This pin can be ordered online from Comic Fusion.

This pin can be ordered online from Comic Fusion.

To celebrate the one-year anniversary, we are honored to feature a special short story by acclaimed mystery author Anne Wingate.  Ms Wingate has worked in law enforcement as a fingerprint expert and crime scene investigator, and has still found time to have a couple dozen novels published.  This special anniversary mini-mystery is based on a 
real-life case she worked on, and is entitled The Phantom Bullet.

ShadowPDF:   Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week.

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:   Now with over 400 stories online!
Afraid Of His Shadow by Dorothy Donnell Calhoun from ALL-STORY [October 6, 1917] 
Fool's Peak by Wilson Campbell from WILD WEST WEEKLY [January 21, 1928]
Skin Deep by Tom S. Elrod from ALL-STORY [December 18, 1915]
The Mid-watch Tragedy by Vincent Starrett from SHORT STORIES [June 10, 1925]

THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH (edited by James Van Hise) is 8 1/2 x 11, 192 pages with a full color front cover byFrank R. Paul (from WONDER STORIES illustrating The City of the Singing Flame) and full color back cover from the British pulp magazine TALES OF WONDER (also illustrating The City of the Singing Flame). Each book is $17.95 + $7.00 priority shipping or $3.00 media mail (overseas shipping will be more).

This book can also be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (now available). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043261.
Note: PREVIEWS lists this title as 128 pages for $9.95.  That is an error! 
THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH is 192 pages for $17.95.

SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION: There will be a special hard cover edition (with dust jacket) limited to 500 copies. Pre-publication price is $75.00. A small portion of these will be signed editions (by one or more of the contributing artists, and the editor) and all pre-publication orders of the hard cover will receive the signed edition, which will be otherwise priced at $100.00 upon publication with the unsigned hard covers remaining at $75.00. All hardcover editions will include a special color print of vintage pulp art from a Clark Ashton Smith story (more information forthcoming).

Order from: James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. Email: Jimvanhise@aol.com

The Table of Contents  for the first issue of H.P. LOVECRAFT'S MAGAZINE OF HORROR (Spring 2004) has been posted on the Wildside Press Bulletin Board.  Click here to view the Table of Contents. 
A four issue (one year) subscription (U.S. only) is $19.95.
An eight issue (two years) subscription (U.S. only) is $36.
Click here to subscribe.

Shocklines is now accepting pre-orders for the limited edition.  All copies are autographed.
The price is $36 plus $5 shipping.

You can also order direct from Cemetery Dance Publications.  Copies are not autographed.
The price is $40. Shipping is free on pre-orders. 

This book can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (now available). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043262.

Hounds Of Hell by Ron Fortier & Gordon Linzner with spot illustrations provided by Rob Davis, Jim Schumaker and Bradley Walton is a classic pulp tale in 29 chapters.  Chapter 22, Clandestine Meeting, is now available on the Modern Pulp website. Visit the Modern Pulp website at http://www.modernpulp.com/ to read this new adventure.

Hounds Of Hell is copyright © 2003 Ron Fortier and Gordon Linzner.

The Collected William Hope Hodgson Volume 2: The House on the Borderland is now shipping.

A reprint of The Ancient Track: The Collected Poetical Works of H.P. Lovecraft, which has been out of print for a year or so, is now available.

In May, Night Shade Books will be publishing a trade hardcover of Red World of Polaris, the Clark Ashton Smith book published as a limited edition last fall (and that sold out in no time flat).  The trade hardcover is $27.

STRANGE TALES #8 is now available.
The legendary pulp magazine STRANGE TALES -- rival to WEIRD TALES in its prime -- returns as an anthology series edited by renowned pulp fiction expert Robert M. Price. Volume 4, number 1 (continuing the classic numbering sequence) features contributions from a range of modern masters, including RICHARD A. LUPOFF, DARRELL SCHWEITZER, ADRIAN COLE, and many more. Cover art by JASON VAN HOLLANDER. 
STRANGE TALES is a slightly oversized trade paperback, a bit larger than 6" x 9". The price: $12.50.
Click here or on the image at the right to see a larger cover image. 
Visit the Wildside Press website to order.

STRANGE TALES can also be ordered from Mike Chomko.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $2 for shipping and handling.
Contact Mike at chomko@enter.net.
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 

Howard is also putting together a run of ALL Lamb's Cossack stories. The Wildside Press collection will consist of six volumes that collects all of these related cycles plus another small cycle of Cossack adventures and the standalones from ADVENTURE and a few other mags--all the Lamb Cossack stories he has been able to find. Howard is working with the copyright holder and have permission to work with stuff from later periods, not just the material in public domain, so it should be a dream collection. Right now the only stumbling block is finding the time to scan the second half of volume 1 and first half of volume 2, because the rest of the volumes are nearly ready to go.  With luck the first two volumes will be prepped by year end, and the other volumes should follow much more swiftly.

Thanks to Howard Jones for contributing this information.

THE HOTEL - Our hotel is convenient to the City of Chicago and O'Hare airport (an airport shuttle is available for $12 if you call the hotel), which makes it easy for folks flying in, as well as easy to travel in to Chicago if you want to engage in some tourist activities.  The hotel is also located in the midst of a major shopping area with dozens of restaurants, many within walking distance (a restaurant guide will be available in the registration materials given out at the con).  The hotel has set aside a block of rooms for the convention with a special room rate; please be sure to mention the convention when booking rooms. 

EVENTS - The website (http://www.windycitypulpconvention.com) has been newly updated, and please be sure to check it regularly for updates between now and show time. The dealer's room opens to the public at 2:00 pm on Friday afternoon (March 26), with the con suite opening at noon that day.   Our third annual Pulp Film Fest will kick off Friday evening, with some rare, pulp-related films being shown; also on Friday evening will be a panel on collecting original pulp and paperback art.  Films will also run periodically on Saturday afternoon and evening.  Those who attended last year's show were treated to a large display of original pulp and paperback art.  This year's attendees will have a similar treat in store; the art show will open Saturday morning and will draw from many of the top collections across the country – artists who will be represented include Walter Baumhofer, George Rozen, Virgil Finlay, Edd Cartier, Hannes Bok, Frank Kelly Freas, Harold DeLay, Paul Stahr, Michael Whelan, Ed Emshwiller, George Gross and many more.  Some will be for display only, while others will be for sale.  If you've got any art you'd care to bring along for display or sale, please contact us!

GUEST OF HONOR – Our Guest of Honor this year will be famedauthor, editor and agent Frederik Pohl, whose writing career is approaching 70 years.  In addition to a presentation Saturday evening, there will be an autographing session Saturday afternoon.  Or feel free to chat with this science fiction legend as he's wandering around the con!

AUCTION - There will also be an auction Saturday night. To encourage dealers and collectors to place items in the auction, no fee will be charged by the convention; all auction proceeds will go to the consignor. If you have material you'd like to submit to the auction, please contact John Gunnison at gunnison@adventurehouse.com. 

CON SUITE & OTHER DINING - Finally, as mentioned, there will be a con suite open on Friday and Saturday nights, so stop by for some free munchies and conversation about our favorite hobby!  The hotel features 2 restaurants as well as a sports bar and a martini/cigar bar and there are plenty of other dining choices are located nearby.  While it's unlikely to be in the 80's, springtime in Chicago has its fair share of sun.

We look forward to seeing you at the fourth Windy City Pulp & Paperback Convention! 
Doug Ellis & Cat Jaster 

http://www.windycitypulpconvention.com
windycitypulpconvention@charter.net
Phone/Fax 608-241-3004

Coming soon:
HIGH ADVENTURE #76 features Ki-Gor in The Sword of Sheba and Lost Priestess of the Nile. (May 2004)
HIGH ADVENTURE #77 features the Green Ghost in The Case of the Clumsy Cat.  (July 2004)
HIGH ADVENTURE #78 features high seas adventures!  (September 2004)

G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #12 featuring The Panther Squadron.  (April 2004)
G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #13 featuring The Spider Staffel.  (July 2004)
G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #14 featuring The Mad Dog Squadron.   (October 2004)

Walter Baumhofer - Pulp Art Masters will be released in September 2004.

ALEX RAYMOND His Life and Art will be released in September 2004.
This title is written by Tom (Black Dog Books) Roberts.
It is a full color hardbound book, 12 x 9 inches in size, and 208 pages long.
It features a Foreward by George Lucas and an Introduction by James Bama.
The retail price is $40.
© 2004 Tom Roberts and Adventure House.  Book designed by Tom Roberts. 
Foreword © 2004 George Lucas.  Introduction © 2004 James Bama.

IMPORTANT: This will not be a newsstand magazine. Copies will only be available by subscription, or through online bookstores like Amazon.com (and, of course, directly from Wildside Press.)

The following is a press release from Paizo Pubishing:
First published in 1926, AMAZING STORIES has been a beloved source for fans of science fiction and remains a classic magazine with an oft-imitated logo.  Now re-imagined for a new generation of fans, AMAZING STORIES launches into the 21st century with both cutting-edge fiction from today's top authors and the mission to provide the definitive editorial voice across the entire spectrum of sci-fi and fantasy entertainment.

"As we bring AMAZING STORIES into the 21st century, we expand its boundaries," says Lisa Stevens, CEO, Paizo Publishing, LLC. "AMAZING STORIES was the first all-science-fiction magazine, but it is being given a facelift as it moves past its 75th birthday and into the bright future that the original issues could only speculate on."

AMAZING STORIES will feature reviews and previews of the latest movies, TV, DVDs, books, comics and story-driven electronic games, as well as interviews with the creators of these fantasy stories. Each issue will also contain original fiction works from the world's top authors, as readers of AMAZING STORIES have come to expect from the magazine.
Dave Gross, Editor-in-Chief of Star Wars Insider, will also helm AMAZING STORIES. Says Gross, "Eighty years ago, short stories like those in the original AMAZING STORIES were the principal source of science fiction and fantasy. In the 21st century, the genre audience extends way beyond prose readers, and AMAZING STORIES will connect with that audience by covering the cross-media gamut of sci-fi, fantasy, super heroes, and supernatural horror."
The first issue of AMAZING STORIES this century (84 pages monthly, $5.99  cover price) will hit newsstands July 2004. Monthly subscriptions are available at http://www.paizo.com, and for a limited time only, at a charter subscription rate of $34.95.

For editorial submissions, contact Dave Gross at Dave.Gross@paizo.com; for advertising contact Rob Stewart at Rob.Stewart@paizo.com. Media and marketing requests should go to Jenny Bendel at Jenny.Bendel@paizo.com.
Paizo Publishing,(TM) LLC is the publisher of Undefeated(R) magazine, the complete competitive game strategy magazine. The company publishes DRAGON(R), DUNGEON(R), and POLYHEDRON(R) magazines under license from
Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Paizo directs the Official Star Wars Fan Club(TM) and publishes Star Wars Insider(TM) magazine and the Bantha Tracks newsletter under license from Lucasfilm, Ltd. Headed by fans for fans, Paizo looks to add new aspects of fun and innovation to the industry, while maintaining and improving on their high standards of excellence in content. 
Contacts
Paizo Publishing, LLC
Jenny Bendel, 425-289-1361
Jenny.Bendel@paizo.com

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This book can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043260.

Visit Bold Venture Press on the web at http://www.boldventurepress.com
 

Unchained! Untamed! Featuring original illustrations and stunning new, full-color oil plates from award-winning artist Gary Gianni, this second book in a three volume series presents Robert E. Howard's original Conan, restored and complete, with a wealth of never-before-seen material culled from the Howard archives including original ideas, notes, hand-drawn maps of the Hyborian world, and more! This special deluxe slipcased edition comes with an embossed cover, full-color plate, and dust jacket, and is signed and numbered by Gary Gianni.
The retail price is $225.00.

This book can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043231.

On sale March 24, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99.

Conan’s first Hyperborean adventure reveals the secrets of immortality, and the peaceful northern paradise is shown for the nightmare it really is. Conan breaks from those who’ve enslaved him, but is unable to save the lives of the prisoners he leads, or the woman he’s fallen in love with.  Robert E. Howard hinted at the terrors that his character Conan suffered in Hyperborea, but Busiek and company reveal the adventure here for the first time in livid detail.

This book can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR040112.

This is a July 2004 release from TOR books as a 272 page paperback (ISBN: 0765343886).

This book can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043233.

The first poster in the series will be solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 26th).
However, there is no need to wait! You can order the first poster in the series now!
The 12x18 SIGNED AND NUMBERED poster is listed on Ebay at a dutch auction; in other words, there's no bidding.  You just buy one if you want for $14.95 ($5.00 off the retail cost). You can pay by PayPal with your credit card.  Plus, if you buy 2 or more posters, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SECOND POSTER IN THE SERIES, TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT, FOR FREE.  Click here to visit ebay and see a larger image of the first poster in the series!

Anybody who has any questions or prefers to buy the poster via Check or Money Order, please e-mail Dennis Calero directly at ATOMICEO@AOL.COM.

Visit Dennis Calero's website at http://www.denniscalero.com  to see the artists other works.
This looks like it will be a great series of posters that everyone will want to own!

ShadowPDF:   Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week.

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 400 stories online!
A Repeating Romeo by May Belleville Brown from  ALL-STORY [December 18, 1915]
Jes' Natcherel Meanness by Franklin P. Harry from  ALL-STORY [August 12, 1916]
Bolo Shadows in Shanghai by R. Martini from SKY RIDERS [February, 1929]
Wyatt's Hypnotizing Bird by Captain Frederick Moore from SHORT STORIES [November 10th, 1938] 

THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH (edited by James Van Hise) is 8 1/2 x 11, 192 pages with a full color front cover byFrank R. Paul (from WONDER STORIES illustrating The City of the Singing Flame) and full color back cover from the British pulp magazine TALES OF WONDER (also illustrating The City of the Singing Flame). Each book is $17.95 + $7.00 priority shipping or $3.00 media mail (overseas shipping will be more).

This book can also be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043261.

SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION: There will be a special hard cover edition (with dust jacket) limited to 500 copies. Pre-publication price is $75.00. A small portion of these will be signed editions (by one or more of the contributing artists, and the editor) and all pre-publication orders of the hard cover will receive the signed edition, which will be otherwise priced at $100.00 upon publication with the unsigned hard covers remaining at $75.00. All hardcover editions will include a special color print of vintage pulp art from a Clark Ashton Smith story (more information forthcoming).

Order from: James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. Email: Jimvanhise@aol.com

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jake Gyllenhaal is Director Kevin Smith's first choice for "The Green Hornet" film. The trade says the two had a positive chat with the actor about the famed character and with the direction of the potential franchise, Smith is now interested in casting Gyllenhaal as the crime-fighting superhero who also doubles as Daily Sentinel publisher Britt Reid. Other names may still be in the mix, but Gyllenhaal appears to fit Smith's current conception of the character. 

It's not the first time Gyllenhaal's name has been linked to a superhero character [of sorts]. When Tobey Maguire was playing hardball concerning his deal for "Spider-Man 2" rumours spread that the studio might be in talks to nab lookalike Gyllenhaal. 

In a chat with About.Com, Kevin Smith revealed that he's got to create a villain for the film rather than relying on one of the old staple baddies of the serial - "Well, there's nothing really from the run of the comics that I read that I was real fond of. It's just something I've got to create, come up with for the purpose of the movie". 

Hippocampus Press also announced that Amazon.com is offering the limited edition hardcovers at an unauthorized discount.  How they intend to fill these advance orders, profitably or otherwise, is unknown. For the record, Hippocampus Press will not be supplying Amazon with any copies of the limited edition hardcovers.

To purchase a subscription package now, please visit: 
http://www.hippocampuspress.com/lovecraft/collected_essays_i.html

Their latest offerings are Lord Dunsany's PLEASURES OF A FUTUROSCOPE, S. T. Joshi's PRIMAL SOURCES: ESSAYS ON H. P. LOVECRAFT, Clark Ashton Smith's THE SWORD OF ZAGON AND OTHER WRITINGS, and coming soon, COLLECTED ESSAYS by H. P. Lovecraft. For further information on the offerings of Hippocampus Press, you can visit their website at http://www.hippocampuspress.com/

Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $2 for shipping and handling.
Contact Mike at chomko@enter.net.
Checks and money orders can be sent to:
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 
Mike also accepts cash payments via Paypal (but not credit cards) at chomko@enter.net.

A Bond source says, "They are pulling out all the stops to get him. Orlando would be perfect for the part as he's got the looks, the charm, the accent and the high profile that would make Bond even more popular. They want to move away from the traditional image of James Bond - the older, suave gentleman - and believe a younger, trendier actor will attract friends.  The actor's spokesman said, "No decision had been made about him taking the role." 

Metal Emperor by A. Merritt 
80 pages with a color cover.  $20
The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt 
All 6 parts as they originally appeared in ARGOSY ALL-STORY magazine for November 8, 1924 through December 13, 1924.  Includes full color covers and all the original pulp illustrations. $25 plus postage

A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
All 6 parts as they originally appeared in 1930 BLUE BOOK. Includes full color covers. $25 plus postage
The Land of Hidden Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs
All 5 parts as they originally appeared in 1931 BLUE BOOK. Includes full color covers. $25 plus postage
This volume includes 20 additional pages on ERB.
Tarzan and the City of Gold by Edgar Rice Burroughs
All 6 parts as they originally appeared in ARGOSY for March 12, 1932 through April 16, 1932. Includes full color covers and all the original pulp illustrations. $25 plus postage

The Radio Man by Ralph Milne Farley
All the chapters as they originally appeared in ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY for June 28, 1924 through July 19, 1924.  8.5" x 11" in size, 100 pages, and a full color cover from the pulp featuring Chapter 1 of the serial.  The back cover is a full color enlarged reproduction of the old Avon paperback cover from An Earthman on Venus (the retitling of this story).  There is also a 20 page art folio featuring reprints of pulp art from the reprints of The Radio Man and its sequels.  $20 plus postage
The Radio Beasts by Ralph Milne Farley
All 4 chapters as they originally appeared in ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY for March 01, 1925 through April 11, 1925.  8.5" x 11" in size, 97 pages, and a full color cover from the pulp featuring Chapter 1 of the serial.  $20 plus postage
The Radio Planet by Ralph Milne Farley
All 5 chapters as they originally appeared in ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY for June 26, 1926 through July 24, 1926.  8.5" x 11" in size, 130 pages, with a full color front cover from the pulp featuring Chapter 1 of the serial and a full color back cover from the 1960's Ace paperback edition.   $25 plus postage

The Planet of Peril by Otis Adelbert Kline
All 6 chapters as they originally appeared in ARGOSY WEEKLY for July 20, 1929 through August 24, 1929.  8.5" x 11" in size, 130 pages, with a full color front cover from the pulp featuring Chapter 1 of the serial and a full color back cover from the 1960's Ace paperback edition.   $25 plus postage
The Prince of Peril by Otis Adelbert Kline
All 6 chapters as they originally appeared in ARGOSY WEEKLY for August 02, 1930 through September 06, 1930.  8.5" x 11" in size, 120 pages, with a full color front cover from the pulp featuring Chapter 1 of the serial.  There is also a 16 page art folio featuring art by Roy Krenkel featuring scenes from various sword and planet adventures.  $25 plus postage
Jan of the Jungle by Otis Adelbert Kline
All 6 chapters as they originally appeared in ARGOSY WEEKLY for April 18, 1931 through May 23, 1931.  8.5" x 11" in size, 120 pages, with a full color front cover from the pulp featuring Chapter 1 of the serial and a full color back cover from the 1960's Ace paperback edition.   $25 plus postage
Jan in India by Otis Adelbert Kline
All 3 chapters as they originally appeared in ARGOSY for January 12, 1935 through January 26, 1935.  8.5" x 11" in size, 130 pages, with a full color front cover from the pulp featuring Chapter 1 of the serial.   $20 plus postage

Shipping is $7 priority mail or $3 media mail.
Jim Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 91184. 
Check, money order or PayPal: Jimvanhise@aol.com

Unlike most checks sold for autographs, these checks are unique as they buy specific stories and novels from famous authors and are endorsed by them. In simplest terms, these are the actual signed contracts for this material. Such checks are never in the possession of authors and Munsey Magazines/Popular Publications was one of the few publishers to retain such checks after they were endorsed and cashed. The only other time material like this was sold from the Munsey/Popular Publications files was in a series of auctions in 1982, at which time every item offered for sale or auction was sold at prices well above estimates. 

The Windy City Convention will be Friday to Sunday, March 26-28, with the auction taking place Saturday evening. 
Go to http://www.windycitypulpconvention.com for details on attending the con. 

Nemesis Magazine #3: Featuring Victory Rose in "The Fuhrer's Final Trumpet"
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER - ONLY $1.99 - 50% OFF THE $3.99 RETAIL PRICE! ONE WOMAN WARRIOR AGAINST HITLER'S DEATH MACHINES! In December, 1941, the U.S. was forced into the boiling cauldron of World War II. Willing but still unready for the task at hand, the nation geared up for the greatest military conflict of all time. Within weeks, a new kind of soldier appeared on the scene - – Major Victoria Rose Hardwyck (a.k.a. Victory Rose). Her origins were labeled "Top Secret," and they remain classified in government files even to this day. When the first accounts of her heroic battles against Nazi tyranny leaked to an incredulous public, Victory Rose, Nemesis of Axis Tyranny, was thought to be a legend, her figure barely glimpsed in flashes of gunfire. Later, as the true accounts of her exploits were released as a morale builder, America found herself with a new ally and a powerful weapon in the war against the Axis. Later, when Nazi Germany tottered on the verge of collapse, Victory Rose and her unit were given her most challenging assignment: fly to Berlin and steal or destroy the newest and greatest of the German Wonder Weapons. In a last ditch effort to halt the Allied advance, Nazi scientists have created the War Trumpet, a device capable of knocking out electronic devices all along the battlefront and leaving the Allied Army at the mercy of a devastating counterattack. Trapped alone in the besieged German capital of Berlin, Victory Rose fights for her life against SS execution squads, faces the fury of a frenzied mob, and locks horns with Schickelgruber himself, Adolf Hitler, in his bunker deep beneath the city. To survive she must form an uneasy alliance with Russian commandoes led by her old flame, Alexei Kruszynski. But the game becomes more complicated when Victory Rose discovers that to accomplish her mission, she will not only have to recover the secrets of Nazi technology for the Allies, but keep it out of the hands of the Communists as well. For gripping World War II action, read "The Fuhrer’s Final Trumpet," a pivotal episode in the saga of Victory Rose! Plus: A trio of classic jungle tales from the heyday of the pulps: including full-length adventures of those legendary jungle men, Ki-Gor, Lord of the Jungle (in "Nirvana of the Seven Voodoos"!) and Kwa, King of the Apes. Illustrated with classic pulp art, except in Palm. Cover design: Stephen Adams.

Ralph 124C 41+: The Keystone Science Fiction Classic by Hugo Gernsback
ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE IN THIS 1920 VIEW OF THE YEAR 2666!
Ralph 124C 41+ is the leading genius around town in the scientifically run utopia of the year 2660. His inventions have helped make the world a better placed to live in and his every thought is devoted to scientific thought - until he meets Alice 212B 423 and she instantly becomes the object of his affections. He woos her amid a tour of the wonders of the New York of 2660 C.E. But then a scientific rival becomes a rival for Alice's hand. When Ralph wins her heart, his rival kidnaps Alice and secrets her in a scientific fortress defended by fearful weapons of his own invention. Soon the two are pitted against each other in a battle of scientific geniuses and weapons. 

A Million Years to Conquer: The 1940s SF Classic of Alien Intervention by Henry Kuttner
DID THE ALIEN PRODUCE SUPER-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE OR SUPER-HUMAN TREACHERY?
What do Stephen Court and Marion Barton of our time have in common with the treacherous barbarian conqueror, Thordred, or the vengeful Carthaginian warrior, Scipio, or Li Yang, the plump pleasure-loving Mongol Prince? They are all pawns in a million year plot to breed super-intelligence into the human race. One million years ago, Ardath, a male humanoid from a race possessing super-mentality survived a crash landing on Earth that killed all the other crewmembers, male and female. Sent on a mission by his doomed planet to find a habitable world, he refuses to abandon the. Seeing that this world supports primitive life, Ardath, determines to place himself in suspended animation and wait for evolution to produce intelligent humanoids on Earth. Then he will awaken and through a selective breeding program, to create a new race with super-mentality in the image of his own. All Ardath needs for his purpose is to wait for a mutant genus to be born. Then Ardath plans to take this man or woman and go on into time, until he finds a mental giant of the opposite sex. From their union will arise a race of mental giants who will be the off-spring and foster-children of his own race. It is a mission Adrath is sworn to complete – even if it takes a million years! What the alien Ardath leaves out of his calculations is that in human beings, along with super-intelligence come super-greed, treachery, and lust.  $4.00

The City at World's End: The Legendary SF Classic by Edmond Hamilton
"The City at World's End" is a classic from 1950 by the master of space opera, Edmond Hamilton, that finds the pleasant little American city of Middletown victim to the first punch of an atomic war, a super-hydrogen bomb which explodes thousand yards above the city. Instead of blowing Middletown to smithereens, the blast blows it right off the map – to somewhere else. First there is the new thin coldness of the air, the blazing corona and dullness of the sun, the visibility of the stars in high daylight. Then comes the inhabitant's terrifying discovery that Middletown is a twentieth-century oasis of paved streets and houses and shops and trees and gardens, in a desolate brown world without trees, without water, apparently without life, in unimaginably far-distant future Earth which lies abandoned and dying. To survive, the citizens o Middletown realize they will have to abandon their city, migrate to the alien city beyond the hills, and try to master the secrets of its long-abandoned, incredibly advanced machinery. But, the people of old Earth face their greatest crisis when they receive a communication from their own descendants, who have formed a Galactic Empire among the stars and long since evacuated Earth as uninhabitable or humans and have passed laws that it is to be preserved as a museum world and never repopulated again. If they are live in this future world, the men and women of Middletown will have to agree to leave Earth and migrate among the stars. The City at World's end is a human story of the reactions of men and women and boys and girl, people like you, suddenly thrust into an unprecedented situation. In its suspense, its intense humanity, its unexpected denouement, it is perhaps Mr. Edmond Hamilton's finest novel. $4.00

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This book can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Order Code is APR040138.

This book can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043236.

This is a June 29, 2004 release from Del Rey books as a 432 page paperback (ISBN: 0345461509).

Coming up next from Del Rey Books are:
THE BLOODY CROWN OF CONAN: December 2004
BRAN MAK MORN: THE LAST KING: Spring 2005
THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN: Fall 2005

This magazine can be pre-ordered from the April PREVIEWS (available March 24th). 
The Diamond Item Code is APR043151.

Much of the original Wacky Packages art was completed by Norm Saunders the pulp artist.  The new series uses artwork by Norm's daughter Zina among other artists.  The series will consist of 55 stickers, a number of static clings and 10 temporary tattoos. There are 7 cards per pack, and 24 packs per box.  MSRP is $1.00 per pack. 
For more information, visit:
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/4262.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4486449/
http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/2004/ttopps_newwacky_announcement.htm
http://www.topps.com/Entertainment/index.html

Thanks to Jeff Shipley for this information.

This new version contains a comprehensive account of the British Reprint edition of ASTOUNDING/ANALOG, including images of 215 of its 222 issues. Thanks to Alistair Durie and Phil Stephensen-Payne for their invaluable assistance, and apologies that it has taken so long for their work to see the light of day The latest images of FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION have also been added to bring it fully up to date. 

Here is what Adventure House says about the book:
This collection is the result of combing through hundreds of issues of writing journals from the pulp era, mostly WRITER'S DIGEST and AUTHOR & JOURNALIST, but also a variety of lesser-known magazines: THE WRITER, THE EDITOR, WRITER'S REVIEW, and two magazines issued by correspondence schools, WRITERS' MARKETS AND METHODS and WRITER'S MONTHLY. One of the surprises of the project was in discovering how many magazines were devoted to the craft of writing at that time. This speaks, in some measure, to the opportunities presented by the pulps to the freelance writer. With hundreds of pulp magazines publishing thousands of stories, there may never have been a better time for making money selling fiction.

Many of the pulp-related articles in these journals deal with storytelling technique, usually genre-specific, e.g. "Action in Westerns," "Live Your Love Story," or "Why Aren't Your Detective Stories Selling?" Others assess the markets and advise on slanting for specific titles. But another category of article presents behind-the-scenes looks into the pulp world, the rise and fall of the business, the experiences of writers, editors, and publishers. And it is the most interesting and informative of this latter group that PULP FICTIONEERS attempts to gathers together.

HIGH ADVENTURE #75  features The Green Lama in Crosesus of Murder by Kendell Foster Crossen.  Armed with the secret weapon of the world's most hated dictator, this mysterious masked führer sought to subjugate the free people of the world—but one man, The Green Lama, stood in his merciless path.

$7.95 plus $2.50 shipping (Media Mail) for a single copy.

Conan’s first Hyperborean adventure reveals the secrets of immortality, and the peaceful northern paradise is shown for the nightmare it really is. Conan breaks from those who’ve enslaved him, but is unable to save the lives of the prisoners he leads, or the woman he’s fallen in love with.  Robert E. Howard hinted at the terrors that his character Conan suffered in Hyperborea, but Busiek and company reveal the adventure here for the first time in livid detail.

ROBERT E. HOWARD’S VALERIA BUST
On sale June 23, 7" tall and comes packaged with a certificate of authenticity, $49.99
One of the most exciting Conan stories of all time is the classic Red Nails by Robert E. Howard. In this adventure we meet Valeria, a swordswoman and buccaneer who has cut a bloody swath from the coast to the jungle. Possessing a fatal beauty and a diamond-hard nerve, she joins Conan as an equal against a savage foe.

Sculptor Jeffery Scott, who did our previously released Conan busts, has breathed life into this stunning rendition of Valeria. This numbered, limited edition is the perfect companion piece. The piece comes fully painted in attractive color packaging. Valeria is a must-have for any collector of statues or Robert E. Howard material.

Both of the above items will be solicited in the April PREVIEWS available March 24th.

The March 12 issue of Entertainment Weekly revealed that The WB has also committed to six episode scripts beyond the pilot installment, leading several industry insiders to believe it's a shoe-in to make the WB's fall 2004 schedule.

ShadowPDF:   Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week.

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 400 stories online!
Nothing new this week.

Mike Ashley and Robert A. W. Lowndes have put together THE GERNSBACK DAYS examining the incredibly controverisal man who had launched AMAZING STORIES and of whom Brian Aldiss said "It is easy to argue that Hugo Gernsback was one of the worst disasters ever to hit the science-fiction field."  Ashley and Lowndes have worked hard to shed some light on the serious contributions Gernsback made on the evolution of science fiction from 1911 to 1936.  The trade hardcover is $49.95 and the trade paperback is $29.95.
This book can be ordered direct from Wildside Press.

Mike Chomko is now accepting orders for this book.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid.
Contact Mike at chomko@enter.net to reserve yours today.
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 

Will Smith stars in the action thriller, due out on July 16 and inspired by the classic short story collection by Isaac Asimov. It's brought to the big screen by dynamic and visionary director Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow). In the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item, and everyone trusts them, except one, slightly paranoid detective (Smith) investigating what he alone believes is a crime perpetrated by a robot. The case leads him to discover a far more frightening threat to the human race.

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE, 3640 Russell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110
48 pages in black and white and full color for $9.
Four issue subscriptions are available for $36.

Metal Emperor by A. Merritt - NEW! 
80 pages with a color cover.  $20
The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt 
All 6 parts as they originally appeared in ARGOSY ALL-STORY magazine for November 8, 1924 through December 13, 1924.  Includes full color covers and all the original pulp illustrations. $25 
A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 
All 6 parts as they originally appeared in 1930 BLUE BOOK. Includes full color covers. $25 
The Land of Hidden Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs 
All 5 parts as they originally appeared in 1931 BLUE BOOK. Includes full color covers. $25 
This volume includes 20 additional pages on ERB. 
The Radio Planet by Ralph Milne Farley 
All 6 chapters as they originally appeared in 1926 ARGOSY. Includes full color covers. $25 
The Planet of Peril by Otis Adelbert Kline 
All 6 chapters as they originally appeared in 1929 ARGOSY. Includes full color covers. $25 

Shipping is $7 priority mail or $3 media mail.
Jim Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 91184. 
Check, money order or PayPal: Jimvanhise@aol.com

THE MEMOIRS OF HORATIO HUMBERTON by J. Paul Suter, introduction by Robert Weinberg
A total of ten adventure novelettes appeared in DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE between July 1932 and January 1937 featuring the Necrologist Sleuth, Horatio Humberton. These stories feature elements of the supernatural, and the outrageous, and are collected here for the first time. Unfortunately only one featured a cover illustration for the magazine. You will not be disappointed with these hard-boiled escapades, bordering on humorous escapist detective fiction.  The ten stories are:  The Angel of the Damned, Eyes of the Dead, The Werewolf Horrors, The Mill of Horror, Seconds of Doom, Shoes for the Dead, Post Mortem, Dead and Buried, The Hairy Death, and The Corpse the Cat Dragged In.

Writing in THE DIME DETECTIVES (The Mysterious Press, 1988), Ron Goulart said: "Horatio Humberton...was a part-time dick and a full-time undertaker. 'Though Horatio Humberton earned the principal part of his living by the
direction of funerals," it was explained "another science, the study of crime, was much nearer his heart. When it came to embalming a murdered man, he could do a good job; but he would be far more enthusiastic in the task of
finding the murderer."  The retail price of this 386-page book will be $50. Scheduled to ship in late March.

THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE DEAN by Merle Constiner, introduction by Robert Weinberg
The Dean operates a fortune-telling business in a disreputable part of town. He is assisted in his adventures by Benton Matthews, a specialist in locks and guns. He also has the ear of Captain Kunkle, and grudgingly, the assistance of Lieutenant Malloy of the police department. Clients arrive with outrageous problems which generally lead to brilliant solutions. These nineteen unusual and unique stories will be published in THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE DEAN, by Merle Constiner and introduced by Robert Weinberg. They were originally published in DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE from August 1940 through December 1945. A folio-sized hardcover, this "Lost Treasure from the Pulps" will retail for $75. Scheduled to ship in late March.

THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF BILL BRENT by Frederick C. Davis, introduction by Robert Weinberg
Bill Brent works for a newspaper, and as punishment he is assigned the "Lorna Lorne's Lost Lover's Advice Column" by his editor. However, inquiries for advise addressed to Lorna often result in misadventures, murder, and mayhem. The fifteen stories to be published in THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF BILL BRENT, by Frederick C. Davis, introduced by Robert Weinberg, were originally published in DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE from May 1941 through June 1946. A folio-sized hardcover, this "Lost Treasure from the Pulps" will retail for $75. Scheduled to ship in late April/May.

Several new titles have been added to the LOST TREASURES FROM THE PULPS series for later in 2004. 
Coming up are:  THE COMPLEAT MOON MAN by Frederick C. Davis - which will include all of the Moon Man stories ever published  and THE MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF DON DIAVOLO by Clayton Rawson - authorized by the Rawson estate, this volume will include the four very scarce Don Diavolo novels from the pulps as well as Rawson's five other pulp detective short stories.  Making it a true collector's item, BSDB hopes to have a new introduction for the book by Clayton Rawson's son.

Mike Chomko is now accepting pre-orders for all three of these volumes.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid.
Contact Mike at chomko@enter.net to reserve yours today.
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 

It is the greatest bounty hunt in history. The targets are the finest warriors in the world—commandos, spies, terrorists. And they must all be dead by 12 noon, today. The price on their heads: almost $20 million each. Among the names, one stands out—an enigmatic Marine with the call-sign Scarecrow. Schofield is plunged into a race around the world, pursued by a fearsome collection of international bounty hunters. The race is on and the pace is frantic as he fights for survival, in the process unveiling a vast international conspiracy and the terrible reason why he cannot, under any circumstances, be allowed to live!

He led his men into hell in ICE STATION. He protected the President against all odds in AREA 7. But this time it's different, because he is the target. With all of his trademark action, Matthew Reilly continues to establish himself as one of the top thriller writers of today.

SCARECROW (ISBN: 0312289588) is a 368 page hardcover from Thomas Dunne Books for $24.95.

There will be approximately 100 tables of pulps and related materials in the Pulp Room. Doors to this room will be open 10 AM - 5 PM on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Island tables are 8 ft long, one renting for $30, additional island tables for $40. No displays, shelves, racks or stacks at these tables may reach more than 45" above the floor or 15" above the tabletop. Wall tables are 6 ft long, one renting for $40, additional for $60. In response to requests, Pulpcon will make available a small number of "U" shaped booths for $175. These will consist of three 6 ft tables with one table and the ends of the other two against the wall. This will result in 11 ft of wall space above tables with the dealer working in front of the tables. All tables are first-come, first-served. Tables are not to be moved without permission. Tables are for the use only of those who rent them and renters must be present to sell their own goods (or forfeit them to Pulpcon for auctioning) unless arrangements are made with Pulpcon in advance. 

Complete registration details and a registration form are available on the  PULPCON website.

This issue has full color front and back covers and is profusely illustrated with full color and black & white illustrations throughout.  Copies are $6 each (postpaid) anywhere in USA.  Six issue subscriptions are $30.
Contact C. Cazedessus II, P.O. Box 2340, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147, email: cazbooks@frontier.net

Shiel's extraordinary inventiveness and admirably reckless style have won him many literary admirers. H.G. Wells called THE PURPLE CLOUD a 'Colossal . . . brilliant novel'. H.P. Lovecraft wrote that the passages in which Jeffson 'roams through the corpse-littered and treasure-strewn cities of the world as their absolute master, are delivered with a skill and artistry falling little short of absolute majesty. Stephen King has acknowledged the book as a major influence on his novel, THE STAND.

This new Tartarus edition reprints the original unrevised text of the 1901 first edition, and reproduces J.J. Cameron's twenty-four illustrations from the magazine serialisation of the same year. Brian Stableford provides a splendidly illuminating introductory essay, 'The Black-and-White Mystery of The Purple Cloud'. 
This 286 page hardcover is limited to only 400 copies.
Publication is expected mid-March 2004.
You can pre-order this book now from Shocklines.

TREASURE OF TARTARY can be pre-ordered from Mike Chomko for $35.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $2 for shipping and handling.
Contact Mike at chomko@enter.net.
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 

March 20 2pm San Francisco CA
  Borderlands Books
  866 Valencia Street

March 21 2pm  Berkeley CA
  Dark Carnival
  3086 Claremont Avenue

March 22 5pm  Berkeley CA
  Change of Hobbit
  2020 Shattuck Avenue

March 23  7pm  San Mateo CA
  M Is For Mystery
  83 E. Third Avenue

March 24  San Diego CA
  Mysterious Galaxy
  7051 Claremont Mesa BLVD

THE TRIALS OF HANK JANSON is a biography of Hank’s creator, Stephen D. Frances, and a history of the Home Office crackdown on ‘obscene’ paperbacks during the early 1950s during which period 350,000 books and magazines were destroyed by magistrates. As well as offering a revealing portrait of the author, TRIALS includes extensive quotes from the official transcript of the Old Bailey trial and a detailed look at how the Prosecution hoped to prove Frances was the author of the seven books found Guilty of obscenity when he came to trial in February 1955.

THE TRIALS OF HANK JANSON also looks at the history of the character after the classic 'Gaywood' days, from Alexander Moring to Compact Books and beyond, and charts the decline of Frances’s fortunes. Having escaped from post-War London to live in Spain, the author now found himself cut off from the character he had created and faced a rapidly changing publishing industry that he needed to understand if he was to make a living.

TRIALS includes 16 pages of colour illustrations and a previously unseen cover by Reginald 'Heade' Webb.

THE TRIALS OF HANK JANSON is available from Telos Publishing (http://www.telos.co.uk), price £12.99.

WHEN DAMES GET TOUGH by Hank Janson
Collects together the scarce early Hank Janson novels originally published in 1946. Only half a dozen copies of the title story, the very first appearance of Hank Janson, are known to exist and the follow-up Scarred Faces / Kitty Takes the Rap is even more scarce. This collection also includes two Hank Janson stories from the pages of the British pulp magazine UNDERWORLD reprinted uncut for the first time. The collection is introduced by Steve Holland and has a previously unseen cover by Reginald 'Heade' Webb.

WHEN DAMES GET TOUGH is available from Telos Publishing (http://www.telos.co.uk), price £9.99.

Visit the Hank Johnson website at http://www.hankjanson.co.uk/  for more information on Hank Johnson, his works, and a look at the fabulous cover art on his books and many others.  This is one website that you do not want to miss!

Valley of Hate is a western set in Wyoming in the 1880s and deals with friendship and greed, and the violent results when these two chemicals come together.  A preview of the first chapter is available online at http://home.comcast.net/~clayburnham/index.htm.  The book can be ordered from Amazon UK.

THE HOTEL - Our hotel is convenient to the City of Chicago and O'Hare airport (an airport shuttle is available for $12 if you call the hotel), which makes it easy for folks flying in, as well as easy to travel in to Chicago if you want to engage in some tourist activities.  The hotel is also located in the midst of a major shopping area with dozens of restaurants, many within walking distance (a restaurant guide will be available in the registration materials given out at the con).  The hotel has set aside a block of rooms for the convention with a special room rate; please be sure to mention the convention when booking rooms. 

EVENTS - The website (http://www.windycitypulpconvention.com) has been newly updated, and please be sure to check it regularly for updates between now and show time. The dealer's room opens to the public at 2:00 pm on Friday afternoon (March 26), with the con suite opening at noon that day.   Our third annual Pulp Film Fest will kick off Friday evening, with some rare, pulp-related films being shown; also on Friday evening will be a panel on collecting original pulp and paperback art.  Films will also run periodically on Saturday afternoon and evening.  Those who attended last year's show were treated to a large display of original pulp and paperback art.  This year's attendees will have a similar treat in store; the art show will open Saturday morning and will draw from many of the top collections across the country – artists who will be represented include Walter Baumhofer, George Rozen, Virgil Finlay, Edd Cartier, Hannes Bok, Frank Kelly Freas, Harold DeLay, Paul Stahr, Michael Whelan, Ed Emshwiller, George Gross and many more.  Some will be for display only, while others will be for sale.  If you've got any art you'd care to bring along for display or sale, please contact us!

GUEST OF HONOR – Our Guest of Honor this year will be famedauthor, editor and agent Frederik Pohl, whose writing career is approaching 70 years.  In addition to a presentation Saturday evening, there will be an autographing session Saturday afternoon.  Or feel free to chat with this science fiction legend as he's wandering around the con!

DEALER TABLES - We will have approximately 100 dealer tables again.  Wall space is sold out, and only a handful of the island tables are still available.  The current dealer list is posted on the website, and includes many Pulpcon regulars as well as several dealers who don't usually do the summer con.  Full tables (6') are $55 each and half tables (3') are $35.  If you haven't reserved one yet, reserve one very soon. 

ATTENDEES & PROGRAM BOOK - Attendees who pre-register by March 1, 2004 will receive their badges in the mail, avoiding the need to stand in line at the convention.  As in each of the past 3 years, there will be a souvenir booklet for the show, which will be given to each attendee.  This will be an approximately 64 page digest sized booklet containing a mix of genre articles and reprints, including a story by Frederik Pohl. 

ADVERTISING - We are also accepting advertising for the booklet.  Rates are as follows: full page size ads (4 1/8" x 6.75") @ $ 60.00 half page size ads (4 1/8" x 3 3/8") @ $ 35.00 business card size ads (3.25" x 2") @ $ 20.00.  The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is February 29, 2004. Please contact Tom Roberts at  tom.roberts2@verizon.net for all matters relating to the show booklet.

AUCTION - There will also be an auction Saturday night. To encourage dealers and collectors to place items in the auction, no fee will be charged by the convention; all auction proceeds will go to the consignor. If you have material you'd like to submit to the auction, please contact John Gunnison at gunnison@adventurehouse.com. 

CON SUITE & OTHER DINING - Finally, as mentioned, there will be a con suite open on Friday and Saturday nights, so stop by for some free munchies and conversation about our favorite hobby!  The hotel features 2 restaurants as well as a sports bar and a martini/cigar bar and there are plenty of other dining choices are located nearby.  While it's unlikely to be in the 80's, springtime in Chicago has its fair share of sun.

We look forward to seeing you at the fourth Windy City Pulp & Paperback Convention! 

Doug Ellis & Cat Jaster 

Contact: Cat Jaster, PO Box 45495, Madison, WI 53744 
http://www.windycitypulpconvention.com
windycitypulpconvention@charter.net
Phone/Fax 608-241-3004

The show is a small but pulp specific event of 25 tables, featuring pulps, pulp reprints and related items, as well as video and a scattering of other collectables. The show is a friendly event, and the city of Toronto has many attractions to offer for a vacation/pulp outing. There is a slide show, auction, and periodic tours of the library's own pulp collection. The library is located in the heart of Toronto at 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

For more information contact Neil Mechem at Girasol Collectables at 905.820.7572 or email at:
info@girasolcollectables.com

Subscriptions to THE BRONZE GAZETTE are available for issues 38, 39 and 40 only at this time. 
Subscriptions are $16.50/3 issues in USA;  $18.00/3 issues Canada;  $22.00/3 issues Foreign. 
Make checks or money orders payable to Green Eagle Publications. U.S. currency only. 
Individual issues are available for $6 (U.S.), $6.50 (Canada) and $8 (Foreign) each (includes postage).
Contact Green Eagle Publications, 2900 Standiford Ave 16B/PMB #136, Modesto, CA 95350.

Subscriptions are $28 for four quarterly issues from: 
The Burroughs Bibliophiles, University of Louisville Library, Louisville, KY 40292. 

Full Color, embossed metal lunchbox, 8" x 7" x 3 3/4", $14.99

ShadowPDF:   Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week.

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 400 stories online!
When a Yank Gets Fighting Mad by Lieut. Jay D. Blaufox from COMPLETE WAR NOVELS [January 1943]
Corpses is Corpses by Richard Brister from DETECTIVE NOVEL MAGAZINE [January 1948] 
The Nail Inside by H. E. Twinells from THE ARGOSY [June 1909] 

EL CAZADOR:THE BLOODY BALLAD OF BLACKJACK TOM will be available in comic shops on March 10th.

EL CAZADOR:THE BLOODY BALLAD OF BLACKJACK TOM is written by Chuck Dixon and penciled by Sergio Cariello with a cover By Mike Perkins.  The outrageous origin of Captain Sin's fearsome foe! His cold heart is as horribly scarred as his frightful face...but how did the deadly pirate known as Blackjack Tom get that way? Find out in this special one-shot as EL CAZADOR writer Chuck Dixon spins a twisted tale of shipwrecks, murder, and cruel, cruel fate!  32 pages, $2.95 

BEHIND THE MASK #67 featuring:
  Sword of Gimshai by Joseph W. Musgrave
  Madman's Trek by Walt Sheldon
  The Fangs of Umkuku by Harlin Messer
  The Crocodile's Saint by Edgar Wallace
  Cover by Ron Wilber

DETECTIVE MYSTERY STORIES #46 featuring Eminent Domain by Branley Allen Branson, The Powwow by Derek Muk, The Trouble With Mona Randolph by Douglas McKinstry, Driven to Murder by Jim Coe, Getting Away with Murder by Kim Wuescher, and Evil Under the Sun (part 3 of 5) by Lawrence Harvey.
Cover by Ron Wilber

Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger cover images.

Each issue is 5.5 by 8.5 inches in size and runs approximately 80 pages.
One issue is $6.30 postpaid. Two or more issues are $6 each postpaid.
Not responsible for packages lost in the mail.
Insurance is $1.10 per $50.00 value and highly recommended.

Order from: 
Fading Shadows, Inc.
504 E. Morris Street
Seymour, TX 76380-2212
http://www.geocities.com/fadingshadows1/

Pulp Replicas now 3 a month! 
Our three new Replicas for March are listed below. Anyone that purchases all three of this month's Replicas will pay a reduced price of $75 versus the actual total of $85.

Girasol Collectables  is going to be showing; as usual, at the Windy City show in Chicago later in March so come on out and say hello.

We lead off the month with the next issue of THE SPIDER. The date is November 1933, issue #2. It has a Howitt cover but he's not quite in the Spider groove just yet!

Our second Replica this month is SPICY MYSTERY, December 1935. An early issue (#8) with a Parkhurst cover.

And last but not least we're pleased to offer ORIENTAL STORIES #1. This is the Oct./Nov. 1930 issue and contains the Robert E. Howard story; TheVoice of El-Lil. This hard to come by short run title has some great authors in it so if you've always wanted to try one out but didn't like the price tag of an original, now's the perfect opportunity.

Coming Soon:  SPICY MYSTERY #2 (Fangs of the Bat), SPICY DETECTIVE #2 (First Dan Turner), SPIDER #3 and up, TERROR TALES #3 and up, WEIRD TALES 1924 Anniversary issue.

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.

DAN TURNER  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective No. 1 (January 1942)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1  (Oct./Nov. 1930) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, TheVoice of El-Lil.

SPICY ADVENTURE  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#8   (May 1935) featuring a Great Middle Eastern motif cover
#22 (July 1936) featuring a Parkhurst cover
#26 (November 1936)

SPICY DETECTIVE  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#10 (February 1935)
#17 (September 1935) featuring Dan Turner and a terrific HJ Ward cover 
#20 (December 1935) featuring a HJ Ward cover and a Dan Turner story
#30 (October 1936) featuring an incredible, truly classic HJ Ward cover
#76 (August 1940) featuring a great HJ Ward cover, Dan Turner, Eel stories

SPICY MYSTERY  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#3   (July 1935) featuring a nice Parkhurst cover
#4   (August 1935)
#8   (December 1935) featuring a nice Parkhurst cover
#10 (February 1936) featuring Batman

SPICY WESTERN  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#14 (December 1937)  Great HJ Ward cover

THE SPIDER  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1  The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2  The Wheel of Death (November 1933)

STRANGE TALES  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1  (September 1931)
#2  (November 1931)
#3  (January 1932) featuring Wolves of Darkness by Jack Williamson
#4  (March 1932)
#5  (June 1932)
#6  (October 1932) Famous 'Worm Monster' cover
#7  (January 1933)

TERROR TALES  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (September 1934)
#2 (October 1934)

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
March 1923:  WEIRD TALES #1 
Available in 2 cover choices: the 'regular' cover, or the recently discovered 'rarer' version. 
Exactly the same, except the black and orange of the cover illustration are switched.

April 1923: WEIRD TALES #2
July/August 1923: WEIRD TALES #5
February 1924: WEIRD TALES #10
April 1924: WEIRD TALES #12

Email Girasol Collectables at: girasol@interlog.com.
A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on
the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/

All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to:
Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables
3501 Glen Erin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9

Visit http://www.howardhopkins.com/page4.htm to download Golden Perils #32 today.

COMING SOON: A new reference book, THE PULP CRIME DIGESTS, should be out in the Spring or Summer. It is a survey, index, and price guide to the hundreds of traditional mystery and exploitation crime digests of the 50s and 60s with information found nowhere else. It features an Introduction by Harlan Ellison and cover art by Robert Maguire (from Manhunt), and an afterword by Peter Enfantino. It contains an issue by issue list with contents, author, cover artist, value for each issue for digests such as Manhunt, Trapped, Guilty, Man From UNCLE, Two Fisted, Bloodhound, Off Beat, Web Detective, Hunted, and about 90 more, some very obscure. The book will be large-size paperback, about 150 pages, and sell for $35 + postage. Copies can be pre-ordered now at the special pre-publication price of $30 + postage.

PAPERBACK PARADE #61 will be out and in the mail in the next few weeks. It features an extensive article on “black” vintage paperbacks, Harlequin westerns, Julius Fast, Richard Layman on Hammett, sleazemeister Con Sellers, news, ads, letters and more! $10 + postage.

Just out from Gryphon Books:
Gryphon Books is proud to release the latest 3 books in our ongoing historic publishing program to bring out the entire 26 book series of Golden Amazon novels by John Russell Fearn. These classic science fiction pulp adventures feature a female Doc Savage type-hero in spine-tingling sense-of-wonder pulp thrillers. 
  #18: Kingpin Planet
  #19: World In Reverse
  #20: Dwellers In Darkness
All 3 books are available now in attractive trade paperbacks at $15 each + postage.
(All 20 Golden Amazon books are currently in stock, $15 per copy + postage)

PRIMAL SPILLANE by Mickey Spillane, a new collection of his comic book prose stories from the early 40s with an intro by Max Allan Collins and Lynn Myers and cover art by Robert Maguire.  Trade paperback $20.00 + postage. 
There is also a limited 100 copy SIGNED EDITION, signed by Spillane, Collins, Myers and Maguire at $40.00 plus postage.

HARDBOILED #31, latest issue of the hardest-hitting crime magazine in the world, with Mickey Spillane, Edward Hoch, and many others, stunning sexy pulp cover by Ron Turner, 100+ pages, out now for $10 + postage.

BOOK SHOW T-SHIRT: This special T-shirt was created especially for last year’s 15th Anniversary of The NYC Collectable Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo, held Sept 7th, 2003, and features “Book-Show Girl”, with cover art based on the Uni-Book, Tent-Show Girl by Steve Harrigan, “Men Bought Her Books At Their Peril!” It’s great fun. Shirt is white with black vintage digest cover image on front and text, sizes are LARGE and EXTRA LARGE, available at  $12.00 + postage.

Media Mail is $2.00 for 1st book and 50 cents each additional book.
Priority Mail is $4.00 for 1st book and $1.00 each additional book.

Shocklines is now accepting pre-orders for the limited edition.  All copies are autographed.
The price is $36 plus $5 shipping.

You can also order direct from Cemetery Dance Publications.  Copies are not autographed.
The price is $40. Shipping is free on pre-orders. 

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE, 3640 Russell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110
48 pages in black and white and full color for $9.
Four issue subscriptions are available for $36.

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE is also available from Adventure House, Bud Plant, and Mike Chomko.

Ethan Gross and Paul Todisco, with Singer, are writing the script, and the studio plans to release the film in 2005. No stars have been cast as of yet. 

Hounds Of Hell by Ron Fortier & Gordon Linzner with spot illustrations provided by Rob Davis, Jim Schumaker and Bradley Walton is a classic pulp tale in 29 chapters.  Chapter 21, A City's Ransom, is now available on the Modern Pulp website. Visit the Modern Pulp website at http://www.modernpulp.com/ to read this new adventure.

Hounds Of Hell is copyright © 2003 Ron Fortier and Gordon Linzner.

THE PHANTOM #2 will be available in comic shops on March 10th.
Written by Ben Raab, art by Pat Quinn, cover by John Cassaday. 
After the pulse stopping action of our last issue, Diana Walker lies on the knife's edge of life and death. The Phantom enters the jungle, hell-bent on capturing the men responsible for the attack. An army of vile and desperate men await him there, lead by a man who's greed destroys everything in its wake. Will the Phantom keep his cool, and bring down these horrible terrorists, with eyes hot with tears for the woman he loves? The drums cry for Vengeance. 

32 pages, $3.50. 
 

Mark Protosevich wrote the latest draft of the script, which reportedly brings Burroughs original up to modern standards. Protosevich has a good track record.  According to Ain't it Cool News, Protosevich's script for Richard Matheson's I AM LEGEND is one of the most highly-regarded unfilmed scripts in recent Hollywood memory.  It's epic and personal at the same time, and it does a hell of a job of turning a familiar piece of material into something fresh. 

Rodriguez will first adapt and direct Sin City, based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller, for Dimension Films.

Lost in a prehistoric land that time forgot, a twentieth century couple must survive the dangers of savage beasts and dinosaurs. Jack Richards, captured by the flying birdmen, is a prisoner of She-la, the self-proclaimed queen of this unknown land. Far to the east, a strange rescue party consisting of wild men and half apes, led by the beautiful French girl, marches through wild, uncharted jungle searching for the lost city where Jack is held.

You can also order from Lulu Books at http://books.lulu.com/content/30204
Price is $10.02 plus postage (Paperback)
Download is $2.00 and CD is $7.00

Visit Tom Johnson's website at http://www15.brinkster.com/jur1/index.html for information on Tom's other novels including the first three novels in the Jur series, Jur: A Story of Pre-Dawn Earth (with James Reasoner), Savage Land of Jur, and Lost Land of Jur.