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Age of Aces
Now available!
CAPTAIN PHILIP STRANGE: STRANGE
SPECTRES by Donald E. Keyhoe
A mental marvel from birth, who
used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as “The Phantom
Ace of G-2″ by the Allies during WWI. “Horrors of war” takes on a whole
new meaning when WWI erupts with paranormal activity: Flaming planes piloted
by charred skeletons; Battleship crews that mysteriously vanish; Medieval
knights falling from the sky; The spirit of the Red Baron himself haunting
the frontlines! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom
Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain
Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the
WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies.
And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip
Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as
the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for his
death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories featuring
Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter
measures!
Stories include:
“Scourge of the Spectre,” – Flying Aces, August 1935
“Spectre of the Red Knight,” – Flying Aces, January 1932
“The Vanishing Avenger,” – Flying Aces, February 1934
“The Ghost from G-2,” – Flying Aces, May 1934
“Strafe of the Flying Corpse,” – Flying Aces, January 1936
“The Armored Corpse,” – Flying Aces, March 1936
Trade paperback, 6"x9", 350 pages, $16.99
SQUADRON OF THE DEAD by Frederick
C. Painton
The Squadron of the Dead contained
all the hellions of ten armies! Men without hope; men courting death; men
who loved to kill; men who laughed and fought, drank and cursed, lived hard,
and died harder. Americans, British, Russians—even Germans—made up their
ranks, and only one bond held them together: Death lay ahead of them. They
were assigned the grim missions no other squadron dared to take—for they had
all been condemned to die!
Each of the eight stories in Painton’s Squadron of the Dead is the story
of a different pilot who has been condemned to death and sent to the squadron
to serve out his sentence. And die they did, dropping spies, bombing impossible
places, strafing infantry for harassed Allied battalions. These men flew
recklessly, savagely, knowing they could live again only when death really
claimed them. Then their names would shine once again in the casualty announcements
and they would be posthumously awarded the Legion d’Honneur.
Frederick C. Painton, a prolific pulp author and venerated newspaper
man, wrote the eight Squadron of the Dead stories contained in this anthology
in 1935 for Sky Birds magazine.
Painton is best remembered for his coverage of World War II for Reader’s
Digest magazine.
Stories include:
“Today We Die,” – Sky Birds, February 1935
“Ghosts of the Living,” – Sky Birds, March 1935
“The Glory Gambler,” – Sky Birds, April 1935
“Tarmac of Treason,” – Sky Birds, June 1935
“Death’s Dreadnaughts,” – Sky Birds, July 1935
“Legion of the Unlucky,” – Sky Birds, August 1935
“Duel of Dishonor,” – Sky Birds, September 1935
“Slaughter of the Dead,” – Sky Birds, December 1935
Plus:
”About the Author” by Frederick C. Painton
Trade paperback, 6"x9", 362 pages, $16.99
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Airship 27 Productions
HOLMES AND HOUDINI
Now available!
In 2015, Airship 27 Productions released “The Amazing Harry Houdini,”
a collection four brand new adventures featuring the famous showman. The
volume contained stories by Roman Leary, Jim Beard, I.A. Watson and James
Palmer. Now, Ian Watson delivers a full length novel sequel to that title
with his, “Holmes & Houdini.”
They call themselves the Far Edge Club, a mysterious cabal of rich, sadistic
hedonist who live only to create pain and fear in others. Only one
man has ever bested their perverted schemes, the world renowned magician and
escape artist, Harry Houdini. Now London will become the stage for
their final confrontation.
The Club has recruited an army of killers in their maddened goal to destroy
Houdini. But they are unaware he is not without his own allies. Joining
the fray at the American’s side is none other than the Great Detective of
Baker St, Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson. Together
these exceptional heroes will battle an insidious evil and attempt to solve
the mystery of the Ghost Mask of L’Inconnu.
“We’ve been waiting almost an entire year to get this out,” says Airship
27 Productions Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “15 copies of a limited
edition collectors edition sold out on the first day at this year’s PulpFest
in Columbus, Ohio. It sported a variant cover by Art Director Rob Davis.
Now we have artist Chad Hardin’s wonderful cover and can at last get this
book out to all our anxious fans.” Davis, as he always does with all
Holmes titles at Airship 27, provided the black and white interior illustrations
and book design.
Writer I.A. Watson has delivered an incredible adventure mystery that
will keep readers up till the wee hours of the night. “Homes &
Houdini” is New Pulp fiction at its finest.
Available now from
Amazon and coming soon on Kindle.
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Altus Press
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THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG #2:
THE CASE OF THE SCARLET FEATHER
by Robert J. Hogan
Now available!
“When I know the secret of the five casks, I will be all powerful.
Find the one who can tell me this secret. I will wait—but not for long.”
This was the command Wu Fang gave to his agents deep in New York’s Chinatown.
And only two white men guessed his plans, could dare hope to pit their
wits and detective skill against the murder scheme of the most dangerous
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Altus Press
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF ERIC TRENT, VOLUME 1
by Donald E. Keyhoe
Now available!
Donald E. Keyhoe returns to chronicle the super-spy sagas of the high-flying
Eric Trent!
Running for only 12 stories in the pages of Flying Aces, the series continued
Keyhoe’s tradition
of fast-paced air war adventures, this time featuring a character
who hasn’t seen print since these stories’ original publications!
Volume 1 collects the first six stories from 1940–41:
“Secret Flight Sixteen,” “Death Flies Blind,” “Junkers Juggernaut,”
“Swastika Scourge,” “The Ace From Hell” and “Television Tracers.”
$19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
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Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: Five-Novels Monthly (March 1931
and May 1935)
Pulps Pricings Sales Census: Mystery Novels and Short Stories
(Dec. 1939)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
SANCTUM BOOKS
NEW YEAR’S INSTANT COLLECTIONS SALE!
NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 11, 2017
NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 11, 2017, Sanctum Books is offering a 30% discount
off list price for a complete set of all 87 DOC SAVAGE classic volumes (plus
replicas of the two 1930s Doc Savage giveaway premium prints) ... or the
first 100 Sanctum Books SHADOW volumes plus SHADOW ANNUAL #1.
With insured postage, the 87 DOC SAVAGE volumes (plus premium replicas)
can be purchased for just $900.00, while the first 101 SHADOW volumes (plus
a complete set of Shadow art prints and premium photo replicas) can be purchased
for only $1,050.00 postpaid. (Some of these volumes are already sold out
except in super packs!)
ALSO ON SALE: THE AVENGER #1-12 (reprinting all 30 pulp adventures) for
just $130.00—a 25% discount, THE SPIDER #1-10 for $110.00 or THE WHISPERER
#1-7 (reprinting all 14 1936-37 pulp novels) for just $75.00 postpaid.
Mail checks or money orders to: Sanctum Books; P.O. Box 761474; San Antonio,
TX 78245 or Paypal to: orders@shadowsanctum.com. This special discount offer
expires at midnight, February 11, 2017.
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Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume
46 (Bama Variant): "The Mystic Mullah" & "Terror Takes 7"
The Man of Bronze returns in two action-packed thrillers by Lester
Dent. First, weird green soul slaves attack Manhattan, propelling Doc and
his aides to faraway Asia to confront 'The Mystic Mullah.' Then, after a
mystery box arrives at Doc Savage's headquarters, its enigmatic contents ignite
a murderous chain of events in 'Terror Takes 7.' This classic pulp reprint
showcases a striking color painting by James Bama and the original color
pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's classic
interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. Softcover,
7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
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Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume
114 Death By Proxy & Loot of Death
Alone and unaided, The Shadow wages a solo war on crime in two
thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson. First, the Knight of Darkness
investigates a murder ring whose victims die twice, first in real life followed
by a 'Death by Proxy.' Then, the police assume a million-dollar crime to
be a simple bank robbery, but The Shadow knows there is a hidden secret behind
the 'Loot of Death.' This double novel pulp reprint showcases the original
color pulp covers by George Rozen and the classic interior illustrations by
Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, with historical commentary by Will Murray.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-222-3 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W,
$14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
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issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
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Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume
115: "The Keeper's Gold" and "Forgotten Gold"
The Shadow battles gilded crime in two action-packed pulp novels
by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, the Knight of Darkness
hunts the criminal mastermind who stole "The Keeper's Gold" and framed The
Shadow for the deed! Then, "Forgotten Gold" from a lost Georgia mine mixes
with red blood in a tale of vicious greed and murder! BONUS: Norgil investigate
"The Silver Venus" in a magical tale of prestidigitection. This classic pulp
reprint showcases the original color pulp covers by George Rozen and the
classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and Earl Mayan, with historical
commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-225-4 Softcover,
7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
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Art's Reviews Podcasts!
- Now online!
Eteka: Rise of the Imamba by Ben Hinson
Author Ben Hinson's new novel "Eteka Rise of the Imamba" is a
globe spanning story about African mercenaries and the world they helped
make from the 1950 to the 1990s. Wit the Cold War in the background
and the liberation movements seeking to throw off the yoke of Colonialism,
the Imamba Brotherhood tries to collect the best warriors from the African
Continent to help bring about a transition to free nation states.
Along the way, the ideals of this group are corrupted until they become
mercenaries responding to the requests of the highest bidder. But some of
the members of the Brotherhood begin to question what tey are doing and
why they are doing it.
This book is filed with excitement, action, adventure and serious moral
questions. It is a terrific read and keeps the momentum going up until
a dramatic climax.
I highly recommend this terrific new book!
Past
episodes:
Will Murray's latest novel: Doc Savage and The Shadow
team up against "The Empire of Doom"!
"Holmes and Houdini" the new novel by Ian
A. Watson
Bobby Nash discusses "Snow Falls" his new adventure novel!
Chuck Miller discusses
"Sherlock Holmes: The Picture of Innocence"
CAPTAIN HAZZARD: Custer's Ghost by Ron Fortier
Beyond Worlds Collide By Jeff Deischer
Pulpfest 2016: #10- Guest of Honor- Ted
White
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ATHENA VOLTAIRE AND THE VOLCANO GODDESS TPB - Arriving in comic shops February 8!
Writer: Steve Bryant
Artist Name: Steve Bryant
Cover Artist(s): Steve Bryant, Gabriel Hardman
Collecting the fan-favorite pulp heroine's Action Lab debut miniseries!
When her father gains possession of a supernatural artifact, Athena Voltaire
sets off on an adventure that pits her against Nazis, deadly assassins, an
old nemesis, and an angry fire goddess! Written and drawn by Eisner and Manning
Award-nominated creator Steve Bryant.
Full Color, 96 pages, $9.99
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Black Coat Press
New titles now available!
THE POLICE AGENT
by Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail
Adapted by Brian Stableford
Cover by Daniele Serra
The Police Agent (1867) is a milestone in the development of crime
fiction. Its eponymous hero, the cunning Mr. Porion, a.k.a. Père Cinnamon,
does not employ his detective skills to pursue a vampire-like serial killer
intent on bleeding children, but rather to protect him, while simultaneously
serving other predatory aristocratic interests, such as providing the lecherous
King Louis XV with a steady supply of virgins.
This crime novel Ponson du Terrail wrote may seem eccentric to 21st century
eyes because the genre has undergone many refinements, but it remains fascinating
as an example of its evolution. The Police Agent contains examples of deductive
detection applied to a criminal investigation, as well as foreshadowing what
became the “police procedural.”
The Police Agent boldly asks: if the police and the criminals are on
the same side, possessed of all the power and legal authority, who can play
a heroic role, and how can he possibly prevail, escaping torture, murder
and annihilation?
Contents:
The Police Agent [L'Auberge de la Rue des Enfants Rouges] (1867)
Introduction, Afterword and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $31.95 /GBP £21.99
6x9 trade
paperback, 452 pages
Cover by Daniele
Serra
“I’d known the terrified sleep full
of nightmares of the guillotine. ”
The Gates of Hell is a collection of twenty-six stories originally
published in 1910. These tales, in the tradition of the contes cruels, range
from a man who keeps a secret with devastating effects to a maniac who finds
thrills in witnessing violent accidents, to a blind man who purposely loses
his eyesight, to a prostitute who sleeps with the man who executed her husband...
These rich and carefully plotted stories ratchet up suspense, sentence
by bewitching sentence. Their horror is based on human behavior and psychological
drama rather than supernatural elements, and the subtle beauty of their descriptions
only further intensifies the turn of the knife when it inevitably comes
— a truly decadent pleasure.
Maurice Level (1875-926) was a French writer of fiction and drama whose
macabre stories were printed in Paris newspapers and staged by the Grand-Guignol
theater. His stories have been compared to those of his cousin Marcel Schwob,
as well as Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Octave Mirbeau, Guy de Maupassant and
Edgar Allan Poe.
The edition includes a historical introduction and notes by translator
Jessica Sequeira.
Contents:
Les Portes de l'Enfer (1910)
Introduction and Notes by Jessica Sequeira.
US $20.95 /GBP £12.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 192 pages
The Brothers of Death (1856) is the second volume in a series
of four that tells the story of the Hulet family which, for generations,
has headed the government’s spy network, the Secret Bureau, that intercepts
and opens all private mail. From the execution of Charles I of England to
the secret terror spread by the Apostles of Nuremberg, we follow the doomed
destinies of the Hulets and their relentless enemy, the Marquis de Vulpiano,
now the leader of the Brothers of Death....
This volume also continues the adventures of Gregorio Matiphous, now
accused of having murdered the mysterious Ephraim, founder of the Illuminati.
Charles Rabou (1803-1871) was one of the founders of the prestigious
Revue de Paris and a friend of Honoré de Balzac, whose unfinished
novels he completed after the latter's death. He was also a master of the
roman noir (crime novel). The Secret Bureau is an important link between
the works of Jules Janin and Frédéric Soulié on the
one hand, and Paul Féval and Ponson du Terrail on the other.
Contents:
Les Frères de la Mort (L. de Potter, 1856)
Introduction and Notes by Nina Cooper.
US $31.95 /GBP £21.99
5x8 trade
paperback, 408 pages
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Black Dog Books
War-Nymphs of Venus: The Complete Planet Stories
Tales
by Ray Cummings (Author), Gene Christie (Editor), Tom Roberts (Introduction)
Now available!
Journey to worlds afar and combat
space pirates, find a new utopian world shrouded in fear, follow an interstellar
bounty hunter on his obsessive task, see man’s conquest of a frozen planet
fail, and witness the Shadow Squad battle a new and unknown enemy.
This volume collects the complete contributions to Planet Stories by
one of the pioneers in the science fiction genre, and includes such previously
uncollected works as “Phantom of the Seven Stars,” “Gods of Space,” “The
Flame Breathers,” “Monster of the Asteroid,” “The Man Who Killed the Earth,”
“Space-Wolf,” “Space-Liner X-87,” “War-Nymphs of Venus” plus five others.
With an introduction by Tom Roberts.
Softcover, 360 pages, $19.95
Black Dog
Books Amazon.com
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Black Dog Books
The Thing from--Outside
by George Allan England (Author), Gene Christie (Editor), Tom Roberts
(Introduction)
Now available!
"George Allan England . . . to my mind, ranks with Edgar Rice
Burroughs and Albert Payson Terhune as one of the three supreme literary
artists of the house of Munsey."—H.P. Lovecraft
When science fiction was a new and yet undefined genre, pre-dating the
vast-reaching, intergalactic sagas of Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke, one of
the most successful authors of the era was George Allan England. Garbed
in his rapid-paced storytelling, England depicts people affected by advancing
technology and unexplainable events, always delving further, towards a central
theme, asking the question of “What if?”
What if . . .
. . . viewing events from other periods of history became possible?
. . . the implantation of a mechanical heart could grant near immortality?
. . . Earth were visited by an alien intelligence looking for science
projects?
. . . a device were created to predict crime before it happens and weed
out from society those individuals with predilection for such behaviors?
. . . the intelligence of man were surgically spliced with the brutish
physic of a great ape?
The answers to these and other questions may be discovered in The Thing
from—Outside.
With an introduction by Tom Roberts
Softcover, 252 pages, $19.95
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Black Dog Books
In the Shadow: and Other Uneasy Stories
by C.A. Tod Robbins (Author), Gene Christie (Introduction)
Now available!
Strip away the façade of sanity and discover why C.A. “Tod”
Robbins is considered a curator of malevolence. From the author of “Spurs”
and “The Terrible Three,” sources for the classic horror films Freaks and
The Unholy Three, comes this new collection of bizarre masterpieces to make
you shudder.
SAFE AND SANE—The watchdogs of wisdom howl as the counter-effects of
boredom take a mysterious twist.
UNDYING HATRED—The Hand of Death dispenses its black gift with odd equality.
IN THE SHADOW—The death of a matriarch perverts the thoughts and actions
of an entire family.
THE MAN WHO ESCAPED—An unlikely hero faces off against unavoidable Fate
in this mysterious offering.
The roots of evil clutch at the reader in these and other strangling
tales. The fiction of C.A. “Tod” Robbins has been compared to the works
of Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and other masters of the weird and
bizarre. In this volume, readers may savor some of Robbins’ twisted tales
that have remained unavailable for decades, not collected previously in
book form.
Also included are two newly discovered works!
Softcover, 228 pages, $19.95
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
Murania’s First Release of 2017 - New!
September 30: Collectibles for Sale Section Update
Collectibles Section Updated
PulpFest 2016 Report
More Collectibles for Sale Being Listed for July 4th Weekend!
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press
The Johnston McCulley Collection #1
NOW AVAILABLE
FROM MURANIA PRESS: A LONG-LOST MASTERWORK BY THE CREATOR OF ZORRO!
Pulp fiction's first super-villain is back after nearly 100 years in
obscurity—and his criminous exploits are just as thrilling now as they were
a century ago!
An early 20th-century metropolis trembles in fear at the mention of his
name. His meticulously-planned depredations leave victims quaking in their
shoes and baffle the police, who seem helpless to stem the rising tide of
panic that threatens to engulf the city. Amateur criminologist and millionaire
clubman Roger Verbeck, aided by his loyal valet Muggs, sets out to apprehend
Black Star and finally does. But the master criminal makes good his escape
and, once again in command of his army of robed and hooded henchmen, plots
a campaign of revenge that will find the mayor, police commissioner, and
prominent citizens under his control and at his mercy—with even the brilliant
Roger Verbeck powerless to stop it!
This is the first volume in Murania's Johnston McCulley Collection, which
brings back into print the author's long-forgotten characters created for
Street & Smith's DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE.
Get your copy today at muraniapress.com.
Johnston McCulley (1883-1958) is best known as the creator of Zorro,
but this astoundingly prolific ex-journalist also chronicled the exploits
of more than 20 recurring characters who populated the pages of such legendary
pulps as ARGOSY, ALL-STORY WEEKLY, DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, BEST DETECTIVE,
WEST, and WESTERN STORY MAGAZINE.
Trade paperback,
6x9, 180 pages
Price: $19.95
PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC
BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING
ORDERS.
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Press
The final quarterly issue of Blood
‘n’ Thunder is one of the best in the magazine’s 14-year run.
Number 49/50 offers the usual wide variety of articles and essays covering
adventure, mystery and melodrama in American popular culture of the late
19th and early 20th centuries.
Among the topics explored in this double-sized farewell issue: Cornell
Woolrich’s novelette “It Had to Be Murder” and Rear Window, the classic
Alfred Hitchcock thriller adapted from it; the 1889 story paper that may
have influenced The Shadow’s creation; the 1915 cliffhanger serial smash
called The Diamond from the Sky; the origins of Robert E. Howard’s demonic
wizard Skelos; the short-lived 1935 radio series featuring pulpdom’s The
Spider; and Depression-era apprisals of the detective-pulp market from a
1933 issue of Writer’s Digest.
There’s also an entire section — over 60 pages — devoted to the collecting
and preservation of rare pulp magazines and the premiums they offered; and
a 1938 novelette of African intrigue featuring L. Patrick Greene’s suave
British rogue “The Major.” Finally, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary
of Amazing Stories, the very first magazine exclusively devoted to science
fiction, we have an extensive selection of reviews of obscure SF yarns from
the zine’s early years, illustrated with rare covers from the 1926-1930 period.
This final Blood ‘n’ Thunder has 210 pages and, as usual, is packed with
illustrations to accompany its well-researched and well-written articles.
Trade paperback,
8x10, 210 pages
Price: $24.95
PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC
BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING
ORDERS.
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Bold Venture Press presents The
Sign of Zorro, a full-length adventure from 1941, never reprinted since its
original publication.
In Reina de los Angeles they no longer whisper of Señor Zorro
— The Fox. For he rides no more; his sword no longer serves the oppressed.
And that languorous dandy, Don Diego Vega, fritters the days away, caught
in a real and terrible apathy. The sudden and tragic death of his wife has
left him without any urge to don his black cloak and mask; and his father,
Don Alejandro Vega, is seriously disturbed. If only his son would return
to full life; if only Zorro would ride again ....
Then, through Bardoso, the one-time pirate, Don Diego receives word that
the beautiful Senorita Panchita Canchola desperately needs the aid of Señor
Zorro. Her brother, now the man of the household, is the dupe of a clever
scoundrel, whose sinister plans threaten the Governor of California. So Zorro
lives again .... And this time he must preserve the life of the man who
has sworn to capture him!
This edition includes ten Zorro short stories from West magazine. In
the introduction, John E. Petty examines Zorro collectibles across the decades.
CONTENTS
Introduction: “Zorro Collectibles” by John E. Petty
Novel: The Sign of Zorro
Short stories: "Zorro Frees Some Slaves," "Zorro’s Double Danger," "Zorro’s
Masquerade," "Zorro Stops a Panic," "Zorro’s Twin Perils," "Zorro Plucks
a Pigeon," "Zorro Rides at Dawn," "Zorro Takes the Bait," "Zorro Raids a Caravan,"
"Zorro’s Moment of Fear"
Paperback, 7"x10", 338 pages,
$19.95
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THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #78 is coming soon!
The Bronze Gazette takes subscriptions by calendar
year, so if you haven't subscribed for 2017, you have just a few short weeks
before issue #78 is out.
Don't risk missing an issue, subscribe now!
http://www.bronzegazette.com/subscribe/
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Castalia House Blog - Now online!
Short Review – You Can’t Plant Murder, by Donald Bayne Hobart
+ Beware! and The Black Chamber
- New!
Ship of Ishtar, part seven - New!
Ship of Ishtar, part six - New!
Ship of Ishtar, part five - New!
Short Reviews – Too Smart to Die, by George Antonio Wetter
The Ship of Ishtar, part four
The Ship of Ishtar, part three
The Ship of Ishtar, part two
The Ship of Ishtar, part one
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COMIC BOOK CREATOR #15 (Spring 2017) - Coming in May!
Celebrating 30 years of artist’s artist Mark Schultz, creator
of the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs franchise, with a feature-length, career-spanning
interview conducted in Mark’s Pennsylvanian home, examining the early years
of struggle, success with Kitchen Sink Press, and hitting it big with a Saturday
morning cartoon series. Includes rarely-seen art and fascinating photos
from Mark’s amazing and award-winning career.
Magazine, 84 pages, Full Color, $8.95, On sale May 17.
Announcement
The February Previews accidentally ran the incorrect
cover art for Comic Book Creator #15.
TwoMorrows is cancelling that listing to avoid confusion.
Comic Book Creator #15, the MARK SCHULTZ issue, will be relisted in the
March Previews catalog.
You can also pre-order it directly from TwoMorrows here.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery,
Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
The ARGOSY LIBRARY rolls on - New!
Will Murray's KING KONG vs. TARZAN: Two Icons for Price of
One
Harold Lamb's Cossack Adventures
The Art of Frank Hamilton (Part 2)
The Executioner in the Library
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The
Digest Enthusiast #5
Now available!
The
fifth spectacular edition of The Digest Enthusiast is now available in print
and Kindle from Amazon.
Contents:
Interview
Bill Crider: inside Dan Rhodes, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine blog bytes,
and Bill's storied career with digests
Articles
News Digest from Dell, Fate, F&SF, Nostalgia Digest and more
Justice: Amazing Detective Mysteries by Peter Enfantino
The Riddle of the Ellery Queen Selects Series by Steve Carper
Magazine of Horror by Peter Enfantino
RAWL: Writing for Publication
Reviews by Gary Lovisi and Richard Krauss
Worlds of Fantasy #4
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by Peter Nicholls
Honky Tonk Girl by Charles Beckman, Jr.
Marvel Science Stories May 1951
Fiction
"Feed the Beast" by Lesann Berryi
"The Obvious Danger" by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
"Fencer's Document Caper" by Richard L. Kellogg
Artwork and Cartoons
Brian Buniak
Brad Foster
Michael Neno
Bob Vojtko
Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Also includes
Haiku by Clark Dissmeyer
Digest indexes and checklists
Monster Laffs by Bob Vojtko
Opening Lines
Cover by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Print version,
$8.99, includes nearly 100 B&W cover images, 152 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest.
Kindle version, $2.99, includes over
50 color cover images.
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Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!
Dirk Clinton’s Angry Giants - New!
Dashiell Hammett’s Itchy - New!
Super-Science Fiction Aug. 1959 - New!
A monstrous edition of Super-Science Fiction
More Monsters!
Free eBook: The Digest Enthusiast #1
The Digest Enthusiast: now on Magzter
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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 Benito Gallego, 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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Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
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
Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XXL (+$2), XXXL (+$2)
$ 24.99 each
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
TARZAN TRILOGY
Now
available in hardcover and softcover!
Tarzan
Trilogy by Thomas Zachek
Three all NEW Tarzan Stories, in one book, with Illustrations
Cover by Joe Jusko
Interior illustrations by Douglas Klauba
Three all new tales of Tarzan at Point Station, a remote English
outpost near the Waziri homelands. Set during the advent of World War II,
we see more and more European intrusion to the Bolongo River Basin. Tarzan
becomes embroiled in increasingly dangerous events as cultures clash.
- Tarzan and the “Fountain of Youth:
Searching for the missing son of a friend, Tarzan encounters agents of an
unscrupulous pharmaceutical company exploiting jungle resources for its own
profit.
- Tarzan and the Cross of Vengeance:
A team of archaeologist making a groundbreaking discovery, a group of well-meaning
but naive American missionaries arriving to convert the native tribes, and
a ruthless band of men with a dark purpose stir up a heady mix of challenges
for Tarzan, fomenting an intertribal war that only he can stop.
- Tarzan the Conqueror:
When the Third Reich invades Africa to exploit the land for riches and enslave
the native populations in labor camps, Tarzan must lead the tribes in an
unprecedented tribal resistance.
Softcover, 6x9, 379 pages, B&W, $19.95
Hardcover, 6x9, 379 pages, B&W, $34.95
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The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger: The 4,000-Year
History of the Superhero - Now available!
by Jess Nevins
Using a broad array of historical and literary sources, this book
presents an unprecedented detailed history of the superhero and its development
across the course of human history.
• Presents a concise but thorough history of the superhero comic industry,
from the 1930s to today
• Clearly describes the two main forms of the historical superhero, the
Costumed Avenger and the Superman
• Suggests a new way in which to evaluate superheroes and explains why
this new methodology is important
• Identifies and examines the ways in which superheroes have been present
in popular literature since the beginning of human history
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Praeger
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
$58.00
An eBook edition is also available from the publisher.
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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
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Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!
January 2017
Concluding our reprinting of the first series of Father Brown
stories, we present “The Sign of the Broken Sword” including all the George
Gibbs illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
Next month, prepare to hoist the jib and steer for clear water!
December 2016
We return this month to the first series of Father Brown stories
from The Saturday Evening Post.
This time, "The Wrong Shape," just as it appeared in the December
10, 1910 issue, including the illustrations by George Gibbs and, as an added
bonus, a newly written introduction by Dan Neyer.
November 2016
Turning our attention to Baroness Orczy, this month you will find
“The Trappist’s Vow” reprinted just as it appeared in
the April, 1899 issue of The Royal Magazine, with illustrations by the Baroness's
husband, Montagu Barstow. Introduction by Dan Neyer.
We've also done some revamping of the Bob's Stuff collections and have expanded many of the
annotations, giving you more information about the items and where they fall
in the history of popular culture.
We've also added a 4th collection and you will be seeing additional collections
on a regular basis after the new year.
October 2016
Since a good portion of the narrative occurs on October 31st,
why not curl up with "The Curse of Yig"by Zealia Brown Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft.
We've done an original layout of the story text for this reprinting and
have also included lots of background information in the introduction by
Bob Gay.
September 2016
Turning our attention back to the work of G. K. Chesterton, we
are pleased to present the fourth Father Brown tale, "The Bolt from the Blue (The Hammer of God)," as it appeared
in the November 5, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post including the
illustrations by George Gibbs. Introduction is by Dan Neyer.
August 2016
Just to prove that we have some small literary interests at FAFF,
we are pleased to present to you "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
as it appeared in the May 27, 1922 issue of Collier's Magazine.
Our presentation includes the illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg
and an introduction by Bob Gay.
July 2016
Presenting the third (and oddly titled) Father Brown story, Why True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats, from
the pages of the October 1, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, including
the illustrations by George Gibb. Introduction to the story is by Dan
Neyer.
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Frazetta “Warriors &
Women” Boxed Pint Glass Sets - Arriving in comic shops
February 8!
Dark Horse continues its Frazetta merchandise program with the
most acclaimed fantasy painter’s best work, now on high-quality 16 oz. glassware.
Glasses are California Prop. 65 compliant and NOT dishwasher or microwave
safe.
Death Dealer and Egyptian Queen
2 glasses in full color, 6” x 7” x 3.5”
$19.99
Silver Warrior and The Huntress
2 glasses in full color, 6” x 7” x 3.5”
$19.99
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Girasol Collectables
SPECIAL NOTICE
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.
Girasol Collectables has begun retiring the less-active Replicas.
The replicas listed below will be discontinued in the next month or two.
Don't delay if there are any you're interested in!
Contact us before ordering large quantities to confirm availability.
Pulp replica editions to be
retired in 2017!
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Black Mask #1, #43
Dime Mystery #1
Dr Yen Sin (all 3 issues)
Horror Stories #1, 2, 5
Wu Fang (all 7 issues)
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Pulp replica editions previously
retired!
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All Detective #27
Civil War Stories
Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #1, 2
Dime Mystery Book #1
Eerie (Canadian pulp)
Mystery Adventures #7
Phantom Detective #1
Pirate Stories #1
Soldiers of Fortune #1
Strange Detective Stories #2
Strange Stories #1
Thrilling Mystery #1
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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
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ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935
BLACK MASK MAGAZINE ($35
each postpaid)
April 1920 - First issue!
June 1,1923 - The rare KKK issue
CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
Spring 1940
DAN TURNER ($25 each postpaid)
Dan Turner
Hollywood DetectiveNo. 1 (January 1942)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective No.
2 (April 1942)
DIME MYSTERY
BOOK ($35 each postpaid)
#1 December
1932
DOCTOR DEATH ($25
each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2 March 1935
#3 April 1935
DR. YEN SIN ($35
each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936
EERIE
TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941
GOLDEN FLEECE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
#5 February 1939
#6 March 1939
#7 April 1939
#8 May 1939
#9 June 1939
HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935
#2 February 1935
#5 July 1935
MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4 October 1933
#5 January 1934
THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 each postpaid)
#1 September 1935
#2 October 1935
#3 November 1935
#4 December 1935
#5 January 1936
#6 February 1936
#7 March 1936
MYSTERY ADVENTURE MAGAZINE ($25 each
postpaid)
November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady cover appearance
THE OCTOPUS ($35 each postpaid)
February/March 1939
OPERATOR 5 ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The Masked Invasion (April 1934)
#2 The Invisible Empire (May 1934)
#3 The Yellow Scourge (June 1934)
#4 The Melting Death (July 1934)
#5 Cavern of the Damned (August 1934)
#6 Master of Broken
Men (September 1934)
#7 Invasion of
the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8 The Green Death
Mists (November 1934)
#9 Legions of Starvation (December 1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 The League of War Monsters
(February
1935)
#12 The Army of the Dead (March 1935)
#13 March of the Flame Marauders (April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator (May 1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords (June 1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July 1935)
#17 Hosts of the Flaming Death (August 1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult
(September 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard Men (October 1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible Death (November 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death (December 1935)
#22 War-Dogs of the Green Destroyer (January 1936)
#23 Rockets From Hell (February 1936)
#24 War Masters from the Orient (March 1936)
#25 Crimes Reign of Terror (April 1936)
#26 Death's Ragged Army (June-July
1936)
#27 Patriot's Death Battalion (August-Sept. 1936)
#28 The Bloody Forty-Five Days (Oct.-Nov. 1936)
#29 America's Plague Battalions (December
1936)
#30 Liberties Suicide Legion (January 1937)
#31 Seige of the Thousand Patriots (February 1937)
#32 Patriot's Death March (March-April 1937)
#33 Revolt of the Lost Legions (May-June 1937)
#34 Drums of Destruction (July-August 1937)
#35 The Army Without a Country (Sept-Oct 1937)
#36 The Bloody Frontier (Nov-Dec 1937)
#37 The Coming of the Mongol Hordes (Jan-Feb 1938)
#38 The Seige that Brought the
Black Death (Mar-Apr 1938)
#39 Revolt of the Devil Men (May-June 1938)
#40 The Suicide Battalion (July-Aug 1938)
#41 The Day of the Damned (Sept-Oct 1938)
#42 The Dawn that Shook the World (Nov-Dec
1938)
#43 When Hell Came to America (Jan-Feb 1939)
#44 Invasion from the Sky (March-April 1939)
#45 Winged Hordes of the Yellow Vulture (May-June 1939)
#46 War Tanks of the Yellow Vulture (July-Aug 1939)
#47 Corpse Cavalry of the Yellow Vulture (Sept-Oct 1939)
#48 The Army from Underground (Nov-Dec 1939)
ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October / November
1930
#2 December
1930 / January 1931
#3 February /
March 1931
#4 Spring 1931
#5 Summer 1931
#6 Autumn 1931
#7 Winter 1932
#8 Spring 1932
#9 Summer 1932
PIRATE STORIES ($25
each postpaid)
#1 November 1934
THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February
1933
SAUCY MOVIE TALES ($25 each
postpaid)
#3 December 1935
(#1 after a title change)
#4 January 1936
(#2 after a title change)
#5
March 1936
#9 July 1936
#11 September 1936
#17 March 1937
THE SCORPION ($35 each postpaid)
April/May 1939
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 November 1934
[#1 after the ashcan]
#3 December 1934
#4 January 1935
#5 February 1935
#6 March 1935
#7 April 1935
#8 May 1935
#9 June 1935
#10 July 1935
#11 August 1935
#12 September 1935
#13 October 1935
#14 November 1935
#15 December 1935
#16 January 1936
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#19 April 1936
#20 May 1936
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#22 July 1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September 1936
#25 October 1936
#26 November 1936
#27 December
1936
#28 January 1937
#36 September 1937
#39 December 1937
SPICY-DETECTIVE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 May 1934
#3 July 1934
#4 August 1934
#5 September 1934
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#8 December 1934
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#12 April 1935
#13 May 1935
#14 June 1935
#15 July 1935
#16 August 1935
#17 September 1935
#18 October 1935
#19 November 1935
#20 December 1935
#21 January 1936
#22 February 1936
#23 March 1936
#24 April 1936
#25 May 1936
#26 June 1936
#27 July 1936
#28 August 1936
#29 September 1936
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#32 December 1936
#33 January 1937
#42 October 1937
#76 August 1940
SPICY-MYSTERY STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 June 1935
#3 July 1935
#4 August 1935
#5 September 1935
#6 October 1935
#7 November 1935
#8 December 1935
#9 January 1936
#10 February 1936
#11 March 1936
#12 April 1936
#13 May 1936
#14 June 1936
#15
July 1936
#16 August
1936
#17 September
1936
#18 October 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#21 January 1937
#22 February
1937
#23 March 1937
#26 June 1937
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SPICY WESTERN STORIES ($25 each
postpaid)
#1 November 1936
#2
December 1936
#3 January 1937
#4 February 1937
#14 December 1937
THE SPIDER ($35 each postpaid)
#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)
#95 The Spider and the Scarlet
Surgeon (August 1941)
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Girasol Collectables
Pulp Cover Gallery Edition Volume 5
The
Spider, G-8 and His Battle Aces, and Operator #5
Now available!
Volume 5 of our Pulp Cover Gallery series
is in the works, scheduled for a mid-May release.
This edition will be the same overall
format as our other volumes, featuring sets of cover scans of The Spider,
G-8 and His Battle Aces, and Operator #5.
One difference this time out is that the
images are square-cut, they do not show the rough pulp edges.
The same bonded leather hardcover exterior,
8.5" x 11" interior pages, 130+ pages, full color throughout,
with a brief introduction and checklist
with cover artist credit where known.
As before, this is not a book about the
pulp titles featured, it is a visual reference of the covers. Lots of great
viewing!
Order before April 01, 2016 and save $10!
$140 including shipping & handling*
(*within North America, for overseas orders add $25.)
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Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Typically the 3rd Saturday of every month
Check
the website at the link below for the latest schedule.
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to
meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday of every month.
Check the website at the link below for exact time and place information.
Name:
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place: Muhlenberg Library on West 23rd Street.
Contact: Mark
Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com
Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
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Haffner Press
In addition to containing “They,”
a brand-new Leigh Brackett story, the contents of the LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL
book continues to grow.
So, it seems a natural to offer a combo of it, THE BOOK OF STARK, and
our most recent Brackett title, SHANNACH—THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS.
Ordering the combo will put you first in line as well as lock-in your
total price for:
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL is still being
offered at $25, but with the addition of new content, the final price will
certainly be higher. Wait until you see what we uncovered! (Keep Watching
the Skies, indeed!)
THE BOOK OF STARK is still holding at $45
and we hope to have news of who will be providing the introduction very soon
(fingers-crossed!). As you may gather, this massive tome collects the four
“Eric John Stark” stories, the three novels of the “Skaith” series, and will
be the first appearance of Brackett’s outline for a new Stark novel that
she abandoned in 1977 to take on the screenwriting duties for the sequel to
STAR WARS. The dustjacket and endpapers are provided by Raymond Swanland.
SHANNACH—THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS
is the third and final volume collecting all Brackett’s science fiction stories
published in her lifetime. At nearly 600 pages, it’s a excellent addition
to your library; many stories being reprinted for the first time and nearly
as many appearing in their first hardcover appearance. The cover art is by
Frank Kelly Freas and illustrated endpapers are by Ed Emshwiller. Grandmaster
Anne McCaffrey provides the introduction.
$110.00 with free shipping!
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Now available for
pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
Quite far along, this volume sees all proofreading complete except for
the long-awaited introduction.
This cover image is still a work-in-progress and Raymond Swanland once
again demonstrates that he is the master of heroic and kinetic action.
THIS
IS IT! The BIG one!
All the tales of Eric John Stark in a single volume.
The stories, the novels, and for the first time, Brackett’s working
notes for the abandoned FOURTH “Stark” novel from 1977.
Contents
“Queen of the Martian Catacombs”
“Enchantress of Venus”
“Black Amazon of Mars”
“Stark and the Star Kings”
The Ginger Star
The Hounds of Skaith
The Reavers of Skaith
“1977: Notes for Stark #4″
Artwork by Raymond Swanland
Edited by Stephen Haffner
ISBN: 9781893887862
720+ pages
Smythe-sewn Hardcover
Preorder
price: $45
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Haffner Press
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL
Now available for pre-order!
Production Update from Haffner Press!
Proofreading
is also complete on this title as well. We are still waiting for clearances
and permissions on a several texts and images that we feel MUST be a part
of this book.
And remember, there's a NEW AND UNPUBLISHED Brackett-tale in here!
Leigh Brackett (1915-1978), noted
author of mystery & science fiction novels—with screenplays for THE BIG
SLEEP, RIO BRAVO and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK—sees her Centennial celebrated
with a previously unpublished story in the forthcoming Haffner Press collection:
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL.
Discovered by editor Stephen Haffner, Brackett’s unpublished story “They”
is a mature science fiction tale of power and intrigue, of homegrown xenophobia
versus stellar exploration, with an answer to the ultimate question: “Are
we alone?”
“They” leads off this tribute volume collecting the majority of Brackett’s
nonfiction writings, supplemented with vintage interviews and commentaries/remembrances
from such luminaries as Ray Bradbury, Michael Moorcock, Richard A. Lupoff
and more.
“Her dialogue crackled, the characters lived and breathed. For any burgeoning
fan of film, you couldn’t ask for a better inspiration than Leigh Brackett.”
—George Lucas
“She had a marvelous ability for moving a narrative along…I remember
one story of mine which had me frozen…she took over and wrote the first
thousand words—and it was published that way.” —Ray Bradbury
LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL covers numerous facets and events of Brackett’s
life, in her own words, and in the words of those who knew her:
- Brackett writes of bringing Philip Marlowe into the 1970s for
Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye . . .
- SF-author and NASA employee Joseph Green records the time he
hosted Brackett at the launch of Apollo XII . . .
- Bookseller Ray Walsh documents the day he escorted Brackett to
view a new groundbreaking space-fantasy film in the summer 1977 . . .
Available for preorder, LEIGH BRACKETT CENTENNIAL continues the effort
begun in 2002 by Haffner Press to collect, preserve, and present the works
of Leigh Brackett for current and future generations.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
ISBN-13 978-1893887-84-8
500pp. Trade Paperback
$25.00
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Haffner Press
FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY
VOLUME 1: MURDER DRAWS A CROWD
(Writer) Fredric Brown, Jack Seabrook
(Cover) Norman Saunders
Still available for pre-order!
December 28, 2016 Production Update from Haffner
Press!
As noted before,
Volume One, MURDER DRAWS A CROWD was initially printed in December 2015,
but the quality was so poor that we rejected the finished inventory and the
printer refused to mount a second effort that would meet our (and your) expectations.
Since then, we've been looking for a new printer whom we feel can get the
job done.
Based on the beautiful job done by
a different (and much more reliable) printer on our recent Henry Kuttner
book, THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO, the plan is
to send both MURDER DRAWS A CROWD and DEATH IN THE DARK to this superior
vendor in 1st Quarter 2017.
We’ll share more news and we have it, and thanks for hanging with us
on these titles; we hope you feel the delay was worth the wait.
Meanwhile, you can read one of Fredric Brown’s first-published stories,
“Blood of the Dragon” (from Variety Detective Magazine Feb. 39) HERE:
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!
Introduction by Jack Seabrook
ISBN: 9781893887787
744 pages
Over 100 illustrations
39 pulp magazine stories: • Detective • Mystery • Horror
• Western
100-pg appendix with the "V.O.N. Munchdriller" & "William Z.
Williams" comedies
Decorated endpapers
Smythe-sewn binding
Full cloth-covered binding boards
Preorder
price: $40
On publication: $45
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Haffner Press
FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY
VOLUME 2: DEATH IN THE DARK
(Writer) Fredric Brown, Jack Seabrook
(Cover) Norman Saunders
Available for pre-order!
December 28, 2016 Production Update from Haffner
Press!
Based on the beautiful job done by a different
(and much more reliable) printer on our recent Henry Kuttner book, THE WATCHER
AT THE DOOR: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME TWO, the plan is to send both MURDER
DRAWS A CROWD and DEATH IN THE DARK to this superior vendor in 1st Quarter
2017.
We’ll share more news and we have it, and thanks for hanging with us
on these titles; we hope you feel the delay was worth the wait.
Meanwhile, you can read one of Fredric Brown’s first-published stories,
“Blood of the Dragon” (from Variety Detective Magazine Feb. 39) HERE:
“. . . enough good people
put Brown on their must-read lists and then become evangelists to keep his
name alive on the same high shelf as Hammett, Thompson, Ross Macdonald and
other crime icons. Somewhere up in literary heaven, I hope he’s looking down,
sipping a beer, playing his flute and smiling.”—Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune
While the editor of this series only recently came upon the above quote
from 2008, these eyes read no truer words. Work has been underway for nearly
a year on assembling the first two volumes of a series provisionally titled
LOADED: THE COLLECTED FREDRIC BROWN. Now is your chance to get in on the
ground floor of what is hoped to be the definitive collection of Fredric Brown
sans his science fiction works. Assembled in chronological order of publication,
this set will contain all the short fiction (of all genres: mystery, horror,
noir, western, detection, etc.) and all of Brown’s novels (again, excepting
his sf works). You’ll be able to enjoy Fredric Brown at his longer lengths
from The Fabulous Clipjoint and Night of the Jabberwock to The Lenient Beast
and Mrs. Murphy’s Underpants.
Assisting with this effort have been Brown bibliographer Phil Stephensen-Payne
and Brown biographer Jack Seabrook. This massive undertaking could not have
been accomplished without their help.
Introduction by Jack Seabrook
744 pages
Over 90 illustrations
32 pulp magazine stories: • Detective • Mystery • Horror
80-pg appendix with the "Colonel Cluck/Kluck," "Barnyard Bill Says—"
& "Willie Skid" bits
Decorated endpapers
Smythe-sewn binding
Full cloth-covered binding boards
Preorder
price: $40
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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.
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Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei
Cover Art by Raymond Swanland
Now available for pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
The assembly of Donald Wandrei's colossal 744-page
collection of all 18 stories of sleuth IVY FROST and his partner Jean Moray
(from the pages of CLUES DETECTIVE STORIES) passed another hurdle with the
recent delivery of the interior art by Chris Kalb!
Chris has re-purposed the original black and white pulp illos for each
story as double-page spreads opening each tale. They are simply fantastic!
The introduction by Wandrei expert D.H. Olson is in hand and all that
remains is the last proofreaders pass on three remaining stories with a final
touch-up on the magazine covers reproduced on the full-color endpapers.
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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Production
Update from Haffner Press!
With the rigamarole in getting the Fredric Brown
titles back on track, this omnibus of four 1950s mystery novels, THE MICHAEL
GRAY MYSTERIES by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore, has been pushed down
the publication list.
We can report that aside from acquiring new cover art (the image
at left is a placeholder; yeah, we know it says "Henry Kutter"...), we are
in possession of the proofread manuscript, the Ed Gorman introduction, and
the finished interior design.
We are soon to send out an offer to a new cover artist and hope to hear
back some good news.
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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Haffner Press
The Six Sleepers, The Collected
Edmond Hamilton, Volume Five
Now available for pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
Bob Madle's fantastic intro is done and the
manuscript has been proofread. Additional work is needed cleaning up the
graphics for the appendix.
Following on from THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND
HAMILTON, VOLUME FOUR, THE SIX SLEEPERS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON,
VOLUME FIVE brings you more of the World Wreckers vintage works.
Here, Hamilton really put his Remington’s to the task with more stories
for WEIRD TALES as well as some of his best work (which is to say some of
the best work ever to appear in) for WONDER STORIES. Depending on the length
of ephemera in the appendix, this volume may also see Hamilton crack the
Tremaine-era of ASTOUNDING STORIES.
As with previous volumes in this series, an appendix showcasing the original
pulp magazine illustrations also bulks large with obscura including reader’s
letters from the vintage magazines commenting on these stories, along with
editorial correspondence between Hamilton and his editors.
Introduction by Robert A. Madle
Cover Art by Margaret Brundage
Illustrated by C.C. Senf, Frank R. Paul, H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski,
Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin, Virgil Finlay
600+ page Hardcover
$40.00
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Haffner Press
Hollywood on the Moon / Man About Time: The Pete Manx Adventures
Arthur K. Barnes & Henry Kuttner
Now available for pre-order!
Production
Update from Haffner Press!
We had an introduction lined up for this from
a noted SF comic, but it appears to have evaporated.
The book also needs different cover art.
This Bergey image from Startling Stories, while awesome, doesn't match
the time-frame of these stories. We'll have more news later this year.
Prior to his marriage to
fellow science-fantasy writer Catherine L. Moore in 1940, Henry Kuttner wrote
stories of Lovecraftian horror, weird-menace “shudder” tales, and thrilling
adventure stories. But he also wrote blood-n-thunder Space Opera stories
in the vein of Edmond Hamilton (one of young Kuttner’s favorite authors) told
with a rough-edge style similar to Kuttner’s protege Leigh Brackett.
Arthur K. Barnes, an early friend of Kuttner, published his first story
“Lord of the Lightning” for Wonder Stories in December 1931. His “Interplanetary
Hunter” series featuring Miss Gerry Carlyle of the London Interplanetary
Zoo was originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Together, Kuttner & Barnes collaborated (and in some cases, wrote
independently) on two series of science fiction adventures for Thrilling
Wonder Stories. The first, the “Hollywood on the Moon” series, featured ace
cameraman Tony Quade of Nine Planets Films, Inc. and his crew skipping around
the solar system (even teaming up with Gerry Carlyle a few times!) humorously
encountering all manner of weird alien life.
The second series, dealt with the hilarious temporal romps of carnival
barker, conman, and small-time crook Pete Manx. Pete is always on the run
from some debt collector, or running to his lastest scam for an easy buck.
Inevitably, Manx always ends up in the laboratory of Dr. Mayhem, whose unreliable
time machine launches Pete into the past where he finds himself in hotter
water than before.
This volume collects all the SF collaborations of these two punsters
and features the interior illustrations of the original magazines.
Introduction by Ron Goulart
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
600+ pp. Hardcover
$40.00
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Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
February 2017
SNATCH by Gregory Mcdonald
Cover art by Patrick Faricy
OF INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE AND 8-YEAR-OLD BOYS
Whether it’s a Middle East oil crisis in the 1970s or the London Blitz
during WWII, world events have a way of breeding trouble on the home front,
too. That’s how Toby Rinaldi, son of a U.N. Ambassador, wound up kidnapped
on his way to a California amusement park, and how Robby Burnes, orphaned
son of British nobility, wound up snatched on the snowy streets of New York
City. But as Robby’s famous namesake taught us, the best laid plans don’t
always work out as intended. Especially not when you’e a kidnapper in the
hands of Gregory Mcdonald.
FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF FLETCH—A MASTER CLASS ON THE ART OF
THE SNATCH!
The comic genius behind the Fletch and Flynn books, Gregory Mcdonald
also penned the two brilliant kidnapping novels appearing here for the first
time in three decades—and the first time ever in a single volume. Two precocious
eight-year-old boys…two teams of kidnappers, in way over their heads…two
opportunities for mayhem, danger, and the trenchant social satire no crime
writer has ever delivered like Mcdonald.
First publication in three decades, and first ever in a single edition!
Gregory Mcdonald is the only author ever to win the Edgar Award twice
in a row for two novels in a single series
June 2017
FOREVER AND
A DEATH By Donald Westlake
An unused plot
for Pierce Brosnan’s 007 has resurfaced - as a novel!
Cover art by Paul Mann
Back in the 1990s, Eon Productions worked with a number of writers
to develop the story for the follow-up to Goldeneye. One of those writers
was Donald Westlake, legendary author of over 100 crime novels, the perhaps
most famous of which were the Parker books (under his pseudonym of Richard
Stark).
In 1995, before Goldeneye was even released, Westlake turned into Eon
two treatments for “Bond 18.” Both his treatments apparently used as their
backdrop Hong Kong’s transfer of sovereignty to China. In one of the treatments,
Westlake had 007 facing off against Gideon Goodbread, an American businessman
who planned to level Hong Kong after robbing its banks – a revenge scheme
for the death of his missionary parents at the hands of the Red Chinese. Westlake
described his Bond villain as “John Goodman with a Southern accent”, and
likened him to the lead character in Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me.
Goodbread commanded an army of Amerasian orphans he called “the Children.”
Westlake floated the following titles for his Bond adventure: Dragonsteeth;
Nobody Dies; Forever And A Death; Never Look Back; On Borrowed Time. That
last title was prophetic; the time-sensitive nature of the Hong Kong chanegover
backdrop was deemed unsuitable, we got Tomorrow Never Dies instead, and Westlake's
script was shelved.
Now Hard Case Crime has resurrected this lost story, which at some point
Westlake rewrote as a novel - Forever And A Death.
It’s no longer a James Bond story and the details described above may
not be included, but the vestigial elements of the story seem to be in place.
As a bonus, the novel will contain an afterword by one of the Bond producers,
describing the history of the project.
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Hippocampus Press
A MEANS TO FREEDOM: The Letters of
H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard
(Trade Paperback - Second Edition)
Now available!
The new paperback edition of A
MEANS TO FREEDOM will be officially released on January 22, 2017.
Advance orders are now being taken at the Hippocampus website.
H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction
of their era. Dominating the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s,
they have gained worldwide followings for their compelling writings and also
for the very different lives they led.
Edited by S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz, and Rusty Burke
Second softcover edition, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-61498-189-3 (two volume set)
1006 pages
$60
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THE HORROR ON THE LINKS: THE COMPLETE TALES OF JULES
DE GRANDIN, VOLUME ONE - Coming April
4!
by Seabury Quinn
Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth,
and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird
Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even
to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more
popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there
is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury
Quinn.
Quinn’s short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales’s
original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French
detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil
worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set
in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar
shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s
Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s
knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand
Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.
Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of
Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three
published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological
order over five volumes, and including all thirty-two original Weird Tales
covers illustrated for de Grandin stories, this is the definitive collection
of an iconic pulp hero.
The first volume, The Horror on the Links, includes all of the Jules
de Grandin stories from “The Horror on the Links” (1925) to “The Chapel
of Mystic Horror” (1928), as well as an introduction by Robert Weinberg.
Cover art by Donato Giancola
Hardcover, 512 pages, $34.99
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Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!
Belated Birthday - New!
New Worlds For Old
Late Marvel Conan
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JAMES BOND: FELIX LEITER #2 (of 6) - Arriving in comic shops February 8!
Writer: James Robinson
Art: Aaron Campbell
Cover: Mike Perkins
It was supposed to be an easy mission. Hot on the trail of a Russian
agent in Tokyo, Felix Leiter is unwittingly drawn into the investigation
of a major terrorist attack when a suicidal cultist releases a bio-weapon
in Shinjuku. Now Felix and Tiger Tanaka – the Japanese James Bond – must
track down the villainous cult leader responsible, and unravel the mystery
behind their deadly new biological weapon…
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
THE DOUBLE TAKE
Before the television series, 77 SUNSET STRIP, made Stuart Bailey
a household name, he starred in four stories (one novel and 3 novelettes).
Appearing under our Mystery House banner is the novel which started it all.
Stuart Bailey is a private investigator, of very much the same stripe
as Perry Mason of the Erle Stanley Gardner books, and, in common with Mason
and others of the same fictional feather, manages to get himself so involved
with criminals and garden-variety crooks that soon he becomes the subject
of some rather heated investigations himself.
The job he takes in "The Double Take" really leads him over the bumps.
In less than a half-day, according to his own account, he is "threatened
by an amateur trigger man, conned by a local lovely and pumped by an international
beauty."
You can gather from that that all his dealings are not sneering scarfaces
and underworld uglies. Actually, maes are his dish-if only he weren't always
too not on somebody's trail.
Roy Huggins makes quite a guy of his hard-bitten performer, a hard-drinking,
fast-talking customer with a trigger mind.
Paperback, 5 x 8 inch, 228 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
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JOHN CARTER THE END #1
- Arriving in comic shops February
8!
(Writer) Brian Wood, Alex Cox (Art) Hayden Sherman (Covers) Garry
Brown
THE DEATH OF MARS!
Centuries have passed and time has taken its toll. Conflict burns across
the landscape of Barsoom.
A war of supremacy and genocide at the hands of a brutal despot has brought
the planet to the edge of collapse.
A search party has finally located an aged John Carter and Dejah Thoris,
living in quiet seclusion on a desert moon, in perpetual mourning for a lost
son.
How could they be Mars' last hope?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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THE LOVECRAFT SQUAD: ALL HALLOWS HORROR: A NOVEL
(All Hallows Horror Trilogy) - Coming March 7!
by John Llewellyn Probert (Author), Stephen Jones (Series Editor)
The first novel in a new series following the exploits of a secret
organization dedicated to battling the eldritch monstrosities given form
in H. P. Lovecraft's fevered imagination.
There has always been something wrong about All Hallows Church. Not just
the building, but the very land upon it stands. Reports dating back to Roman
times reveal that it has always been a bad place―blighted by strange sightings,
unusual phenomena, and unexplained disappearances.
So in the 1990s, a team of para-psychiatrists is sent in to investigate
the various mysteries surrounding the Church and its unsavoury legends. From
the start, they begin to discover a paranormal world that defies belief.
But as they dig deeper, not only do they uncover some of the secrets behind
the ancient edifice designed by “Zombie King” Thomas Moreby but, hidden away
beneath everything else, something so ancient and so terrifying that it is
using the architect himself as a conduit to unimaginable evil.
After four days and nights, not everybody survives―and those that do
will come to wish they hadn’t. Imagine The Haunting of Hill House, The Amityville
Horror, The Entity and The Stone Tape rolled together into the very fabric
of a single building. And then imagine if all that horror is accidentally
released . . .
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.4 inches
$25.95
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
NBC's TIMELESS makes a major league error
Classic Images Celebrates 5000
The Death of Newsgroups, Hello Facebook
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The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!
Bringing you the
latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions,
games, and whatever else seems applicable.
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Now available
for pre-order!
The book will debut at PulpFest/Farmercon in late July!
Shipping scheduled for August 2017!
Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer was a quarterly
fanzine that ran fifteen issues from July 2005 to January 2009. Michael Croteau
served as Publisher for all fifteen issues; Christopher Paul Carey and Paul
Spiteri coedited the first ten issues, while Spiteri and Win Scott Eckert
coedited the last five. Thanks to the generosity of Philip José Farmer
and his “Magic Filing Cabinet,” Farmerphile published—for the first time
anywhere—short stories (mostly not science fiction), excerpts, articles, speeches,
and letters written by Farmer. It even serialized the novel Up from the Bottomless
Pit (not included in this collection, but forthcoming from Meteor House).
Farmerphile also contained articles and appreciations from Farmer’s fans
and from his fellow science fiction authors, from critiques of his work to
stories of personal encounters, and everything between. A complete list of
the original contents of all fifteen issues can be found here.
Hardcover Limited Edition
Now the hard part: narrowing down so much content into one “Best of”
collection. This was much harder than it sounds, as nearly all the content
was worthy of inclusion. So, we focused on broadly covering as much ground
as possible, as well as including pieces that touched on Farmer’s personal
life. Assembled here is a wealth of information about one of the greatest
science fiction writers of all time along, with some of his earliest writing.
The Best of Farmerphile is available in two editions: a Trade Paperback
and a Hardcover Limited Edition. The hardcover is not “officially” a signed
limited edition, but when the book debuts at PulpFest/FarmerCon XII in late
July 2017, we will get as many contributors on hand as possible to sign it
before we ship the books to those preordered (shipping will occur immediately
after PulpFest/FarmerCon XII).
PREORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $29 (plus shipping).
The hardcover limited edition is $45 (plus shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for only $67—that’s $7 off (plus you’ll
save even more with combined shipping)!
Preorder early to ensure you get a copy of the limited edition hardcover.
As always, the print run on the limited edition will be determined by
the number of preorders received.
Not many copies beyond those reserved will be printed.
NOTE: due to the complexities of publishing
rights, no ebook edition will be produced!
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Mike Chomko - January/February
2017 newsletter is now available!
Mike has released a list of pulp-related books
and periodicals available from Mike Chomko for January/February 2017
Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media
mail or bound printed matter).
Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542
Send Mike an email at mikechomko@gmail.com
to subscribe to his catalogue.
Mike has established a website
where you can download his current and past newsletters.
The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/
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OCCULT DETECTIVE QUARTERLY #1 - Now available for pre-order!
Debut issue of the Occult Detective Quarterly
Featuring:
DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU – Fiction by Adrian Cole
WHEN SOFT VOICES DIE – Fiction by Amanda DeWees; iIllustrated by Bob
Freeman
MONOCHROME – Fiction (novelette) by Ted E Grau; illustrated by Dave Felton
GOT MY MOJO RISING – Fiction by Willie Meikle & David T Wilbanks;
illustrated by M Wayne Miller
ORBIS TERTIUS – Fiction by Joshua M Reynolds; illustrated by Mutartis
Boswell
THE BARON OF BOURBON STREET – Fiction by Aaron Vlek; illustrated by Stanley
Weaver Jr
Plus these special features, exclusive to ODQ:
The Occult Legion Part 1 – Fiction by multiple authors (to be revealed)
Dr Spector, and An Interview with Don Glut – Articles by Charles R Rutledge
How to be a Victorian Ghost Hunter – Article by Tim Prasil
Reviews by Dave Brzeski & James Bojaciuk
$13.00
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PAPERBACK PARADE #96 - Now available!
PAPERBACK PARADE #96, the brand new January, 2017 issue, the magazine
for paperback readers and collectors -- 100 pages in Full Color!
This issue features a detailed article on vintage legendary cover artist
James Meese and a list of his book covers; the rare 1950s British Tarzan
imitator digests (all covers shown!); a detailed look at crime and TV writer
Roy Huggins with a bibliography of his books; UK Jay Books crime gga paperbacks;
US vintage Europa Books gga sleaze with fold-out covers; a report on the 2016
UK Paperback & Pulp Book Fair with photos, Kousoulas & Kevin Ballantine
Books, Groucho in match books and paperbacks; news, ads, more.
$15.00 + $3.00 postage from Gryphon Books, www.gryphonbooks.com.
You can pay via Paypal or with a check to our address:
Gryphon Books, PO Box 280209, Brooklyn, NY 11228, USA. (Inquire on subscription
rates and outside USA).
Thank you and all best to you for 2017! Enjoy!
Back issues also available while they last!
ORDERING INFORMATION:
We accept VISA, Mastercard, US checks drawn on a US bank, (in USD only)
or Paypal to our email address at “gryphonbooks@att.net”
You can also purchase Paperback Parade at our ebay store at the link
below.
You can pay via check to our mailing address:
GRYPHON BOOKS, PO Box 280209, Brooklyn, NY 11228-0209,
USA
Paperback Parade single issue is $15.00 + postage. Query on back issues
AND ON AD RATES.
Subscriptions: Domestic: 3 issues for $40.00;
ALL INTERNATIONAL: 3 issues $65.00
POSTAGE RATES:
Domestic: the first item (book) is $3.00 media mail + 50 cents each additional
item.
International: the first book is $14.00 via First Class International,
$2.00 each additional book.
All books and magazines are mailed through the U.S. Postal Service.
Query on Priority Mail or other mailing methods.
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DoubleTree
by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry, Pennsylvania.
Thursday, July 27 through
Sunday, July 30, 2017
PulpFest 2017 will take place July 27 – 30 at
the newly and beautifully renovated DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh
– Cranberry. We are currently arranging guest accommodations for our members
at the hotel. Conveniently located at the intersection of three major roadways,
the DoubleTree boasts a world-class restaurant in an open air setting. There
are many other restaurants nearby — some within walking distance — suitable
for a variety of tastes. The more adventurous can discover plenty of dining,
shopping, and nightlife just a short drive away in downtown Pittsburgh. The
DoubleTree offers ample free parking as well as free wifi for its guests.
Please stay tuned as we iron out the details by bookmarking pulpfest.com.
Start planning to attend PulpFest 2017, “Summer’s Hardboiled Pulp Con.”
We’ll be celebrating pulp fiction and pulp art, and the many ways they’ve
inspired writers, artists, filmmakers, game designers, and other creators.
Join us next July outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as we explore “Hardboiled
Dicks, Dangerous Dames, and a Few Psychos” at PulpFest 2017.
By staying at our host hotel, you help to defray the convention’s substantial
costs. You also help demonstrate to our hotel that PulpFest is a top-notch
convention that will help their bottom line. Thanks for helping to make PulpFest
look good.
There are still rooms available at the newly and beautifully renovated
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. You can book your room
directly through the PulpFest website. Along the right hand side of our
home page at pulpfest.com you’ll find a link that reads “Book a Room for
2017.” Click on this link and you’ll be redirected to a secure site where
you can book a room at our host hotel.
You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention
PulpFest in order to receive the convention rate of $125 plus tax per night.
Included in the room rate are free Wi-Fi and two complimentary breakfasts
per room for both Friday and Saturday. Parking is free!
If you have yet to register for PulpFest 2017 — taking place place July
27 – 30 — the convention is now accepting advance registrations from all
parties.
Full details are available at the link below.
The premininary programming
schedule has been announced!
Thursday, July 27
Dealers’ Room
4:00 PM – 11:00 PM — Dealers’ Room Set-Up
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM — Early Registration
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM — Dealers’ Room Open for Early-Bird Shopping (free
if you stay at the Double-Tree)
Programming
9:10 – 9:40 PM — Robert Bloch’s PSYCHO: SANITARIUM — A Reading by Chet
Williamson
9:45 – 9:55 PM — Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents Robert Leslie Bellem, a
Dan Turner Reading
10:00 – 10:20 PM — Somewhere a Roscoe: Dan Turner and SPICY DETECTIVE
STORIES (John Wooley)
10:20 – 10:30 PM — Intermission
10:30 – 10:50 PM — The Dangerous Dames of Maxwell Grant: Myra Reldon,
Margo Lane, and Carrie Cashin (Anthony Tollin)
11:00 – 11:30 PM — Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents Dirk Jonas in “The Case
of the Self-Made Widow”
11:35 – 11:55 PM — Compliments of the Domino Lady (Michele Nolan)
Friday, July 28
Dealers’ Room
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM — Early Registration and Dealers’ Room Set-Up
10:00 AM – 4:45 PM — Dealers’ Room Open to All
Programming
1:00 – 4:00 PM — New Fictioneers Readings — (to be announced)
6:55 – 7:00 PM — Welcome to PulpFest 2017 (Convention Chairman Jack Cullers)
7:00 – 7:20 PM — The Psychos of Philip José Farmer — The Nine
(Win Scott Eckert, Frank Schildiner, and Art Sippo)
7:20 – 7:30 PM — The Psychos of Philip José Farmer — Win Scott
Eckert Reads from THE MONSTER ON HOLD
7:30 – 7:50 PM — Philip José Farmer and Robert Bloch (Mike Croteau
of Meteor House)
7:50 – 8:00 PM — Intermission
8:00 – 8:40 PM — 100 Years with the Author of Psycho: Robert Bloch (Garyn
Roberts)
8:40 – 8:50 PM — Scarlet Adventuress — The Domino Lady — A Reading by
Ron Fortier
8:50 – 9:30 PM — Hardboiled and Dangerous: The Many Characters of Erle
Stanley Gardner (Jeffrey Marks)
9:30 – 9:40 PM — Intermission
9:40 – 10:20 PM — A Few Psychos: The Villains of THE SHADOW MAGAZINE
(Tim King)
10:20 – 10:30 PM — Philip José Farmer’s Most Dangerous Dame —
Win Scott Eckert Reads from THE SCARLET JAGUAR
10:30 – 10:55 PM — The Dangerous Dames of Kenneth Robeson: Pat Savage,
Nellie Gray and Rosabel Newton (Chuck Welch)
11:00 – 11:30 PM — Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents “Return to the Sabbath,”
a WEIRD Audio Play by Robert Bloch
Saturday, July 29
Dealers’ Room
10:00 AM – 4:45 PM — Dealers’ Room Open to All
10:00 AM – 10:00 PM — Gaming Track at the DoubleTree
3:00 – 4:30 PM — Auction Viewing at the DoubleTree
Programming
1:00 – 2:00 PM — The Dicks, Dames, and Psychos of New Pulp (Ron Fortier
and a Panel of New Pulp Writers)
2:00 – 3:00 PM — New Fictioneers Readings — (to be announced)
3:30 – 4:00 PM — Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents Dirk Jonas in “The Case
of the Self-Made Widow” (encore presentation)
5:00 – 6:50 PM — PulpFest 2017 Group Meal at Ember & Vine in the
DoubleTree (Volunteer Coordinator Sally Cullers)
7:00 – 7:20 PM — PulpFest 2017 Business Meeting (meet the convention
organizers)
7:20 – 7:30 PM — 2017 Munsey Award Presentation (presented by Laurie
Powers)
7:30 – 8:00 PM — Hard-Boiled at 100: The Don Everhard Stories of Gordon
Young (Tom Krabacher and John Wooley)
8:00 – 8:10 PM — Intermission: Nine Years of PulpFest (The Cake Is on
Us)
8:10 – 8:50 PM — Our Guest of Honor: To Be Announced
8:50 – 9:00 PM — The Wild Adventures of Pat Savage by Will Murray
— A Reading by Pulp-Pourri Theatre
9:00 – 9:40 PM — Hardboiled Dicks: A Look at DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
(Matt Moring)
9:40 – 10:00 PM — Intermission (Auction Viewing)
10:00- 12:00 AM — Saturday Night at the Auction (John Gunnison, Auctioneer)
Sunday, July 30
Dealer’s Room
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM — Dealers’ Room Open to All (many dealers will be packing
up; buying opportunities may be limited)
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Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"The Woman From Hong Kong" by Robert
E. Hewes from ARGOSY, March 16, 1918
A sea captain and opium smuggler is on his last voyage before retiring,
but his overconfidence does him in.
"The Devil's Checkroom" by Frank Gruber from
SECRET AGENT "X", April, 1937
An undercover G-Man goes after a bank robber and also tries to retrieve
his loot.
"Murder Muddle" by James Howard Leveque from
TEN DETECTIVE ACES, February, 1938
A harmless-appearing automobile accident was only a jumping-off point
for Detective Stamp Olsen to dive into a . . . . Murder Muddle
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Pulp Adventurecon
February 11,
2017!
Pulp Adventurecon 2017 fast approaches!
February 11, 2017
For Lauderdale, Florida
Universal Palms Hotel
Pulp Adventurecon returns to the Universal Palms
Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida for another afternoon of Golden Age comic
books, Pulp Magazines, Big Little Books, Old-Time Radio, movie memorabilia,
vintage pin-ups and much more!
25 vendor tables filled with great stuff, and plenty of knowledgeable
collectors ready to talk about their favorite characters, authors, genres,
and what-not!
If you stay overnight at the Universal Palms Hotel, use the special codeword
"pulp" to receive the $109 room rate.
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Pulp Den - Now online!
And Death Will Seize The Doctor, Too - New!
Crimes of Winter - New!
Empire of Doom
Book Signing
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Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories,
adventure and detective pulps.
Bigelow Neal - Author, North Dakota - New!
Robert R. Mill – Journalist, Author
H. A. DeRosso - photo found
Fulton T. Grant - Author, Soldier, Newsman
Leland Jamieson - Aviator, Author
Holman F. Day - Newspaperman, Novelist, Poet
The Lost God - short story by John Russell - with illustrations
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The Pulp Hermit - Now online!
Death Stalk In Spain
The Dealer Of Death
The Power Barons
Scorpio
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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/
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The Pulps: A Yearly Guide Paperback - Now available!
by Jess Nevins
Much has been written about the pulps, the medium of popular fiction
which began in 1896. And yet, despite the number of books and essays written
about the pulps, and despite the current enthusiasm for some of the genres
of literature which appeared in the pulps, a great deal of information about
the pulps remains obscure, and a number of seemingly obvious questions remain
unanswered–or worse, answered with misleading or inaccurate information.
What were the most popular genres in the pulps? What were the most significant
pulp magazines? How many pulps were published? When were the pulps’ heyday?
When did the pulps decline? How did the pulps compare to the dime novels,
and when did the pulps supplant the dime novels? I’ve attempted to answer
these questions and provide accurate information on the pulps in THE PULPS.
I’ve gathered together a substantial amount of numerical information never
before brought together and presented it, and with that information set out
the true history of the pulps, rather than the received wisdom about them.
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
$6.99
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RED SONJA #2 - Arriving in comic shops February 8!
Writer: Amy Chu
Art: Carlos Gomez
Cover: Nick Bradshaw, J. Scott Campbell, Brandon Peterson,
Giuseppe Camuncoli, Mel Rubi
Red Sonja is on the loose in the Big Apple—and the followers
of Kulan Gath are determined to track her down. But they underestimate the
She-Devil; she’s adapting quickly to her new surroundings with the help of
some new allies that include Max, a New York City cop with a secret past...
Full Color, 24 pages, $3.99
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Robert E. Howard Foundation
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The Serial Squadron
UPCOMING DVD RELEASE
AND ARCHIVE ADDITION SCHEDULE
SHIPPING NOW
DEADWOOD DICK (Archive title) Featuring Don Douglas and Lorna
Gray
FEBRUARY 2017
JUNGLE MENACE (Archive title) featuring Frank Buck
ADVENTURES OF FRANK MERRIWELL Featuring Don Briggs and Jean Rogers
MARCH 2016
PIRATE TREASURE (Archive title) Featuring Richard Talmadge
SERIAL SQUADRON MEMBERSHIP KIT
Including the Squadron Guide to Movie Serials & more
APRIL 2016
THE FLAME FIGHTER Featuring Herbert Rawlinson
MAY 2016
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS Featuring Harry Carey
A WOMAN IN GRAY Featuring Arline Pretty
MORE TO COME
THE LIGHTNING RAIDER starring Pearl White and Warner Oland
BEST OF SERIALFEST DVD MAGAZINE
Featuring Nick Carter Detective, The Liberty Boys, Mr. Foo,
the Leather Pushers & More (not a subscription title)
CLIFFHANGER TREASURY #3 featuring the new serials
SILVER BULLET and THE BLACK CIRCLE
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The Serial Squadron
THE SERIAL SQUADRON POCKET GUIDE TO MOVIE
SERIALS
Coming in March!
COMING IN MARCH
FROM THE SQUADRON as part of the new Serial Squadron Membership Kit
THE SERIAL SQUADRON POCKET GUIDE TO MOVIE SERIALS includes concise
descriptions of every US serial ever made from 1912 to 1956 in chronological
order, lists of serials by studio, feature version and re-release titles,
revised and unproduced serials, serial star vital statistics, movie serial
costumed heroes and villains, great lines from serials, serials on 8mm, serial
premiums, and lots more.
This is a collaborative work produced over a number of years and includes
contributions by Squadron members including Ron Stephenson, The Green Hornet
and Tom Lyon, and serial descriptions by Raymond William Stedman, GH, and
yours truly,
It's comprehensive in its scope but not intended to be a massive tome,
and does not include pages of reviews or commentary but instead short 1-3
sentence summaries of all the plots of all the serials, all 500+ of them.
It's intended to be useful to those who'd like to be able to consult it
for information about serials conveniently and easily and will include at
least some information about every American serial except 2 or 3 of which
almost nothing is known, and there's even a little about them in there too.
It will be offered as part of the new Membership Kit package which will
be available when the new Squadron Cliffhanger Channel is ready to debut.
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The Shadow 365 - Now online!
A new Shadow blog, "The Shadow 365," is now online.
Every day it will be posting and discussing in chronological order the
legendary pulp and comic book covers of "The Shadow."
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow 365 knows!
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TALES FROM THE MISKATONIC LIBRARY - Coming soon!
Edited by Darrell Schweitzer with John Ashmead
This is very close to being sent to the printers. Darrell has
managed to gather together another great bunch of story tellers and then
Jeff Potter’s artwork to complete the package. Here’s John to tell you more:
Triskaidekaphiliacs rejoice, triskaidekaphobes despair—there are exactly
thirteen stories. Quite by coincidence! (and nothing to do with the fact
that thirteen is my personal lucky number). And you get intros by both Darrell
& myself. Quite a range of stories: funny, grim, grimly funny, paradoxical,
and terrifyingly straightforward. Our ultimate criteria was that both Darrell
and I enjoyed reading them—and hope you will as well.
And here is the line up
Don Webb. “Slowly Ticking Time Bomb”
Adrian Cole. “Third Movement”
Dirk Flinthart. “To be In Ulthar”
Harry Turtledove. “Interlibrary Loan”
P. D. Cacek. “One Small Chance”
Will Murray. “A Trillion Young”
A. C. Wise. “The Paradox Collection”
Marilyn “Mattie” Brahen. “The Way to a Man’s Heart”
Douglas Wynne. “The White Door”
Alex Shvartsman. “Recall Notice”
James Van Pelt. “The Children’s Collection”
Darrell Schweitzer. “Not in the Card Catalogue”
Robert M. Price. “The Bonfire of the Blasphemies”
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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.
The Secret Origin of Zombies-Part Two - New!
The Secret Origin of Zombies-Part One - New!
Peacocks on the Cover of Weird Tales
Whips, Chains, Bondage, and Torture-1936-1943
Whips, Chains, Bondage, and Torture-1932-1935
Whips, Chains, Bondage, and Torture-1924-1931
Scientific Experimention on the Cover of Weird Tales
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Tom Johnson
BEHIND THE MASK
VOLUME 1
Coming soon
in a Kindle edition!
BEHIND THE MASK Returns:
An anthology series by Tom Johnson returns in Kindle format in early February
with Volume One.
Right now only four issues are planned between February and July.
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Tom Johnson
Now available
in a Kindle edition!
The Cobra is back. Raised in the mystic art of illusion in India,
The Cobra’s power of mind control mystifies his enemies. On assignment to
New York City, Dean Bradley of British Intelligence unwittingly causes a
crime wave of terror when he brings a British master criminal to justice on
America’s shores. Now it will be up to him to unravel the mystery in this
new land before he can return to India. But will even the dreaded Cobra walk
away from this new encounter with The Viper? And now that Dean Bradley has
fallen in love with the girl who knows his secret identy, does India really
matter?
Kindle Price: $0.99
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