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Now available!
The Jailbird Flight
By Donald E. Keyhoe
Below the Rio Grande he had once been known as “The Killer.” Now Captain Bruce Kirby flew through hell skies, leader of the strangest squadron that ever dared face death from flaming Spandaus. Outcasts—all of them—branded with the convict’s arrow! No cowards came to the Jailbird drome—only those dishonored war eagles who chose a chance to die in action rather than rot behind prison bars. Hot tempers, liquor, and the madness of war had brought them low—but beneath it all they still were men! A former U.S. Marine pilot, author Donald E. Keyhoe was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties. In August of 1931, Keyhoe started three long-lived series in three different aviation magazines: Captain 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: The Jailbird Flight, The Drome of Vanishing Men, The Masked Skull Squadron, The Jailbird Ace, Dead Man’s Drome, Claws of the Jailbird, and The Skeleton Ace.
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318 pages|
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America’s enemies have assembled squadrons of flying furies, exploding skeletons, and invisible airplanes to turn the tide of the First World War. But when things get weird, we get Strange. Captain Philip Strange, that is—ace pilot and so-called “Brain-Devil” of G-2 Intelligence. His assignment? Journey from the back-alleys of Paris to the skies over Germany, taking down flying fortresses, cursed aerodromes, strafing skulls, and other wild weapons of mass destruction! This fourth volume of Philip Strange missions includes seven thrilling tales: Satan's Staffel, The Vanishing Staffel, Hoodoo Drome, The Skull Staffel, The Skeleton Barrage, Staffel of the Starved, and The Staffel Invisible.
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 394 pages
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| Airship 27 Productions
JEZEBEL JOHNSTON: DEVIL'S HANDMAID
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions takes to the high seas with the release of its first ever pirate novel; JEZEBEL JOHNSTON – Devil’s Handmaid by writer Nancy Hansen.
Born on the pirate island of Tortuga, fourteen year old Jezebel Johnston is a beautiful mulatto sired by an English privateer named Long Tom Johnston and Mofina, the Madame of a well known bordello. For most of her young life, Jezebel was mesmerized by her father’s stories of life on the high seas. Eventually he sailed off on a new adventure and never returned.
Frustrated by her own boring existence, Jezebel conceives of a daring plan to escape the island. She disguises herself as a boy and signs aboard the pirate ship, Devil’s Handmaid, captained by the notorious Dandy Dan Abrams. Her disguise works and within hours she sailing away from all she knows as she boldly challenges the dangers and threats that lie before her.
Writer Nancy Hansen tells a story of clashing empires all seeking to expand their dominions into the New World. Amidst this expansion of wealth and influence, the pirates of the Caribbean were borne, a savage fraternity of outlaw sailors, murderers and scalawags who ruled the seas. Now comes the saga of a young girl willing to share their tempestuous adventures, cutlass for cutlass, until one day she will become the greatest pirate queen of them all.
“I’ve been a big fan of Nancy’s writings for several years,” says Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “When she contacted us about this new book, I was thrilled. We’d never done a straight up pirate novel and getting one from such a talented writer was our good luck.” Meticulously researched, JEZEBEL JOHNSTON – Devil’s Handmaid is the first in a series and kicks off with a gorgeous cover by Terry Pavlet and interior illustrations by Airship 27 Art Director Rob Davis. Fortier ends with, “Adventure fiction doesn’t get any better than this.”
Available now at CreateSpace and Amazon.com.
Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Altus Press Announces Series 2 of the Hard-Boiled Pulp Fiction Classic, The Dime Detective Library
Coming Fall 2015!
Altus Press is pleased to announce Series 2 of The Dime Detective Library.
Created by Popular Publications, Dime Detective was one of the most important hard-boiled crime fiction pulps in the field, second only to Black Mask in its influence to the genre.
Series 2 contains seven books, each containing the original pulp stories in order, along with the original illustrations, primarily by John Fleming Gould.
The books are: The Complete Cases of the Reckoner by Carroll John Daly
The Complete Cases of Keyhole Kerry, Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis
The Complete Cases of Mr. Maddox, Volume 2 by T.T. Flynn
The Complete Cases of Jeffery Wren, Volume 1 by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
The Complete Cases of The Bleeder by Edith and Ejler Jackobson
The Complete Cases of Bail-Bond Dodd, Volume 1 by Norbert Davis
The Complete Cases of Secrets, Inc., Volume 1 by Frederick C. Davis
These deluxe editions contain high-quality, classic pulp stories, few of which have been reprinted before.
Available this fall, Series 2 of The Dime Detective Library will be available in softcover, hardcover and ebook formats.
It will also be available in a heavily-discounted series bundle.
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THE COMPLETE CASES OF THE RECKONER
by Carroll John Daly
Coming Fall 2015!
Millionaire Marty Day has lost it all. Destitute and desperate, his path crosses the mysterious RECKONER…. Created by hard-boiled legend Carroll John Daly (creator of Race Williams), Day battled the Reckoner through four stories published between 1933 and 34 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.
The Complete Cases of the Reckoner by Carroll John Daly contains the following stories:
“The Curtain of Steel”
“Drawn in Blood”
“Blood on the Curtain”
“Answered in Blood”
286 pages
$19.95 softcover, $29.95 hardcover, $5.99 ebook
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THE COMPLETE CASES OF KEYHOLE KERRY, VOLUME 2
by Frederick C. Davis
Coming Fall 2015!
The series concludes here! Big-city residents on both sides of the law regard him with equal measures of fear and reticence. They know that whatever they’re doing, right or wrong, will sooner or later come to the attention of Guy “Keyhole” Kerry, a wise-cracking, hard-charging journalist who knows all and tells most of it. Kerry’s profession brings him into contact with all kinds of people, and the law of averages guarantees that some of them are better left alone. But Keyhole Kerry will risk anything for a scoop, even if it means becoming embroiled in murder mysteries and making himself a target.
This relatively brief series (eight late Thirties entries) was written for Dime Detectiveby Frederick C. Davis, a tireless pulp scribe who sold more yarns to the magazine—73 in all—than any other contributor save T.T. Flynn. With a half-dozen recurring characters in this one rough-paper periodical, Davis was one of the many talented contributors who made Dime Detective a prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.
The Complete Cases of Keyhole Kerry, Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis contains the following stories:
“Double Deadline”
“Burial Party”
“The Ghoul Hangs High”
“Poison on Her Lips”
284 pages
$19.95 softcover, $29.95 hardcover, $5.99 ebook
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| Altus Press
THE COMPLETE CASES OF MR. MADDOX, VOLUME 2
by T.T. Flynn
Coming Fall 2015!
To habitués of the nation’s top racetracks he’s known as “The Bland Buddha of the Bangtail Circuit.” Less polite players of the ponies call him a tout or a bookie. There’s no doubt that Mr. Joe Maddox is a shrewd judge of horseflesh, but he’s also a shrewd judge of men. And that’s a critically important quality to possess, because Mr. Maddox repeatedly finds himself pitted against crooks and killers whose depredations are linked in some way to the racing game. Assisted by his sidekick Oscar, the heavyset handicapper has always managed to beat the odds, but sooner or later his luck is bound to change….
The work of prolific pulpster T.T. Flynn, 35 Mr. Maddox novelettes were published in the pages of Dime Detective between 1938 and 1950. Fast-moving and suffused with authentic racing atmosphere, they were among the most popular stories ever to appear in this prestigious crime pulp, second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.
The Complete Cases of Mr. Maddox, Volume 2 by T.T. Flynn contains the following stories:
“Kentucky Kickback”
“The Bookie and the Blonde”
“Blood on the Blue-Grass”
“Trot Out Your Murder”
274 pages
$19.95 softcover, $29.95 hardcover, $5.99 ebook
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THE COMPLETE CASES OF JEFFERY WREN, VOLUME 1
by G.T. Fleming-Roberts, introduction by James T. Roberts
Coming Fall 2015!
The most polished of author G.T. Fleming-Roberts’ magician detectives, Jeffery Wren battled crime in the pages of Dime Detective for seven adventures. Included in Volume 1 are the first three stories: “No Haunting Allowed,” “The Spirit Was Willing,” and “A Sleight Case of Murder,” along with a bonus Fleming-Roberts story from the pages of Dime Detective: “Dig a Grave for Me.”
Rounded out by an all-new introduction by Fleming-Roberts’ son, James, this marks the first time this series has been collected.
The Complete Cases of Jeffery Wren, Volume 1 by G.T. Fleming-Roberts contains the following stories:
“No Haunting Allowed”
“The Spirit Was Willing”
“A Sleight Case of Murder”
“Dig a Grave for Me”
218 pages
$19.95 softcover, $29.95 hardcover, $5.99 ebook
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THE COMPLETE CASES OF THE BLEEDER
by Edith and Ejler Jackobson, introduction by Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D.
Coming Fall 2015!
Nathanial Perry was a “thin-skinned orphan with the courage dead in him” at age 14. A victim of a “hit and run,” Perry was rescued by Police Officer Harry O’Connor, a “stubborn, gritty, sawed-off little Irishman.” Nat knew he was a “bleeder,” a hemophiliac—his blood would not clot and a little cut could kill him. O’Connor took the adolescent to the hospital, and provided him with three blood transfusions over four days. The officer reasoned that Nat Perry could never die because he now had cop’s blood in him. From that point on, Nat Perry dedicated his life to becoming a police officer—and he found both unflinching courage and a father.
Fifteen years later, at 29, “The Bleeder” finds himself on the trail of the Rag Doll Killer….
The Complete Cases of The Bleeder by Edith and Ejler Jackobson contains the following stories:
“The Rag-Doll Killer”
“Dead Man—Killer!”
“Funerals—C.O.D.”
“They Die on Schedule!”
“Secret Street”
“Coffin for a Bathing Beauty”
“Double Life of a Phoney”
145 pages
$14.95 softcover, $29.95 hardcover, $5.99 ebook
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THE COMPLETE CASES OF BAIL-BOND DODD, VOLUME 1
by Norbert Davis
Coming Fall 2015!
Bailbondsman William “Bail-Bond” Dodd was the first series character that hard-boiled genius Norbert Davis created for Harry Steeger’s best detective pulp. Running for eight installments, this unique series was one of the best Davis ever wrote for the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendaryBlack Mask in its impact on the genre.
As a bonus, this edition also includes the first story that Davis wrote for Dime Detective: “The Gin Monkey.”
The Complete Cases of Bail-Bond Dodd, Volume 1 by Norbert Davis contains the following stories:
“Murder Down Deep”
“Murder in the Red”
“This Will Kill You!”
“Come Up and Kill Me Some Time”
“The Gin Monkey”
229 pages
$19.95 softcover, $29.95 hardcover, $5.99 ebook
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THE COMPLETE CASES OF SECRETS, INC., VOLUME 1
by Frederick C. Davis, introduction by Will Murray
Coming Fall 2015!
From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry.
The Complete Cases of Secrets, Inc., Volume 1 by Frederick C. Davis contains the following stories:
“Blood on the Block”
“Skeleton Without Arms”
“The Silver Doom”
“Death Lights the Candle”
248 pages
$19.95 softcover, $29.95 hardcover, $5.99 ebook
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At the printer and shipping later this month!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 83: "The Rustling Death" & "Terror and the Lonely Widow"
The pulps' greatest superhero returns in action-packed thrillers by Alan Hathway and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Ham Brooks is rendered helpless by a strange sound, a rustling noise that can destroy planes in midair and disintegrate entire populations! Then, after his cover is blown during an undercover mission, the Man of Bronze heads to the South Seas to avert a atomic age threat in one of his most gripping postwar adventures. This instant collector's item leads off with the classic color pulp cover by Emery Clarke, and also features the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fifteen Doc Savage novels. BONUS: A lavishly illustrated article on "Doc Savage in the Golden Age of Comics" by longtime comics editor Robert Greenberger! (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-181-3 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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At the printer and shipping later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 100
"The Death Triangle," "The Crimson Death" & "The Seven Deadly Arts"
SUPER-SIZED CENTENNIAL EDITION
Sanctum Books commemorates its milestone 100th issue with pulp thrillers by all three Maxwell Grants: Walter B. Gibson, Theodore Tinsley and Bruce Elliott! First, The Master of Darkness unmasks the murderous mastermind behind "The Death Triangle." Then, "The Crimson Death" strikes in a dizzy dance of murder that draws even The Shadow into its arms! Finally, a mysterious cult revives an ancient curse through "The Seven Deadly Arts." This instant collector's item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen, Graves Gladney and Modest Stein and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell, Paul Orban and Edd Cartier, with original commentary by popular culture historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-190-5 Softcover, 7x10, 160 pages, B&W, $15.95
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)
| Andy McDermott: THE REVELATION CODE (Wilde/Chase) - Coming November 30!
2002 - Southern Iraq A CIA covert operation in the desert uncovers ancient ruins concealing a humanoid statue, with six wings and the face of a lion. Team member Ezekiel Cross is convinced that it represents one of four angels prophesied in the Book of Revelation, and when the agents are attacked by Iraqi forces, leaving Cross the only survivor, he steals it to begin his own mission from God ...Present Day - New York Depressed following the death of a friend, Nina Wilde has been focusing her energies on her pregnancy, rather than the archaeological discoveries for which she is renowned. But adventure still finds her - when she's kidnapped by religious cultists intending to force her to locate the remaining angels! Held prisoner in a strange village, Nina engages in a battle of wits against her captors, knowing her only hope of rescue is for her husband Eddie Chase to find the other statues first. But with a ruthless maniac determined to fulfil Revelation's prophecy, time is running out. Only by keeping the angels out of the cultists' hands can Nina and Eddie prevent the coming apocalypse ...but what price will they have to pay?
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.8 x 9.2 inches
Pre-order price: $19.83
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| Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!
Jason Scott Aiken: Interview and fiction reading
Author Jason Aiken talks about his recent work in a breif interview and tehn does a reading from his writings.
Jeff Deischer: A reveiw of his recent work
Versatile author Jeff Deischer review some of his recent work. Jeff has written in several genres. We review here his cold War Spy series "Agent Keats" written in the style of Ian Fleming, his novel "Red as in Ruin" a pulp-hero story written in teh style of the 1930s and 1940s, and "The Brotherhood of Sa
Pulpfest: Interview with Duane Spurlock
Author Duane Spulock discusses his recent work including "Airship Hunters" and "Fighting Alaska." Duane has been a prolific writer and we discuss the breadth of his work.
Pulpfest: Interview with Frank Schildiner about his novel Quest of Frankenstein
Frank Schildiner has published his first full length novel, "The Quest of Frankenstein" which is available thorugh Black Coats press. This is a rolickling adventure based on the classical French version of Frankenstein by the French filmaker Jean-Claude Carriere. We discuss his inspiration for this story and what plans he may have for future works in this series. This novel non-stop action as Frankenstien battles other monsters to fulfill his quest.
Pulpfest: Sean Levin Interview about his Crossovers project
Sean Levin discusses his preparation for volumes 3 & 4 in the Crossover series originally started by Win Scott Eckert. Win is also on board for this interview. This series describes the crossovers of characters and themes in Books, Pulps, Movies, and other media. Sean describes what he will incloude in the next 2 volumes in the series.
Past episodes:
Van Reid and the Moosepath League!
Ralph Angelo - "The Caligostro Chronicles, Volume 1"
Matthew Baugh: The Avenger: The Sun King
Argent - Jeff Deischer's Silver Age Superheroes
Micah Harris discusses his Ravenwood novel "Return of the Dugpa"
PULPFEST 2015! with Mike Chomko
| Beb Books - Now available!
Science Fiction existed long before John W. Campbell and Astounding Science Fiction.
Join Beb Books in an exploration of SF "Before the Golden Age!"
The Voyage of the Asteroid
First up is"The Voyage of the Asteroid" by Laurence Manning. Written in 1932.
Three adventurers travel by rocket to fog covered Venus, get lost in the heavy fogs and battle against prehistoric monsters and primitive lizard men in a desperate struggle to find their way back home.
The Four-Dimensional World of Bob Olsen
Next is "The Four-Dimensional World of Bob Olsen," five stories written between 1927 and 1932 explaining and exploring the wonderful things that could be achieve with access to the fourth dimension.
Stories include "The Four Dimensional Roller-Press", "Four-Dimensional Surgery", "Four Dimension Robbery",
"Four Dimension Transit" and "The Man Who Annexed the Moon."
Both stories are available as either ePub format ebooks for $1.99 ea or in print for $6 ea plus $3.00 postage.
Pay by either check or money order to:
Brian Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224
or via Paypal to beb01@sprynet.com
Check out the rest of Beb Books many titles.
Ask for a catalog at beb01@sprynet.com
Ask for a list of everything in stock. It’s free.
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| THE BIG BOOK OFSHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES - Coming October 27!
by Otto Penzler (Editor)
Presenting Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's latest anthology, The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories, the largest collection of Sherlockian tales ever assembled—now in a deluxe hardcover edition, perfect for the collector and gift markets.
Arguably no other character in history has been so enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes. From his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet,readers have loved reading about him—and writers have loved writing about him. Here, Otto Penzler collects 83 wonderful stories about Holmes and Dr. John Watson, the majority of which will be new to readers. Among these pages are tales by acclaimed Sherlockians Leslie S. Klinger, Laurie R. King, Lyndsay Faye and Daniel Stashower; pastiches by literary luminaries both classic (Kenneth Millar, P. G. Wodehouse, Dorothy B. Hughes) and current (Anne Perry, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman); and parodies by Conan Doyle's contemporaries James M. Barrie, O. Henry, and August Derleth.
Publisher: Pantheon
Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.3 x 9.1 inches
Hardcover: 816 pages
List Price: $40.00
Pre-order Price: $22.11
Paperback: 816 pages
List Price: $25.00
Pre-order Price: $18.63
Kindle Edition
Pre-order Price: $15.99
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| Black Coat Press
Now available!
THE ARK
by Arnyvelde
adapted by Brian Stableford
And this will be the Ark that I shall construct, and which will protect us through the second deluge, unleashed by the entire earth.
Contents:
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford
THE KING OF GALADE [Le Roi de Galade] (1910)
THE ARK [L'Arche] (1920)
The King of Galade (1910) is a fantasy in which the eponymous hero emerges from his idyllic valley kingdom, surrounded by seemingly insurmountable mountains, to explore the outside world and investigate its wonders and vicissitudes.
The Ark (1920) was begun shortly after the author was conscripted during the Great War and finished after he was demobilized. A deliberately extravagant fantasy, it is a psychological Ark meant to carry him through the Deluge of the war, permitting him-as long as he avoids being killed-to endure the devastation of his personal happy valley.
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 320 pages
THE MUTILATED BACCHUS
by Arnyvelde
adapted by Brian Stableford
I no longer have the time to forge human beings.
Contents:
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford
THE MUTILATED BACCHUS [Le Bacchus Mutilé] (1922)
MAN WANTED or, THE STRANGE TOURNAMENT OF LOVE [On Demande un Homme] (1924)
In The Mutilated Bacchus (1922), a young genius, severely mutilated after a plane crash, still manages through sheer willpower to turn his home valley into an Eden-like utopia dedicated to the search for Joy; but a twist of fate will lead to a cruel end, full of disillusionment.
The Strange Tournament of Love (1924) is a bittersweet chronicle of the manner in which André Arnyvelde escaped his once-cherished enslavement by the idea of Joy, by recasting the traditional fantasy tale of a competition between suitors to determine who will win the hand of a particularly desirable bride.
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 476 pages
MEPHISTA
by Maurice Limat
adapted by Michael Shreve
"I am hatred... I am evil... I am death... I AM MEPHISTA!"
Who is Mephista? Is she a fictional character born of the minds of screenwriters? Or is she a demon from the bowels of Hell itself? Meet Edwige Hossegor, the beautiful and kind-hearted actress whose evil alter ego kills mercilessly; the equally stunning Olga Mervil, who is ready to sign a pact with Satan in order to replace Edwige; a movie studio plagued by mysterious murders; a cult of devil worshippers in the cartacombs of Paris; and a deadly circus of freaks... At the center of it all is Teddy Verano, the P.I. whose mission in life is to expose monsters and defeat evil!
Maurice Limat, who passed away in 2002, was the dean of French popular fiction, having begun his career in 1936 and published well over 500 novels in every genre. This book collects the first three novels in his popular Mephista series from the late 60s/early 70s, starring his signature character, Teddy Verano.
Also included in this volume are an autobiographical article by Limat himself, and articles about Verano and Mephista.
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
6x9 trade paperback, 296 pages
Stormshadow introduces the tale of a man who survives a car crash, but finds himself trapped in a private clinic at the mercy of its lunatic owner, the terrifying Doctor Despair. The Doctor seeks to use him as a pawn in a monstrous scheme of revenge against the wife who once betrayed him. The hero struggles to save her, but in Doctor Despair’s asylum, no one is ever sure of what is a lie and what is the awful truth...
US $12.95 / GBP £6.99
7x10 trade paperback, 148 pages
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BLOOD 'N' THUNDER SUBSCRIPTION POLICY CHANGE
Message from publisher Ed Hulse....
As of today Blood 'n' Thunder's subscription policy is changing to reflect a decision I recently came to. BnT will cease publication as a periodical next year with issue #50, scheduled for Fall 2016. Since launching the zine in 2002 I've done a pretty lousy job of adhering to its stated quarterly schedule anyway, and as various aspects of my life have changed in recent years, BnT must change along with them.
Therefore, those whose subscriptions expire with the just-published #45 will be offered a renewal price of $50 for the remaining five issues to come. This will provide more than the subscriber's customary 20-percent savings inasmuch as #50 will be a jumbo-sized magazine with a cover price of $19.95 or more. (I'm already thinking about the last issue's contents, because I expect to go out with a bang.) The five-for-$50 deal will also extend to those who decide to subscribe for the first time before issue #46—Fall 2015—is published this coming November. At that time I will stop offering subscriptions and the last few issues will be available only on a single-copy basis at the cover price of $12.50 postpaid. So if you want the discount enjoyed by subscribers, this is your last opportunity to get it. I've just revised the site's Subscription page to conform with this change of policy.
The cessation of publishing on a quarterly basis (more or less) doesn't mean Blood 'n' Thunder is going away. It will continue as a series of irregularly published books—each running to 200 pages or more—that will include collections of essays grouped by theme. My plan is to publish at least two of these per year, timed for release in Spring at the Windy City convention and in Summer at PulpFest. There might be a third volume each year, depending upon my schedule. Of course, I'll continue to publish the Classic Pulp Reprints series and other Murania Press books.
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This issue of Blood ‘n’ Thunder is highlighted by the first part of an extended survey of Famous Fantastic Mysteries, a forgotten pulp magazine that reprinted classic early stories of science fiction.
Old-Time Radio authority Martin Grams offers a history of the long-forgotten King Kong radio serial, complete with lengthy script excerpts.
Popular-fiction scholar Rick Lai presents another of his Wold Newton-ish excursions into literary lineage, this one concentrating on Robert E. Howard’s Bran Mak Morn.
David Smith trains a spotlight on Pistol Pete Rice, hero of Street & Smith’s Western pulps.
Film critic Glenn Kelly pens an appreciation of the screen’s first super-villain, the legendary Fantomas.
The basic but sad history of nickel-priced pulps is the subject of an article by veteran fictioneer James W. Egan.
BnT editor Ed Hulse reports on the 1937 cliffhanger serial Radio Patrol.
Finally, this issue reprints the long-forgotten first adventure of The Hornet, a 1934 character invented by Samuel Merwin.
Like every issue of BnT, the Summer 2015 issue is more than a hundred pages long and boasts dozens of illustrations, including reproductions of rare movie stills and original pulp art.
PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS.
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| Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER Policy Change - New!
BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER #45 Is on the Way!
PulpFest 2015: A Report
PulpFest Begins This Week — At Last!
Edgar Wallace’s JACK O’ JUDGMENT
Now THAT’S a Review!
Dime Novels and Nickel Weeklies
| | Bold Venture Press
September releases now available!
The Last Goodbye by Gary Lovisi
Hardboiled Mystery
A routine traffic stop escalates into a mob vendetta, putting a good cop and his wife on the run. When he turns to his friend Vic Powers for help, everything hits the proverbial fan. Powers has already been kicked off the force for “brutality.” Now he’s got an excuse to demonstrate real brutality against some people who deserve it — an entitled mobster’s son, an animal abuser, and a smart-mouth private eye.
Take our advice — stay on Vic’s good side.
The Last Goodbye continues Gary Lovisi’s chronicles of hard-boiled tough guy Vic Powers, backed up by three additional Powers stories. The ex-cop turned private eye gets into as much trouble as he solves, but always manages to turn the tables on the bad guys—barely…
Softcover, 160 pages, $14.95
Stagecoach to Hell by Charles Boeckman
Western anthology
Stagecoach to Hell features Charles Boeckman, author of Strictly Poison and Other Stories, writing in his element—the authentic old west. He knows the history, the people, and he knows their stubborn Texas pride—resulting in trouble or triumph. Sometimes both.…
Climb aboard, and encounter an assortment of colorful characters: a bride who refuses to trade one form of slavery for another; a barber with a secret past; a dime novel fan forced to confront real danger; two riverboat captains determined to win a race at all costs; and many others.There's even an appearamce by Bat Masterson, and a tale to remember the Alamo! Grab a canteen and prepare for a bumpy ride across the burning sands of pulp fiction!
This anthology features ten stories culled from classic western pulp magazines, selected by the author. "Brazos Woman," "Bad Man from Boston," "Rusty Guns," "The Kid Comes Back," "The Last Bullet," "Stage Coach to Hell," "Home Is the Killer," "Bitter Reunion at Rimrock," "The Devil’s Deadline," and "Hell’s Cargo."
Softcover,198 pages, 6x9, $16.95
Plot Genie: Short-Short Story
Supplemental Formula #6
by Wycliffe A. Hill
Writing / Educational Aid
The “Short-Short Story” was popularized in magazines of the era like Collier’s, which squeezed short stories to a single page. Designed for light entertainment and fast reading, this form of story-telling is becoming more popular as reader’s attention spans are divided between an ever-increasing information overload.
Use this Plot Genie supplement to tell the basics—brisk plots, fast characterizations, an economy of words. Get in, get out—that’s the modern way, and satisfying readers is the Plot Genie way!
* This Plot Genie supplemental formula is unique since it actually includes fiction -- actual "short-short stories" from magazines like Collier's and Liberty, as examples of the form.
Softcover,134 pages, $19.95
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| Bringing Back Classic Adventure One Page at a Time - Now online!
Greatest Ever Pulp Stories #4 – The People of the Black Circle
Greatest Ever Pulp Stories #3 – Red Harvest
| The Burroughs Bulletin #93 - Now available!
In honor of the 140th anniversary of the 1 September 1875 birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs, here is the front cover of the newest issue of "The Burroughs Bulletin."
The Bulletin is the only fanzine that Burroughs personally approved (back in 1947).
Bulletin #93 includes articles on the British ERB Society; the new authorized Tarzan novel, "Return to Pal-ul-don," by long-time Doc Savage scribe, Will Murray; the limited Publisher's Edition of ERB's "Back to the Stone Age" published this year; an article on the New Pulp Movement; and a humorous poem by John Martin, "Tarzan's Undefeated Feet."
The art for the front cover of Bulletin #93 is copyright 2015 by artist Joe DeVito, and was created for "Return to Pal-ul-don."
Copies of Bulletin #93 were first distributed at Dum Dum 2015 (August 20-23, 2015).
All other member copies are in the mail.
Subscriptions are $35 (Domestic) and $45 (International) for four quarterly issues and 12 monthly issues of THE GRIDLEY WAVE newsletter.
Send checks or money orders to:
Henry Franke, 318 Patriot Way, Yorktown, VA 23693.
Payment via Paypal is also accepted at BurroughsBibliophiles@gmail.com
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| Night Shade Books is proud to announce that this September we’ll be kicking off the publication of brand new trade paperback editions of The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, featuring the complete short fiction of the legendary weird fiction author.
Many of the hardcovers in this series, first published between 2007 and 2011, have been long unavailable since the original printings sold out, and over the years have become quite pricey on the secondary market. Night Shade continues to get more inquiries regarding availability of this series than any other title we’ve released. Now, we’re excited to announce that we’ve come to an agreement with the estate to release new paperback editions of all of Smith’s short fiction, which includes volumes one through five of the original series, plus the additional sixth volume of miscellaneous writings.
The Door to Saturn
Clark Ashton Smith, considered one of the greatest contributors to seminal pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, helped define and shape “weird fiction” in the early twentieth century, alongside contemporaries H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, drawing upon his background in poetry to convey an unparalleled richness of imagination and expression in his stories of the bizarre and fantastical.
The Collected Fantasies series presents all of Smith’s fiction chronologically. Authorized by the author’s estate and endorsed by Arkham House, the stories in this series are accompanied by detailed background notes from editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger, who in preparation for this collection meticulously compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith’s own notes and letters. Their efforts have resulted in the most definitive and complete collection of the author’s work to date.
VintageFromAtlantisHere are the announced publication dates for each volume:
Volume One: The End of the Story—September 2015 - Now available!
Volume Two: The Door to Saturn—January 2016
Volume Three: A Vintage from Atlantis—May 2016
Volume Four: The Maze of the Enchanter—September 2016
Volume Five: The Last Hieroglyph—January 2017
The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith—May 2017
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| Clark Ashton Smith Panel - NecronomiCon 2015 - Now online!
The Clark Ashton Smith panel from NecronomiCon 2015, Providence, RI, August 22.
| Clive Cussler: THE SOLOMON CURSE (A Fargo Adventure) - Now available!
by Clive Cussler & Russell Blake
There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king and that great treasure lies beneath the waters. Others say terrible things happened here, atrocities and disappearances at the hands of cannibal giants, and those who venture there do not return. It is cursed.
Which is exactly what attracts the attention of husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo. How could they resist? Clues and whispers lead them on a hunt from the Solomons to Australia to Japan, and what they find at the end of the trail is both wonderful and monstrous—and like nothing they have ever seen before.
Series: A Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure (Book 7)
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
List Price: $28.95
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| Clive Cussler: THE PHAROH'S SECRET (The NUMA Files) - Coming November 17!
by Clive Cussler & Graham Brown
Kurt and Joe tangle with the most determined enemy they’ve ever encountered when a ruthless powerbroker schemes to build a new Egyptian empire as glorious as those of the Pharaohs. Part of his plan rests on the manipulation of a newly discovered aquifer beneath the Sahara, but an even more devastating weapon at his disposal may threaten the entire world: a plant extract known as the black mist, discovered in the City of the Dead and rumored to have the power to take life from the living and restore it to the dead.
With the balance of power in Africa and Europe on the verge of tipping, Kurt, Joe, and the rest of the NUMA team will have to fight to discover the truth behind the legends—but to do that, they have to confront in person the greatest legend of them all: Osiris, the ruler of the Egyptian underworld.
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
List Price: $28.95
Pre-order $20.47
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| Clive Cussler: THE GANGSTER (Isaac Bell) - Coming March 1, 2016!
by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott
It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special “Black Hand Squad,” but the gangsters appear to be everywhere—so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all.
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (March 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399175954
ISBN-13: 978-0399175954
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
List Price: $28.95
Pre-order $21.11
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| Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Altus Gallery: Jungle Adventure with KINGI BWANA - New!
Pulp Gallery: MYSTERY ADVENTURES (1935) - New!
FFB: Seven Books Reviewed by DASHIELL HAMMETT
Comic Gallery: THE PHANTOM
HOLLYWOOD COWBOY DETECTIVES - New Pulp Fiction by Darryle Purcell
Pulp Gallery: Belarski on DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY
Comic Gallery: THE LONE RANGER (1954)
Pulp Galley: THRILLING ADVENTURES
| | THE DIGEST ENTHUSIAST BLOG
Now online!
The Digest Enthusiast has established a new blog called DIGEST MAGAZINES.
It can be found at the link below.
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| DIME NOVEL ROUND-UP - Now available!
Summer 2015
The Short Stories of Nicholas Carter [in New York Weekly and Ainslee's; also Harrison Keith connection] (by J. Randolph Cox)
Carl H. Claudy, Part 2: The Middle Years (by Edwin L. Murray)
Networking in New Orleans: 2015 PCA/ACA Conference Report (by Deidre A. Johnson)
Review: The Deadwood Trail, by Gilbert Patten (retrospective review by J. Randolph Cox); The Treason Trust: The Lost Craig Kennedy Stories, by Arthur B. Reeve (review by J. Randolph Cox)
Obituary: David Dom
Notes & Queries: Recent Project Gutenberg ebooks transcribed from Villanova University's scanning project
New Dime Novel Sketches: Humorous American Works, pub. by Gatz and Beck (by Joseph Rainone)
Dime Novel Round-Up will be published quarterly. 2015 subscription rates are $25/year; $45/two years. Single issues, $7/ea.
Direct inquiries to Editor: Marlena E. Bremseth, Dime Novel Round-Up, P. O. Box 2188, Purcellville, VA 20134
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| | Doc Con XVIII
Ron Ely announced as special guest!
Anthony Tollin announced as special guest!
October 9th, 10th and 11th, 2015
Ron Ely has agreed to attend Doc Con 18!
This will be the Doc Savage gathering of a lifetime!
Plan on attending October 9th, 10th and 11th, 2015 or call (623) 271-9005 for hotel reservations today!
GUEST SPEAKER: Prepare to be entertained! October Surprise, "world famous" pop sociologist, has been on assignment researching the sociocultural climate of the 30's and 40s using Doc Savage magazine as reference and guide. At Doc Con 2015 he will present portions of his research concerning the original fans that wrote letters to the Doc Savage Club, printed in the original publications between 1933 and 1949. Using census data and related sources, this presentation will outline discoveries about the original fandom, their backgrounds, and the lives they went on to lead.
Pre-registration will begin in late July. A webpage will be established for that and it will include a pre-registration gift that will most likely have to do with Ron Ely and Bob Larkin.
By air, you will fly into Sky Harbor International. It is only 15 minutes from the hotel which is located at: Comfort Suites, 9824 W Camelback Rd, Glendale, AZ, 85305, US Phone: (623) 271-9005. Tell the desk clerk that you are part of DOC SAVAGE group and they will give you the group rate room discount.
You don't have to book at the hotel but since it is the best price in the area and has a complimentary breakfast that you will eat with your friends both mornings. Additionally, the DOC SAVAGE SUITE will be located on the same floor as your room so you can stay late and not miss out on any of the DOC AFTER DARK plans on Friday and Saturday evenings.
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| | Doc Savage -The Official Man of Bronze DocCon 2015 t-shirt
Now available through September 10!
Here’s the scoop on the official 2015 Doc Con t-shirt!
This year, there’s one design, but it’s being offered on two different kinds of shirts.
Shirt #1 is the Doc Con ringer – It’s a white t-shirt with red neck and armbands with this year’s theme,
“Things Go Better with Doc” screened in red on the front of the shirt.
The shirt is available in Small through 2 XL
Shirt design #2 is the Red Doc- A classic red t-shirt with the round Doc Con 2015 logo screed on left front breast of the shirt and
“Things Go Better with Doc” screed across the back of the shirt.The Red Doc is available in sizes Small through 4 XL.
All shirts are 100% heavy weight preshrink cotton.
Prices for either design are $20.00 for sizes Small through XL and $23.00 for sizes 2 Xl through 4 XL.
Women’s shirts are available, too!
To reserve, contact Kez Wilson at kez@monsterverse.com
Please clearly indicate the shirt design, Doc Con ringer or Red Doc, and the size and quantity of each.
Please indicate whether you wish to pick up your shirts at DOC CON 18 .
If you can’t attend, the shirts will be mailed out to you either as an add on to the Doc Con in a Box or separately around November 1st 2015.
PRE-ORDER DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 10th 2015
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| | Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
All New Comic Strips created exclusively for ERB, Inc. You can subscribe for only $1.99 / month
Fifteen strips currently available on the Burroughs comics website:
"Tarzan of the Apes" by Roy Thomas and Pablo Marcos, adapting the original Tarzan novels.
"Tarzan" by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg, featuring new Tarzan adventures.
John Carter: Warlord of Mars by Roy Thomas and Rodolfo Pérez Garcia.
"Korak the Killer" by Ron Marz and Rick Leonardi.
"Carson of Venus" by Martin Powell and Tom Floyd.
"The Eternal Savage" by Martin Powell and Steven E. Gordon.
"The War Chief" by Martin Powell and Nik Poliwko.
"The Cave Girl" by Martin Powell and Diana Leto.
"Pellucidar" by Chuck Dixon and Gary Kwapsiz.
"The Land That Time Forgot" by Martin Powell and Pablo Marcos.
"The Mucker" by Ron Marz and Lee Moder
"The Monster Men" by Tom Simmons, Erik Roman, L Jamal Walton, and Cristian Docolomansky
"The Lost Continent" by Martin Powell and Oscar González
"The Jungle Girl" by Martin Powell and Will Meugniot
"The Outlaw of Torn" by Thomas Simmons and Jake Bilbao
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Featuring art from your favorite ERB comic strips!
Now available!
The Land that Time Forgot Comic Tee
The Mucker Comic Tee
The War Chief Comic Tee
Carson of Venus Comic Tee
Pellucidar Comic Tee
John Carter Comic Tee
Eternal Savage Comic Tee
Korak the Killer Comic Logo Tee
Tarzan Comic Tee
Cave Girl Comic Tee
Tarzan of the Apes Comic Tee
Mens and Womens sizes
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| E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is "Shiwan Khan Returns" from the December 1, 1939 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Murder Without Means" by John A. Saxon from SECRET AGENT "X", August, 1937
They were all set for the take. The sound-track was ready, the camera in place, the Klieg lights burning. Harold Broderick, ace Hollywood actor and heart-throbber, went into his act, not knowing it was his last one, for on the set no means for murder was visible.
"Satan's Music Box" by L. W. Carmichael from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, July, 1943
Joe McGie followed the sinister strains of midnight music to find his fiancee in a killer conspiracy. And the only way Joe could keep her from a morgue finale, was to take a slaying bullet from her gun - aimed at him.
"Keep Your Shroud On!" by Clifford D. Clevenger from 10-STORY DETECTIVE, November, 1942
Detective Banning was always ready to help a pal. But when he tried to go to bat for his H. Q. sidekick, bullets came blazing in his own direction from a homicide hotbed.
| Facebook - Now online!
There are numerous groups on Facebook that are of potential interest to pulp fans.
The Shadow Knows
Agents of The Shadow
Flearun - A Doc Savage Group
Fans of Bronze
G-8 and Operator #5
The Spider - Master of Men
Flash Gordon
The Others [The Gray Seal, Nick Carter, Fantomas, Arsene Lupin, The Saint]
Professor Jameson alias 21MM392
The Pulp Heroes
Pulp, Pulp Everywhere and Lots and Lots to Read
Pulp Talk
Pulp Magazine Authors and Literature Fans
The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Serial Archive
ERBzine
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Facebook Forum
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Worlds of Adventure
PulpFest
Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention
Pulp Coming Attractions
Robert E. Howard Comics Group
The Robert E. Howard Foundation
Robert E. Howard Readers
Two Gun Bob--The Worlds of Robert E. Howard
The International Robert E. Howard Fan Association
Conan the Cimmerian
REH: Two-Gun Raconteur
Altus Press
Weird Tales Magazine
| | Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!
August 2015
A romantic adventure set in Morocco by A. J. Dawson, The Powder Play, as it appeared in the January, 1898 issue of Pearson’s Magazine (UK).
Our presentation also includes the Warwick Goble illustrations, an introduction by Bob Gay and, as a part of the intro, a reprinting of an article that appeared in the
January, 1901 issue of The Bookman that includes additional biographical information about Dawson not found in the usual sources.
And...
Continuing our reprinting of the Harvard work of George Allan England, we present “Two-Fifty An Hour - A Tragedy in One Act” that originally appeared in the February, 1902 issue of The Harvard Illustrated Magazine.
July 2015
In Writings
Expanding our selection of stories by Baroness Orczy, this month we introduce The Baroness Orczy Collection, which includes a biography of the Baroness and links to her stories all in one place.
And, to kick off our new addition, we have reprinted the Baroness's third published story, The Traitor --a story which seems to have never been reprinted and has nothing to do with the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Lastly, in our continuing reprinting of George Allan England, we have put together another selection from his Harvard years, Illustrations: 3 Short Works that were originally written while he was a student and, like with the Orczy story, have never been reprinted.
June 2015
In Writings
The first, and chronologically the last, Mowgli story, "In the Rukh" by Rudyard Kipling as it appeared in the June, 1896 issue of McClure's Magazine with illustrations by W. A. C. Page and dual introductions by Bob Gay and Dan Neyer.
May 2015
In Writings
Two new items for your reading pleasure:
The Output of Authors - Nineteen famous authors discuss (often with tongue in cheek) their working habits and writing speed in an article from the April, 1897 issue of Pearson's Magazine (UK).
The Downfall of Reginald Pym by George Allan England - Another story written while he was a student at Harvard that originally appeared in the October, 1901 issue of The Harvard Illustrated Magazine.
April 2015
Continuing our reprinting of the works of George Allan England, we present "The Battle of Woolly Field," England's second professional sale that is based on a Civil War incident.
March 2015
In Writings
We've added a new section to our Writings section: The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection. Here, you will find all our reprintings of Doyle's works (with more to come), along with an added tidbit or two.
But, as they say in infomercials, there's more!
We've also added a suspense story by Doyle "The Brazilian Cat", a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Two Collaborators" that includes an introduction describing the background of the how the story came about, and an article/interview from the August, 1892 issue of THE STRAND MAGAZINE, "A Day with Dr. Conan Doyle": a bit of insight into Doyle's life including all the original photographs that appeared with the article.
February 2015
In Writings
Continuing our look at England's life and work, we present George Allan England: the Harvard Years by Bob Gay, an in-depth look at England's years as a student at Harvard, including a bibliography of his work for The Harvard Illustrated Magazine, links to stories England wrote while a student and an overview of his first published book, Underneath the Bough.
January 2015
In Writings
The 6th, and final tale of The Chronicles of Don Q., "How Don Q. Played a Three-Cornered Game" presented as it appeared in the December, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the Stanley Wood illustrations.
An introduction by Dan Neyer and the translation of all foreign words and phrases are included as an added bonus.
Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a new site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along with articles, pictures and essays. In the Writings section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first Reggie Fortune story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair Lewis and a large selection of Kipling, including the complete Mowgli stories and "The Man Who Would Be King." We've also added an article about Sleeman's An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of the work.
In Comics, there is an overview of Superman #205 ("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!") and a look at a Steve Ditko illustrated story that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known story by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts with a group of collectible (and some not so) items and is the first of 24 collections.
The site is hoping for subscribers to keep it going and future plans call for more stories, more articles and there are a number of novels we also intend to add to the mix.
New material will be appearing on the last Friday of each month (which means we'll have more new stuff at the end of February).
In a few month s, we will also be offering ebooks: on the site (in PDF) and at Amazon and B&N in their proprietary formats.
| Fu-Manchu: EMPEROR FU-MANCHU - Coming September 15!
by Sax Rohmer
Adrift in the lonely rice fields of Northern China, American agent Tony McKay found himself face to face with the most diabolical evil he had ever encountered. The "Cold Men," spiritless creatures that did the unscrupulous bidding of the most dangerous secret organization on earth--The Si Fan!
What freak of nature had caused this horrible revival of living dead? Hidden in the mountains of Communist China, the terrible leader of the Si Fan cast his web of intrigue and death. McKay would learn that when Zombies walk and murder is the law--the dead will not be still...such is the realm of--Fu Manchu!
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
List Price: $9.95
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| FUNGI, THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND WEIRD FICTION, ISSUE 22 - Now available!
Editor: Pierre Comtois
Fungi, the Magazine of Fantasy and Weird Fiction, is back!
Issue #22 is full of the wide range of fiction and non-fiction its die hard fans have come to expect, including tales of the weird, horror, fantasy and science fiction.
The stories are told by past masters of fantasy fiction, favorites of the fanzine world, mainstream authors, and talented amateurs.
This issue includes spotlight features on Lars Walker and the poetry of Henry J. Vester, III.
Softcover, 122 pages, $15.00
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| | Girasol Collectables
SPECIAL NOTICE
That dreaded moment has come and the Girasol Pulp Replicas project is complete.
No NEW Replicas will be added to the catalogue.
We will, for an as yet undetermined period, be keeping the existing catalogue available.
However, we may begin retiring the less-active Replicas at any time, so don't delay if there are any you're interested in!
Contact us before ordering large quantities to confirm availability.
All of the remaining issues shown below are available now.
We'd like to thank everybody that has supported the project over the years, and we hope that the Replicas continue to provide reading and research enjoyment for years to come.
We do not anticipate taking on any other pulp reprint projects at this time and our Pulp Cover Gallery project is our only active item at present.
Girasol accepts checks, International money orders, and Paypal as methods of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books.
Paypal payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address.
As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover.
The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint.
All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to:
Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables
3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409,
Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9
| | Back issues - Still available!
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#1 The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2 The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3 Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4 City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5 Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7 Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8 The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9 Satan's Death Blast (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver Terror (September 1934)
#13 Builders of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14 Death's Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15 The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor (February 1935)
#18 The Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master (April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler (May 1935)
#21 Hordes of the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld (July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness (August 1935)
#24 King of the Red Killers (September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27 Emperor of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29 Slaves of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)
#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June 1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror (September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night (November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men (December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres (February 1937)
#42 Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker (May 1937)
#45 Voyage of the Coffin Ship (June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell (July 1937)
#47 Slaves of the Black Monarch (August 1937)
#48 Machine Guns Over the White House (Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat (October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde (November 1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December 1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light (January 1938)
#53 The City of Lost Men (February 1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March 1938)
#55 City of Whispering Death (April 1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May 1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58 The Emperor from Hell (July 1938)
#59 The Devil's Candlesticks (August 1938)
#60 The City That Paid to Die (September 1938)
#61 The Spider at Bay (October 1938)
#62 Scourge of the Black Legions (November 1938)
#63 The Withering Death (December 1938)
#64 Claws of the Golden Dragon (January 1939)
#65 The Song of Death (February 1939)
#66 The Silver Death Rain (March 1939)
#67 Blight of the Blazing Eye (April 1939)
#68 King of the Fleshless Legion (May 1939)
#69 Rule of the Monster Men (June 1939)
#70 The Spider and the Slaves of Hell (July 1939)
#71 The Spider and the Fire God (August 1939)
#72 The Corpse Broker (September 1939)
#73 The Spider and the Eyeless Legion (Oct. 1939)
#74 The Spider and the Faceless One (Nov. 1939)
#75 Satan's Murder Machines (December 1939)
#76 The Spider and the Pain Master (January 1940)
#77 Hell's Sales Manager (February 1940)
#78 Slaves of the Laughing Death (March 1940)
#79 The Man From Hell (April 1940)
#80 The Spider and the War Emperor (May 1940)
#81 Judgement of the Damned (June 1940)
#82 Dictator's Death Merchants (July 1940)
#83 Pirates From Hell (August 1940)
#84 Master of the Night-Demons (Sept. 1940)
#85 The Council of Evil (October 1940)
#86 The Spider and his Hobo Army (November 1940)
#87 The Spider and the Jewels of Hell (Dec. 1940)
#88 Harbor of Nameless Dead (January 1941)
#89 The Spider and the Slave Doctor (February 1941)
#90 The Spider and the Sons of Satan (March 1941)
#91 Slaves of the Burning Blade (April 1941)
#92 The Devil's Paymaster (May 1941)
#93 The Benevolent Order of Death (June 1941)
#94 Murder's Black Prince (July 1941)
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#96 The Spider and the Deathless One (September1941)
#97 The Satan's Seven Swordsmen (October1941)
#98 Volunteer Corpse Brigade (November1941)
#99 The Crime Laboratory (December 1941)
#100 Death and The Spider (January 1942)
#101 Murder's Legionaires (February 1942)
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#106 Return of the Racket Kings (July 1942)
#107 Fangs of the Dragon (August 1942)
#108 Hell Rolls on the Highways (September 1942)
#109 Army of the Damned (October 1942)
#110 Zara, Master of Murder (November 1942)
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#112 The Howling Death (January 1943)
#113 Secret City of Crime (February 1943)
#114 Recruit for the Spider Legion (March 1943)
#115 The Spider and the Man from Hell (June1943)
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#118 When Satan Came to Town (December1943)
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| Girasol Collectables
Now available and highly recommended!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce Volume 4
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES
Girasol has launched a new series of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout, 130+ pages.
Each book in the series has a mix of full page scans, size as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and 6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number, date, and cover artist if known.
A combo volume of full sets of scans of the 2 titles, all 210 issues in total.
This edition will be the same format as our first 3 volumes, 8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout, bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover art.
A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images. Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Dime Mystery touted itself as the Weirdest Stories Ever Told, and certainly the cover art was true to the claim!
Only $130 (prices include s&h within North America - overseas add $25)
Visit our ebay store to order, or email us for more information to acquire your copy.
Paypal payments to: info@girasolcollectables.com
Please note that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the covers.
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| The Golden Age - Now online!
Joe Kubert ~ The Tarzan covers for DC - New!
Frank Frazetta ~ Tarzan and the Castaways by Edgar Rice Burroughs - New!
The Tarzan Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs ~ 1976-78 ~ Artwork by Neal Adams & Boris - New!
Reed Crandall ~ Tarzan and the Madman by Edgar Rice Burroughs - New!
Tarzan and the Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs ~ 1928 Photoplay Edition
J. Allen St John ~ The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs ~ The Tarzan Series
| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
3rd Saturday of every month
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
| GRAVEDIGGER #2 (OF 3) - Arriving in comic shops September 9!
(Writer) Christopher Mills (Art/Cover) Rick Burchett
On the run from the mob and the police, "Gravedigger" McCrae finds temporary respite with a lovely, wealthy playgirl. But it doesn't take long for his pursuers to catch up with him, and then it's no longer a matter of outrunning them, but escape from certain death. Can Digger outwit his adversaries in the savage conclusion to "The Predators?"
Full color, 32 pages, $3.99
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| 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, with the minor classic “The Graveyard Rats,” Kuttner launched a steady stream of short stories aimed at Weird Tales, Strange Stories, Thrilling Mystery, and others.
Writing for Weird Tales brought Kuttner into direct correspondence with that magazine’s premier contributor. H. P. Lovecraft. Kuttner set several stories in Lovecraft’s “Cthulhu Mythos” and two are presented in THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: “Hydra” and “The Hunt.”
At this point in his still-young career, Kuttner had cracked the science fiction market and was steadily publishing in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fantastic Adventures, Science Fiction, and made his first sale to the new prestigious fantasy magazine, UNKNOWN.
In the course of writing the stories collected in this volume, Kuttner married Catherine Lucille Moore on June 7, 1940 (in New York with artist Virgil Finlay as Best Man).
THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR is the second volume in a three-volume “Early Kuttner” set collecting many of Kuttner’s earliest stories, most of which have never been reprinted.
For those of you that missed on getting a copy of Volume One:
For a limited time, Haffner Press is offering the out-of-print TERROR IN THE HOUSE as a combo with preorders of THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR.
Take advantage of this great offer at the link below.
You can also pre-order THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR along with THE COMPLETE IVY FROST and THE MICHAEL GRAY MYSTERIES for #125 and receive a Bonus Chapbook and free shipping. Take advantage of this offer at the Haffner Press Homepage at the link below.
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| Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei
Cover Art by Raymond Swanland
Now available for pre-order!
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.
Hardcover
$40
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Edited by Stephen Haffner Introduction by Ed Gorman Cover Art by Lawrence Noble
A massive omnibus of four novels from the late 1950s all featuring the amateur sleuthing of San Francisco psychoanalyst Michael Gray.
The Murder of Eleanor Pope —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray leads police to a three-time killer!
The Murder of Ann Avery —Psychoanalyst solves brutal slaying!
Murder of a Mistress —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray solves the killing of a girl who knew too much about too many men who had too damned much to lose.
Murder of a Wife —Marked for Murder! No one believed her—not even the police!
Hardcover
$40
Haffner Press Status Update:
Nearly everything is in hand to bring this 4-novel omnibus to you.
Once we have Fredric Brown's MURDER DRAWS A CROWD under our belt and out in the wild, this is the next title to go to press.
NOTE: this title is part of a 3-book combo of Horror & Detective titles that features an exclusive chapbook. See the Haffner Press homepage for details.
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A massive fix of liquor-fueled murder, smoke-clouded mystery, and hard-hitting revenge from the author of The Screaming Mimi and The Fabulous Clipjoint. This archival-quality hardcover assembles 38 incredibly rare stories from 1938-1942, with the original Pulp artwork from such magazines as Thrilling Detective, Masked Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. This is the book Fredric Brown fans have been waiting for!
Hardcover, 6x9, 744 pages, B&W, $40.00
Haffner Press Status Update
Look for this 744-page bundle of awesome to debut at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show on April 17th. Check out the ordering page for MURDER DRAWS A CROWD for a sneak-peek at some of the interior illustrations and the decorated endpapers.
Please be aware that the price on publication will be $45, so you can save $5 by preordering at $40.
Haffner Press
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| | Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
September 2015
THE GIRL WITH THE DEEP BLUE EYES
by Lawrence Block
Cover art by Glen Orbik
IN THE DEPTHS OF HER BLUE EYES, HE GLIMPSED—MURDER
Cashed out from the NYPD after 24 years, Doak Miller operates as a private eye in steamy small-town Florida, doing jobs for the local police. Like posing as a hit man and wearing a wire to incriminate a local wife who’s looking to get rid of her husband. But when he sees the wife, when he looks into her deep blue eyes...
He falls—and falls hard. Soon he’s working with her, against his employer, plotting a devious plan that could get her free from her husband and put millions in her bank account. But can they do it without landing in jail? And once heÕs kindled his taste for killing...will he be able to stop at one?
First publication ever!
The author of more than 100 novels including the bestselling A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (which became the Liam Neeson movie), Lawrence Block is one of the most acclaimed living crime writers.
Lawrence Block’s eight previous Hard Case Crime novels include THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART.
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| Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!
The Coming of Conan Re-Read: “The Scarlet Citadel” - New!
Conan Graphic Novels - New!
The Coming of Conan Re-Read: “The Tower of the Elephant”
Robert E. Howard Article-a-Thon
The Coming of Conan Re-Read: “The God in the Bowl”
The Coming of Conan Re-Read: “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter”
The Coming of Conan Re-Read: “The Phoenix on the Sword”
The Coming of Conan Re-Read: “The Hyborian Age”
Swords in the Mist and The Coming of Conan
| H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 2-4, 2015!
Hollywood Theatre, Portland, OR
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon Facebook
| H. P. Lovecraft: THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE - Now available!
H. P. Lovecraft: The Colour Out of Space, illustrated by Jason C. Eckhardt. Necronomicon Press, 2015.
Believe it or not! Yes, the first new Necronomicon Press title in many, many years, as our 40th anniversary approaches in early 2016.
This gorgeous publication features Lovecraft’s “The Colour Out of Space”, profusely illustrated by Jason C. Eckhardt.
There are two versions available, the first is limited to 250 numbered copies, and signed by the Artist, as well as the publisher, Marc Michaud.
Price: $20
There is also a standard unlimited edition, sold at a lower cost.
Price: $10
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| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #49 - Now available and arriving in comic shops September 9!
In this Issue of Illustration, we feature the lurid and spectacular art of John Newton Howitt, best known for his terrifying covers for Horror Stories pulps in the 1930s, as well as for his superhero pulp covers for The Spider and Operator #5. Our story features rare photographs, tear sheets, and stunning reproductions of original artworks. Our second major feature concerns the work of the legendary illustrator Gustave Doré. While generally known for his black and white art, our story features many reproductions of his less often seen color paintings. Our final story is a new column by David Saunders — each issue will showcase an obscure artist from the history of the pulps, drawn from the extensive archives of his website, www.PulpArtists.com. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue.
Softcover, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00
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| James Bond: TRIGGER MORTIS - Arriving in book stores September 8!
Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming, New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz returns literary legend James Bond to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating and dashing thriller.
The world's most famous spy, James Bond, has just returned victorious from his showdown with Auric Goldfinger in Fort Knox. By his side is the glamorous and streetwise Pussy Galore, who played no small part in his success. As they settle down in London, the odds of Galore taming the debonair bachelor seem slim—but she herself is a creature not so easily caught.
Meanwhile, the struggle for superiority between the Soviet Union and the West is escalating. In an attempt to demonstrate Soviet strength, SMERSH plans to sabotage an international Grand Prix in the hot zone of West Germany. At the Nürburgring Racing Circuit, Bond must play a high-speed game of cat and mouse to stop them, but when he observes a secretive meeting between SMERSH's driver and a notorious Korean millionaire, it becomes clear that this is just the infamous organization's opening move.
An orphan of the Korean War, he has a personal reason for wanting to bring America to its knees. He's helping SMERSH decisively end the white-hot space race—but how? With the help of an American female agent, Bond uncovers a plan that leads first to Florida and then to New York City, where a heart-stopping face-off will determine the fate of the West.
This thriller has all the hallmarks of an original Ian Fleming adventure and features welcome familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny. Horowitz delivers a smooth and seductive narrative of fast cars and beautiful women, ruthless villains and breathtaking plot that will leave readers hanging until the very end.
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Harper
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
List price: $28.99
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Orion
Product Dimensions: 15 x 2.2 x 21 cm
List price: £18.99
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| James Rollins: THE BONE LABYRINTH (a Sigma Force Novel) - Coming December 15!
A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within our DNA, a mystery that will leave readers changed forever . . .
In this groundbreaking masterpiece of ingenuity and intrigue that spans 50,000 years in human history, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes us to mankind’s next great leap.
But will it mark a new chapter in our development . . . or our extinction?
In the remote mountains of Croatia, an archaeologist makes a strange discovery: a subterranean Catholic chapel, hidden for centuries, holds the bones of a Neanderthal woman. In the same cavern system, elaborate primitive paintings tell the story of an immense battle between tribes of Neanderthals and monstrous shadowy figures. Who is this mysterious enemy depicted in these ancient drawings and what do the paintings mean?
Before any answers could be made, the investigative team is attacked, while at the same time, a bloody assault is made upon a primate research center outside of Atlanta. How are these events connected? Who is behind these attacks? The search for the truth will take Commander Gray Pierce of Sigma Force 50,000 years into the past. As he and Sigma trace the evolution of human intelligence to its true source, they will be plunged into a cataclysmic battle for the future of humanity that stretches across the globe . . . and beyond.
With the fate of our future at stake, Sigma embarks on its most harrowing odyssey ever—a breathtaking quest that will take them from ancient tunnels in Ecuador that span the breadth of South America to a millennia-old necropolis holding the bones of our ancestors. Along the way, revelations involving the lost continent of Atlantis will reveal true mysteries tied to mankind’s first steps on the moon. In the end, Gray Pierce and his team will face to their greatest threat: an ancient evil, resurrected by modern genetic science, strong enough to bring about the end of man’s dominance on this planet.
Only this time, Sigma will falter—and the world we know will change forever.
Series: Sigma Force Novels (Book 10)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
List Price: $27.99
Pre-order $17.78
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| | Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
DOCTOR SYN by Russell Thorndyke
A FICTION HOUSE PRESS FACSIMILE REPRINT. A STIRRING ADVENTURE TALE OF THE ROMNEY MARSH.
Romney Marsh was continually visited by night riders, fiendish figures dimly seen by the glow from the Jack-o'-lanterns which they carried. In the village lived a person scarcely less mysterious than they--a genial, kindly vicar, who sang quite inappropriate snatches of pirate songs. The refrain which fell oftenest from his lips was the favorite chanty of the redoutable pirate chief, Clegg, hanged, according to rumor, a decade before.
Trade Paperback
312 pages
6 x 9 inch
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| JOHN CARTER OF MARS - Coming soon!
John Carter book reprinting the 1939-41 stories by John Gary and John Coleman Burroughs in "The Funnies."
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| The Jon Kirk of Ares series - Now available!
by Gary Lovisi
The Jon Kirk of Ares series Scientific Romance inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter novels and set upon the faraway Planet Ares! by Gary Lovisi
Jon Kirk, is a soldier who was killed in the Battle of Hue in the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. Or was he? To his surprise, he found himself instantly saved from death and transported to the mysterious faraway planet of Ares. There he meets strange people and stranger creatures, fights against the monstrous Winged-Men, battles to win the love of the beautiful Princess Sirah -- and that is just the beginning of his strange adventures. This is fun pulp action and scientific romance in the best tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his famed John Carter of Mars series. Jon Kirk begins his own adventures in book #1, THE WINGED MEN (Wildside Press, 2014, tpb original), and now two new novels in the series are just out: book #2, THE INVISIBLE MEN, and book #3, THE SPACE MEN that continue the series and expand the action and danger. This is rousing pulp adventure. Each book features wonderful cover art by famed fantasy artist Marcus Boas.
Gor Books creator John Norman said of THE WINGED MEN: "In my view, it is a fresh country in its own right, and certainly one that ERB, and those fond of ERB, like myself, would recognize, find familiar, welcome, and relish. I bet ERB would have liked it, too."
Famed author and Burroughs scholar, Richard A. Lupoff said of THE WINGED MEN: "Jon Kirk's adventures among beautiful women, barbarous men and cannibalistic aliens demonstrates all the heart of a true lover of the interplanetary romance, and will surely delight readers with a yearning to escape the stress of modern civilization and travel to a world of action, intrigue, gallantry and romance."
The Jon Kirk of Ares Books by Gary Lovisi: #1: THE WINGED MEN; #2: THE INVISIBLE MEN; and #3: THE SPACE MEN
The Jon Kirk of Ares books are available from the publisher, Wildside Press at www.wildsidepress.com.
The books are also available for $15.00 each (+ $3.00 postage in USA, or $14.00 Outside USA) from Gryphon Books at www.gryphonbooks.com payable via Paypal to this email address: gryphonbooks@att.net.
COPIES SIGNED UPON REQUEST.
You can also send a check or Postal Money Order payment to:
GRYPHON BOOKS, PO Box 280-209, Brooklyn, NY 11228, USA
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| KING: MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN #4 (OF 4) - Arriving in comic shops September 9!
(Writer) Roger Langridge (Art) Jeremy Treece (Cover) Jonathan Lau
The world’s greatest magician MUST stop the galaxy’s most powerful demon from crushing the world. To be clear: This is a completely impossible task, but by golly, MANDRAKE’S GONNA TRY!
Full color, 32 pages, $3.99
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| | King Solomon's Mines
by Mark Ellis (Author), Pablo Marcos (Illustrator), Melissa Martin Ellis (Designer)
Now available!
Adapted from the novel by H. Rider Haggard
The classic tale of savagery and adventure reimagined! Before Tarzan, and long before Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain—the quick-witted adventurer equally at home in the drawing rooms of London and the Dark Continent of 19th century Africa. When he meets Princess Ignosa, the living embodiment of fierce female grace, Quatermain is drawn down a path of greed, treachery and black magic that leads to the legendary King Solomon's Mines.
Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Millennial Concepts
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.1 x 10 inches
$14.99
The KING SOLOMON'S MINES graphic novel by Pablo Marcos and Mark Ellis is just the first of several planned projects (with Ying Ko Graphics) featuring "reimagined" classic adventure heroes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's CHALLENGER by Jeff Slemons, Jules Verne's NEMO by Steven E Gordon and of course, HR Haggard's QUATERMAIN, by the legendary Pablo Marcos.
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| LIE CATCHERS - Now available!
by Paul Bishop
With her special abilities, top LAPD Robbery-Homicide detective Calamity Jane Randall thought she knew all about interrogation until she was partnered with detective Ray Pagan. Wielding a suspect’s vocal intonations, emotions, and physical gestures like a scalpel, Pagan’s empathetic lie catching abilities are legendary. Both detectives are scarred by past tragedies, but together they threaten to tear the city apart searching for a duo of missing children – a search where the right answer to the wrong question can mean sudden death.
Ripped from the experiences of thirty-five year veteran LAPD detective and nationally recognized interrogator, Paul Bishop, Lie Catchers takes the reader inside the dark and dangerous mind games of the men and women for whom truth is an obsession. The Truth is Coming. From Pro Se Productions.
Paperback: 278 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
List Price: $15.00
Amazon Price: $13.72
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| Lost In Space Complete Series on Blu-ray - Coming September 15!
Now on Blu-ray™ for the first time in this Complete Series Collection, bring home the timeless journey of Irwin Allen’s LOST IN SPACE®! Follow the heart-racing, cliff-hanging adventures of John Robinson™ and his family aboard the Jupiter 2™, along with Robot B-9™ and the delightfully devious Dr. Zachary Smith™.
This massive 18-disc set contains all 84 episodes remastered in high definition, and over 6 hours of exciting extras with recently discovered content you won’t find anywhere else in the galaxy. It’s out-of-this-world fun for everyone!
DISC INFORMATION
ALL 83 EPISODES – FULLY REMASTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CRYSTAL CLEAR HI-DEF!
OVER 6-HOURS OF BONUS FEATURES: Including NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED EXTRAS!
50th Anniversary Interviews with the Original Series Cast
LOST IN SPACE: THE EPILOGUE – Original Cast Table Read of Bill Mumy’s (Will Robinson) 1980 Unproduced Epilogue
Vintage Versions of 6 Episodes AS SEEN ON AIR in the 1960’s with Original TV Commercials and Bumpers
1973 Animated Special
20th Anniversary Audio Interview with Lost in Space Creator Irwin Allen
PLUS!
2 Full-Length Lost in Space Documentaries
Original Animated Series Concept Pitch Video
Unaired Pilot Episode: “No Place to Hide”
AND MUCH MORE!
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| THE MADNESS OF CTHULHU (Volume Two) - Coming October 20!
by S. T. Joshi (Editor)
Recognized as Lovecraft’s masterpiece of terror, At the Mountains of Madness has for decades inspired dread in his readers and sparked the imaginations of the most hallowed practitioners of fantastic fiction. Taking the essence of his horrific vision, these modern masters have crafted new tales of the fantastic...
Featuring never-before- seen tales by
KEVIN J. ANDERSON
LAIRD BARRON
ERIK BEAR AND GREG BEAR
ALAN DEAN FOSTER
JASON C. ECKHARDT
CODY GOODFELLOW
KAREN HABER
MARK HOWARD JONES
NANCY KILPATRICK
JONATHAN MABERRY
WILLIAM F. NOLAN
BRIAN STABLEFORD
STEVE RASNIC TEM DONALD TYSON
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Titan Books; Annotated edition
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.9 x 8 inches
List Price: $15.95
Pre-order Price: $11.96
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| The Man from U.N.C.L.E: Season 1 DVD - Now available!
Robert Vaughn (Actor), David McCallum (Actor)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. has captured the hearts of its viewers since its premiere in 1964. This critically-acclaimed spoof television series featuring Leo G. Carroll, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy was the first successful spy show on American television, and one of the first series to become an international phenomenon. Prior to the theatrical release of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in August 2015, fans can now relive their favorite moments as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment gets set to release The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete First Season on DVD August 4, 2015. This digitally enhanced series, also nominated for 7 Emmy Awards over its successful 4 season run, includes 29 one-hour long episodes of priceless entertainment and over 100 minutes of enhanced content.
In this hit spoof of the spy genre, actors Robert Vaughn and David McCallum play the roles of top agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, who use their charm, wit, and a never-ending assortment of gadgets to defend the world from evil, chaos and bad taste. The successful series also stars Leo G. Carroll as Alexander Waverly and features guest stars such as William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek, Kurt Russell, Ricardo Montalban, and longtime comedy favorite Ken Murray. From trying to save the world from fear gas, to trying to save themselves from a pack of bloodthirsty cheetahs, these serious spies bring the suspense and fun to life. You may even forget it's in black and white!
"The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete First Season is the first successful spy series of its kind, and we are proud to bring it back to viewers to experience all the action" said Rosemary Markson, WBHE Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. "The episodes have been digitally remastered, and will allow audiences young and old to relive this phenomenon before the theatrical release!"
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Long out of print, a new Signed Limited Edition hardcover edition is due out in November!
When we last saw Patricia Wildman, daughter of Doc Wildman, the bronze champion of justice, six months had passed since the main events of The Evil in Pemberley House. She and her associate Parker, an ex-Scotland Yard Inspector, had set up Empire State Investigations at her Pemberley House estate—and she just received a mysterious phone call from her supposedly late father . . .
Several months later, Pat receives a visitor, a young girl named Emma Ponsonby, whose father, a British diplomat to a small Central American country, has been kidnapped by the Scarlet Jaguar. Pat, following in her father’s footsteps of righting wrongs and assisting those in need, agrees to help, but before they can set off on their quest the Scarlet Jaguar sends a gruesome warning.
Undeterred, the investigation takes Pat, Parker, and their young charge from Pemberley House in the Derbyshire countryside . . . To New York, where they battle agents of the Scarlet Jaguar and meet Pat’s old friend, the icy, pale-skinned beauty Helen Benson, who agrees to join them on their quest . . . To the small nation of Xibum, where the Scarlet Jaguar’s reign of uncanny assassinations threatens to expand to the rest of Central America—and beyond!
Now, it’s a race against time deep in the wilds of the Central American jungle, as Pat Wildman and her crew search for Emma’s father, and confront the Scarlet Jaguar’s weird power to eliminate his enemies from afar, marked only by a wisp of crimson smoke—smoke resembling nothing so much as the head of a blood-red screaming jaguar. But who—or what—is the Scarlet Jaguar? A power-mad dictator determined to reclaim power? A revolutionary movement bent on taking over the country, and the rest of Central America?
Or a front for something even more sinister . . .?
The Signed Limited Edition trade paperback of The Scarlet Jaguar went out of print in just a few months. The print run for the Signed Limited Edition hardcover will be determined by the number of preorders and only a small number of copies beyond the preorders will be printed. The cut off date for preordering a copy is November 1st, and the book will be mailed in late November.
5.5×8.5 hardcover, 140 pages
$25.00
Ebook edition also available
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FLIGHT TO OPAR (Restored Edition)
Now available!
Supplies are limited!
Meteor House is excited to announce the never-before-published Restored Edition of Philip José Farmer’s classic novel Flight to Opar,
the second volume of his acclaimed Khokarsa series.
This new edition—available as both an affordable trade paperback and a collectible limited edition hardcover—features nearly 4,000 words that were cut from Farmer’s original manuscript when the novel was published in 1976. Meteor House’s Restored Edition is the first and only publication of the novel ever to include the excised material, which encompasses long passages of narrative, dialogue, and rich world-building details on Ancient Opar and the civilization of Khokarsa that readers have never previously been able to enjoy—until now.
Meteor House’s Restored Edition of Flight to Opar also features cover art by Hugo Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton as well as rare and previously unpublished bonus material, including:
A Preface to the Restored Edition by Christopher Paul Carey (coauthor with Philip José Farmer of The Song of Kwasin, the third novel in the Khokarsa series)*
A brand-new introduction by S. M. Stirling (New York Times bestselling author of the Change series)*
The Khokarsan Language by Philip José Farmer**
Khokarsan Glossary by Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey
A Guide to Khokarsa by Christopher Paul Carey
Early Notes on the Khokarsa Series by Philip José Farmer*
Original Outline to Flight to Opar by Philip José Farmer*
Cross-section Map of Opar by Philip José Farmer*
* Never before published.
** Only previously available in an out-of-print and extremely hard-to-find signed limited edition.
The print-run was determined by the number of preorders!
A very small number of copies were printed beyond the preorders!
Meteor House
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HADON, KING OF OPAR
Now available!
Supplies are limited!
A brand-new tale in Philip José Farmer’s Khokarsa series from Christopher Paul Carey, the coauthor of The Song of Kwasin!
We’re thrilled to announce that Philip José Farmer’s Ancient Opar returns this summer in Hadon, King of Opar, a brand-new novella set in the lost civilization of Khokarsa written by Christopher Paul Carey—with stunning artwork by Bob Eggleton! The new novella, authorized by Farmer’s estate, resumes Hadon’s storyline fourteen years after the events of Farmer and Carey’s The Song of Kwasin (we’ll have some good news about that novel later this year!), and should be considered Volume 4 in the Khokarsa series. A sequel by Carey, Blood of Ancient Opar, is already in the works, and having read the thrill-ride of Hadon, King of Opar, we couldn’t be more pleased.
Opar, legendary city of gold and fabulous treasures, once shined as the most precious jewel of Khokarsa, a mighty empire whose magnificent cities stretched across the shores of ancient Africa’s vast inland seas. But a horrific cataclysm has shattered the other great metropolises of the land and the bountiful seas have slowly begun to drain. Now golden Opar stands alone—the last bastion of a dying civilization, battling to survive in a hostile and rapidly changing world.
When a mysterious enemy strikes from out of the wilds, King Hadon must lead his golden city against the most perilous threat it has ever faced. As he embarks on a mission to confront the danger, Hadon runs headlong into a maze of plots and intrigues lurking in the ages-old tunnels deep beneath the city. Soon he discovers the ancient war between the followers of the goddess Kho and the sun god Resu never truly ended. Unless Hadon can rally his most daunting enemies to fight by his side and rescue his daughter La from the clutches of a ruthless pirate lord, the city of gold and jewels will soon lie in ruins, the long-held prophecy of its greatness hurled into oblivion…
In Hadon of Ancient Opar, the hero Hadon entered the Great Games, battling in the arena for the chance to become king. Instead, he found himself at odds with a vengeful tyrant who sent him on a fool’s errand to retrieve a living god’s bounty. In Flight to Opar, civil war has erupted across the queendoms of Khokarsa, and Hadon must take his quest back to his home city of Opar if he is to fulfill a prophecy of the oracle and protect his loved ones and his homeland from utter doom. In The Song of Kwasin, Hadon makes an appearance following the adventures of his giant herculean cousin, surveying a world torn asunder by a continent-wide earthquake. Now, in Hadon, King of Opar, fourteen years have passed since the great calamity threw the mighty queendoms of Khokarsa from their foundations, and Hadon is king of Opar, charged with protecting his far-flung jungle city against the myriad dangers that threaten it.
Christopher Paul Carey, coauthor with Philip José Farmer of The Song of Kwasin and the author of Exiles of Kho, picks up Hadon’s tale of adventure in exhilarating fashion. Using Farmer’s own notes, Carey now continues the epic saga of Khokarsa, filling in the missing history of a civilization lost to the mists of time…
The print-run was determined by the number of preorders!
A very small number of copies were printed beyond the preorders!
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On top of the big news about Hadon, King of Opar, we’re happy to meet reader demand for a new hardcover edition of Exiles of Kho by Christopher Paul Carey!
Exiles of Kho was was Meteor House’s very first Signed Limited Edition novella. It was published in paperback in 2012 and has been out of print for over two years. Since then, a large number of our readers have asked for the novella in hardcover, so we’re happy to announce this new Signed Limited Edition Hardcover of Exiles of Kho, with brand-new cover art by Mark Wheatley!
All copies will be signed by Christopher Paul Carey. The print-run was determined by the number of preorders!
A very small number of copies were printed beyond the preorders!
US$ 25.00
Hardcover, 5.5×8.5, 121 pages
Click here to preorder your copy of the new Signed Limited Edition Hardcover of Exiles of Kho.
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Airship Hunters
by Jim Beard & Duane Spurlock
Now available!
Supplies are limited!
Meteor House is extremely pleased to announce the publication of a brand new novel by Jim Beard & Duane Spurlock!
Does Airship Hunters get to the bottom of the nearly forgotten mystery of 19th-century UFOs?
It is 1897 and the skies are haunted by mysterious airships and unfathomable secrets.
Tasked with hunting down these strange vehicles of the air and determining their origin and intent, two U.S. government agents toil under unusual conditions to supply their shadowy superiors with information. But that information proves to be as elusive as the airships themselves.
Ride with Agents Valiantine and Cabot across the Midwest as they encounter reports of strange lights, phantom soldiers, unreliable witnesses, and the ultimate source of their airborne prey.
They are the Airship Hunters, and they cannot be waylaid from their path to uncover the greatest mystery of them all.
As with Meteor House’s original novellas, Airship Hunters was published as a Signed Limited Edition trade paperback.
As always, the print run was determined by the number of preorders received. Not many copies beyond those reserved were printed, another reason to get your order in today!
US $18 tpb
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The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia ConventionStar-As Seen on TV is a three-day festival held inside the Hunt Valley Wyndham. Here, you can watch dozens of screenings of vintage movies, world premiere documentaries, Hollywood celebrities posing for photos and signing autographs for fans, slide show seminars from authors and historians, over 200 vendor tables with retro merchandise, antiques and collectibles and... well, it is a lot of fun.
Whether you have been to other conventions in the past or never attended a convention before, we recommend you give it a try. You'll discover what people Batmobile on Displaykeep returning year after year. Attendees come from California, Canada, Seattle, England, Belgium, Florida, Maine... and statistically the size of the attendance has grown every year. MANC didn’t attract such a faithful following by accident. Nearing our 10th anniversary, MANC has offered fans a chance to meet Hollywood actors, visit a drive-in movie theater, watch old fifties films like Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3-D, have their picture next to The Blob silicone, watch Abbott and Costello impersonators perform on stage, and have a great time.
HOURS (Thursday to Saturday)
Vendors: 9 am to 6 pm
Celebrity Autographing: 10 am to 5 pm
Seminars and Movies: see schedules
The event ends Saturday at 5 pm so if you plan to attend on Saturday, do not arrive late! Everyone who attends gets a free 52 page program guide!
JUST ADDED!
LINDSEY WAGNER
Lindsay first came to prominence in the critically-acclaimed role of Susan Fields in The Paper Chase (1973), but received household recognition worldwide when she broke the mold for women on television with her iconic portrayal of Jaime Sommers. As she collaborated with the writers, The Bionic Woman (1976) became an inspiration around the...
LEE MAJORS
Don’t let anyone fool you… he is worth more than six million dollars. He was the star of The Fall Guy (1981-1986), The Big Valley (1965-69), Raven (1992-1993), Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971-1974), The Virginian (1970-1971), and of course, The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978). And we can all agree that the success of those programs was the...
RICHARD ANDERSON
Name any television show and you will probably be surprised to know Richard Anderson made a guest appearance. The Untouchables, Stagecoach West, The Rifleman, Daniel Boone, Death Valley Days, Thriller (US TV series), The Eleventh Hour, Redigo, Combat!, Twelve O’Clock High, I Spy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Fugitive (as brother-in-law to the protagonist Dr. Richard Kimble), Bonanza, The Green Hornet, The Invaders, Zorro, Columbo, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O.
CAROLINE MUNRO
Bond girl in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1978) and Hammer actress in DRACULA AD 1972, DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE and FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL, she is perhaps best known as the eye candy in THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1974).
SUZANNA LEIGH
Joining the roster of Hammer actresses this September is Suzanna Leigh, whose film roles include the love interest of Elvis in PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE (1966), and the frail heroine in a couple of Hammer films: THE LOST CONTINENT (1968) and LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971).
She also starred in the cult British horror films THE DEADLY BEES (1966) and THE FIEND (1972).
MARTINE BESWICK
Beswick is best known for her two appearances in the James Bond film series. In FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1962), she played the fiery gypsy girl, Zora. Beswick then appeared as the ill-fated Paula Caplan in THUNDERBALL (1964). Martine went on to appear in ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1968) opposite Raquel Welch.
GUEST OF HONOR
JERRY BECK
If you bought the POPEYE, THE SAILOR, WOODY WOODPECKER or LOONEY TUNES cartoon DVDs, you probably heard Beck supplying audio commentary. Early in his career, Beck collaborated with film historian Leonard Maltin on his book OF MICE AND MAGIC (1980), organized animation festivals in Los Angeles, and was instrumental in founding the international publication ANIMATION MAGAZINE. Jerry is among the guest of honors at this year's convention and will be providing a fascinating history of BETTY BOOP and another on POPEYE, THE SAILOR, at the convention this September. Bring your books and DVDs and ask Jerry to sign them for you! Jerry also has a superb blog found here:
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED GUESTS
VERONICA CARLSON
James Carreras, the boss of Hammer Studios, saw one of Veronica's photographs in a newspaper and offered her a role opposite Christopher Lee in DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968). This followed two more, FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969) and THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (1970).
JEREMY AMBLER
Are you among the 17.5 million addicted to THE WALKING DEAD? Jeremy Ambler, one of the "Walkers," will be attending the convention to sign autographs and answer questions you might have (don't worry, he won't provide any spoilers!). JEREMY also appeared on THE DUKES OF HAZARD (2005) and THE THREE STOOGES (2012), among others!
TEMPEST STORM
Along with Lili St. Cyr, Sally Rand, and Blaze Starr, Tempest Storm was one of the best known burlesque performers of the 1950s and 1960s. She is regarded as having one of the longest careers as a burlesque performer, spanning more than 60 years. We are proud to have a legendary icon visit us in September!
| MUTINY ON OUTSTATION ZORI - Coming September 7!
by John Hegenberger
Who stole the space station?
At the far reaches of the Imperium, something’s gone terribly wrong on Outstation Zori. The station has cut itself off from all communication, and the corporation that owns it sends a team of specialists to get to the bottom of this mystery. But a young con-man, a rebel leader, and a greedy space pirate are in for a mind-bending shock as they face off against alien races, bizarre religions, and an ultimate betrayal by one of their own.
"Mutiny" is a fast-paced space opera/adventure featuring a group of mis-matched characters investigating a "terrorist group" who've stolen a dozen ultra-secret space skimmers. At least, that's what it appears to be about in the beginning. In the end, the novel really deals with positive character growth and a belief in bravely facing the unknown against all adversity.
Tracking the thieves through space leads free-lance circuit-jockey Jamie Devon to discover his old buddy, Cast, now a member of a high-tech religious cult that has taken over the military Outstation Zori. Before their conflict can be locked, they learn that the outstation is under an imminent retaliatory attack from the oppressive government's military forces. But before that can happen, an evil empire of warrior aliens launches a surprise raid in response of the invasion of their "space."
Ultimately, our heroes resolve their problems by employing a combination of pluck and daring--plus a surprise ally. The warrior aliens retreat, the military is dealt with, and the Outstation uses the space skimmers to journey into the Great Unknown.
MUTINY ON OUTSTATION ZORI: A space adventure caper with philosophical overtones from John Hegenberger, critically acclaimed author of CROSS EXAMINATION, TRIPL3 CROSS, and the upcoming THE LAST MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Pre-order Price: $2.99
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| The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.
The Challenger - New!
Turquoise
The Interceptor
Doc Warlock
The Black Falcon
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| Off-Trail Publications - Now available!
Before he was a comic-book pioneer, Major Malcolm-Wheeler Nicholson wrote adventure tales for the great pulp magazines—and no run-of-the-mill pulp fiction was it. The Major served as a cavalry officer on the southwest border during the Mexican Revolution. While the First World War raged in Europe, he fought the Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines. Then followed his strangest assignment, conducting espionage in legendarily hostile Siberia. After the war he was stationed in Western Europe. These places became the settings for the majority of his hardboiled adventure stories. His use of authentic detail, combined with his superior storytelling ability, make his stories difficult to put down. You read one of the Major’s entrancing tales—and your imagination is transported back to those real places of danger and daring!
This inaugural collection of the Major’s fiction includes stories set in all four of his real-life arenas, originally published in top adventure pulps: Adventure, Argosy, The Popular Magazine. It is time for the Major to receive his due—as one of the genuine larger-than-life men of the pulps. Included is an in-depth introduction by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, the Major’s granddaughter.
“Yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very few people responsible for the birth of the comic book industry as the visionary founder of what we today call DC Comics. And, yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very few people responsible for giving the world Superman.”
Michael Uslan,
Executive Producer of all the Batman movies,
Comic book historian, and author of his memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman.
“Not many adventure writers can claim to have based their stories on their own exploits. Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson could—and because of it, his evocations of heroism and combat have a believability and a personal depth unlike anything else in pulp fiction.”
Gerard Jones,
Author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book.
6x9-inch perfect bound; 264 pages, $20.00
Checkout earlier titles by clicking on the link below.
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Contents
Auther Upfiels's "Bony" paperbacks
Ten of the greatest PBO writers
Ace Books Nurse paperbacks
Hustler Paperbacks
Matchless paperbacks
Paperback Talk
Checker Books
Each issue is a wonderful excursion into paperbacks of all kinds and great cover art and with 100+ color covers shown of rare and collectable paperbacks.
Copies are available now for $15.00 + $3 postage
Gryphon Books, PO Box 280209, Brooklyn, NY 11228, USA.
All back issues listed at the link below are $10 each (USD) + postage.
Postage rates: from 1-5 issues in USA via Media Mail $3; Priority Mail $6, then 50 cents each additional issue. Foreign orders please inquire.
All issues are in Fine or “as new” condition, but some issues are in low supply, so please list alternates if possible.
You can also subscribe, all subscriptions begin with the next issue:
A 4-issue Subscription in the US is only $35 mailed First Class Mail.
A 4-issue subscription to Canada is only $45 (USD) mailed First Class.
A 4-issue subscription to all other countries is $55 (USD) mailed Air Mail.
All issues are also listed for sale on ABEbooks, Alibris and Biblio but can also be ordered directly from me using VISA or Mastercard
(or with a check in USD drawn on a US bank) via my website through my email address at:
gryphonbooks@att.net, (card info best in 2-3 emails), or to my mailing address:
Gryphon Books, PO Box 280209, Brooklyn, NY 11228, USA.
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| Paperback Perils - Now online!
Ironcastle (J.H. Rosny & Philip Jose Farmer, 1922/1976) - New!
Airship Hunters (Jim Beard & Duane Spurlock, Meteor House 2015) - New!
Hadon of Ancient Opar (Philip Jose Farmer, 1974) - New!
Exiles of Kho (Christopher Paul Carey, Meteor House, 2015)
Time's Last Gift (Philip Jose Farmer, 1972/1977/2012)
Death Mates for the Lust-Lost (Hugh J. Gallagher, MYSTERY NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES MAGAZINE, July 1940)
Pulpfest Recap
Pulpfest Bound!
| Perils On Planet Perils On Planet X - Now online!
Perils On Planet X is a swashbuckling adventure on a lost planet… join Colonel Donovan Hawke of Terra as he travels through time and space to the ancient emerald world of Xylos – home of vicious reptilian predators, ruthless strato-pirates, beautiful princesses, and innumerable fantastic dangers!
Perils On Planet X is high adventure on alien worlds – classic space opera in the Burroughs and Alex Raymond traditions, revived for a new millennium!
The adventure begins today at the link below!
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Fall is almost upon us, and that means the annual NJ Pulp Adventurecon draws near--an afternoon of pawing through boxes of pulp magazines, vintage paperbacks, vintage movie memoribilia, golden age comics and more! (Just like it says in the banner, but we couldn't resist repeating ourselves!)
You'll find fifty tables of swell swag at this show -- last year Robert Gould, son of pulp artist John Fleming Gould, visited and brought several magnificent pieces of original artwork for display and sale. Brendan Faulkner had his usual extensive selection of vintage movies, some of which are so rare the actors and crew don't even remember them! Gary Lovisi, the leader at Gryphon Publishing and hand-on-the-crank at Paperback Parade magazine, had his usual fine publications, and John Gunnison of Adventure House had his usual extensive stock of vintage and rare pulp magazines. Mala Mastroberte, our favorite pin-up model, was present ... and that's good enough for us, but Mala also had a selection of photos, books, and photo postcards.
For more information, watch this page (and the other pages), and join our mailing list by using the link below. While you're signing up, you might even click the link for Bold Venture Press and take a gander at our pulp reprints and new, pulp-inspired fiction by authors like Richard A. Lupoff, Gary Lovisi, John Wooley, and others.
Ramada Inn
1083 Route 206
Bordentown, New Jersey
(Just off New Jersey turnpike Exit 7)
| Pulp Crazy - Now online!
Pulp Crazy – Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan - New!
PulpFest 2015 – New Fictioneers – Duane Spurlock
PulpFest 2015 – The Heirs of Weird Tales
PulpFest 2015 – FarmerCon X: The Weird Tales of Philip José Farmer
PulpFest 2015 – Weird Editing at “The Unique Magazine”
PulpFest 2015 – The Call of Cthulhu and the Lovecraft Mythos
| Pulp Den - Now online!
Superheroes Anonymous - New!
Eye of The Lyon - New!
Shayne's Revenge - New!
Run: Hold On! Season 3 - New!
Finding The Sky
Carnival of Death
| Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.
Adventure, July 1952 - review - New!
Pulp Artist's site: Gloria Stoll Karn
Stories from pulp authors at the Library of America
Adventure's failed experiment in 1927
| Pulp Magazines Project - Now online!
Publishing legends The Black Mask (1920), Weird Tales (1923), and Amazing Stories (1926) are considered so “extremely rare and valuable” that the U.S. Library of Congress houses its collection of 277 issues in Washington, D.C.’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division—along with the personal libraries of Presidents, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and one of only three known perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible in existence. With its latest addition of 4 issues of The Black Mask (Aug. & Sept. 1920; Dec. 1921; and Apr. 1922), the Pulp Magazines Project has made all 3 classic titles available together—for the first time—in high-quality, cover-to-cover digital editions.
Also available at the Pulp Magazines Project, new issues of the iconic “weird menace” pulp, Dime Mystery Magazine (Apr. 1938 and Sept. 1946); Adventure (Jul. 1, 1928; feat. Walt Coburn’s “The Man Who Hated Himself”); Western Story (Jul. 27, 1940); Detective Story (May 1938; feat. Zorro-creator Johnston McCulley’s “Thubway Tham’s Thothial Thecurity”); and histories of both The Black Mask (E.R. Hagemann; UCLA) and Dime Mystery Magazine (Emily Sisler; University of West Florida).
The Pulp Magazines Project is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the study and preservation of one of the twentieth century's most influential literary & artistic forms: the all-fiction pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides information on the history of this important but long neglected medium, along with biographies of pulp authors, artists, and their publishers.
At the heart of the Project's mission is the archive itself. In summer 2011, it began with a modest library of five representative first-generation pulp titles from the early twentieth century. Over time, the archive will expand, new magazines will be digitized, and contextual materials added. Eventually, the archive will feature a broad range of pre-1923 titles, post-1923 titles where copyright has lapsed, and full volume runs of select titles from 1896 to 1946.
The Project is dedicated to fostering ties between communities of collectors, fans, and academics devoted to pulp magazines, and will offer opportunities for research and collaboration to both scholars and enthusiasts alike. We will provide information on upcoming conferences and conventions, and promote new working relationships between academics and the hundreds of pulp fans and collectors beyond the college and university.
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| Pulp Newsgroups - Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans.
Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below.
Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/
CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/
Doc Con: The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/
Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/
FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/
Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/
H.R. Haggard: This group is dedicated to one of the greatest of adventure/fantasy writers , H.R. Haggard.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterofadventureriderhaggard/
Justice Inc.: This group is dedicated to the [1940's pulp version] of Richard Benson and his group of crime fighting adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything about this group can be discussed [ comics, pulps, radio shows, paperbacks, current news]also if anyone is interested in Paul Ernst---In the roaring heart of the crucible...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/
Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join!
Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/
PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/
Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/
REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/
Vintage Paperbacks: A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/
Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/
| RED SONJA / CONAN #2 (of 4) - Arriving in comic shops September 9!
Writer: Victor Gischler
Art: Roberto Castro
Covers: Alex Ross, Ed Benes
Red Sonja awakes bloodied and bruised to find she's missed the end of an epic battle. As she pieces together what happened, she discovers that Conan is missing and a local wizard has used bloodroot to create a terrible weapon.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
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| Robert E. Howard: ALMURIC - Coming September 16!
This is an unusual sensation that suddenly find themselves thrown from his home planet in a strange and unknown world. I, who had never known fear, I was reduced to a ball of nerves timid, startled at the sight of my shadow. I had just become aware of the absolute impotence of a human being. My sturdy steel frame and my muscles seemed too frail and sickly as a child.
A slight noise behind me made me turn suddenly, and fell nose to nose on my first inhabitant of Almuric. There was not much taller than me, but more massive, with particularly impressive shoulders and thick members knotty muscles. His body was covered with a duvet of the same blue-black beard and his hair. It was not as hairy as a monkey, but I had never seen a human being so hairy.
His eyes lingered arrogant disdain on my members and my smooth shaven.
- On behalf of Thak, are you male or female? he asked.
After The Gods of Bal-Sagoth and Canaan Shadows, this is the last of the three volumes together all the texts horror and fantasy of Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Cimmerian. In summary, the mythical novel Almuric but also the latest texts featuring James Allison, and "Nekht Semerkeht" a text haunted by suicide, Howard wrote in the months before his death.
Like other books in the collection, this edition prepared by Patrice Louinet is based on the full and uncensored texts and is superbly illustrated by Stéphane Collignon.
Illustrator: Stéphane Collignon
Translator: Patrice Louinet
Publication date: 09/16/2015
ISBN: 9782352948537
Price: € 25.00
Number of pages: 432
Format: Large format
Edition: paperback
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| Robert E. Howard Panel - NecronomiCon 2015 - Now online!
Two-Gun Bob Rides Again! - The Robert E. Howard panel from NecronomiCon 2015, Providence, RI, August 22.
Featuring REH scholars Rusty Burke, Mark Finn, Jeffrey Shanks, and Rick Lai, with moderator Scott Connors.
Discussing Howard and Lovecraft, Howard's world-building and other topics.
| | | ROY THOMAS PRESENTS: PLANET COMICS VOLUME 9 HC - Arriving in comic shops September 9!
(Art) George Tuska & Various
Hey, PS Artbooks is continuing its epic journey 'out of this furshlugginer world' with the ninth volume of the groundbreaking awe-filled Planet Comics that appeared from Fiction House over a thirteen year period ending in 1953. They're all here — Flint Baker, Reef Ryan, The Space Rangers, Gale Allen, Star Pirate, Mysta of the Moon, Norge Benson plus many more and a bevy of the most scantily-clad females you're likely to see outside of Silvio Dante's Bada Bing strip joint in The Sopranos. Collects issues #36-41, May 1945 to March 1946.
Hardcover, 7x10, 320 pages, Full Color, $59.99
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| | The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive THE SPIDER'S WEB
Research copies are now available!
Archive DVD featuring Warren Hull - 15 Chapters (Complete)
One of the major original pulp heroes comes to the screen in the greatest adaptation of pulp to film ever created, featuring Warren Hull and Iris Meredith. Consistently rated one of the top 5 cliffhanger serials of all time by fans, and hugely influential. Source: new digital transfer of 16mm original print, complete, with generally excellent sharp picture quality, restored picture element with stabilization, exposure correction, and noise reduced audio.
Status: Restoration complete, archive DVD requests are shipping now.
To request a research copy, click here.
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| The Shadow Fan's Podcast - Now online!
The Sinister Shadow
The Shadow Fan returns for his 74th episode! This time around, Barry takes a look at Will Murray's triumphant novel, The Sinister Shadow, which not only brings back our favorite hero to prose but also pairs him with the amazing Doc Savage!
How did it turn out?
Will The Funeral Director join the ranks of classic pulp villains?
Or did it all fall flat?
Listen to find out!
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast for you!
| The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!
The Crimson Death
The Silent Death
The Romanoff Jewels
The Sledge-Hammer Crimes
| SWORDS OF SORROW #5 (OF 6) - Arriving in comic shops September 9!
Writer: Gail Simone
Art: Sergio Davila
Covers: Tula Lotay, Emanuela Lupacchino
DYNAMITE'S FIERCEST FEMALES IN THEIR BIGGEST EVENT EVER!
As the epic era-spanning tale rockets towards conclusion, reluctant heroines find themselves facing terrifying alternate versions of themselves on the road to the ultimate showdown with the Prince Of All Worlds. Can even the combined forces of Kato, Red Sonja, Dejah Thoris, Vampirella, Jungle Girl, Lady Zorro and dozens more save reality? Join us for the penultimate chapter in what critics are calling the best crossover event of the summer!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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| TALES OF CTHULHU INVICTUS - Now available!
Long before ivy grew on the walls of Miskatonic University...
...or the Deep Ones first came to Innsmouth, centuries before the mad Arab penned the dreaded Necronomicon, the malevolent powers of the Cthulhu Mythos plagued mankind. During the Age of the Antonines (96 AD–192 AD), when the Roman Empire was at the peak of its power, dark and unknowable forces were at work. Ancient wizards sought ways to cheat death, explorers stumbled on the remnants of alien civilizations, foul cults practiced unholy rites, and inhuman creatures sought to mix their blood with ours.
Across Rome’s vast empire, a few brave men and women rose up to meet these threats for the greater good of mankind. They carried light into the darkness, dispelling a poisonous taint which grows best in the shadows. With steel and spell and burning torch, these heroic investigators of the ancient world defended their civilization from the fearsome powers of the Cthulhu Mythos. Golden Goblin Press is proud to offer up nine tales of their horrific struggles and sacrifices.
Tales of Cthulhu Invictus - Edited by Brian Sammons
Vulcan’s Forge by William Meikle
Fecunditati Augustae by Christine Morgan
A Plague of Wounds by Konstantine Paradias
Tempus Edax Rerum by Pete Rawlik
The Unrepeatables by Edward M. Erdelac
Magnum Innominandum by Penelope Love
Lines in the Sand by Tom Lynch
The Temple of Iald-T’qurhoth by Lee Clark Zumpe
The Seven Thunders by Robert M. Price
Price: $12.00
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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.
Endnote to the Weird Tales Controversy
The Weird Tales Controversy-Part Five
The Weird Tales Controversy-Part Four
The Weird Tales Controversy-Part Three
The Weird Tales Controversy-Part Two
Notes from PulpFest-H.P.L. at 125
The Weird Tales Controversy-Part One
| Terence McVicker, Rare Books - Now online!
Terence McVicker has launched a new website. Every month a new "theme" for the "Shoppe" will be announced.
For the inauguration of the grand opening, in addition to samplings from "Shoppe stock," he is featuring a nice selection of Amateur Journals of H. P. Lovecraft from the Hyman Bradofsky (The Californian) Collection and fine, nearly complete collections of the works of James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers, two of Fantasy & Science Fiction's finest living writers! So don't dote on the dead, take a voyage on an Elfin Ship, or step through the Anubis Gates and journey to the furthest reaches of your imagination!
And be sure to read "FOTS" - Friends of the Shoppe - for important book information!
New additions added every Sunday and every month a new theme!
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When a new menace rears its ugly head in his Great City, The Black Ghost finds that he may be up against an old enemy. One that refuses to stay dead! But why is Spider back, and who – or what – is Cipher, the team of ex soldiers that accompany her? And why is an agent of British Intelligence on the case? Plus, it seems the British government may know the identity of the intrepid fighter in black! Sequel to THE SPIDER’S WEB.
Print Length: 78 pages
Kindle Price: $2.99
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| | Tom Johnson
PARTNERS IN CRIME
Now available in a Kindle edition!
With the great city in a grip of crime, a new champion is born out of necessity: a Robin Hood in a concrete Sherwood Forest among towering skyscrapers, and men of greed and death. But one lone woman takes up the gauntlet, challenging the very foundation of criminal empires. She stands a lone wolf in ebony of silk, The Black Cat!
Print Length: 73 pages
Kindle Price: $2.99
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| | Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher R. Yates
(New publications to the list are in bold)
Now available!
Deadpool: Paws, Stefan Petrucha, Marvel, $24.99, August 18, 2015
Coming soon!
The Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies, Raymond Benson, Oceanview Publishing, $16.00, September 15, 2015
Collision: Book 4, Secret World Chronicles, Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $7.99, September 29, 2015
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, David Wong, Thomas Dunne Books, $26.99, October 6, 2015
Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $17.99, October 27, 2015
Wild Cards XXII: Lowball, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $8.99, November 3, 2015
Lara Croft and the Blade of Gwynnever, Dan Abnett & Nik Vincent, DK Publishing, $12.99, November 3, 2015
Gladiator, Philip Wylie, Dover Publications, $9.95, November 18, 2015
Pax Britannia: The Ulysses Quicksilver Omnibus Vol. 2, Jonathan Green, Abaddon, $14.99, December 2015
Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim, Brian Michael Bendis & Neil Kleid, Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99, January 5, 2016
The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings, Raymond Benson, Oceanview Publishing, $16.00, January 12, 2016
Arrow – Vengeance, Oscar Balderrama & Lauren Certo, Titan Books, $7.99, January 26, 2016
Stiletto [sequel to The Rook], Daniel O’Malley, Little, Brown & Co., $25.99, January 26, 2016
Ex-Isle, Peter Clines, Broadway Books, $14.00, February 2, 2016
The Conclave of Shadow [Missy Masters #2], Alyc Helms, Angry Robot, $7.99, February 2, 2016
Wild Cards XXIII: High Stakes, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, April 2016
Captain America: Dark Design, Stefan Petrucha, Marvel, $24.99, April 19, 2016
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Alex Irvine, Marvel, $7.99, May 17, 2016
Ghosts of Karnak, George Mann, Titan Books, Ltd., $7.99, May 24, 2016
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