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2009 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION (#9) MAY 1 (Friday) through MAY 3 (Sunday), 2009 The first pulp convention of the year, the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention, is now only 3 months away! To be held on May 1 - May 3, 2009, we're returning to last year's hotel, the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center (in the suburbs of Chicago). Windy City has been the largest pulp convention in the country the past few years, with over 125 dealer tables and over 400 attendees last year. To date we've sold around 100 tables, and if our pattern of the last few years holds, we anticipate selling out of tables in late February. As always, you can check the con's website, www.windycitypulpandpaper.com, for updates and registration information and forms. We hope to see you in Chicago in May at pulp fandom's largest party! Doug Ellis & John Gunnison www.windycitypulpandpaper.com Being Held At: THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER 70 Yorktown Center Lombard, IL 60148 Hotel Phone # (888) 627-9031 www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html Please mention the con when booking rooms! For our ninth show, we’re returning to last year’s hotel, the Westin Lombard, in the West suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is a new hotel, located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $104/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2009!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. Movie theaters are also a short walk away. And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away. If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel. Please mention the con when booking rooms. For info on the con, please contact: Doug Ellis 13 Spring Lane Barrington Hills, IL 60010 847-217-4241 info@windycitypulpandpaper.com www.windycitypulpandpaper.com SPECIAL EVENTS!! CELEBRATING THE ART OF HUBERT ROGERS! For this year's con, we're pleased to announce that the family of pulp artist Hubert Rogers will be attending, bringing an incredible amount of art for display in our art show. Between works that his family is bringing and other pieces from private collections, we should have around 2 dozen paintings by Rogers and several dozen black and white interiors on display, in what promises to be an amazing art room! Rogers was a top pulp artist for decades, and while most may remember him for his covers for Astounding, he was prolific in many pulp genres. We'll be scheduling some talks about the artist, and tours of the art, with his family. CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPICY PULPS! In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the spicy pulps, we will also have several spicy pulp paintings -- including some by H.J. Ward -- on display, and we plan a number of other special exhibits around the spicies. FRANK HAMILTON ESTATE FRIDAY NIGHT AUCTION! In addition to our regular Saturday night auction (at which we anticipate the return of more rare materials from the Munsey pulparchives), we will also be holding a special estate auction on Friday night, with loads of material from the estate of Frank Hamilton. Frank was one of the giants in the pulp fan community, winning one of the first Lamont awards for the terrific art he regularly contributed to pulp fandom, and a longtime collector, especially of hero and Burroughs pulps. We'll be cataloging the material from his estate in advance of the convention, and posting lists and photos on the website as they're prepared, so keep checking back. MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public). Ages 13 & under are free. Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account pulpvault@msn.com). DEALER INFO: Dealer setup begins Friday at 9 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from noon - 5 p.m. Friday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday. For dealers, tables are 6’ long. Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs. Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80. The dealer room will have around 120 tables. Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35). PROGRAM BOOK: All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $40 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $25 (3.25" x 2"). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2009. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment). ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art, highlighted by our display of Hubert Rogers art, as well as spicy pulp art. For the fifth year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustration-magazine.com). If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show hours will be posted to the website when they are set. AUCTIONS: This year, we will be hosting TWO auctions. Our Friday night auction will consist of material from the estate of Lamont award winner Frank Hamilton. Saturday night’s auction will contain material from many sources. If you have material you’d like to submit, please contact us. WEBSITE: www.windycitypulpandpaper.com is the con’s website. We’ll be posting updates to it periodically up until the time of the con, so please check it for the most recent information. CON SUITE: Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby! FILM PROGRAMMING: Our film programming, which showcases films based on pulp stories, has been tentatively set. Once again, thanks go to Ed Hulse for organizing an amazing program. Any updates will be posted to the website. Incidentally, Ed is now known as the busiest man in the pulp convention business, as he's also on the committee of Pulpfest, to be held this summer -- check out www.pulpfest.com for details. The tentative film schedule -- with Ed's commentary -- is: ******************************Friday****************************** 12:00 pm — The Mark of Zorro (1920). The first
Zorro film is also the most faithful adaptation of Johnston McCulley’s “The
Curse of Capistrano,” serialized in All-Story Weekly during August and September
of 1919. Dashing Douglas Fairbanks was already a popular leading man when he essayed
the role of Don Diego Vega, but Mark of Zorro’s surprise success turned
him into one of the cinema’s first true superstars. Although this film has
always been available in one form or another, we’re showing the most recently
restored version, which was mastered from archival film elements deriving from
the original negative and boasts a newly recorded orchestral score. If you think
of silent films as hopelessly creaky, sit in on Mark of Zorro. You just might
be surprised. 02:00 pm — Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (aka The Raven Red Kiss-Off, 1990). This year our convention celebrates the Diamond Anniversary of the Spicy pulp line, and this made-for-TV movie was the second of only two films we’ve identified as having been adapted from Spicy yarns. Based on a Robert Leslie Bellem story and scripted by regular Windy City attendee John Wooley, this fast-paced mystery is a bit too campy but great fun for pulp fans nonetheless. Note: We’re showing the seldom-seen Fries Entertainment home-video cut, which contains a few shots of partial nudity that weren’t in the original broadcast version. 04:00 pm — The Return of Wild Bill (1940). This above-average “B” Western, directed by cult favorite Joseph H. Lewis, was adapted from Walt Coburn’s “The Block K Rides Tonight,” which appeared in the July 1939 issue of Star Western. Popular cowboy star Gordon “Wild Bill” Elliott plays the two-fisted lawman who avenges the murder of his father. Lovely Iris Meredith, who played Nita Van Sloan in the Spider serial we showed last year, assumes leading-lady chores. We ran an old 16mm print of Return of Wild Bill at our 2003 convention, but this DVD has been specially mastered for us from a 35mm archival print. Following Friday Night Auction — Bombay Mail (1934). An extremely rare film, never made available on home video or to cable movie channels, this nifty programmer combines high adventure and murder mystery. It was adapted from a Lawrence G. Blochman novel of the same name, which originally appeared in the August 15, 1933 issue of Complete Stories. The first of several Blochman yarns featuring Detective Inspector Leonidas Prike (renamed Dyke for this movie), Bombay Mail revolves around the murder of a British official aboard a Calcutta-Bombay train. The suspects include a Maharajah, a Russian opera singer, several Americans, and anti-British rebels. Edmund Lowe plays Dyke; the supporting cast includes Shirley Grey, Ralph Forbes, Onslow Stevens, and Hedda Hopper. Pieces from the evocative musical score by Heinz Roemheld were reused in part many times in subsequent years, most notably in the Flash Gordon serials. ******************************Saturday****************************** 09:00 am — Blackmail (1947). This fast-paced, action-packed
Republic Pictures whodunit was the first Dan Turner film and, therefore, the first
adapted from a Spicy pulp story. William Marshall, a blond “himbo”
who Republic desperately tried to make a star, plays the hard-boiled private eye,
called to investigate the blackmailing of a famous movie director (former matinee
idol Ricardo Cortez). Luscious blonde Adele Mara and haughty brunette Stephanie
Bachelor are the femmes fatale, and Grant Withers appears as Dan’s foil,
Police Inspector Donaldson. Fans of Robert Leslie Bellem’s yarns will get
a kick out of hearing the author’s wacky dialogue spouted by these colorful
characters, their verbal exchanges alternating with fistfights and car chases
galore.10:15 am — Blue, White and Perfect (1942). An entry in 20th Century-Fox’s Michael Shayne series, this polished whodunit was actually adapted from a Borden Chase novel featuring “Smooth Kyle.” Chase’s yarn, bearing the same title, was serialized in Argosy during September and October of 1937. Fox’s screenwriter Samuel G. Engel simply appropriated the pulpster’s plot and substituted Shayne for Kyle. One of the suspects is played by TV’s future Superman, George Reeves. Fast-moving and fun, Blue, White and Perfect is among the two or three best entries in the entire Michael Shayne series. 12:00 pm — Saturday Matinee: The Ivory-Handled Gun (1935) plus selected short subjects. We’re replicating a complete program that any American kid might have seen at his neighborhood theater on a Saturday afternoon in the mid ‘30s: coming-attractions trailer, cartoon, newsreel, serial episode (Chapter Two of Gordon of Ghost City, a 1933 chapter play loosely adapted from a Peter B. Kyne story), and feature film. The main attraction is The Ivory-Handled Gun, a Buck Jones Western adapted from the Charles E. Barnes novel of the same title published in the Second October 1930 issue of Ace-High. It’s one of Buck’s best starring vehicles of this period. 02:00 pm — I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948). No Windy City film program would be complete without a movie taken from one of Cornell Woolrich’s pulp yarns, and this year we’ve dug up one of the scarcest. Based on the novelette of the same title published in the March 12, 1938 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly, this Monogram “B” stars Don Castle, Elyse Knox, and Regis Toomey in an adaptation scripted by former pulp writer Steve Fisher. It’s an exercise in low-budget film noir revolving around the familiar Woolrich situation of an ordinary guy framed for a murder he didn’t commit. Afraid that Woolrich’s ambiguous denouement wouldn’t make a satisfactory ending for the movie version, Fisher actually called his fellow pulpster for advice. Woolrich suggested that Fisher graft onto Shoes the ending from one of his famous stories—but you’ll have to see the film here to find out which Fisher tale was thus cannibalized. 03:30 pm — Private Detective (1938). Perky Jane Wyman stars in this minor but zippy little “B” from Warner Brothers, based on Kay Krause’s “Invitation to Murder,” published in the May 1937 issue of Pocket Detective. A seemingly routine child-custody hearing leads to murder, and female detective Myrna “Jinx” Winslow cracks the case with timely assistance from police lieutenant Jim Rickey (Dick Foran). Clearly fashioned after Warner’s popular Torchy Blane series (adapted from Frederick Nebel’s MacBride-Kennedy stories in Black Mask), Private Detective sports a supporting cast that’s practically a Who’s Who of popular ‘30s character actors. Following Saturday Night Auction — The Law of the Forty-Fives (1935). An obscure little Poverty Row horse opera forgotten by all but the most rabid Western-movie fans, this is the first screen adaptation of a “Three Mesquiteers” novel by prolific pulpster William Colt MacDonald. The movie only features two of the three heroes, however; in his novel of the same title (serialized in Quick-Trigger Western from December 1929 to April 1930 and published in hard covers in 1933), MacDonald focused on his already-established twin protagonists, Tucson Smith and Stony Brooke. A deputy sheriff, Lullaby Joslin, joins them at story’s end and becomes the third Mesquiteer. This movie, which stars Guinn “Big Boy” Williams as Tucson and silent-screen comedian Al St. John as Stony, doesn’t give a name to the deputy character (played by Curley Baldwin). But let’s not quibble. The film is great cornball fun, with the numerous shortcomings—most owing to a minuscule budget and truncated shooting schedule—adding to its charm. And you won’t see it anywhere but here. | ||||||
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Scourge of the Steel Eagles" by Arch Whitehouse from the October 1938 FLYING ACES featuring Coffin Kirk. Once again Brian "Coffin" Kirk and his simian assistant "Tank" take on the evil "Circle of Death". This time Kirk must thwart the Circle's plans to destroy a British naval base in Singapore | ||||||
| AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS DEBUTS FIRST
PULP HORROR TITLE Something big just got bigger. Legendary cover artist Keith Birdsong has painted the cover for “Weird Horror Tales”, an homage to pulp magazines from the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s “Weird Tales” and “Horror Stories”. The collection was written by Michael Vance, and is now available. Birdsong is famous for his extremely realistic covers for “Star Trek” novels, featuring the actors from the movies and television series. He has also done work for “Star Wars”, the cyberpunk role-playing game “Shadowrun”, and children’s books like “The Halloween Hex”. In addition, Birdsong’s work has been featured in films, on Hamilton Collection collectors’ plates, and on U.S. Postage stamps. "Vance offers up thirteen tales of Lovecraftian horror with a deft sense of suspense and heart-pumping terror,” said Ron Fortier, editor of the title. “Earl Geier’s art for these stories is as stark and brutal as a cold knife’s edge. His grasp of terror is second to none, and delivers nightmarish scenes with incredible, horrific feelings. Whereas Keith Birdsong’s cover is simply creepy to the max. It is a work of intense imagination that will pull you into this collection like a twisted siren’s song.” “My stories are founded on the premise that there is something larger than our narrow view of reality,” said Vance. “Each interconnected story shares setting, history, prominent families, and a macro plot. The stories also focus on the Azrealites, a religious cult that works tirelessly to reinstate that ‘Other’ on Earth through science and the occult.” These stories about the fictional town of “Light's End” in Maine have been published in dozens of magazines in three countries, including “Dark Corridor”, and have also been recorded by renowned actor William (“Murder She Wrote”) Windom. The interior illustrations are by artist Earl Geier who is best known for his horror, fantasy and science fiction artwork. In the role playing game industry, his work includes art for “Battletech”, “Call of Cthulhu”, and many others. He has illustrated books for “Cemetery Dance” magazine, Chaosium, Gryphon and Subterranean Press. For comic book, he's had work published by Dark Horse Comics, Comiczone, Now, Innovation and DC Comics Paradox. Vance has written for national and international magazines, and as a syndicated columnist and cartoonist in over 500 newspapers. His history book, “Forbidden Adventures”, has been called a "benchmark in comics history”. He briefly ghosted an internationally syndicated comic strip, wrote his own strip and several comic books. He is listed in the Who's Who of American Comic Books and Comic Book Superstars. The publisher of “Weird Horror Tales”, Cornerstone Book Publishers also publishes Masonic and esoteric books, selected pulp fiction, art literature, limited children's books, and poetry collections. For more information about Cornerstone, go to www.cornerstonepublishers.com. Airship 27 Productions packages and publishes anthologies and novels in the pulp magazine tradition. In the past, Airship 27 Productions has released “Witchfire”, a series of “Captain Hazzard” pulp thrillers, more pulp fiction in “Brother Bones” and “Secret Agent X” and the WWII/SF thriller “The Light of Men”. For more information on Airship 27 Productions, go to www.airship27.com. WEIRD HORROR TALES Written by Michael Vance Illustrated by Earl Geier Cover by Keith Birdsong Design by Rob Davis Edited by Ron Fortier ISBN: 1-934935-39-5 ISBN 13: 978-1-934935-39-2 Produced by Airship 27 Productions Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers Release date: 1/30/2008 Retail Price: $24.95 |  | |||||
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27/Cornerstone Books Publications - Now available! Click on any of the covers for full details
including links to order from Lulu.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books Nostalgia Ventures has decided not to continue as co-publisher of
DOC SAVAGE and THE SHADOW. The last volumes Nostalgia Ventures was involved with
were DOC SAVAGE #23 and THE SHADOW #24. The books are continuing under my own
Sanctum Books imprint. In fact, DOC SAVAGE #24 and THE SHADOW #25 have already
been printed (though I have not received copies yet to mail out) and both DOC
SAVAGE #25 and THE SHADOW #26 will be sent off to the printer by Monday, February
2nd. And of course, I'm also adding quarterly series of THE AVENGER (shipping
late February) and THE WHISPERER (beginning in April). --Anthony TollinThe Shadow and Doc Savage reprint series will continue! | ||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books DOC SAVAGE Volume 24: "The Black, Black Witch," "Hell Below"
& "The Shape or Terror" Printed and shipping shortly to subscribers and retailers! The Man of Bronze wages war against the Axis in three pulse-pounding pulp thrillers by Lester Dent (writing as "Kenneth Robeson"). First, a desperate plea from occupied France lures Doc Savage into a Nazi trap as he attempts to discover the 400-year-old secret of "The Black, Black Witch." Then, in "Hell Below," the Man of Bronze and his beautiful cousin Pat Savage journey to Mexico to prevent high-ranking fugitives from the Third Reich from creating a New World Order. Finally, Doc Savage must die to prevent the Nazis from obtaining a super weapon that could change the outcome of the war. This World War II collector's edition showcases the classic color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Modest Stein, and also features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. Sanctum Books 978-0-9822033-4-7 0-9822033-4-9 Softcover, 7x10. 144 pages, B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | ||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books Printed and shipping shortly to subscribers and retailers! THE SHADOW Volume 25: "The
Gray Ghost" & "The White Skulls" Foreword by Everett Raymond Kinstler "The
weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The Knight
of Darkness continues his war on crime in two more pulp thrillers by Walter B.
Gibson (writing as "Maxwell Grant"). First, not even The Shadow's bullets can
stop his most formidable foe, "The Gray Ghost," a seemingly supernatural adversary.
Then, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane hunt Nazi treasure and a blond temptress
as they attempt to unmask "The White Skulls," skeletal-garbed terrorists who leave
behind a deadly wake of destruction. BONUS: The Shadow battles killer ants in
"The Red Room," a terrifying script from the Golden Age of Radio. This classic
reprint also features both color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein,
classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Everett Raymond Kinstler (who
also provides a foreword recalling his early days as a comic book artist and pulp
illustrator) and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum
Books) 978-0-9822033-3-0 0-9822033-3-0 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | ||||||
| Bob Larkin - Attending this year's New York Comic Con, February
6–8! Painter Bob Larkin (cover artist for Doc Savage, Dazzler, the Hulk, and dozens of others) will be attending this year's New York Comic Con, February 6–8 at the Jacob K. Javits Center. You'll be able to find Bob at Table G-11 in Artists Alley, right next to Colleen Doran. Bob will be promoting his latest projects: THE SAVAGE ART OF BOB LARKIN, Vol. 1. Published by SQ Productions, it's a 64-page, full-color collection of some of Bob's most well-known (and, in some cases, little known) paintings from his 30-plus-year career. The book is scheduled to come out in February, but (as of today) the copies are still making their way to the States on (literally) a slow boat *from* China. A Doc Savage statue produced by Reel Art Studios, based on one of Bob's paintings. Reel Art plans to have the prototype on display at their booth. Full-color prints of a faux Doc Savage movie poster. What might a Doc movie poster look like today, if Hollywood asked Bob to provide the art? Here's your chance to find out!
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| CTHULHU
TALES #11
- Available in comic shops February 4th! by Shane Oakley, Christopher Sequeira & Drew Rausch BOOM! cover artist Shane Oakley takes a turn as writer this month with his haunting "A Whistle For the Deep," a poignant tale of the misfit children of the Elder Gods. Also: "Incorporation," the story of what happens when Cthulhu worshippers invade a multinational corporation at the highest level. If you thought Enron was bad...! Features two alternate covers by Oakley and J.K. Woodward. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | ||||||
| Darkside Press: THE FEASTER FROM AFAR - Now available! THE FEASTER FROM AFAR by Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan was the last of the great WEIRD TALES authors as well as an accomplished poet, editor, and publisher. When WEIRD TALES folded just as Brennan was coming into his own as a master of the supernatural tale, Brennan’s main market for his fiction disappeared. Throughout the next few years Brennan launched a one-man crusade to keep the WEIRD TALES tradition alive in the pages of his small-press magazine Macabre. Published infrequently and run on a shoestring budget, Macabre still did a fine job of carrying the flag for stories of the weird and uncanny. This is the first of four volumes that will collect all of his supernatural and macabre fiction in a matching set. $45 (limited hardbound edition) http://www.darksidepress.com (temporarily offline) This title can be ordered from Mike Chomko and Chris Drumm Books. |  | |||||
| THE
DARK MAN Volume 4 Number 1 - Now available! Table of Contents: Editorials Reviews: James Braddock: From Dockhand to Cinderella Man by Chris Gruber Howard's Eastern Adventures: A Review of The Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Stories of the Old Orient by Brian Taves Blood, Sweat, Tears-and Oil by Steve Tompkins From the Klondike to Cross Plains by Steve Trout Article: A Comparison of the Ideology of Robert E. Howard's Conan Tales and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Ian Nichols 78 pages. Cover price is $10 + $2.50 shipping and handling (media mail). Other forms of delivery are available, just let us know and we'll get a price for you. Send checks or moneyorders to: Mark Hall, 6826 Waldo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 or paypal to mhall@berkeley.edu | ||||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "The Golden Grotto" from May 1, 1933. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Baldy Muzzles the Tiger" by Jack Kofoed from THRILLING SPORTS, Fall, 1943 Featuring: Baldy Simmons Women Can Provide Complications for Manager Baldy Simmons Even at an Army Wrestling Match! "Murder Comes in Threes" by H. C. Butler from THRILLING DETECTIVE, July, 1946 When animal trainer Jerry Blade loses his life, it's just the beginning of a grim reign of terror under the Big Top! | ||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU:
APOCALYPSE #3 - Available in
comic shops February 4th! by Michael Alan Nelson & Mateus Santolouco At long last, we come face-to-tentacle with the big "C" himself - Cthulhu! The gangs all here: Nyarlathotep, Harlot, Lucifer and Raymond face off in a battle that will decide the fate off all mankind. If you have not been reading this book, this is the issue to get! Features two alternate covers by Jeffrey Spokes and J.K. Woodward. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | ||||||
| John Carter of
Mars - Feature film update! Ain't It Cool News reported a few more details about writer/director Andrew Stanton's upcoming live-action Disney movie John Carter of Mars, confirming some details previously reported and adding a few new ones. From Stanton's presentation at the Santa Barbara Film Festival:
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| KULL
#4 - Arriving in comic shops February 4th! Written by Arvid Nelson, penciled by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia. Dark Horse's riveting adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "The Shadow Kingdom" comes to a bloody crescendo, as Kull and Brule uncover further layers of deception and treachery in the ancient halls of Valusia's Tower of Splendor. Over the centuries, the human race has become confident of its complete dominance over the natural and supernatural realms. Using humanity's own arrogance and indolence against itself, a shadowy race of snake creatures has returned to nearly full strength -- and is poised to take over Valusia as a first step in toppling man's soft civilization! Kull, the newly crowned warrior-king, and Brule, a Pict emissary, are all that stand between the snake-men and the decimation of the Seven Empires. Ancient rivalries are put aside as Kull and Brule fight for their lives, their people, and their very souls! 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on February 4. Dark Horse Comics |  | |||||
| Lost Continent Library
#10 - Now available! Lost Continent Library Magazine #10 is now online for free download at http://www.mottimorphic.com. Lots of old-fashioned pulp adventure and related features in this one, so enjoy! | ||||||
| LOST PULP CLASSICS #2: THE HORROR FROM THE
HILLS - Available for pre-order! THE
HORROR FROM THE HILLS by Frank Belknap Long A bloodsucking demon from the fourth dimension mistakenly exhibited
in a Manhattan Art museum terrorizes New York in this long‐lost tale of
the “Cthulhu Mythos”, a saga of extraterrestrial terror taken from
the nightmares of H. P. Lovecraft and penned at his insistence by friend and colleague
Frank Belknap Long. Out of print for decades, we are proud to present the first
modern edition of this timeless work of outer‐space horror.Coming Soon! Lost Pulp Classics #3: The Greatest Adventure by John Taine |  | |||||
| MonkeyBrain Books: Two
Hawks from Earth by Philip Jose Farmer - Coming May 25th!
In this classic of alternate history by grand master Philip Jose Farmer, Native American bomber pilot Roger Two Hawks bails out over enemy territory in WWII, only to find himself on another Earth-one in which the American continents never rose from the waters, and the ancestors of the American Indians remained in Asia and Europe-an Earth embroiled in a world war of its own, with Two Hawks caught in the middle. $15.95 300 pages MonkeyBrain Books ISBN-10: 1932265287 ISBN-13: 978-1932265286 |  | |||||
| PULPS
THRIVE AND ARRIVE AT NEW YORK COMIC CON - February
6 – 8, 2009! Captain Action Enterprises’ Ed Catto will be hosting a Pulp Panel at the fourth annual New York Comic Con. The panel is designed to briefly touch on the historical aspects of Pulp Fiction, and then explore the exciting new initiatives based on this unique American art form. “Today there’s such a strong interest in pulps across the spectrum. Certain fans are passionate for the historical prose while others devour new pulp fiction. And vintage pulp art and covers are more popular than ever”, said branding strategist Ed Catto. “From a marketing point of view, it’s a positive ray of hope in a difficult publishing landscape.” Panelists for this unique gathering include: Anthony Tollin: Pulp Historian, Publisher - Sanctum Books, reprinting The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Avenger and The Whisperer Joe Gentile: Publisher- Moonstone Books and Author F.J. DeSanto: Co-Producer - the new Shadow and Doc Savage feature films, comic/manga Writer Ron Fortier: Publisher - Airship 27, and prolific comic/pulp Author Charles Ardai: Editor and Founder - Hard Case Crime, Author and Entrepreneur Mark Halegua: President- Gotham Pulp Collectors Club Stephen H. Segal: Editorial and Creative Director - Weird Tales Will Murray: Author/Historian, and Writer of seven Doc Savage novels (under the Kenneth Robeson byline) The New York Comic Con is held at the Javits Center in New York City February 6 – 8, 2009. The Pulp Panel will be held in room 1A21 on Friday, February 6th from 4:30- 5:30 PM. No pre-registration is required for this panel. For more information, contact Ed at EdCatto@hotmail.com or visit booth #1862 during the show. Ed Catto is a senior marketing professional, specializing in branding, product introductions and re-launches. Having branded such icons as Oreo, Snuggle, Hot Tamales, Fuji, Lysol, and even Captain Action, he now works with The Branding Clinic, a leading marketing firm located outside of New York City. | ||||||
| Pulpville Press
- Now available! THE NEW STORIES OF TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs Twelve short stories of Tarzan of the Apes youth were printed monthly in The Blue Book Magazine. When collected into book form, they comprised the "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" novel. However, between their first publication and their First Edition publication, Burroughs' edited the stories, adding, changing, moving, and deleting. We present the ORIGINAL unedited magazine texts along with the original interior magazine artwork. Dust Jacketed Hardcover - $27.95 Trade Paperback - $14.95 Pulpville Press |  | |||||
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Pulp Rack - New addition! 2009 marks the Bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe. Given a variety of titles posthumously -- the United States first literary critic, creator of the detective story, creator of the horror story, among other things -- his was a unique talent in our country's literary history. See our notes and links at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2009/01/edgar_poe_200_y.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | ||||||
| RED SONJA #41
- Arriving in comic shops February 4th! Brian Reed (w); Walter Geovani (a); Covers: Fabiano Neves, Adriano Batista, Jackson Herbert The next thrilling Red Sonja story arc begins here as we set the stage for the next years worth of Red Sonja adventures, starting with another exciting saga by Brian Reed and Walter Geovani! Featuring a trio of incredible covers by Fabiano Neves, Adriano Batista, and Jackson Herbert! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment | ||||||
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Spirits - Coming in April! "Smuggling Spirits" takes place in a nightmarish Prohibition-era America, where humans live in fear of blood-thirsty creatures called "darklings." A bootlegger and his young ward find themselves on the run when they stumble upon the key to destroying these deadly monstrosities. As the beasts close in to take back what’s theirs, the two make their final stand in a blend of horror, drama, action, and suspense. The book was selected by Diamond Comic Distributors (the largest graphic novel distributer in the U.S.) as their "Staff Pick" for March, and has received very positive reviews from Rue Morgue, Ain't It Cool News and Comic Book Resources, among others. Studio 407 |  | |||||
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#5 - Now available! It's here at last, issue #5 of the magazine for fans of The Man of Bronze, Doc Savage. It kicks off with a knockout full color cover by Richard Johnson,Jr. and Allen Freeman. Inside are features such as part 5 of SUPER AMALGATIONS, in which Dennis Kininger reviews the Bantam pbk. reprints of the DS pulps...Jeff Vavra examines The Golden Press Hardcover Doc Savage Novels...and Art Sippo pens a 17 page blockbusting fiction outing, "Andy and Ted's Excellent Adventure", featuring gorgeous accompanying illustrations by Tim Faurote. Other great interior art by Kevin Duncan, Laurence DuCheney and Terry Pavlet. And check out Terry's Inside front cover illustration of Pat Savage!!! And last,but not least, is Scott McClung's breathtaking full color back cover! Get your copy now while supplies last! $5.00 postpaid in the USA...personal checks only, made out to Jim Main. 'ZINE OF BRONZE #5 |  | |||||
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#10 - Arriving in comic shops February 4th! Matt Wagner (W), Caesar Razek (A), Covers: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla The thrilling second arc from series mastermind and cover artist Matt Wagner continues as we continue to explore the early adventures of el Zorro! Featuring two covers, one by Matt Wagner and the other a chase cover by Francesco Francavilla! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment | ||||||
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of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Skyguns of Singapore" by Arch Whitehouse from the June 1938 FLYING ACES featuring Coffin Kirk. Once again Brian "Coffin" Kirk and his simian assistant "Tank" take on the evil "Circle of Death". This time Kirk must thwart the Circle's plans to destroy a British naval base in Singapore. | |||||||||||||||
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in April! THE AVENGER Volume 2: "The Sky Walker" & "The Devil's
Horns" The Pulp Era's strangest superhero
returns in two more epic adventures of Justice, Inc. by Paul Ernst writing as
"Kenneth Robeson." First, Chicago skyscrapers collapse after "The Sky Walker"
is seen striding above the skyline, sparking fears of an alien invasion in the
pulp epic that was later adapted to comics by Jack Kirby. Then, "The Devil's Horns,"
a cryptic message traced in a dying man's own blood provides the clue that helps
The Avenger clean up a corrupt city. This instant collector's item showcases H.
W. Scott's classic color pulp covers in the same format as Sanctum's popular Doc
Savage reprints, along with all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban.
BONUS: A Whisperer novelette from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine, plus
original commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books)
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 Note: THE AVENGER Volume 2
will be solicited in the March PREVIEWS. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in April! THE
WHISPERER Volume 1: "The Dead Who Talked" & "The Red Hatchets" "He knows no law but Justice!" The Gray Wraith deals out bloody vengeance
in two hardboiled pulp thrillers by Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich,"
in the most violent series ever published by Street & Smith. In "The Dead
Who Talked," Police Commissioner James "Wildcat" Gordon is ordered to bring to
justice the sinister super-villain known only as The Whisperer. Then, the Long
Arm of the Law becomes ensnared in the crossfire of a bloody tong war between
the Underworld and "The Red Hatchets." BONUS: From the pages of Crime Busters,
the first Norgil the Magician story by The Shadow's Walter B. Gibson writing as
"Maxwell Grant." This instant collector's item showcases the original color covers
by legendary illustrator Tom Lovell and Spider cover artist John Newton Howitt,
classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will
Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-5-4 0-9822033-5-7 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 Note:
THE WHISPERER Volume 1 will be solicited in the March PREVIEWS. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||||||||
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Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series - New! David Luhn explains to Ric the Secret Agent and Prisoner and who John Drake is. David Luhn has written several articles for "Legends" and "Comics Effects" among other magazines. Ric and his 14 year old granddaughter try to figure out the Hammer movie "Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter". Trinity, Ric's 7 year old granddaughter talk briefly about "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" video game. Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage Art Sippo explains who Sun Koh is and talks some history. We also discuss Germany's other Pulp heroes. Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||||||||||
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THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN CENTENARY EDITION Coming to comic shops in April!
Robert E. Howard, Edited by Stephen
Jones Conan the Cimmerian: the boy-thief who became a
mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of
Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian
warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody
doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age. Collected together in
one volume for the very first time, in chronological order, are Robert E. Howard's
tales of the legendary hero, compiled by and with a Foreword and Afterword by
award-winning writer and editor Stephen Jones. Hardcover (0-575-07766-2), 6x9, 944 pages, B&W, $37.95 Trade Paperback (0-575-07780-8), 6x9, 944 pages, B&W, $29.95 COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094606. (Hardcover) The Diamond Item Code is FEB094607. (Trade paperback) |  | ||||||||||||||
| CONAN
VOLUME 7: CIMMERIA - Coming in June! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello and Richard Corben, colored by Jose Villarrubia. Conan Volume 7: Cimmeria marks a transitional period in young Conan's life, as he spurns civilization -- with its turncoats and legal trappings -- and returns to the beloved, brutal country of Cimmeria, where he was born and raised. The dangers found in the snowy mountain passes of his barbaric homeland are a welcome change from the mind games and treachery Conan encountered in the cities of the East, but there are unfortunate lessons in treachery to be learned here, too. When a tentative truce with the Aesir is threatened by the actions of Caollan, the first woman Conan ever loved, Conan again finds himself at the heart of a larger conflict that will test not only his physical strength and cunning mind‹but his passionate heart as well. Trade paperback, 192 pages, $17.95, in stores on June 3. Hardcover, 192 pages, $24.95, in stores on June 3. Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN Volume 7 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB090013. (Trade paperback). The Diamond Item Code is FEB090014. (Hardcover). |  | ||||||||||||||
| CONAN
THE CIMMERIAN #10 - Coming in April! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. As the "Black Colossus" story arc continues, this issue focuses on Natohk, as he builds his army of desert tribesmen, bloodthirsty nomads, and demons to begin his invasion of Hyboria! Natohk has his sights set on the border city of Khoraja first, and he sends his fearsome horde to take it and begin their full assault on Koth -- a country filled with petty, quarreling rulers. Heading toward Khoraja with the rest of Amalric's mercenaries, Conan is still learning the ways of military discipline and strategy, impressing his leader while also making some enemies among Amalric's foot soldiers. Princess Yasmela is Khoraja's remaining sovereign. Haunted by terrifying apparitions and demonic visits, she prays to Mitra for help as Natohk's forces near her war-torn country and her near-defenseless city. 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 15. Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #10 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB090012. |  | ||||||||||||||
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THE BARBARIAN: BELIT STATUE - Coming in April! Hard Hero presents the all new Conan the Barbarian statue Series! Belit, Queen of the Black Coast is second in the mini-series based upon the comic cover, Marvel Comics'S Conan the Barbarian #88 vol 1. This classic cover was illustrated by John Buscema and Ernie Chan and was part of a long-running series by these two amazing artists. Sculpted by Seth Vandable. Belit will be followed by Zula. All three statues are designed with matching bases for a really cool display. Belit stands 13.5" tall and features this beautiful, but deadly female, gripping both sword and dagger! Painted and ready to display, this Belit statue will be limited to a 500 edition run. Scheduled to ship in April 2009. Statue SRP: $239.00 Hard Hero BELIT STATUE is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094899. |  | ||||||||||||||
| ERBville Press ERBville Press is offering a special 15% discount off of the regular prices on the Edgar Rice Burroughs Matched Set Paperback Collection if you order directly from the printer. Click here for details. | |||||||||||||||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Crash Scavengers" by George Armin Shaftel from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, March, 1941 Gravity Ghouls they were called. For when a plane crashed they were Johnny-on-the-spot to the wreckage. Now a mysterious call notified them of a crack-up - before it happened. "Written in Blood" by Richard L. Hobart from SECRET AGENT "X", November, 1934 Lee Ainsley was a good reporter, but as a detective he sure had a system all his own. | |||||||||||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #1 (of 4) - Coming in April! Writer: Michael Alan Nelson; Artist: Mateus Santolouco Fall of Cthulhu returns with Nemesis, an epic origin story revealing the secret history behind Nyarlathotep's favorite companion. Who is Nemesis you ask? Get this book and find out! Be prepared for the shock of your life as BOOM!'s bestselling horror title continues. Available with covers from Jeffery Spokes and Chuck BB. 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 BOOM! STUDIOS FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #1 (of 4) is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094132. | |||||||||||||||
| FLASH GORDON 75TH
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - Coming in April! To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Alex Raymond's signature creation, Ardden Entertainment has put together a breathtaking roster of talent to chronicle the secret history of Mongo! After the events of The Mercy Wars, Flash explores this strange new world and comes across an ancient device that allows him to see into Mongo's recent past - revealing untold tales of Ming the Merciless, Prince Barin, Princess Aura, Prince Vultan and more! Writers Joe Casey, Denny O'Neil, Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Brendan Deneen, Jim Kreuger, and Len Wein join forces with artists Shawn McManus, Joe Staton, Mike Cavallaro, Omaha Perez, Shanth Enjeti, and Pedro Delgado to create an anniversary anthology truly worthy of one of pop culture's first, and greatest, heroes! Available both as a Regular Hardcover edition and as a Special Signed edition. Regular Hardcover, 7x10, 70 pages, Full Color, $14.95 Signed Hardcover, 7x10, 70pgs, Full Color, $29.95 ARDDEN ENTERTAINMENT FLASH GORDON 75TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIALis solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094062. (Regular) The Diamond Item Code is FEB094063. (Signed) |  | ||||||||||||||
| Galaxy Press:
Stories from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard - Now
available! Experience the pulse-pounding stories that L. Ron Hubbard wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in 8 different genres, each of which packed the pages of the most popular pulp fiction magazines of the day including: Five Novels, Argosy, Unknown and Astounding Science Fiction. The Chee-Chalker FBI agent Bill Norton has been sent to Ketchikan, Alaska to track down his former boss, who's vanished while investigating a heroin smuggling ring. Norton instantly suspects the smugglers are operating from inside the local fishing fleet. But six months and a string of declared "accidental" drownings have failed to turn up any clues. Norton's cold case heats up when the local radio station owner emerges, floating face-down at the docks, and a heart-stopping heiress to the halibut trade makes a maelstrom of trouble. The fact that Norton is well dressed and neatly shaven causes some of the local toughs to mistake the agent for a "chee-chalker"—or newcomer—much to their regret. Trade paperback - $9.95 This title is also available in audiobook format! | 
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| Girasol Collectables: PULP DOUBLES #11 - Coming in April! Two action-packed adventures of The Spider from the 1930s and 1940s are reprinted in this 128-page trade paperback. "Scourge of the Yellow Fangs" and "Death and The Spider" are reprinted complete with their original pulp black-and-white illustrations. Girasol Collectables Inc. Softcover, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95 PULP DOUBLES #11 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094565. |  | ||||||||||||||
| IMARO:
THE TRAIL OF BOHU - Now available! Imaro, warrior of the Ilyassai, has settled into life as a husband and father in the fabled kingdom of Cush. Amid his growing restlessness, unspeakable tragedy strikes, sending Imaro on a grim mission of vengeance. His adversary has no face, but he does have a name: Bohu, the Bringer of Sorrow – a sorcerer of immense power and cruelty. As Imaro seeks a confrontation with his most formidable foe yet, the continent of Nyumbani is wracked with turmoil. The balance between the forces of good, represented by Cush, and evil, represented by the pariah land of Naama, has been disrupted. The gods themselves may have to go to war before that balance is restored. In the midst of the coming cataclysm, Imaro travels the length of Nyumbani in search of Bohu. Along the way, the warrior finally discovers his own identity – but will that knowledge help him as he battles a formidable array of enemies bent not only on his destruction, but that of Nyumbani itself? 217 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", perfect binding, $20 With THE TRAIL OF BOHU finally out, all three of the original Imaro novels published during the 1980s are back in print, each fully updated. Charles Saunders is set to get to work on the fourth and fifth installments in the series, neither of which have seen print before. He hopes to get them both out by the end of the year, concluding the saga that he began as a young fan in the 1970s. |  | ||||||||||||||
| INDIANA
JONES AND THE ARMY OF DEAD MMPB - Coming in September! By Steve Perry There's no rest for the weary treasure hunter, but that's how Indiana Jones likes it. Fresh from spying for the Allies in the thick of World War II Germany, the globe-trotting archaeologist doesn't need much persuading to join his cohort "Mac" McHale in searching for one of the most coveted of artifacts: the fabled black pearl known as the Heart of Darkness. On a treacherous odyssey across the Island of the Dead, where the legend of zombi looms large, spiders, snakes, and booby-traps will prove the least of Indy's challenges. And capturing the prize will be child's play compared with confronting an enemy unlike any other, whose numbers are legion and nearly impossible to kill - because they're already dead! Softcover, 5x7, 352 pages, $7.99 INDIANA JONES AND THE ARMY OF DEAD is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094622. |  | ||||||||||||||
| JAMES
BOND: THE GIRL MACHINE - Coming in June! Writer: Ian Fleming, Jim Lawrence; Artist: Yaroslav Horak The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest and most famous secret agent, James Bond, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever in a deluxe collectors' library edition! This bumper action-packed volume collects more ultra rare Bond stories that have not been seen since their original syndication: "The Girl Machine," "The Nevsky Nude," and "Beware of Butterflies." Plus a host of exclusive material including rare Bond artwork and features on the many aspects of the James Bond world, this latest explosive volume is not to be missed! Softcover, 9x12, 104pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 Titan Publishing Titan's 'Nightbird' James Bond Collection is planned for early 2010 release. THE GIRL MACHINE is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094453. | |||||||||||||||
| KULL #6
- Coming in April! Written by Arvid Nelson, pencils and cover by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia. At odds with a dangerous Valusian cult, Kull attempts to use guile and diplomacy -- instead of brute force -- in an attempt to save Pict leader Ka-nu's life and crush the devious Serpent Cult's schemes. Another Pict ally, the headstrong, stealthy Brule, infiltrates the Tower of the Great Serpent against Kull's wishes. Brule is on an assassination mission of his own making, and stealing a powerful, sought-after gem from the stronghold would be an added bonus‹and would bring the wrath of the vicious, shape-changing snake-men to Kull's front door! Expanding upon the events in Robert E. Howard's short story "The Shadow Kingdom" and concluding Dark Horse's first Kull series. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 1. Dark Horse Comics KULL #6 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB090015. |  | ||||||||||||||
| Moonstone
Books - Coming in April! THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #2 Written by Tom DeFalco, art by Don Hudson, covers by Doug Klauba and Jason Millet. A new maxi-series of one-shot comic novellas, with each issue (by a different creative team) telling a tale of one of the 21 Phantoms! The jungles drums are beating, calling the tribes to war--a war the second Phantom must prevent to save an innocent life! How will he manage to keep the peace between the pirates and natives who are tearing at each other's throats, while at the same time make a daring rescue that just may the most important thing he's ever done? 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #2 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094398. |  | ||||||||||||||
| Moonstone
Books - Coming in April! THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #2 Written by Mike Bullock and David Michelinie, art by Silvestre Szilagyi, covers by Joe Corroney and Rick Leonardi/Terry Austin. "End War Part II." The new direction continues, as the Phantom takes on a darker tone in today's Africa! Ripped from today's headlines, Kazi's End War continues as The Phantom enlists the help of a family friend, but helping the Phantom is proving to be deadlier than anyone could have imagined! And the implications of what they uncover will change the Phantom's world, forever. And starting this issue, there will be extra Phantom with Moonstone serializing Phantom prose stories! 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #2 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094399. (Corroney cover) The Diamond Item Code is FEB094400. (Leonardi cover) | 
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| Moonstone Books - Coming in June! Zorro... The Return of the Original Masked Avenger! For more than eight-seven years, Zorro has entertained and thrilled audiences around the world. Now, fans of the original masked avenger can enjoy this second volume of tales filled with danger, romance, and intrigue, thrilling to the further exploits of Zorro as he rides his faithful steed, Tornado, to defend the weak and battle the villains of Old California! In the fall of 2008, Moonstone Books and Editor Richard Dean Starr (Hellboy, Kolchak: The Night Stalker) were pleased to publish Tales of Zorro, the first collection of original Zorro short stories ever published. Now, Moonstone Books is proud to present More Tales of Zorro, the second anthology featuring all-new, original tales of The Fox! This groundbreaking compilation includes never-before-seen stories and essays from a fantastic lineup of today's top writers including Alan Dean Foster, Timothy Zahn, Joe R. Lansdale, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Craig Shaw Gardner, Jennifer Fallon, Carole Nelson Douglas, and Henry Darrow. Trade paperback, 240 pages, $15.95 ISBN-10: 1933076534 ISBN-13: 978-1933076539 Moonstone Books Thanks to Chris Yates for the tip! | |||||||||||||||
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| Paizo
Publishing - Now available! The Reavers of Skaith by Leigh Brackett, with an introduction by George Lucas In this conclusion to The Ginger Star and The Hounds of Skaith, Eric John Stark falls victim to a grim betrayal that turns old allies into dogged enemies. Poised to escape from the lawless planet, and chased through dangerous jungles and across predator-infested seas, the fugitive warrior dodges death at every turn in Leigh Brackett’s final science-fiction masterpiece. 160-page softcover trade paperback, $12.99 Explore fantastic worlds of high adventure with a Planet Stories subscription that delivers the excitement of classic fantasy and science fiction right to your mailbox! Best of all, you'll receive your monthly Planet Stories volumes at a substantial 20% discount off the cover price, and you can choose the shipping method that works best for you (including bundling the books with your other Paizo subscriptions)! | 
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| Paizo Publishing
- Coming in April! Robots Have No Tails by Henry Kuttner, with an introduction by F. Paul Wilson Hounded by creditors and heckled by an uncooperative robot, a binge-drinking inventor must solve the mystery of his own machines before his dodgy financing and reckless lifestyle catch up to him. This complete collection of Kuttner’s five classic "Gallegher" stories presents the author at the height of his imaginative genius. A foreword by popular modern novelist F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack, The Keep) provides an entertaining introduction to some of the greatest humorous science fiction ever published in the pulps! 224-page softcover trade paperback, $12.99 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-153-4 ROBOTS HAVE NO TAILS is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094609. |  | ||||||||||||||
| Philip José Farmer
Posted by Mike Croteau: The Farmerphile #15 is at the printer and will be ready to send out by January 27th. I still have not had a chance to add the details of this issue to the website, but I should have this done by the 27th. If you missed the announcements about it, this is our final issue. I will also be posting a list of which issues are nearly out of stock for those of you who have fallen behind and have only ordered some of the fifteen issues. Contact Mike Croteau as soon as possible to let him know if you plan on coming to Farmercon 91. This will be held June 6th, 2009 at the Peoria Public Library. We are trying now to book a block of rooms for this weekend at nice hotel, and the more people who are coming, the better rate we can get. Since we don't have two major conventions/events happening in Peoria on this particular weekend (unlike last year), we should be able to get everyone in the same hotel, where there will be lots of room for us to meet and hang out (again, unlike last year). Emailing me your intentions now, does not obligate you to pay for a room (and even if you are sure you are coming you don't have to reserve your room yet), I just need to get a good idea of how many are likely to come. So please let me know if you think you can make it. June 6th will be here before you know it! Mike Croteau The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page http://www.pjfarmer.com | |||||||||||||||
 We’ll be updating our web site regularly between now and the end of July, when PulpFest finally gets underway. Make sure to check back every few weeks for information on our programming, updates to our steadily growing list of dealers and additional tidbits relating not only to the convention but also to our hobby in general. We realize that, for some of you, it may seem too early to start planning a summer excursion. If so, you might want to reconsider: our host hotel, the Ramada Plaza, has already received numerous room reservations from PulpFest attendees—and we expect that number to increase sharply in the weeks and months ahead. To make a reservation, call the hotel at 614-846-0300. Please remember to mention PulpFest to get our special rate. At this time we’d also encourage you to check into airfares. In recent weeks, airfares have come down. They may very well drop more if demand continues to soften. Why not lock in your fare this winter, rather than wait until the peak months of spring or summer, when demand goes up and prices begin to rebound? We chose PulpFest’s host city with air travel in mind. Columbus is a hub for many domestic airlines and can be easily reached from anywhere in the country. Southwest Airlines, which is noted for its competitive pricing and customer service, offers regular flights to Columbus from more than fifty major metropolitan areas including Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, DC, Nashville, Orlando, St. Louis, Phoenix and Las Vegas. While you’re thinking about lodging and travel options, we’ll be hard at work coming up with convention programming and arranging for advertising. As promised, we plan to promote PulpFest as aggressively as time and money allows, not only appealing to the known community of pulp fans but also reaching out to collector constituencies with related interests. We remain firmly committed to bringing new people into the hobby. Please remember that PulpFest is your convention. We’re interested in your suggestions. We’ve already received many great ideas and want to thank those of you who have written to us. Your input has been very helpful. | |||||||||||||||
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Pulp Rack - New addition! Mike Ashley is an indefatigable bibliographer, anthologist, and historian of fiction magazines. He’s sort of a genre fiction bon vivant. If you’ve ever walked through the fiction aisles of a bookstore, you’ve probably seen at least one of his many Mammoth Book Of anthologies of stories. The only topic I can think of he hasn’t tackled is an anthology of stories about international covert plumbers. Ahem. I may be wrong. He has written The biography of ghost-story author Algernon Blackwood and a trio (at this count) of books narrating the history of science fiction magazines. A recent book written for the British Library, The Age of the Story Tellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880-1950, is the definitive history of magazine fiction during its heyday. I must admit, I enjoy just about everything Mike puts his hand (or typewriter) to. Mike wrote the article for the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society (PEAPS), a collection of pulp fiction fans, collectors, and readers. Mike very graciously provided permission to publish it here, and I am very, very happy to do so. You can find Mike's great essay at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2009/01/the_longest_run.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||||||||||||||
| PULPS THRIVE AND ARRIVE AT NEW
YORK COMIC CON - February 6 – 8, 2009! Captain Action Enterprises’ Ed Catto will be hosting a Pulp Panel at the fourth annual New York Comic Con. The panel is designed to briefly touch on the historical aspects of Pulp Fiction, and then explore the exciting new initiatives based on this unique American art form. “Today there’s such a strong interest in pulps across the spectrum. Certain fans are passionate for the historical prose while others devour new pulp fiction. And vintage pulp art and covers are more popular than ever”, said branding strategist Ed Catto. “From a marketing point of view, it’s a positive ray of hope in a difficult publishing landscape.” Panelists for this unique gathering include: Anthony Tollin: Pulp Historian, Publisher - Sanctum Books, reprinting The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Avenger and The Whisperer Joe Gentile: Publisher- Moonstone Books and Author F.J. DeSanto: Co-Producer - the new Shadow and Doc Savage feature films, comic/manga Writer Ron Fortier: Publisher - Airship 27, and prolific comic/pulp Author Charles Ardai: Editor and Founder - Hard Case Crime, Author and Entrepreneur Mark Halegua: President- Gotham Pulp Collectors Club Stephen H. Segal: Editorial and Creative Director - Weird Tales Will Murray: Author/Historian, and Writer of seven Doc Savage novels (under the Kenneth Robeson byline) The New York Comic Con is held at the Javits Center in New York City February 6 – 8, 2009. The Pulp Panel will be held in room 1A21 on Friday, February 6th from 4:30- 5:30 PM. No pre-registration is required for this panel. For more information, contact Ed at EdCatto@hotmail.com or visit booth #1862 during the show. Ed Catto is a senior marketing professional, specializing in branding, product introductions and re-launches. Having branded such icons as Oreo, Snuggle, Hot Tamales, Fuji, Lysol, and even Captain Action, he now works with The Branding Clinic, a leading marketing firm located outside of New York City. | |||||||||||||||
| RED SONJA #45 - Coming in April! Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani The countdown to issue #50 continues as events once again push Red Sonja towards a destiny unfilled! Continuing the quest for the Blood Dynasty, Sonja and Osin find themselves caught amongst the victims of the Dynasty and their very fate hangs in the balance! From writer Brian Reed, artist Walter Geovani and cover artists Fabiano Neves, Jackson Herbert and Paul Renaud! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #45 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094202. | |||||||||||||||
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| THE SAGA
OF SOLOMON KANE - Coming in June! Written by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas and Don Glut, penciled by David Wenzel, Howard Chaykin, Alan Weiss and Steve Carr, inked by Neal Adams, Al Williamson and Bill Wray. From his pulp-fiction origins in Weird Tales to his latest Dark Horse incarnation, Robert E. Howard's sixteenth-century Puritan adventurer has captured the imaginations of readers for decades. Now all of the Savage Sword of Conan short stories from the 1970s are collected for the first time: equal parts comics adaptations of Howard's formative tales and inspired new chapters from venerable scribes Roy Thomas (Conan the Barbarian) and Don Glut (Kull the Destroyer)! Follow along Kane's restless travels with pistol and rapier as he is compelled to be a weapon of God, ridding the world of evil wherever it may be found -- from the jungles of Africa to the high seas, and whether cannibal, demon, vampire, or pirate! Contains short stories from various Savage Sword of Conan and Conan Saga issues, and from Kull and the Barbarians #2 and #3, Marvel Preview #19, Monsters Unleashed, and Dracula Lives. 416 pages, black and white, $19.95, in stores on June 3. Dark Horse Comics THE SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB090011. |  | ||||||||||||||
| SHEENA:
QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME 2: DARK RISING #3 - Arrivng in comic shops January 28th! Author: Steven E. de Souza & Todd Livingston, Artist: Lee Ferguson Cover Artist: A) Lee Ferguson; B) Shawn McManus; C) Kalman Andrasofsky Deep in the heart of the jungle, Sheena and her companion Bob Kellerman finally come face-to-face with the horrors hidden in the secret Nazi war base! But when the last remnants of World War II threaten to destroy all Sheena holds dear, she must choose whether to save her own life or the jungle itself! Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50 Devil's Due | |||||||||||||||
| THE STRANGE
ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #1 (OF 4)
- Coming in April! Story: Mac Carter; Art Tony Salmons; Cover: Adam Byrne When an ancient curse transforms young H.P. Lovecraft's darkest nightmares into reality, the timid writer becomes both an unwitting god of destruction and the only person who can battle the evil he's unleashed into the world. One part biography, one part horror pulp, one part fugitive thriller and you have... one weird tale indeed. 40 Pages, Full Color, $3.99 Image Comics THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #1 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB092375. |  | ||||||||||||||
| Subterranean
Press: SON OF RETRO PULP TALES -
Coming in May! Continuing in the vein of the Award winning RETRO PULP TALES, Joe R. Lansdale and his son Keith Lansdale present SON OF RETRO PULP TALES. More stories in the tradition of the pulps, early digest magazines and pre sixties films, this one contains everything from Lovecraftian monsters to demons to hardboiled shootouts to plain ole unchained oddness. So, tuck yourself in bed with a reading light and a snack, and prepare to be transported to wild worlds and weird situations by the pure storyteller tradition. Come on in, the pulp is fine. With tales by Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale (a new Dead in the West story), Mike Resnick, Cherie Priest, and others, how can you go wrong? Limited: 200 signed numbered hardcover: $65 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfuzion Publishing: THE MISKATONIC PROJECT - BRIDE
OF DAGON -
Coming in March! Writers: Roy Thomas, Jean-Marc Lofficier; Artists: Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack Before X-Files, before Torchwood, there was the Miskatonic Project! The Deep Ones have risen and their dark god Dagon awaits his bride — a member of the Miskatonic Project! Determined to break the growing power of Cthulhu, The Miskatonic Project battles slime-dripping monstrosities from the bottom of the sea! Softcover, 100 pages, B&W, $15.99 Transfuzion Publishing |  | ||||||||||||||
| Transfuzion
Publishing: SHERLOCK HOLMES: CASES OF THE TWISTED MINDS
- Coming in April! Writer: Steve Jones; Artists: Aldin Baroza, Seppo Makinen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective, Sherlock Holmes, faces some of his most unusual and horrifying cases in these two epic stories! Holmes and Watson must solve the mystery of the haunting of the great Parisian Opera House as they search for the mysterious Phantom of the Opera. In the second full length feature, Holmes attempts to help a desperate friend who is plagued - by himself in the tragic story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Originally published by Tome Press in the 1990s, these are classic tales of mystery and detection that will thrill every fans of the Sage of Baker Street. Softcover, 104 pages, B&W, $14.99 Transfuzion Publishing SHERLOCK HOLMES: CASES OF THE TWISTED MINDS is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094469. | |||||||||||||||
| Transfuzion Publishing: THE WORLDS
OF H.P. LOVECRAFT: DAGON AND OTHER TALES
- Coming in April! Writer: Steve Jones; Artist: Various Collecting the series from Caliber Comics, the Dagon mini-series is joined by four full-length tales adapting some of Lovecraft's most thought provoking work - "The Statement of Randolph Carter," "Arthur Jermyn," "The Music of Erich Zann," and "The Picture in the House." In addition to the comic stories, writer Steve Jones provides background information on one of horror's greatest masterminds, H.P. Lovecraft. Illustrated by Aldin Baroza, Sergio Cariello, Rob Davis, Chris Jones, and Wayne Reid. Softcover, 160 pages, B&W, $18.99 Transfuzion Publishing THE WORLDS OF H.P. LOVECRAFT: DAGON AND OTHER TALES is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094470. | |||||||||||||||
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| ZORRO
#14 - Coming in April! Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Cezar Reznik Cover: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla Our second thrilling story arc concludes here as the events of the last 6 issues come crashing down! Zorro attempts to save Lolita from the "fake" Zorro - Sgt. Gonzales as the two enemies clash for what may be the last time! Plus: Zorro finds love, but what about Diego, his alter-ego! All this under stunning covers by Wagner and Francavilla (who returns as interior artist next issue)! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO #14 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 28th). The Diamond Item Code is FEB094209. | |||||||||||||||
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| 13th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show &
Sale - Saturday, May 9, 2009, 10am to 5pm! Canada's premier pulp event! The show is a small but pulp specific event, with lots of great stuff for the collector and the curious alike. From 10am to 5pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information, contact us at: info@girasolcollectables.com Girasol Collectables Inc. 3501 Glen Erin Drive, Suite 1409 Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 905.820.7572 There are numerous hotels in the Toronto downtown, in various price ranges, and if you are an autoclub member, pick up one of their tourbooks for Toronto, Ontario, and you will find many additional options and attractions. We look forward to seeing you there! | |||||||||||||
30th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
- March
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| 34th Annual Friends of Old-Time Radio
Convention - October
22-25, 2009! Holiday Inn-North, Newark, NJ (1-973-589-1000) Visit the Friends of Old-Time Radio at http://www.fotr.net | |||||||||||||
| 48th Michigan Antiquarian Book &
Paper Show - March 29, 2009! The Midwest's largest book show will feature about 90 dealers from around the country offering over a million old, rare, and collectible book & paper items for sale! 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html | |||||||||||||
| Adventure House - Now available! G-8 and His Battle Aces #31: "Scourge of the Sky Beast" by Robert J. Hogan What were these strange Monsters of the Sky that winged their way through space, leaving blood and destruction as they flew? What fiendish mind had spawned these beasts that sent the Allies crashing to horrible Death? Only Herr Doktor Krueger could have produced these deadly bats, and G-8's duty was clear, Kill the little beast of science, or let his comrades die! $9.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. Adventure House |  | ||||||||||||
| Adventure House - Pulp facsimile reprints - Now available! Phantom Detective - September 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPAWN OF DEATH by Robert Wallace Follow the Phantom on the perilous trail of murder in the wake of the dreaded Fer-de-Lance in this breath-taking novel of blood-curdling crimes perpetrated by a sinister band of fiendish killers! Thrilling Detective - December 1931, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 HOUSE OF HOODED DEATH by G. Wayman Jones Grim death lurked in the shadow of the mysterious mansion of the murderous seven! OLLIE PICKS A MURDERER by Harold de Polo Introducing the quaintest character in detective fiction! Secret Agent X - June 1936 , 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SUBTERRANEAN SCOURGE by Brant House From the very air itself came that strange and ghastly death. It seemed to be everywhere, wearing a weird pattern of terror. Barricaded doors could not keep it out. The brains and bullets of the law could not combat it. Only one man fought to trace it to its horror home. And that man was Secret Agent X. But Agent X was checkmated by the one he loved best. Adventure House |   | ||||||||||||
| Age of Aces
Presents - Downloadable
PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: Nothing new this week! | |||||||||||||
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Altus Press - Now available! Don't miss these recently released
titles from Altus Press! Click
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| Beneath Ceaseless Skies #8 -
Now available online! The new issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies is now available and features: "Beneath the Mask," by Aliette de Bodard I well knew that only human blood and human lives kept the end of the world at bay. I had abased myself before gods, offered them what they needed, from human hearts to flayed skins; I had wielded many obsidian knives myself in many sacrifices. But the concentration of images in that room seemed almost unhealthy. "Winterblood," by Megan Arkenberg The young man’s eyes fixed on my face, his straight, dark brows elegantly raised. I pressed myself against him and forced down a shiver. It may have only been the wine, but it seemed to me that, even through the layers of silk and brocade, I could feel the cold radiating from his flesh. Audio Fiction Podcast 005 "Precious Meat," by Catherine S. Perdue I lifted my muzzle and sniffed. The wood was different today. Fine dust still hung in the air and sparkled in sunlit shafts. Such a thing this sparkling was. I gazed at it in wonder. Had the light ever been just so before? Was this a new thing? To receive notification of each new issue by either email or RSS feed, please visit the Subscribe page on the website. | |||||||||||||
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| The
Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz - New! Craig Klotz, promoter of Kansas City Fan Conventions talks to Ric about comics and his conventions. We learn about the many comic book guests he has had in his conventions and upcoming guests and conventions for this year. Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage Art Sippo explains who Sun Koh is and talks some history. We also discuss Germany's other Pulp heroes. Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||||||||
| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #7 - Arriving in comic shops January 21st! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello and Richard Corben, colored by Jose Villarrubia Cover by Frank Cho. Tim Truman's "Cimmeria" story arc comes to an explosive finale and tribal politics come to a head, as the fate of Conan's new lover is decided! Conan learns the truth about why his grandfather stayed in Cimmeria -- where the old warrior became a vital member of his adopted village, yet never let go of his daydreams and wanderlust. Brecan seeks to impress his chieftain father and end current clan tensions and disputes, but his "solution" creates even more problems and puts him at odds with an enraged Conan. Everything ties together here, as the first Conan the Cimmerian arc crescendos into a flurry of swords and emotion! 40 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||||||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "The Dead Who Lived" from October 1, 1938. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Photo Finish for a Dame" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, March, 1948 Featuring: Willie Klump Willie Klump, the daffy snoop, gets himself badly tangled in a contagious blackmail case! "Clue of the Dog Claw" by Lon Williams from WESTERN ACTION, June, 1954 Featuring: Judge Steele Be-consarned, fretted Judge Steele, if something wasn't really wrong. Here was French Demeree sitting back and saying nothing to all the kinds of testimony that he'd been objecting to vigorously before. It looked as if the little lawyer had something good up his sleeve, cuss him! | |||||||||||||
| ECOF 2009 - May 29 - 31, 2009! Annual gathering of the Burroughs Bibliophiles to celebrate the life and works of the Master of Fantasy Adventure: Edgar Rice Burroughs Guest of Honor: Thomas Yeates, Renowned Tarzan artist and Illustrator Location: Holiday Inn Express, 4360 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, 886-833-8773 Registration: $75 - Includes Goody Bag, Saturday dinner, Entry to all events, Free table in the huckster room Contact: Don Gray, 916-933-8050 or dgrayjr@sbcglobal.net Make checks out to: Don Gray, 3331 Besana Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 For a flyer with complete details, click here. | |||||||||||||
| FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES
#4 - Arriving in comic
shops January 21st! Issue #4: "Concrete Jungle" – when an ancient artifact is stolen from the natives of an uncharted island of monsters by unscrupulous adventurers, its protector – a beautiful young jungle girl – follows it to Port Nocturne with revenge in her heart and a spear in her hand. There is also a new FEMME NOIR mini-website at: http://www.femme-noir.com Ape Entertainment's website is: http://www.ApeComics.com | |||||||||||||
| Flesk Publications:
Jules Verne's Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Adapted and Illustrated by Gary Gianni - Now available! Hardcover, 64 pages, $24.95 Deluxe Signed Hardcover, 9x12, 64 pages, $34.95 Flesk Publications | 
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| From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images
of Frank R. Paul - Coming Spring 2009! The first and only book on the life and art of the Grandfather of science-fiction illustration. The book is edited with an Introduction by Stephen D. Korshak, a Preface by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, a Foreword by Jerry Weist and Roger Hill, and essays by Gerry de la Ree, Sam Moskowitz, Forrest J Ackerman, and a Paul Bibliography by Frank Wu. The Hardcover Trade Edition is 128 pages of text, color and black and white illustrations. The Deluxe and Ultra Deluxe Editions will have an Illustrated Index of all of Paul’s full-color science-fiction magazine covers and 20 pages of additional art. Both will be 160 pages. Trim size is 9" x 12". The book, although not a series, is a resurrection by the legendary publisher Erle Melvin Korshak of the original Shasta line of science-fiction books of the 1940’s and 1950’s. Publication date is Spring, 2009. Hardcover Trade Edition - $39.95 Boards with a full cloth binding, dust jacket, and illustrated full-color endpapers. (128 pages) (1,000 copies). Deluxe Edition - $59.95 Includes everything in Hardcover Edition, plus a definitive 12-page Illustrated Index of all Paul’s full-color science-fiction magazine covers and an additional 20 pages of art. The book has a slipcase and deluxe cloth binding. (160 pages) (874 copies). Ultra Deluxe Edition - $395.00 Includes everything in Deluxe Edition, plus the book comes in a slipcase and is bound in premium leather over 3 mm foam padding and 2 mm board. The Ultra Deluxe Editions will have an Illustrated Index of all of Paul’s full-color science-fiction magazine covers and 20 pages of additional art. There will be only 126 signed and numbered copies signed by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen D. Korshak, Jerry Weist and Roger Hill of which there will be 100 Numbered 1-100 and 26 Alphabetized A-Z. Of the 26 Alphabetized copies, 15 will be available at no additional cost to the first 15 orders received for this Ultra Deluxe Edition. (160 pages) (126 copies). |  | ||||||||||||
| Leonaur Books - Now available! Leonaur is pleased to announce the next two volumes in its Quatermain: the Complete Adventures series. Some of H. Rider Haggard's tales of the intrepid Allan Quatermain's African adventures are very well known, others surprisingly little known. This exclusive Leonaur collection brings them all together in a coherent and uniform collection, available in hardcover and softcover, for the modern reader. Quatermain: the Complete Adventures 3 by H. Rider Haggard Child of Storm & Allan and the Holy Flower The great man of Africa strides out with two more adventures This is the third volume of the collected adventures of Allan Quatermain—hunter, trader, explorer and adventurer—set once again in the exotic landscape of nineteenth century South East Africa at a time when the continent was still truly 'dark'. Quatermain here ventures once more into the ever perilous lands of the mighty Zulu nation and there in 'The Child of the Storm', the first tale in this book he finds himself embroiled with a femme fatale, intrigue, treachery, sorcery and a battle for the throne of the kingship of the Zulu nation which erupts in into full scale civil war. In the second story 'Allan and the Holy Flower', our hero finds himself on the potentially more gentle activity of the quest for a rare orchid. Perhaps predictably that also involves conflict with slavers, abductions, fierce tribes, cannibalism and a demon god in the form of a giant gorilla. Softcover - $23.99 Hardcover - $34.99 Quatermain: the Complete Adventures 4 by H. Rider Haggard Finished & The Ivory Child Caught between the red and the black—Quatermain at war! In this, the fourth volume of Allan Quatermain's adventures in the turbulent world of nineteenth century Africa, our hero once again finds it impossible to lead the simple outdoor life of a hunter and trader that he always craves. Now it is the late 1870s and the imperial world powers are overtaking the remaining primitive corners of the globe. The British Empire now borders on Zululand and nothing will satisfy the British but the dissolution of the Zulu Impis themselves—in fact the destruction of the Zulu way of life. In 'Finished' Allan finds himself caught up in these momentous times. In 1879 the Zulu War breaks out and Allan finds himself at Isandlwhana within the doomed ranks of red soldiery. In the 'Ivory Child', Quatermain’s adventures become more personal. A beautiful young woman has been abducted into Africa's dark heart to become an unholy priestess. She must be rescued but there are many perils and once again a war erupts between rival native factions which threatens to destroy Allan and his friends. Softcover - $24.99 Hardcover - $35.99 | |||||||||||||
| THE
LONE RANGER AND TONTO #2 - Arriving in comic
shops January 21st! Brett Matthews (W) Vatche Mavlian (A); Covers: John Cassaday In "Reston" writers Brett Matthews and Neil Turitz are joined by illustrator Vatche Mavlian for a haunting tale of monsters and broken dreams... all in the once bustling mining town of Reston, where things are decidedly not what they seem. Featuring a cover by John Cassaday! Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment MATURE THEMES 40 pages, Full Color, $4.99 | |||||||||||||
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| Pixar: John
Carter of Mars - Film update! WALL-E director Andrew Stanton told SCI FI Wire that he is working on a new draft of his proposed John Carter of Mars movie and is aiming for a realistic feel to the live-action movie, his first. "[I'm] deep into it," Stanton said in an exclusive interview at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award ceremony in Century City, Calif., on Monday, where he accepted the award for best picture of 2008 for WALL-E. "I'm on my next draft of it. We're in preproduction art-wise, and we're starting to talk to actors. So it's full bore." Stanton confirmed that Carter, based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, will be live-action. "Yeah, I think that's the only way," he said. "I mean, there are so many creatures and characters that half of it's going to be CG whether you want it to be [or not], just to realize some of these images that are in the book. But it will feel real. The whole thing will feel very, very believable." To read the brief interview with Stanton, click here. Source: SciFi Wire | |||||||||||||
| Pulpville Press - Now available! THE RED THUMB MARK by R. Austin Freeman A MYSTERIOUS THUMB PRINT. If ever a young man found himself in a tight situation, Reuben Hornby did on the morning he walked into Dr. Thorndyke's office in company with his lawyer. Here were the facts as they were outlined to the specialist in medical jurisprudence. Two weeks before the visit to Dr. Thorndyke, a parcel of diamonds had been removed from the office safe where Mr. Hornby worked, while the keys were in the possession of John Hornby. There were two drops of blood on the bottom of the safe and one or two bloody smears on a piece of paper which bore also the very clear imprint of a thumb which corresponded exactly with Reuben Hornby's thumb. There follows the unfolding of the mystery. This is the first volume in the Dr. Thorndyke Series. Dust Jacketed Hardcover - $27.95 Trade Paperback - $14.95 Pulpville Press | 
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| Pulp Panel at New York Comic Con - February 6 - 8! Ed Catto of Captain Action Enterprises, LLC will moderate and the panel thus far will include representatives from the various aspects of pulp publication. Anthony Tollin of Sanctum Books (Shadow and Doc Savage reprints) along with Mark Halegua, pulp dealer/historian and authority on Secret Agent X represent pulpdom's past, while Charles Ardai of Hard Case Crime focuses on the noir crime novels of our genre. Whereas panelist Joe Gentile of Moonstone Books and Ron Fortier of Airship 27 Productions will showcase the "new" future of pulps. Also present will be pulp historian Will Murray. The panel will be held at 4:30 PM in room 1A21 on the afternoon of Friday 6th. The New York Comic Con is being held at the Javits Convention Center in NYC. Weekend passes are $50. Friday passes are $30. Saturday passes are $40. Sunday passes are $30. | |||||||||||||
| The Pulp Rack - New addition! Welcome to 2009! Many thanks to Friend of The Pulp Rack, Monte Herridge, who brings us another essay about a series character from Detective Fiction Weekly. This time around, he fills us in about a short-lived series written by Harold de Polo, about a dandy police inspector named Frayne. You can read this entry by visiting the following URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2009/01/inspector_frayn.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||||||||||||
| Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas
- June 12-13, 2009! Posted on the REHUPA Blog: This year Howard Days will be themed towards the Poetry of Robert E. Howard, and to that end we’ve invited Larry Thomas, Texas Poet Laureate 2008, to be our Guest of Honor. We’ll have other Poetry afficianados on hand as well, and this year the REH Poetry Throwdown will have honest-to-Crom PRIZES! We’re in the process of lining up events and panels for this year’s gathering, but rest assured the tried and true activities remain in place: the Bus and Walking Tours, the Friday Night Banquet and Silent Auction, the Saturday night Barbeque at Caddo Ranch, and most important of all; the Robert E. Howard Museum will be open both days for tours, with the adjoining Alla Ray Morris Pavilion available for all who show up. So stay tuned to this blog, and information will also be posted over at the REH Foundation website, along with the Cimmerian and REH: Two-Gun Raconteur sites. If you’re antsy for information right now regarding hotels and other accomodations and information, click on the REH Days 2008 tab at the top of this page. So look for more detailed information both here in the blog and the updated REH Days 2009 page within a week, and we’ll help make your Howard Days experience a memorable one. | |||||||||||||
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Don't
miss these recently released titles from Wild Cat Books! Click
on any of the covers for full details to order from Lulu.com and Amazon.com! Visit the Wild Cat Books website at http://www.wildcatbooks.net/
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| 2009 Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention
- May 1- 3, 2009! This year's theme for our convention is the 75th Anniversary of the SPICY line of pulps. Some great badge art by Randy Broecker is expected. We will be making a special announcement soon, in regards to our negotiations on an estate that will be auctioned at this year's convention. We plan on having the material in advance, photographed and promoted...so keep a sharp eye out! Location: Westin Lombard Yorktown Center - 70 Yorktown Center - Lombard, IL 60148 Phone: 888-627-9031 - PLEASE BE SURE TO MENTION WINDY CITY PULP AND PAPER CONVENTION WHEN BOOKING! Visit the Windy City website at http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/ | |||||||||
| Adventure House -
Now available! HIGH ADVENTURE #104 featuring Jim Anthony in "Bloated Death" by John Grange Tired of the superficialities of civilization, Jim Anthony goes back to the forest of his ancestors, little realizing that all the evil workings of mankind that have so sickened him in the big city are also to be found under stark, primitive conditions. From Super-Detective 01/41 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 Adventure House |  | ||||||||
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: Nothing new this week! And while
you are visiting the Age of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air
War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| ALTER EGO #83 - Arriving in comic
shops January 14th! Alter Ego presents Sword-and-Sorcery in the Comics - Part II! Behind a powerful barbarian cover by Arthur Suydam, Alter Ego takes an in-depth look at the likes of Marvel's Conan the Barbarian (and his Robert E. Howard henchmen), DC's Sword of Sorcery (starring Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser), Dagar the Invincible, the Seaboard/Atlas barbarians Ironjaw and Wulf, Arak, Son of Thunder, among others, and includes the never-before-seen Valda the Iron Maiden series by a youngster named Todd McFarlane! Plus, check out awesome art and artifacts by Adams, Alcala, Chaykin, Colon, the Brothers Buscema, DeZuniga, Fleischer, Hama, Kane, the Severins, Simonson, Stalin, the Thomases, and Windsor-Smith - also, Joe Edwards (Part 2), FCA, Mr. Monster's Comic Crypt, Comic Fandom Archive, and more! Twomorrows Publishing Magazine, 100 pages, $6.95 |  | ||||||||
| Altus
Press - Now available! Don't
miss these recently released titles from Altus Press! Click
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now shipping to subscribers and retailers! THE
SHADOW Volume 24: "Washington Crime" & "Quetzal" "As
you sow evil, so shall you reap evil. Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The
Dark Avenger returns in two riveting espionage thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing
as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow teams up with America's top secret agent
to combat a beautiful international spy and "Washington Crime." Then, in
a shadowy sequel, the U.S. State Department sends "El Ombre" to Mexico to prevent
the foreign agent code-named "Quetzal" from selling the blueprints for a top-secret
military installation to an enemy power. This classic reprint also features
both color pulp covers by George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations by
Edd Cartier, "Shadowing the 1960s Spy Craze" by Anthony Tollin and commentary
by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions) 978-1-934943-18-2
1-934943-18-5Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now shipping to subscribers and retailers! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 23: "Fantastic Island" & "Danger Lies East" The
pulp era's greatest action hero returns in epic tales of international intrigue
by W. Ryerson Johnson and Lester Dent (writing as "Kenneth Robeson"). First, the
disappearance of Johnny Littlejohn leads the Man of Bronze and the beautiful Pat
Savage to a madman's deadly "Fantastic Island" in the epic pulp novel that TIME
observed: "Ian Fleming obviously ransacked when he wrote Dr. No" Then, in
"Danger Lies East," Doc Savage goes undercover for the State Department to prevent
a Middle East holy war. BONUS STORY: "Talking Toad," Lester Dent's first Gadget
Man story from the pages of Crime Busters. This instant collector's item showcases
the classic color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Walter Swenson, and also
features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and Edd Cartier,
and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum
Productions) 978-1-934943-17-5 1-934943-17-7 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||||
| Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
- Now available! THE COMPLEAT SAGA OF JOHN SOLOMON A three-volume set containing all 25 of H. Bedford-Jones stories about his portly, Cockney adventurer, John Solomon, reprinted from Argosy, People’s, Far East Adventure and The Boston Globe. $250 (limited hardbound) You can order these direct from the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box by clicking on the link to the BSDB website and then click on the ISBN for the desired book and an email window will open to contact the publisher. You can also order from Mike Chomko. Mike will be receiving his Battered Silicon order at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention at the beginning of May 2009. If ordering, your payment will be due at that time. The publisher does not like to ship large orders through the mail. |  | ||||||||
| THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF THE GOLDEN AMAZON, VOLUME THREE The third and final volume of John Russell Fearn’s series featuring the science fiction adventures of his wonder woman, the “Golden Amazon” contains the last eleven stories. $90 (limited hardbound) The first two volumes of Fearn’s Golden Amazon series are also available for $90 each. You can order these direct from the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box by clicking on the link to the BSDB website and then click on the ISBN for the desired book and an email window will open to contact the publisher. You can also order from Mike Chomko. Mike will be receiving his Battered Silicon order at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention at the beginning of May 2009. If ordering, your payment will be due at that time. The publisher does not like to ship large orders through the mail. |  | ||||||||
| Black Coat
Press - Now available! SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VAMPIRES OF ETERNITY The vast tapestry of time is the theater of a war between the Overmen, descendents of the vampires, humanity and the shadowy intelligence that waits at the End of Time. Sherlock Holmes, Count Dracula, the mercurial Oscar Wilde, William Hope Hodgson, the visionary H. G. Wells and many other figures from the literary firmament become pawns and players in a conflict that spans the entire course of universal history in this novel written by Brian Stableford, this is the first volume in an Alternate History saga that embraces the works of Mary Shelley, Paul Feval, Alexandre Dumas and others. Visit the Black Coat Press website at http://www.blackcoatpress.com/ |  | ||||||||
| The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! The Book Cave has started a weekly podcast of which the first four episodes are now available online. Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage Art Sippo explains who Sun Koh is and talks some history. We also discuss Germany's other Pulp heroes. Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||||
| CONAN
VOLUME 7: CIMMERIA - Coming in June! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello and Richard Corben, colored by Jose Villarrubia. Conan Volume 7: Cimmeria marks a transitional period in young Conan's life, as he spurns civilization -- with its turncoats and legal trappings -- and returns to the beloved, brutal country of Cimmeria, where he was born and raised. The dangers found in the snowy mountain passes of his barbaric homeland are a welcome change from the mind games and treachery Conan encountered in the cities of the East, but there are unfortunate lessons in treachery to be learned here, too. When a tentative truce with the Aesir is threatened by the actions of Caollan, the first woman Conan ever loved, Conan again finds himself at the heart of a larger conflict that will test not only his physical strength and cunning mind‹but his passionate heart as well. Trade paperback, 192 pages, $17.95, in stores on June 3. Hardcover, 192 pages, $24.95, in stores on June 3. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||
| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #10 -
Coming in April! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. As the "Black Colossus" story arc continues, this issue focuses on Natohk, as he builds his army of desert tribesmen, bloodthirsty nomads, and demons to begin his invasion of Hyboria! Natohk has his sights set on the border city of Khoraja first, and he sends his fearsome horde to take it and begin their full assault on Koth -- a country filled with petty, quarreling rulers. Heading toward Khoraja with the rest of Amalric's mercenaries, Conan is still learning the ways of military discipline and strategy, impressing his leader while also making some enemies among Amalric's foot soldiers. Princess Yasmela is Khoraja's remaining sovereign. Haunted by terrifying apparitions and demonic visits, she prays to Mitra for help as Natohk's forces near her war-torn country and her near-defenseless city. 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 15. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||
| DARKSIDE PRESS/MIDNIGHT HOUSE THE FEASTER FROM AFAR Joseph Payne Brennan was the last of the great Weird Tales authors as well as an accomplished poet, editor, and publisher. When Weird Tales folded just as Brennan was coming into his own as a master of the supernatural tale, Brennan’s main market for his fiction disappeared. Throughout the next few years Brennan launched a one-man crusade to keep the Weird Tales tradition alive in the pages of his small-press magazine Macabre. Published infrequently and run on a shoestring budget, Macabre still did a fine job of carrying the flag for stories of the weird and uncanny. This is the first of four volumes that will collect all of his supernatural and macabre fiction in a matching set. $45 (limited hardbound edition) The Darkside Press website is presently offline. Pre-orders are being accepted by Mike Chomko. | |||||||||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Malibu Mess" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, December, 1942 Featuring: Dan Turner Nothing can be so mixed up as a couple of scrambled Hollywood marriages - with everybody wanting to kill everybody else. Dan is on hand to prevent things going quite that far . . . "Southernizing Jimmie" by A. T. Locke and B. M. Conlon from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, September 18, 1915 Vaudeville performer Jimmie McLellan is contemptuous of the South and its women, until he meets a particular Southern female. | |||||||||
| EDD CARTIER Famous pulp magazine illustrator of THE SHADOW, UNKNOWN and ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION (Also Street & Smith's Red Dragon Comics, Super-Magician Comics, King Features and Harvey Comics) Written by Anthony Tollin
The Shadow's Sanctum obituary is at http://shadowsanctum.com/blog.html The Associated Press obituary is at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_us/obit_cartier_1 The New York Times obituary is at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08cartier.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries Thanks to Anthony Tollin for permission to post the obituary. | |||||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU: APOCALYPSE #2
- Arriving in comic
shops January 14th! by Michael Alan Nelson & Mark Dos Santos The Apocalypse is upon us! The culmination of the sweeping storyline that began in the original Fall of Cthulhu series comes to a head in Apocalypse as the ultimate war between gods and men is upon us! Features two alternate covers, one by Jeffrey Spokes! BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | |||||||||
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| KULL #6 - Coming in April! Written by Arvid Nelson, pencils and cover by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia. At odds with a dangerous Valusian cult, Kull attempts to use guile and diplomacy -- instead of brute force -- in an attempt to save Pict leader Ka-nu's life and crush the devious Serpent Cult's schemes. Another Pict ally, the headstrong, stealthy Brule, infiltrates the Tower of the Great Serpent against Kull's wishes. Brule is on an assassination mission of his own making, and stealing a powerful, sought-after gem from the stronghold would be an added bonus‹and would bring the wrath of the vicious, shape-changing snake-men to Kull's front door! Expanding upon the events in Robert E. Howard's short story "The Shadow Kingdom" and concluding Dark Horse's first Kull series. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 1. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||
| The
Magazine of Fantasy & SF The Magazine of Fantasy & SF is switching to bimonthly publication. 'Rising costs -- especially postal costs -- and the economy put us in a position where we either had to raise our rates severely or cut back somewhere. Given the state of the economy, I decided a cutback on frequency made the most sense. We'll lose a little more than 10% of our content this year, but publishing on a bimonthly schedule should put us in a great position for the coming years. Source: Ansible | |||||||||
| Mike Chomko - January 2009 newsletter is now available! Mike's January 2009 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. 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 Please note that Mike Chomko has a new E-mail address. It is listed in his catalog. | |||||||||
| Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM ANNUAL #2
- Arriving in comic shops January 14th! by Mike Bullock, Kevin Grevioux & Samicler Goncalves Lee Falk's Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom come together in one comic for the first time! When a botanist is thrown from a high-rise window in NYC, the murderer's trail leads Mandrake and Lothar to the far away jungles of Bangalla, where it's up to them and The Phantom to find the killers. But the plot they uncover is far more sinister than cold blooded murder. Can they stop the killers before they strike again or will our heroes become the next victims? By Mike Bullock and Kevin Grevioux (Underworld, New Warriors)! A limited edition noir cover by Nick Derington is also available, limited to just 300 copies! 48 pages, Full Color, $5.99 Moonstone Books |  | ||||||||
| Philip José Farmer: The Evil in Pemberley House
- Coming in September/October! "For over thirty years, readers have marveled at Philip José Farmer's inventive integration of popular fiction and literature's most beloved characters, in a mythical web known as the Wold Newton Family. First described in the fictional biographies Tarzan Alive: The Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, Farmer expanded his Wold Newton mythos in novels such as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, The Adventure of the Peerless Peer, Time's Last Gift, Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan Novel, and Escape from Loki: Doc Savage's First Adventure. The Evil in Pemberley House, an addition to the Wold Newton cycle, plays with the Gothic horror tradition. Patricia Wildman, the daughter of the world-renowned adventurer and crimefighter of the 1930s and '40s, Dr. James Clarke "Doc" Wildman, is all alone in the world when she inherits the family estate in Derbyshire, England, old, dark, and supposedly haunted. But Farmer, characteristically, turns convention on its ear. Is the ghost real, or a clever sham? In Patricia Wildman, Farmer creates an introspective character who struggles to reconcile the supernatural with her rational scientific upbringing, while also attempting to work through unresolved feelings about her late parents. He sets the action at Pemberley from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and ingrains the various mysteries in the Canon of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Evil in Pemberley House is a darkly erotic novel with broad appeal to readers of pulp and popular literature, particularly followers of Doc Savage, Sherlockians, and fans of Farmer's own celebrated Wold Newton Family." Looks like Subterranean Press' projected release date for the Trade hardback edition is September 2009 (based on the Amazon.com listing), with a list price of $35. ISBN-10: 1596062495 ISBN-13: 978-1596062498 More info about cover art, the Limited edition with Chapbook, etc., as it becomes available. Source: Win Scott Eckert | |||||||||
| PIGEONS FROM HELL - Arriving in comic
shops January 14th! Written by Joe R. Lansdale, art by Nathan Fox, colored by Dave Stewart. Master horror storyteller Joe R. Lansdale throws his scathing wit and wild, otherworldly creations into the mix as he brings Robert E. Howard's classic tale of dark revenge to the present . . . and into the unwilling lives of the Blassenville mansion heirs, twin sisters Claire and Janet. When Griswell fled the Blassenville estate those many years ago, he couldn't have imagined the grotesque horrors that would eclipse the ones he saw then -- but they're here. This fresh take on the classic Pigeons from Hell story delves deeper into the dark mansion's past while also digging up some fresh, imaginative demons, as Claire and Janet unknowingly bring their friends into an unearthly death trap! Collecting the four-issue miniseries. 112 pages, $13.95, in stores on January 21. Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||
| Planetary Stories #13 and Pulp Spirit #4
- Now available! Lucky 13! It starts with a cover by Taral Wayne, then goes on to new stories by Lou Antonelli and Edward Morris, another Nadir McGuirk story, and others. Planetary Stories and Pulp Spirit have illustrations by Ron Wilber, Mark Fults, Jim Garrison, Roy Coker, Paul McCall, and Tim Riley. Our letter column, From the Vibrating Ether, includes some newcomers as well as a bio of Roy Coker, one of our very talentend artists. In Pulp Spirit 4, you'll find a great adventure novelette by Scott Cranford, set in the 1920s and introducing two new characters, Graveyard Tombs and Tom Sandie who have a mystery on their hands about a trainload of gold that disappeared. It's called "The Case of the Vanished Gold." There's also a story by Erwin K. Roberts called "How the Name Came," set in the Pacific during World War 2. Plus a poem, "The Beast that Owned a Table" by Anthony Larson, an Armadillo story, "The Armadillo Always Falls Twice," and a western "The Tin Star" by Tom Johnson. Two features, this time: "We Salute Nick Carr" pays tribute to one of the founders of pulp fandom, and "PulpRack: Beauty and the Beast" reviews stories from such pulps as Jungle Stories, Amazing Stories, Ranch Romances, Argosy, Fantastic Novels and Stories of Sheena. http://www.planetarystories.com | |||||||||
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| THE SAGA
OF SOLOMON KANE - Coming in June! Written by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas and Don Glut, penciled by David Wenzel, Howard Chaykin, Alan Weiss and Steve Carr, inked by Neal Adams, Al Williamson and Bill Wray. From his pulp-fiction origins in Weird Tales to his latest Dark Horse incarnation, Robert E. Howard's sixteenth-century Puritan adventurer has captured the imaginations of readers for decades. Now all of the Savage Sword of Conan short stories from the 1970s are collected for the first time: equal parts comics adaptations of Howard's formative tales and inspired new chapters from venerable scribes Roy Thomas (Conan the Barbarian) and Don Glut (Kull the Destroyer)! Follow along Kane's restless travels with pistol and rapier as he is compelled to be a weapon of God, ridding the world of evil wherever it may be found -- from the jungles of Africa to the high seas, and whether cannibal, demon, vampire, or pirate! Contains short stories from various Savage Sword of Conan and Conan Saga issues, and from Kull and the Barbarians #2 and #3, Marvel Preview #19, Monsters Unleashed, and Dracula Lives. 416 pages, black and white, $19.95, in stores on June 3. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||
| SOLOMON KANE #4 - Arriving in comic
shops January 14th! Written by Scott Allie, penciled by Mario Guevara, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by John Cassaday. An action-filled frenzy! With his host wounded -- and bodies piling up in both the Black Forest and the Castle of the Devil -- Solomon Kane tries to keep himself and his deceptively simple companion, John Silent, from quick deaths on the gallows. The lovely, scheming Mahasti is missing, supernatural horrors lurk in the forest, and Baron von Staler becomes a bit unhinged. Expanding upon Robert E. Howard's unfinished "Castle of the Devil" story. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on December 24. Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||
| ThrillerFest 2009 -
July 8-11, 2009! ThrillerFest is Summer Camp for readers, fans, writers, industry professionals and those just looking for a great time! It's a place to see old friends and meet new ones. It's with this spirit that we've begun our journey to ThrillerFest 2009. Again this year, we've got a phenomenal team working hard to make 2009 the best ThrillerFest on record. I'm proud to announce that Shirley Kennett will be the 2009 ThrillerFest Chairperson. Shane Gericke and Christine Kling join us as Assistant Chairs. Dennis Kennett joins us Registrar. And we are very fortunate to have Executive Director Liz Berry returning again this year to crack the whip, keep us all in line, and make sure we're having a great time as we work. ThrillerFest 2009 will be upon us in a blink and we promise you that it will be the best one to date. We're already brewing up some very special surprises! Registration is open with great Early Bird rates. Register NOW! http://www.thrillerwriters.org/thrillerfest/index.html | |||||||||
| WAR EAGLES - Now available! Inspired by an original concept by Merian C. Cooper Just prior to the start of WWII, a publicly humiliated Army Air Corps test pilot, court-martialed and discharged from the service for an unauthorized flight that ultimately endangered the life of President Roosevelt, takes the only job he can get – flying an experimental airplane around the world from pole to pole. When his plane is unexpectedly attacked and crashes on an uncharted island above the Arctic Circle, the pilot discovers a strange land inhabited by a lost tribe of Norsemen who ride giant eagles and, in a surprising turn of events, becomes America’s only hope against a devastating sneak attack by the Nazis and their powerful new electromagnetic weapon. Merian C. Cooper was larger-than-life — producer, ace fighter pilot, explorer, much like the men in his movies. He was also a mentor for Ray Harryhausen, who became the undisputed master of stop-motion photography and produced films including The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 20 Million Miles to Earth and Clash of the Titans. Now, Ray Harryhausen proudly reintroduces Cooper’s dream project, War Eagles, to the world as the first entry in the Ray Harryhausen Presents brand of new novels. Screenwriter, filmmaker and author Carl Macek first came to public attention as the producer, writer and story editor of the influential animated television series Robotech (1985). Known as one of the foremost producers of anime adaptations thru the 1980s and 90s, Macek has recently turned his attention to new material outside the field of animation. ISBN: 1-932431-74-8 ISBN 13: 978-1932431742 Author: Carl Macek Inspired by an original concept by Merian C. Cooper Cover art by William Stout Trade Paperback, 6 x 9, 252 pages, $16.95 Angel Gate Press Thanks to Greg Gick for the info! |  | ||||||||
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: Nothing new this week! And while
you are visiting the Age of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air
War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc
Coming later this month! THE AVENGER Volume 1: "Justice,
Inc." & "The Yellow Horde" The
Pulp Era's most intriguing superhero returns in his first two epic adventures
by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a devastating personal tragedy
forges adventurer Richard Henry Benson into a "Man of Steel," leading him to assemble
the crime-fighting team called "Justice, Inc." Then, murder sets The Avenger on
the trail of "The Yellow Horde," the secret treasure of the Aztecs. This
instant collector's item showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, and reprints
all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban. Pulp historian Will Murray
provides commentary, revealing how The Shadow's Walter Gibson and Doc Savage's
Lester Dent helped develop The Avenger, a character who also appeared in Street
& Smith and DC comics. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover,
7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc DOC SAVAGE Volume 24: "The Black, Black Witch," "Hell Below"
& "The Shape or Terror" Coming later this month! The Man of Bronze wages war against the Axis in three pulse-pounding pulp thrillers by Lester Dent (writing as "Kenneth Robeson"). First, a desperate plea from occupied France lures Doc Savage into a Nazi trap as he attempts to discover the 400-year-old secret of "The Black, Black Witch." Then, in "Hell Below," the Man of Bronze and his beautiful cousin Pat Savage journey to Mexico to prevent a fugitive from the Third Reich from creating a New World Order. Finally, Doc Savage must die to prevent the Nazis from obtaining a deadly weapon that could change the outcome of the war. This World War II collector's edition showcases the classic color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Modest Stein, and also features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. 144 pages, B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming later this month! THE
SHADOW Volume 25: "The Gray Ghost" & "The White Skulls" Foreword by Everett Raymond Kinstler "The
weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The Knight
of Darkness continues his war on crime in two more pulp thrillers by Walter B.
Gibson (writing as "Maxwell Grant"). First, not even The Shadow's bullets can
stop his most formidable foe, "The Gray Ghost," a seemingly supernatural adversary.
Then, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane hunt Nazi treasure and a blonde temptress
as they attempt to unmask "The White Skulls," skeletal-garbed terrorists who leave
behind a deadly wake of destruction. BONUS: The Shadow battles killer ants in
"The Red Room," a terrifying script from the Golden Age of Radio. This classic
reprint also features both color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein,
classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Everett Raymond Kinstler (who
also provides a foreword recalling his early days as a comic book artist and pulp
illustrator) and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Productions) 978-1-934943-23-6 1-934943-23-1 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||
| Beneath
Ceaseless Skies #7 - Now available online! The fourth issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies is now available and features: "Snake in the Glass," by P.E. Cunningham "How little you understand. A man of power is at war with everything that lives. LeKestra knows this. So do I. You, Therese, on the other hand, have yet to learn the importance of choosing the right side." "Sand-Skin Man," by K.C. Shaw I held my father while he died. It was all I could do, but I whispered fiercely, "Father, I'll get your sword back one day. One day when he least expects it." I'm not sure Father could hear me by then, but I never forgot my promise. To receive notification of each new issue by either email or RSS feed, please visit the Subscribe page on the website. | |||||||||
| BlackBart
Books - Now available! --And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree: Queen of the Black Coast and Others by Robert E Howard (Author), Arnie Fenner (Foreword), H. P. Lovecraft (Afterword) As one of the three most important American pulp fantasy authors of the 1930s (with Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith), Robert E. Howard captivated readers with his indomitable, battle-scarred barbarian hero Conan. Though Howard's life ended prematurely in 1936 at the age of 30, Conan lives on as one of the genre's most enduring icons. This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel. Also included is The Hyborean Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched world Conan inhabited, an alternative Earth that preceded Tolkien's Middle Earth. And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree features a color map of this realm and an interior painting by cult artist Brom, along with a series of Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings, appearing for the first time with the stories for which they were created.
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Coat Press - Now available! Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 5 Once upon a time, the world was but a stage for the exploits of the Shadowmen... The Vampires haunted the rooftops of Paris... Count Zaroff hunted the Serpent Men in the streets of New York... The Queen of Atlantis killed to save her mythical Kingdom... Arsene Lupin prowled the back alleys of Saigon... While in outer space, Doctor Omega and Professor Moriarty finally set foot upon an asteroid... This fifth anthology of pastiches features some of the most amazing encounters between the legendary heroes and villains of popular literature: Count Dracula and Joséphine Balsamo, Lord Ruthven and the Count of Monte Cristo, the Nyctalope and Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Arsène Lupin and Hanoi Shan, Irma Vep and Fascinax, Monsieur Lecoq and Dr. Loveless... and even Sherlock Holmes and Tevye the Milkman! US $22.95/GBP 14.99 - 6x9 trade paperback, 312 pages ISBN-10: 1-934543-50-0, ISBN-13: 978-1-934543-50-4 Also available from Amazon and B&N. Black Coat Press |  | ||||||||
| Black Dog Books - Coming soon! CITY OF CORPSES: THE COLLECTED WEIRD MYSTERIES OF KEN CARTER Read the stories that led to Norvell Page receiving the commission to write The Spider. Included are: "Hell's Music," "City of Corpses," "Statues of Horror," "Gallows Ghost," "The Devil's Hoof," "The Sinister Embrace," and "Satan's Sideshow," reprinted from Ten Detective Aces Also included are Page 's nonfiction article, "How I Write," photos, a biography of the author, and an introduction by Robert Weinberg. Trade paperback, $19.95 DEMONS OF THE NIGHT and Other Early Tales of Suspense by Seabury Quinn Best known as a prolific contributor to WEIRD TALES, Seabury Quinn created an impressive body of literature prior to and parallel with his first sales to that magazine. DEMONS OF THE NIGHT spotlights those early works, including his first published article, his first fiction sale, and stories from his extremely rare "Washington Night's Entertainment" and "Problems of Professor Forrester" series. Three of the works in this volume were previously unknown, and five have never been reprinted in their entirety anywhere since the original magazine appearances, as long as nine decades ago. Cover art by Greg Hildebrandt Trade paperback, $16.95 OLD SAILS by Captain A. E. Dingle Eleven thrilling tales of adventures at sea written by a master mariner. Read: "The Light on Little Hope", "Piracy", "Recognition", "The Rusty Cutlass", "water", "The Burden Paternal", "Doc", "The Killer", "The Siren's swan Song", "Old Sails", and the pirate novella, "Three Palms Cay". Also included are a nonfiction article, and a bibliography of written works by Dingle. Trade paperback, 198 pages, $19.95 HELL'S HOOFPRINTS by Lester Dent For the first time, HELL'S HOOFPRINTS collects the complete works of Lester dent from WESTERN TRAILS, including his fiction, articles, vignettes and letters to readers - with a bonus story written for WESTERN TRAILS but never appearing there. Trade paperback, 230 pages, $22.95 THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME ONE: A TRANSACTION IN DIAMONDS A collection of all of the stories and articles published by Mundy during 1911, his first year as a professional writer. Introduction by Brian Taves, author of Talbot Mundy-Philosopher of Adventure. Trade paperback, $19.95 THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME TWO: THE SOUL OF A REGIMENT Contains the bulk of Mundy's sales during 1912 to ADVENTURE magazine, his primary outlet during this period. It will include a new introduction by prolific and popular writer S. M. Stirling. Trade paperback, $19.95 Shipping is $4.50 for the first title and $1 for each additional title. Orders of 4 or more titles can be sent USPS Flat Rate for $8.95, or Media Mail for approx. $5.00. Visit our new BLOG, Black Dog Books News From the Dog Pound, for news of upcoming titles and developments regarding projects from Black Dog Books, announcements, as well as occasional random thoughts and other information to share. Black Dog Books 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, Il 61761-5432 http://www.blackdogbooks.net/ info@blackdogbooks.net |  
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| Conan's Brethren - Coming in September! Robert E. Howard was a pulp writer who turned his hand from everything from historical adventure and detective stories to western and boxing fiction - and invented the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery: it is for these tales of heroic fantasy and horror that he is best remembered. In the pages of WEIRD TALES and other pulp magazines his mighty heroes - the vengeful Puritan swashbuckler Solomon Kane, King Kull, his first barbarian hero, followed later by Conan the Cimmerian, Bran Mak Morn, the last of the Picts, and many others. Following on from the success of THE COMPLETE CONAN, this companion volume will contain all the Robert E. Howard stories featuring Conan's brothers-in-arms, collected together in chronological order, as fresh and atmospheric today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines of more than eighty years ago. Compiled by and with an Afterword by award-winning writer and editor Stephen Jones. Hardcover: 750 pages Publisher: Gollancz ISBN-10: 0575089873 ISBN-13: 978-0575089877 | |||||||||
| Conan the Barbarian: The Original, Unabridged Conan Adventures
- Coming in May! Conan the Barbarian is a name known throughout Cimmeria, Brythinia, Turan and all the territories bordering the Vilayec Sea - as well as most countries more familiar to us in the real world. Upwards of fifty novels and countless short stories featuring Conan have been written by a diversity of authors but the stories contained in this massive volume are all by the character's creator, Robert E Howard. Prefaced by an essay called 'The Hyborian Age', which Howard wrote in 1932 to give his Conan stories a background that would set them in a historical context, "Conan the Barbarian" includes the stories originally written by Howard to be published in the magazine "Weird Tales" in the 1930s. These include the first published Conan story "The Phoenix on the Sword" and short stories such as "The Tower of the Elephant" through to longer tales like "A Witch Shall Be Born" and the novel "The Hour of the Dragon". Although many have taken up the challenge to extend Conan's adventures over the years, Howard was a master of his craft, lovingly creating a mythical world in which his original masterpieces reign supreme. Paperback: 656 pages Publisher: Prion Books Ltd; Unabridged edition Language English ISBN-10: 1853756997 ISBN-13: 978-1853756993 | |||||||||
| CTHULHU
TALES #10 - Arriving in comic shops January 7th! by Michael Alan Nelson, Raven Gregory & Drew Rausch Fall of Cthulhu and Hexed writer Michael Alan Nelson pens a special tale of creeping chaos that ties directly into the events of the Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse series, providing new insights and background into that epic tale! Also: "The Zoo," written by Raven Gregory (Return To Wonderland)! Features two alternate covers by Shane Oakley and Crank! BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | |||||||||
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| Donald
E. Westlake, Mystery Writer, Is Dead at 75 Donald E. Westlake, a prolific, award-winning mystery novelist who pounded out more than 100 books and five screenplays on manual typewriters during his half-century career, died Wednesday night. He was 75. Mr. Westlake collapsed, apparently from a heart attack, as he headed out to New Year’s Eve dinner while on vacation in Mexico, said his wife, Abigail Westlake. Mr. Westlake, considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has earned three Edgar Awards, an Academy Award nomination for screenplay writing, and the elite title of Grand Master from the Mystery Writers of America in 1993. Since his first novel, “The Mercenaries,” was published by Random House in 1960, Mr. Westlake has written under his own name and several pseudonyms, including Richard Stark, Tucker Coe, Samuel Holt and Edwin West. Despite the diversity of names, one shared feature was that almost all his books were set in New York City, where he was born. He used many names in part to combat skepticism over his rapid rate of writing books, which at some points reached four a year. He was writing all the way till he passed away. His next novel, “Get Real,” is scheduled to be released in April 2009. Source: New York Times story by Jennifer 8. Lee | |||||||||
| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks new Shadow review is "Svengali Kill" from August-September 1947. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "New Year's Pardon" by Johnston McCulley from POPULAR DETECTIVE, March, 1948 When Joe Leake wins a pardon from the Big House, he plans to get a new tenant for his cell - but quick! "Five-Star Fury" by Tom B. Stone from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, October, 1940 Into the mouths of the hungry newspaper presses reporter Chris Carter fed dynamite copy. "The Fire Drill" by Harry Hamilton from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, December 27, 1919 Mr. Furbush was a man of action. So, when the idea occurred to him, he at once translated it. He thought the apartment house he lived in should have a fire-escape drill, so he checked out his fire-escape himself, and ran into unforseen difficulties. | |||||||||
| Flesk
Publications: Jules Verne's Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Adapted
and Illustrated by Gary Gianni - Now available! Hardcover, 64 pages, $24.95 Deluxe Signed Hardcover, 9x12, 64 pages, $34.95 Flesk Publications |
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| GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES: THE SPIDER VOLUME
10 - Now available! This 128-page trade paperback reprints two action packed 1930's and 1940's adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider. The stories are complete including the original pulp black and white illustrations. This issue contains the July 1934 story "The Corpse Cargo" and the April 1942 story "Slaves of the Ring." Softcover, 128 pages, $14.95 Girasol Collectables Inc. | 
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| Girasol Collectables -
January Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is Operator #5 in "Hosts of the Flaming Death" from August 1935. $35 Our second Replica this month is TERROR TALES #19 from March 1936. $35 Our third Replica is GOLDEN FLEECE #7 from April 1939. $25 Girasol Collectables is also now offering Pulp Replica subscriptions for certain 2009 Replica lines: The Spider: 8 issues for $250 (Save $30) Operator #5: 4 issues for $125 (Save $15) Both Spider and OP5 for $360 (Save $60) Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. 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. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.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 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | ||||||||
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| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
Next meeting is January 10, 2008! Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area. It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month. This is the 75th anniversary of the hero pulps with The Phantom, Doc Savage, Nick Carter (in the pulp), Lone Eagle, Spider, G-8, and Moon Man making their debuts. It's also the 85th anniversary for Weird Tales debut. All are invited to attend, so, if you have an interest in pulp magazines, please come and share tales of your interest in and collections with other pulp collectors. Some of us will bring representative issues of Doc Savage and Weird Tales to show from our collections and tall tales of how we got these books. All meetings are free and open to the public.
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| Haffner
Press Coming in February! HAFFNER PRESS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE . .
. Edmond Moore Hamilton
(1904-1977) was one of the early pioneers of American science fiction. For fifty
years his stories established and popularized many of the tropes in modern science
fiction. Later this year, Haffner Press will launch
the first salvo in a program authorized by the Estate of Edmond Hamilton to collect
all the prose work of this neglected master. All of his science fiction, all the
fantasy, all the mysteries--all the stories and novels (including the entire run
of the "Captain Future" adventures) will be assembled in this multi-volume set.THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON - AUTHORIZED EDITION • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond
Hamilton, Volume One • The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two • The Collected Captain Future, Volume One: Captain Future and the Space Emperor As with all Haffner Press titles, quality is of prime importance. Each volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON will be printed on acid-free archival-quality paper with smythe-sewn hardcover bindings using full-cloth covered boards. Full-color dust jackets will reproduce digitally restored covers from the original pulp magazines. We are currently lining up a stellar group of writers, editors, historians, and friends of Hamilton to provide insightful introductions for each volume. Keep Watching the Skies and check the Haffner Press website frequently for updates on this project. We have a lot of neat tie-ins to this particular program, and you won't want to miss at thing. Click on the cover image for a complete
contents listing on the Haffner Press website!
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Case Crime - Coming in January and beyond! January 2009 KILLING CASTRO by Lawrence Block, Cover art by Sharif Tarabay There were five of them, each prepared to kill, each with his own reasons for accepting what might well be a suicide mission. The pay? $20,000 apiece. The mission? Find a way into Cuba and kill Castro. This breathtaking thriller, originally published the year before the Cuban Missile Crisis under a pen name Lawrence Block never used before or since, is the rarest of Block’s books—and still a work of chilling relevance all these years later, with Castro and Cuba once again commanding headlines. February 2009 THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER by Roger Zelazny, Cover art by Chuck Pyle THE FIRST
NEW ZELAZNY NOVEL IN 15 YEARS! Once an art
smuggler, now a respectable art dealer, Ovid Wiley awoke to find his former partner
stabbed to death on his gallery floor. That was strange enough—but when
a CIA agent showed up to spring him from NYPD custody, things got a lot stranger.Now the CIA is offering to clear up the murder charge, but only in return for a favor: They want Ovid to fly to Vatican City and trace the trail of a renegade priest who has gone missing with millions in church funds. What’s the connection? The priest’s lover, a woman Ovid knew in his smuggling days... March 2009 THE CUTIE by Donald E. Westlake, Cover art by Ken Laager Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man’s mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk was innocent. He’d been set up to take the fall by some cutie who was too clever by half. My job? Find that cutie—before the cutie found me. April 2009 HOUSE DICK by E. Howard Hunt, Cover art by Glen Orbik Before he became one of the most controversial figures in modern American history, before he went to prison for his involvement in the Watergate conspiracy, E. Howard Hunt was an award-winning novelist, recipient of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship (beating out Truman Capote and Gore Vidal for the honor) and the author of numerous popular political thrillers and crime stories. Unpublished Lester Dent novel coming in 2009! Hard Case Crime announced that they recently learned of the existence of an unpublished novel by Lester Dent (creator of classic pulp hero Doc Savage). It's called HONEY IN HIS MOUTH, it's a crime novel Dent originally wrote with the publisher Gold Medal in mind and they will be publishing it in 2009. | 
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| KULL
#3 - Arriving in comic shops January 7th! Written by Arvid Nelson, penciled by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia and cover by Andy Brase. With Pict leader Ka-Nu's ominous warning still ringing in his ears, Kull must confront a more immediate crisis -- the wrath of his first wife, the Lady Igraine, whose venomous tongue threatens the validity of his claim to the throne. If that weren't enough, Kull must still meet with Brule, the formidable-yet-contentious Pict warrior whose insights will lead to a horrific revelation. 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||
| McFarland: Radio Crime Fighters by Jim
Cox - Available Spring/Summer 2009! In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public’s fascination with subject matter that was tinged with almost any form of wrongdoing. Stories that compared right and wrong, portrayed crime and punishment, and showed the characters upholding law and order kept audiences of every age hooked on this type of program for more than thirty years. This work covers over 300 syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included in the book, a series must have included one or more characters who regularly appeared in occupations or avocations that fought against espionage, theft, murder, and other criminal activities. Each entry includes the name of the series, air dates (stations and times are noted), the sponsor, extant episodes, cast information (such as the directors, writers, composers, announcers, lead actors and supporting actors), and a brief synopsis. ISBN 978-0-7864-4324-6 photos, appendix, bibliography, index 333 pages, softcover, 7 x 10 Price: $39.95 McFarland | 
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| McFarland: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary by Jane Frank - Available Spring/Summer 2009! This biographical dictionary presents information on 400 artists whose influence and illustrative contributions to the fields of science fiction and fantasy literature helped define the 20th century as the “Science Fiction Century” and helped established science fiction and fantasy as unique and identifiable genres. In addition to providing basic, inclusive biographical data on venerable artists from Chris Achilleos to John Michael Zeleznik, each entry also includes a bibliographic listing of each artist’s published work in the genre. Designed as a comprehensive, up-to-date reference guide for researchers, scholars, collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts, the book also includes an extensive and informative historical overview of modern science fiction art, written by the author and Robert Weinberg. Appendices list the recipients of all major awards specific to science fiction and fantasy art, including the Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Awards, the Chesley Awards, the British Science Fiction Association Awards and the British Fantasy Awards. Hardcover, 7 x 10, $135 McFarland |  | ||||||||
| NORMAN
SAUNDERS TRADING CARD SET - Now available! Never-before-seen original art for Mars Attacks, Wacky Packs, Battle Cards, Ugly Stickers, Men's Magazines, Paperbacks, Pulps, and Pre-Code Comics. Now available, for the first time in history, the world's greatest trading card set on the art of Norman Saunders! Produced by Illustration Magazine, and released in conjunction with the new art book on Norman Saunders, this card set is overflowing with 54 images of Monsters, Mayhem, Rockets, Robots, Nazis, and Naked Chicks, sure to delight every fan of popular culture! Each 54-card set comes packaged in a plastic display box. 54 cards per set. 1 set per box. Set: $9.95 Illustrated Press | |||||||||
| Overlook
Press - Now available! THE MOON POOL by A. Merritt Dr. Walter T. Goodwin is sailing back to New York after a botanical expedition to the South Seas when he meets his old friend, Dr. David Throckmartin. The heartbroken Throckmartin relates a haunting tale to Dr. Goodwin—a tale of a tropical island and a strange stone door through which a hypnotic otherworldly light shines. Throckmartin tells of how the light had captured his companions and of his own powerlessness to stop it. When his friend disappears, Dr. Goodwin sets out to find the source of the mysterious moonlight. Little does he realize how formidable a foe he has pitted himself against. First published in 1918, The Moon Pool is commonly considered to be the inspiration of the ABC series Lost. ISBN: 1-59020-071-3 Trade paperback, 288 pages, $12.95 Street date: 12-30-2008 |  | ||||||||
| The
PulpFest 2009 web site is now up and running! For any and all information concerning Summer’s premiere
event for collectors of vintage pulp magazines and related material, just go to
www.pulpfest.com. In addition
to the basics, you’ll find a downloadable registration
form, links to sites managed by our host hotel and local Columbus institutions,
a list of dealers (which is already substantial, even with the convention
more than seven months away), capsule bios and contact info for PulpFest committee
members, and other items of interest. The PulpFest web site boasts an eye-catching design and is easy to navigate. It will be updated regularly over the weeks and months to come—not only with additional facts about the show, but also with fun stuff that every pulp fan will enjoy. Visit www.pulpfest.com early and often for all the news about what promises to be 2009’s most noteworthy gathering of people who read, research, and collect pulp magazines and other forms of vintage American popular fiction. Visit the Pulpfest 2009 website at http://www.pulpfest.com/ Want
to help advertise Pulpfest 2009? Visit
the Pulpfest Promotions
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| Paizo Publishing - Coming in February! The Outlaws of Mars by Otis Adelbert Kline, with an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale Otis Adelbert Kline’s final triumphant sword-and-planet epic roars back into print for the first time in almost 50 years! Jerry Morgan accepts his scientist uncle’s offer to transport him to Mars for a series of thrilling adventures and exploits featuring terrible monsters, fantastic societies, and gorgeous princesses in the Edgar Rice Burroughs tradition. At last presented in the original, unabridged format last seen in 1934’s Argosy Weekly, the new Planet Stories edition of this science fiction classic restores Kline to his place of honor in the sword and planet field. A charming introduction by Joe R. Lansdale (“Bubba Hotep,” The Bottoms) puts the novel into a modern context for readers unfamiliar with Kline’s legacy. 304-page softcover trade paperback, $12.99 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-151-0 | 
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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. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join! 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/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice 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/ 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/?yguid=321995096 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/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps | |||||||||
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| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Wild Cards XIX: Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin, ed., Tor, $24.95, December 09, 2008 - Now available! Wonder Woman, S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison, Pocket Star, $7.99, December 30, 2008 - Now available! Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (novelization),Greg Cox, Pocket Books, $7.99, December 30, 2008 - Now available! Captain Freedom, Gregory Xavier Robillard, Harper, $13.95, February 3, 2009 The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, March 1, 2009 Ballistic Babes, John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem, DAW, $8.99, April 7, 2009 Hellboy: The Fire Wolves, Tim Lebbon, Dark Horse, $12.95, April 15, 2009 Enemies & Allies [Superman & Batman], Kevin J. Anderson, HarperCollins, $26.95, May 5, 2009 Hero, Perry Moore, Hyperion, $8.99, May 5, 2009 Spider-Man: Darkest Hours, Jim Butcher, Pocket, $15.00, June 02, 2009 Iron Man [untitled], Robert Greenberger, Del Rey, $7.99, June 23, 2009 Countdown: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 7, 2009 The Calling, David Mack, Pocket, $15.00, July 21, 2009 The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Greg Cox, Pocket Star, $7.99, July 28, 2009 Indiana Jones & the Army of the Dead, Steve Perry, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009 The 4400: Promises Broken, David Mack, Pocket Star, $7.99, October2009 |  | ||||||||
| Wildside Press - Finally available in hardcover!
“THE
NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE” by Varick Vanardy Written by the “father of [serial detective] Nick Carter,”
Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, and published by the man who introduced the “pulp”
magazine to the world, Frank A. Munsey, the Night Wind was a super-endowed character
whose fictional life-span ran from 1913 to the early 1920s.
Bingham Harvard, alias the Night Wind, used his prodigious strength (roughly 5 times that of the average man) to rescue himself, friends and family from various plots of “frame-ups,” extortion and outright physical violence. His exploits were serialized in Munsey’s THE CAVALIER and ALL-STORY WEEKLY just a few months after the appearance of Tarzan in October 1912 and wrapping up just before the first appearance of Zorro on August 1919 by the same publisher. Upon the close of a pulp magazine serial, the installments were bound and reissued in hardcover format. There were a total of four hardcover novels starring the Night Wind: ALIAS “THE NIGHT WIND,” THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND, THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE, and LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND. In 1923 the first novel was adapted for the silent screen and released with much popular appeal as ALIAS “THE NIGHT WIND.” After almost 100 years out of print, ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND was re-released by Wildside Press in March 2007. The Wildside Press edition of the sequel: THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND was released in September 2007. Now the third installment: THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE is now available once again. Re-typeset - but not revised or abridged in any way, this edition comes with an informative introduction by Christopher Yates, editor of the Wildside Press editions of the Night Wind series, explaining that the Night Wind is the archetype for today’s most popular heros. In addition, this book sports the color cover from one of the magazine installments from the original run of THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE in ALL-STORY WEEKLY magazine from October 26, 1918. ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND and THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND are available now from Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com and Diesel eBooks in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats. Hardcover, $29.95 [ISBN: 1434400018, 1434401456] Trade paperback, $14.95 [ISBN: 1434400107, 1434401502] THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE is available from the same retailers in trade paperback format for $14.95. A hardcover edition is at long last available for those that prefer the hardcover format! • Hardcover: 232 pages • Publisher: Borgo Press (September 11, 2008) • Language: English • ISBN-10: 1434402568 • ISBN-13: 978-1434402561 Stay tuned for the pending release of the next Night Wind title from the original series and a new, exciting fifth installment with a foreword by Win Scott Eckert and cover and interior illustrations by Mark Maddox... |  | ||||||||
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Editions - Sexton Blake returns in March 2009! Sexton Blake, the fictional detective, is one of the most written about characters in the English language. Published in papers, magazines and comics, and appearing in stage plays, radio dramas, films and television serials, the Sexton Blake adventures appeared from 1893 to 1978, running to over 5000 stories by some 200 authors. The first Sexton Blake story was ‘The Missing Millionaire’, which appeared in the penny dreadful ‘The Halfpenny Marvel’ on 20th December 1893, written by Harry Blyth (under the pen-name Hal Meredeth). Only a handful of the Sexton Blake stories were written by Meredeth, as the nine guinea fee for his first story included payment for the copyright of the character! Sexton Blake faced a number of memorable villains over the years, many of whom became almost as well known as the detective himself - such as Waldo the Wonderman, Zenith the Albino, Leon Kestrel and George Marsden Plummer. Wordsworth is pleased to announce that agreement has been reached with the owners of the rights of the character, IPC Media, to publish a collection of some of the best stories, which will be published under the title ‘The Casebook of Sexton Blake’ in March 2009. Wordsworth Editions | |||||||||
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