order, gang. Come in and meet some of the fellows!
Cover
painted by Frederick Blakeslee.
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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The first three jackets are all reconstructed using scans of the
original paintings for those covers.
THE WAR CHIEF alternate is based on art by noted western artist Maynard
Dixon and you can read more about it here.
Please take a moment to read the four-page article about the publishing of THE
WAR CHIEF and why it meant so much to Ed Burroughs. I think you’ll be interested
to find out that the book was one of the most well-researched novels he ever
wrote (besides I AM A BARBARIAN), and, considering its point of view and
many of the statements about white settlers, the US Army and the reasons
for the Apache’s explicit savagery, certainly his most controversial.
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RED SONJA #12 - Coming in January!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Mirko Colak
Cover A: Amanda Conner, Paul Mounts
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Khoi Pham
Cover D: Mirko Colak
Cover E: Cosplay
Know then, O Prince, that after two months of chasing Sonja
The Red through the Hyrkanian steppes, Dragan and Sonja at last met in pitched
battle.
They fought, not for a bridge, as the great histories say, but for the future
of the Hyborian Age.
For what is a bridge, O Prince, but the choice of one realm over another?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale
January 8.
RED SONJA #12 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191135 (Conner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191136 (Linsner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191137 (Pham cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191138 (Colak cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV191139 (Cosplay cover).
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The Serial Squadron
Now
shipping!
CAPTAIN
AMERICA
THE MOVIE SERIAL
FEATURING DICK PURCELL
ADRIAN BOOTH and LIONEL ATWILL
Blu-Ray/DL-DVD Upgrade
A remastering of the original Squadron-produced transfer with complete,
correct chapter openings, stabilized, and offered in HD with improved sharpness
and motion.
Also includes new and upgraded extras.
Watch for information on how to preorder and when the title will ship.
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The Serial Squadron
Coming
in October!
ROCKETMAN
IN THE COMICS AND THE MOVIES
Book
The history of Rocketman/Commando Cody in the serials and related characters
including Bulletman in the comics. Includes a brand NEW Rocketman story.
THE
HOUSE OF HATE
Blu-Ray/DL-DVD
New upgraded transfer of the amazing, massively influential Pearl
White mystery serial, with solid leading man Antonio Moreno,
and, introducing The Hooded Terror, most fearsome and deadly of the early
serial villains.
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The Shadowcast #1 - THE LIVING SHADOW - Now online!
Season 1, Episode 2 - 'THE SHADOW/GREEN HORNET: Dark Nights'
Season 1, Episode 1 - The Living Shadow
In this first episode, we explore the origins of the Dark Avenger with the
very first pulp story: THE LIVING SHADOW, and review The Knight of Darkness's
first film appearance in the rare 1931
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Shadowridge Press
LONELY VIGILS by Manly Wade Wellman
Illustrated by George Evans
Coming later this month!
The long-awaited reissue of Manly Wade Wellman's LONELY VIGILS, a collection
of his supernatural sleuths including all of the original John Thunstone
pulp stories.
This is a companion volume to WORSE THINGS WAITING and will also be a large
7 x 10 trade paperback format and running 500 pages, including all of the
original art by George Evans.
It will be available for Halloween from Amazon for a mere $19.99.
The title page is shown at the right.
Also
in the works
CREEP, SHADOW by A. Merritt
BURN, WITCH, BURN! by A. Merritt
WOMAN OF THE WOOD by A. Merritt
FROM THE TIDELESS SEA by William Hope Hodgson
DEMONS OF THE SEA by William Hope Hodgson
THE GHOSTS OF GLEN DOON by William Hope Hodgson
DEEP WATERS by William Hope Hodgson
THE HAUNTED JARVEE by William Hope Hodgson
UNCLE SILAS by Sheridan Le Fanu
THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD by Sheridan Le Fanu
IN A GLASS DARKLY by Sheridan Le Fanu
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SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND
PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!
Love Traffic by Gaston Lamond
“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
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Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes
about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles,
Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.
July: The Moon, We, and Things to Come-Part One
July: Geismar and Fiedler-The Science Fiction Connection
July: Hemingway and Lovecraft-Part Two
July: Hemingway and Lovecraft-Part One
C.L. Moore in Traces Magazine
July: Weird Tales #363
July: Ernest Hemingway, Star Wars, and the Adolescentization
of America
July: Edith and Ernest
July: Losses and Gains
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WARLORD OF MARS ATTACKS #5 (of 5) - Arriving in comic shops October 30!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Dean Kotz
Cover A: Greg Hildebrandt
Cover B: Sebastian Piriz
Cover C: Gleb Melnikov
Cover D: Ben Caldwell
FINAL ISSUE!
The grand battle for Barsoom! John Carter! Dejah Thoris! Tars Tarkas! Woola!
And many many many many many many many many many many many many many MANY
MANY MANY LITTLE GREEN MEN!
From JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, James Bond Origin) and DEAN KOTZ (Dungeons &
Dragons)!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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WEIRDBOOK #41
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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