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Adventure House
Coming soon!
G-8 and His
Battle Aces #56 - May 1938
The Flames of Hell by Robert J. Hogan
In one
brain, and in one mad will to destroy, lies the menace
that would take thief of G-8, the Master Spy—and grind to powdered
dust his countrymen!
Who is this Master of Destruction—and
what is the torch that has lighted the Flames of Hell?
Code of the Air by Greaseball Joe
Cover Artist: Fredrick Blakeslee
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Adventure House
Coming soon!
Planet Stories – Fall
1954
The Time-Techs of Kra by Max
Sheridan
The vast technical knowledge of
eons, past and future, was help captive by the genius
Kralons—giant insects that were
seining the stream of Time for the
truth that would make them unrivaled masters of the system.
The Geisha Memory by Winston Marks
Jupiter’s Joke by A.L. Haley
Down Went McGinty by Fox B. Holden
“Phone Me In Central Park” by James
McConnell
Hex On Has by Robert Sheckley
The Violators by Eando Binder
The Pluto Lamp by Charles A. Stearns
Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
7x10, 96 pages, $12.95
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Age of Aces
Now available!
Captain Philip Strange: Strange
Squadrons (Volume 7)
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. From his very first adventure, Captain
Philip Strange has rooted out only the most bizarre battalions commissioned
by Germany in the Great War. When flying coffins circle the air, or
severed hands drop from the sky, the call goes out for the Phantom Ace
of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know that only the so-called “Brain-Devil”
and his aides can out-fly the zombie traitors and human bombs, or out-spy
fiends like The Mask and the Man with the Iron Claw! When World War I gets
weird, only America’s own “Phantom Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance
against the supernatural slaughter. Captain Philip Strange in his strangest
cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E.
Keyhoe, where the WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible
fire, and beautiful spies. And where America turns to its own unnatural
secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth,
he was so terrifyingly effective as the Allies’ top agent that the
Germans were offering a king’s ransom for his death. This fifth volume
of weird WWI adventures collects six stories featuring Germany’s wildest
attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter measures!
Stories include:
■“A Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August
1931
■“Port of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March
1932
■“The Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
■“The Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
■“Squadron from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June
1936
■“The Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0
The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)
They had all been sentenced to a living death
and all bore The Convict Brand! The Jailbirds were recruited from
the military prisons of Britain, France, and America. Real men, molded
in the harsh fires of life, dishonored perhaps in the eyes of the Army—
but men with red blood and courage. Hard fighters, some of them hiding
bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow their leader, “Killer”
Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most dangerous missions of
the Great War! Rather than wither behind bars—they were given the chance
to die fighting!
This is the second of two exciting volumes of the collected
adventures Donald E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through
all three of Popular Publication’s air anthology titles. Starting
in Battle Aces in September 1931 running through the end of it’s initial
publication run when they switched to Battle Birds at the end of 1932
and into Dare-Devil Aces in 1934.
In August of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived
series in three different aviation magazines: Philip Strange in Flying
Aces; The Devil Dog Squadron in Sky Birds; and The Jailbird Flight
in Battle Aces. This volume features the first seven Jailbird adventures
published by Popular Publications in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine
pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines, but he
is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties.
Stories include:
■“The Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December
1932
■“The Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February
1933
■“The Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July
1933
■“The Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February
1934
■“The Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November
1934
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6
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Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!
The Altus Press 30% Off Cyber Monday Sale: Race Williams,
Talbot Mundy, The Domino Lay, and 20 Ebooks
The Altus Press 30% Off Weekend Sale Continues With The Spider,
Operator 5, G-8, and Dusty Ayres
The Altus Press 30% Off Weekend Sale Continues With More
H. Bedford-Jones Releases
Save 30% This Weekend: The Altus Press Black Friday–Cyber
Monday Weekend Sale Is On
More Pulp T-Shirts Available: Captain Future, Secret Agent
X, and Spicy Mystery
Press Release: Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars
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Altus Press
Now
available!
Welcome
to 2019! 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.
Plus we've released two new Black Mask eBooks, collecting
the "Three-Gun" Terry Mack novelettes by Carroll John Daly.
Three-Gun Terry was the first hard-boiled detective series
to see print and these have rarely seen print since their original
appearances.
Domestic orders of $35 of softcovers gives you free shipping.
So what's the hold-up? Order now from altuspress.com.
The Spider #2: The Wheel of Death
by R.T.M. Scott
Mysterious death, suicide, and madness took uncanny toll
of New York’s most prominent citizens. Only the Spider sensed the
presence of the criminal genius whose tentacles were strangling the
city—and the Spider was next on the crime monster’s death list!
$13.95 softcover
Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds #10: The Trosphere F-S
by Robert Sidney Bowen
Six men-o’-war sunk by Black submarines… Newport News
Naval Base destroyed in broad daylight by invisible bomber… Dusty
studied this report grimly. Had the enemy developed a new weapon—a
ship that could fight under water and in the air as well? Grimly he
determined to find out—in Black dynamite skies!
$13.95 softcover
Terry Mack #1: Three Gun Terry (Black Mask eBook)
by Carroll John Daly
“Better stay out of this… It will mean death for you—sure,”
grunts a ruthless thug. But Three Gun Terry is not one to back down
from a fight, especially when the life of a beautiful, young dame
is at stake. Terry manages to whisk the girl away from certain death,
just in the nick of time. But the retrieval brings more money and more
trouble for Terry. It turns out the girl—Nita—is fresh off the boat
and drop-dead gorgeous, catching his usually business-minded eye. To
make matters worse, though, she daughter of a renowned scientist who
just discovered a formula that would turn the scientific world—no, scratch
that—the entire world, on its head. But great and powerful enemies have
swiped the formula and now plan to use it for their own gain. So Nita’s
uncle enlists the only man who is willing to stand up to these goons and
retrieve what rightfully belongs to science: Three Gun Terry.
$1.99 eBook
Terry Mack #2: Action! Action! (Black Mask eBook)
by Carroll John Daly
A chance meeting in the night brings together New York
City’s roughest private eye Three Gun Terry and runt-of-a-millionaire
John Rogo. Over a cup of coffee, Rogo relays a tale to Terry that is
all too familiar, despite its setting. Twenty five years ago, Rogo, his
brother, and their friends were in South Africa hunting when they discovered
fields of diamonds. They all looked to become the next Morgan and Rockefeller.
Then, they stuck him: killed his brother and left him for dead, leaving
him the deed to an empty mine as a last, cruel joke. But, fate is twisted.
Rogo’s mine churns out money by the boatload. The only problem? His newfound
wealth attracts the attention of his former comrades, and now they’re
pushing him for their share. Rogo needs Terry to find these men, and dispose
of them, before he ends up face-down in a city street, a knife in his
back. Terry doesn’t hesitate, and is only too eager to take on the challenge,
and the cash. But with three men on his tail, and his name less than private,
Three Gun Terry will have to shoot his way out before the end, if he wants
to survive.
$1.99 eBook
Altus Press
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Subscriptions are available at the link
above.
Single issues are available from Mike Chomko.
Send Mike an email at mikechomko@gmail.com
to subscribe to his catalogue.
Contents
Our cover
this issue is by M. D. Jackson
Editorial
Ira Nayman
There are always new ideas in science fiction, but those
who crave them must look in new places.
Nina Allan Interview
Gary Dalkin
An interview with Nina Allan, author of The Race and
The Rift, and winner of the British Science Fiction Association
Award.
Citizens of the Solar System
Jack Clemons
Science columnist Jack Clemons explores why we’re here
and where space exploration could go.
Captain Future in Love (part 2, conclusion)
Allen Steele
Curt Newton’s story of his youthful encounter with Ashi
Lanyr on the orbital Venera Stratos conclude.
Robot on Rampage
Lena Ng
Not only can girls build robots, they can outsmart them.
The Asteroid Contention
Marina J. Lostetter
Two asteroid-prospecting sisters get more than they bargained
for when they claim to a strange space rock.
Bold New Flock
Neal Holtschulte
A young idealist pushes for a new and unique method of
thought and collaboration, but others think his idea is for the
birds.
The Ransom of Red Robot (Beta)
Daniel M. Kimmel
With a nod to O. Henry, a tale of a kidnapping that doesn’t
goes as expected.
Reset in Peace
Julie Novakova
If you could revive your loved ones who’d passed, albeit
in the form of a software simulation, would you?
In the Republic of the Blind
G. Scott Huggins
When their colony is offered the “mercy” of genetic perfection,
no one will fight harder than the midwives of station Stillhere.
Alison’s Bluff
Noah Chinn
What do elite psychic agents do when they’re off duty?
Take a night of poker to a new level, naturally!
A Horse and Her Boy
Vonnie Winslow Crist
William’s parents have an equine automaton made to keep
him company on the lonely space habitat.
SF in Film
Steve Fahnestalk
Film columnist Steve Fahnestalk
interviews Miles Teves, who has been responsible for
some of films most iconic visuals.
Off the Top of My Head
Shirley Meier
In her first column on the writer’s life, Shirley Meier
tackles the age old question, “Where do you get your ideas from?”
Art throughout the issue by –
MATT TAGGART AL SIROIS
HMW NIZAR RICHARD MANDRACHIO
TOM MILLER IVAN MONTOYA JOE ENO
M.D. JACKSON SEAN CHAPPEL RON MILLER
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American Mythology
Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Now
available!
CARSON
OF VENUS #2: PIRATES OF VENUS
(Writer) Len Wein
(Art/Cover) Michael William Kaluta
This is the thrilling conclusion
to the masterpiece adaptation of Pirates of Venus by
comic book legends Michael Kaluta and Len Wein! Edgar Rice Burroughs’
incredible imagination takes off as “Wrong Way Carson” makes
his historic trip to Venus and encounters a world of fantastic
creatures and civilizations.
Carson of Venus #2 Pirates
of Venus comes with two covers – Main and Limited-Edition
B&W Cover by living legend Michael Kaluta.
Full Color, 32 pages,
$3.99
Full Color, 32 pages,
$9.99 (B&W Limited edition).
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American Mythology
Productions
Arriving
in comic shops January 9!
CARSON OF
VENUS: FLAMES BEYOND #1
(Writer) Christopher
P. Carey (Art)
Cyrus Mesarcia (Cover) Michael William
Kaluta
Carson of Venus faces his most epic
adventure yet in The Fires Beyond. Carson Napier and his
love Duare believe they have at last found a refuge from the dangers
of Amtor in the peaceful city of Sanara, where Carson is the adopted
son of the jong of Korva. But when Carson and Duare’s element-powered
airplane is attacked by a flock of raging angan bird-warriors,
they find themselves caught in the web of Varlek Sar, a power-hungry
scientist from the technocratic dystopia of Havatoo.
Carson of Venus The Flames Beyond #1
comes with three covers – Main by legendary comic artist
Michael Kaluta, Variant by Cyrus Mesarcia, and limited-edition
B&W cover also by Kaluta.
Full Color, 32 pages,
$3.99, On sale December 28.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99,
On sale December 28
(B&W Limited edition).
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available
and arriving in comic
shops January 9.
THE SHADOW
#137: “Green Eyes” and “Gray Fist” - Chinatown Special
The
Shadow combats Chinatown crime in two of Walter B. Gibson's
greatest action thrillers! First, the Master of Darkness
journeys to San Francisco’s Chinatown to combat the expanding
power of “Green Eyes” and his Wu-Fan secret society! Then, a
police informant’s corpse is deposited in The Shadow’s secret
sanctum as a deadly warning from the criminal mastermind known
only as “Gray Fist.” This instant collector’s item showcases
both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and the original
interior illustrations by Tom Lovell, with historical commentary
by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-255-1
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
At the
printer and coming soon!
THE SHADOW
#138: “Murder Mansion” and “Young Men of Death”
The Knight of
Darkness journeys from Connecticut to Chicago’s slums and
the Alabama bayous in never-reprinted pulp novels by Walter
B. Gibson and Theodore Tinsley writing as “Maxwell Grant." First,
an innocent man is accused of serial slayings perpetrated in an
old colonial “Murder Mansion,” and only The Shadow can unmask the
real murderer—but which Shadow? Then, the Dark Avenger braves a series
of bizarre deathtraps as he investigates the strange disappearances
of “Young Men of Death." BONUS: Carrie Cashin confronts ancient Egyptian
magic in "Black Queen." This collector’s special showcases the classic
color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original
interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical commentary
by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-256-8
Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Six issues for $84 (first
class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in April!
Coming to comic shops April 24!
THE
SHADOW Volume 141: “Double Z,” “Death on Ice” & “Death Paints a Picture"
The Dark Avenger crushes crime in two pulp thrillers
by “Maxwell Grant” and a lost Shadow radio adventure by Walter B.
Gibson—with a Postscript by legendary artist JIM STERANKO! First,
a master crook known only as “Double Z” terrorizes New York with serial
slayings that are publicized in advance! Then, The Shadow investigates
violent “Death on Ice" at a mountain resort, as the Fool Killer stalks
helpless victims! BONUS: “Death Paints a Picture” in a long-lost Shadow
radio script. This instant collector’s item leads off with a striking
color pulp cover by George Rozen and showcases all the original interior
pulp illustrations, with supporting commentary by pulp historian Will
Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-259-9 Softcover,
7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
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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Astounding: John
W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and
the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Now available
in hardcover!
Softcover edition coming in July!
Astounding is the landmark account
of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers—John
W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard—who
set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world.
This remarkable cultural narrative centers on the figure
of John W. Campbell, Jr., whom Asimov called “the most powerful force
in science fiction ever.” Campbell, who has never been the subject
of a biography until now, was both a visionary author—he wrote the
story that was later filmed as The Thing—and the editor of the groundbreaking
magazine best known as Astounding Science Fiction, in which he discovered
countless legendary writers and published classic works ranging from
the I, Robot series to Dune. Over a period of more than thirty years,
from the rise of the pulps to the debut of Star Trek, he dominated the
genre, and his three closest collaborators reached unimaginable heights.
Asimov became the most prolific author in American history; Heinlein
emerged as the leading science fiction writer of his generation with the
novels Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land; and Hubbard achieved
lasting fame—and infamy—as the founder of the Church of Scientology.
Drawing on unexplored archives, thousands of unpublished
letters, and dozens of interviews, Alec Nevala-Lee offers a riveting
portrait of this circle of authors, their work, and their tumultuous
private lives. With unprecedented scope, drama, and detail, Astounding
describes how fan culture was born in the depths of the Great Depression;
follows these four friends and rivals through World War II and the dawn
of the atomic era; and honors such exceptional women as Doña
Campbell and Leslyn Heinlein, whose pivotal roles in the history of the
genre have gone largely unacknowledged. For the first time, it reveals
the startling extent of Campbell’s influence on the ideas that evolved
into Scientology, which prompted Asimov to observe: “I knew Campbell and
I knew Hubbard, and no movement can have two Messiahs.” It looks unsparingly
at the tragic final act that estranged the others from Campbell, bringing
the golden age of science fiction to a close, and it illuminates how their
complicated legacy continues to shape the imaginations of millions and
our vision of the future itself.
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.8 x 8 inches
$18.99
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.6 x 9 inches
$28.99
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Art's
Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!
Nothing
new this week.
Past
episodes:
The Avenger
Double Feature by Bobby Nash and Chuck Miller
"The House of Souls": The Steel Ring Vol. 3 by
R. A. Jones
"Murder Gets Even" by
John Molino
Tommy Hancock's
"Pulp Domain " Project
PulpFest - Christopher
Paul Carey reads from "Swords Against the
Moon Men "
The Doom Legion by
Will Murray
Berlin Noir from Philip Kerr:
In Memorium
Flinch Fest
Wayne Reinagel's
new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays
and an Interview about the Doc Savage Universe
by Jeff Deischer
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Ave • atque
• Vale : Reminiscences of H. P. Lovecraft - Now available!
Pre-orders are being accepted.
H. P. Lovecraft was
one of the most beloved individuals of his era, and
many friends, colleagues, and correspondents wrote
memoirs of their association with him. This volume, one
of the most exhaustive collection of Lovecraft memoirs
ever published, gathers together some of the best-known
accounts of Lovecraft the man and writer, including W. Paul
Cook’s classic In Memoriam: Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1941)
and Sonia H. Davis’s The Private Life of H. P. Lovecraft,
a moving discussion of her marriage to the Providence writer.
Members of the celebrated Kalem Club (Frank Belknap Long, Rheinhart
Kleiner, Samuel Loveman, James F. Morton) add their assessments,
while such neighbors as Harold W. Munro (Lovecraft’s classmate
at Hope Street High School), Clara Hess, and Muriel Eddy offer
unique glimpses of Lovecraft’s life in Providence.
As
Lovecraft became a titan in the world of pulp fiction,
such colleagues as Donald Wandrei, E. Hoffmann
Price, and H. Warner Munn recounted their recollections.
Late in life, Lovecraft became a mentor for a cadre of
young fans and writers who were spearheading the fantasy
fandom movement, and many of them—R. H. Barlow, Fritz Leiber,
Robert Bloch, Kenneth Sterling, and others—told of their
memories of the dreamer from Providence.
Ave
atque Vale has been meticulously edited by S. T. Joshi
and David E. Schultz, two of the leading authorities
on Lovecraft. They have supplied biographical information
on the various authors and annotated each essay thoroughly
to explain obscure references and to correct errors. This
book will be an invaluable contribution to the study of H. P.
Lovecraft.
Full contents listing
at the link below.
$29.95 - Trade Paperback
$49.95
- Hardcover Edition
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Black Coat Press
New titles now available!
THE ORIGIN OF THE FAYS
Edited, introduced & translated by Brian Stableford
Stories by Louise Cavelier, Charles-Antoine Coypel, Catherine
Durand, Marianne-Agnès Falques,
Marie-Madeleine de Lubert, François-Augustin de
Paradis de Moncrif, Charles Pinot Duclos, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and
Carl Gustaf Tessin.
cover by Mike Hoffman
As the contes de fées
suffered a decline in fashionability in the 1750s, they began to
rely on hybridization with Oriental and Medieval fantasies.
The thirteen stories collected in this volume may be replete
with fays, ogres, magic swords and other motifs, but they also revolve
around a series of moral dilemmas, provided with fanciful magically-aided
resolutions, although reflecting real philosophical debates of the
times.
Among the philosophers and free thinkers who made a contribution
to the genre and are included in this volume are the renowned Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, Swedish diplomat Count Carl Gustaf Tessin, Charles Duclos
and François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif two members of
the French Academy, and the exiled defrocked nun Marianne-Agnès
Falques, who assisted William Beckford on Vathek.
Contents:
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford
Catherine Durand: The Fay Lubantine
The Prodigy of Amour
The Origin of the Fays
Louise Cavelier: The Prince of Aquamarines
Stories attributed to Mademoiselle de Lubert: Princess
Roseate and Prince Celadon
Prince Typhon and Princess Sensible
Cornichon and Toupette
Charles Antoine Coypel: Aglaé or Nabotine
Charles Pinot Duclos: Acajou and Zirphile
Carl Gustaf Tessin: Faunillane; or. The Yellow Child
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Queen Fantasque
François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif: The Gifts
of the Fays; or, The Power of Education
Marianne-Agnès Falques: Durboulour; or, The Benevolent
Lioness
US $26.95 / GBP £16.99
5x8 trade paperback, 372
pages
In the tales collected here,
published in 1750-55, Madame Fagnan demonstrates that the fantastic
can be a useful instrument in the advancement of Enlightenment, because
rather than in spite of its absurdity. Her sardonic narrative points
out the absurdity of the conte de fées, and emphasizes that the
age of the fays, if ever there was one, reached its twilight long before
history became possible.
Madame Fagnan’s work as a whole asserts that fays are
not, and never could be, up to the task of providing miracles, because
the inevitably corrupting effects of their power would always lead
them to indifference toward human suffering, if not to the malevolence
of causing it.
That, rather than any scientific skepticism relating to
the workability of magic, is the Enlightenment that hammered the
nails into the coffin of the genre, and although the final nail had
yet to be added, that coffin was already sealed by 1755.
Contents:
Kanor: A Tale Translated from the Savage (1750)
Minet-Bleu and Louvette (1750)
The Enchanter’s Mirror (1755)
Appendix: The History and Adventures of Milord Pet, an
Allegorical Tale (1755)
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $21.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 252
pages
Established in 1950, Hexagon
Comics is France’s oldest comics publisher, with a universe of characters
as diverse and varied as Marvel’s or DC’s.
This profusely illustrated 300-page history, assembled
and edited by RJM Lofficier, includes articles by Stan Lee, Will Eisner,
Joe Kubert, Roy Thomas and Mike Baron, ten comics stories, four prose
stories by America’s best pulp authors, illustrations by Paul Pope,
Stan Sakai, Steve Rude, Steve Bissette, Jean-Claude Forest and dozens
of the world’s best comic artists, interviews, biographies, characters’
profiles, a text that traces the history of Hexagon, from its first
publication in 1950, and more.
HEXAGON COMICS: THE FIRST 70 YEARS is “a discovery of
unsung European comic books, heretofore unseen by American readers”
(Will Eisner), and an “eye-filling collection of some of the best series
that Hexagon produced during its long and lustrous history” (Stan Lee),
not to be missed by any true comic-book aficionado.
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 300
pages
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Black Moon:
The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Five - Coming March 5!
by Seabury Quinn
Advance look at the cover!
The concluding volume
in a series collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural
detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.
Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard,
August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors
to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth
century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and
fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the
golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and
work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.
Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half
of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character,
the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated
cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits
from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville,
New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan
Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside
his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving
mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)—captivated
readers for nearly three decades.
Available for the first time in trade editions, The
Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin collects all ninety-three published
works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological
order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic
pulp hero.
The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories
from “Suicide Chapel” (1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well
as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a
foreword by Stephen Jones.
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99
A new series of Jules de Grandin cover
art by Donato Giancola has finally
been fully released.
These were created for the classic short stories by
Seabury Quinn of his famous detective Jules de Grandin.
Commissioned by Night Shade Books for their new 5 volume
compilation!
The full line of Giclee Prints are now available:
http://donatoart.com/store/jules-de-grandin/
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Now shipping!
From the dawn of
the sound era through the mid-1950s, action-loving
moviegoers patronized their local picture palaces
every week to see the latest thrill-packed episodes of
their favorite chapter plays. And while they were primarily
drawn to the intrepid heroes who battled dastardly villains
in pursuit of lost treasures or secret formulas, they also
paid close attention to the distressed damsels in constant need
of rescue. Of course, not every woman in serials required saving;
a few were pro-active partners in peril, willing and eager
to mix it up with brutish heavies whenever the occasion demanded.
But all of them were sweetly sexy, even if they rarely got the
chance to show off their charms.
In this
book serial historian Ed Hulse has gathered more than
a hundred rare photos showing the serial queens at their
sexiest and most provocative. Some are clad in swimsuits,
others in negligées, still others in their skivvies.
You’ll see the most familiar—Kay Aldridge, Frances Gifford,
Noel Neill, Jean Rogers, Linda Stirling—as well as the
obscure actresses who appeared in only a single chapter play. Hulse
provides informative captions summarizing the careers of
these cliffhanging cuties of yesteryear.
PURCHASE
PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING
TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES
BEFORE PLACING ORDERS
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Blood 'N' Thunder
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SATAN
LIVES FOR MY LOVE!
SEX AND SADISM IN MARVEL'S HORROR PULPS, 1938-1940
Coming
next week!
Before launching
what would eventually become the Marvel Comics empire, Martin
Goodman published low-rent pulp magazines issued by a dizzying
array of shell companies designed to insulate him from irate creditors.
In order to compete in an already-crowded marketplace, he allowed
editor-in-chief Robert O. Erisman to distinguish their periodicals
with lurid covers and frankly sensational fiction. Bearing Goodman's
"Red Circle" trademark, the short-lived horror pulps Mystery Tales,
Uncanny Tales, Marvel Tales, and Real Mystery were transgressive
in the extreme, shattering the boundaries of good taste and igniting
a firestorm of outrage that eventually drove all horror pulps off
the newsstands.
This book collects ten of the most shocking,
sadistic, and salacious yarns ever to appear in Red Circle's
shudder pulps — more than 100,000 words of mesmerizingly appalling
fiction — tied together with a 4200-word essay that puts them
in their proper cultural-historical perspective. We guarantee you'll
never read another pulp anthology quite like it!
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'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments
- Now online!
ART OF THE PULPS on sale!
Coming Soon: SATAN LIVES FOR MY LOVE!
Holiday-Season Sale Begins Today!
An Important Announcement for Murania Press Customers
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Broadswords
and Blasters - Now
online!
Pulp Appeal: Worms of the Earth (Guest Post by Matt Spencer)
- New!
Pulp Appeal: Highlander (the tv series)
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum
Pulp Consumption: The Shadow of the Torturer
Cry Havoc! Submissions are Open!
Pulp Consumption: The Ballad of Black Tom
Issue 7 Out Today!
Pulp Consumption: The Black Company
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THE
BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #82 is now available and recommended!
Front Cover:
Joe DeVito
"Bronze in Amber" by Chuck Welch
"A Heart-Warming Savage Tale" by Duane Spurlock
"The
Strange Case of the SS Domino" by Julián Paga
"Savage Sketchbook"
by Ron Hill
"Through the Seventh Gate" by Christopher Paul
Carey
"Selling the Sizzle: Remembering Ron Wilber" by
Howard Wright
"Escape From Loki Revisited" by Will Murray
"Doc Calls an Audible" by Terry Allen
"Calamity
Averted" by Will Murray
Back Cover: Tim Faurote imagines Doc and the Fatal
Five in the style of James Bama
Everything, new and old, is beautifully designed
by Kez Wilson.
You can order available
single issues at:
http://www.bronzegazette.com/back-issues/
Subscribe for
2018 (Issues 81, 82, and 83) at:
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The
Bronze Gazette
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Castalia
House Blog - Now online!
Sensor Sweep: PulpRev, Solomon Kane, Crypts, Fritz Leiber
- New!
Short Reviews – Slaves of the Crystal Brain, by Rog Phillips
(as William Carter Sawtelle)
Sensor Sweep: Black Mask, A. Conan Doyle, Philip K. Dick,
Roger Zelazny, and more F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sensor Sweep: E. R. Eddison, Robert W. Chambers, Starship
Troopers 20th Anniversary Edition
Cryptozoology Anthology
The Rageaholic on Elric: The White Wolf
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The Complete Adventures
of Jimmie Dale: Volume One
An Annotated Compilation
of all five novels of the Gray Seal and the Tocsin (Volume
1)
By Frank L. Packard (Author),
Michael Howard (Editor)
Now
available!
In 1914 a character
appeared who would permanently transform popular
fiction. Frank Packard's Gray Seal melded elements from A.
J. Raffles, Jimmy Valentine, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Arsène
Lupin, but those traits were combined with an entirely new
concept: the gifted young man who conceals his identity behind
a mask to fight crime in the big city.
It had never been
done before and it's never stopped being done since.
Jimmie Dale, the high society millionaire behind the Gray
Seal persona, helped to launch the hero pulp boom of the 1930s
and was a direct influence on the Green Hornet, the Spider,
the Phantom, and especially The Shadow. The Gray Seal template
was adopted by the comic book industry as well, and well into the
Twenty-first Century continues to appear there, on television,
and in the movies.
And now, for the
first time ever the complete Jimmie Dale saga is being
reprinted in a set of authoritative editions.
The personal papers
of Gray Seal creator Frank Packard have been consulted
for this project, along with various unpublished works
of fiction by him that add further insight to the series.
Also, a detailed
chronology has been established for the novels so
they can be considered in their proper historical setting.
The definitive Gray
Seal collection is finally here, beginning with the
novel that forever changed adventure fiction - and the larger
world of popular entertainment.
Paperback: 381 pages
Product Dimensions:
6 x 9 inches
$17.99
This
is the first of three volumes.
Volume 2 is anticipated
in late 2019.
There is no
eBook edition at this time.
The plan is to wait
until all three volumes in the reprint series are
completed in trade paperback editions, then combine them
into a single eBook edition.
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Davy
Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure,
and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books of 2018 - New!
TARZAN by Burne Hogarth - New!
FRAZETTA in the Barnyard - New!
Comic Book Stories posted in 2017-18 - New!
Forgotten Books: FLYING SAUCERS: A 21-page epic by Wally
Wood (1950)
EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER Rides with Jesse James (1952)
Movie Posters of 1922 (Part 2)
Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in Color! "Trap for a Booby"
(1952)
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The
Digest Enthusiast #9
Now available!
Interviews
• Filmmaker and author Susan Emshwiller reveals the inside
story on her films, the work of her parents, Ed Emshwiller and Carol
Emshwiller, along with nearly two dozen rare photographs of her famous
family.
• Senior Art Director Victoria Green takes us behind the
scenes of the art department at AHMM, Analog, Asimov’s, and EQMM,
complemented by artist’s confidentials from Tim Foley and Maurizio
Manzieri.
Articles
• Vince Nowell, Sr. charts Ray Palmer’s digest dynasty
from 1948 to 1958, followed by the bibliography of S.J. Byrne, one
of Palmer’s go-to SF storytellers.
• Tom Brinkmann uncovers Benedict Canyon, where Elke Sommer
and Joe Hyams joined “A Neighborhood of Ghosts” from 1964 to 1969.
• Steve Carper wraps “One-and-Dones” with a final, fascinating
batch of obscure and/or rare collector’s treasures.
• Peter Enfantino delivers a story-by-story synopsis of
Manhunt from January thru June 1954.
Plus a report on the rare western digest paperback, Sunset
Showdown by Steve Frazee.
Fiction
• Crime, espionage, and fantasy fiction by Michael Bracken,
Josh Pachter, and Joe Wehrle, Jr., with art from Marc Myers, Michael
Neno, and Joe.
Also includes
• News from all your favorite genre digest magazines,
straight from their editors’ lips, including every newsstand stalwart,
and the new generation of POD/digital stars.
• In-depth reviews of EconoClash Review, Nostalgia Digest,
Occult Detective Quarterly, and Hot Lead.
• Plus over 100 digest magazine cover images, cartoons
by Bob Vojtko and Clark Dissmeyer, first issue factoids, and more.
• Cover by Ed Emshwiller
Print $8.99 (b&w interior)
eBook $2.99 (color)
Includes
over 100 digest magazine cover images
159 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest
Print
version, $8.99
Kindle version and
Magzter, $2.99
Checkout the PREVIEW at the link below!
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Blog - Now online!
Digest Enthusiast Number 9 - January 2019
Space Science Fiction No. 3
Weirdbook No. 40
Pulp Horror No. 8: Sabat
Amazing Stories No. 2
Nathalie Charles-Henneberg’s Ysolde
Men of Violence No. 11
Now in print: Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 3
Modern Age Books
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Doc Savage Fantasy Covers
Now online!
Kez Wilson's DOC SAVAGE FANTASY COVERS website has added a new
cover!
Check out the whole series of covers
at the link below!
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DMR
Books Blog - Now online!
Frank Kelly Freas: He Could've Been a Contender - New!
A Look Back: Deuce's Books of 2018 - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 12/30/2018
- New!
The SF and Horror Fiction of Fritz Leiber
The DMRtian Chronicles, 12/23/2018
The DMRtian Chronicles, Michael Moorcock Edition
Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Robert W. Chambers
The DMRtian Chronicles, 12/16/2018
Quick Reviews: Fierce Tales - Savage Lands
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Coming
in February!
Now available for pre-order!
(Preorder)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Two books in dust jackets
and custom slipcase with bonus medallion
$199.99 + $6 shipping
Ship/Release Date: February
15, 2019
ERB’s 11th and final novel in the Barsoom series
is for the first time published by ERB Inc. and G&D
in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348) - with different
dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end
matter – individual custom slipcases and a new Foreword
by Kevin J. Anderson and an updated Introduction by Richard
Lupoff.
The G&D edition of John Carter of Mars will
be the 50th authorized ERB title reprinted by G&D
since they published their first title, Princess of
Mars, 100 years ago.
This Ultimate Presentation Set Includes:
• Two unique
matching number books in custom slipcases signed
by the artists and contributors.
• Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton
(wraparound) and an artist TBA.
• 2" Commemorative
Medallion featuring JCM artwork and ERB's crest
from his bookplate - edge-etched with numbers matching
.
• 20+ Tipped
in Color Plates by Robert Abbett, J. Allen St.
John & Reed Crandall (newly colorized), Joe Jusko,
and other artists to be announced.
• 100+ B&W
Story Illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs,
Reed Crandall, Motoichiro Takabe, Richard Corben,
Krupa and J. Allen St. John
• Vintage
Style Book Cloth with new titling by Zavier Cabarga
grained to match the original ERBI & G& D
editions from the 1930’s & 1940’s.
• New Barsoom
map endpapers, (2) 2-sided laser-cut bookmarks,
replicas of a Canaveral Press postcard & letter
and ERB’s Notebook pages.
• High Quality
Printing, Paper and Bindings - Offset printed
in the U.S.A. on 80# Archival Vanilla Finch paper in
symth-sewn bindings.
Ship/Release Date: February 15, 2019
Anyone who ordered Savage Pellucidar will be given
first opportunity to reserve their same limitation
number for this and all future editions.
Be sure to include your set # with your order.
Thanks for your order from The Edgar Rice Burroughs
Limited Edition Collection.
John Carter of Mars is the fourth title in the Limited
Edition Collection.
We’re committed to producing the ultimate ERB
books ever published – the highest quality, most prolifically
illustrated and attractively designed ERB books available.
We’ve added lots of extras like....
• an antique
silver finish medallion edge-etched with the
number matching your books.
• (2) two-sided
laser cut bookmarks,
• 80# archival paper, fold-out color
plates, two-sided laminated dust jacket and original
commissioned artwork, make these volumes unique treasures.
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Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten)
Fiction!
November 2018
Baroness Orczy has not made an appearance on
our pages in some time, and this month we remedy that problem with
an historical romance, “The Revenge of Ur-Tasen,” pretty close to how it appeared
in the June, 1900 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the illustrations
by J. Ambrose Walton. Introduction is by Dan Neyer.
October 2018
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages this month
with "The Comet Doom" from the pages of the January, 1928
issue of Amazing Stories.
The Frank R. Paul illustration is included and hopefully
readers will find fascination with the parallels between this story
and the Zoromes of Neil R. Jones, something Bob Gay discusses in his
introduction to the story.
September 2018
No fiction this month, but an extremely rare
autobiographical sketch of Neil R. Jones called (surprise!),
"An Autobiographical Sketch of Neil R. Jones," reprinted
from the January, 1937 issue of Fantasy Magazine.
Bob Gay pens the introduction.
July 2018
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages, with a
tale of a deserted island and evolution gone amok...it all comes
together in "Evolution Island," a story from the March, 1927 issue
of Weird Tales with all the text, the title illustration and a
newly written introduction by Bob Gay.
June 2018
It has been some time since Baroness Orczy has
graced our site and this month you will find "Juliette A Tale of the Terror," the sixth published
story by the Baroness that is set during the French Revolution.
We have included all the original illustrations by the
Baroness's husband, Montagu Barstow, translations for all archaic
words and phrases and an informative introduction by Dan Neyer.
May 2018
Many parodies of Sherlock Holmes have been done
over the years, but none had quite the insider's point of view than
those done by James M. Barrie. In "The Late Sherlock Holmes," Barrie not only gives a
twist to the events of "The Adventure of the Final Problem," and the Holmes
canon in general, but also gives an original solution to who really killed
Holmes (remember, it is a parody).
Due to all the in-jokes and references, we've produced
an annotated version of the pastiche and whether you are a seasoned
Sherlockian or a neophyte, we think you will find it enjoyable.
April 2018
Continuing our reprinting of Edmond Hamilton,
we present "The Atomic Conquerors," from the August, 1926 issue
of Weird Tales with the original title art and an introduction
by Bob Gay.
Also, a bit of humor by the artist Stanley L. Wood,
in an article entitled “Authors—from an Artist's Standpoint,” wherein Wood
demonstrates that he had not only a very sharp wit, but also a gift for caricature,
just as it appeared in the March, 1904 issue of Pearson's Magazine (UK).
March 2018
Since the flu season was a bit rougher than normal
this year, we thought it was a good time to resurrect a short novel
by Jack London, The Scarlet Plague, which tells of the end of civilization
due to a rather nasty disease.
We have reproduced all the Gordon Grant illustrations,
all the text and have thrown in an introduction by Bob Gay that sets
the novel in context.
January 2018
A tale of romance and piracy with a twist...The She Fiend (by an unknown author) gives us a female
pirate with all the cunning and wiles of the Dragon Lady.
Introduction is by Dan Neyer.
December 2017
This month we present for your approval the very
first published story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage."
We have tried to put together a "definitive" edition
of this early work and hope you enjoy it. Introduction by Bob
Gay.
November 2017
Since the we are in the midst of the holiday
season, we thought a Christmas offering might be appreciated, and
so we are happy to present a story by
Bret Harte, "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar," just as it
appeared (with a few editorial interpolations) in the March, 1872
issue of The Atlantic Monthly. Introductory notes are by Bob Gay.
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Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
Typically
the 3rd Saturday of every month
Check the website at the link below for the latest schedule.
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors
to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It
meets the 3rd Saturday of every month.
Check
the website at the link below for exact time and place information.
Name: Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
Time:
1-5 PM
Place:
Muhlenberg Library on West 23rd Street.
Contact:
Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com
Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
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Haffner Press
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
COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 1 Second Edition
By Edmond Hamilton
Now available for pre-order!
Okay, you kiwis and pee-lots, listen up!
This is Sergeant Saturn letting you rascally rocketeers
know that when you fans of a certain classic cosmic crusader send
enough feedback, the Big Poobah at Haffner Press has little choice but
to give you what you want.
To that end, be it known that sometime, sooner than
later, you will be able to add THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME
ONE to your already stellar library in a revised 2nd Edition.
What’s the difference between this forthcoming edition
and the 2009 First Printing, you ask? Good question! All we can say
at this time is that the 2nd Edition will contain the four Captain Future
novels:
“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future,
Win ’40)
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40)
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40)
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll
’40)
and we’ll share more information as it becomes available.
So, prime yer rockets while Mr. Wart Ears here goes
to the galley for another jug of Xeno.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by George Rozen
700+ page Hardcover
Pre-order price: $45.00
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Haffner Press
Jumpin’ Jungle Cats of Jupiter! It’s another
mega-collection of four complete novels of the “Man of Tomorrow,”
the “Wizard of Science,” the protector of the Solar System and a
menace to evil-doers throughout the universe: CAPTAIN FUTURE!
Now that Captain Future (aka Dr. Curtis Newton) and
the Futuremen (Grag the robot; Otho the Android; and Simon Wright,
the Living Brain) have traveled not only through time but to another
universe in the final story of Volume Three (See “Planets in Peril”),
what other dangers will our heroes encounter?
Well, THE FACE OF THE DEEP sees the Futuremen stranded
outside the Solar System on a volcanic planetoid in the company of
a shipload of condemned criminals. Up next is WORLDS TO COME (written
by Joseph Samachson) where Curt and his crew speed to the rescue of
the Sagittarian system—ready to battle in mortal combat with nightmare
enemies from another dimension. Edmond Hamilton (writing as Brett
Sterling) returns with THE STAR OF DREAD wherein our heroes ply their
stock-in-trade by exposing a dangerous secret menacing humanity and taking
desperate risks pursuing two scheming miscreants across the void! Closing
out this penultimate volume of the novel-length adventures of The Futuremen
is MAGIC MOON. Adorned by one of Earle K. Bergey’s finest cover paintings,
we see conspirators plotting to seize the satellite Styx, third moon of
Pluto, enslaving the peaceful natives, and putting Captain Future and his
trusty aides on their most dangerous mission ever!
As with the previous three volumes of THE COLLECTED
CAPTAIN FUTURE, “Under Observation,” the CAPTAIN FUTURE letters
column is reprinted, and the original pulp covers and interior illustrations
are reproduced in a generous appendix.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
Illustrated by H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski
600+ page Hardcover
Pre-order price:
$45.00
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
"Under Observation" - The Captain Future Letters Column
The Face of the Deep (Captain Future, Win ’43)
Worlds to Come (Captain Future, Spr ’43)
The Star of Dread (Captain Future, Sum ’43)
Magic Moon (Captain Future, Win ’44)
"The Future of Captain Future"
Appendix of original interior artwork
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Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei
Cover Art by Raymond Swanland
Now available for pre-order
and coming soon!
It may come as a surprise to some that Donald
Wandrei wrote more mysteries than all his horror, fantasy, and science
fiction tales combined. This volume collects all eighteen adventures
of Wandrei’s ratiocinative detective I.V. Frost, who is ably assisted
by his beautiful and tough female assistant, Jean Moray. A scientist
and inventor, Frost has his own approach to solving mysteries. Rather
than following the usual hard-drinking, trench-coated style of many
of his contemporaries, Frost’s strategy was to mix the logic of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes with the technology of Lester Dent’s
Doc Savage. In 2000, D.H. Olson edited a volume published by Fedogan
and Bremer collecting the first eight of Frost’s adventures. A second volume
of the remaining 10 tales was promised but never materialized.
Contents of THE COMPLETE IVY FROST:
Introduction by D. H. Olson
"Frost," Clues Detective Stories Sep '34
"Green Man—Creeping," Clues Detective Stories
Nov '34
"They Could Not Kill Him," Clues Detective Stories
Feb '35
"Bride of the Rats," Clues Detective Stories Apr
'35
"The Artist of Death," Clues Detective Stories
Jun '35
"Death Descending," Clues Detective Stories Aug
'35
"Impossible," Clues Detective Stories Oct '35
"Merry-Go-Round," Clues Detective Stories Dec
'35
"Giants in the Valley," Clues Detective Stories
Feb '36
"Bone Crusher," Clues Detective Stories Apr '36
"Panda," Clues Detective Stories Jul '36
"The Lunatic Plague," Clues Detective Stories
Aug '36
"Killer’s Bait," Clues Detective Stories Nov '36
"Stolen from the Morgue," Clues Detective Stories
Jan '37
"Blood in the Golden Crystal," Clues Detective
Stories Mar '37
"A Beetle or a Fox," Clues Detective Stories Jun
'37
"Skeletons, Inc," Clues Detective Stories Aug
'37
"Electric Devils," Clues Detective Stories Sep
'37
Decorated Endsheets
18 Double-page Chris Kalb-designed Chapter Spreads
Hardcover, 700+ pageSmythe-sewn
pages
$45
Place your order for THE COMPLETE IVY FROST
before publication and receive an *exclusive*
postcard reproducing this portrait of author Donald Wandrei
by Minnesota artist Clem Haupers.
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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!
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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Hard Case Crime
Coming
soon!
February 2019
BROTHERS KEEPERS
Donald E. Westlake
Cover art by Paul Mann
Read A Sample Chapter
"FORGIVE ME, FATHER, FOR I HAVE RENTED."
What will a group of monks do when their century-old
monastery in New York City is threatened with demolition to make
room for a new high-rise? Anything they have to. "Though Shalt Not
Steal" is only the first of the Commandments to be broken as the saintly
face off against the unscrupulous over that most sacred of relics, a
Park Avenue address.
Returning to bookstores for the first time in three
decades, BROTHERS KEEPERS offers not only a master class in comedy
from one of the most beloved mystery writers of all time but also
a surprisingly heartfelt meditation on loss, temptation, and how we
treat our fellow man.
First appearance in bookstores in 30 years!
Donald E. Westlake is a multiple Edgar Award winner—and
a nominee for the Academy Award!
April
2019
A BLOODY BUSINESS
Dylan Struzan
Cover art by Drew Struzan
Read A Sample Chapter
"Dylan Struzan has delivered a soaring treat
for those of us who love mobster history, a sprawling saga drawn
not from rumor or recycled myth, but directly from the horse’s mouth.
Her exploration of mob life and the shadow empires the bootleggers built
is an exhilarating rush, a must-read."
FRANK DARABONT, director of The Green Mile and The Shawshank
Redemption
ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROHIBITION, LEARN WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED.
In 1919, the National Prohibition Act was passed, making
it illegal across America to produce, distribute, or sell liquor.
With this act, the U.S. Congress also created organized crime as we
know it. Italian, Jewish, and Irish mobs sprang up to supply the suddenly
illegal commodity to the millions of people still eager to drink it.
Men like Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, Dutch Schultz and Bugsy Siegel,
Al Capone in Chicago and Nucky Johnson in Atlantic City, waged a brutal
war for power in the streets and on the waterfronts. But if you think
you already know this story...think again, since you’ve never seen
it through the eyes of one the mobsters who lived it.
Called "one of the most significant organized crime
figures in the United States" by the U.S. District Attorney, Vincent
"Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo was just 15 years old when Prohibition became
law. Over the next decade, Alo would work side by side with Lansky and
Luciano as they navigated the brutal underworld of bootlegging, thievery
and murder. Alo’s later career included prison time and the ultimate
Mob tribute: being immortalized as "Johnny Ola" in The Godfather, Part
II.
Introduced to the 91-year-old Alo living in retirement
in Florida, Dylan Struzan based this book on more than 50 hours of
recorded testimony—stories Alo had never shared, and that he forbid
her to publish until "after I’m gone." Alo died, peacefully, two months
short of his 97th birthday. And now his stories—bracing and violent,
full of intrigue and betrayal, hunger and hubris—can finally be told.
First publication ever!
At nearly 200,000 words, this is the longest book Hard
Case Crime has ever published, covering the entire 13 years of Prohibition,
1920-1933
With cover art and 24 interior illustrations by Drew
Struzan, one of the most acclaimed movie poster painters of all time
July
2019
THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER MONKEY
Joyce Carol Oates
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Read A Sample Chapter
INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MANIAC
Abandoned as a baby in a bus station locker, shuttled
from one abusive foster home and detention center to another, Bobbie
Gotteson grew up angry, hurting, damaged. His hunger to succeed as
a musician brought him across the country to Hollywood, but along with
it came his seething rage, his paranoid delusions, and his capacity
for acts of shocking violence.
Unavailable for 40 years, THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER
MONKEY is an eloquent, terrifying, heartbreaking exploration of madness
by one of the most acclaimed authors of the past century. This definitive
edition for the first time pairs the original novel with a never-before-collected
companion novella by Joyce Carol Oates, unseen since its sole publication
in a literary journal nearly half a century ago, which examines the
impact of Gotteson’s killing spree on a woman who survived it, as seen
through the eyes of the troubled young man hired by a private detective
to surveil her...
First publication in 40 years, and first publication
ever with the lost Joyce Carol Oates companion novella "Love, Careless
Love," unseen anywhere outside of a literary journal in 1974
Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most acclaimed authors
of the past century, a National Book Award winner and six-time finalist
for the Pulitzer Prize
Features a new cover painting by the legendary Robert
McGinnis
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Howard
Andrew Jones - Now online!
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes
Marvin Albert Westerns
Revisiting Some Sword-And-Sorcery
Perilous Momentum
Magician’s Skull 2
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ILLUSTRATION
MAGAZINE #62 - Now
available!
This issue features the work of Ron Lesser
(on the cover) best known for his fabulous femme fatales as featured
in numerous movie posters, as well as noir book covers during the
50s and 60s, as even Hard Case Crime paperback covers today. Our feature
showcases numerous examples of his original art, printed tear sheets
and covers, and rare, previously unpublished photographs. Next up
we feature the work of Peter Helck, famous for his incredible automotive
illustrations during the 40s, 50s and 60s. Book reviews, exhibitions
and events, and more round out the issue!
Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00
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James Rollins: CRUCIBLE -
Arriving in book stores January 8!
In the race to save one of
their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the deepest
spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind-expanding adventure
from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, told with his
trademark blend of cutting edge science, historical mystery, and
pulse-pounding action.
Arriving home on Christmas
Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked,
his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend’s wife, Kat,
unconscious on the kitchen floor. With no shred of evidence
to follow, his one hope to find the woman he loves and his unborn
child is Kat, the only witness to what happened. But the injured
woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot speak—until a brilliant
neurologist offers a radical approach to "unlock" her mind long
enough to ask a few questions.
What Pierce learns from Kat
sets Sigma Force on a frantic quest for answers that
are connected to mysteries reaching back to the Spanish Inquisition
and to one of the most reviled and blood-soaked books in
human history—a Medieval text known as the Malleus Maleficarum,
the Hammer of Witches. What they uncover hidden deep in the
past will reveal a frightening truth in the present and a future
on the brink of annihilation, and force them to confront the ultimate
question: What does it mean to have a soul?
Series:
Sigma Force Novels (Book 14)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4
x 9 inches
List Price: $28.99
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now
available!
FIRST EDITION TEXT (Uncensored, unedited)
This is the original uncensored hardcover text, not the
censored version published in 1949, nor the Ballantine censored version.
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
6 x 9 inch, 290 pages
Retail Price $34.95
Our Price $24.95
Trade Paperback
6 x 9 inch, 290 pages
Retail Price $24.95
Our Price $12.95
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JOE GOLEM #5 (OF
5) THE DROWNING CITY - Arriving in
comic shops January 9!
(Writer) Mike Mignola, Chris
Golden (Art) Peter Bergting (Cover) David Palumbo
Who will wield the enigmatic and
unlimited power of Lector's Pentajulum, and to what end? Attacked
by the mad Dr. Cocteau's henchmen, Joe Golem and Molly are separated,
leaving Joe mortally wounded and Molly taken prisoner. As the
moment Cocteau has waited for to contact the Outer Dark draws near,
Joe makes one last heroic attempt to save Molly from powers unknown.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Justin Marriott
PULP
HORROR #8
Now available!
Contents
Full color throughout.
Articles on Guy N Smith's occult investigator
Sabat
The books of Daniel Farson, the nephew
of Bram Stoker
The underappreciated short stories of
Tom Reamy
A gallery of wild German horror
pulps in Grusel-Krimi
Crocodile attack pulp fiction
Rare New English Library cover art
Joseph Payne Brennan
Paperback: 68 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$10.00
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
Hopalong Cassidy meets Judy Canova
The Latest Books from Bear Manor Media
Thurston the Magician: The 1932-1933 Radio Program
WEIRD TALES the Radio Program
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The
Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!
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Mike Chomko - January/February 2019 newsletter is now available!
Mike has released a list of
pulp-related books and periodicals available from Mike Chomko for
January/February 2019.
Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of
your order (media mail or bound printed matter).
Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA
18104-6542
Send Mike an email at mikechomko@gmail.com
to subscribe to his catalogue.
Mike has established
a website where you can download his current and past newsletters.
The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/
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Mystery*File
-
Now online!
Western Pulp
Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Carved in Sand.”
Podcast Noted:
Interview with Pulp Writer FRANK BONHAM.
Pulp SF Stories I’m Reading: ALFRED COPPEL “The
Last Two Alive!”
A Pulp Fiction
Review by David Vineyard: MAX BRAND – The Darkness at
Windon Manor.
A Pulp Fiction
Review by David Vineyard: FLORENCE M. PETTEE – The Exploits
of Beau Quicksilver.
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The
New Pulp Heroes -
Now online!
The Wraith -
New!
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre
Dr. Vigilante
Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
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Programming for PulpFest 2019
Thursday, August 15
Evening Programming
8:15 – 9:00 PM — Robert H. Davis — The
Man Who Made ARGOSY (Gene Christie)
9:05 – 9:50 PM — From Pulps to Comics
— Pulp Influences in the Comic Book Medium (Jim Beard)
9:55 – 10:40 PM — Hollywood Pulp — From
Pulp Page to the Silver Screen (Ed Hulse)
10:45 – 11:30 PM — Two Sought Adventure
— Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser (Jason Aiken
& Morgan Holmes)
11:40 – 1:00 AM — Fu Manchu Film Fest
(William Patrick Maynard)
Friday, August 16
Afternoon Programming
4:00 – 4:40 PM — Fu Manchu Film Fest
(William Patrick Maynard)
Evening Programming
6:55 – 7:00 PM — Welcome to PulpFest
(Convention Chairman Jack Cullers)
7:05 – 7:50 PM — ARGOSY, ADVENTURE and BLUE BOOK — Men’s Adventure
Pulps (Bob Deis & Wyatt Doyle)
7:55 – 8:40 PM — The Game’s Afoot: Sherlock Holmes and the Pulps
(George Vanderburgh & Garyn Roberts)
8:45 – 9:30 PM — The Secret Life of Women Pulp Artists (David
Saunders)
9:35 – 10:25 PM — Dashiell Hammett and the Detective Story (John
Wooley with John Gunnison)
10:25 – 11:10 PM — The Key of Imagination: THE TWILIGHT ZONE
and the Pulps (Garyn Roberts)
11:15 – 12:45 AM — Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight
Zone’s Magic Man (A film by Jason V. Brock)
Saturday, August 17
Afternoon Programming
3:00 – 4:00 PM — Contemporary Pulp: Writing
the New Pulp Fiction (featuring Will Murray, John Bruening,
and Christopher Paul Carey, with William Patrick Maynard moderating)
Evening Programming
7:00 – 7:30 PM — PulpFest Annual Business
Meeting (meet the convention organizers)
7:30 – 7:40 PM — Munsey Award Presentation
(presented by William Lampkin)
7:45 – 8:25 PM — FarmerCon: A Philip
José Farmer Presentation
8:30 – 9:30 PM — Born Writing: The Unparalleled
Career of Arthur J. Burks (John Locke)
9:30 – 9:45 PM — Last Minute Auction
Viewing
9:45 – 12:00 AM — Saturday Night Auction
12:00 – 1:00 AM — Fu Manchu Film Fest
Encore (William Patrick Maynard)
Announcing
PulpFest 2019
The fall pulp con season is getting
into full swing. Adventure House’s PULP AND COLLECTIBLES
CONVENTION gets the ball rolling on Sunday, September 9.
It will be followed by other fine conventions. But what about
the main event?
PulpFest 2019 will take place from Thursday,
August 15, through Sunday, August 18. We’ll be returning
to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry, just
north of Pennyslvania’s “Steel City.” PulpFest will be joined
by FarmerCon. Hopefully, they’re not too hung over from this year’s
Philip José Farmer centennial.
Start making your plans for the 48th
convening of PulpFest and its celebration of mystery, adventure,
science fiction, and more. Join us for “Children of the Pulps
and Other Stories” at “Summer’s Great Pulp Con.” Please bring your
friends!
Bookmark http://www.pulpfest.com/
to keep informed about PulpFest 2019. You’ll find us on Facebook
at http://www.facebook.com/PulpFest. And for
those who prefer their news short and sweet, follow our Twitter
feed at https://twitter.com/pulpfest.
Wherever you look for PulpFest on the web, we’ll be sure to keep
you informed of our plans.
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Pulpgen-Online Pulps
- Now online!
New this week
"Darcondra" by Richard Tooker from THRILLING
WONDER STORIES, June, 1937
The Vanguard of a Race of Star-Roamers Probes the Universe
for a World that is - Edible.
"The Smell
of Coffee" by F. Roney Weir from ARGOSY, March 9th, 1918
The transformation of a hobo into a working man.
"The Better
Man" by Harold de Polo from THRILLING ADVENTURES, July, 1937
Men Did Not Dare to Interfere With Bully Lafitte of the
Northland - Until the Day Chet Rand Came Along.
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The Pulp Archivist
- Now online!
2019 Planetary Award Nominations - New!
A Short Break for the Holidays
Razör vs Comics - ELRIC Vol. 3: "THE WHITE WOLF"
Pulp Radio: The Shadow - "The Mark of the Bat"
The Science Fiction Legacy of Marvel
A Quick Peep at the Spicy Pulps
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Pulp
Den by Tom Johnson
- Now online!
The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum - New!
Sanderson of Metro
The Midnight Guardian
A Williamsburg Christmas
Two Face The World
Recipe For A Husband
Vengeance Waits At The Door
The Complete Adventures of Jimmie Dale Volume One
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Pulp
Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines,
authors and their stories, adventure and detective
pulps.
Joe Gores - Author, Detective
MVPs - Most Valuable Pulp issues
The Klondike gold rush @ the Fairbanks Community Museum
Link Roundup Nov 2018
Western author Norman A. Fox's website, maintained by his
family
Crazy Cows and Horrified Horses - The western art of George
Harrison Wert
Pulp Phenomenon - Harold Hersey
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The Pulp Hermit by Tom Johnson
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Now online!
New Pulp Author: Jens H. Altmann - New!
I Cover The Murder Front
New Pulp Author Debra DeLorme
To Even The Odds
Introducing New Pulp Author Jeff Deischer
The Black Bat Novel That Disappeared
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Pulp Hero Press
ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN LIFE
Now available!
ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN
LIFE is the first of two volumes written by Roy Thomas about the
"life" of Conan the Barbarian as chronicled in the Marvel comics
he scripted during the 1970s. The first volume has 50 chapters, each
corresponding to the same-numbered issue of the comic book, and
includes a biographical style account of what Conan did in the comic,
in comparison to what he did in the REH story on which the comic is
based, as well as background information about the people involved
in creating the comic, relevant inner workings of Marvel at the time,
Roy's working relationship with Glenn Lord, etc.
Cover
by Benito Gallego
Know, O Reader...
In thousands of four-color panels for Marvel Comics,
Roy Thomas told the tale of Robert E. Howard’s greatest creation,
Conan the Barbarian. Now, in this definitive biography and analysis,
Roy chronicles Conan’s comic-book life, issue by issue, plot by
plot, and artist by artist.
For ten years, from October 1970 when Roy and artist
Barry Smith assembled the first issue of Marvel's Conan the Barbarian,
to October 1980 when Roy and artist John Buscema completed their
last issue together on the series, Thomas wrote of Conan's gigantic
melancholies and gigantic mirth—as well as the wars, the wenches,
and the wizardry that bedeviled the Cimmerian from one issue to
the next.
In this first of two volumes, Roy Thomas explains
the creative process behind the first 51 issues of Conan the
Barbarian. You'll look over his shoulder as he plots and scripts
each issue, devises new adventures for Conan that expand Howard's
original stories into a world-spanning epic, and works with such Conan
artists as Barry Smith, Gil Kane, and John Buscema.
Whether you’re a Conan fan or a comics fan, you'll
enjoy this in-depth look at a Marvel comic-book classic.
322 pages, 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
Softcover: $19.95
Kindle: $7.99
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The Pulp.Net
- Now online!
The Pulp.Net features three ongoing blogs!
Pulp Super-Fan
blog written by Michael R. Brown, That's Pulp
by John Olsen, and the long-running Yellowed Perils
written by William Lampkin.
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Radio
Archives
The Spider #90 Audiobook
The Spider and the
Sons of Satan
by Norvile Page writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
Now available!
Who was the strange new
Overlord of Crime who had the power to exact tribute from the Underworld’s
every member? How could he force even the mildest outlaw to slaughter cops
on sight? Lovely, mysterious Samantha McDoune, orphaned by murder, trailed
a single clue to the heart of Chinatown — and disappeared. Nita van Sloan
followed her — and vanished. Could Dick Wentworth, under constant police
surveillance, speed the Spider to their rescue — before the entire city fell
prey to The Man with the Red Eyes of Fire!
The great pulp magazines
of the 1930s and 40s produced a number of heroes, but none as action-oriented
as the Spider. For almost exactly a decade, from October 1933 to
December 1943, the Spider was the scourge of the Underworld, doling
out his own particular brand of justice and imprinting his dreaded
red Spider seal on the foreheads of those he has killed for the good
of mankind.
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The Spider was Richard Wentworth III, master of disguise,
dilettante of the arts, in perfect physical condition, and completely
devoted to the pursuit of justice for the down-trodden, no matter
what the cost to himself or loved ones. Secretly donning a decrepit
black hat, a tattered black cape, a false hunch to his shoulders, a
lank wig of stringy hair, an application of sinister face makeup and
a pair of .45 automatics, Wentworth prowls the streets of New York as
his alter-ego the Spider, chasing down criminal masterminds bent on enslaving
or destroying humanity.
Nick Santa Maria reads The Spider and the Sons of Satan
with indescribable emotion. Originally published in The Spider magazine,
March, 1941.
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital
download - $4.99
Audio CDs -
$9.99
Regular
price:
5 hours
- $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs
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In the flood of pulp magazines
featuring the hard-hitting exploits of a single hero, only one magazine
read as if its stories had been torn out of the headlines. That was
G-Men, starring the closest equivalent to Eliot Ness and his Untouchables
the pulps dared offer up.
Special Agent Daniel Fowler. Young but hardened, the product
of the FBI’s new scientific investigation methods, Fowler and his
aides, Larry Kendal and Sally Vane, formed a special roving unit of
the Bureau, willing and able to rush to any state in the Union to combat
counterfeiters, extortionists and sundry foreign spies.
To write the exploits of such a non-nonsense hero, they
called in George Fielding Eliot, a former major in U. S. intelligence.
In 1933, he resigned as a U. S. Intelligence officer so he could write
military non-fiction articles without being hampered by official censorship.
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Eliot knew how to operate a Tommy gun, and what it was
like to hear the snap and crack of live rounds whistling past your
head. He also knew how to get his man—hallmarks of the Mounties and
the G-Men both. His credentials were perfect.
Bring ‘Em Back Dead is the second Dan Fowler story. It
was published under the house pseudonym of C. K. M. Scanlon.
Seared by crime, trained by Hoover, and motivated by a
stern sense of justice, Special Agent Fowler went on to a long and
successful career spanning nearly two decades.
These stories are torn from the pages of the November,
1935 issue of G-Men magazine and is read with stirring intensity
by award winning voice actor, Milton Bagby.
Table of Contents:
Bring ‘Em Back Dead
by George Fielding Eliot writing as C.K.M. Scanlon
Stolen silk! For the sake of the vast profits in its shimering
folds, men kill wantonly—spreading terror in a ruthless reign of
gory crime!
Read by Milton Bagby
G-Man Handled - Short Story
by Joe Archibald
Read by Kenn Stremme
Partners in Murder - Feature
by J Edgar Hoover
Read by Mark Finfrock
Scotched! - Short Story
by Tom Curry
Read by Mark Finfrock
Passing the Queer - Feature
by Frankie Lewis
Read by Kenn Stremme
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital
download - $6.99
Audio CDs -
$13.99
Regular
price:
6 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.
Startling Stories was the younger
sibling of Thrilling Wonder Stories. It began in 1939 at the urging
of science fiction fans who clamored for a full-length novel in
each issue. At this point, Thrilling Wonder Stories contained a variety
of novelets and short stories, but fans wanted something longer
that allowed for more character development. And thus, Startling Stories
was born. Each issue started off with a book-length novel, and
was filled out with a variety of short stories, science columns,
special features and, of course, letters to the editor. Some of science-fiction's
best authors appeared in Startling Stories, including luminaries such
as Stanley G. Weinbaum, Eando Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Alfred Bester
and Robert Campbell, Jr. The magazine thrived through the 1940s and
early 1950s, but fading revenues forced it to close with the Fall 1955
issue, after a 99-issue run. Startling Stories now returns with these
vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
A Complete Book-Length
Scientifiction Novel
The Bridge To Earth
by Robert Moore Williams
A mysterious blue flash of light is the baffling harbinger
of a doom that ushers men out of the confines of the world into the
unknown! Follow John Dark, wizard of science, into realms never before
explored by man.
Cosmic Stage — Unusual Story
by Robert Arthur
The Misty Wilderness — Unusual Story
by John Russell Fearn
The Space Visitors — Unusual Story
by Edmond Hamilton
Science Question Box Questions And Answers — Special Feature
Review Of Science Fiction Fan Magazines — Special Feature
Guest Editorial: Vanguard Of Science — Special Feature
by Jack Williamson
Thrills In Science — Thumbnail Sketches — Special Feature
by Mort Weisinger
The Ether Vibrates — Letters
Forecast For The Next Issue Coming Events
Meet The Author: A Self-Portrait
by Robert Moore Williams
Radio Archives Pulp Classics line of eBooks are
of the highest quality and feature the great Pulp
Fiction stories of the 1930s-1950s. All eBooks
produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub and Mobi
formats for the ultimate in compatibility. If you have a
Kindle, the Mobi version is what you want. If you have
an iPad/iPhone, Android, or Nook, then the ePub version
is what you want.
Regular price:
$3.99
Discounted
50% the first week: $1.99
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RED SONJA #25 - Arriving in comic shops January 9!
Writer: Amy Chu,
Erik Burnham
Art: Carlos Gomez
Cover A: Mike
McKone
Cover B: Erica
Henderson
Cover C: Tom Mandrake
Cover D: David
Williams
Cover E: Cosplay
The Sounds of Music! When
the She-Devil saves a musician from a gang of thieves, she
learns that some things are mightier than the sword and finds
they have more in common than meets the eye.
Full Color, 32
pages, $3.99
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The Serial Squadron
Now
available!
Get the new 2019 Serial Squadron
FAN FAVORITE SERIAL STARS Calendar
Download the 8.5 x 11" 24 Page PDF (free)
Order Printed Copy Online from Lulu.com
Price: $14.99
COMING
SOON
THE SCARLET HORSEMAN, DESPERADOES OF THE WEST,
and the restored SPY SMASHER!
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SPECTRE
LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER
- Now online!
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels
Brothers of the Purple Plains by Steve Watts
Death Stills the Brush by F. W. Gumley
Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis
“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker
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Tellers of
Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created
a blog in which he researches and writes about
the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion
titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet
Magazine.
Guy L. Helms (1898-1932) - New!
Robert H. Leitfred (1891-1968) - New!
Orville R. Emerson (1894-1945)-Part Two
Orville R. Emerson (1894-1945)-Part One
Benjamin F. Ferrill (1897-1960)
H.F. Arnold (1902-1963)
Fortean and Cthulhian Phenomena
The Lurker at the Threshold
Weasels on the Cover of Weird Tales
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates
(New publications to the list
are in bold)
Now available!
Wild Cards XXIV: Mississippi Roll, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, January 22, 2019
Batman: The Killing Joke, Christa Faust & Gary
Phillips, Titan Books, $12.95, February 5,
2019
The Godhead [The God Wave Trilogy
#3], Patrick Hemstreet, HarperCollins, $26.99, February 7, 2019
Batman: The Court of Owls, Greg Cox, Titan Books, $22.95,
February 12, 2019
Judges, Volume One, Michael Carroll, Abaddon Books,
$11.99, February 26, 2019
Captain Marvel: Liberation Run, Tess Sharpe, Titan Books,
$24.95, February 26, 2019
Height of the Storm: A Novel
of Earth Prime, Aaron Rosenberg, Green Ronin Publishing, $15.99, February
27, 2019
Superman: Dawnbreaker, Matt de la Peña, Random
House, $18.99, March 5, 2019
The Reign of the Kingfisher, T.J. Martinson, Flatiron
Books, $27.99, March 5, 2019
Rico Dredd: The Titan Years, Michael Carroll, Abaddon
Books, $11.99, April 2, 2019
Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, April 30, 2019
Avengers: Infinity, James A. Moore, Titan Books, $24.95,
April 30, 2019
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Stuart Moore, Titan Books,
$22.95, May 14, 2019
Zero Sum Game, Cas Russell #1, S.L. Huang, Tor, $18.99,
June 4, 2019
Avalanche [Secret World Chronicle #5], Mercedes Lackey
& Cody Martin, Baen, $7.99, June 25, 2019
Heroine’s Journey, Sarah Kuhn, DAW, $7.99, July 2, 2019
Null Set, Cas Russell #2, S.L. Huang, Tor, $25.99,
July 9, 2019
Wild Cards XXV: Low Chicago, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, July 16, 2019
The Violent Century, Lavie Tidhar, Tachyon Publications,
$16.95, July 23, 2019
Monster Hunter Guardian, Larry Correia & Sarah Hoyt,
Baen, $27.00, August 6, 2019
Wild Cards XXVII: Knaves over
Queens, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $29.99, August 13, 2019
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VERSES FOR THE DEAD
(Agent Pendergast) - Now
available!
by Douglas
Preston & Lincoln Child
After
an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field
office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept
an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the
famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.
Pendergast
and his new teammate, junior agent Coldmoon, are
assigned to Miami Beach, where a rash of killings by a
bloodthirsty psychopath are distinguished by a confounding
M.O.: cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving
them-along with cryptic handwritten letters-at local gravestones,
unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belonged to
women who committed suicide.
But the
seeming lack of connection between the old suicides
and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's
worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal
new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy
of death that reaches back decades.
Hardcover:
352 pages
Publisher:
Grand Central Publishing
$28.00
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THE VOID PROTOCOL
(The ICE Sequence) - Arriving in bookstores
January 8!
by F. Paul Wilson
In The
Void Protocol, New York Times bestselling author F.
Paul Wilson concludes his medical thriller trilogy featuring
Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning as they confront the entities
responsible for the supernatural events of Panacea and The
God Gene.
Something sits
in a bunker lab buried fifty feet below the grounds
of Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
The product of
the Lange-Tür technology confiscated from the
Germans after World War II occupies a chamber of steel-reinforced
ballistic glass. Despite experimentation for nearly three-quarters
of a century, no one knows what it is, but illegal human
research reveals what it can do. Humans with special abilities
have been secretly collected―abilities that can only have
come from whatever occupies the underground bunker in Lakehurst.
And so it sits,
sequestered on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens,
slowly changing the world.
Hardcover:
336 pages
Publisher: Forge
Books
Product Dimensions:
6.1 x 9.2 inches
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WEIRDBOOK
#40
Print
edition is now available!
Softcover,
256 pages, 6 x 9 inches
$12.00
Weirdbook
returns with another jam-packed issue
full of great fantasy and horror tales!
Full contents
Iconoclasm, by Adrian
Cole
Have a Crappy Halloween, by Franklyn Searight
Early Snow, by Samson Stormcrow Hayes
The Dollhouse, by Glynn Owen Barrass
Elle a Vu un Loup, by Loren Rhoads
Bringing the Bodies Home, by Christian Riley
Restored, by Marlane Quade Cook
Nameless and Named, by David M. Hoenig
Playing A Starring Role, by Paul Lubaczewski
And the Living is Easy, by Mike Chinn
The Prague Relic, by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
The Circle, by Matt Sullivan
Sanctuary, by John Linwood Grant
The Giving of Gifts, by Matt Neil Hill
The Santa Anna, by Jack Lothian
The Dread Fishermen, by Kevin Henry
Blind Vision, by Andrew Darlington
The Thirteenth Step, by William Tea
This Godless Apprenticeship, by Clint Smith
Waiting, by John W. Dennehy
Pouring Whiskey In My Soul, by Paul R. McNamee
True Blue, by Darrell Schweitzer
The Treadmill, by Rohit Sawant
The Veiled Isle, by W. D. Clifton
Poetry
Gila King, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Necro-Meretrix, by Frederick J. Mayer
Grinning Moon, by Frederick J. Mayer
The Burning Man, by Russ Parkhurst
Silent Hours, by Russ Parkhurst
The Old White Crone, by Maxwell I. Gold
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