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27 March 2015

2015 Pulp Shows

The Pulp Coming Attractions Pulp Shows page has been updated with available information on the presently known pulp shows scheduled for 2015!
Click on the PULP SHOWS link below or the icon at the top of the page and start making your reservations!

19th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 9, 2015, 10am to 4pm!
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 4pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library,
239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



2015 Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention
Celebrating the 125th Birthday of H. P. Lovecraft
April 17-19, 2015

MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 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 (register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. — the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 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 150 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 5, 2015. 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, 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
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist) and Saturday nights.
PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories. More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood 'N' Thunder magazine (http:// muraniapress.com/blood-n-thunder/).


NEW PULP SUNDAY 2015 SCHEDULE
For the third year in a row, the Windy City Pulp & Paper Con is hosting a five hour block devoted to the New Pulp Movement to be held on Sunday April 19th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Eighteen of today’s finest New Pulp writers and artists will be participating in both panels and readings.  Here is the official schedule.

10:00 to 11:00 AM
PANEL – HP Lovecraft & Horror Pulps
Moderator – Rick Lai
Panelists - Tommy Hancock, Wayne Reinagel, Rich Harvey, Gene Moyers, Adam Garcia

11:00 to 11:15 AM
Reading # 1 – Gene Moyers

11:15 to 11:30 AM
Reading # 2 - Ron Fortier

11:30 to 11:45 AM
Reading # 3 - Tommy Hancock

11:45 to NOON
Reading # 4 - Wayne Reinagel

NOON to 1:00 PM
PANEL – Art in the Pulps.
Moderator – Rob Davis
Panelists - David C. Smith, Fred Adams Jr., Lance Stahlberg, David White, Tim Bruckner

1:00 to 1:15 PM
Reading # 5 - Fred Adams Jr.

1:15 to 1:30 PM
Reading # 6 - Rick Lai

1:30 to 1:45 PM
Reading # 7 - Gordon Dymowski

1:45 to 2:00 PM
Reading # 8 - Michael Black

2:00 to 3:00 PM
PANEL – What’s Next? The Changing Face of Genre Fiction
Moderator – Tommy Hancock
Panelists - Gordon Dymowski, Dale Cozort, Alan J. Porter, Michael Black, Andy Fix

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. Also be sure to check out and join our Facebook page!

CON SUITE
Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges and program materials!) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning — stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby!

HOTEL
For our fifteenth show, for the eighth year in a row we're at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O'Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $113/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on March 26, 2015!). 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, you can contact the hotel 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.




39th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship
April 9-11, 2015!

The 39th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship, with events April 9-11, 2015, welcomes award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi, and writers, friends and fans from across the region for this annual celebration of Jack Williamson and the genre to which he contributed so significantly.

The Lectureship opens with Readings with Visiting Authors and Friends of the Lectureship on Thursday evening, 6 p.m., in JWLA 112. The evening concludes with dinner at our usual spot, the Cattle Baron.

Friday morning features Guest of Honor Paolo Bacigalupi reading from his work from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. in JWLA 112. After a break, luncheon follows at 11:30 (Zia Room, Campus Union), with keynote address from the GOH and comments from our favorite Mistress of the Podium, Connie Willis.

Everyone is welcome to attend the panels at Special Collections in Golden Library from 3-6 p.m. where writers, guests, and audience will discuss and debate topics in science fiction and fantasy.  New participants, edgy topics. Come and have your say!

For aspiring young writers, a special workshop will be offered Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to Noon (location TBA).

Reservations for the lectureship luncheon can be made by calling 575.562.2315 or emailing Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu.
The price is $10, payable at the door.  Reservations must be received by Monday, April 6, 2015.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Readings from the Words of Jack Williamson
Tuesday, April 7th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading with Visiting Authors
Thursday, April 9th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading by Guest of Honor, Paolo Bacigalupi
Friday, April 10th, 9:30 - 11 a.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Lectureship Luncheon
Friday, April 10th, 11:45 a.m.
ENMU, Campus Union Ballroom (lunch tickets are $10

Williamson Lectureship Panels
Friday, April 10th, 3 - 6 p.m.
ENMU Golden Library Special Collections

Young Writers Workshop
Saturday, April 11th, 10 a.m. Noon
Portales Public Library (reservations required)

61st Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show
Sunday, April 19, 2015!

Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$5.00 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.



AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS
Presents
NEW PULP WRITERS
FRED ADAMS Jr. & EUGENE MOYERS


Two of the finest writers in the field of New Pulp fiction will be appearing at the Windy City Pulp & Paper convention this year.  On Saturday, March 18th, both will be signing copies of their recent works at the Airship 27 Productions tables in the con’s mail hall.

FRED ADAMS Jr.
Noon to 1 p.m.
He will be signing copies of his two novels, HITWOLF and SIX-GUN TERRORS.

Adams is a western Pennsylvania native who has enjoyed a lifelong love affair with horror, fantasy, and science fiction literature and films.  He holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from Duquesne University and recently retired from teaching writing and literature in the English Department of Penn State University.

He has published over 50 short stories in amateur, and professional magazines as well as hundreds of news features as a staff writer and sportswriter for the now Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.  In the 1970s Fred published the fanzine Spoor and its companion The Spoor Anthology. Hitwolf and Six-Gun Terror were his first two books for Airship 27, and his nonfiction book, Edith Wharton’s American Gothic: Gods, Ghosts, and Vampires was published by Borgo Press in 2014.


EUGENE MOYERS
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
He will be signing the two anthologies in which he has stories; THE PURPLE SCAR Vol One and RAVENWOOD – STEPSON OF MYSTERY Vol Two.

Moyers studied European and Medieval history at the University of Oregon. He is a former U.S. Army armor crewman. He worked in the High Tech industry for some time and ran a store front and internet hobby shop for several years.

An avid military gamer and role player, his favorite game was Daredevils set in the 1930s. His love affair with the 1930s and pulps in particular stem from his first time reading a Shadow novel as a boy. Although interested in writing since a teen he did not turn to serious writing until 2000. He is the co-author of GURPS Crusades published by Steve Jackson Games. He has written stories published in two anthologies from Airship 27: Ravenwood volume II and The Purple Scar.  He has also written stories that will appear in the future volumes of Moon Man, Domino Lady and The Phantom Detective all for Airship 27.

When not working on Airship 27 projects he is busy writing horror adventures for his swashbuckling character set in Colonial America.  Gene currently lives in Beaverton Oregon with his wife and three lazy dogs.



Altus Press Announces The Argosy Library
The First Series of Releases Features Popular Authors Such as Lester Dent, Otis Adelbert Kline, W.C. Tuttle, and George F. Worts

Altus Press has announced the premiere of its new line of books: The Argosy Library series. Founded at the end of the Nineteenth Century by publishing tycoon Frank A. Munsey, Argosy Magazine quickly became one of the most popular—and prestigious—fiction magazines of its day and spawned a publishing revolution. Known as one of the most literate pulp magazines, Argosy published thousands of short stories and novels, many of which features some of the most influential series characters in popular fiction. With the inauguration of The Argosy Library, Altus Press plans to bring back into print the best of the Frank A. Munsey Company, sourced from its suite of sibling titles such as Argosy, The All-Story, and Flynn’s Detective Fiction Weekly, among others.

The Argosy Library expects to showcase the varied mix of genres that made Argosy one of the most popular pulps of all time, and Series 1 does just that by showcasing adventure, mystery, western, science fiction, fantasy, and crime stories by some of Munsey’s most popular authors such as Lester Dent, W. Wirt, Otis Adelbert Kline, W.C. Tuttle, George F. Worts, and Theodore Roscoe, among others.

The Argosy Library will be released in series of ten books at a time—in matching trade dress—and will be available in softcover, hardcover, and ebook editions. In addition to being available separately, each series of releases can be purchased as a single, heavily-discounted set.  Series 1 of The Argosy Library is expected to be released in May.


GENIUS JONES by Lester Dent
Introduction by Will Murray


The gold-dusted saga of a red-bearded young giant, raised in the Arctic on seal-meat and encyclopedias, who descends on civilization with a loud and solid crash.
In his search for wisdom and adventure, the man Jones doesn’t have Aladdin’s lamp—but he doesn’t really need it….

Never before reprinted, it’s the longest novel Lester Dent ever published, and one of the most famous.

This edition restores text cut from its original publication.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

271 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




WHEN TIGERS ARE HUNTING: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF CORDIE, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, VOLUME 1
by W. Wirt


The sagas of Jimmie Cordie and his crew were among Argosy’s most popular series when it was brought to that magazine during its early ’30s renaissance.

Quite clearly an inspiration for the creation of Doc Savage, this edition collects his first nine adventures.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

240 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




THE SWORDSMAN OF MARS by Otis Adelbert Kline

Harry Thorne, explorer and swordsman, had scarcely more than heard of the Red Planet, Mars—when an amazing thing happened….
Otis Adelbert Kline is well-known as one of the best fantasy/adventure contemporaries of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
This edition is sourced from the original magazine text and includes all of the original illustrations.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

237 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




THE SHERLOCK OF SAGELAND: THE COMPLETE TALES OF SHERIFF HENRY, VOLUME 1
by W.C. Tuttle, Introduction by Sai Shankar


Once voted Adventure Magazine’s most popular author, W.C. Tuttle introduced the world to one of his longest-running,
and most popular series characters, Henry Harrison Conroy, in the pages of Argosy.

Collected here are the first four stories.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

269 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




GONE NORTH by Charles Alden Seltzer

When Jim Fallon started for the Hudson Bay country, he wasn’t sure whether he was on a man-hunt or a wild goose chase—but he found his quest was fraught with real enough peril.
Among the best novels ever written by one of Argosy’s most popular authors.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

220 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




THE MASKED MASTER MIND by George F. Worts

One of Argosy’s most popular authors pens this never-before reprinted novel of a trail of crime that ran from sleepy Maple Hollow to Steel City.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

265 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




BALATA by Fred MacIsaac

Trees of living gold in the Amazon jungles, guarded by alligators, poisoned darts and rival hunters—such was the lodestone that drew an American expedition, and the unwilling Pete Holcomb….

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

216 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




BRETWALDA by Philip Ketchum

’Twas the mightiest weapon the eyes of man had ever beheld; its mystic name meant “Ruler of Briton.”
And from over the Northern Sea came a Viking’s thrall—the only man in the world who could wield that fearsome steel—to save good King Alfred and the homeland he scarce remembered.

 Collecting—for the first time—all 12 stories of the Bretwalda saga.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

479 pages / $29.95 softcover / $39.95 hardcover



DRAFT OF ETERNITY  by Victor Rousseau

A groundbreaking science fiction, post-apocalyptic & time travel classic from the early days of The All-Story by an underrated writer.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

183 pages / $17.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover



FOUR CORNERS, VOLUME 1 by Theodore Roscoe

Mystery runs rampant in the quiet, upstate New York town of Four Corners….
Easily one of Roscoe’s best-written series, Volume 1 collects the first half of this lost masterpiece of the pulps.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

201 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover



Altus Press
Savings From Altus Press!

We're celebrating a number of new releases by giving everyone a chance to save a few bucks.
Until March 31, 2015, use coupon code march10off to take an additional 10% off our already discounted prices.
It'll work on anything on www.altuspress.com.
So head on over now & save... and don't forget we offer free shipping on softcover orders.



Altus Press
Now available!

 
Defiance Valley: The Complete Northwoods Stories of Frederick Nebel, Volume 1
by Frederick Nebel
Introduction by Rob Preston


Tales of the Northwest may have been Frederick Nebel’s forte, but sadly these ultra-rare magazines don’t turn up often and as a result, few readers have been able to enjoy these classics.

With this book, Altus Press brings these stories to modern readers, complete, uncut, and in order.

Volume 1 contains Nebel’s first 16 stories of this genre, taken from North*West Stories and Action Stories.

368 pages / $26.96 softcover / $39.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2
by Ellery Watson Calder, Hugh Speer, Robert Leslie Bellem, Clint Morgan, Clive Trent,
Jerome Severs Perry, Carl Moore, Cary Moran, and Clark Nelson

Introduction by Alfred Jan

The Thrills of Horror! Romantic Tales of the Eerie and Occult! You’ll find them in Spicy Mystery—stories of red-blooded men and lovely girls in dangerous situations, in an atmosphere of chills and thrills. Real life is never so tense and dramatic as when a girl is in peril—or as when a siren as deadly as she is beautiful sets her snare for a man….

Are you bored of typical weird menace plots, many of which crept into Spicy Mystery? Then sample these tales which break out of that tired formula where every ending is happy, and the only challenge is guessing which minor character gets exposed as the villain in a rubber monster suit and demon mask!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2 contains 11 classic stories by the masters of the genre, complete, uncut, and with the original illustrations.

It also includes an all-new introduction by editor Alfred Jan, one of the leading experts on the series.

205 pages / $15.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!


Altus Press
Now available!

Beyond the Call of Duty: The Complete Tales of Koropok, Volume 1
by Sidney Herschel Small


One of the best series from the twilight of Adventure Magazine's run, this 11-story saga of an American undercover agent in the Far East
 during World War II has been sadly neglected for 75 years. But no longer!

This two-volume set also includes over 100 illustrations by master pulp illustrators Hamilton Greene and Frank Kramer.
Volume 1 contains the first six stories: “Beyond the Call of Duty,” “The War-Fan,” “Flight Without Wings,” “Belt of Steel,” “Lost Face,” and “The Last Banzai.”

278 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

The King Makers: The Adventures of Vincent Connor
by H. Bedford-Jones


Vincent Connor—to all simply a wealthy playboy—but his “play” was matching wits in tight places against wily Oriental intriguers and the theft of the priceless Han jades.

Part of the Uniform H. Bedford-Jones Library.

175 pages / $13.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover


FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

Blood and Steel: The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana, Volume 4
by Gordon MacCreagh


"Anything can happen in Africa!"--that's the credo of big game hunter, trader and safari guide King, known all over the Dark Continent as Kingi Bwana.
Together with his two loyal companions, the deadly Masai warrior Barounggo and the wizened, cunning Hottentot Kaffa, the stoic American battles slave traders, ivory poachers, gold smugglers, arms traffickers, evil witch doctors and secret societies in the savanna and jungle of Central East Africa.

Collecting the last four stories: "A Man to Kill," "Slaves of Ethiopia," "Strong as Gorillas," and "Blood and Steel."

206 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

In the Grip of the Griffin: The Complete Battles of Gordon Manning & The Griffin, Volume 3
by J. Allan Dunn


The end of the saga!
Running for 31 installments, this is one of the classic sagas from the pages of Detective Fiction Weekly featuring master criminal The Griffin and his war on America.
Written by one of the most colorful authors of pulpdom, Volume 3 contains the final 10 stories of the series, uncut, and with all the original images.

282 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!




Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume 94: "Q" & "Formula for Crime"
The Knight of Darkness hunts hidden crimelords in two thrilling mysteries by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, the only clue to the deadly crime wave engulfing Manhattan is a single wireless message typed out in Morse Code: "Q." Then, a brilliant mathematician invents a system to chart future crimes. Can The Shadow use the "Formula for Crime" to solve the mysterious "X" and unmask a criminal mastermind? BONUS: an ultra-rare classic from the Golden Age of Comics! This instant collector's item features both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations by Earl Mayan and Paul Orban, with original commentary by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-172-1  Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE WHISPERER Volume 7: "The Death Roses," "Murder Brotherhood" & "Afraid to Die"
Sanctum Books completes its reprinting of the original 1936-37 pulp series by DOC SAVAGE's Lawrence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich" that inspired BATMAN's first supporting character! First, an ingeniously concealed map holds the answer Police Commissioner James Gordon needs to stop flower-festooned serial slayings in "The Death Roses." Then, The Whisperer invades China Hill to smash the weird "Murder Brotherhood." Finally, it's up to The Whisperer to discover why a philosophical Asian was "Afraid to Die" in a novelette by Alan Hathway from the back pages of THE SHADOW MAGAZINE! BONUS: Classic illustrated adventures of The Whisperer and Norgil the Magician from the Golden Age of Comics! This instant collector's item showcases the original color pulp covers by John Newton Howitt and Tom Lovell, the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-162-2  Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping in April!

THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE #2: "Dealers in Death" & "The Yacht Club Murders" — BATMAN FORESHADOWED!
The pulp era's longest-running supersleuth returns in two novels edited by longtime Superman and Batman editor MORT WEISINGER! First, newspaper editor Frank Havens installs a rooftop signal device to summon The Phantom to combat "Dealers in Death" in the classic pulp novel that inspired the Bat -signal. Then, Muriel Havens is kidnapped by The Bat, a cowled and cloaked mystery man, while investigating "The Yacht Club Murders" in a thrilling pulp novel by BATMAN scripter Charles Greenberg! GOLDEN AGE OF COMICS BONUS: the Clarion's signal beacon summons the Phantom Detective to investigate "The Case of the Complex Corpse" in a classic illustrated story by Edmond Good from THRILLING COMICS #65! This double-novel collector's edition showcases both classic color pulp covers and the original interior illustrations, with "Batman's Pulp Origins" by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-169-1 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping in April!

THE SHADOW Volume 95: "The Chinese Tapestry" & "The Jade Dragon"
The Dark Avenger known as Ying Ko journeys to San Francisco's and New York's Chinatowns to combat exotic menaces in two pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow investigates the strange mysteries of a dead man who still lives and "The Chinese Tapestry" that holds the secret to a fabulous inheritance! Then, The Shadow of Justice falls over Manhattan's Chinese community as the Knight of Darkness attempts to stop a murderous monster from acquiring the occult power of "The Jade Dragon." BONUS: a rare Golden Age of Comics classic by science fiction legend Theodore Sturgeon! This instant collector's item features both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with original commentary by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-176-6  Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Matt Moring talks about Altus Press
Publisher Matt Morring talks about the new Argosy Library line of classic reprints bringing back into print some of the finest stories from the top-of-the-line pulp magazine, Argosy.  The 'lost' novel of Lester Dent, "Genoius Jpnes" is back in print in a critical edition with previously unpublished material.  W. Wirts "Cordie, Soldier of Fortune" stories are reprinted which were antededent to and influential in the development of Doc Savage.  Otis Adelbert Kline's "Swordsman of Mars" is republihed in its original magazine test with all of the original illustrations.  And ther is much more.

Past episodes:
James Beard and John Bruening on Flinch Books
Barry Reese brings us up to date!
Operation: Silver Moon by Bobby Nash and Rick Johnson
Tom and Ginger Johnson: The Power Couple of Pulp!
Derrick Ferguson talks Dillon and lots more.
Tommy Hancock talks about Pro Se Publications and his own writings!

Beb Books - Now available!

Now with Paypal and ebooks!

After years of resistence, Beb Books has decided to enter the 21th century and signed up for a Paypal account: beb01@sprynet.com

Now you can order from our extensive list of early science fiction, fantasy adventures and hero pulps and pay on-line.
 Just send me your order and I send you an invoice.
Then go to Paypal, select “Send Money to friends or Family” to expedite the transaction, and your order will be on its way in a matter of days.

Beb Books is also beginning to offer its many titles as eBooks.
Currently we only offer ePub format, until we can arrange to validate conversion to the Kindle format.
eBooks will be priced at $1.99 for any title.
While all titles will eventually be converted we are just starting out, some titles may not be immediately available but your interest will push up their place in the queue.

As an introductory offer, Beb Books offers five exciting fantasies from the pen of Victor Rousseau in ePub format, a $9.95 value for a flat $8.00.
This offer is good from now to April 30th


Titles include:

    * Draft of Eternity - America revolts against a foreign invader in the distant future.
    * Eye of Balamok - War in the center of the Earth’s core.
    * Eric of the Strong Heart - A scholar fights Vikings in the far north for the hand of a princess.
    * My Lady of the Nile - Intrigue and espionage in Ethiopia as a secret cult fights for power.
    * Fruit of the Lamp - A matrimonial-minded female genie causes mayhem for a wealthy bachelor.


These five titles are also available in print for $6.00 each.

Write to me at: Brian Earl Brown, 11675 Beaconsfield, Detroit, MI 48224.
E-Mail me at beb01@sprynet.com.
Ask for a list of everything  in stock. It’s free.












Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!

Coming in April!



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!

Coming in April!

THE ISLAND by J. Allan Dunn

J. Allan Dunn’s THE ISLAND is the 1922 sequel to BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS, which was the second book in Murania Press reprint line.

ISLAND, like CASTAWAYS before it, originally appeared in ADVENTURE magazine and—quite inexplicably—never saw publication between hard covers in America.

It continued the saga of men with widely differing backgrounds coming together to survive on a small Pacific island after being shipwrecked.

BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS ended with a handful of survivors attempting a return to civilization on a sturdy sea-raft while several of their comrades stayed behind.

THE ISLAND picks up where the earlier tale left off and is every bit as engrossing as its predecessor.

The Murania Press edition has a similar design to
CASTAWAYS, even to using the same N. C. Wyeth painting for the cover, so that buyers can instantly see that it’s a companion volume to the first story.

Source: BNT EDitorial Comments



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Coming in April!





Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!


THE PURPLE EYE by William Corcoran

Next in the series is what Ed Hulse believes to be one of the unsung great pulp yarns of the early Thirties, originally published in a 1933 issue of the Popular Publications magazine DIME MYSTERY BOOK. Written by William Corcoran and titled The Purple Eye, it’s a 60,000-word novel that could very well have been the template for later hero pulps from Harry Steeger’s Popular. Corcoran is largely forgotten today, but he was a successful fictioneer who wrote for most of the major detective pulps (BLACK MASK, DETECTIVE STORY, and DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY among them), the top anthology pulps (including ARGOSY, SHORT STORIES, and ADVENTURE, which he briefly edited), and some of the best slicks (LIBERTY, COSMOPOLITAN, and THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE).
 
The Purple Eye has as its protagonist one of those globe-trotting millionaire adventurers so common in the hero pulps. Wayne Saxon returns to New York City from a round-the-world trip to find his home town terrorized by a crime cult, The Brotherhood of Baktuun, headed by the brilliant but seldom-seen Purple Eye. The police prove unable to halt the Brotherhood’s depredations, and Saxon combats the Eye’s murderous followers with the aid of a vigilante band known as The Secret Hundred. The Purple Eye moves like a runaway train and crackles with action, and after reading it you’ll wonder why this glittering little gem isn’t better known by pulp aficionados.


Source: BNT EDitorial Comments



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!


ALIAS THE THUNDERBOLT, THE RETURN OF BLACK STAR, and THE SPIDER SPINS HIS WEB
by Johnston McCulley


Coming later this year is a Johnston McCulley Collection, three volumes of crime and mystery yarns written by the creator of Zorro and originally published in Street & Smith’s DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE. Murania Press has chosen novel-length compilations of novelettes featuring favorite McCulley series characters. These books are Alias The Thunderbolt, The Return of Black Star, and The Spider Spins His Web.

Each volume will include a specially commissioned essay on the prolific author. Thunderbolt and Spider reprint the first three installments of their respective series, while Black Star contains novelettes from that series’ third year.

More information on this trio of books will be available as their publication draws closer.



Finally, this year will see publication of the first “double” volume in the Classic Pulp Reprints line.

Two by Sheehan (that’s just a tentative title) will offer a brace of exemplary short novels written by Perley Poore Sheehan for the Munsey pulps: 1913’s The Copper Princess and 1915’s The Abyss of Wonders. Neither story is easy to categorize, but together they offer enough fantasy, mystery, melodrama, science fiction, and lost-race adventure to satisfy any fan of pulp fiction. Unlike many pulpateers of the Teens, Sheehan wrote in a fresh, vibrant style that makes his novels eminently readable a hundred years after they first saw print.

Two by Sheehan
will also include a long essay covering not only Sheehan’s pulp career but also his long involvement with Hollywood.

The books in our Classic Pulp Reprints line generally sell for $19.95 each, but this one will carry a retail price of $24.95.


Source: BNT EDitorial Comments




Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

Collectibles: Spring Cleaning Sale
Silent Serials Book Set: Just Two Left!
CLASSIC PULP REPRINTS 2015 Slate
Overstock Sale for Serial Fans

Bold Venture Press
Now available!

Strictly Poison and Other Stories
by Charles Boeckman

Charles Boeckman's biography often reads like the stuff of pulp fiction. He left home in the early 1940s and became a jazz musician, traveling the country, kicking around between New York City and New Orleans. In between gigs, he purchased a used typewriter and began pounding out hardboiled stories. Eventually, the legendary Popular Publications editor Mike Tilden purchased one of his stories for Detective Tales. After that accomplishment, Boeckman began appearing in Dime Detective, Manhunt, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and many others.

Mr. Boeckman's stories usually focused on sad people trying to escape their dreary lives -- shifty con-artists, embittered detectives and hen-pecked losers. The author's jazz background in jazz music figures into several stories, reaching a two-fisted crescendo.

The twenty-two stories in this anthology were originally published in various pulp magazines -- and now they appear together, wrapped in a breath-taking cover by Robert A. Maguire.

Two of Mr. Boeckman's stories (included in this anthology) have been adapted for television. For ProSe Press, he developed the Johnny Nickle jazz-detective series. Today, he cranks out stories from his Texas home, along with his wife Patti, a formidable author in her own right.





The Bronze Gazette #73 (March 2015)
Now available!

This issue features:
Editorial
by Howard Wright
“Doc Savage: Man of Red, White, and Blue” by Brian K. Lowe
"Doc Con 17 Report" by Glenn Horner

Doc Savage comicbook story: "In the Heart of Thunder Island" from DOC SAVAGE COMICS #2, October 1940
  This is the 3rd part of the adaptation of THE LAND OF TERROR which began in SHADOW COMICS #3 and continued in DOC SAVAGE COMICS #1.
"The Sinister Shadow"  Review by Howard Wright
News Update

Front Cover: Tim Faurote
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Ron Wilber, Kevin Duncan, and Joe DeVito.
Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #74 and 75 only.
#75 will be the final issue.
Prices are as follows:
Cost is $12.00/2 Issues US
Cost is $13.00/2 Issues Canada
Cost is $14.00/2 Issues Overseas

For those that have stuck with TBG all of these years, thanks for your continued support.

 Send orders and  back issue inquiries to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks and money orders should be payable to: Green Eagle Publications


BURNE HOGARTH'S TARZAN VOLUME 2: TARZAN VS. THE BARBARIANS HC - Arriving in comic shops April 1!
(Writer) Don Garden (Art/Cover) Burne Hogarth

The world-famous comic strip, restored and collected for the first time in its entirety! The second of four exclusive volumes, authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate that collects the entire run of the legendary Tarzan comic strip by one of the most influential artists of the 20th-century, Burne Hogarth, reprints the final groups of strips written by Don Garden, who also collaborated with Hal Foster. The restorations are by the renowned comic strip restorer, Peter Maresca, who also worked on Titan's critically acclaimed Flash Gordon volumes. The volume contains an illustrated introduction by comics artist Thomas Yeates, who worked on Tarzan: The Beckoning and recalls his meetings with Burne Hogarth and the inspiration Hogarth gave him. Collects the stories "Tarzan and the Peoples of the Sea and the Fire," "Tarzan against Dagga Ramba," "Tarzan and the Fatal Fountain," and "Tarzan and the Barbarians," originally published between 1940 and 1943.

Hardcover, 10x14, 192 pages, Full Color, $39.95





CthulhuCon PDX
April 25-26, 2015!
 
Crowne Plaza, Portland, OR

Celebrate Lovecraft's 125th Birthday year and the lead up to the 20th Anniversary Festival with two days of gaming, panels, readings, art, and music.
This is a convention-style event, held at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Portland Downtown (near the Convention Center).



Crime's Last Stand [Kindle Edition] - Now available!
By Tom Johnson

In this debut adventure of the masked hero, will evil win out? Blood covers the streets as gangsters kill indiscriminately.

As a little boy lies helpless in the hospital, a new paladin takes up arms to bring the killers to justice.

Can even the great Masked Avenger survive the final battle with the city's underworld when crime makes its last stand?


Kindle Price:    $0.99



Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Books: THE LINKS - and - THE RETURN OF THE CONTINENTAL OP (1946)  - New!
Book Gallery: THE CONTIENTAL OP  - New!
The Continental Op stars in his first novel(?): BLOOD MONEY  - New!
Pulp Gallery: THE CONTINENTAL OP (Part 2)  - New!
Pulp Gallery: THE CONTINENTAL OP (Part 1)  - New!
THE CONTINENTAL OP (1945, 1946) by Dashiell Hammett  - New!
Coming Soon: The ARGOSY LIBRARY from Altus Books  - New!
Forgotten Books: THE CONTINENTAL OP (1974) by Dashiell Hammett
"The Continental Opposite" in AHMM
Pulp Gallery: THRILLING MYSTERY
A Recycled Forgotten Book: DEAD AT THE TAKE-OFF by Lester Dent
Pulp Gallery: DAN TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE (1942-43)



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!

"Lesson at Luichow" by Michael Cates from SKY FIGHTERS, Spring, 1948
Navigator Rick Lambert, who washed out in Ground School but thinks he can fly, suddenly gets his chance for glory!
"High Windows" by Henry H. Curran from SHORT STORIES, January 10, 1949
Funny How Some People Are Always Suspicious of the Man Who Cleans the Windows!
"Double Dynamite" by Charles Smith from G-MEN DETECTIVE, November, 1942
Patrolman Tom Parden Uncovers All the Angles in a Death Triangle!




  Now online!

New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!

March 2015
In Writings
We've added a new section to our Writings section: The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection.  Here, you will find all our reprintings of Doyle's works (with more to come), along with an added tidbit or two.

But, as they say in infomercials, there's more!
We've also added a suspense story by Doyle "The Brazilian Cat", a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Two Collaborators" that includes an introduction describing the background of the how the story came about, and an article/interview from the August, 1892 issue of THE STRAND MAGAZINE, "A Day with Dr. Conan Doyle": a bit of insight into Doyle's life including all the original photographs that appeared with the article.

February 2015
In Writings
Continuing our look at England's life and work, we present George Allan England: the Harvard Years by Bob Gay, an in-depth look at England's years as a student at Harvard, including a bibliography of his work for The Harvard Illustrated Magazine, links to stories England wrote while a student and an overview of his first published book, Underneath the Bough.

January 2015
In Writings
The 6th, and final tale of The Chronicles of Don Q., "How Don Q. Played a Three-Cornered Game" presented as it appeared in the December, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the Stanley Wood illustrations. 
An introduction by Dan Neyer and the translation of all foreign words and phrases are included as an added bonus.


November 2014
In Writings
The fifth exciting story of Don Q. - "The Duel Between Don Q. and the Dark Brothers of the Civil Guard," as it appeared in the November, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the original Stanley Wood illustrations.  Also included are translated words and an introduction by Dan Neyer.

October 2014
In Writings
After over a year of research, we are (finally!) able to begin our comprehensive overview of  author George Allan England.
It all starts with  George Allan England: A 1923 Newspaper Interview with introduction and annotations by Bob Gay.

This is followed by England's first published story written at the time he decided to become a professional writer: Sessions and the Steam-Coal, a tale of the Russo-Japanese War
Also included are an introduction and afterword by Bob Gay and the original illustrations.

In the months to come, we will be adding additional stories and articles both by, and about, England, many of which have never been reprinted since their original publication.


September 2014
In Writings
The fourth chronicle of Don Q., How Don Q.'s Sword was Drawn for the Queen, is presented in its entirety along with an introduction by Dan Neyer, instant translations of foreign words and phrases, and the the Stanley Wood illustrations.

August 2014
In Writings
A delightful story of love, murder and revenge, The Melonville Expressman by Avery Hopwood as it appeared in the January, 1910 issue of The Strand Magazine.  Also included are the original illustrations and an introduction by Bob Gay.

July 2014
In Writings
The third chronicle of Don Q., "The Ears of the Governor of Castelleno," as it appeared in the September, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the Stanley Wood illustrations.  As an added bonus, an
introduction by Dan Neyer and all foreign or archaic words are instantly translated with a mouseover.


June 2014
In Writings
We once again turn our attention to Baroness Orczy and her first published story, "The Red Carnation" as it appeared in Everybody's Magazine in June of 1900.
 Instant translations, an introduction by Dan Neyer and the original illustrations are also included.

May 2014 
In Writings
Another tale from the Chronicles of Don Q., "How Don Q. Outwitted Don Luis," including the Stanley Wood illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
Plus!
A short biography of Hesketh Prichard, "To Introduce Mr. Hesketh Prichard," that only appeared in the UK edition of Pearson's Magazine.


April 2014 
In Writings
How Kid Brady Fought For His Eyes by P. G. Wodehouse
How Kid Brady Fought for his Eyes as it appeared in Pearson's Magazine in July of 1906, including the original illustrations.  Introduction by Dan Neyer.

March 2014
In Writings
Beginning the reprinting of the first 6 adventures of the brigand chief of the Andalusian highlands, Don Q., by Kate and Hesketh Prichard as they appeared in Pearson's Magazine, including the original illustrations and biographical/background information by Dan Neyer.
The Chronicles of Don Q.
How he Treated the Parole of Gevil-Hay

February 2014
In Writings
The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason
A tale as chilling as the Polar Vortex, The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason, including the original illustrations from The Strand Magazine and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a new site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along with articles, pictures and essays.  In the Writings section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first Reggie Fortune story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair Lewis and a large selection of Kipling, including the complete Mowgli stories and "The Man Who Would Be King."  We've also added an article about Sleeman's An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of the work.

In Comics, there is an overview of Superman #205 ("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!") and a look at a Steve Ditko illustrated story that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known story by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts with a group of collectible (and some not so) items and is the first of 24 collections.

The site is hoping for subscribers to keep it going and future plans call for more stories, more articles and there are a number of novels  we also intend to add to the mix.
New material will be appearing on the last Friday of each month (which means we'll have more new stuff at the end of February). 
In a few month  s, we will also be offering ebooks: on the site (in PDF) and at Amazon and B&N in their proprietary formats.


THE FIFTH HEART - Now available!
 by Dan Simmons

In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams--member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover's suicide appears to be more than it at first seemed; the suspected foul play may involve matters of national importance.

Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus--his three-year absence after Reichenbach Falls during which time the people of London believe him to be deceased. Holmes has faked his own death because, through his powers of ratiocination, the great detective has come to the conclusion that he is a fictional character.

This leads to serious complications for James--for if his esteemed fellow investigator is merely a work of fiction, what does that make him? And what can the master storyteller do to fight against the sinister power -- possibly named Moriarty -- that may or may not be controlling them from the shadows?

Hardcover: 624 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 1.1 inches
List Price: $28.00



FUTURES PAST: A Visual History of Science Fiction
1926: The Birth of Modern Science Fiction
Now on Kickstarter!
The campaign runs from March 24th to April 29th
!

Last fall Jim Emerson published the first issue of what will eventually be a 50 volume series on the early years of modern science fiction.  FUTURES PAST #1 begins with the year 1926 when the first science fiction magazine was published.  In fact, at that point it was not even called science fiction, but rather “scientifiction.” 

On March 10, 1926 AMAZING STORIES arrived on the newsstands with promises of interplanetary travel, alien races, and sights never before seen by Mankind.  The cover depicted a group ice skaters frolicking on one of the moons of Saturn.  That garishly colored issue would capture the attention and imagination of thousands of young readers, many of whom would be inspired to become science fiction writers themselves.  Over the coming years and decades, AMAZING STORIES would inspire hundreds of other science fiction magazines, tens of thousands of novels, films, radio plays, and so much more.

The goal of FUTURES PAST is to capture that incredible history and the people who made it, in exhaustive detail.  Over the next 10-12 years Jim Emerson will be producing a visual record of the field on a scale never attempted before.  The initial welcome has been quite positive, but one criticism was that the magazine is only available as a pdf and many visitors have asked when FUTURES PAST will be published as a print magazine. 

As you read this, a KICKSTARTER campaign has begun to raise funds to do just that.  The campaign runs from March 24th to April 29th.  If the goal is successfully reached, the funds will enable us to offer both pdf and print editions for our readers as well as enabling us to pay for reprint rights and original articles.  Please come join us on this spectacular journey through time and space and be sure to spread the word to everyone you know.  To find out all the details, the Kickstarter campaign can be found here:


The website for FUTURES PAST magazine is:    http://www.sfhistory.net

About the Editor - Jim Emerson, the founder, author and editor of FUTURES PAST, is a professional librarian and archivist with a Masters in Library Sciences from Indiana University.  He has paid his dues as a college professor, freelance writer, computer consultant, and is an avid amateur photographer. 

 When completed, this series will be the most comprehensive history of the field ever undertaken. 

FUTURES PAST: A Visual History of Science Fiction



Girasol Collectables
Pre-release Special: $130 with free shipping within North America, overseas please add $10.
Offer valid until April 30th, 2015.  Release date: May 30, 2015


Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce Volume 4
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES



Girasol has launched a new series of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout, 130+ pages.

Each book in the series has a mix of full page scans, size as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and 6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number, date, and cover artist if known.

Due for an May 30, 2015 release!
The fourth volume will be FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES!
A combo volume of full sets of scans of the 2 titles, all 210 issues in total.

This edition will be the same format as our first 3 volumes, 8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout, bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover art.

A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images. Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Dime Mystery touted itself as the Weirdest Stories Ever Told, and certainly the cover art was true to the claim!

Only $130 (prices include s&h within North America - overseas add $25)
Visit our ebay store to order, or email us for more information to acquire your copy.
Paypal payments to: info@girasolcollectables.com

Please note that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the covers.







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As the original "space girl", Wilma is the archetype for the many heroines of science-fiction and fantasy. With her clever mind, adventurous spirit and trusty “rocket pistol”, Wilma Deering has defied gravity and the stereotypical “damsel in distress” since the 1920s.

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Hippocampus Press
H. P. Lovecraft: Letters to Robert Bloch and Others
Coming in May!

H. P. Lovecraft’s generous tutelage of younger literary colleagues earned him their lifelong devotion and admiration. Few profited more by his assistance than Robert Bloch, who went on to become the celebrated author of Psycho and other classic works of horror and suspense. Establishing a correspondence with Lovecraft when he was sixteen, Bloch learned so much about the craft of writing—and about other matters—that he later stated: “Lovecraft was my university.”

This volume brings together Lovecraft’s complete extant correspondence with Bloch as well as with such other young writers, editors, and fans of the 1930s as Kenneth Sterling (who collaborated with Lovecraft on “In the Walls of Eryx”), Donald A. Wollheim (editor of the Phantagraph and a leading figure in science fiction in the decades that followed), Willis Conover (whose Lovecraft at Last is one of the most poignant books ever written about the Providence writer), and others.

As in all previous volumes in the Collected Letters series, these letters have been meticulously edited by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi, two of the leading authorities on Lovecraft. Also included are many rare and pertinent writings by the various correspondents, which shed light on their relationship to Lovecraft. An exhaustive bibliography and a comprehensive index conclude the volume.


Edited by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi
548 pages
ISBN 978-1-61498-137-4

$25.00


Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

THE LORDS OF QUARMALL
by Fritz Leiber & Harry Fischer


FANTASTIC Editorial, January 1964
Old friends of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser may be surprised to see a byline on their story in this issue that reads-"By Fritz Leiber and Harry Fischer." "Who," you are saying, "is Harry Fischer? Some Johnny-come-lately trying to horn in on Leiber's master-characters?"

Well, hardly. According to Fritz himself, Harry Fischer is the inventor of Fafhrd and the Mouser. And this is indeed a tale in itself, and one with which we shall acquaint you here and now, in the words of Leiber himself:

"Harry and I met in 1930 at the University of Chicago, became fast friends, and have been friends ever since. We had in common enthusiasms for fencing, chess, bridge, drama, and fantasy literature. In our correspondence we often extemporized fragments of fantasy. One day I got a letter from Harry inventing two characters. He wrote: 'All do fear the one known as the Gray Mouser. He walks with swag-ger 'mongst the bravos, though he's but the stature of a child. His costume is all of grey. His weapons [are called] Cat's Claw and Scalpel . . . Fafhrd was full seven feet of height. His wrist . . . was thick as a hero's ankle . . . . His mouth smiled as he fingered the ponderous hilt of a huge longsword.' "

From this beginnning, Fischer and Leiber utilized Fafhrd and the Mouser in their dreams and fantasy fragments. In 1937 Fischer wrote about 10,000 words of a novel to be called The Lords of Quarmall, a subterranean kingdom Leiber had invented as part of the land of Nehwon. But the fragment languished for 25 years. During this time Leiber wrote other sagas of Lankhmar, and Fischer put aside the fantasy world to become a successful businessman.

A year ago, however, Leiber visited Fischer and suggested that he (Leiber) finish Quarmall. So Fritz took the original 10,000 words, plotted and wrote over twice as many more, and-lo! the result begins on page [1].

Trade Paperback:
144 pages
$12.95

 
 
John Carter of Mars (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions): The First Five Novels - Now available!

Interplanetary perils and swashbuckling adventures on the Red Planet await you in John Carter of Mars, a thrilling trio of science fantasy novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Written during the heyday of the pulp fiction era, these bestselling, epic blends of derring-do and dazzling romance permanently remapped the terrain of fantasy and science fiction.

A Princess of Mars introduces officer John Carter, transported magically from Earth to Mars and plunged immediately into intrigues embroiling the Martian races. In the following novels The Gods of Mars,The Warlord of Mars, Thuvia, Maid of Mars, and The Chessmen of Mars, Burroughs elaborates his colorful vision of Mars as a home to fantastic fauna, airborne pirates, and battling tribes of nomadic, four-armed green Martian giants and city-dwelling red Martians.

Already a seasoned swordsman, Carter becomes an even fiercer warrior, unfettered by the planet’s lesser gravity. Thrust into one deadly battle after another as he seeks to woo the beautiful Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, John Carter of Mars magnificently meets his destiny as science fiction’s first larger-than-life hero.This edition of the first five novels in the John Carter of Mars saga is a distinguished new addition to Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features an elegant bonded-leather binding, distinctive gilt edging, decorative endpapers, and a colorful satin-ribbon bookmark. Collectible and durable, these volumes should be the cornerstones of every home library.


ISBN-13: 9781435158078
Series: Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series
Format: Leather Bound
Pages: 960
Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.40 (h) x 2.00 (d)
$18.00





Laurie's Wild West - Now online!

The Doomed SMART LOVE STORIES
- New!
Altus Press Launches the ARGOSY Library
The PCA/ACA Conference: Where Daisy Bacon and LOVE STORY Will Get Some Respect

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from LOVE STORY MAGAZINE
New Site. New Look. Same Pulpy Content.


Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

HIGH ADVENTURE Series 3 - New!
The Shadow Pulp Magazine Auction
Lone Ranger: Archival Documents
Christmas comes early in Woodland Hills
The Lost Mysterious Traveler Episodes


Mike Hammer: Kill Me, Darling - Now available!
by Mickey Spillane  (Author), Max Allan Collins  (Author)


The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner Velda has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered, an old cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad. What’s more, Mike’s pal Captain Pat Chambers has discovered that Velda is in Florida, the moll of gangster and drug runner Nolly Quinn.

Hammer hits the road and drives to Miami, where he enlists the help of a horse-faced newspaperman and a local police detective. But can they find Velda in time? And what is the connection between the murdered vice cop in Manhattan, and Mike’s ex turning gun moll in Florida?


Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
List Price: $22.99



New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird - Now available!
by John Langan, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Charles Stross, Paula Guran

Many of the best weird fiction writers (and creators in most other media) have been profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos H.P. Lovecraft created eight decades ago. Lovecraft's themes of cosmic indifference, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. A few years ago, New Cthulhu : The Recent Weird presented some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction from the first decade of the twenty-first century. Now, New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird brings you more eldritch tales and even fresher fiction inspired by Lovecraft.

Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Prime Books
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
List Price: $16.95




The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.

Omega Ops Legion
Nemesis
The Emperor
The Internet Old Time Radio Show  

PS Publishing
The latest three volumes in PS Publishing's series of illustrated Lovecraft are now available.

The books look fantastic and are chock full of Pete Von Sholly's sumptuous illustrations along with additional material from a host of Lovecraft luminaries such as S. T. Joshi, Paul Montelone, W. H. Pugmire, Brian Yuzna, Robert W. Chambers, Irvin S. Cobb, Robert M. Price, John Martin Leahy and Pete Von Sholly himself.


The Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft
A NOVELLA  by H.P. Lovecraft
PUBLICATION DATE  January 2014
EDITION Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART Pete Von Sholly
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS Pete Von Sholly
INTRODUCTION S.T. Joshi
PAGES 114
ISBN  978-1-848637-34-4

SYNOPSIS
Lovecraft’s masterpiece of age-spanning beings, a modern man’s experience in their prehistoric realm and the soul-shattering revelation of humanity’s true place in the cosmos.

CONTENTS
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
The Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft
The Vanity of Existence in “The Shadow out of Time” by Paul Montelone
The Shadow out of Plastic by Pete Von Sholly
“The Shadow out of Time” as Lovecraftian Horror by W. H. Pugmire



The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
A NOVELLA  by H.P. Lovecraft
PUBLICATION DATE  February 2014
EDITION Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART Pete Von Sholly
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS Pete Von Sholly
INTRODUCTION S.T. Joshi
PAGES 144
ISBN  978-1-848637-35-1

SYNOPSIS
A New England town with hideous secrets lurking in its darkened houses and a dreadful connection with an undersea race whose blood they share.

CONTENTS
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Foreword by Brian Yuzna
The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
The Shadow over the Shadow by Pete Von Sholly
The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers
Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb
Fish Schticks by Robert M. Price




At The Mountians of Madness  by H. P. Lovecraft
A NOVELLA  by H.P. Lovecraft
PUBLICATION DATE  February 2014
EDITION Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART Pete Von Sholly
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS Pete Von Sholly
INTRODUCTION S.T. Joshi
PAGES 144
ISBN  978-1-848637-36-8

SYNOPSIS
Cosmic horror broods and festers in the unexplored frozen wastes while a doomed expedition into a crumbling metropolis stirs the things still lurking in the caverns below.

CONTENTS
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
Frozen Horrors by Pete Von Sholly
In Amundsen’s Tent by John Martin Leahy
On “In Amundsen’s Tent” by John Martin Leahy by S. T. Joshi
The Occupant of the Tent by Robert M. Price






Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16, 2015

The Munsey Award

Every year, PulpFest recognizes the efforts of those who work to keep the pulps alive for this and future generations through its Munsey Award (pictured at left). Named after Frank A. Munsey, the man who published the first pulp magazine, this annual award recognizes an individual who has given of himself or herself for the betterment of the pulp community, be it through disseminating knowledge about the pulps or through publishing or other efforts to preserve and to foster interest in the pulp magazines we all love and enjoy. Nominations for the 2015 Munsey are now being accepted. All members of the pulp community, whether they plan to attend PulpFest 2015 or not, are welcome to nominate a deserving person for this year’s award.


You can also nominate someone for the Rusty Hevelin Service Award. Initiated in 2012, this award is designed to recognize those persons who have worked long and hard for the pulp community with little thought for individual recognition. It is meant to reward especially good works, and is thus reserved for only those individuals who are most deserving.

Last year’s winners were J. Randolph Cox, who received the 2014 Munsey Award and J. Barry Traylor, recipient of the 2014 Rusty Hevelin Service Award. You can read about both gentleman by clicking here.

If you have someone in mind that you feel worthy to receive either of these prestigious awards, please let us know. All members of the pulp community, excepting past winners of the Munsey, Hevelin, or Lamont Awards (which had been awarded by Pulpcon), are eligible. Please send the person’s name and a brief paragraph describing why you feel that person should be honored to Mike Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 or to mike@pulpfest.com. The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2015. The recipient of the Munsey and/or Rusty Hevelin Service Award will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of recognized experts in the pulp field. The award will be presented on August 15th, during the convention’s evening programming.

The Munsey Award was created by artist David Saunders, the son of legendary illustrator Norman Saunders. Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press and publisher of Illustration Magazine has produced a limited edition of thirty-six numbered and signed prints. The PulpFest Committee is indebted to both David and Dan for their generous support of our convention.


Pulp Crazy - Now online!

The World of Tiers by Philip José Farmer - New!
Tarzan and The Gods of Opar Part One by Mike Grell
Weird Tales Collection Magazine from Adventure House
The Outpost by H.P. Lovecraft
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Totem and Taboo by Philip José Farmer

Pulp Den - Now online!

Trail of Crosses - New!
Omari And The People - New!
The Argosy Library From ALTUS PRESS
Breaking Ties
The Death Tower
Memories

         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

George Allan England - The Mermaid - New!
Argosy reprints from Altus Press
RIP, Sir Terry Pratchett. A sad day for all of us.
Sidney Herschel Small - Author, Traveller  
Top 10 cover themes for Adventure magazine
Google Books scans of pulp magazines



PULP MACABRE: THE ART OF LEE BROWN COYE'S FINAL AND DARKEST ERA HC
Now available and coming soon to comic shops!

(Writer) Mike Hunchback, Caleb Braaten (Art & Cover) Lee Brown Coye

No other artist working in mid-century pulp fiction created work as twisted as Lee Brown Coye. By the 1970s, after surviving a life-threatening illness, Coye would outdo himself, creating lurid illustrations exclusive to rare privately published books and fanzines. With nearly one hundred gloriously rendered Coye-penned images, Pulp Macabre showcases Coye's final and darkest era, containing some of the most passionately ghoulish artwork ever made.


Not available in Germany.

Hardcover, 220 pages, B&W, $39.95




The Pulp.Net  - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features two ongoing blogs!

Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.

Pulp Super-Fan blog by Michael R. Brown

Pulp comics: The Black Beetle - New!
Review: Dime Novel Cover Series - New!
Pulp comics: Lobster Johnson
‘Pulp Adventures’ No. 16
Fanzine update: ‘Bronze Gazette’ #71-73
Yellowed Perils by William Lampkin

Pulp AdventureCon report
Pulp conventions for 2015
2014: In memoriam
Pulp gifts: A book by Robert Sampson
Pulp gifts: H.P. Lovecraft films


Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #76
James Christopher, Operator #5 Audiobook
#5 Cavern of the Damned - August 1934

by Frederick C. Davis writing as Curtis Steele
Read by Milton Bagby. Liner Notes by Will Murray

Now available!

From out of the pages of Operator #5 magazine steps a dramatic hero who pits himself against threats to national security from all origins. Whether it’s a subversive internal threat, or a full-scale invasion from an enemy land, James Christopher stood ready and resolute to defeat it.


In 1934, with Hitler consolidating power in Germany and the Japanese Empire on the rise in Asia, young pulp publisher Harry Steeger decided that the American public was ready for a magazine chronicling the exploits of an undercover agent dedicated to defending the United States from foreign aggressors. With his editors, Steeger came up with a title, Secret Service Operator #5, and a cover depicting a masked terrorist fleeing an exploding White House. Over this loomed the resourceful hero, blazing away with a .45 automatic. His job: to defeat a new invasion of the United States—every month!

Aided by a small group of trusted assistants, ranging from his twin sister Nan to scrappy street urchin Tim Donovan, Jimmy Christopher was a one-man defense force. Proud and patriotic, expert marksman and swordsman, he is the best America has to offer in a time of severe trial.

From the August, 1934 issue of Operator #5 magazine comes Cavern of the Damned.

Secretly, behind closed doors and guarded portals, the mysterious Black Power of Zaava spread its hidden terror throughout America. What evil force was behind the destruction of churches; the wholesale disappearance of entire congregations? What sinister spell had fallen upon American men and women to make them hurl themselves into white-hot flaming furnaces? A trap worse than death is laid for Operator 5 when, in a final effort to combat this monstrous hidden power, he makes his way alone into the Cavern of the Damned!

Into this unprecedented crisis plunged Jimmy Christopher. Only one man, but a man who embodied the American spirit—and stands prepared to perish to protect his country.

Read by Milton Bagby with single-minded intensity.

5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs




Radio Archives
Robert Weinberg Presents
Desper Hollow Audiobook
by Elizabeth Massie

Read by Nick Santa Maria

Now available!


It begins when hardheaded mountain matriarch Granny Mustard decides she wants to live forever, but is killed before she can achieve her goal. Her slow-witted but equally hardheaded granddaughter Jenkie decides to pick up the ball and run with it. She takes Granny's unperfected immortality moonshine recipe, a socially-inept friend named Bink, and her wild dreams of fame and fortune to an abandoned trailer up in Desper Hollow.

 
But slow-witted doesn't stand a chance against the terrible power that Granny unleashed. Jenkie's experiments worsen the troubles with Granny's original recipe. Now, it brings dead critters and a few stray dead folks back to a state of hungry, vicious, mindless animation. Soon, a stash of the living dead is locked up in the back of the Jenkie's trailer, emitting a howling heard that has herd that has Jenkie terrified. And Armistead, one of the red-eyed living dead, seems way too alert for comfort.
 
Mountain resident Kathy Shaw and Hollywood pitchman Jack Carroll, who is looking for the next hit reality show, find themselves caught up in the growing horror surrounding Desper Hollow. They can't avoid it and must face it head on. So must Armistead, who fights the fog of his ghastly condition to discover the truth of who he really is.
 
Praise for the Fiction of Elizabeth Massie
 
“Massie’s sharp observations and eye for detail bring her characters to life.” — Publishers Weekly
 
“Elizabeth Massie is personally one of my favorite authors. Her writing is true, heartfelt, and wildly original. She is one of the greats.” — Bentley Little, author of Dispatch, The Collection, The Return, The Disappearance
 
“Elizabeth Massie can be every bit as creepy as Roald Dahl in his more disturbing adult short stories.” — The Argus Leader
 
“(Massie’s) abundant talent, but moreover, her sensitivity and humanity and her passion… it’s more than a gift, it is her essence.” — Brian Hodge, author of Oasis, Wild Horses, Picking the Bones
 
“Massie is the reigning champion of the modern Southern Gothic. She is a master.” — Garrett Peck, Gauntlet
 
7 hours - $13.99 Download / $27.98 Audio CDs




Radio Archives
New line of art prints coming soon!

Hi, my name is Bob Weinberg. I’m good friends with Doug Ellis and the two of us are both known as obsessive pulp magazine collectors. When I use the word “obsessive,” I mean exactly that. Doug and I have been collecting pulps most of our lives and we have tremendous collections of them. Recently, our buddy Tom Brown has allowed us to share our love of pulp fiction with his huge audience of Audiobook Lovers. I’ve been editing a line of pulp novels, The Best of Argosy, while Doug has been responsible for The Best of Adventure. But the pulp magazines are not our greatest collecting mania. Doug and I both collect original paintings used to illustrate science fiction, fantasy, and pulp magazines and books. Unfortunately, these originals are one-of-a-kind and are unavailable to the average collector except for those willing to pay astronomical prices. Until now!
 
Working with Tom Brown, Doug Ellis and I, Bob Weinberg, will be selling stunning prints of some of the finest paintings in our collections. These will be printed full color. They won’t be cheap but they will cost in most cases less than one tenth of one percent of the actual value of the original! These prints will be reproduced directly from the actual art used to first publish these unique covers. They will offer the ultimate decoration for any collector interested in SF or pulp art. We hope to begin offering these special items in April, so keep watching this newsletter for more details.

Bob & Doug & Tom

Radio Archives
 
Doc Savage, Volume 11
features two exciting 1936 thrillers by Laurence Donovan and Lester Dent, writing as Kenneth Robeson. First, the Man of Bronze battles Var, a faceless fiend whose sinister pronouncements threaten destruction through the eerie "Cold Death." Then, Doc Savage becomes embroiled in a desperate race to Antarctica to block "The South Pole Terror." This reprint showcases the classic color pulp cover by Walter Baumhofer, original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, and historical articles by Will Murray. Double Novel Reprint - Specially priced until April 9th - $0.99



Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!

The Spider #105: Revolt Of The Underworld
Never had Richard Wentworth faced more overwhelming odds — or more certain defeat! For the Fox, imported by a gigantic Underworld combine to destroy the Spider, struck in vicious Axis fashion, leaving America’s great crime crusader destitute and dying! Another epic exploit of America’s best-loved pulp-fiction character of the 1930s and 1940s: The Spider — Master of Men! Richard Wentworth — the dread Spider, nemesis of the Underworld, lone wolf anti-crime crusader who always fights in that grim no-man’s land between Law and lawless — returns in vintage pulp tales of the Spider, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.

Dare-Devil Aces #56: Aces Wild!
The thrilling saga of the 38th — the wings of Aces Wild! Dare-Devil Aces was another of the many pulps that rode the wave of popularity of World War I aviation tales in the decade after the conflict. It made its debut in February 1932 and lasted for an astounding 135 issues. It finally closed after World War II ended, with the November 1946 issue. During its run, it presented a wide assortment of high-flying aerial series, including The Red Falcon, The Vanished Legion, The Three Mosquitoes, Molloy and McNamara, The Black Sheep of Belogue, The Mongol Ace, Chinese Brady, Captain Babyface, Smoke Wade and others. Strap on your flying helmet, toss that scarf about your neck and get ready for some soaring action in the skies over France and Germany during the Great War. Dare-Devil Aces return in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
 
 
All eBooks produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats for the ultimate in compatibility.
When you upgrade to a new eReader, you can transfer your eBooks to your new device without the need to purchase anything new.





Ramble House
Now available!

THE EVIL OF LI-SIN
And Other Stories

 Gerald Verner writing as Nigel Vane
Introduced by John Pelan
Afterword and Bibliography by Chris Verner
Dancing Tuatara Press #54

 
This special omnibus volume brings back into print The Menace of Li-Sin and The Vengeance of Li-Sin, Gerald Verner's two novels featuring the character Li-Sin, whose mission is to retrieve the sacred Black Idol and wreak revenge on its desecrators. The crimes of Li-sin and his gang present the self-appointed sleuth Dr. James Hartley, along with Scotland Yard and the local constabulary, with a remarkable challenge.

This Dancing Tuatara Press edition is introduced by John Pelan, and Chris Verner, the author's son, has contributed an in-depth Afterword and a comprehensive Bibliography of Gerald Verner's writings, including the many books originally published under pseudonyms.

Available Editions
$6  Ebook (EPUB or MOBI) 
  $20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket  6" x 9"

$45 Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



Ramble House
Now available!

HOMICIDE HOUSE and Other Stories
 Volume #6 in the Day Keene in the Detective Pulps Series
 by Day Keene

 With an Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
 
These nine stories by Day Keene from the pulps were chosen by John Pelan, who has several more collections planned.
Each of the 6 collections so far has been introduced by a major player in the detective fiction field, such as Ed Gorman, Bill Crider, David Laurence Wilson or Robert J. Randisi, and now it's Richard A. Lupoff's turn.
 
The stories in this collection are: 
HOMICIDE HOUSE
MY LITTLE GYPSY CHEAT-HEART
JOHNNY COME DEADLY
MURDER IN PARADISE
MARRIED TO MURDER!
IF A BODY MEET A BODY—
SHE SHALL MAKE MURDER—
THE MAN WHO DIED FOUR TIMES
THREE QUEENS OF THE MAYHEM

 
290 pages.

Available Editions

  $20 Trade Paperback
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket

$45 Hardcover with bookplate signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



Ramble House
Now available!

THE YU-CHI STONE 
by Edmund Snell
 
With an Introduction by John Pelan

 
Ramble House is claiming Edmund Snell as one of its "flagship authors" not only because he's one of the best pulp writers ever, but because he was so prolific and we have so many of his old stories from the tabloid-like thriller mags that preceded the pulps. John Pelan tells you all about it in his introduction as we add this supernatural yarn to other Snell titles as The Back of Beyond, The Crimson Butterfly, Dope and Swastikas, The Finger of Destiny, The Sign of the Scorpion and The White Owl.
 
Written in 1925, The Yu-Chi Stone is one of Edmund Snell's early novels of Yellow Peril.
 
220 pages.
 

Available Editions

  $20 Trade Paperback
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket

$45 Hardcover with bookplate signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



ROBERT E. HOWARD'S SAVAGE SWORD #10 - Arriving in comic shops April 1!
Alex de Campi (Writer), John Ostrander (Writer), Ron Marz (Writer), Doug Moench (Writer), John Bolton (Art), Richard Clark (Art), Marc Laming (Art), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)

This issue is packed from cover to cover with stories by some of comics' greatest creators. Ron Marz teams up with Richard Clark to tell a thrilling tale of human sacrifice and swift justice starring Solomon Kane. Alex de Campi and Marc Laming adapt Howard's famed fable "The Dark Man," and John Ostrander pens a brand-new story starring the Cimmerian swordsman Conan! Plus we reprint the timeless Kull tale "Demon in a Silvered Glass" by Doug Moench and John Bolton!


Full Color, 80 pages, $7.99





The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

Blue Face
- New!
House of Ghosts - New!
Q
The Shadow Laughs
The White Skulls
The Ghost Makers

TARZAN: THE COMPLETE RUSS MANNING NEWSPAPER STRIPS VOLUME 4 (1974-1979) - Arriving in comic shops April 1!

WINNER OF THE 2014 EISNER AWARD!

In the series conclusion, the final nine Sunday storylines by Russ Manning, in which Tarzan returns to Opar, Pellucidar, and Castra Sanguinarius, while Korak finds himself at the Sacred Lake of Krackao and the Elephants' Graveyard. Collecting the complete strips' run from March 24, 1974 through June 24, 1979.


Hardcover, Full Color, 296 pages, 11” x 8.5”, $49.99 • 296 pages, On sale January 21






Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

The Stories of Francis Stevens-The Labyrinth - New!
The Stories of Francis Stevens-The Nightmare - New!
The Stories of Francis Stevens-The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar - New!
Dark Fantasy and Francis Stevens-Part Three - New!
Dark Fantasy and Francis Stevens-Part Two - New!
Dark Fantasy and Francis Stevens-Part One - New!
Francis Stevens (1883-1948)
Clare Winger Harris (1891-1968)
Amelia Reynolds Long (1904-1978)
Witches, Wizards, and Warlocks on the Cover of Weird Tales
Scarecrows


Weirdbook
After a more than 17 year hiatus, Weirdbook is returning in August!

David A. Riley and Douglas Draa are, under Paul Ganley’s stewardship, reviving the legendary magazine.
Their intention is to offer the finest in Weird, Horror, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Sword Sorcery, and even odd fiction.
The debut issue #31 will appear in August 2015.

In keeping with Weirdbook’s long tradition, the first revival issue will present a never before published cover by none other than Mr. Stephen Fabian himself.

Submissions are now open!
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/

David A. Riley: Publisher and Senior Editor
Douglas Draa: Managing and Fiction Editor
Paul Ganley: Editor emeritus

David A. Riley is a Horror author and publisher and Douglas Draa is an author and former on-line editor for Weird Tales Magazine.




White Rocket Books
Now available!

THE SHATTERING

THE SHATTERING sets the galaxy aflame!
Van Allen Plexico’s monumental Military SF/Space Opera saga arrives in massive omnibus edition!


White Rocket Books proudly announces the release in trade paperback of a single, monumental , 700-page volume collecting all three of Van Allen Plexico’s epic THE SHATTERING novels.
In the spirit of Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy! Three mighty legions of super-soldiers converge upon Sacred Terra as demons, aliens, gods and men clash and the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance!

Hordes of aliens under the dark lord Goraddon's diabolical control have swept across the worlds of Man, leaving only death and destruction in their wake. Humanity's greatest champions are striking back, hurling giant mechs, hovertanks, starfleets and legions of super-soldiers at the foe. But not all allies are what they seem to be, and treachery awaits at the most critical moment.
“Not since Frank Herbert’s DUNE books has there been such an intricately plotted space saga that echoes all the action of the early days of science fiction yet is tempered with the talented sensibilities of a modern day pulp adventure. Plexico is the master of Space Opera.” --Pulp Fiction Reviews

THE SHATTERING Omnibus includes all three novels in the galaxy-shattering Gothic SF adventure that began with the 2014 Novel of the Year Finalist, LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE, continued with the critically acclaimed LEGION II: SONS OF TERRA, and concluded with 2015 Novel of the Year Finalist, LEGION III: KINGS OF OBLIVION.  Here we see the fallout from the war of the gods in LUCIAN, and the growing crisis that will lead to the creation of HAWK and the other Hands of the Machine.  Futuristic armies clash, godlike beings manipulate empires, and the gateway to the Underverse is reopened, unleashing slavering demonic hordes upon an unsuspecting galaxy!

“Intrigue, betrayal, and plenty of action and adventure!” –Doug Dandridge, author of the Exodus: Empires at War series.

“Most know me for my Sentinels superhero novels,” says Plexico, “but there’s nothing I love better than galaxy-spanning cosmic conflict with vast starfleets, planetary invasions, hordes of horrific aliens, high-tech armies and even gods and demons thrown in. And if you’ve read my LUCIAN or HAWK novels, you’ll find a whole lot of secrets revealed and many mysteries resolved in these pages.”
This omnibus volume features gorgeous cover art by artist Mike Jackson.

White Rocket Books is a leader in the New Pulp movement, publishing exciting action and adventure novels and anthologies since 2005, in both traditional and electronic formats.   White Rocket books have hit the Amazon.com Top 10-by-Genre and reached #1 on the New Pulp Best-Sellers List, and have garnered praise from everyone from Marvel Comics Vice-President Tom Brevoort to Kirkus Reviews.
THE SHATTERING Omnibus is a $24.95, 6 x 9”, 704-page trade paperback from White Rocket Books.


Each of the three volumes is also available individually as $3.99 ebooks on Kindle.

ISBN-13:  978-0692021460   

On Amazon.com:  http://www.amazon.com/Shattering-Omnibus-Van-Allen-Plexico/dp/0692021469

See the entire Shattering/Legions saga at http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering/



COLD LIGHTNING

COLD LIGHTNING kicks off all-new stories in the “Shattering” universe!

First in a new series of “quick reads” set in the Space Opera universe of the acclaimed Shattering/Legions books!

White Rocket Books proudly announces the release on Kindle of the first in a new series of “quick read” novellas by Van Allen Plexico, set in the same universe as his acclaimed and Novel of the Year finalist books, LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE and LEGION III: KINGS OF OBLIVION, as well as HAWK and LUCIAN—and priced at only 99 cents!

Two commanders and their special ops teams in a race against time --through a deep, dark maze filled with death!

On the orders of legendary soldier Arnem Agrippa, Major Selim Iksander ("The Lightning") races against time and against his rival, Major Yevgeni Vostok ("The Cold") , through a labyrinthine maze deep beneath the fortress-world of Candis. At his side are four carefully selected allies-- a star pilot, a cleric, a Marine and a Ninja-like stealth warrior--ready to handle anything Vostok can throw at them. But more powerful entities have awakened-- and now the dark tunnels in the bowels of the fortress-world have become a death trap from which none of them may escape alive.

"Intrigue, betrayal and plenty of action!"  --Doug Dandridge, author of Exodus: Empires at War, on the Shattering saga.

 “Plexico is the master of Space Opera.” --Pulp Fiction Reviews

COLD LIGHTNING begins the new “Legion Chronicles” series of 99 cent novellas from White Rocket Books and opens up a whole new arena of adventures in Plexico’s popular Space Opera/Military SF New Pulp series.

“Readers have demanded more adventures by the men and women of the mighty Imperial Legions from the Shattering novels,” says Plexico, “and rather than make them wait a year or more for another big novel, we decided to create an entirely new series of “quick reads” and get them out in a more timely fashion—and for less than a buck a piece. This is the first one up, and I think it’s a doozy!”

COLD LIGHTNING is a 99 cent Kindle ebook and a Limited Edition Hardcover from White Rocket Books.

Kindle ASIN:  B00UPLUZZY

On Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Lightning-Legion-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B00UPLUZZY

In Hardcover: http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering

See all the Shattering/Legions books at http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering


White Rocket Books





 ‘X-Files’ returning to Fox for six episodes - Coming soon!

Fox announced that “The X-Files” is returning for a special six-episode “event.”
Stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are both back to play Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, those FBI agents who always got a little too close to the truth.
It is unclear if any of the famous X-Files alumni, including former exec producers Frank Spotnitz, Howard Gordon and Vince Gilligan, would be involved.

No premiere date was announced.
Production is expected to begin this Summer.





20 March 2015

2015 Pulp Shows

The Pulp Coming Attractions Pulp Shows page has been updated with available information on the presently known pulp shows scheduled for 2015!
Click on the PULP SHOWS link below or the icon at the top of the page and start making your reservations!

19th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 9, 2015, 10am to 4pm!
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 4pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library,
239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



2015 Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention
Celebrating the 125th Birthday of H. P. Lovecraft
April 17-19, 2015

MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 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 (register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. — the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 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 150 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 5, 2015. 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, 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
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist) and Saturday nights.
PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories. More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood 'N' Thunder magazine (http:// muraniapress.com/blood-n-thunder/).


NEW PULP SUNDAY 2015 SCHEDULE
For the third year in a row, the Windy City Pulp & Paper Con is hosting a five hour block devoted to the New Pulp Movement to be held on Sunday April 19th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Eighteen of today’s finest New Pulp writers and artists will be participating in both panels and readings.  Here is the official schedule.

10:00 to 11:00 AM
PANEL – HP Lovecraft & Horror Pulps
Moderator – Rick Lai
Panelists - Tommy Hancock, Wayne Reinagel, Rich Harvey, Gene Moyers, Adam Garcia

11:00 to 11:15 AM
Reading # 1 – Gene Moyers

11:15 to 11:30 AM
Reading # 2 - Ron Fortier

11:30 to 11:45 AM
Reading # 3 - Tommy Hancock

11:45 to NOON
Reading # 4 - Wayne Reinagel

NOON to 1:00 PM
PANEL – Art in the Pulps.
Moderator – Rob Davis
Panelists - David C. Smith, Fred Adams Jr., Lance Stahlberg, David White, Tim Bruckner

1:00 to 1:15 PM
Reading # 5 - Fred Adams Jr.

1:15 to 1:30 PM
Reading # 6 - Rick Lai

1:30 to 1:45 PM
Reading # 7 - Gordon Dymowski

1:45 to 2:00 PM
Reading # 8 - Michael Black

2:00 to 3:00 PM
PANEL – What’s Next? The Changing Face of Genre Fiction
Moderator – Tommy Hancock
Panelists - Gordon Dymowski, Dale Cozort, Alan J. Porter, Michael Black, Andy Fix

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. Also be sure to check out and join our Facebook page!

CON SUITE
Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges and program materials!) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning — stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby!

HOTEL
For our fifteenth show, for the eighth year in a row we're at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O'Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $113/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on March 26, 2015!). 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, you can contact the hotel 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.




36th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
Sunday, March 22, 2015!


45+ authors and illustrators will sign your books for FREE!

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking





39th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship
April 9-11, 2015!

The 39th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship, with events April 9-11, 2015, welcomes award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi, and writers, friends and fans from across the region for this annual celebration of Jack Williamson and the genre to which he contributed so significantly.

The Lectureship opens with Readings with Visiting Authors and Friends of the Lectureship on Thursday evening, 6 p.m., in JWLA 112. The evening concludes with dinner at our usual spot, the Cattle Baron.

Friday morning features Guest of Honor Paolo Bacigalupi reading from his work from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. in JWLA 112. After a break, luncheon follows at 11:30 (Zia Room, Campus Union), with keynote address from the GOH and comments from our favorite Mistress of the Podium, Connie Willis.

Everyone is welcome to attend the panels at Special Collections in Golden Library from 3-6 p.m. where writers, guests, and audience will discuss and debate topics in science fiction and fantasy.  New participants, edgy topics. Come and have your say!

For aspiring young writers, a special workshop will be offered Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to Noon (location TBA).

Reservations for the lectureship luncheon can be made by calling 575.562.2315 or emailing Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu.
The price is $10, payable at the door.  Reservations must be received by Monday, April 6, 2015.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Readings from the Words of Jack Williamson
Tuesday, April 7th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading with Visiting Authors
Thursday, April 9th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading by Guest of Honor, Paolo Bacigalupi
Friday, April 10th, 9:30 - 11 a.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Lectureship Luncheon
Friday, April 10th, 11:45 a.m.
ENMU, Campus Union Ballroom (lunch tickets are $10

Williamson Lectureship Panels
Friday, April 10th, 3 - 6 p.m.
ENMU Golden Library Special Collections

Young Writers Workshop
Saturday, April 11th, 10 a.m. Noon
Portales Public Library (reservations required)

61st Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show
Sunday, April 19, 2015!

Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$5.00 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.



ALTERED STATES: THE SHADOW #1 - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
(Writer) David Avallone (Art) Ivan Rodriguez (Cover) Billy Tan

Welcome to Altered States… Dynamite Entertainment’s parallel reality in the vein of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s What If!

The Shadow’s living soul is ripped out of time and space and transported to a violent dimension where his powers and abilities will be tested to the breaking point. The Shadow knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, but there are worse things in the universe than man…


32 pages, 
Full Color, $3.99






Altus Press Announces The Argosy Library
The First Series of Releases Features Popular Authors Such as Lester Dent, Otis Adelbert Kline, W.C. Tuttle, and George F. Worts

Altus Press has announced the premiere of its new line of books: The Argosy Library series. Founded at the end of the Nineteenth Century by publishing tycoon Frank A. Munsey, Argosy Magazine quickly became one of the most popular—and prestigious—fiction magazines of its day and spawned a publishing revolution. Known as one of the most literate pulp magazines, Argosy published thousands of short stories and novels, many of which features some of the most influential series characters in popular fiction. With the inauguration of The Argosy Library, Altus Press plans to bring back into print the best of the Frank A. Munsey Company, sourced from its suite of sibling titles such as Argosy, The All-Story, and Flynn’s Detective Fiction Weekly, among others.

The Argosy Library expects to showcase the varied mix of genres that made Argosy one of the most popular pulps of all time, and Series 1 does just that by showcasing adventure, mystery, western, science fiction, fantasy, and crime stories by some of Munsey’s most popular authors such as Lester Dent, W. Wirt, Otis Adelbert Kline, W.C. Tuttle, George F. Worts, and Theodore Roscoe, among others.

The Argosy Library will be released in series of ten books at a time—in matching trade dress—and will be available in softcover, hardcover, and ebook editions. In addition to being available separately, each series of releases can be purchased as a single, heavily-discounted set.  Series 1 of The Argosy Library is expected to be released in May.


GENIUS JONES by Lester Dent
Introduction by Will Murray


The gold-dusted saga of a red-bearded young giant, raised in the Arctic on seal-meat and encyclopedias, who descends on civilization with a loud and solid crash.
In his search for wisdom and adventure, the man Jones doesn’t have Aladdin’s lamp—but he doesn’t really need it….

Never before reprinted, it’s the longest novel Lester Dent ever published, and one of the most famous.

This edition restores text cut from its original publication.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

271 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




WHEN TIGERS ARE HUNTING: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF CORDIE, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, VOLUME 1
by W. Wirt


The sagas of Jimmie Cordie and his crew were among Argosy’s most popular series when it was brought to that magazine during its early ’30s renaissance.

Quite clearly an inspiration for the creation of Doc Savage, this edition collects his first nine adventures.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

240 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




THE SWORDSMAN OF MARS by Otis Adelbert Kline

Harry Thorne, explorer and swordsman, had scarcely more than heard of the Red Planet, Mars—when an amazing thing happened….
Otis Adelbert Kline is well-known as one of the best fantasy/adventure contemporaries of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
This edition is sourced from the original magazine text and includes all of the original illustrations.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

237 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




THE SHERLOCK OF SAGELAND: THE COMPLETE TALES OF SHERIFF HENRY, VOLUME 1
by W.C. Tuttle, Introduction by Sai Shankar


Once voted Adventure Magazine’s most popular author, W.C. Tuttle introduced the world to one of his longest-running,
and most popular series characters, Henry Harrison Conroy, in the pages of Argosy.

Collected here are the first four stories.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

269 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




GONE NORTH by Charles Alden Seltzer

When Jim Fallon started for the Hudson Bay country, he wasn’t sure whether he was on a man-hunt or a wild goose chase—but he found his quest was fraught with real enough peril.
Among the best novels ever written by one of Argosy’s most popular authors.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

220 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




THE MASKED MASTER MIND by George F. Worts

One of Argosy’s most popular authors pens this never-before reprinted novel of a trail of crime that ran from sleepy Maple Hollow to Steel City.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

265 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




BALATA by Fred MacIsaac

Trees of living gold in the Amazon jungles, guarded by alligators, poisoned darts and rival hunters—such was the lodestone that drew an American expedition, and the unwilling Pete Holcomb….

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

216 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover




BRETWALDA by Philip Ketchum

’Twas the mightiest weapon the eyes of man had ever beheld; its mystic name meant “Ruler of Briton.”
And from over the Northern Sea came a Viking’s thrall—the only man in the world who could wield that fearsome steel—to save good King Alfred and the homeland he scarce remembered.

 Collecting—for the first time—all 12 stories of the Bretwalda saga.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

479 pages / $29.95 softcover / $39.95 hardcover



DRAFT OF ETERNITY  by Victor Rousseau

A groundbreaking science fiction, post-apocalyptic & time travel classic from the early days of The All-Story by an underrated writer.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

183 pages / $17.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover



FOUR CORNERS, VOLUME 1 by Theodore Roscoe

Mystery runs rampant in the quiet, upstate New York town of Four Corners….
Easily one of Roscoe’s best-written series, Volume 1 collects the first half of this lost masterpiece of the pulps.

Part of The Argosy Library of classics.

201 pages / $19.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover



Altus Press
Savings From Altus Press!

We're celebrating a number of new releases by giving everyone a chance to save a few bucks.
Until March 31, 2015, use coupon code march10off to take an additional 10% off our already discounted prices.
It'll work on anything on www.altuspress.com.
So head on over now & save... and don't forget we offer free shipping on softcover orders.



Altus Press
Now available!

 
Defiance Valley: The Complete Northwoods Stories of Frederick Nebel, Volume 1
by Frederick Nebel
Introduction by Rob Preston


Tales of the Northwest may have been Frederick Nebel’s forte, but sadly these ultra-rare magazines don’t turn up often and as a result, few readers have been able to enjoy these classics.

With this book, Altus Press brings these stories to modern readers, complete, uncut, and in order.

Volume 1 contains Nebel’s first 16 stories of this genre, taken from North*West Stories and Action Stories.

368 pages / $26.96 softcover / $39.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2
by Ellery Watson Calder, Hugh Speer, Robert Leslie Bellem, Clint Morgan, Clive Trent,
Jerome Severs Perry, Carl Moore, Cary Moran, and Clark Nelson

Introduction by Alfred Jan

The Thrills of Horror! Romantic Tales of the Eerie and Occult! You’ll find them in Spicy Mystery—stories of red-blooded men and lovely girls in dangerous situations, in an atmosphere of chills and thrills. Real life is never so tense and dramatic as when a girl is in peril—or as when a siren as deadly as she is beautiful sets her snare for a man….

Are you bored of typical weird menace plots, many of which crept into Spicy Mystery? Then sample these tales which break out of that tired formula where every ending is happy, and the only challenge is guessing which minor character gets exposed as the villain in a rubber monster suit and demon mask!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2 contains 11 classic stories by the masters of the genre, complete, uncut, and with the original illustrations.

It also includes an all-new introduction by editor Alfred Jan, one of the leading experts on the series.

205 pages / $15.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!


Altus Press
Now available!

Beyond the Call of Duty: The Complete Tales of Koropok, Volume 1
by Sidney Herschel Small


One of the best series from the twilight of Adventure Magazine's run, this 11-story saga of an American undercover agent in the Far East
 during World War II has been sadly neglected for 75 years. But no longer!

This two-volume set also includes over 100 illustrations by master pulp illustrators Hamilton Greene and Frank Kramer.
Volume 1 contains the first six stories: “Beyond the Call of Duty,” “The War-Fan,” “Flight Without Wings,” “Belt of Steel,” “Lost Face,” and “The Last Banzai.”

278 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

The King Makers: The Adventures of Vincent Connor
by H. Bedford-Jones


Vincent Connor—to all simply a wealthy playboy—but his “play” was matching wits in tight places against wily Oriental intriguers and the theft of the priceless Han jades.

Part of the Uniform H. Bedford-Jones Library.

175 pages / $13.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover


FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

Blood and Steel: The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana, Volume 4
by Gordon MacCreagh


"Anything can happen in Africa!"--that's the credo of big game hunter, trader and safari guide King, known all over the Dark Continent as Kingi Bwana.
Together with his two loyal companions, the deadly Masai warrior Barounggo and the wizened, cunning Hottentot Kaffa, the stoic American battles slave traders, ivory poachers, gold smugglers, arms traffickers, evil witch doctors and secret societies in the savanna and jungle of Central East Africa.

Collecting the last four stories: "A Man to Kill," "Slaves of Ethiopia," "Strong as Gorillas," and "Blood and Steel."

206 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

In the Grip of the Griffin: The Complete Battles of Gordon Manning & The Griffin, Volume 3
by J. Allan Dunn


The end of the saga!
Running for 31 installments, this is one of the classic sagas from the pages of Detective Fiction Weekly featuring master criminal The Griffin and his war on America.
Written by one of the most colorful authors of pulpdom, Volume 3 contains the final 10 stories of the series, uncut, and with all the original images.

282 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Coming to comic shops in June!

DOC SAVAGE: THE NEW ADVENTURES: THE ICE GENIUS SC
(Writer) Lester Dent & Various (Cover) Joe Devito

When William Harper Littlejohn unearths a shadowy figure transfixed in ice, the renowned archeologist understands that he has made the most momentous discovery of his brilliant career. For inscribed over the frozen form is this chilling warning: "IF I STILL LIVED, MANKIND WOULD TREMBLE!" Who is this monster? Why does his name strike terror into the hearts of brave men? Can even Doc Savage control him once he breaks free from his icy tomb?

Softcover, 6x9, 446 pages, B&W, $24.95


DOC SAVAGE: THE NEW ADVENTURES: THE ICE GENIUS is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151948.




Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE WHISPERER Volume 7: "The Death Roses," "Murder Brotherhood" & "Afraid to Die"
Sanctum Books completes its reprinting of the original 1936-37 pulp series by DOC SAVAGE's Lawrence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich" that inspired BATMAN's first supporting character! First, an ingeniously concealed map holds the answer Police Commissioner James Gordon needs to stop flower-festooned serial slayings in "The Death Roses." Then, The Whisperer invades China Hill to smash the weird "Murder Brotherhood." Finally, it's up to The Whisperer to discover why a philosophical Asian was "Afraid to Die" in a novelette by Alan Hathway from the back pages of THE SHADOW MAGAZINE! BONUS: Classic illustrated adventures of The Whisperer and Norgil the Magician from the Golden Age of Comics! This instant collector's item showcases the original color pulp covers by John Newton Howitt and Tom Lovell, the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-162-2  Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in May!

DOC SAVAGE Classic Superpack #1 - The "Fortress of Solitude" Collection
Sanctum Books collects all eight thrill-packed pulp novels from its first four DOC SAVAGE trade paperbacks in a deluxe collector's set. The Man of Bronze battles his greatest enemy in "Fortress of Solitude" and "The Devil Genghis," revives an ancient evil in "Resurrection Day" and explores "The Land of Always-Night" and "Mad Mesa." Doc Savage is captured by one of his strangest foes in "Repel," battles murderous terrorists in "Death in Silver" and returns to the secret source of his wealth in "The Golden Peril." BONUS: Full-color replicas of the rare 1930s Doc Savage premium portraits. This spectacular collection showcases eight classic color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer, Robert G. Harris and Emery Clarke; the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, a foreword by Peter David and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-177-6 Softcover, 7x10, 512 pages, B&W, $39.95

DOC SAVAGE CLASSIC SUPERPACK #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151949.


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in May!

THE SHADOW Volume 96: "The North Woods Mystery" & "Death About Town"
The Knight of Darkness journeys from Chinatown to the Canadian North Woods and to Manhattan society haunts to combat criminal conspiracies in two pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." The Shadow follows a trail of counterfeit money from the back allies of Chinatown to the uncharted Canadian wilderness in pursuit of Mongol smugglers. Then, serial killings at a posh New York gentlemen's club become even more baffling when the murderers themselves are slaughtered! BONUS: a classic adventure from the Golden Age of Radio! This instant collector's item showcases both original color pulp covers by George Rozen and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with original commentary by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-178-3  Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE SHADOW VOLUME 96 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151950.


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in May!

THE SPIDER Volume 7: "The Flame Master" & "Overlord of the Damned"
The pulp's most murderous crimebuster wages his deadly war on crime in two violent 1935 thrillers by Norvell Page. Recovering from life-threatening injuries, Richard Wentworth confronts the lightning-wielding Lion Man from Mars to end mass slaughter and save his beloved city from "The Flame Master." Then, with Nita held hostage and Commissioner Kirkpatrick enslaved by a criminal mastermind, The Spider wages his lone war against the acid-spraying "Overlord of the Damned." This double novel pulp reprint showcases the original color covers by John Newton Howitt, John Fleming Gould's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-179-0 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE SPIDER VOLUME 7 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151951.


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)



Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.

Past episodes:
James Beard and John Bruening on Flinch Books
Barry Reese brings us up to date!
Operation: Silver Moon by Bobby Nash and Rick Johnson
Tom and Ginger Johnson: The Power Couple of Pulp!
Derrick Ferguson talks Dillon and lots more.
Tommy Hancock talks about Pro Se Publications and his own writings!

Beb Books - Now available!

Now with Paypal and ebooks!

After years of resistence, Beb Books has decided to enter the 21th century and signed up for a Paypal account: beb01@sprynet.com

Now you can order from our extensive list of early science fiction, fantasy adventures and hero pulps and pay on-line.
 Just send me your order and I send you an invoice.
Then go to Paypal, select “Send Money to friends or Family” to expedite the transaction, and your order will be on its way in a matter of days.

Beb Books is also beginning to offer its many titles as eBooks.
Currently we only offer ePub format, until we can arrange to validate conversion to the Kindle format.
eBooks will be priced at $1.99 for any title.
While all titles will eventually be converted we are just starting out, some titles may not be immediately available but your interest will push up their place in the queue.

As an introductory offer, Beb Books offers five exciting fantasies from the pen of Victor Rousseau in ePub format, a $9.95 value for a flat $8.00.
This offer is good from now to April 30th


Titles include:

    * Draft of Eternity - America revolts against a foreign invader in the distant future.
    * Eye of Balamok - War in the center of the Earth’s core.
    * Eric of the Strong Heart - A scholar fights Vikings in the far north for the hand of a princess.
    * My Lady of the Nile - Intrigue and espionage in Ethiopia as a secret cult fights for power.
    * Fruit of the Lamp - A matrimonial-minded female genie causes mayhem for a wealthy bachelor.


These five titles are also available in print for $6.00 each.

Write to me at: Brian Earl Brown, 11675 Beaconsfield, Detroit, MI 48224.
E-Mail me at beb01@sprynet.com.
Ask for a list of everything  in stock. It’s free.












Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!

Coming in April!

THE ISLAND by J. Allan Dunn

J. Allan Dunn’s THE ISLAND is the 1922 sequel to BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS, which was the second book in Murania Press reprint line.

ISLAND, like CASTAWAYS before it, originally appeared in ADVENTURE magazine and—quite inexplicably—never saw publication between hard covers in America.

It continued the saga of men with widely differing backgrounds coming together to survive on a small Pacific island after being shipwrecked.

BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS ended with a handful of survivors attempting a return to civilization on a sturdy sea-raft while several of their comrades stayed behind.

THE ISLAND picks up where the earlier tale left off and is every bit as engrossing as its predecessor.

The Murania Press edition has a similar design to
CASTAWAYS, even to using the same N. C. Wyeth painting for the cover, so that buyers can instantly see that it’s a companion volume to the first story.

Source: BNT EDitorial Comments



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!


THE PURPLE EYE by William Corcoran

Next in the series is what Ed Hulse believes to be one of the unsung great pulp yarns of the early Thirties, originally published in a 1933 issue of the Popular Publications magazine DIME MYSTERY BOOK. Written by William Corcoran and titled The Purple Eye, it’s a 60,000-word novel that could very well have been the template for later hero pulps from Harry Steeger’s Popular. Corcoran is largely forgotten today, but he was a successful fictioneer who wrote for most of the major detective pulps (BLACK MASK, DETECTIVE STORY, and DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY among them), the top anthology pulps (including ARGOSY, SHORT STORIES, and ADVENTURE, which he briefly edited), and some of the best slicks (LIBERTY, COSMOPOLITAN, and THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE).
 
The Purple Eye has as its protagonist one of those globe-trotting millionaire adventurers so common in the hero pulps. Wayne Saxon returns to New York City from a round-the-world trip to find his home town terrorized by a crime cult, The Brotherhood of Baktuun, headed by the brilliant but seldom-seen Purple Eye. The police prove unable to halt the Brotherhood’s depredations, and Saxon combats the Eye’s murderous followers with the aid of a vigilante band known as The Secret Hundred. The Purple Eye moves like a runaway train and crackles with action, and after reading it you’ll wonder why this glittering little gem isn’t better known by pulp aficionados.


Source: BNT EDitorial Comments



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!


ALIAS THE THUNDERBOLT, THE RETURN OF BLACK STAR, and THE SPIDER SPINS HIS WEB
by Johnston McCulley


Coming later this year is a Johnston McCulley Collection, three volumes of crime and mystery yarns written by the creator of Zorro and originally published in Street & Smith’s DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE. Murania Press has chosen novel-length compilations of novelettes featuring favorite McCulley series characters. These books are Alias The Thunderbolt, The Return of Black Star, and The Spider Spins His Web.

Each volume will include a specially commissioned essay on the prolific author. Thunderbolt and Spider reprint the first three installments of their respective series, while Black Star contains novelettes from that series’ third year.

More information on this trio of books will be available as their publication draws closer.



Finally, this year will see publication of the first “double” volume in the Classic Pulp Reprints line.

Two by Sheehan (that’s just a tentative title) will offer a brace of exemplary short novels written by Perley Poore Sheehan for the Munsey pulps: 1913’s The Copper Princess and 1915’s The Abyss of Wonders. Neither story is easy to categorize, but together they offer enough fantasy, mystery, melodrama, science fiction, and lost-race adventure to satisfy any fan of pulp fiction. Unlike many pulpateers of the Teens, Sheehan wrote in a fresh, vibrant style that makes his novels eminently readable a hundred years after they first saw print.

Two by Sheehan
will also include a long essay covering not only Sheehan’s pulp career but also his long involvement with Hollywood.

The books in our Classic Pulp Reprints line generally sell for $19.95 each, but this one will carry a retail price of $24.95.


Source: BNT EDitorial Comments




Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

Collectibles: Spring Cleaning Sale - New!
Silent Serials Book Set: Just Two Left! - New!
CLASSIC PULP REPRINTS 2015 Slate  - New!
Overstock Sale for Serial Fans
Rare and Unique Items Added to Collectibles Section
Speaking of Serials… 
Rare, High-Grade Arkham House Titles and Other Pulp-Related Books Added to Collectibles Page


Bold Venture Press
Now available!

Strictly Poison and Other Stories
by Charles Boeckman

Charles Boeckman's biography often reads like the stuff of pulp fiction. He left home in the early 1940s and became a jazz musician, traveling the country, kicking around between New York City and New Orleans. In between gigs, he purchased a used typewriter and began pounding out hardboiled stories. Eventually, the legendary Popular Publications editor Mike Tilden purchased one of his stories for Detective Tales. After that accomplishment, Boeckman began appearing in Dime Detective, Manhunt, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and many others.

Mr. Boeckman's stories usually focused on sad people trying to escape their dreary lives -- shifty con-artists, embittered detectives and hen-pecked losers. The author's jazz background in jazz music figures into several stories, reaching a two-fisted crescendo.

The twenty-two stories in this anthology were originally published in various pulp magazines -- and now they appear together, wrapped in a breath-taking cover by Robert A. Maguire.

Two of Mr. Boeckman's stories (included in this anthology) have been adapted for television. For ProSe Press, he developed the Johnny Nickle jazz-detective series. Today, he cranks out stories from his Texas home, along with his wife Patti, a formidable author in her own right.





BRAVO FOR ADVENTURE - Coming in June!
By Alex Toth

Alex Toth's magnum opus, collected in its entirety for the first time ever! This deluxe hardcover edition contains all three of The Genius's stories starring Jesse Bravo, knock-about pilot and reluctant swashbuckler, including the original graphic novel that's been out of print for 30 years. Also included are never-before-seen pencil roughs, preliminary drawings, and story fragments, as well as Toth's own coloring samples for an edition that never saw print, and--freed from storage after 40 years--some of the coloring for what was intended to be Bravo's original 1975 first printing in France! The ultimate Bravo for Adventure, published by special arrangement with the Toth family!

Hardcover, 9.5" x 13", Partial Color, 100 pages, $34.99.


BRAVO FOR ADVENTURE is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR150475.




The Bronze Gazette #73 (March 2015)
Now available!

This issue features:
Editorial
by Howard Wright
“Doc Savage: Man of Red, White, and Blue” by Brian K. Lowe
"Doc Con 17 Report" by Glenn Horner

Doc Savage comicbook story: "In the Heart of Thunder Island" from DOC SAVAGE COMICS #2, October 1940
  This is the 3rd part of the adaptation of THE LAND OF TERROR which began in SHADOW COMICS #3 and continued in DOC SAVAGE COMICS #1.
"The Sinister Shadow"  Review by Howard Wright
News Update

Front Cover: Tim Faurote
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Ron Wilber, Kevin Duncan, and Joe DeVito.
Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #74 and 75 only.
#75 will be the final issue.
Prices are as follows:
Cost is $12.00/2 Issues US
Cost is $13.00/2 Issues Canada
Cost is $14.00/2 Issues Overseas

For those that have stuck with TBG all of these years, thanks for your continued support.

 Send orders and  back issue inquiries to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks and money orders should be payable to: Green Eagle Publications


CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #24 - Coming in June!
Joshua Williamson (WRITER), Miguel Sepulveda (ART), Javier Mena (COLOR), and Michael Broussard (Cover)

Facing the greatest threat in the world—the unstoppable madman known as the Archon—Captain Midnight and his allies need an ace in the hole to help pull out a victory! Thankfully, Cap has a plan . . . but will it be enough to stop the Archon when everything else has failed?

Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
, On sale June 24

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #24 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR150021.




CONAN THE AVENGER #12 - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Brian Ching (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Dan Scott (Cover)

With an evil sorcerer standing in his way and an enemy army approaching on the horizon, Conan must make a choice with dire consequences. Was the treasure he fought so hard for worth the price he’s paid?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50








CONAN THE AVENGER #15 - Coming in June!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Guiu Vilanova (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Eric Powell (Cover)

Conan and Natala must fight for their lives in the cursed city of eternal dreamers, Xuthal! When they are separated, Conan faces an army of zealots while Natala must defend herself from torturers and beasts! Can they escape the city alive?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50
, On sale June 24

CONAN THE AVENGER #15 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR150052.



CONAN / RED SONJA #3 (of 4) - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
Gail Simone (Writer), Jim Zub (Writer), Dan Panosian (Art/Cover), and Dave Stewart (Color)

Fighting together, Conan and Red Sonja must face a king who seeks revenge for their past deeds before they proceed to stop a sorcerer-priest intent on creating a deadly new weapon!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99








CONAN VOLUME 17: SHADOWS OVER KUSH TP - Coming in August!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Brian Ching (Art), Eduardo Francisco (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Daryl Mandryk (Cover)

Conan drinks himself into a stupor while in the city of Shumballa—until an act of thievery propels him into a witch hunt of adventure, demons, and rebellion!
Fred Van Lente writes the world’s most famous barbarian in this collection of issues #1–#6 of Dark Horse Comics’ Conan the Avenger.


Trade Paperback, 7" x 10", Full Color, 152 pages, $19.99, On sale August 5

CONAN VOLUME 17: SHADOWS OVER KUSH is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR150053.




‘Crash Ryan’ - Comic Book Movie in Development!

Producer Ryan Heppe has acquired movie rights to the 1984 Marvel Comics series “Crash Ryan” created by Ron Harris.

"Crash Ryan" was a creator-owned title published by Marvel Comics under the Epic Comics banner. Ron Harris wrote, drew and colored the book. He later brought the character back in a four-part story that ran in DARK HORSE PRESENTS.

Producer Ryan Heppe will pen the script with David Cowper. The pair have already written a 50-page outline for the film titled “Crash Ryan and the Eyes of Lemuria,” which they describe as a “steampunk-inspired fusion of Indiana Jones and Star Wars.”


CthulhuCon PDX
April 25-26, 2015!
 
Crowne Plaza, Portland, OR

Celebrate Lovecraft's 125th Birthday year and the lead up to the 20th Anniversary Festival with two days of gaming, panels, readings, art, and music.
This is a convention-style event, held at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Portland Downtown (near the Convention Center).



Crime's Last Stand [Kindle Edition] - Now available!
By Tom Johnson

In this debut adventure of the masked hero, will evil win out? Blood covers the streets as gangsters kill indiscriminately.

As a little boy lies helpless in the hospital, a new paladin takes up arms to bring the killers to justice.

Can even the great Masked Avenger survive the final battle with the city's underworld when crime makes its last stand?


Kindle Price:    $0.99



DARK DETECTIVES: ADVENTURES OF THE SUPERNATURAL SLEUTHS - Now available!
by Stephen Jones (Editor)

The ultimate anthology of supernatural detective fiction featuring some of the biggest names in dark fantasy and horror including Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Brian Lumley and Manly Wade Wellman.

Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths features eighteen haunting tales from the masters of supernatural fiction. Weaving noir with the fantastic and sometimes, horrific, this standalone anthology presents sleuths who investigate bizarre and otherworldly cases such as Neil Gaiman's Lawrence Talbot, Clive Barker's Harry D'Amour and the eight-part 'Seven Stars' adventure by Kim Newman.

Paperback: 480 pages
List Price: $14.95



Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Books: THE CONTINENTAL OP (1974) by Dashiell Hammett  - New!
"The Continental Opposite" in AHMM  - New!
Pulp Gallery: THRILLING MYSTERY  - New!
A Recycled Forgotten Book: DEAD AT THE TAKE-OFF by Lester Dent
Pulp Gallery: DAN TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE (1942-43)
Comic Gallery: CRIME DOES NOT PAY (1944)
Pulp Gallery: MYSTERY ADVENTURES (1935-36)
Overlooked Films: Philip Marlowe in "Blackmailers Don't Shoot"


DJANGO / ZORRO #5 (of 6) - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
Written by Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner, art by Esteve Polls, covers by Jae Lee; Francesco Francavilla

Following Zorro’s first appearance at the Archduke’s slave-driven, rail construction site, Django begins to piece together clues that lead him to a startling conclusion…and a fond reminiscence.  Meanwhile, Diego expresses his doubts as to the Archduke’s claim of territorial endowment.  Things come to head when suspicion eventually centers on Django himself, leading to a bloody confrontation and a surprising bit of role reversal.  This must-read series is the first official sequel to any of writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s films with the final script provided by Eisner-award winner, Matt Wagne,r and gorgeous western art by Esteve Polls.

32 pages, 
Full Color, $3.99





EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' AT THE EARTH'S CORE - Coming in August!
Bobby Nash (Writer), Jamie Chase (Art)

Burroughs’ 1914 pulp-fantasy epic comes to life in a heart-pounding adventure!

An heir and an inventor take their "Iron Mole" five hundred miles below the earth’s crust to the world of Pellucidar, crossing paths with the evil Mahars, the ape-like Sagoths, and all manner of prehistoric creatures . . . as well as the lovely Dian the Beautiful!

Hardcover, 7" x 10", Full Color, 104 pages, $14.99, On sale August 19
Limited Hardcoveer, 7" x 10",Full Color, 104 pages, $49.99, On sale August 19


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' AT THE EARTH'S CORE is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR150071 (Hardcover).

The Diamond Item Code is APR150072 (Limited hardcover).



EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' TARZAN: THE SUNDAY COMICS VOLUME 3 - Coming in October!
by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Hal Foster

Hal Foster is celebrated in this deluxe collection of every Tarzan Sunday strips from September 1935 through May 1937!
This giant-size third volume compiles over one hundred expertly restored strips, on archive-quality paper and in gorgeous color, replicating their original appearance!

Hardcover, 15" x 20", Full Color, $125.00

List Price: $125.00



E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is
"The Fifth Napoleon" from the February 1, 1938 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!

"The Coming of the Ice" by G. Peyton Wertenbaker from AMAZING STORIES, June, 1926
Dennell has been given the gift of eternal life in the 20th Century, and relates his experiences into the far future.
"What a Shamus!" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, November, 1948
Featuring: Willie Klump
When a gun is copped from Willie Klump, The Hawkeye proves he is no chump!
"Long Sam's Coyote Cure" by Lee Bond from TEXAS RANGERS, June, 1947
Featuring: Long Sam Littlejohn
Outlawed rider Littlejohn puts up a fight against odds when he strives to rescue a youngster from a pair of sidewinders!



THE FIFTH HEART - Arriving in book stores March 24!
 by Dan Simmons

In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams--member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover's suicide appears to be more than it at first seemed; the suspected foul play may involve matters of national importance.

Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus--his three-year absence after Reichenbach Falls during which time the people of London believe him to be deceased. Holmes has faked his own death because, through his powers of ratiocination, the great detective has come to the conclusion that he is a fictional character.

This leads to serious complications for James--for if his esteemed fellow investigator is merely a work of fiction, what does that make him? And what can the master storyteller do to fight against the sinister power -- possibly named Moriarty -- that may or may not be controlling them from the shadows?

Hardcover: 624 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 1.1 inches
List Price: $28.00



Girasol Collectables
Pre-release Special: $130 with free shipping within North America, overseas please add $10.
Offer valid until April 30th, 2015.  Release date: May 30, 2015


Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce Volume 4
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES



Girasol has launched a new series of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout, 130+ pages.

Each book in the series has a mix of full page scans, size as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and 6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number, date, and cover artist if known.

Due for an May 30, 2015 release!
The fourth volume will be FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES!
A combo volume of full sets of scans of the 2 titles, all 210 issues in total.

This edition will be the same format as our first 3 volumes, 8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout, bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover art.

A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images. Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Dime Mystery touted itself as the Weirdest Stories Ever Told, and certainly the cover art was true to the claim!

Only $130 (prices include s&h within North America - overseas add $25)
Visit our ebay store to order, or email us for more information to acquire your copy.
Paypal payments to: info@girasolcollectables.com

Please note that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the covers.







The Golden Age - Volume 2
This new hardcover book showcases some of the finest artworks
from the Golden Age of Illustration, circa 1880-1950.

Coming to comic shops in June!

In the days before radio, movies, or television, print was the dominant entertainment media. From roughly 1880 through the 1930s (and slightly beyond) a "Golden Age of Illustration" flourished. Newspapers, magazines, and books were covered with beautiful images, and the illustrators who created the brilliant artwork for these publications were superstars. This glorious new book collects the work of over 211 of the greatest illustrators from the period, presenting their masterworks in beautiful full page, full color reproductions-with every iconic image photographed directly from the original artwork. Produced and edited by the publisher of Illustration Magazine, this book is a collection that no fan of classic illustration art will want to miss.

This spectacular new book picks up where our previous volume "The Golden Age" left off. Following the same format as before, this new book features even more incredible artworks from the Golden Age of illustration, circa 1880 to 1950. This time out we feature 211 artists with 218 full page reproductions of original paintings, all photographed directly from the original art. Not a text book or a history book, this new volume is a stunning PICTURE book, filled to the brim with eye-popping visuals.

As the publisher of Illustration magazine, over the years I have been able to assemble an extensive archive of scans of original paintings from every corner of illustration history. Having produced 47 issues of the magazine so far, I now recognize that some of the material in my files and on my hard drives may never find their way into the magazine at all. An artist's history may be too scattered, or the quantity of original works and tear sheets are too rare, to support the "deluxe treatment" we usually give to our subjects (20 or 30 page articles are the norm for the magazine.) Rather than allow these stunning artworks to languish in the files, I've decided to pull together the "best of the best" of these photographs into two fantastic books. The first book was funded on Kickstarter in November and will be shipping in March. With your help, this new volume will be produced for shipment in July.


ARTISTS FEATURED:
Abbey, Abbott, Abbett, Adams, Alajalov, R. L. Anderson, H. Anderson, H.N. Anderson, Armstrong, Avery, Aylward, Bacharach, Balet, Bama, Barclay, Barton, Baumhofer, Becher, Beckhoff, Belarski, Benda, Bergey, Bernard, Betts, Biggs, Blakeslee, Bolles, Bowler, Brangwyn, Bransom, Briggs, Brown, Brunner, Buell, Bull, Burd, Burns, Burrows, Cady, Carter, Chambers, Chapman, Choate, Christy, Clark, Clinedinst, Coffin, Coll, Conway, Coolidge, Cornwell, Cox, Crandell, Crockwell, Davis, De Mers, Desoto, Dixon, Dodd, Dohanos, Dorne, Downes, Drew, Driben, Dryden, Dulac, Dumond, Dunton, Durenceau, Eastman, Eggenhofer, Eggleston, Ekman, Elliott, Emerson, Emshwiller, Eric, Everett, Falter, Fawcett, Feind, Fischer, Fish, Fisher, Flagg, Foster, Gage, Gannam, Gaze, Georgi, Giguere, Gilbert, Gillespie, Gleason, Gleeson, Goble, Godwin, Gold, Graef, Grant, Granville-Smith, Gross, Grosvenor, Hampson, Hanson, Harper, Hastings, Heinrich, Heitland, Held, Hilbert, Higgins, Hoff, Hohlwein, Holmgren, Hood, Hoskins, Howitt, Hughes, Humphrey, Hunt, Hunter, Hyde, Iligan, Irwin, Jackson, Jacobs, Johnson, Jones, Keay, Kernan, Kinneys, Koerner, Krieghoff, Lagatta, Lathrop, Leake, Lepape, Parker, Leyendecker, Link, Louderback, Lovell, Lowell, Lowenheim, Lyford, Madan, Maguire, Martin, Maurer, McCauley, McDermott, Meltzoff, Merrick, Meyers, Michelson, Moore, Moran, Morey, Mozert, Mulford, Munson, Nickless, Nielsen, Nosek, Oakley, Pape, Parker, Parkhurst, Parrish, Paul, Paus, Pease, Philips, Plank, Pogany, Powers, Price, Pyle, Ratterman, Relyea, Ruesswig, Robinson, Rogers, Rose, Ross, Rozen, Sambrook, Sarka, Saunders, Schomburg, Schoonover, Schabelitz, Scott, Smith, Stephens, Weber, Wilson, Wyeth, and Zuckerberg.
Hardcover, 9x12, 224 pages, Full Color, $44.95

THE GOLDEN AGE VOLUME 2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151900.



Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
The next GPCC meeting is Saturday, March 21 at the Muhlenberg Library at 209 West 23 Street (near 7th Avenue).

Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
 is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday of every month.
Check the website at the link below for exact time and place information.

Name:  Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place:  
Muhlenberg Library on West 23rd Street.

Contact:  Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com

Gotham Pulp Collectors Club


Houdini And Doyle - 10-episode TV series in the works!

A supernatural crime drama inspired by the unlikely real-life friendship between Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle and illusionist Harry Houdini is headed to the TV screen in the U.S., UK and Canada.

Sony Pictures TV has sold the 10-episode series to Fox, the UK’s ITV and Canada’s Shaw Media.

Titled Houdini And Doyle, the drama will go straight to series. The series comes from The Librarian franchise creator David Titcher, House creator David Shore and House writer-producer David Hoselton.

In Houdini And Doyle, two of the great characters of the 20th century — Houdini, master magician, escape artist and paranormal debunker, and Doyle, creator of the world’s greatest detective and a paranormal aficionado — grudgingly join forces to investigate crimes with a supernatural slant. Although they’re both rich, famous and brilliant, they’re the original odd couple, with Houdini believing in nothing, Doyle in everything.



ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #10 - Coming in June!

Illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. It guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of leading authorities on this important art form. As well as building into an indispensable reference library, illustrators gives readers an insight into the creative process, from idea to sketch to painting, and from painting to the image seen by millions. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, much of the art taken from scans of the original work.

Artists featured in issue 10 will include: William Stout, Cynthia Sheppard, Pat Nicolle, Amit Tayal, & Wu Chen


Magazine, Softcover, 8x11, 96 pages, Full Color, $24.99


ILLUSTRATOR'S MAGAZINE #10 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR152028.




Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST
by Robert E. Howard


QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST - A weird story of Conan the barbarian, and a savage white woman who captained a pirate ship, and a ghastly horror in the jungle.

THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE-A stupen-dous story of Conan the barbarian soldier of for-tune, and a tremendous adventure in the castle of the Black Seers.

This book contains the original texts as they first appeared in Weird Tales pulp magazine as well as all of the original illustrations which accompanied the stories.

Hardcover with dust jacket:
6 x 9 inch
188 pages
ISBN 978-1312920835

Hardcover with casewrap cover:
8.25 x 10.5 inch
188 pages

Trade Paperback:
6 x 9 inch
188 pages
ISBN 978-1508499633
Imprint: Fiction House Press



JOHN CARTER: WARLORD OF MARS #8  - Coming in June!
Writer: Ron Marz, Ian Edgington,  Art: Ariel Medel, Covers: Ed Benes, Bart Sears, Emanuela Lupacchino

John Carter and Dejah Thoris visit a remote Martian city, where residents are being terrorized by a monstrous, murderous presence. Will the Warlord and Princess of Mars be able to solve the mystery, or will they be blamed for the brutal crimes? More masterful Martian adventures from writer Ron Marz and Eisner-nominated co-writer Ian Edginton, authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 24

JOHN CARTER: WARLORD OF MARS #8 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151345
(Benes cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151346 (Sears cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151347 (Luppachine cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151348 (Subscription variant cover).

 
 
 
 

JUSTICE INC.: THE AVENGER #1  - Coming in June!
Covers: Alex Ross, Walter Simonson, Francesco Francavilla, Marc Laming and Barry Kitson.
Writer: Mark Waid Art: Ronilson Freire

Meet Richard Henry Benson–the Avenger! His pallid features forever deadened by a criminal act, he is the ultimate master of disguise and uses his skills to mete out retribution to those who would prey on the innocent! But can even Benson triumph over an Invisible Man…? Fan-favorite writer Mark Waid – who is hotter than ever thanks to his work on Daredevil and Star Wars: Princess Leia – brings his personal favorite pulp hero back to comics with all-new, explosive adventures!

“Having the opportunity to dive into the psyche of a crimefighter as unique as Benson has been a lifelong dream,” says Waid. “I’ve been thinking about what his life and mind would be like ever since I read my first Avenger paperback back in the day. How does a man live his life when he has nothing to live for but justice? How does he navigate in a world of life and love and joy when his own features are frozen and stiff like putty, mirroring his cold, dead insides? I’ve been aching to write this story!”


Full color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 3

JUSTICE INC.: THE AVENGER #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151316

Shipping with 4 mixed covers (Ross, Simonson, Francavilla, and Laming).
The Barry Kitson cover is a retailer incentive cover that will be available at some comic shops.





 


KING: JUNGLE JIM #2 (OF 4) - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
(Writer) Paul Tobin (Art) Sandy Jarrell (CoverChip Zdarsky

IMPOSSIBLE TRANSFORMATION! Who, What, Where, Why, When and How is Jungle Jim? Should our band of Beast-Men and aliens ask for his help? Can he be trusted? Is he on the side of angels? And will he fully commit to wearing pants!? The WEIRDEST corner of the King universe brought to you by PAUL TOBIN (Colder) and SANDY JARRELL (Meteor Men)!

Full color, 32 pages, $3.99





LADY RAWHIDE / LADY ZORRO #4 (OF 4) - Coming in June! 
(Writer) Shannon Eric Denton (Art) Rey Villegas (Cover) Joyce Chin

In the snowy mountains north of Los Angeles, Lady Rawhide and Lady Zorro reach the end of the trail. They’ve successfully tracked the slavers convoy but their success is short lived as they find themselves surrounded by the slavers and the brothel owner’s gun-girls! Will this snowy mountain pass lead them all home or will it be their final resting place? The epic conclusion to this four part story of babes, blades, and blood!


Full color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 17

LADY RAWHIDE / LADY ZORRO #4 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151355.




Laurie's Wild West - Now online!

Altus Press Launches the ARGOSY Library - New!
The PCA/ACA Conference: Where Daisy Bacon and LOVE STORY Will Get Some Respect  
- New!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from LOVE STORY MAGAZINE - New!
New Site. New Look. Same Pulpy Content. - New!


The Legacy Collection: The Rocketeer
Coming in May!


Take flight with The Rocketeer!

The Rocketeer comes equipped with a removable jetpack for his adventures in flight!

He also comes with two interchangeable heads!  One with his mask and one without.

He may be a stunt pilot by day, but by night he zips through the Los Angeles skyline fighting crime as The Rocketeer!


Funko





Legend of Conan - Shooting begins in Fall 2015!

TheArnoldFans website, which prides itself on having accurate information about all things Arnold, was told by The Legend of Conan producers that this long-awaited sequel to the original 1982 fantasy adventure will shoot in fall 2015.

Production will begin once Arnold Schwarzenegger has finished his worldwide promotional tour for Terminator Genisys.



LE GUIDE HOWARD - Coming April 16!
By Patrice Louinet

More information when available.
This will be in French.



Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

The Shadow Pulp Magazine Auction - New!
Lone Ranger: Archival Documents
Christmas comes early in Woodland Hills
The Lost Mysterious Traveler Episodes


MASKS 2 #3 (OF 8)  - Coming in June!
Covers: Butch Guice and Jae Lee Writer: Cullen Bunn Art: Eman Casallos

Peter Cannon AKA Thunderbolt smashes his way into the struggle against the Red Death!

The mysterious villain has plagued the heroes of three different timelines. Her scheming is even more dangerous than anyone could possibly guess, but now the adventures of the masked heroes of the last 80 years are coming together in a way no one could possibly imagine!


Full color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 3

MASKS 2 #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151360
(Guice cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151361 (Lee cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151362 (Subscription variant cover).






Mike Hammer: Kill Me, Darling - Arriving in book stores March 24!
by Mickey Spillane  (Author), Max Allan Collins  (Author)


The course of true love never did run smooth for PI Mike Hammer. His secretary and partner Velda has walked out on him without explanation, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered, an old cop who once worked with Velda on the NYPD Vice Squad. What’s more, Mike’s pal Captain Pat Chambers has discovered that Velda is in Florida, the moll of gangster and drug runner Nolly Quinn.

Hammer hits the road and drives to Miami, where he enlists the help of a horse-faced newspaperman and a local police detective. But can they find Velda in time? And what is the connection between the murdered vice cop in Manhattan, and Mike’s ex turning gun moll in Florida?


Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
List Price: $22.99



Moonstone Books
Coming in June!

SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK CRY FOR THUNDER PROSE NOVEL
(Writer) Joe Gentile (Cover) Doug Klauba

The long-awaited much expanded novelization, with over twice the story, of the critically acclaimed crossover graphic novel! Two of the most unique investigators of all time attempt to untangle the same mystery 100 years apart from each other! The lawless Wild West, the hidden world of Victorian London, the present day hell of Hollywood — there and back again. One of the strangest stories never told!

Softcover, 6x9, 139 pages, B&W, $9.99


SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK: CRY FOR THUNDER  is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR15
1601.

RESOLICITATION: PREVIOUS ORDERS ARE CANCELLED!


Moonstone Books
Coming in June!

Night Hawk: “The Hell Caverns”
Author: Ron Fortier
Cover: Doug Klauba

Moonstone is proud to present a new aerial adventurer by pulpsmith Ron Fortier!

When German Air Command unleashes squadrrons of “Fire Bombers” against helpless French villages, it is up to Nighthawk, the Flying Spy, and his team of aces, to infiltrate the impenetrable Castle Von Scharf and discover the secrets of the Hell Caverns.

To do so, Nighthawk will have to outwit and defeat the beautiful but deadly aviatrix, Marlena von Scharf, the daughter of his greatest foe; the Black Knight.


Softcover, 6x9, 124 pages, B&W, $9.99


NIGHTHAWK: BURNING SKIES  is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151600
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New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird - Arriving in book stores March 24!
by John Langan, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Charles Stross, Paula Guran

Many of the best weird fiction writers (and creators in most other media) have been profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos H.P. Lovecraft created eight decades ago. Lovecraft's themes of cosmic indifference, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. A few years ago, New Cthulhu : The Recent Weird presented some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction from the first decade of the twenty-first century. Now, New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird brings you more eldritch tales and even fresher fiction inspired by Lovecraft.

Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Prime Books
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
List Price: $16.95




The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.

Omega Ops Legion
Nemesis
The Emperor
The Internet Old Time Radio Show  

THE PHARAOH'S SECRET (The NUMA Files) - Coming November 3!
by Clive Cussler (Author), Graham Brown (Author)


Kurt and Joe tangle with the most determined enemy they’ve ever encountered when a ruthless powerbroker schemes to build a new Egyptian empire as glorious as those of the Pharaohs. Part of his plan rests on the manipulation of a newly discovered aquifer beneath the Sahara, but an even more devastating weapon at his disposal may threaten the entire world: a plant extract known as the black mist, discovered in the City of the Dead and rumored to have the power to take life from the living and restore it to the dead.

With the balance of power in Africa and Europe on the verge of tipping, Kurt, Joe, and the rest of the NUMA team will have to fight to discover the truth behind the legends—but to do that, they have to confront in person the greatest legend of them all: Osiris, the ruler of the Egyptian underworld.


Hardcover, 448 pages
List Price: $28.95



PS Publishing
The latest three volumes in PS Publishing's series of illustrated Lovecraft are now available.

The books look fantastic and are chock full of Pete Von Sholly's sumptuous illustrations along with additional material from a host of Lovecraft luminaries such as S. T. Joshi, Paul Montelone, W. H. Pugmire, Brian Yuzna, Robert W. Chambers, Irvin S. Cobb, Robert M. Price, John Martin Leahy and Pete Von Sholly himself.


The Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft
A NOVELLA  by H.P. Lovecraft
PUBLICATION DATE  January 2014
EDITION Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART Pete Von Sholly
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS Pete Von Sholly
INTRODUCTION S.T. Joshi
PAGES 114
ISBN  978-1-848637-34-4

SYNOPSIS
Lovecraft’s masterpiece of age-spanning beings, a modern man’s experience in their prehistoric realm and the soul-shattering revelation of humanity’s true place in the cosmos.

CONTENTS
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
The Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft
The Vanity of Existence in “The Shadow out of Time” by Paul Montelone
The Shadow out of Plastic by Pete Von Sholly
“The Shadow out of Time” as Lovecraftian Horror by W. H. Pugmire



The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
A NOVELLA  by H.P. Lovecraft
PUBLICATION DATE  February 2014
EDITION Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART Pete Von Sholly
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS Pete Von Sholly
INTRODUCTION S.T. Joshi
PAGES 144
ISBN  978-1-848637-35-1

SYNOPSIS
A New England town with hideous secrets lurking in its darkened houses and a dreadful connection with an undersea race whose blood they share.

CONTENTS
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Foreword by Brian Yuzna
The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
The Shadow over the Shadow by Pete Von Sholly
The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers
Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb
Fish Schticks by Robert M. Price




At The Mountians of Madness  by H. P. Lovecraft
A NOVELLA  by H.P. Lovecraft
PUBLICATION DATE  February 2014
EDITION Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART Pete Von Sholly
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS Pete Von Sholly
INTRODUCTION S.T. Joshi
PAGES 144
ISBN  978-1-848637-36-8

SYNOPSIS
Cosmic horror broods and festers in the unexplored frozen wastes while a doomed expedition into a crumbling metropolis stirs the things still lurking in the caverns below.

CONTENTS
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
Frozen Horrors by Pete Von Sholly
In Amundsen’s Tent by John Martin Leahy
On “In Amundsen’s Tent” by John Martin Leahy by S. T. Joshi
The Occupant of the Tent by Robert M. Price






Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16, 2015

The Munsey Award

Every year, PulpFest recognizes the efforts of those who work to keep the pulps alive for this and future generations through its Munsey Award (pictured at left). Named after Frank A. Munsey, the man who published the first pulp magazine, this annual award recognizes an individual who has given of himself or herself for the betterment of the pulp community, be it through disseminating knowledge about the pulps or through publishing or other efforts to preserve and to foster interest in the pulp magazines we all love and enjoy. Nominations for the 2015 Munsey are now being accepted. All members of the pulp community, whether they plan to attend PulpFest 2015 or not, are welcome to nominate a deserving person for this year’s award.


You can also nominate someone for the Rusty Hevelin Service Award. Initiated in 2012, this award is designed to recognize those persons who have worked long and hard for the pulp community with little thought for individual recognition. It is meant to reward especially good works, and is thus reserved for only those individuals who are most deserving.

Last year’s winners were J. Randolph Cox, who received the 2014 Munsey Award and J. Barry Traylor, recipient of the 2014 Rusty Hevelin Service Award. You can read about both gentleman by clicking here.

If you have someone in mind that you feel worthy to receive either of these prestigious awards, please let us know. All members of the pulp community, excepting past winners of the Munsey, Hevelin, or Lamont Awards (which had been awarded by Pulpcon), are eligible. Please send the person’s name and a brief paragraph describing why you feel that person should be honored to Mike Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 or to mike@pulpfest.com. The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2015. The recipient of the Munsey and/or Rusty Hevelin Service Award will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of recognized experts in the pulp field. The award will be presented on August 15th, during the convention’s evening programming.

The Munsey Award was created by artist David Saunders, the son of legendary illustrator Norman Saunders. Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press and publisher of Illustration Magazine has produced a limited edition of thirty-six numbered and signed prints. The PulpFest Committee is indebted to both David and Dan for their generous support of our convention.


Pulp Crazy - Now online!

Tarzan and The Gods of Opar Part One by Mike Grell - New!
Weird Tales Collection Magazine from Adventure House - New!
The Outpost by H.P. Lovecraft
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Totem and Taboo by Philip José Farmer

Pulp Den - Now online!

The Argosy Library From ALTUS PRESS - New!
Breaking Ties - New!
The Death Tower - New!
Memories
Hard Latitudes
Highlighted Author This Week
The Strange Case of Dr. Doyle

         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Argosy reprints from Altus Press - New!
RIP, Sir Terry Pratchett. A sad day for all of us.
Sidney Herschel Small - Author, Traveller  
Top 10 cover themes for Adventure magazine
Google Books scans of pulp magazines



PULP MACABRE: THE ART OF LEE BROWN COYE'S FINAL AND DARKEST ERA HC
Now available and coming soon to comic shops!

(Writer) Mike Hunchback, Caleb Braaten (Art & Cover) Lee Brown Coye

No other artist working in mid-century pulp fiction created work as twisted as Lee Brown Coye. By the 1970s, after surviving a life-threatening illness, Coye would outdo himself, creating lurid illustrations exclusive to rare privately published books and fanzines. With nearly one hundred gloriously rendered Coye-penned images, Pulp Macabre showcases Coye's final and darkest era, containing some of the most passionately ghoulish artwork ever made.


Not available in Germany.

Hardcover, 220 pages, B&W, $39.95




The Pulp.Net  - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features two ongoing blogs!

Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.

Pulp Super-Fan blog by Michael R. Brown

Pulp comics: Lobster Johnson - New!
‘Pulp Adventures’ No. 16 - New!
Fanzine update: ‘Bronze Gazette’ #71-73
Review: ‘Steam Man of the West’
Con report: Pulp AdventureCon 2015
Pulp comics: Tom Strong
Yellowed Perils by William Lampkin

Pulp AdventureCon report
Pulp conventions for 2015
2014: In memoriam
Pulp gifts: A book by Robert Sampson
Pulp gifts: H.P. Lovecraft films



Radio Spirits
Nick Carter, Master Detective: Chasing Crime 
Now available!

The greatest name in American detective fiction is back! It's Nick Carter, Master Detective with a new collection of classic crime-fighting action.
With Lon Clark in the title role there are eighteen mysteries to solve, eighteen adventures to unravel, and no limit to the thrilling excitement!
The weekly knock on Carter's door brings cases of plagues and poisoned food, suspicious suicides and malicious murders!
Charlotte Mason co-stars as Patsy, with John Kane as "Scubby" Wilson and Ed Latimer as Sergeant "Matty" Mathison.
Includes a Program Guide by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr.

Episodes Include:
The Make Believe Murder 07-22-45; The Case of the Sick Statue 08-12-45; The Case of the Vanishing Postman 08-26-45; The Case of the Little Old Ladies 04-23-46; The Case of the Chemical Chickens 04-13-47; The Case of the Lucrative Wrecks 04-20-47; The Case of the Luminous Spots 04-27-47; The Case of the Missing Thumb 05-04-47; The Case of the Jeweled Queen 11-30-47; The Case of the Invisible Treasure 01-25-48; The Case of the Wandering Corpse 02-15-48; The Case of the Littlest Gangster 05-30-48; The Case of the Unexpected Corpse 06-13-48; The Case of the Flowery Farewell 06-20-48; The Case of the Wrong Mr. Wright 10-31-48; The Case of the Vanishing Weapon 09-18-49

Duration: 8 hours
Media: (8) CDs
Price: $31.95




Ramble House
Now available!

THE EVIL OF LI-SIN
And Other Stories

 Gerald Verner writing as Nigel Vane
Introduced by John Pelan
Afterword and Bibliography by Chris Verner
Dancing Tuatara Press #54

 
This special omnibus volume brings back into print The Menace of Li-Sin and The Vengeance of Li-Sin, Gerald Verner's two novels featuring the character Li-Sin, whose mission is to retrieve the sacred Black Idol and wreak revenge on its desecrators. The crimes of Li-sin and his gang present the self-appointed sleuth Dr. James Hartley, along with Scotland Yard and the local constabulary, with a remarkable challenge.

This Dancing Tuatara Press edition is introduced by John Pelan, and Chris Verner, the author's son, has contributed an in-depth Afterword and a comprehensive Bibliography of Gerald Verner's writings, including the many books originally published under pseudonyms.

Available Editions
$6  Ebook (EPUB or MOBI) 
  $20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket  6" x 9"

$45 Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



Ramble House
Now available!

HOMICIDE HOUSE and Other Stories
 Volume #6 in the Day Keene in the Detective Pulps Series
 by Day Keene

 With an Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
 
These nine stories by Day Keene from the pulps were chosen by John Pelan, who has several more collections planned.
Each of the 6 collections so far has been introduced by a major player in the detective fiction field, such as Ed Gorman, Bill Crider, David Laurence Wilson or Robert J. Randisi, and now it's Richard A. Lupoff's turn.
 
The stories in this collection are: 
HOMICIDE HOUSE
MY LITTLE GYPSY CHEAT-HEART
JOHNNY COME DEADLY
MURDER IN PARADISE
MARRIED TO MURDER!
IF A BODY MEET A BODY—
SHE SHALL MAKE MURDER—
THE MAN WHO DIED FOUR TIMES
THREE QUEENS OF THE MAYHEM

 
290 pages.

Available Editions

  $20 Trade Paperback
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket

$45 Hardcover with bookplate signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



RED SONJA #15 - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Walter Geovani
(Cover) Main: Jenny Frison; Variant:
Emma Vieceli

The penultimate issue of Red Sonja's epic quest to recover the six greatest artisans in the entire world leads her to single-handedly fight a kingdom to rescue a single Astronomer from execution for heresy! The acclaimed hit run from Gail Simone and Walter Geovani continues!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99





ROY THOMAS PRESENTS PLANET COMICS VOLUME 7: JULY 1943-MARCH 1944 HC - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
(Writer) Mike W. Barr (Art) George Tuska & Various

PS Artbooks is continuing its epic journey with the next volume of the groundbreaking awe-filled Planet Comics that appeared from Fiction House over a thirteen year period ending in 1953. They're all here — Flint Baker, Reef Ryan, The Space Rangers, Gale Allen, Star Pirate, Mysta of the Moon, Norge Benson plus many more, and a bevy of the most scantily-clad females you're likely to see outside of Silvio Dante's Bada Bing strip joint in The Sopranos. Collecting issues #25-29, July 1943 to March 1944.

Hardcover, 7X10, 320 pages, Full Color, $47.99






THE SHADOW #100: 48-PAGE SPECIAL - Coming in June!
Covers: Matt Wagner and Robert Hack
Writer: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, Chris Roberson, Victor Gischler and Michael Uslan
Art: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, Giovanni Timpano

For 100 Dynamite issues, The Shadow has known what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

To commemorate, Dynamite Entertainment brings together master storytellers to celebrate the purveyor of justice who proves that crime does not pay.

Join MATT WAGNER, HOWARD CHAYKIN, and FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA as they pen, pencil, and ink stories so mesmerizing they don’t even need a girasol!

Also joining us will be The Shadow alumni MICHAEL USLAN, CHRIS ROBERSON, and VICTOR GISCHLER, paired with top artists, to show the weed of crime bears only bitter fruit!

This is ONE centenarian celebration you WON’T want to miss.


Full Color, 48 pages, $7.99, On sale June 17

THE SHADOW #100 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151322 (Wagner cover)
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The Diamond Item Code is APR151323 (Mack cover).




The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

Q
- New!
The Shadow Laughs - New!
The White Skulls
The Ghost Makers
The Creeper
The Crime Master

SWORDS OF SORROW #2 (OF 6) - Coming in June!
(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Sergio Davila
(Covers) A: Tula Lotay
; B: Emanuela Lupacchino

DYNAMITE'S FIERCEST FEMALES IN THEIR BIGGEST EVENT EVER!

Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja) and rising star Sergio Davila (Legenderry) team to bring you this epic tale, featuring the most amazing, most beloved, and fiercest pulp heroines of all time! All the great Women of Dynamite are united against an unbeatable horror, and this historic issue features, for the first time ever, characters from the worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard as Dejah Thoris and Red Sonja clash!
The SWORDS OF SORROW series is also supported by several companion one-shots, written by some of today's hottest talents, like G.Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, and Erica Shultz!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 3

SWORDS OF SORROW #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151324 (Lotay cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151325 (Lupacchino cover).




SWORDS OF SORROW: DEJAH THORIS & IRENE ADLER #1 (OF 3) - Coming in June!
(Writer) Leah Moore (Art) Francesco Manna (Cover) Jay Anacleto

A team-up set up by SWORDS OF SORROW’s Gail Simone, featuring the writer that she hand-picked: Leah Moore! Irene Adler has been many things in her young life, a fugitive, a master of disguise and a femme fatale, but even she is surprised to find herself made bounty hunter, tracking savage foes across the grimy streets of London. In a far off world, defending Barsoom against an influx of trespassers, Princess Dejah Thoris is ready to put the guilty to her sword. Now, the world-colliding events of SWORDS OF SORROW have brought these dangerous women together… and the fate of planets hang in the balance!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 17

SWORDS OF SORROW: DEJAH THORIS & IRENE ADLER #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151329.




SWORDS OF SORROW: BLACK SPARROW & LADY ZORRO SPECIAL - Coming in June!
(Writer) Erica Schultz (Art) Cristhian Crizam Zamora (Cover) Joyce Chin

A team-up set up by SWORDS OF SORROW’s Gail Simone, featuring the writer that she hand-picked: Erica Schultz! Lady Zorro and The Black Sparrow, two women from different times, join forces to fight Prince Charming's Shards of Chaos in a prehistoric land. With their Swords of Sorrow, they fight to keep an ancient stone with mystical abilities out of the Prince's grasp.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 24

SWORDS OF SORROW: BLACK SPARROW & LADY ZORRO SPECIAL is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151330.




Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

Francis Stevens (1883-1948)
Clare Winger Harris (1891-1968)
Amelia Reynolds Long (1904-1978)
Witches, Wizards, and Warlocks on the Cover of Weird Tales
Scarecrows



VINTAGE SCI-FI 2016 12-MONTH WALL CALENDAR - Coming in June!

2016 Wall Calendar, 11x15, Full Color, $21.95



VINTAGE SCI-FI 2016 12-MONTH WALL CALENDAR is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 25).
The Diamond Item Code is APR151948.



WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS VOLUME 7: DUEL TO THE DEATH TRADE PAPERBACK - Arriving in comic shops March 25!
(Writer) Robert Place Napton (Art) Carlos Rafael, Debora Carita (Cover) Jay Anacleto

Thrown forward in time to Mars' dark future, Dejah finds a world all but conquered by invaders from the planet Earth.  With no way home, she joins a rebel army of Green and Red men that is led by her own descendant – the Warlord of Mars known as Dejah Carter!  In another adventure, Dejah Thoris is once again confronted by a terrible family secret that has haunted her family for months as she discovers a feral niece that she never knew she had living in the wild lands of Barsoom.  But is this girl friend or foe?  As the mystery unfolds, Dejah must choose between vengeance and justice… and the outcome of that decision will change her life forever.

Trade paperback, 7x10, 192 pages, Full Color, $19.99






Weirdbook
After a more than 17 year hiatus, Weirdbook is returning in August!

David A. Riley and Douglas Draa are, under Paul Ganley’s stewardship, reviving the legendary magazine.
Their intention is to offer the finest in Weird, Horror, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Sword Sorcery, and even odd fiction.
The debut issue #31 will appear in August 2015.

In keeping with Weirdbook’s long tradition, the first revival issue will present a never before published cover by none other than Mr. Stephen Fabian himself.

Submissions are now open!
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/

David A. Riley: Publisher and Senior Editor
Douglas Draa: Managing and Fiction Editor
Paul Ganley: Editor emeritus

David A. Riley is a Horror author and publisher and Douglas Draa is an author and former on-line editor for Weird Tales Magazine.




White Rocket Books
Now available!

THE SHATTERING

THE SHATTERING sets the galaxy aflame!
Van Allen Plexico’s monumental Military SF/Space Opera saga arrives in massive omnibus edition!


White Rocket Books proudly announces the release in trade paperback of a single, monumental , 700-page volume collecting all three of Van Allen Plexico’s epic THE SHATTERING novels.
In the spirit of Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy! Three mighty legions of super-soldiers converge upon Sacred Terra as demons, aliens, gods and men clash and the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance!

Hordes of aliens under the dark lord Goraddon's diabolical control have swept across the worlds of Man, leaving only death and destruction in their wake. Humanity's greatest champions are striking back, hurling giant mechs, hovertanks, starfleets and legions of super-soldiers at the foe. But not all allies are what they seem to be, and treachery awaits at the most critical moment.
“Not since Frank Herbert’s DUNE books has there been such an intricately plotted space saga that echoes all the action of the early days of science fiction yet is tempered with the talented sensibilities of a modern day pulp adventure. Plexico is the master of Space Opera.” --Pulp Fiction Reviews

THE SHATTERING Omnibus includes all three novels in the galaxy-shattering Gothic SF adventure that began with the 2014 Novel of the Year Finalist, LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE, continued with the critically acclaimed LEGION II: SONS OF TERRA, and concluded with 2015 Novel of the Year Finalist, LEGION III: KINGS OF OBLIVION.  Here we see the fallout from the war of the gods in LUCIAN, and the growing crisis that will lead to the creation of HAWK and the other Hands of the Machine.  Futuristic armies clash, godlike beings manipulate empires, and the gateway to the Underverse is reopened, unleashing slavering demonic hordes upon an unsuspecting galaxy!

“Intrigue, betrayal, and plenty of action and adventure!” –Doug Dandridge, author of the Exodus: Empires at War series.

“Most know me for my Sentinels superhero novels,” says Plexico, “but there’s nothing I love better than galaxy-spanning cosmic conflict with vast starfleets, planetary invasions, hordes of horrific aliens, high-tech armies and even gods and demons thrown in. And if you’ve read my LUCIAN or HAWK novels, you’ll find a whole lot of secrets revealed and many mysteries resolved in these pages.”
This omnibus volume features gorgeous cover art by artist Mike Jackson.

White Rocket Books is a leader in the New Pulp movement, publishing exciting action and adventure novels and anthologies since 2005, in both traditional and electronic formats.   White Rocket books have hit the Amazon.com Top 10-by-Genre and reached #1 on the New Pulp Best-Sellers List, and have garnered praise from everyone from Marvel Comics Vice-President Tom Brevoort to Kirkus Reviews.
THE SHATTERING Omnibus is a $24.95, 6 x 9”, 704-page trade paperback from White Rocket Books.


Each of the three volumes is also available individually as $3.99 ebooks on Kindle.

ISBN-13:  978-0692021460   

On Amazon.com:  http://www.amazon.com/Shattering-Omnibus-Van-Allen-Plexico/dp/0692021469

See the entire Shattering/Legions saga at http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering/



COLD LIGHTNING

COLD LIGHTNING kicks off all-new stories in the “Shattering” universe!

First in a new series of “quick reads” set in the Space Opera universe of the acclaimed Shattering/Legions books!

White Rocket Books proudly announces the release on Kindle of the first in a new series of “quick read” novellas by Van Allen Plexico, set in the same universe as his acclaimed and Novel of the Year finalist books, LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE and LEGION III: KINGS OF OBLIVION, as well as HAWK and LUCIAN—and priced at only 99 cents!

Two commanders and their special ops teams in a race against time --through a deep, dark maze filled with death!

On the orders of legendary soldier Arnem Agrippa, Major Selim Iksander ("The Lightning") races against time and against his rival, Major Yevgeni Vostok ("The Cold") , through a labyrinthine maze deep beneath the fortress-world of Candis. At his side are four carefully selected allies-- a star pilot, a cleric, a Marine and a Ninja-like stealth warrior--ready to handle anything Vostok can throw at them. But more powerful entities have awakened-- and now the dark tunnels in the bowels of the fortress-world have become a death trap from which none of them may escape alive.

"Intrigue, betrayal and plenty of action!"  --Doug Dandridge, author of Exodus: Empires at War, on the Shattering saga.

 “Plexico is the master of Space Opera.” --Pulp Fiction Reviews

COLD LIGHTNING begins the new “Legion Chronicles” series of 99 cent novellas from White Rocket Books and opens up a whole new arena of adventures in Plexico’s popular Space Opera/Military SF New Pulp series.

“Readers have demanded more adventures by the men and women of the mighty Imperial Legions from the Shattering novels,” says Plexico, “and rather than make them wait a year or more for another big novel, we decided to create an entirely new series of “quick reads” and get them out in a more timely fashion—and for less than a buck a piece. This is the first one up, and I think it’s a doozy!”

COLD LIGHTNING is a 99 cent Kindle ebook and a Limited Edition Hardcover from White Rocket Books.

Kindle ASIN:  B00UPLUZZY

On Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Lightning-Legion-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B00UPLUZZY

In Hardcover: http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering

See all the Shattering/Legions books at http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering


White Rocket Books








13 March 2015

2015 Pulp Shows

The Pulp Coming Attractions Pulp Shows page has been updated with available information on the presently known pulp shows scheduled for 2015!
Click on the PULP SHOWS link below or the icon at the top of the page and start making your reservations!

19th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 9, 2015, 10am to 4pm!
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 4pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library,
239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



2015 Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention
Celebrating the 125th Birthday of H. P. Lovecraft
April 17-19, 2015

MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 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 (register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. — the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 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 150 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 5, 2015. 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, 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
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist) and Saturday nights.
PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories. More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood 'N' Thunder magazine (http:// muraniapress.com/blood-n-thunder/).


NEW PULP SUNDAY

We will have several panels on Sunday morning and afternoon devoted to New Pulp!


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. Also be sure to check out and join our Facebook page!

CON SUITE
Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges and program materials!) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning — stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby!

HOTEL
For our fifteenth show, for the eighth year in a row we're at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O'Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $113/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on March 26, 2015!). 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, you can contact the hotel 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.




36th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
Sunday, March 22, 2015!


45+ authors and illustrators will sign your books for FREE!

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking





39th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship
April 9-11, 2015!

The 39th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship, with events April 9-11, 2015, welcomes award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi, and writers, friends and fans from across the region for this annual celebration of Jack Williamson and the genre to which he contributed so significantly.

The Lectureship opens with Readings with Visiting Authors and Friends of the Lectureship on Thursday evening, 6 p.m., in JWLA 112. The evening concludes with dinner at our usual spot, the Cattle Baron.

Friday morning features Guest of Honor Paolo Bacigalupi reading from his work from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. in JWLA 112. After a break, luncheon follows at 11:30 (Zia Room, Campus Union), with keynote address from the GOH and comments from our favorite Mistress of the Podium, Connie Willis.

Everyone is welcome to attend the panels at Special Collections in Golden Library from 3-6 p.m. where writers, guests, and audience will discuss and debate topics in science fiction and fantasy.  New participants, edgy topics. Come and have your say!

For aspiring young writers, a special workshop will be offered Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to Noon (location TBA).

Reservations for the lectureship luncheon can be made by calling 575.562.2315 or emailing Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu.
The price is $10, payable at the door.  Reservations must be received by Monday, April 6, 2015.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Readings from the Words of Jack Williamson
Tuesday, April 7th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading with Visiting Authors
Thursday, April 9th, 6 p.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Reading by Guest of Honor, Paolo Bacigalupi
Friday, April 10th, 9:30 - 11 a.m.
ENMU, Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building 112

Lectureship Luncheon
Friday, April 10th, 11:45 a.m.
ENMU, Campus Union Ballroom (lunch tickets are $10

Williamson Lectureship Panels
Friday, April 10th, 3 - 6 p.m.
ENMU Golden Library Special Collections

Young Writers Workshop
Saturday, April 11th, 10 a.m. Noon
Portales Public Library (reservations required)

61st Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show
Sunday, April 19, 2015!

Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$5.00 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.

Adventure House
Weird Tales Collection Magazine
Now available!


Adventure House Auctions presents a 40 page full color magazine highlighting the best of this upcoming auction of WEIRD TALES. 
Un-retouched images of several hundred magazines really giving the true flavor of this remarkable collection.
 

$10.00 post paid!


Adventure House




Airship 27 Productions
SNAKE: NEST OF VIPERS

Now available!
THE SNAKE STRIKES!

Airship 27 Productions is proud to present the latest pulp thriller by Oklahoma based, award winning writer, Michael Vance: SNAKE : NEST OF VIPERS!

In the last few years of World War II, a group of brave Germans who opposed Hitler and his Third Reich orchestrated an underground movement that worked from within to defeat the Nazis.  These brave men and women were constantly at risk being hunted by the ruthless Gestapo.  Their fate, if captured, was agonizing torture and death.  Still they struggled on.

Six years later, in the back alleys of New York’s Bowery district, a mysterious masked avenger calling herself the Snake appears.  She recruits denizens of the street to be her agents and begins a ruthless campaign against organized crime.  Who is she and what is her connection to the events in Berlin prior to the collapse of the Third Reich?

“Michael Vance is one of the finest genre writers working today,” says Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor, Ron Fortier.  “His Weird Horror Tales trilogy received critical acclaim and last year we published his YOUNG NEMO & THE BLACK KNIGHTS, a novelization of his own comicbook series.  This time he has uncovered a lost comicbook nugget and what he has done with it is going to excite a whole lot of people.”

Based on a six-page synopsis by legendary comics writer, Richard Hughes, author Michael Vance has woven a thrilling, fast paced adventure that will keep readers guessing and on the edge of their seats from start to finish.  You’ve never met a character like the Snake.  She’s sexy.  She maybe crazy.  But she is most of all, deadly!

SNAKE : NEST OF VIPERS features a stunning cover by comicbook and pin-up star, Ted Hammond with interior illustrations by newcomer Greg Keyzer with book design by Rob Davis.

Available now at Amazon and soon on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


ALTERED STATES: DOC SAVAGE #1 - Arriving in comic shops March 18!
(Writer) David Avallone (Art) Dave Acosta (Cover) Billy Tan

Welcome to Altered States… Dynamite Entertainment’s parallel reality in the vein of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s What If!

Doc’s research into the criminal inside all men backfires… and his own experiment reduces him to a mindless primitive. When the most powerful man in the world is turned into a rampaging beast, can you stop him without killing him?


32 pages, 
Full Color, $3.99





Altus Press
Savings From Altus Press!

We're celebrating a number of new releases by giving everyone a chance to save a few bucks.
Until March 31, 2015, use coupon code march10off to take an additional 10% off our already discounted prices.
It'll work on anything on www.altuspress.com.
So head on over now & save... and don't forget we offer free shipping on softcover orders.



Altus Press
Now available!

 
Defiance Valley: The Complete Northwoods Stories of Frederick Nebel, Volume 1
by Frederick Nebel
Introduction by Rob Preston


Tales of the Northwest may have been Frederick Nebel’s forte, but sadly these ultra-rare magazines don’t turn up often and as a result, few readers have been able to enjoy these classics.

With this book, Altus Press brings these stories to modern readers, complete, uncut, and in order.

Volume 1 contains Nebel’s first 16 stories of this genre, taken from North*West Stories and Action Stories.

368 pages / $26.96 softcover / $39.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2
by Ellery Watson Calder, Hugh Speer, Robert Leslie Bellem, Clint Morgan, Clive Trent,
Jerome Severs Perry, Carl Moore, Cary Moran, and Clark Nelson

Introduction by Alfred Jan

The Thrills of Horror! Romantic Tales of the Eerie and Occult! You’ll find them in Spicy Mystery—stories of red-blooded men and lovely girls in dangerous situations, in an atmosphere of chills and thrills. Real life is never so tense and dramatic as when a girl is in peril—or as when a siren as deadly as she is beautiful sets her snare for a man….

Are you bored of typical weird menace plots, many of which crept into Spicy Mystery? Then sample these tales which break out of that tired formula where every ending is happy, and the only challenge is guessing which minor character gets exposed as the villain in a rubber monster suit and demon mask!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2 contains 11 classic stories by the masters of the genre, complete, uncut, and with the original illustrations.

It also includes an all-new introduction by editor Alfred Jan, one of the leading experts on the series.

205 pages / $15.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!


Altus Press
Now available!

Beyond the Call of Duty: The Complete Tales of Koropok, Volume 1
by Sidney Herschel Small


One of the best series from the twilight of Adventure Magazine's run, this 11-story saga of an American undercover agent in the Far East
 during World War II has been sadly neglected for 75 years. But no longer!

This two-volume set also includes over 100 illustrations by master pulp illustrators Hamilton Greene and Frank Kramer.
Volume 1 contains the first six stories: “Beyond the Call of Duty,” “The War-Fan,” “Flight Without Wings,” “Belt of Steel,” “Lost Face,” and “The Last Banzai.”

278 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

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Altus Press
Now available!

The King Makers: The Adventures of Vincent Connor
by H. Bedford-Jones


Vincent Connor—to all simply a wealthy playboy—but his “play” was matching wits in tight places against wily Oriental intriguers and the theft of the priceless Han jades.

Part of the Uniform H. Bedford-Jones Library.

175 pages / $13.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover


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Altus Press
Now available!

Blood and Steel: The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana, Volume 4
by Gordon MacCreagh


"Anything can happen in Africa!"--that's the credo of big game hunter, trader and safari guide King, known all over the Dark Continent as Kingi Bwana.
Together with his two loyal companions, the deadly Masai warrior Barounggo and the wizened, cunning Hottentot Kaffa, the stoic American battles slave traders, ivory poachers, gold smugglers, arms traffickers, evil witch doctors and secret societies in the savanna and jungle of Central East Africa.

Collecting the last four stories: "A Man to Kill," "Slaves of Ethiopia," "Strong as Gorillas," and "Blood and Steel."

206 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

In the Grip of the Griffin: The Complete Battles of Gordon Manning & The Griffin, Volume 3
by J. Allan Dunn


The end of the saga!
Running for 31 installments, this is one of the classic sagas from the pages of Detective Fiction Weekly featuring master criminal The Griffin and his war on America.
Written by one of the most colorful authors of pulpdom, Volume 3 contains the final 10 stories of the series, uncut, and with all the original images.

282 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!




Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 80: "Mad Eyes" & "Death is a Round Black Spot"
The greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two-fisted thrillers by Lawrence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc Savage is framed by a bronze lookalike as nightmarish reptilian creatures fill the air and Earth is threatened with environmental disaster in "Mad Eyes." Then, Patricia Savage blunders into a death trap after she intercepts a message for Doc, and the only clue to her disappearance suggests "Death is a Round Black Spot." This deluxe pulp reprint leads off with the classic color pulp cover by Robert G. Harris, and also features the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fifteen Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-166-0 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 80: "Mad Eyes" & "Death is a Round Black Spot" — JAMES BAMA Variant Edition
The greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two-fisted thrillers by Lawrence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc Savage is framed by a bronze lookalike as nightmarish reptilian creatures fill the air and Earth is threatened with environmental disaster in "Mad Eyes." Then, Patricia Savage blunders into a death trap after she intercepts a message for Doc, and the only clue to her disappearance suggests "Death is a Round Black Spot." This deluxe pulp reprint leads off with a knockout cover painting by legendary illustrator James Bama and also features both color pulp covers, original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fifteen Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-167-7 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume 93: "Brothers of Doom" & "The Three Brothers"
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" The Knight of Darkness returns in two searing mysteries by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, the Knight of Darkness and his agents meet the challenge of an evil foursome who have made a deadly compact as "Brothers of Doom" Then, The Shadow investigates "The Three Brothers" to discover which is the evil mastermind behind a series of enigmatic murders! BONUS: The illustrated origin of "Iron Munro, the Astounding Man" by Otto Binder and E. C. Stoner from the rare first issue of SHADOW COMICS! This instant collector's item showcases both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, with original commentary by popular culture historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-170-7 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW SUPERPACK #2: THE ORIGINS COLLECTION
The Dark Avenger's secret origins are revealed in a landmark collection of tales from the rarest Shadow pulps. The Master of Darkness resurrects his long-buried true identity of Kent Allard in "The Shadow Unmasks" and "The Yellow Band" as Maxwell Grant finally reveals the untold story of The Shadow's mysterious origins! Then, "The Living Shadow" recruits Harry Vincent into his secret crimefighting organization in his first published adventure, and first assumes the identity of Lamont Cranston to investigate serial murders in "The Eyes of The Shadow," the groundbreaking novel that introduced the Dark Avenger's world-famous alter ego and the enigmatic Burbank! Then, the Knight of Darkness investigates a counterfeiting ring in "The Shadow Laughs," the novel that introduced the real Lamont Cranston! PLUS The Shadow battles merciless foes who wield the night itself as a weapon in "The Black Hush," attempts to stop "The Money Master" before his financial machinations destroy the global economy and proves a young man's innocence in "Voice of Death." Plus the original color pulp covers by Jerome Rozen, George Rozen and Graves Gladney, interior illustrations by George H. Wert, Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary by Walter B. Gibson, Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. BONUS: Four exclusive art prints by Jerome and George Rozen! (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-165-3 Softcover, 7x10, 564 pages, B&W, $44.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
$44.95 plus FREE shipping within the US.
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in June!

THE AVENGER multipack #1 - The "JUSTICE, INC." Collection - Foreword by Michael Uslan
Sanctum Books collects eight Kenneth Robeson pulp novels that inspired Dynamite Comics' newest superstar in a deluxe collector's set, including a NEW expanded variant edition of THE AVENGER #1 with 16 additional pages including a new foreword by BATMAN film producer Michael Uslan, the scriptwriter of Dynamite's recent JUSTICE, INC. miniseries! A personal tragedy forges Richard Henry Benson into a "man of steel," leading him to assemble the crime-fighting team called "Justice, Inc." in one of the all-time greatest hero pulp novels. The Avenger searches for the secret  treasure of the Aztecs in "The Yellow Horde" and confronts "The Sky Walker" in an epic thriller that was adapted to comics by Jack Kirby. Then, Justice, Inc. cleans up big city corruption in "The Devil's Horns," saves the world's greatest city from "The Frosted Death" and investigates an ancient Indian rain god on "The Glass Mountain." A deadly Egyptian curse is revived by "The Blood Ring" while "Stockholders in Death" launch a deadly trail of murder. BONUS: the debut of the Scarlet Avenger by Irv Novick, a Golden Age classic from the first issue of ZIP COMICS, plus two lost Avenger radio scripts! This spectacular collection showcases eight classic color pulp covers by H. Winfield Scott and the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban with historical commentary by Will Murray, Ron Goulart and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-182-0 Softcover, 7x10, 528 pages, B&W, $44.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
$44.95 plus FREE shipping within the US.
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in June!

DOC SAVAGE Volume 83: "The Rustling Death" & "Terror and the Lonely Widow"
The pulps' greatest superhero returns in action-packed thrillers by Alan Hathway and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Ham Brooks is rendered helpless by a strange sound, a rustling noise that can destroy planes in midair and disintegrate entire populations! Then, after his cover is blown during an undercover mission, the Man of Bronze heads to the South Seas to avert a atomic age threat in one of his most gripping postwar adventures. This instant collector's item reprints the classic color pulp covers by Emery Clarke, and also features the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fifteen Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-181-3 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in June!

THE SHADOW Volume 97: "Crime at Seven Oaks" & "The Northdale Mystery"
The Master of Darkness uncovers hidden evil in the quiet New Jersey town of Northdale in two classic pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, the wail of the banshee signals "Crime at Seven Oaks" until The Shadow unleashes a giant Great Dane named Vulcan to bring a hidden killer to justice! Then, Lamont Cranston returns to Northdale with Margo Lane to investigate the mystery of a bizarre bank robbery and the puzzling distruction of the stolen funds. This deluxe pulp reprint showcases both original color pulp covers by Graves Gladney and George Rozen and the original interior illustrations by Earl Mayan and Paul Orban, with new commentary by popular culture historian Will Murray and a special tribute to man's best friend. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-180-6  Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)



Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

James Beard and John Bruening on Flinch Books
Writers Jim Beard and John Bruening discuss the coming launch of their new publishing label Flinch Books.  The first title due out in April 2015 will highlight the work of Golden Age comic artist Fletcher Hanks.  More titles are due to come out in 2015 and 2016.  You heard it first here!
Past episodes:
Barry Reese brings us up to date!
Operation: Silver Moon by Bobby Nash and Rick Johnson
Tom and Ginger Johnson: The Power Couple of Pulp!
Derrick Ferguson talks Dillon and lots more.
Tommy Hancock talks about Pro Se Publications and his own writings!
Airship 27 Captain, Ron Fortier, talks New Pulp and what he and his flagship are up to in 2015!
Jeff Deischer Cold War Thriller: High Hopes
Sherlock Holmes Fight Card Book 2: "Blood to the Bone" with author Andrew Salmon and publisher Paul Bishop
Doug Hawk talks about his series, "The Black Claw"



BLACK WINGS IV
Edited by S. T. Joshi
 Orders for the unsigned edition will be sent out this month!
The slipcased edition will follow as soon as the signing sheets are returned!

“If anything has become evident in the first three volumes of the Black Wings series,” editor S. T. Joshi tells us in his Introduction to Black Wings IV, “it is that the Lovecraftian idiom is endlessly malleable, and suited to a variety of genres and subgenres. H. P. Lovecraft, although a strong proponent of what he called ‘weird fiction,’ himself spanned a surprisingly wide spectrum of genres in his own brief career, starting out as a writer of relatively conventional tales of the macabre and gradually expanding his scope to embrace the literature of cosmicism—a distinctive fusion of science fiction and horror that has become his signature contribution to the field. Today, we can find Lovecraftian elements in stories ranging from hard-boiled crime to pure fantasy, and this volume displays the extent to which motifs, themes, and imagery from Lovecraft’s tales can infiltrate tales that would otherwise have little relationship to one another.”

S. T. JOSHI is the author of The Weird Tale (University of Texas Press, 1990), The Modern Weird Tale (McFarland, 2001), and other critical and biographical studies. His award-winning biography, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (Necronomicon Press, 1996), has been expanded and updated as I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft (Hippocampus Press, 2010).

Joshi has edited Lovecraft’s stories, essays, letters, and revisions, as well as works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, and other writers. His two-volume treatise, Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction (PS Publishing, 2012), has won a World Fantasy Award.

Limited: 300 numbered hardcovers signed by all contributors, in slipcase: $85
Trade: Unsigned hardcover, in dust jacket: $45


Table of Contents
Half Lost in Shadow—W. H. Pugmire
The Rasping Absence—Richard Gavin
Black Ships Seen South of Heaven—Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Dark Sea Within— Jason V Brock
Sealed by the Moon —Gary Fry
Broken Sleep—Cody Goodfellow
A Prism of Darkness—Darrell Schweitzer
Night of the Piper—Ann K. Schwader
We Are Made of Stars—Jonathan Thomas
Trophy—Melanie Tem
Contact—John Pelan and Stephen Mark Rainey
Cult of the Dead—Lois H. Gresh
Dark Redeemer—Will Murray
In the Event of Death—Simon Strantzas
Revival—Stephen Woodworth
The Wall of Asshur-sin—Donald Tyson
Fear Lurks Atop Tempest Mount—Charles Lovecraft



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

Overstock Sale for Serial Fans - New!
Rare and Unique Items Added to Collectibles Section
Speaking of Serials… 
Rare, High-Grade Arkham House Titles and Other Pulp-Related Books Added to Collectibles Page

Throwback Thursday: H. Bedford-Jones and THE WILDERNESS TRAIL 
Birthday Boy: Sax Rohmer
Reading Room: THE BLACK GANG

Bold Venture Press
Now available!


PULP ADVENTURES #16

Featuring the works of Arthur J. Burks, Johnston McCulley, Charles E. Fritch, and L. H. Hayum.

Reprinted together, back-to-back, in this issue Arthur J. Burks' earth-shaking science-fiction thriller "Survival" and "Exodus" -- two stories recounting a future America's flight into subterranean chambers to escape an invasion of Mongol invaders -- and their triumphant return to reclaim the surface world as their own!

"Thubway Tham's Four Queens" by Johnston McCulley -- Detective Craddock has his suspicions, but the notorious pickpocket known as Thubway Tham considered himself a guest of honor at a high-stakes poker game.

"The Watcher" by Charles E. Fritch -- He awaited his destiny, watching the stars for a sign from afar ...

"63,571" by L. L. Hayum -- She was slaving over a hot griddle when someone offered her a ride in a fancy new car. Why not?

Original pulp illustrations, plus new illustrations by Ed Coutts. Classic cover by Norman Saunders, courtesy of the artist's estate.


130 pages, $12.95


Something For Nothing
A mystery starring Jack Hagee, Private Eye
by C.J. Henderson

A killer stalks the streets of New York. The police call him “The Outliner.” His first three victims were outlined in white chalk. The fourth in blue, the fifth in pink — with roses. The citizens are growing increasingly paniced, and soon everyone is hunting The Outliner, including Jack Hagee, private eye. A reporter friend also enlists his help is searching for information pertaining to corruption in City Hall. Hagee is no fool -- newspapers are full of investigators, so there must be danger ahead. While waiting for a break in the "Outliner" case, a vicious street gang demands “tribute” from one of his clients. Big mistake ... on their part, and maybe Hagee’s, as well!

C.J. Henderson is a virtuoso in the field of hardboiled fiction — and Jack Hagee’s cases show him writing at his sharpest, toughest, most cynical. Jack Hagee is a unique character in hardboiled fiction. Tall, tough, and honest, he struggles against a dark and bitter world.

JACK HAGEE: Something For Nothing
ISBN-13: 978-1507672495
ISBN-10: 1507672497



Action! Adventure! Those words quicken the pulses of pulp fiction fans! But could writers tasked with filling those magazines provide the suspense that readers craved? They could with The Plot Genie: Action-Adventure supplement!* After developing The Plot Genie(tm), pulp magazine authors clamored for a supplement geared toward action-oriented stories. Hill responded with this supplemental volume.

In this second Plot Genie supplement, Hill presents nine basic "plot requisites" to crafting action-adventure stories: "Protagonist"; "Adventure"; "Obstacle"; "Colorful Action"; "Further Complication"; "Opponent Plots to"; "Position of Jeopardy"; "Daring Effort"; and "Spectacular Climax."

Grab a pith helmet and .45 automatic - embark on your next writing adventure! Plot Genie will guide the way!*


134 pages, $19.95
Pulp Master: The Theodore Roscoe Story (audio)
by Audrey Parente
Contains bonus interview excerpts
with Argosy-author Roscoe!

For nearly a decade, Theodore Roscoe filled the pages of Argosy and Adventure with tales of high adventure and exotic locales. Equally exotic were characters like Foreign Legionnaire Thibaut Corday, and the various characters drifting across the globe in search of treasure and fortune.

Audrey Parente interviewed the venerable pulp writer over the course of several years in the 1980s. Pulp Master: The Theodore Roscoe Story is the result of hundreds of hours spent reading stories, manuscripts and correspondence, and several visits to New York City scouring through agent's archives. Pulp Master is a complete profile of a talented author and a spoken photograph of the pulp magazine industry of the 1930s.

Four-and-one-half hours of audio, read by Audrey Parente.
15-minutes of exclusive interview tracks with Theodore Roscoe.
Additional flash-storage space.
Two original musical pieces -- Roscoe's Score and Caravan du Corday -- created by Peter Parente
at Pumpkin Eater Productions, a professional recording studio in South Florida.
Pulp Master: The Theodore Roscoe Story
$19.95 plus shipping & handling:
$4.75 Media Mail.







Bold Venture Press
Coming March 15!

Strictly Poison and Other Stories
by Charles Boeckman

Charles Boeckman's biography often reads like the stuff of pulp fiction. He left home in the early 1940s and became a jazz musician, traveling the country, kicking around between New York City and New Orleans. In between gigs, he purchased a used typewriter and began pounding out hardboiled stories. Eventually, the legendary Popular Publications editor Mike Tilden purchased one of his stories for Detective Tales. After that accomplishment, Boeckman began appearing in Dime Detective, Manhunt, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and many others.

Mr. Boeckman's stories usually focused on sad people trying to escape their dreary lives -- shifty con-artists, embittered detectives and hen-pecked losers. The author's jazz background in jazz music figures into several stories, reaching a two-fisted crescendo.

The twenty-two stories in this anthology were originally published in various pulp magazines -- and now they appear together, wrapped in a breath-taking cover by Robert A. Maguire.

Two of Mr. Boeckman's stories (included in this anthology) have been adapted for television. For ProSe Press, he developed the Johnny Nickle jazz-detective series. Today, he cranks out stories from his Texas home, along with his wife Patti, a formidable author in her own right.







The Bronze Gazette #73 (March 2015)
Now available!

This issue features:
Editorial
by Howard Wright
“Doc Savage: Man of Red, White, and Blue” by Brian K. Lowe
"Doc Con 17 Report" by Glenn Horner

Doc Savage comicbook story: "In the Heart of Thunder Island" from DOC SAVAGE COMICS #2, October 1940
  This is the 3rd part of the adaptation of THE LAND OF TERROR which began in SHADOW COMICS #3 and continued in DOC SAVAGE COMICS #1.
"The Sinister Shadow"  Review by Howard Wright
News Update

Front Cover: Tim Faurote
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Ron Wilber, Kevin Duncan, and Joe DeVito.
Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #74 and 75 only.
#75 will be the final issue.
Prices are as follows:
Cost is $12.00/2 Issues US
Cost is $13.00/2 Issues Canada
Cost is $14.00/2 Issues Overseas

For those that have stuck with TBG all of these years, thanks for your continued support.

 Send orders and  back issue inquiries to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks and money orders should be payable to: Green Eagle Publications


CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #24 - Coming in June!
Joshua Williamson (WRITER), Miguel Sepulveda (ART), Javier Mena (COLOR), and Michael Broussard (Cover)

Facing the greatest threat in the world—the unstoppable madman known as the Archon—Captain Midnight and his allies need an ace in the hole to help pull out a victory! Thankfully, Cap has a plan . . . but will it be enough to stop the Archon when everything else has failed?

Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
, On sale June 24


THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 29: THE SHAPE IN THE SHADOW AND OTHER STORIES TP - Arriving in comic shops March 18!

To pay his debts, Conan comes into the employ of an exiled prince who needs the barbarian's strength and skills to reclaim his royal heritage, the Eye of Bast, a priceless jewel with a deadly secret! Plus: Marvel Comics' origin of Conan the Barbarian! Collects Marvel's Conan the Barbarian #224–#232.

Trade paperback, 7" x 10", Full Color, 224 pages, $19.99




THE CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN VOLUME 10: THE WARLORD OF KOTH AND OTHER STORIES TP - Arriving in comic shops March 18!
Don Kraar (Writer), Jim Owsley (Writer), Tony de Zuniga (Art), Geof Isherwood (Art), Mike Docherty (Pencils), Fraja Bator (Inks), George Roussos (Color), and Michael Kaluta (Cover)

While Conan’s armies engage the forces of the enemy alliance, dark machinations are afoot to strike at Conan’s own heart. The malign sorcerer Caliastros, in league with the Warlord of Koth, casts black spells that could take the lives of Conan’s wife and children and end his bloodline forever! Collects Marvel’s Conan the King #46–#50.


Trade Paperback, 7" x 10", Full Color, 208 pages, $19.99






CONAN THE AVENGER #15 - Coming in June!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Guiu Vilanova (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Eric Powell (Cover)

Conan and Natala must fight for their lives in the cursed city of eternal dreamers, Xuthal! When they are separated, Conan faces an army of zealots while Natala must defend herself from torturers and beasts! Can they escape the city alive?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50
, On sale June 24


CONAN VOLUME 17: SHADOWS OVER KUSH TP - Coming in August!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Brian Ching (Art), Eduardo Francisco (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Daryl Mandryk (Cover)

Conan drinks himself into a stupor while in the city of Shumballa—until an act of thievery propels him into a witch hunt of adventure, demons, and rebellion!
Fred Van Lente writes the world’s most famous barbarian in this collection of issues #1–#6 of Dark Horse Comics’ Conan the Avenger.


Trade Paperback, 7" x 10", Full Color, 152 pages, $19.99, On sale August 5



CthulhuCon PDX
April 25-26, 2015!
 
Crowne Plaza, Portland, OR

Celebrate Lovecraft's 125th Birthday year and the lead up to the 20th Anniversary Festival with two days of gaming, panels, readings, art, and music.
This is a convention-style event, held at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Portland Downtown (near the Convention Center).



Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths - Arriving in book stores March 17!
by Stephen Jones (Editor)

The ultimate anthology of supernatural detective fiction featuring some of the biggest names in dark fantasy and horror including Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Brian Lumley and Manly Wade Wellman.

Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths features eighteen haunting tales from the masters of supernatural fiction. Weaving noir with the fantastic and sometimes, horrific, this standalone anthology presents sleuths who investigate bizarre and otherworldly cases such as Neil Gaiman's Lawrence Talbot, Clive Barker's Harry D'Amour and the eight-part 'Seven Stars' adventure by Kim Newman.

Paperback: 480 pages
List Price: $14.95



DARK HORSE PRESENTS #8 - Arriving in comic shops March 18!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Alex de Campi (Writer), Ed Brisson (Writer), Mike Grell (Writer/Art/Variant cover), Brendan McCarthy (Writer/A), Mark Evanier (Writer), Guiu Vilanova (Art), Jerry Ordway (Art), JD Faith (Art), Sergio Aragonés (Art), and Francesco Francavilla (Cover)

Featuring Mike Grell returning to Tarzan with "Tarzan and the Gods of Opar.”

Plus, new chapters of Fred Van Lente’s Detective Greene, Alex de Campi and Jerry Ordway’s Semiautomagic, Sergio Aragonés’s Groo, Brendan McCarthy’s Dream Gang, and Ed Brisson’s Murder Book, featuring art from JD Faith!

Full Color, 48 pages, $4.99




Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

A Recycled Forgotten Book: DEAD AT THE TAKE-OFF by Lester Dent  - New!
Pulp Gallery: DAN TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE (1942-43) - New!
Comic Gallery: CRIME DOES NOT PAY (1944) - New!
Pulp Gallery: MYSTERY ADVENTURES (1935-36)
Overlooked Films: Philip Marlowe in "Blackmailers Don't Shoot"


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' AT THE EARTH'S CORE - Coming in August!
Bobby Nash (Writer), Jamie Chase (Art)

Burroughs’ 1914 pulp-fantasy epic comes to life in a heart-pounding adventure!

An heir and an inventor take their "Iron Mole" five hundred miles below the earth’s crust to the world of Pellucidar, crossing paths with the evil Mahars, the ape-like Sagoths, and all manner of prehistoric creatures . . . as well as the lovely Dian the Beautiful!

Hardcover, 7" x 10", Full Color, 104 pages, $14.99, On sale August 19
Limited Hardcoveer, 7" x 10",Full Color, 104 pages, $49.99, On sale August 19





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!

"The Best Horse Wins" by Ernest Edward Nelson from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, May 8, 1920
Jim Watts wants to go to the horse races and bet on a horse people are tipping him off about.  But he wants to avoid letting his wife know about it.
"Death at Both Ends" by J. Lane Linklater from THRILLING DETECTIVE, April, 1947
Newspaperman Lefty is alone when he undertakes combing Hollywood for the stolen Langman gems, but he soon has two corpses for company!
"Uncle" by Frank Richardson Pierce from SHORT STORIES, July 10, 1941
Cast Your Bread Upon the Troubled International Waters - and See What Happens.



Girasol Collectables
Pre-release Special: $130 with free shipping within North America, overseas please add $10.
Offer valid until April 30th, 2015.  Release date: May 30, 2015


Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce Volume 4
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES



Girasol has launched a new series of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout, 130+ pages.

Each book in the series has a mix of full page scans, size as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and 6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number, date, and cover artist if known.

Due for an May 30, 2015 release!
The fourth volume will be FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES!
A combo volume of full sets of scans of the 2 titles, all 210 issues in total.

This edition will be the same format as our first 3 volumes, 8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout, bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover art.

A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images. Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Dime Mystery touted itself as the Weirdest Stories Ever Told, and certainly the cover art was true to the claim!

Only $130 (prices include s&h within North America - overseas add $25)
Visit our ebay store to order, or email us for more information to acquire your copy.
Paypal payments to: info@girasolcollectables.com

Please note that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the covers.







Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, January 1940

Contents:
THE ROBOT PERIL by Don Wilcox
DEATH OVER CHICAGO by Robert Moore Williams
THE TIME MERCHANT by F. A. Kummer Jr
CAPTIVES OF THE VOID by R R Winterbotham
HELL IN EDEN by Richard O. Lewis THE GIFT OF MAGIC by Miles Shelton


Magazine, 100 pages
$12.95

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, August 1940

Contents:
THE GOLDEN PRINCESS by Robert Moore Williams
THE FERTILITY OF DALRYMPLE TODD by Nelson S. Bond
THE STRANGE VOYAGE OF HECTOR SQUINCH by David Wright O'Brien
THE RAY THAT FAILED by Donald Bern
WAR OF HUMAN CATS by Festus Pragnell
WORLD WITHOUT AIR by Henry Kuttner
THE GIRL IN THE WHIRLPOOL by Miles Shelton


Magazine, 148 pages
$14.95
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, October 1940

Contents:
JONGOR OF LOST LAND by Robert Moore Williams
OSCAR, DETECTIVE OF MARS by James Norman
SPECIAL AGENT TO VENUS by Thornton Ayre
THE UNCANNY POWER OF EDWIN COBALT by Noel Gardner
THE SCIENTIFIC MILER OF BOWLER U. by Ivan Sandrof
THE ELIXIR OF INVISIBILITY by Henry Kuttner


Magazine, 148 pages
$12.95
BEWARE! THE SCIENTIST'S REVOLT
by Edgar Rice Burroughs


FIRST EDITION now available in distribution on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and at other stores!

Mackie Donovan fights for his life in "Beware!", a royal intrigue mystery. Then he fights for his life in "The Scientist's Revolt" in an amazing tower of scientific mystery where killers vanish into thin air.

Hardcover with dust jacket:
FIRST EDITION
182 pages
ISBN 978-1312935815
Imprint: Pulpville Press

Hardcover with casewrap/imagewrap cover:
182 pages
Imprint: Golden Lion Press
Trade Paperback:
182 pages
Imprint: Pulpville Press

Paperback
162 pages
ISBN 978-1440489921
Imprint: ERBville Press



 

JOHN CARTER: WARLORD OF MARS SPECIAL - Arriving in comic shops March 18!
(Writer) Robert Place Napton (Art) Rod Rodolfo (Cover) Lucio Parrillo

An unexpected attack from a deadly force puts Warlord of Mars John Carter and his beloved Dejah Thoris under siege within their very own palace.  With the help of their loyal friend Tars Tarkas, they manage a hasty escape only to find their world teetering on the brink of destruction.  Facing overwhelming odds, they must forge questionable alliances in order to save their people from a fate worse than death!  A thrilling, action-packed story in the spirit of pulp master Edgar Rice Burroughs!

Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99





JUSTICE INC.: THE AVENGER #1  - Coming in June!
Covers: Alex Ross, Walter Simonson, Francesco Francavilla, Marc Laming and Barry Kitson.
Writer: Mark Waid Art: Ronilson Freire

Meet Richard Henry Benson–the Avenger! His pallid features forever deadened by a criminal act, he is the ultimate master of disguise and uses his skills to mete out retribution to those who would prey on the innocent! But can even Benson triumph over an Invisible Man…? Fan-favorite writer Mark Waid – who is hotter than ever thanks to his work on Daredevil and Star Wars: Princess Leia – brings his personal favorite pulp hero back to comics with all-new, explosive adventures!

“Having the opportunity to dive into the psyche of a crimefighter as unique as Benson has been a lifelong dream,” says Waid. “I’ve been thinking about what his life and mind would be like ever since I read my first Avenger paperback back in the day. How does a man live his life when he has nothing to live for but justice? How does he navigate in a world of life and love and joy when his own features are frozen and stiff like putty, mirroring his cold, dead insides? I’ve been aching to write this story!”


 

      


LADY RAWHIDE / LADY ZORRO #1 (OF 4) - Arriving in comic shops March 18!
(Writer) Shannon Eric Denton (Art) Rey Villegas (Cover) Mike Mayhew

Zorro is murdered! Who stands ready to emancipate all the girls of an entire village from the evil slavers who would prey upon them? Lady Zorro and Lady Rawhide -- would sooner ride alone another than ride together, but that's just what they'll have to do to free all the missing girls from a fate worse than death!  Featuring cover artwork by Lady Rawhide co-creator, Mike Mayhew!


Full color, 32 pages, $3.99




MASKS 2 #3 (OF 8)  - Coming in June!
Covers: Butch Guice and Jae Lee Writer: Cullen Bunn Art: Eman Casallos

Peter Cannon AKA Thunderbolt smashes his way into the struggle against the Red Death!

The mysterious villain has plagued the heroes of three different timelines. Her scheming is even more dangerous than anyone could possibly guess, but now the adventures of the masked heroes of the last 80 years are coming together in a way no one could possibly imagine!








New Cthulhu 2: More Recent WeirdPaperback - Coming March 24!
by John Langan, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Charles Stross, Paula Guran

Many of the best weird fiction writers (and creators in most other media) have been profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos H.P. Lovecraft created eight decades ago. Lovecraft's themes of cosmic indifference, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. A few years ago, New Cthulhu : The Recent Weird presented some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction from the first decade of the twenty-first century. Now, New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird brings you more eldritch tales and even fresher fiction inspired by Lovecraft.

Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Prime Books
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
List Price: $16.95




The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.

Omega Ops Legion
Nemesis
The Emperor
The Internet Old Time Radio Show  


Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16, 2015

The Munsey Award

Every year, PulpFest recognizes the efforts of those who work to keep the pulps alive for this and future generations through its Munsey Award (pictured at left). Named after Frank A. Munsey, the man who published the first pulp magazine, this annual award recognizes an individual who has given of himself or herself for the betterment of the pulp community, be it through disseminating knowledge about the pulps or through publishing or other efforts to preserve and to foster interest in the pulp magazines we all love and enjoy. Nominations for the 2015 Munsey are now being accepted. All members of the pulp community, whether they plan to attend PulpFest 2015 or not, are welcome to nominate a deserving person for this year’s award.


You can also nominate someone for the Rusty Hevelin Service Award. Initiated in 2012, this award is designed to recognize those persons who have worked long and hard for the pulp community with little thought for individual recognition. It is meant to reward especially good works, and is thus reserved for only those individuals who are most deserving.

Last year’s winners were J. Randolph Cox, who received the 2014 Munsey Award and J. Barry Traylor, recipient of the 2014 Rusty Hevelin Service Award. You can read about both gentleman by clicking here.

If you have someone in mind that you feel worthy to receive either of these prestigious awards, please let us know. All members of the pulp community, excepting past winners of the Munsey, Hevelin, or Lamont Awards (which had been awarded by Pulpcon), are eligible. Please send the person’s name and a brief paragraph describing why you feel that person should be honored to Mike Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 or to mike@pulpfest.com. The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2015. The recipient of the Munsey and/or Rusty Hevelin Service Award will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of recognized experts in the pulp field. The award will be presented on August 15th, during the convention’s evening programming.

The Munsey Award was created by artist David Saunders, the son of legendary illustrator Norman Saunders. Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press and publisher of Illustration Magazine has produced a limited edition of thirty-six numbered and signed prints. The PulpFest Committee is indebted to both David and Dan for their generous support of our convention.


Pulp Crazy - Now online!

The Outpost by H.P. Lovecraft - New!
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Totem and Taboo by Philip José Farmer
Brotherhood of the Wolf

French Pulp Fiction with Jean-Marc Lofficier
The Pit of the Serpent by Robert E. Howard

Pulp Den - Now online!

Memories - New!
Hard Latitudes - New!
Highlighted Author This Week - New!
The Strange Case of Dr. Doyle - New!
Tokyo Kill 
Japantown
Tunnel Through Space
Olive U



         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

RIP, Sir Terry Pratchett. A sad day for all of us. - New!
Sidney Herschel Small - Author, Traveller  - New!
Top 10 cover themes for Adventure magazine
Google Books scans of pulp magazines
Why do we read adventure fiction?
Christmas stocking stuffers - The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure
Pulp cover art exhibition at the Portland Public Library, Maine


PULP MACABRE: THE ART OF LEE BROWN COYE'S FINAL AND DARKEST ERA HC
Now available and coming soon to comic shops!

(Writer) Mike Hunchback, Caleb Braaten (Art & Cover) Lee Brown Coye

No other artist working in mid-century pulp fiction created work as twisted as Lee Brown Coye. By the 1970s, after surviving a life-threatening illness, Coye would outdo himself, creating lurid illustrations exclusive to rare privately published books and fanzines. With nearly one hundred gloriously rendered Coye-penned images, Pulp Macabre showcases Coye's final and darkest era, containing some of the most passionately ghoulish artwork ever made.


Not available in Germany.

Hardcover, 220 pages, B&W, $39.95




Pulp Magazines Project - Now online!

New Issues/ Titles/ Contexts (2/25/2015): Dime Novels and Nickel Weeklies

The Pulp Magazines Project has just added 8 issues of “dime novels” and “nickel weeklies” published between 1892 and 1922 to its website. The titles include Frank Reade Library, Tip Top Weekly, Nick Carter Weekly, Deadwood Dick Library, Buffalo Bill Stories, All-Sports Library, All Around Weekly, and Wild West Weekly.

The Pulp.Net  - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features two ongoing blogs!

Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.

Pulp Super-Fan blog by Michael R. Brown

Fanzine update: ‘Bronze Gazette’ #71-73 - New!
Review: ‘Steam Man of the West’ - New!
Con report: Pulp AdventureCon 2015 - New!
Pulp comics: Tom Strong
Action-thrillers of Matthew Reilly
Pulp comics: Hellboy
Techno-thrillers of James Rollins

Yellowed Perils by William Lampkin

Pulp AdventureCon report
Pulp conventions for 2015
2014: In memoriam
Pulp gifts: A book by Robert Sampson
Pulp gifts: H.P. Lovecraft films


Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #75
The Spider #7 Audiobook

The Serpent of Destruction
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge

Read by Nick Santa Maria. Liner Notes by Will Murray

Now available!

“It’s smart to be dopey!”
 
This was the slogan dancing on the laughing lips of the so-called Smart Set in this hard-hitting Spider novel. According to the slang of 1934, “dope” stood for heroin. And a criminal genius calling himself the Bloody Serpent was its chief pusher.
 
 
With the Repeal of Prohibition, alcohol is now legal. The speakeasies have reopened as legitimate saloons. Bootleggers and their illegal brewers have been thrown out of business. America is celebrating—but also looking for a new illicit kick.
 
Amid this historic upheaval, the Bloody Serpent senses a fresh opportunity. Organizing the New York underworld under his wicked banner, he begins a systematic campaign to undermine law and order—the better to push his narcotic wares on the city’s gullible uppercrust. No wonder they called him The Serpent of Destruction!
 
First, Commissioner Kirkpatrick is framed and disgraced. Then Nita van Sloan is kidnapped with the cruel intention of turning her into pathetic dope addict. Criminals, once cowing in terror of the Spider’s awesome wrath, now laughed at his name, their old arachnophobia gone.
 
That was when the Spider decided to armor himself with a new array of weapons—deadly devices so terrible that they would reinflict the dread that the Master of Men had built up in the criminal underworld—and vowing to wage “War to the hilt!”
 
It’s war of attrition as the Spider sets out to slay the henchmen of the Bloody Serpent, and Manhattan is rocked to its foundations by a new kind of gang war—the Spider versus everyone!
 
Nick Santa Maria reads this riveting Spider thriller.
 
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs

Radio Archives


Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!

G-8 and His Battle Aces #30: The Patrol of the Dead
Deep in the forests of Bocheland lurked a horror that was not Death — but a living doom that robbed the soul and turned men into bloodthirsty beasts! What ghastly genius of forgotten centuries had now returned to paint the sky and earth in blood? G-8 held half the secret within his whirling brain, and meant to learn the rest, knowing too well that his only reward would be Death or living madness! G-8 and his Battle Aces rode the nostalgia boom ten years after World War I ended. These high-flying exploits were tall tales of a World War that might have been, featuring monster bats, German zombies, wolf-men, harpies, Martians, and even tentacled floating monsters. Most of these monstrosities were the work of Germany’s seemingly endless supply of mad scientists, chief of whom was G-8’s recurring Nemesis, Herr Doktor Krueger. G-8 battled Germany’s Halloween shock troops for over a decade, not ceasing until the magazine folded in the middle of World War II. G-8 and his Battle Aces return in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.

Dare-Devil Aces #22: The Invisible Patrol
The Invisible Patrol — The Red Falcon by Robert J. Hogan. The Falcon follows a phantom enemy deep into dead man’s skies. Dare-Devil Aces was another of the many pulps that rode the wave of popularity of World War I aviation tales in the decade after the conflict. It made its debut in February 1932 and lasted for an astounding 135 issues. It finally closed after World War II ended, with the November 1946 issue. During its run, it presented a wide assortment of high-flying aerial series, including The Red Falcon, The Vanished Legion, The Three Mosquitoes, Molloy and McNamara, The Black Sheep of Belogue, The Mongol Ace, Chinese Brady, Captain Babyface, Smoke Wade and others. Strap on your flying helmet, toss that scarf about your neck and get ready for some soaring action in the skies over France and Germany during the Great War. Dare-Devil Aces return in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
  
 
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Radio Spirits
Nick Carter, Master Detective: Chasing Crime 
Now available!

The greatest name in American detective fiction is back! It's Nick Carter, Master Detective with a new collection of classic crime-fighting action.
With Lon Clark in the title role there are eighteen mysteries to solve, eighteen adventures to unravel, and no limit to the thrilling excitement!
The weekly knock on Carter's door brings cases of plagues and poisoned food, suspicious suicides and malicious murders!
Charlotte Mason co-stars as Patsy, with John Kane as "Scubby" Wilson and Ed Latimer as Sergeant "Matty" Mathison.
Includes a Program Guide by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr.

Episodes Include:
The Make Believe Murder 07-22-45; The Case of the Sick Statue 08-12-45; The Case of the Vanishing Postman 08-26-45; The Case of the Little Old Ladies 04-23-46; The Case of the Chemical Chickens 04-13-47; The Case of the Lucrative Wrecks 04-20-47; The Case of the Luminous Spots 04-27-47; The Case of the Missing Thumb 05-04-47; The Case of the Jeweled Queen 11-30-47; The Case of the Invisible Treasure 01-25-48; The Case of the Wandering Corpse 02-15-48; The Case of the Littlest Gangster 05-30-48; The Case of the Unexpected Corpse 06-13-48; The Case of the Flowery Farewell 06-20-48; The Case of the Wrong Mr. Wright 10-31-48; The Case of the Vanishing Weapon 09-18-49

Duration: 8 hours
Media: (8) CDs
Price: $31.95




Ramble House
Now available!

THE EVIL OF LI-SIN
And Other Stories

 Gerald Verner writing as Nigel Vane
Introduced by John Pelan
Afterword and Bibliography by Chris Verner
Dancing Tuatara Press #54

 
This special omnibus volume brings back into print The Menace of Li-Sin and The Vengeance of Li-Sin, Gerald Verner's two novels featuring the character Li-Sin, whose mission is to retrieve the sacred Black Idol and wreak revenge on its desecrators. The crimes of Li-sin and his gang present the self-appointed sleuth Dr. James Hartley, along with Scotland Yard and the local constabulary, with a remarkable challenge.

This Dancing Tuatara Press edition is introduced by John Pelan, and Chris Verner, the author's son, has contributed an in-depth Afterword and a comprehensive Bibliography of Gerald Verner's writings, including the many books originally published under pseudonyms.

Available Editions
$6  Ebook (EPUB or MOBI) 
  $20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket  6" x 9"

$45 Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



Ramble House
Now available!

HOMICIDE HOUSE and Other Stories
 Volume #6 in the Day Keene in the Detective Pulps Series
 by Day Keene

 With an Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
 
These nine stories by Day Keene from the pulps were chosen by John Pelan, who has several more collections planned.
Each of the 6 collections so far has been introduced by a major player in the detective fiction field, such as Ed Gorman, Bill Crider, David Laurence Wilson or Robert J. Randisi, and now it's Richard A. Lupoff's turn.
 
The stories in this collection are: 
HOMICIDE HOUSE
MY LITTLE GYPSY CHEAT-HEART
JOHNNY COME DEADLY
MURDER IN PARADISE
MARRIED TO MURDER!
IF A BODY MEET A BODY—
SHE SHALL MAKE MURDER—
THE MAN WHO DIED FOUR TIMES
THREE QUEENS OF THE MAYHEM

 
290 pages.

Available Editions

  $20 Trade Paperback
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket

$45 Hardcover with bookplate signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



RED SONJA: VULTURE'S CIRCLE #3 - Arriving in comic shops March 18!
(Writer) Nancy A. Collins, Luke Lieberman (Art) Fritz Casas
(Cover) Jay Anacleto, Walter Geovani

Following the aftermath of Sutekh’s siege of her school, Red Sonja travels to the fabled God Caves, where the barrier between the mortal world and those of the gods intersect, in hopes of contacting Scáthach, the ancient battle-goddess of her ancestors. But is she willing to pay the Queen of Swords’ price for her divine help?


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99






THE SHADOW #100: 48-PAGE SPECIAL - Coming in June!
Covers: Matt Wagner and Robert Hack
Writer: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, Chris Roberson, Victor Gischler and Michael Uslan
Art: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, Giovanni Timpano

For 100 Dynamite issues, The Shadow has known what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

To commemorate, Dynamite Entertainment brings together master storytellers to celebrate the purveyor of justice who proves that crime does not pay.

Join MATT WAGNER, HOWARD CHAYKIN, and FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA as they pen, pencil, and ink stories so mesmerizing they don’t even need a girasol!

Also joining us will be The Shadow alumni MICHAEL USLAN, CHRIS ROBERSON, and VICTOR GISCHLER, paired with top artists, to show the weed of crime bears only bitter fruit!

This is ONE centenarian celebration you WON’T want to miss.







The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

The White Skulls
- New!
The Ghost Makers - New!
The Creeper
The Crime Master
The Four Signets
The Blue Sphinx

Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

Francis Stevens (1883-1948) - New!
Clare Winger Harris (1891-1968) - New!
Amelia Reynolds Long (1904-1978)
Witches, Wizards, and Warlocks on the Cover of Weird Tales
Scarecrows
Robert Bloch and The Blair Witch Project-Part Two
Robert Bloch and The Blair Witch Project-Part One
Lee Brown Coye in "Sticks"


Weirdbook
After a more than 17 year hiatus, Weirdbook is returning in August!

David A. Riley and Douglas Draa are, under Paul Ganley’s stewardship, reviving the legendary magazine.
Their intention is to offer the finest in Weird, Horror, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Sword Sorcery, and even odd fiction.
The debut issue #31 will appear in August 2015.

In keeping with Weirdbook’s long tradition, the first revival issue will present a never before published cover by none other than Mr. Stephen Fabian himself.

Submissions are now open!
http://weirdbook-magazine.com/submissions/

David A. Riley: Publisher and Senior Editor
Douglas Draa: Managing and Fiction Editor
Paul Ganley: Editor emeritus

David A. Riley is a Horror author and publisher and Douglas Draa is an author and former on-line editor for Weird Tales Magazine.










06 March 2015

2015, 2016 and 2017 Film Releases

March 6, 2015   
CHAPPIE
April 10, 2015
EX MACHINA
May 1, 2015
May 15, 2015
May 22, 2015
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
TOMORROWLAND
June 12, 2015
JURASSIC WORLD
July 1, 2015
July 17, 2015
July 24, 2015
TERMINATOR GENISYS
ANT-MAN
POLTERGEIST
August 7, 2015
August 14, 2015
THE FANTASTIC FOUR
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
October 2, 2015
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN
November 6, 2015
November 20, 2015
JAMES BOND 24
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2
December 18, 2015
December 25, 2015

STAR WARS VII
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 5

March 4, 2016
March 18, 2016
March 25, 2016

PROMETHEUS 2
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIENT PART 1
BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE


May 6, 2016
May 27, 2016
CAPTAIN AMERICA 3
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
June 24, 2016
THE MUMMY
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016
July 15, 2016
July 29, 2016
TARZAN
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2
UNTITLED NEXT BOURNE CHAPTER
PLANET OF THE APES 3
November 11, 2016
SINISTER SIX
December 16, 2016
December TBA, 2016

STAR WARS UNTITLED STANDALONE FILM
AVATAR 2


March 10, 2017
KONG: SKULL ISLAND

2015 Pulp Shows

The Pulp Coming Attractions Pulp Shows page has been updated with available information on the presently known pulp shows scheduled for 2015!
Click on the PULP SHOWS link below or the icon at the top of the page and start making your reservations!

19th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 9, 2015, 10am to 4pm!
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 4pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library,
239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



2015 Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention
Celebrating the 125th Birthday of H. P. Lovecraft
April 17-19, 2015

MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 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 (register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. — the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 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 150 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 5, 2015. 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, 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
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist) and Saturday nights.
PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories. More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood 'N' Thunder magazine (http:// muraniapress.com/blood-n-thunder/).


NEW PULP SUNDAY

We will have several panels on Sunday morning and afternoon devoted to New Pulp!


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. Also be sure to check out and join our Facebook page!

CON SUITE
Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges and program materials!) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning — stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby!

HOTEL
For our fifteenth show, for the eighth year in a row we're at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O'Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $113/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on March 26, 2015!). 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, you can contact the hotel 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.




36th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
Sunday, March 22, 2015!


45+ authors and illustrators will sign your books for FREE!

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking





61st Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show
Sunday, April 19, 2015!

Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$5.00 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.

Adventure House
Now available!

Gun Molls Magazine - 04/31

"The Island of the Damned" by Anatole Feldman
"Big Ike and Atkins were pals—even against Goldie and the barren Convict Island where men went—never to return."
 
"The Gal and the Gallows" by P.L. Trussell
"The Madame Goes Dramatic" by Perry Paul
"Big Fan Cashes In" by Ernest Booth
"The Guy in 815" by William Stueber
"Ship's Racket" by Victor Emmett
"Rats Turn" by E.E. Murton
 
Cover Artist: Chris Scharre

 
 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95


Adventure House
Now available!

The Phantom Detective - 11/38
 
"Death Glow" by Robert Wallace
"All the Phantom's knowledge, might and courage are called into play when he strives to blast a diabolic mass murder scheme hatched in the brain of a human fiend gifted with sinister powers of evil!"

"Borowed Time" by James E. Smith
"Frisked" by Bernard Breslauer


 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95


Adventure House
Now available!

Thrilling Wonder Stories - 01/40

"The Day of the Conquerors" by Manly Wade Wellman
"Revolt Against Life" by Frederic Kummer, Jr.
"Song At Twilight" by Robert Arthur
"Via Pyramid" by Gordon Giles
"The Eternal Light" by Robert Moore Williams
"Conquistadores From Beyond" by Nicholas B. Kenealy
"Waters of Death" by Eando Binder

Cover Artist: Howard V. Brown

 
 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95


Age of Aces Latest Dispatches
Now available on line!

“Jinxed Joysticks” by Harold F. Cruickshank
- New!

“Handley-Page Bomber” by Frederick Blakeslee
- New!



A mental marvel from birth, who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as "The Phantom Ace of G-2" by the Allies during WWI. A boyhood prank comes back to haunt the so-called Brain-Devil when he meets his vaudeville nemesis in the Theater of War. Karl von Zenden, the one-time "lightning-change" Man of a Thousand Faces, is now using his stage tricks as agent Z-13 for the Wilhelmstrasse—and he’s not one to drop the curtain on a grudge. Now backstage rivals are front-line enemies in an exclusive engagement of “Spy vs. Spy.” And when Strange gets into the act and uses his own makeup-mastery, the Great War becomes the Greatest Show on Earth! Ladies and gentlemen, presenting for your entertainment ... two strange operators head-to-head in eight pulp classics from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!

 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 476pp | ISBN:978-1937590024




Join Smoke Wade, six-gun rider of theDevil’s Sky Range flying the Pinto-colored Spad he called Jake, after his favorite ranch pony back home in Arizona. With his trusty smoke pole strapped to his leg, there wasn’t a fight or a wager that the skipper of the 66th Pursuit Squadron was afraid to take on—and that included the Baron von Stolz, the toughest ace Germany had on the Western Front!
 
This exciting second volume of the collected adventures of Smoke Wade by Robert J. Hogan pits Smoke and the 66th Pursuit Squadron against some of von Stolz’s most sinister machinations yet in a rematch for the ages. From the pages of Popular Publication’s Battle Birds and Dare-Devil Aces, this book contains 11 more tales from 1934 and 1935 of the Cowboy Ace in Hell skies!
 
Author Robert J. Hogan’s first job after graduating from St. Lawrence University was riding range for several ranches on the west slope of the Rockies. After that he tried amateur boxing and playing piano for silent movies and hoedown dances. Before he became a writer he also had built houses, manufactured leather goods, designed planes, and taught flying.

Stories include:
“Cyclone Busters” – Battle Birds, February 1934
“The Pirate Patrol” – Battle Birds, March 1934
“Glory Hound” – Battle Birds, April 1934
 "The Black Ace” – Battle Birds, May 1934
 “Knock-Out Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1934
 “The Cyclone Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, October 1934
 “Maverick Buzzard” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
 “Bull’s-Eye Buzzards” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1935
 “The Dynamite Trio” – Dare-Devil Aces, April 1935
 “Sixgun Dynamite” – Dare-Devil Aces, June 1935
 “The Rawhide Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces,September 1935


 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 424pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-03-1




ALTERED STATES: RED SONJA #1 - Arriving in comic shops March 11!
(Writer) Brandon Jerwa (Art) Juanan Ramirez (Cover) Billy Tan

Welcome to Altered States… Dynamite Entertainment’s parallel reality in the vein of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s What If!

Sonja Majeure is a young woman with a great job, procuring reliquary items for the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Her latest exhibit features the sword of a long-lost warrior, a spell book, and the preserved remains of a sorcerer purported to be one of the most sinister beings to ever walk the Earth. When the ancient evil is awakened, Sonja will find that New York City has changed into a Hyborian wasteland... and Sonja herself will inherit the mantle of her namesake, the She-Devil with a Sword!


32 pages, 
Full Color, $3.99






Altus Press
Savings From Altus Press!

We're celebrating a number of new releases by giving everyone a chance to save a few bucks.
Until March 31, 2015, use coupon code march10off to take an additional 10% off our already discounted prices.
It'll work on anything on www.altuspress.com.
So head on over now & save... and don't forget we offer free shipping on softcover orders.



Altus Press
Now available!

 
Defiance Valley: The Complete Northwoods Stories of Frederick Nebel, Volume 1
by Frederick Nebel
Introduction by Rob Preston


Tales of the Northwest may have been Frederick Nebel’s forte, but sadly these ultra-rare magazines don’t turn up often and as a result, few readers have been able to enjoy these classics.

With this book, Altus Press brings these stories to modern readers, complete, uncut, and in order.

Volume 1 contains Nebel’s first 16 stories of this genre, taken from North*West Stories and Action Stories.

368 pages / $26.96 softcover / $39.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2
by Ellery Watson Calder, Hugh Speer, Robert Leslie Bellem,
Clint Morgan, Clive Trent, Jerome Severs Perry,
Carl Moore, Cary Moran, and Clark Nelson

Introduction by Alfred Jan

The Thrills of Horror! Romantic Tales of the Eerie and Occult! You’ll find them in Spicy Mystery—stories of red-blooded men and lovely girls in dangerous situations, in an atmosphere of chills and thrills. Real life is never so tense and dramatic as when a girl is in peril—or as when a siren as deadly as she is beautiful sets her snare for a man….

Are you bored of typical weird menace plots, many of which crept into Spicy Mystery? Then sample these tales which break out of that tired formula where every ending is happy, and the only challenge is guessing which minor character gets exposed as the villain in a rubber monster suit and demon mask!

The Best of Spicy Mystery, Volume 2 contains 11 classic stories by the masters of the genre, complete, uncut, and with the original illustrations.

It also includes an all-new introduction by editor Alfred Jan, one of the leading experts on the series.

205 pages / $15.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!


Altus Press
Now available!

Beyond the Call of Duty: The Complete Tales of Koropok, Volume 1
by Sidney Herschel Small


One of the best series from the twilight of Adventure Magazine's run, this 11-story saga of an American undercover agent in the Far East
 during World War II has been sadly neglected for 75 years. But no longer!

This two-volume set also includes over 100 illustrations by master pulp illustrators Hamilton Greene and Frank Kramer.
Volume 1 contains the first six stories: “Beyond the Call of Duty,” “The War-Fan,” “Flight Without Wings,” “Belt of Steel,” “Lost Face,” and “The Last Banzai.”

278 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

The King Makers: The Adventures of Vincent Connor
by H. Bedford-Jones


Vincent Connor—to all simply a wealthy playboy—but his “play” was matching wits in tight places against wily Oriental intriguers and the theft of the priceless Han jades.

Part of the Uniform H. Bedford-Jones Library.

175 pages / $13.95 softcover / $29.95 hardcover


FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

Blood and Steel: The Complete Tales of Kingi Bwana, Volume 4
by Gordon MacCreagh


"Anything can happen in Africa!"--that's the credo of big game hunter, trader and safari guide King, known all over the Dark Continent as Kingi Bwana.
Together with his two loyal companions, the deadly Masai warrior Barounggo and the wizened, cunning Hottentot Kaffa, the stoic American battles slave traders, ivory poachers, gold smugglers, arms traffickers, evil witch doctors and secret societies in the savanna and jungle of Central East Africa.

Collecting the last four stories: "A Man to Kill," "Slaves of Ethiopia," "Strong as Gorillas," and "Blood and Steel."

206 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!



Altus Press
Now available!

In the Grip of the Griffin: The Complete Battles of Gordon Manning & The Griffin, Volume 3
by J. Allan Dunn


The end of the saga!
Running for 31 installments, this is one of the classic sagas from the pages of Detective Fiction Weekly featuring master criminal The Griffin and his war on America.
Written by one of the most colorful authors of pulpdom, Volume 3 contains the final 10 stories of the series, uncut, and with all the original images.

282 pages / $17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!




Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 80: "Mad Eyes" & "Death is a Round Black Spot"
The greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two-fisted thrillers by Lawrence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc Savage is framed by a bronze lookalike as nightmarish reptilian creatures fill the air and Earth is threatened with environmental disaster in "Mad Eyes." Then, Patricia Savage blunders into a death trap after she intercepts a message for Doc, and the only clue to her disappearance suggests "Death is a Round Black Spot." This deluxe pulp reprint leads off with the classic color pulp cover by Robert G. Harris, and also features the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fifteen Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-166-0 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 80: "Mad Eyes" & "Death is a Round Black Spot" — JAMES BAMA Variant Edition
The greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two-fisted thrillers by Lawrence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc Savage is framed by a bronze lookalike as nightmarish reptilian creatures fill the air and Earth is threatened with environmental disaster in "Mad Eyes." Then, Patricia Savage blunders into a death trap after she intercepts a message for Doc, and the only clue to her disappearance suggests "Death is a Round Black Spot." This deluxe pulp reprint leads off with a knockout cover painting by legendary illustrator James Bama and also features both color pulp covers, original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fifteen Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-167-7 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume 93: "Brothers of Doom" & "The Three Brothers"
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" The Knight of Darkness returns in two searing mysteries by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, the Knight of Darkness and his agents meet the challenge of an evil foursome who have made a deadly compact as "Brothers of Doom" Then, The Shadow investigates "The Three Brothers" to discover which is the evil mastermind behind a series of enigmatic murders! BONUS: The illustrated origin of "Iron Munro, the Astounding Man" by Otto Binder and E. C. Stoner from the rare first issue of SHADOW COMICS! This instant collector's item showcases both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, with original commentary by popular culture historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-170-7 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW SUPERPACK #2: THE ORIGINS COLLECTION
The Dark Avenger's secret origins are revealed in a landmark collection of tales from the rarest Shadow pulps. The Master of Darkness resurrects his long-buried true identity of Kent Allard in "The Shadow Unmasks" and "The Yellow Band" as Maxwell Grant finally reveals the untold story of The Shadow's mysterious origins! Then, "The Living Shadow" recruits Harry Vincent into his secret crimefighting organization in his first published adventure, and first assumes the identity of Lamont Cranston to investigate serial murders in "The Eyes of The Shadow," the groundbreaking novel that introduced the Dark Avenger's world-famous alter ego and the enigmatic Burbank! Then, the Knight of Darkness investigates a counterfeiting ring in "The Shadow Laughs," the novel that introduced the real Lamont Cranston! PLUS The Shadow battles merciless foes who wield the night itself as a weapon in "The Black Hush," attempts to stop "The Money Master" before his financial machinations destroy the global economy and proves a young man's innocence in "Voice of Death." Plus the original color pulp covers by Jerome Rozen, George Rozen and Graves Gladney, interior illustrations by George H. Wert, Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary by Walter B. Gibson, Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. BONUS: Four exclusive art prints by Jerome and George Rozen! (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-165-3 Softcover, 7x10, 564 pages, B&W, $44.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 94: "Q" & "Formula for Crime"
The Knight of Darkness hunts hidden crimelords in two thrilling mysteries by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, the only clue to the deadly crime wave engulfing Manhattan is a single wireless message typed out in Morse Code: "Q." Then, a brilliant mathematician invents a system to chart future crimes. Can The Shadow use the "Formula for Crime" to solve the mysterious "X" and unmask a criminal mastermind? BONUS: an ultra-rare classic from the Golden Age of Comics! This instant collector's item features both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations by Earl Mayan and Paul Orban, with original commentary by popular culture historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-172-1  Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]

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Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Barry Reese brings us up to date!
New Pulp Author and literary superstar, Barry Reese, talks about what he has been up to for the last few months, his recent new (and up coming) books and what we can anticipate in the future.  As always, Barry is breaking new ground while remembering what his fans like.
Past episodes:
Operation: Silver Moon by Bobby Nash and Rick Johnson

Tom and Ginger Johnson: The Power Couple of Pulp!
Derrick Ferguson talks Dillon and lots more.
Tommy Hancock talks about Pro Se Publications and his own writings!
Airship 27 Captain, Ron Fortier, talks New Pulp and what he and his flagship are up to in 2015!
Jeff Deischer Cold War Thriller: High Hopes
Sherlock Holmes Fight Card Book 2: "Blood to the Bone" with author Andrew Salmon and publisher Paul Bishop
Doug Hawk talks about his series, "The Black Claw"


Black Coat Press
Now available!

The Strange Voyages of Jacques Massé and Pierre de Mésange
by Simon Tyssot de Patot
adapted by Brian Stableford


In Voyages and Adventures of Jacques Massé (c.1710), Simon Tyssot de Patot dispatched his protagonist to an imaginary land in an heretofore unknown austral continent, where he comes across a "lost world" utopian civilization inhabited by strange creatures that have survived from prehistoric times.

The text also includes an early appearance by the Wandering Jew with a visionary narrative attributed to the folklore of the polar continent, in which a character discovers a subterranean portal to "the abode of the blessed."

Finally, in Discoveries in the Region of the North Pole by the Reverend Father Pierre de Mésange (1720), Tyssot's eponymous hero discovers a secret underground kingdom inhabited by the descendants of African colonists who left their homeland four thousand years earlier, and spends several years recording their stories and fables.

Written in the early years of the 18th century these two novels constitute is a truly remarkable achievement, marking a highly significant watershed in the evolution of literary accounts of imaginary voyages, predating Jonathan Swift's satirical account of the travels of Lemuel Gulliver, published in 1726, and Jules Verne's classic Journey to the Center of the Earth by 140 years!


US $29.95 / GBP £19.99
6x9 trade paperback, 452 pages 


The Merchants of Health and Other Fantastic Stories
by Pierre Véron
adapted by Brian Stableford

Pierre Véron (1833-1900) was a frequent contributor to two of the most popular Parisian humorous papers, Le Charivari (which served as the model for the English magazine Punch) and the Journal Amusant, until becoming editor-in-chief of both in 1874, retaining that position until a few months before his death.

Although The Merchants of Health (1862) is set on the Planet Fantasia, it really is an ironic reflections on the French medical system of its era. Despite the fact that modern medicine is far more competent and better organized, it is disturbing to see how many of his observations regarding the psychology of patients and some of the tendencies of the "merchants of health" still ring a bell today.

Mister Nobody (1864) lavishly explores an immense future Paris of the 20th century and offers an ironic look at the future of Parisian life. Six more stories complete this panorama of Véron's fiction, contemporary with Jules Verne the birth of the roman scientifique. Véron is a significant precursor of Albert Robida's more elaborate series of humorous accounts of 20th century life.


US $22.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 280 pages 


THE VAMPIRE ALMANAC VOLUME 1
edited by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier

This dual nature of the vampire, stretching between love and death, creates a moral ambiguity which is omnipresent in its literary treatment, incorporating and contrasting seduction and horror, heroism and villainy. It only reflects the nature of life after death, and how it is perceived by its surrounding culture. Is it a desirable dream, or a hateful abomination? A reward or a punishment? And what price must one pay for such survival?

The stories contained in this collection, featuring some of the most famous vampires in literary history, incorporate all of these contradictions; in them, vampires can be both super-human and sub-human, sexual predators and impotent, romantic and passionate, and yet devoid of soul. Ultimately, the vampire is our own face, reflecting in the mirror of our beliefs, the incarnation of our spiritual choices.

Contents:
Introduction by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier
LENORE: Matthew Dennion: Hope for Forgiveness
LORD RUTHVEN: Frank J. Morlock: The Confession of Mary, Queen of Scots, Regarding Lord Ruthven
Frank J. Morlock: Entretien with a Vampire
ALINSKA THE VIRGIN VAMPIRE: Nathan Cabaniss: Schrodinger's Blood
THE VAMPIRE COUNTESS: Rick Lai: Vampire Renaissance
CARMILLA: Michel Stéphan: The Three Lives of Maddalena
Martin Gately: The Moon Hag
Dola Rosselet : To Die For...
CAPTAIN VAMPIRE: Matthew Baugh: Quest of the Vourdalaki
THE VAMPIRE CITY: Brian Gallagher: City of the Nosferatu
COUNT DRACULA: Rick Lai: All Predators Great and Small
Frank J. Morlock: The Adventure of the Beneficent Vampire
Frank Schildiner: The Blood of Frankenstein
Christofer Nigro: The Ultimate Prize
Christofer Nigro: Requiem for a Regime
KOSCHEI THE DEATHLESS:David McDonald: The Girl from Odessa
COUNT ORLOK (NOSFERATU): Catherine Robert: A Game of Death
VAMPIRES VS NAZIS: David McDonald: The Lesser of Two Evils
COUNTESS BATHORY: Win Scott Eckert: Les Lèvres Rouges
COUNTESS CARODY: Artikel Unbekannt: Blood and Fire
THE VAMPIRES OF MARS: Matthew Dennion: Predators and Prey


US $22.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 340 pages 



 
Black Dog Books
New titles now available!


THE TREASON TRUST
The Lost Craig Kennedy Stories by Arthur B. Reeve

 
With an introduction by J. Randolph Cox.
 
Before CSI, there was Craig Kennedy, the most famous "scientific detective" of all time.
 
Follow Kennedy, known as "the American Sherlock Holmes," as he unravels a web of dope, kidnapping and white slavery in "The Abduction Club," deciphers the case of "The Stolen War Secret," and battles espionage, duplicity and treachery while helping to protect the American home front in "The Treason Trust," "The Film Murder," "The Star-Shell" and "The Love Game."
 
Extremely popular when written, this is the first book appearance of these novellas and short stories in their original form since their initial publications.


Trade paperback / 260 pages / Price: $14.95 US

WOMEN ARE THAT WAY by David H. Keller, MD
 
With an introduction by Gene Christie.
 
Descend into a world of depravity and glimpse into the most bizarre tales imaginable, showcasing Keller as a master of psychological horror.
 • Who would kidnap thirty-three pathetic microcephalons-and for what perverse goal?
 • Is the ancient axe truly cursed? Will its new owner be forced to re-enact a tragic past?
 • What strange magic allows the beautiful showgirl to maintain her youth and beauty for decades for a lustful audience?
 • Why did Johnson falsely report to police that he had brutally murdered his spouse?
 • What final inconvenience did the ungrateful husband cause for his domineering wife?


Trade paperback / 167 pages / Price: $14.95 US





Black Mask Pulp Story Reader Volume 6
Stories from the October 15, 1941 issue of ADVENTURE
Now available!

Six exciting stories from the October 15, 1935 issue of ADVENTURE magazine!

Pulp magazines were the popular entertainment of their era and reflected the pop culture of the time. One of the earliest and most enduring of the pulps was ADVENTURE.

Stories range from classics to period curiosities, from mysteries to Westerns, to sports stories—and they may not always reflect modern ideas of political correctness. However, it is always a joy to "return to those thrilling days of yesteryear" and immerse yourself in the popular culture of a bygone era.

CROSS FIRE by Robert E. Pinkerton
The cowboy, armed with a .32 and dusty from his long ride across the Malpaso wasteland, sat down and rolled a cigarette. It didn’t matter that he was barely ten years old. He had to rescue Leach Lewis from Singer Randall’s bunch!

FLIGHT LEADER by Bourke Lee
When a rookie pilot gets assigned to K Flight, a nighttime bombing unit, his dreams of glory as a fighter pilot are dashed. But it won’t take long for the eighteen-year-old to discover what it means to be a flight leader.

NOBODY’S HORSES by S. Omar Barker

Sid Nelson doesn’t think much of the government to round-up and slaughter wild horses from public grazing land. Can a lone cowboy save the wildies?

THE SPIDER by Major George Fielding Eliot

Their weapons were shovels, their foe unseen, as these clay-smeared underground soldiers battled time and a mysterious killer to save a regiment in France.

BROTHER OF LIONS by Wynant Davis Hubbard

Lions swarmed all over Ibamba ranch. They had killed the last owner. Here’s the story of an American who went to fight them.

SURPRISE ATTACK by Perry Adams

In the mountains of India a Cockney and a Sikh find that a fight with fists makes enemies and a fight with bullets makes friends.


Trade paperback
164 pages
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
$7.99

Presented by Black Mask Magazine and iPulpFiction.



Black Mask Pulp Story Reader Volume 7
Stories from the February 1942 Super Science Stories
Now available!

Six imaginative stories from the February, 1942 issue of SUPER SCIENCE STORIES magazine!

SUPER SCIENCE STORIES was published by Fictioneers, a low-end imprint of Popular Publications, from 1940 and 1943, and again from 1949 to 1951. It received praise from science fiction critics and historians. Science fiction historian Raymond Thompson describes it as “one of the most interesting magazines to appear during the 1940s,” despite the variable quality of the stories. Critics Brian Stableford and Peter Nicholls comment that the magazine “had a greater importance to the history of SF than the quality of its stories would suggest; it was an important training ground.”

CROSS OF MERCRUX by Harry Walton
A city that Time had forgotten… a house of forbidden mystery… a doorway where life and death were brothers… a story of two parallel worlds behind the streets of Old New York!

SPACESHIP FROM KORL by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
“You are strong, Spacemen of Korl. Your rays and your bombs are more powerful than the flesh of my people. But guard well your secrets — for we fight until the last of us perish!”

CHILD OF THE GREEN LIGHT by Leigh Brackett
Between sun and space, a gallant little band fought to pierce the dread secret of Mercury’s orbit—that the human race might endure!

ATRAKIN AND THE MAN by Walter Kubilius
Soulless, despotic, were the machine men that had conquered a tottering world—yet even such as they must bargain for the one last secret that men of flesh had denied them—the mystery of immortality!

THE WATERS UNDER THE EARTH by James D. Perry
A dagger from the lost ages, a man from a land that has never been charted, a people to seek out and free from the shackles of the centuries—if you dare!

THE HUNTED ONES by John E. Harry
He had sworn to destroy an alien world—and himself with it. But one day under a battle-filled sky he discovered the strength of a conquered people’s creed; “There will be death but no retreat. And in the end there must he victory!”


Trade paperback
182 pages
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
$7.99

Presented by Black Mask Magazine and iPulpFiction.




BLACK WINGS IV
Edited by S. T. Joshi
 Orders for the unsigned edition will be sent out this month!
The slipcased edition will follow as soon as the signing sheets are returned!

“If anything has become evident in the first three volumes of the Black Wings series,” editor S. T. Joshi tells us in his Introduction to Black Wings IV, “it is that the Lovecraftian idiom is endlessly malleable, and suited to a variety of genres and subgenres. H. P. Lovecraft, although a strong proponent of what he called ‘weird fiction,’ himself spanned a surprisingly wide spectrum of genres in his own brief career, starting out as a writer of relatively conventional tales of the macabre and gradually expanding his scope to embrace the literature of cosmicism—a distinctive fusion of science fiction and horror that has become his signature contribution to the field. Today, we can find Lovecraftian elements in stories ranging from hard-boiled crime to pure fantasy, and this volume displays the extent to which motifs, themes, and imagery from Lovecraft’s tales can infiltrate tales that would otherwise have little relationship to one another.”

S. T. JOSHI is the author of The Weird Tale (University of Texas Press, 1990), The Modern Weird Tale (McFarland, 2001), and other critical and biographical studies. His award-winning biography, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (Necronomicon Press, 1996), has been expanded and updated as I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft (Hippocampus Press, 2010).

Joshi has edited Lovecraft’s stories, essays, letters, and revisions, as well as works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, and other writers. His two-volume treatise, Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction (PS Publishing, 2012), has won a World Fantasy Award.

Limited: 300 numbered hardcovers signed by all contributors, in slipcase: $85
Trade: Unsigned hardcover, in dust jacket: $45


Table of Contents
Half Lost in Shadow—W. H. Pugmire
The Rasping Absence—Richard Gavin
Black Ships Seen South of Heaven—Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Dark Sea Within— Jason V Brock
Sealed by the Moon —Gary Fry
Broken Sleep—Cody Goodfellow
A Prism of Darkness—Darrell Schweitzer
Night of the Piper—Ann K. Schwader
We Are Made of Stars—Jonathan Thomas
Trophy—Melanie Tem
Contact—John Pelan and Stephen Mark Rainey
Cult of the Dead—Lois H. Gresh
Dark Redeemer—Will Murray
In the Event of Death—Simon Strantzas
Revival—Stephen Woodworth
The Wall of Asshur-sin—Donald Tyson
Fear Lurks Atop Tempest Mount—Charles Lovecraft



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

Speaking of Serials… 
Rare, High-Grade Arkham House Titles and Other Pulp-Related Books Added to Collectibles Page

Throwback Thursday: H. Bedford-Jones and THE WILDERNESS TRAIL 
Birthday Boy: Sax Rohmer
Reading Room: THE BLACK GANG

Bold Venture Press
Now available!


PULP ADVENTURES #16

Featuring the works of Arthur J. Burks, Johnston McCulley, Charles E. Fritch, and L. H. Hayum.

Reprinted together, back-to-back, in this issue Arthur J. Burks' earth-shaking science-fiction thriller "Survival" and "Exodus" -- two stories recounting a future America's flight into subterranean chambers to escape an invasion of Mongol invaders -- and their triumphant return to reclaim the surface world as their own!

"Thubway Tham's Four Queens" by Johnston McCulley -- Detective Craddock has his suspicions, but the notorious pickpocket known as Thubway Tham considered himself a guest of honor at a high-stakes poker game.

"The Watcher" by Charles E. Fritch -- He awaited his destiny, watching the stars for a sign from afar ...

"63,571" by L. L. Hayum -- She was slaving over a hot griddle when someone offered her a ride in a fancy new car. Why not?

Original pulp illustrations, plus new illustrations by Ed Coutts. Classic cover by Norman Saunders, courtesy of the artist's estate.


130 pages, $12.95


Something For Nothing
A mystery starring Jack Hagee, Private Eye
by C.J. Henderson

A killer stalks the streets of New York. The police call him “The Outliner.” His first three victims were outlined in white chalk. The fourth in blue, the fifth in pink — with roses. The citizens are growing increasingly paniced, and soon everyone is hunting The Outliner, including Jack Hagee, private eye. A reporter friend also enlists his help is searching for information pertaining to corruption in City Hall. Hagee is no fool -- newspapers are full of investigators, so there must be danger ahead. While waiting for a break in the "Outliner" case, a vicious street gang demands “tribute” from one of his clients. Big mistake ... on their part, and maybe Hagee’s, as well!

C.J. Henderson is a virtuoso in the field of hardboiled fiction — and Jack Hagee’s cases show him writing at his sharpest, toughest, most cynical. Jack Hagee is a unique character in hardboiled fiction. Tall, tough, and honest, he struggles against a dark and bitter world.

JACK HAGEE: Something For Nothing
ISBN-13: 978-1507672495
ISBN-10: 1507672497



Action! Adventure! Those words quicken the pulses of pulp fiction fans! But could writers tasked with filling those magazines provide the suspense that readers craved? They could with The Plot Genie: Action-Adventure supplement!* After developing The Plot Genie(tm), pulp magazine authors clamored for a supplement geared toward action-oriented stories. Hill responded with this supplemental volume.

In this second Plot Genie supplement, Hill presents nine basic "plot requisites" to crafting action-adventure stories: "Protagonist"; "Adventure"; "Obstacle"; "Colorful Action"; "Further Complication"; "Opponent Plots to"; "Position of Jeopardy"; "Daring Effort"; and "Spectacular Climax."

Grab a pith helmet and .45 automatic - embark on your next writing adventure! Plot Genie will guide the way!*


134 pages, $19.95
Pulp Master: The Theodore Roscoe Story (audio)
by Audrey Parente
Contains bonus interview excerpts
with Argosy-author Roscoe!

For nearly a decade, Theodore Roscoe filled the pages of Argosy and Adventure with tales of high adventure and exotic locales. Equally exotic were characters like Foreign Legionnaire Thibaut Corday, and the various characters drifting across the globe in search of treasure and fortune.

Audrey Parente interviewed the venerable pulp writer over the course of several years in the 1980s. Pulp Master: The Theodore Roscoe Story is the result of hundreds of hours spent reading stories, manuscripts and correspondence, and several visits to New York City scouring through agent's archives. Pulp Master is a complete profile of a talented author and a spoken photograph of the pulp magazine industry of the 1930s.

Four-and-one-half hours of audio, read by Audrey Parente.
15-minutes of exclusive interview tracks with Theodore Roscoe.
Additional flash-storage space.
Two original musical pieces -- Roscoe's Score and Caravan du Corday -- created by Peter Parente
at Pumpkin Eater Productions, a professional recording studio in South Florida.
Pulp Master: The Theodore Roscoe Story
$19.95 plus shipping & handling:
$4.75 Media Mail.







Bold Venture Press
Coming March 15!

Strictly Poison and Other Stories
by Charles Boeckman

Charles Boeckman's biography often reads like the stuff of pulp fiction. He left home in the early 1940s and became a jazz musician, traveling the country, kicking around between New York City and New Orleans. In between gigs, he purchased a used typewriter and began pounding out hardboiled stories. Eventually, the legendary Popular Publications editor Mike Tilden purchased one of his stories for Detective Tales. After that accomplishment, Boeckman began appearing in Dime Detective, Manhunt, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and many others.

Mr. Boeckman's stories usually focused on sad people trying to escape their dreary lives -- shifty con-artists, embittered detectives and hen-pecked losers. The author's jazz background in jazz music figures into several stories, reaching a two-fisted crescendo.

The twenty-two stories in this anthology were originally published in various pulp magazines -- and now they appear together, wrapped in a breath-taking cover by Robert A. Maguire.

Two of Mr. Boeckman's stories (included in this anthology) have been adapted for television. For ProSe Press, he developed the Johnny Nickle jazz-detective series. Today, he cranks out stories from his Texas home, along with his wife Patti, a formidable author in her own right.







The Bronze Gazette #73 (March 2015)
Now available!

This issue features:
Editorial
by Howard Wright
“Doc Savage: Man of Red, White, and Blue” by Brian K. Lowe
"Doc Con 17 Report" by Glenn Horner

Doc Savage comicbook story: "In the Heart of Thunder Island" from DOC SAVAGE COMICS #2, October 1940
  This is the 3rd part of the adaptation of THE LAND OF TERROR which began in SHADOW COMICS #3 and continued in DOC SAVAGE COMICS #1.
"The Sinister Shadow"  Review by Howard Wright
News Update

Front Cover: Tim Faurote
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Ron Wilber, Kevin Duncan, and Joe DeVito.
Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #74 and 75 only.
#75 will be the final issue.
Prices are as follows:
Cost is $12.00/2 Issues US
Cost is $13.00/2 Issues Canada
Cost is $14.00/2 Issues Overseas

For those that have stuck with TBG all of these years, thanks for your continued support.

 Send orders and  back issue inquiries to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks and money orders should be payable to: Green Eagle Publications


BURNE HOGARTH'S TARZAN VOLUME 2: TARZAN VS. THE BARBARIANS - Coming March 24!
(Writer) Don Garden (Art/Cover) Burne Hogarth

The world-famous comic strip, restored and collected for the first time in its entirety! The second of four exclusive volumes, authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate that collects the entire run of the legendary Tarzan comic strip by one of the most influential artists of the 20th-century, Burne Hogarth, reprints the final groups of strips written by Don Garden, who also collaborated with Hal Foster. The restorations are by the renowned comic strip restorer, Peter Maresca, who also worked on Titan's critically acclaimed Flash Gordon volumes. The volume contains an illustrated introduction by comics artist Thomas Yeates, who worked on Tarzan: The Beckoning and recalls his meetings with Burne Hogarth and the inspiration Hogarth gave him. Collects the stories "Tarzan and the Peoples of the Sea and the Fire," "Tarzan against Dagga Ramba," "Tarzan and the Fatal Fountain," and "Tarzan and the Barbarians," originally published between 1940 and 1943.

Hardcover, 10x14, 192 pages, Full Color, $39.95



BURNE HOGARTH'S TARZAN VOLUME 3: TARZAN VS. THE NAZIS is coming in November!


Clive Cussler: THE ASSASSIN (An Isaac Bell Adventure) - Now available!
by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott


As Van Dorn private detective Isaac Bell strives to land a government contract to investigate John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly, the case takes a deadly turn. A sniper begins murdering opponents of Standard Oil, and soon the assassin—shooting with extraordinary accuracy at seemingly impossible long range—kills Bell’s best witness, a brave and likable man. Then the shooter detonates a terrible explosion that sets the victim’s independent refinery ablaze.

 Bell summons his best detectives to scour the site of the crime for evidence. Who is the assassin and for whom did he kill? But the murders—shootings, poisonings, staged accidents—have just begun as Bell tracks his phantom-like criminal adversary from the “oil fever” regions of Kansas and Texas to Washington, D.C., to the tycoons’ enclave of New York, to Russia’s war-torn Baku oil fields on the Caspian Sea, and back to America for a final, desperate confrontation. And this one will be the most explosive of all.

Series: An Isaac Bell Adventure (Book 8)
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult
List Price: $28.95



CthulhuCon PDX
April 25-26, 2015!
 
Crowne Plaza, Portland, OR

Celebrate Lovecraft's 125th Birthday year and the lead up to the 20th Anniversary Festival with two days of gaming, panels, readings, art, and music.
This is a convention-style event, held at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Portland Downtown (near the Convention Center).



Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths - Coming March 17!
by Stephen Jones (Editor)

The ultimate anthology of supernatural detective fiction featuring some of the biggest names in dark fantasy and horror including Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Brian Lumley and Manly Wade Wellman.

Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths features eighteen haunting tales from the masters of supernatural fiction. Weaving noir with the fantastic and sometimes, horrific, this standalone anthology presents sleuths who investigate bizarre and otherworldly cases such as Neil Gaiman's Lawrence Talbot, Clive Barker's Harry D'Amour and the eight-part 'Seven Stars' adventure by Kim Newman.

Paperback: 480 pages
List Price: $14.95



Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Pulp Gallery: MYSTERY ADVENTURES (1935-36)   - New!
Overlooked Films: Philip Marlowe in "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" - New!
Pulp Gallery: SAUCY MOVIE TALES (1936-37)  
Norman Saunders paints WESTERN HEROes (1949)  
Forgotten Books: THREE-BLADED DOOM by Robert E. Howard (1977)


The Digest Enthusiast
The Digest Enthusiast Book One: Explore the world of digest magazines.
Now available in paperback and Kindle editions!

Interviews with Phyllis Galde (Fate magazine), Gordon Van Gelder (Fantasy and Science Fiction) and Matthew Turcotte (Archie digest collector); articles on Galaxy Science Fiction, the girlie digests of Myron Fass, The Big Story, protective sleeves for digests; fiction by Lesann Berry, Richard Krauss and Joe Wehrle, Jr.; reviews of Fate #725, Fate trading cards, Paperback Parade #85 and Coronet June 1950; and Rob Imes’ In Defense of Digests.

Contributors: Lesann Berry, Tom Brinkmann, David Burnette, Rob Imes, Charlie Jacobs, Larry Johnson, Richard Krauss, Michael Neno, Rudolph Schmidt, Matthew Turcotte, Bob Vojtko, Joe Wehrle, Jr. and D. Blake Werts.

Contents:
Interviews:
Phyllis Galde, Editor and Publisher of Fate magazine
Gordon Van Gelder, Editor and Publisher of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Matthew Turcotte, Archie Digest Library collector

Articles:
Digest 911: Protective Sleeves by D. Blake Werts
Galaxy Science Fiction: The H.L. Gold Years by Larry Johnson
In Defense of Digests by Rob Imes
The Big Story by Charlie Jacobs
Myron Fass, Foto-rama & His Other Digests by Tom Brinkmann

Reviews:
Fate #725 by Rudolph Schmidt
Coronet June 1950 by David Burnette
Fate Trading Cards by Rudolph Schmidt
Paperback Parade #85 by Rudolph Schmidt

Fiction:
A Darker Night by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
The Presidential Collection by Lesann Berry
A Foul Breath of Fresh Air by Richard Krauss

Artwork:
Joe Wehrle, Jr. (cover)
Michael Neno
Bob Vojtko (gag cartoons)

Paperback: 116 pages
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches

Print Edition: $5.99
Kindle Edition:
$1.99




Doc Savage Fantasy Covers
Now online!

Kez Wilson's DOC SAVAGE FANTASY COVERS website has added a new cover!
Check out the whole series of covers at the link below!





Dum-Dum 2015
 August 20 - 23, 2015 

Andrews Memorial Town Hall
54 East Main Street
Clinton, CT 06413


“Tarzan”, “John Carter” (Warlord of Mars) and members of Edgar Rice Burroughs (ERB) family, along with  ERB comic strip writers & artists, authors of ERB related books;
and Burroughs Bibliophiles are all coming to Andrews Memorial Town Hall, 54 East Main Street, Clinton, CT – August 20-23, 2015 – to celebrate Burroughs’ genius. 



A movie marathon
Panel discussions
A Tarzan yell competition (judged by members of ERB’s family)
A video tribute to the late Denny Miller
An auction of ERB memorabilia
Vendors galore will all be there. 
And the public is invited – for free!

The public may also dine at the banquet, at the Clinton Country Club -- for the same fee as the Bibliophiles.
There, the guest of honor and banquet speaker will be Tony Award winner & theatrical animal trainer Bill Berloni
talking about training animals for performance and the 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award will be given, posthumously, to Denny Miller.



Dum Dum Banquet Speaker/Guest of Honor will be Bill Berloni

Our 2015 Dum Dum Banquet Speaker/Guest of Honor, will be Bill Berloni, who recently trainied Bowdie, a Poodle Mix, to play the part of Nana in the beloved musical “Peter Pan”, which aired, live, on NBC on December 4th. Another of his trainees is in the new “Annie” movie, which opened just before Christmas. Additionally, he has two dogs (one is the understudy) in the current National Tour of “Annie” – as well as critters in other theatrical productions, both domestically and abroad (Toto in “The Wizard of Oz” in Paris, France).

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Bill Berloni, let me introduce him to you:

In the summer of 1976, Bill was a 19-year-old apprentice at the Goodspeed Opera House when a producer offered him his big break: a chance to act professionally and gain his Equity Card. In return, all Bill had to do was find and train a dog to play Sandy in the original production of "Annie".

What Bill didn’t know was that this was a bigger challenge than it seemed. Animal performances in movies or television can be stitched together using different takes, different camera angles, even different animals. To perform in a featured role, an animal actor would have to be trained to ignore the distraction of the audience and respond to the same cues the same way night-after-night, just like his human counterparts. It had never been done before.

Bill found his dog at a local animal shelter – beginning his career-long commitment to using rescued animals. Through a combination of persistence, patience and trial-and-error, he developed his revolutionary humane training techniques – learning how to teach actor and animal alike to create a successful performance. Annie became a huge hit and Sandy became “the longest running dog on Broadway,” never missing a performance in more than seven years.

Since then, Bill and his handlers have provided animals of all species and sizes, found in shelters, humane societies or rescue leagues, for Broadway, off-Broadway, national tours, regional theatres, special events, the New York City Ballet, motion pictures, television and commercials. When their careers are over, the animals return to Bill’s Connecticut farm.

Bill is widely recognized as an expert in animal behavior and for his dedication to rescue work. In addition to his work as a trainer, Bill is currently behavior consultant to the Humane Society of New York. He has a BFA in theatre, and is a published author and actor.

http://www.theatricalanimals.com/

Nancy Miller, widow of Tarzan #12, Denny Miller

Nancy Miller, widow of Tarzan #12, Denny Miller, who died September 9th of ALS, will be with us from August 20th forward.  At the banquet on August 22nd, she will receive the 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award, posthumously, on behalf of Denny – and at the Dum Dum, will be vending his books and DVDs.  Additionally, a 48 minute video tribute to Denny  will be screened the night of August 21st.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, August 20
Noon - 6:00 pm, Vendor & Registration Check-in and Huckster room set-up, (Green Room)
Tarzan Yell Competition Sign-up (Green Room)
2:00 pm, Book Barn @ Niantic
Dinner on your own (see Econ. Dev. Commission [EDC] Restaurant Guide)
6:30 pm, Outdoor “Beatles Forever” Concert at Vece Gazebo, 75 East Main Street (free)
(In case of rain the concert will be into Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s Auditorium)
     (Sponsored by the Clinton Chamber of Commerce)
7:30 pm, “The Many Faces of Tarzan” (1989) [by permission of Tom Lavagnino] (Auditorium)
8:45 pm, Burroughs Bibliophile Board Meeting (Rose Room)


Friday, August 21
Breakfast, on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Huckster Room open in the Green Room
9:00 am, Registration Check-in
Tarzan Yell Competition Sign-up (Green Room)
9:00 am, "Tarzan Finds a Son" (1939) Johnny Weissmuller * (Auditorium)
10:30 am, "Tarzan's Magic Fountain" (1949), Lex Barker [by permission of ERB, Inc.] (Auditorium)
12:00 pm, Lunch on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
1:00 pm, "Tarzan" TV Series (1967), Ron Ely (Auditorium) *
“The Perils of Charity Jones” [Parts 1 & 2] (guest starring Julie Harris)
3:00 pm, "Tarzan" (1999), Disney Animated Feature (Auditorium) *
4:30 pm, "Tarzan's Many Genres" ( Books, Comics, Radio, Stage, Screen (live action & animation and TV).  Panel discussion will be moderated by Scott Tracy Griffin. Panel members: Will Murray & Joe DeVito (Auditorium)
5:15 pm, Mucker Jeopardy (Auditorium)
6:00 pm, Dinner on our own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
7:30 pm, Video Tribute to Denny Miller
8:30 pm, Chicago Muckers/The National Capital Panthans Joint Meeting (Rose Room)


Saturday, August 22
Breakfast on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Huckster Room open in the Green Room
9:00 am, “John Carter” (2012) (Auditorium)
11:15 am, ERB’s Influence on Modern Day Science Fiction Panel discussion. Moderated by Scott Tracy Griffin; Panel members to be determined.  (Auditorium)
12:00 pm, Lunch on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
1:00 pm, Tarzan Yell Competition (Auditorium)
2:00 pm, “The Search for Sandy” [by permission of Bill Berloni] (Auditorium)
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Public Auction of ERB memorabilia (Rose Room)
    (Bill Ross auctioneer “extraordinairre”)
6:00 pm, Cash Bar & Banquet (Clinton Country Club)
  2015 Outstanding Achievement Award, posthumously, to Denny Miller
  Guest of Honor: Bill Berloni, Tony Award Winning Animal Trainer
     [Stage (i.e. “Annie”), screen & television] Training Animals to Perform - Then & Now


Sunday, August 23
8:30 am, Farewell Breakfast at the Clinton Town Beach's picnic pavilion, with the food (Dutch Treat) from the beach's Hazy Daze concession.

* In Partnership with the Henry Carter Hull Library of Clinton, CT

Additionally, there will be presentations in the Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s Rose Room.  Presenters and the presentation schedule will be announced on a separate sheet as an insert. 

The remaining panelists to date are undecided which panel they wish to serve on:
Diana Leto
Alexander Simmons


Rose Room Presentations
(concurrent with the events in the auditorium)

The following people will be making presentations in Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s Rose Room on either Friday, August 21st or Saturday, August 22nd. 
The schedule will be announce once we know the names of all the “notables” who want to make presentations.

Joe DeVito
Michael R. Hudson w/Diana Leto
Diana Leto w/Michael R. Hudson
William Patrick (Will) Murray
Alexander Simmons


Dum Dum Notables
1) Bill Berloni (Guest of Honor/banquet speaker) (http://www.theatricalanimals.com/)
2) Linda Burroughs (Danton Burroughs’ widow)
3) Llana Jane Burroughs (Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Great-Granddaughter)
4) Dejah Burroughs (Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Great Granddaughter)
5) Joe DeVito (http://www.jdevito.com/)
6) Scott Tracy Griffin (http://scotttracygriffin.com/)
7) Michael R. Hudson (http://www.reelartstudios.com/ & http://sequentialpulpcomics.com/)
8) Diana Leto (http://www.dianaleto.com/)
9) Nancy Miller (Denny Miller’s widow)  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Miller
10) William Patrick Murray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Murray)
11) Alexander Simmons (http://www.SimmonsHereAndNow.com, http://www.KidsComicCon.com & http://www.colorofcomics.wordpress.com)
12) Jim Sullos (President of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.) (http://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/)
13) Cathy Mann Wilbanks (Executive Assistant & Archivist. @ Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.) 
(http://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/)

 How to get to Dum Dum 2015

Clinton, Connecticut is a mere 20 miles or so east of New Haven and is easily accessible by plane, train and car.

Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) services all major airlines, as well as bargain priced Southwest (http://www.southwest.com/ (sign up for their e-mails); and Jet Blue (http://www.jetblue.com; sign up for their e-mails as well). Bradley is only 55 minutes from Clinton by car. Folks can also fly into New York’s JFK or L...aGuardia; Rhode Island’s Warwick/Providence; or Boston’s Logan - and then rent a car or take an airport limo or train. Additionally, US Air flies into New Haven’s Tweed-NH Airport.

Clinton is also accessible by Metro North, from New York City’s Grand Central Station to New Haven -- and then Shoreline East from New Haven to Clinton (or any of the other nearby shoreline stations); and Amtrak, which has stops in New Haven and nearby Old Saybrook.

And of course, you can always get there by car -- to Exit 63 or 64 on I-95.

Check it out! http://clintonctedc.com/index.html


Edgar Rice Burroughs' family has an indirect link to Clinton, CT, where Dum Dum 2015 will take place.

ERB’s brothers, George and Henry (Harry) both went to Yale, graduating there in 1889 from the Sheffield Scientific School.
http://www.erbzine.com/mag10/1094.html and http://www.erbzine.com/mag10/1095.html.

Coincidentally, 189 years earlier, Yale was “born” in Clinton.
http://clintonct.org/town-history.php#yale


Where to stay
Clinton Motel
163 East Main Street, Clinton, CT
860-669-8850
(½ mile from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
(http://www.clintonmotel.net/)
A modest 15  unit  family run motel.  They have set aside 12 of the 15 rooms until May 31, 2015 for Dum Dum registrants.  After that the rooms will be released to the general population. First come.  First served.  The prices are as follows: $120 for Friday & Saturday nights combined,  for a room with 2 queens size beds.  If Thursday night as well would be an additional $62; $98 for Friday and Saturday nights combined,  for a room with two double beds. Thursday night would be an additional $62; and for a room with just one queen size bed – $89 for Friday & Saturday nights combined, with an additional $52 for Thursday night.
 


EconoLodge:
1750 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, CT
860-399-7973
(6.09 miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
EconoLodge has set aside 30 of their 43 rooms at a 15% discount.  These rooms & rate will be held for us until August 5th.  Each of 29 will be $81 + tax per night.   The 30th is an efficiency,  with LR, BR (with two queen size beds) and kitchen for $120 + tax per night.  
http://www.econolodge.com/hotel-old_saybrook-connecticut-CT053
 


3 Liberty B&B
3 Liberty Street
Clinton, CT
860-669-0111
http://www.3liberty.com
(.39 miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
Four beautiful bedrooms.  No Dum Dum price yet.
 


Water’s Edge Resort & Spa
1525 Boston Post Road
Westbrook, CT
860-399-5901
http://www.watersedgeresortandspa.com
4.94 Miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
 


Hammonasset Beach State Park Campgrounds:
(544 of them + 2 miles of beach and boardwalk)
http://www.stateparks.com/hammonasset.html
(2.16 miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
[camping for tents & Rvs, + a few cabins are now available]





What to do in the Clinton area

For folks who want to take side trips on their own: Since Clinton is only 20 or so  miles from New Haven, they can go there to check out Yale; the Yale Center for British Art (http://britishart.yale.edu/) ; the Yale Art Gallery (http://artgallery.yale.edu/)  and the Peabody Museum of Natural History (http://peabody.yale.edu/) (with its Pulitzer Prize winning dinosaur mural by my dear, late, friend Rudy Zallinger.) Or they may want to hop a commuter train to NYC for the day.  Clinton is also near  Mystic Seaport (http://www.mysticseaport.org/ ); Mystic Aquarium (http://www.mysticaquarium.org/); Essex Steam Train (http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/); Gillette Castle State Park, formerly the home of actor William Gillette, who portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage; Connecticut’s Dinosaur State Park and the Goodspeed Opera House (http://www.goodspeed.org) where “Annie” & “Man from La Mancha” started before going to Broadway.  Additionally, for those that like to gamble – there are two, nearby, tribal run casinos (Foxwoods & the Mohegan Sun).   Three miles West is the nationally acclaimed  R.J.Julia Booksellers (http://www.rjjulia.com/).  And the fabulous Book Barn @ Niantic is just a few miles to the East, off  I-95 (http://www.bookbarnniantic.com/).


The Burroughs Bibliophiles is a nonprofit 501c(3) literary society which is devoted to the study of - and promotion of  interest in - the works, fictional characters and life of Edgar Rice Burroughs.  Burroughs is best known for his creation of “Tarzan” and of  the heroic Mars adventurer & warlord, “John Carter” -- although he produced works in other genres as well.  He has been openly acknowledged by Ray Bradbury, George Lucas and James Cameron, among others, as have greatly  influenced their work. 

Founded in 1960,  just ten years after Burroughs’ death, the Burroughs Bibliophiles sponsor an annual convention known as a “Dum Dum”.  As mentioned above, in 2015 this event will be held at Clinton, Connecticut’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall, August 20-23.   The Dum Dum is being organized and hosted by Peggy Adler and Harry Swaun, both of Clinton.

For more information about this Dum Dum in general, or to attend the banquet, a registration form and other info is available at www.ERBzine.com/dumdum and www.tarzan.com/meets, as well as at Dum Dum 2015’s FaceBook page, group & event. For more information about Edgar Rice Burroughs and a Bibliophile membership form go to http://www.burroughsbibliophiles.com/.

** Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Dum-Dum 2015   DUM-DUM 2015 REGISTRATION FORM


Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
 All New Comic Strips created exclusively for ERB, Inc.
You can subscribe for only $1.99 / month

 
 
Fifteen strips currently available on the  Burroughs comics website:
"Tarzan of the Apes" by Roy Thomas and Pablo Marcos, adapting the original Tarzan novels.
"Tarzan" by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg, featuring new Tarzan adventures.
John Carter: Warlord of Mars by Roy Thomas and Rodolfo Pérez Garcia.
"Korak the Killer" by Ron Marz and Rick Leonardi.
"Carson of Venus" by Martin Powell and Tom Floyd.
"The Eternal Savage" by Martin Powell and Steven E. Gordon.
"The War Chief" by Martin Powell and Nik Poliwko.
"The Cave Girl" by Martin Powell and Diana Leto.
"Pellucidar" by Chuck Dixon and Gary Kwapsiz.
"The Land That Time Forgot" by Martin Powell and Pablo Marcos.
"The Mucker" by Ron Marz and Lee Moder
"The Monster Men" by Tom Simmons, Erik Roman, L Jamal Walton, and Cristian Docolomansky
 "The Lost Continent" by Martin Powell and Oscar González 

 "The Jungle Girl" by Martin Powell and Will Meugniot
"The Outlaw of Torn" by Thomas Simmons and Jake Bilbao





Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
Featuring art from your favorite ERB comic strips!
Now available!


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The Mucker Comic Tee
The War Chief Comic Tee
Carson of Venus Comic Tee
Pellucidar Comic Tee
John Carter Comic Tee
Eternal Savage Comic Tee
Korak the Killer Comic Logo Tee
Tarzan Comic Tee
Cave Girl Comic Tee
Tarzan of the Apes Comic Tee


Mens and Womens sizes
Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XXL (+$2), XXXL (+$2)
$ 24.99 each




E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is
"Death Turrets" from the November 1, 1937 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!

"'G'-Proof" by Eugene A. Clancy from SECRET AGENT "X", March, 1936
Marty Blaine was on the trail of the Corvanni mob whose G-proof alibis had Washington up a tree. Yet he risked the reputation of the Department of Justice on magic and psychology against a concrete Gibraltar for seven killers.
"Murder for Nothing" by Jeremy Lane from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, May, 1937
Sally Marsh, attractive reporter on the Bulletin, had a keen sense for news. But the young girl outdid her news-gathering when she hit Mike Breslak, gambling king, over the head with a bottle, left him dead on the floor - and later had to phone in her own crime.
"Men With Wounds" by Johnston McCulley from RIO KID WESTERN, Spring (April), 1945
Clem Lawrence Makes His Debut as an Outlaw Hunter - and Uses Plenty of Gun Savvy to Win His Spurs!




Facebook - Now online!

There are numerous groups on Facebook that are of potential interest to pulp fans.

The Shadow Knows
Agents of The Shadow

Flearun - A Doc Savage Group
Fans of Bronze

G-8 and Operator #5
The Spider - Master of Men
Flash Gordon
The Others [The Gray Seal, Nick Carter, Fantomas, Arsene Lupin, The Saint]
Professor Jameson alias 21MM392

The Pulp Heroes
Pulp, Pulp Everywhere and Lots and Lots to Read
Pulp Talk
Pulp Magazine Authors and Literature Fans

The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Serial Archive

ERBzine
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Facebook Forum
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Worlds of Adventure

PulpFest
Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention

Pulp Coming Attractions


Robert E. Howard Comics Group
The Robert E. Howard Foundation

Robert E. Howard Readers
Two Gun Bob--The Worlds of Robert E.  Howard
The International Robert E. Howard Fan Association
Conan the Cimmerian
REH: Two-Gun Raconteur

Altus Press
Weird Tales Magazine




  Now online!

New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!

February 2015
In Writings
Continuing our look at England's life and work, we present George Allan England: the Harvard Years by Bob Gay, an in-depth look at England's years as a student at Harvard, including a bibliography of his work for The Harvard Illustrated Magazine, links to stories England wrote while a student and an overview of his first published book, Underneath the Bough.

January 2015
In Writings
The 6th, and final tale of The Chronicles of Don Q., "How Don Q. Played a Three-Cornered Game" presented as it appeared in the December, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the Stanley Wood illustrations. 
An introduction by Dan Neyer and the translation of all foreign words and phrases are included as an added bonus.


November 2014
In Writings
The fifth exciting story of Don Q. - "The Duel Between Don Q. and the Dark Brothers of the Civil Guard," as it appeared in the November, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the original Stanley Wood illustrations.  Also included are translated words and an introduction by Dan Neyer.

October 2014
In Writings
After over a year of research, we are (finally!) able to begin our comprehensive overview of  author George Allan England.
It all starts with  George Allan England: A 1923 Newspaper Interview with introduction and annotations by Bob Gay.

This is followed by England's first published story written at the time he decided to become a professional writer: Sessions and the Steam-Coal, a tale of the Russo-Japanese War
Also included are an introduction and afterword by Bob Gay and the original illustrations.

In the months to come, we will be adding additional stories and articles both by, and about, England, many of which have never been reprinted since their original publication.


September 2014
In Writings
The fourth chronicle of Don Q., How Don Q.'s Sword was Drawn for the Queen, is presented in its entirety along with an introduction by Dan Neyer, instant translations of foreign words and phrases, and the the Stanley Wood illustrations.

August 2014
In Writings
A delightful story of love, murder and revenge, The Melonville Expressman by Avery Hopwood as it appeared in the January, 1910 issue of The Strand Magazine.  Also included are the original illustrations and an introduction by Bob Gay.

July 2014
In Writings
The third chronicle of Don Q., "The Ears of the Governor of Castelleno," as it appeared in the September, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the Stanley Wood illustrations.  As an added bonus, an
introduction by Dan Neyer and all foreign or archaic words are instantly translated with a mouseover.


June 2014
In Writings
We once again turn our attention to Baroness Orczy and her first published story, "The Red Carnation" as it appeared in Everybody's Magazine in June of 1900.
 Instant translations, an introduction by Dan Neyer and the original illustrations are also included.

May 2014 
In Writings
Another tale from the Chronicles of Don Q., "How Don Q. Outwitted Don Luis," including the Stanley Wood illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
Plus!
A short biography of Hesketh Prichard, "To Introduce Mr. Hesketh Prichard," that only appeared in the UK edition of Pearson's Magazine.


April 2014 
In Writings
How Kid Brady Fought For His Eyes by P. G. Wodehouse
How Kid Brady Fought for his Eyes as it appeared in Pearson's Magazine in July of 1906, including the original illustrations.  Introduction by Dan Neyer.

March 2014
In Writings
Beginning the reprinting of the first 6 adventures of the brigand chief of the Andalusian highlands, Don Q., by Kate and Hesketh Prichard as they appeared in Pearson's Magazine, including the original illustrations and biographical/background information by Dan Neyer.
The Chronicles of Don Q.
How he Treated the Parole of Gevil-Hay

February 2014
In Writings
The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason
A tale as chilling as the Polar Vortex, The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason, including the original illustrations from The Strand Magazine and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a new site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along with articles, pictures and essays.  In the Writings section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first Reggie Fortune story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair Lewis and a large selection of Kipling, including the complete Mowgli stories and "The Man Who Would Be King."  We've also added an article about Sleeman's An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of the work.

In Comics, there is an overview of Superman #205 ("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!") and a look at a Steve Ditko illustrated story that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known story by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts with a group of collectible (and some not so) items and is the first of 24 collections.

The site is hoping for subscribers to keep it going and future plans call for more stories, more articles and there are a number of novels  we also intend to add to the mix.
New material will be appearing on the last Friday of each month (which means we'll have more new stuff at the end of February). 
In a few month  s, we will also be offering ebooks: on the site (in PDF) and at Amazon and B&N in their proprietary formats.


The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons - Coming March 24!

In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams--member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover's suicide appears to be more than it at first seemed; the suspected foul play may involve matters of national importance.

Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus--his three-year absence after Reichenbach Falls during which time the people of London believe him to be deceased. Holmes has faked his own death because, through his powers of ratiocination, the great detective has come to the conclusion that he is a fictional character.

This leads to serious complications for James--for if his esteemed fellow investigator is merely a work of fiction, what does that make him? And what can the master storyteller do to fight against the sinister power -- possibly named Moriarty -- that may or may not be controlling them from the shadows?

Hardcover: 624 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 1.1 inches
List Price: $28.00



Fu-Manchu: The Shadow of Fu-Manchu - Now available!
by Sax Rohmer


Dr Morris Craig’s transmuter weapon is so effective that whoever holds it wields power over every nation in the world, and so Dr. Fu-Manchu is desperate to gain control of it. Helped – or hindered – by his startlingly beautiful secretary, Camille Navarre, and Sir Denis Nayland Smith, Dr. Craig must prevent his weapon from falling into the hands of the Devil Doctor...

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
List Price: $9.95



FUTURES PAST: A Visual History of Science Fiction
1926: The Birth of Modern Science Fiction
Now available in e-book PDF format!


Welcome to one of the largest and most ambitious projects ever attempted in the field of science fiction.  In the pages of FUTURES PAST we will be covering, in detail, the birth and development of modern science fiction over its first 50 years – from 1926 to 1975.  Designed in a yearbook format, each issue of FUTURES PAST will cover all the works, people, organizations and events in detailed chronological order. 

Relive novels such as LAST AND FIRST MEN, GALACTIC PATROL, and WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE all the way to more recent classics such as 1984, DUNE, and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS. 

Follow the early careers of legends such as Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein, Sturgeon, Asimov, Leinster and many others, year by year, story by story and novel by novel.

Learn about and even listen to hundreds of “old time radio” plays produced for shows such as DIMENSION X and BEYOND TOMORROW. 

Attend the major conventions such as the first Worldcon held in New York City in 1939.  Read all the details, the award winners and the activities.  See photos and even video taken at some of the later conventions.  Hear about it from the people who were there.

There will even be coverage of amateur clubs and fanzines over the years, beginning with THE COMET published in 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago.

Yes, every book, every magazine, every film, convention, and so much more!  FUTURES PAST is dedicated to all those amazing people who helped to shape our modern world by giving us a sense of wonder, by showing us possible futures and addressing social issues long before they touched the mainstream, and by simply daring to ask, “what if…”  Our goal at FUTURES PAST is to keep alive the people, works and memories of a great genre and introduce them to a whole new generation of readers, thinkers and dreamers.


 When completed, this series will be the most comprehensive history of the field ever undertaken. 

FUTURES PAST is available at the link below as a PDF download for $6.00, as well as a limited content review copy for FREE
In the next few months we will be pursuing production of physical editions for sale as well.


FUTURES PAST: A Visual History of Science Fiction



Girasol Collectables - March Pulp Replicas!

Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas.

Terror Tales and Operator 5 are at six (6) issues per year,
so that those two titles and the Spider will be completed around the same time in late 2015.
Girasol will also be tackling the complete 1926 year of Weird Tales, as well as other 1930s issues of interest.

Monthly Special: All three for $95 ($10 off)
THE SPIDER #114 from March 1943 - $35 OPERATOR 5 #46 from July-August 1939
WEIRD TALES #38 from November 1926 - $35
Featuring E. Hoffmann Price, H. Warner Munn, Edmond Hamilton,
Victor Rousseau & Frank Belknap Long

        
        
          


Girasol accepts checks, International money orders, and Paypal as methods of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books.
Paypal payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address.

As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover.
The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint.

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

Back issues - Still available!

ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE  ($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935

BLACK MASK MAGAZINE ($35 each postpaid)
April 1920 - First issue!
June 1,1923 - The rare KKK issue


CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid) 
Spring 1940


DAN TURNER  ($25 each postpaid)
Dan Turner Hollywood DetectiveNo. 1 (January 1942)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective No. 2 (April 1942)

DIME MYSTERY BOOK ($35 each postpaid)
#1 December 1932

DOCTOR DEATH  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2  March 1935
#3  April 1935

DR. YEN SIN  ($35 each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936

EERIE TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941

GOLDEN FLEECE  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
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#6  March 1939
#7  April 1939
#8 May 1939
#9 June 1939


HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935
#2 February 1935

#5  July 1935

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#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4  October 1933
#5  January 1934

THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 each postpaid)
#1  September 1935

#2  October 1935
#3  November 1935
#4  December 1935
#5 January 1936
#6 February 1936
#7 March 1936

MYSTERY ADVENTURE MAGAZINE  ($25 each postpaid)
November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady cover appearance


THE OCTOPUS ($35 each postpaid)
February/March 1939

OPERATOR 5  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Masked Invasion (April 1934)
#2  T
he Invisible Empire (May 1934)
#3  The Yellow Scourge (June 1934)
#4  The Melting Death (July 1934)
#5  Cavern of the Damned (August 1934)
#6  Master of Broken Men (September 1934)
#7  Invasion of the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8  The Green Death Mists (November 1934)
#9  Legions of Starvation (December 1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 
The League of War Monsters (February 1935)
#12  The Army of the Dead (March 1935)
#13  
March of the Flame Marauders (April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator (May 1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords (June 1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July 1935)
#17  Hosts of the Flaming Death (August 1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult (September 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard Men (October 1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible Death (November 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death (December 1935)
#22  War-Dogs of the Green Destroyer
(January 1936)
#23 Rockets From Hell (February 1936)
#24  War Masters from the Orient (March 1936)
#25 Crimes Reign of Terror (April 1936)
#26 Death's Ragged Army (June-July 1936)
#27
Patriot's Death Battalion (August-Sept. 1936)
#28 The Bloody Forty-Five Days (Oct.-Nov. 1936)

#29 America's Plague Battalions (December 1936)
#30 Liberties Suicide Legion (January 1937)
#31 Seige of the Thousand Patriots (February 1937)

#32 Patriot's Death March (March-April 1937)
#33 Revolt of the Lost Legions (May-June 1937)
#34 Drums of Destruction (July-August 1937)
#35 The Army Without a Country (Sept-Oct 1937)
#36 The Bloody Frontier (Nov-Dec 1937)
#37 The Coming of the Mongol Hordes (Jan-Feb 1938)
#38 The Seige that Brought the Black Death (Mar-Apr 1938)
#39 Revolt of the Devil Men (May-June 1938)
#40 The Suicide Battalion (July-Aug 1938)
#41 The Day of the Damned (Sept-Oct 1938)
#42 The Dawn that Shook the World (Nov-Dec 1938)
#43 When Hell Came to America (Jan-Feb 1939)
#44 Invasion from the Sky (March-April 1939)
#45 Winged Hordes of the Yellow Vulture (May-June 1939)
#46 War Tanks of the Yellow Vulture (July-Aug 1939)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1  October / November 1930                        
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#3  February / March 1931
#4  Spring 1931
#5  Summer 1931

#6  Autumn 1931
#7  Winter 1932

#8  Spring 1932
#9  Summer 1932

PIRATE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1  
November 1934

THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 each postpaid)
#1  
February 1933

SAUCY MOVIE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
#3   December 1935 (#1 after a title change)
#4   January 1936  (#2 after a title change)
#5   March 1936
#9   July 1936
#11 September 1936

#17 March 1937

THE SCORPION ($35 each postpaid)
April/May 1939

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931

SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2  November 1934 [#1 after the ashcan]
#3  December 1934
#4  January 1935
#5  February 1935

#6  March 1935
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#9 June 1935
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October 1935
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February 1936
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#21 June 1936
#22 July 1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September 1936
#25 October 1936

#26 November 1936
#27 December 1936
#28 January 1937
#36 
September 1937
#39
December 1937

SPICY-DETECTIVE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1  May 1934
#3  July 1934
#4  August 1934
#5  September 1934
#6  
October 1934
#7  November 1934
#8  
December 1934
#9  January 1935
#10 February 1935
#11 March 1935
#12  April 1935
#13 May 1935
#14 June 1935
#15 July 1935
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#17 September 1935
#18
October 1935
#19 November 1935
#20 December 1935

#21 January 1936
#22 February 1936
#23 March 1936

#24 April 1936
#25 May 1936
#26 June 1936
#27 July 1936
#28 August 1936
#29 September 1936              
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#32 December 1936
#33 January 1937

#42 October 1937
#76 August 1940

SPICY-MYSTERY STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2  June 1935
#3  July 1935
#4  August 1935
#5  September 1935
#6  October 1935
#7  November 1935

#8  December 1935
#9  January 1936
#10 February 1936
#11 March 1936

#12 April 1936

#13 May 1936
#14 June 1936
#15 July 1936
#16
August 1936
#17 ­ September 1936
#18 October 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#21
January 1937
#22 February 1937
#23 March 1937
#26 June 1937


SPICY WESTERN STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1  November 1936
#2  
December 1936 
#3   January 1937
#4   February 1937
#14 December 1937 

THE SPIDER  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2  The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3  Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4  City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5  Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6  Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7  Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8  The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9  Satan's Death Blast  (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo  (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver Terror (September 1934)
#13  Builders of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14  Death's Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15
 The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (
January 1935)

#17 The Pain Emperor  (
February 1935)

#18  The Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master
(April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler (May 1935)
#21 Hordes of the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld (July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness (August 1935)
#24 King of the Red Killers (September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27 Emperor of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29
Slaves of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)

#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June 1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror (September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night (November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men (December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41
The Mill-Town Massacres (February 1937)
#42 Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker (May 1937)
#45
Voyage of the Coffin Ship (June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell (July 1937)
#47
Slaves of the Black Monarch (August 1937)
#48
Machine Guns Over the White House (Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat (October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde (November 1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December 1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light (January 1938)
#53
The City of Lost Men (February 1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March 1938)
#55
City of Whispering Death (April 1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May 1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58
The Emperor from Hell (July 1938)
#59  
The Devil's Candlesticks (August 1938)
#60  
The City That Paid to Die (September 1938)
#61  The Spider at Bay (October 1938)
#62  
Scourge of the Black Legions (November 1938)
#63  
The Withering Death (December 1938)
#64  
Claws of the Golden Dragon (January 1939)
#65  
The Song of Death (February 1939)
#66  The Silver Death Rain (March 1939)
#67  
Blight of the Blazing Eye (April 1939)
#68  
King of the Fleshless Legion (May 1939)  
#69  Rule of the Monster Men (June 1939)
#70  The Spider and the Slaves of Hell (July 1939)
#71  
The Spider and the Fire God (August 1939)
#72  The Corpse Broker (September 1939)
#73  The Spider and the Eyeless Legion (Oct. 1939)
#74  The Spider and the Faceless One (Nov. 1939)
#75  
Satan's Murder Machines (December 1939)
#76  The Spider and the Pain Master (January 1940)
#77 Hell's Sales Manager (February 1940)
#78 Slaves of the Laughing Death (March 1940)

#79 The Man From Hell (April 1940)
#80 The Spider and the War Emperor (May 1940)
#81 Judgement of the Damned (June 1940)
#82
Dictator's Death Merchants
(July 1940)
#83 Pirates From Hell (August 1940)
#84 Master of the Night-Demons (Sept. 1940)
#85 The Council of Evil (October 1940)
#86 The Spider and his Hobo Army (November 1940)
#87 The Spider and the Jewels of Hell (Dec. 1940)
#88 Harbor of Nameless Dead (January 1941)
#89 The Spider and the Slave Doctor (February 1941)
#90 The Spider and the Sons of Satan (March 1941)
#91  Slaves of the Burning Blade (April 1941)
#92  The Devil's Paymaster (May 1941)
#93 The Benevolent Order of Death (June 1941)
#94 Murder's Black Prince (July 1941)
#95 The Spider and the Scarlet Surgeon (August 1941)
#96 The Spider and the Deathless One (September1941)
#97 The Satan's Seven Swordsmen (October1941)
#98 Volunteer Corpse Brigade (November1941)
#99 The Crime Laboratory (December 1941)

#100 Death and The Spider  (January 1942)
#101 Murder's Legionaires (February 1942)
#102 The Gentleman from Hell (March 1942)
#103 Slaves of the Ring (April 1942)
#104 The Spider and the Death Piper (May 1942)
#105 Revolt of the Underworld (June 1942)
#106 Return of the Racket Kings (July 1942)

#107 Fangs of the Dragon (August 1942)
#108 Hell Rolls on the Highways (September 1942)

#109 Army of the Damned (October 1942)
#110 Zara, Master of Murder (November 1942)

#111 The Spider and the Flame King (December 1942)
#112 The Howling Death (January 1943)

#113 Secret City of Crime (February 1943)
#114 Recruit for the Spider Legion (March 1943)

STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES
($25 each postpaid)
#2 December 1933

STRANGE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1939

STRANGE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 September 1931
#2 November 1931
#3 January 1932
#4  March 1932
#5 June 1932
#6 October 1932
#7 January 1933

TERROR TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  September 1934
#2  October 1934
#3  November 1934
#4  December 1934
#5  January 1935
#6  February 1935
#7 March1935
#8 April 1935

#9 May 1935
#10 June 1935
#11 July 1935
#12  August 1935
#13  
September 1935
#14  October 1935
#15  November 1935
#16  December 1935
#17 January 1936
#18 February 1936
#19
March 1936
#20 April 1936
#21 May 1936
#22 June 1936
#23
July/Aug 1936
#24
Sept-Oct 1936
#25 Nov-Dec 1936

#26 Jan-Feb 1937

#27 March-April 1937
#28 May-June 1937
#29
July-August 1937
#30 September-October 1937

#31 November-December 1937
#32 January-February 1938
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#35 July-August 1938
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#41 July-August 1939
#42 September-October 1939
#43 November/December 1939

#44 January/February 1940
#45 March/ April 1940
#46 May/June 1940
#47 July 1940


THRILLING MYSTERY ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1935

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  March 1923
#2  April 1923
#3
  May1923
#4  June 1923

#5  July/August 1923
#6  September 1923
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#8   November 1923

#9   December 1923/January 1924 
#10  February 1924
#11  March 1924
#12  April 1924
#13  Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 ($50)
#14  November 1924 - One of the rarest WT's
#15  December 1924

#16  January 1925
#17 February 1925
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March 1925
#19 April 1925
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#24
 September 1925
#25  October 1925
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#27  
December 1925
#28 January 1926
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#40
 January 1927
#53  February 1928
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#96 December 1931
#107 November 1932
#108 December 1932
#111 March 1933
#114 June 1933

#115 July 1933
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#121 January 1934
#124 April 1934
#125
May 1934
#128 August 1934
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#131 November 1934
#130 October 1934
#132 December 1934
#135 March 1935
#143 November 1935
#151 July 1936
#152 August 1936
#153 October 1936
#173 June 1938


Girasol Collectables
Pre-release Special: $130 with free shipping within North America, overseas please add $10.
Offer valid until April 30th, 2015.  Release date: May 30, 2015


Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce Volume 4
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES



Girasol has launched a new series of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout, 130+ pages.

Each book in the series has a mix of full page scans, size as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and 6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number, date, and cover artist if known.

Due for an May 30, 2015 release!
The fourth volume will be FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES!
A combo volume of full sets of scans of the 2 titles, all 210 issues in total.

This edition will be the same format as our first 3 volumes, 8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout, bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover art.

A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images. Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Dime Mystery touted itself as the Weirdest Stories Ever Told, and certainly the cover art was true to the claim!

Only $130 (prices include s&h within North America - overseas add $25)
Visit our ebay store to order, or email us for more information to acquire your copy.
Paypal payments to: info@girasolcollectables.com

Please note that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the covers.







Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
3rd Saturday of every month

 Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday of every month.
Check the website at the link below for exact time and place information.

Name:  Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place:  
Muhlenberg Library on West 23rd Street.

Contact:  Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com

Gotham Pulp Collectors Club

Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei

Cover Art by Raymond Swanland
Now available for pre-order!

It may come as a surprise to some that Donald Wandrei wrote more mysteries than all his horror, fantasy, and science fiction tales combined. This volume collects all eighteen adventures of Wandrei’s ratiocinative detective I.V. Frost, who is ably assisted by his beautiful and tough female assistant, Jean Moray. A scientist and inventor, Frost has his own approach to solving mysteries. Rather than following the usual hard-drinking, trench-coated style of many of his contemporaries, Frost’s strategy was to mix the logic of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes with the technology of Lester Dent’s Doc Savage. In 2000, D.H. Olson edited a volume published by Fedogan and Bremer collecting the first eight of Frost’s adventures. A second volume of the remaining 10 tales was promised but never materialized.

Hardcover
$40



Haffner Press
The Michael Gray Mysteries
C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner

Now available for pre-order!

Edited by Stephen Haffner Introduction by Ed Gorman Cover Art by Lawrence Noble
A massive omnibus of four novels from the late 1950s all featuring the amateur sleuthing of San Francisco psychoanalyst Michael Gray.

The Murder of Eleanor Pope —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray leads police to a three-time killer!
The Murder of Ann Avery —Psychoanalyst solves brutal slaying!
Murder of a Mistress —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray solves the killing of a girl who knew too much about too many men who had too damned much to lose.
Murder of a Wife —Marked for Murder! No one believed her—not even the police!


Hardcover
$40


Haffner Press Status Update:
Nearly everything is in hand to bring this 4-novel omnibus to you.
Once we have Fredric Brown's MURDER DRAWS A CROWD under our belt and out in the wild, this is the next title to go to press.
NOTE: this title is part of a 3-book combo of Horror & Detective titles that features an exclusive chapbook. See the Haffner Press homepage for details.




Haffner Press
FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY VOLUME 1: MURDER DRAWS A CROWD
(Writer) Fredric Brown, Jack Seabrook (Cover) Norman Saunders
Now available for pre-order!
Expected to debut at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show on April 17!

A massive fix of liquor-fueled murder, smoke-clouded mystery, and hard-hitting revenge from the author of The Screaming Mimi and The Fabulous Clipjoint. This archival-quality hardcover assembles 38 incredibly rare stories from 1938-1942, with the original Pulp artwork from such magazines as Thrilling Detective, Masked Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. This is the book Fredric Brown fans have been waiting for!

Hardcover, 6x9, 744 pages, B&W, $40.00

Haffner Press Status Update
 Look for this 744-page bundle of awesome to debut at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show on April 17th.
Check out the ordering page for MURDER DRAWS A CROWD for a sneak-peek at some of the interior illustrations and the decorated endpapers.

Please be aware that the price on publication will be $45, so you can save $5 by preordering at $40.

Haffner Press


Hard Case Crime
April 2015

THIEVES FALL OUT by Gore Vidal, Cover art by Glen Orbik

In 1953, Gore Vidal had already begun writing the works that would launch him to the top ranks of American authors and intellectuals. But in the wake of criticism for the scandalous content of his third novel, Vidal turned to writing crime fiction under fake names: three books as "Edgar Box" and one as "Cameron Kay." The Edgar Box novels were subsequently republished under his real name. The Cameron Kay never was.

Lost for more than 60 years and overflowing with political and sexual intrigue, THIEVES FALL OUT provides a delicious glimpse into the mind of Gore Vidal in his formative years. By turns mischievous and deadly serious, Vidal tells the story of a man caught up in events bigger than he is, a down-on-his-luck American hired to smuggle an ancient relic out of Cairo at a time when revolution is brewing and heads are about to roll.

One part Casablanca and one part torn-from-the-headlines tabloid reportage, this novel also offers a startling glimpse of Egypt in turmoil—written over half a century ago, but as current as the news streaming from that region today.

First publication in 60 years, and first ever under the author’s real name!
The author of LINCOLN, BURR, MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and other classics, Gore Vidal is one of the most acclaimed American authors of the past century



ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #9
Arriving in comic shops March 11!
 
illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. It guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of leading authorities on this important art form. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, with much of the art taken from scans of the original work, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. It guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of leading authorities on this important art form.

Magazine, 8x11, 96 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale January 14




 
Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, May 1939
The first issue of this companion pulp magazine of AMAZING STORIES.


Contents:
REVOLT OF THE ROBOTS by Arthur R. Tofte
THE INVISIBLE ROBINHOOD by Eando Binder
THE EMPRESS OF MARS by Ross Rocklynne
THE SLEEPING GODDESS by Maurice Duclos
ADVENTURE IN LEMURIA by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr
THE MUMMY OF RET-SEH by A. Hyatt Verrill
THE DEVIL FLOWER by Harl Vincent

Magazine, 98 pages
$15.00

DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, January 5, 1917

Contents:
THE WHITE CELL by Gregory Hay
LI SHOON'S NINE LIVES by H. Irving Hancock
HIS HAND AND SEAL by Carolyn Wells
A BATTLE FOR RIGHT by Douglas Grey
SINKING SANDS by Wilder Anthony
THE MYSTERIOUS HIGHWAYMAN by Sergeant Ryan
THE RETURN OF RED RAVEN by Scott Campbell
THE LETTER IN THE MAIL by Alfred Plowman
THE "SNITCH" by Mert E. Smith

Pulp Sized Magazine, 132 pages

$12.95
Robert E. Howard
THE DEVIL IN IRON


THE DEVIL IN IRON--A tale of Conan the barbarian-and an amazing island city of green stone!

A WITCH SHALL BE BORN--A vivid weird novelette of uncanny power and fascinating episodes-a tale of the old, forgotten times!

JEWELS OF GWAHLUR--The tale of a weird, jungle-hidden palace and a strange weird people-and the marvelous sacred jewels that were known as the Teeth of Gwahlur!

This book contains the original texts as they first appeared in Weird Tales pulp magazine as well as all of the original illustrations which accompanied the stories.

Hardcover with casewrap cover, 8.25 x 10.5 inch, 204 pages, $34.95

Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9 inch, 204 pages, $24.95
ISBN 978-1312877542


Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 204 pages, $12.95
ISBN 978-1507788578

Imprint: Fiction House Press


Robert E. Howard
A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK


BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS, the gent from Bear Creek, is one of the most engaging characters it has been our good fortune to encounter for a very long time. Six and a half feet tall, possessing the strength of an ox and the modesty of a Munchausen, Breckinridge is the terror of the Humboldt Mountains. His adventures in Chawed Ear, War Paint, Grizzly Claw and other roaring towns of the plains, are related in the racy vernacular of the backwood and make most hilarious and entertaining reading.

Here is a book of the Bret Harte vintage, so full of life and so rich in touches of unconscious humor, that no one can fail to come under the influence of the inimitable Breckinridge. Of one thing we are certain, we have never read anything quite like A Gent from Bear Creek before.

We present, in order of first publication in ACTION STORIES, the first ten Breckinridge Elkins stories by Conan author, Robert E. Howard.

Hardcover, 220 pages, $39.95
ISBN 978-1312866331

Trade Paperback, 220 pages, $12.95
ISBN 978-1507734766

Imprint: Fiction House Press





KING: FLASH GORDON #2 (OF 4) - Arriving in comic shops March 11!
(Writer) Ben Acker, Ben Blacker (Art) Lee Ferguson (Cover) Chip Zdarsky

DEADLY CAPTURE! Things are dire. MASSIVE explosions and DOUBLE-CROSSES have forced Flash Gordon & Dale Arden & Professor Zarkov to take drastic action…it’s time to go UNDERWATER FOREVER! You shan’t conceive the epic tale that BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER (Thrilling Adventure Hour) & LEE FERGUSON (Turok) have concocted!


Full color, 32 pages, $3.99






The Martian Legion: In Quest of Xonthron
An Epic Adventure Novel in the Grandest ERB Tradition!

Now available and highly recommended!


Written in spirit by Edgar Rice Burroughs with an assist from Jake Saunders.
A completely new ERB adventure of Homeric proportions!


A pantheon of heroes, including Tarzan, John Carter, Doc Savage, The Shadow, Carson Napier, Alley Oop and more gather to combat a foe across planets, dimensions, and time. The epic account unspools across a quarter of a million words, and takes readers not only to Africa and Barsoom, but to new worlds, with new heroes in the grandest Burroughsian tradition.
  • A quarter million words of high adventure! Like getting four ERB novels in one! 
  • First 100 copies signed by Saunders, Grindberg, Hoffman, Mullins, DeVito, Cabarga, and Cochran. 
  • Featuring 130 illustrations by Tom Grindberg, Michael C. Hoffman, and Craig Mullins, including…. 
    • 106 spot illustrations 
    • 21 full page paintings and color illustrations 
    • 3 double-page paintings and color illustrations 
  • Dimensions 11-1/4-in. x 12-1/4-in. x 1-1/2in. 
  • 423 pages. 
  • Lavish book and cover design by Zavier Leslie Cabarga. 
  • Martian coin (#1-1,100) created by Joe DeVito and minted in 99.9% pure platinum, 22 karat gold, 99.9% pure silver, and bronze finish over pewter. 
  • Deluxe clamshell presentation box (#1-1,100) with coin case compartment. 
  • Barsoomian map endpapers. 
  • Personalized ownership certificate from Napier Industrial & Mercantile Co. 
  • Online personalized ownership registry. 
  • Printed in China on Gold East archival acid-free paper. 
  • Book text typeset in the Cartier Family, designed in 1967 by Carl Dair.
  • Chapter headings typeset in Saber, and picture captions in Jake Ultra. Both fonts were designed especially for this book. 
  • Russ Cochran, publisher




The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.


Omega Ops Legion - New!
Nemesis
The Emperor
The Internet Old Time Radio Show  

Off-Trail Publications - Now available!

THE TEXAS-SIBERIA TRAIL
by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Introductions by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson and John Locke

Before he was a comic-book pioneer, Major Malcolm-Wheeler Nicholson wrote adventure tales for the great pulp magazines—and no run-of-the-mill pulp fiction was it. The Major served as a cavalry officer on the southwest border during the Mexican Revolution. While the First World War raged in Europe, he fought the Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines. Then followed his strangest assignment, conducting espionage in legendarily hostile Siberia. After the war he was stationed in Western Europe. These places became the settings for the majority of his hardboiled adventure stories. His use of authentic detail, combined with his superior storytelling ability, make his stories difficult to put down. You read one of the Major’s entrancing tales—and your imagination is transported back to those real places of danger and daring!

This inaugural collection of the Major’s fiction includes stories set in all four of his real-life arenas, originally published in top adventure pulps: Adventure, Argosy, The Popular Magazine. It is time for the Major to receive his due—as one of the genuine larger-than-life men of the pulps. Included is an in-depth introduction by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, the Major’s granddaughter.

“Yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very few people responsible for the birth of the comic book industry as the visionary founder of what we today call DC Comics. And, yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very few people responsible for giving the world Superman.”

Michael Uslan,
Executive Producer of all the Batman movies,
Comic book historian, and author of his memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman.

“Not many adventure writers can claim to have based their stories on their own exploits. Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson could—and because of it, his evocations of heroism and combat have a believability and a personal depth unlike anything else in pulp fiction.”

Gerard Jones,
Author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 264 pages, $20.00

Checkout  earlier titles by clicking on the link below.

 
 
 
 
 

OLD VENUS - Now available!
by George R.R. Martin (Editor), Gardner Dozois (Editor)

Sixteen all-new stories by science fiction’s top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award-winning editor Gardner Dozois
 
From pulp adventures such as Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Carson of Venus to classic short stories such as Ray Bradbury’s “The Long Rain” to visionary novels such as C. S. Lewis’s Perelandra, the planet Venus has loomed almost as large in the imaginations of science fiction writers as Earth’s next-nearest neighbor, Mars. But while the Red Planet conjured up in Golden Age science fiction stories was a place of vast deserts and ruined cities, bright blue Venus was its polar opposite: a steamy, swampy jungle world with strange creatures lurking amidst the dripping vegetation. Alas, just as the last century’s space probes exploded our dreams of Mars, so, too, did they shatter our romantic visions of Venus, revealing, instead of a lush paradise, a hellish world inimical to all life.
 
But don’t despair! This new anthology of sixteen original stories by some of science fiction’s best writers—edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois—turns back the clock to that more innocent time, before the hard-won knowledge of science vanquished the infinite possibilities of the imagination.
 
Join our cast of award-winning contributors—including Elizabeth Bear, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Mike Resnick, Eleanor Arnason, Allen M. Steele, and more—as we travel back in time to a planet that never was but should have been: a young, rain-drenched world of fabulous monsters and seductive mysteries.
 
INTRODUCTION, by Gardner Dozois
FROGHEADS, by Allen M. Steele
THE DROWNED CELESTRIAL, by Lavie Tidhar
PLANET OF FEAR, by Paul McAuley
GREEVES AND THE EVENING STAR, by Matthew Hughes
A PLANET CALLED DESIRE, by Gwyneth Jones
LIVING HELL, by Joe Haldeman
BONES OF AIR, BONES OF STONE, by Stephen Leigh
RUINS, by Eleanor Arnason
THE TUMBLEDOWNS OF CLEOPATRA ABYSEE, by David Brin
BY FROGSLED AND LIZARDBACK TO OUTCAST VENUSIAN LEPERS, by Garth Nix
THE SUNSET OF TIME, by Michael Cassutt
PALE BLUE MEMORIES, by Tobias S. Buckell
THE HEART’S FILTHY LESSON, by Elizabeth Bear
THE WIZARD OF THE TREES, by Joe R. Lansdale
THE GODSTONE OF VENUS, by Mike Resnick
BOTANICA VENERIS: THIRTEEN PAPERCUTS BY IDA COUNTESS RATHANGAN, by Ian McDonald


Hardcover: 608 pages
Publisher: Bantam
Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 1.1 inches

List Price: $30.00


Perils On Planet Perils On Planet X - Now online!

Perils On Planet X is a swashbuckling adventure on a lost planet… join Colonel Donovan Hawke of Terra as he travels through time and space to the ancient emerald world of Xylos – home of vicious reptilian predators, ruthless strato-pirates, beautiful princesses, and innumerable fantastic dangers!
 
Perils On Planet X is high adventure on alien worlds – classic space opera in the  Burroughs and Alex Raymond traditions, revived for a new millennium!
 
The adventure begins today at the link below!





 

Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16, 2015

The Munsey Award

Every year, PulpFest recognizes the efforts of those who work to keep the pulps alive for this and future generations through its Munsey Award (pictured at left). Named after Frank A. Munsey, the man who published the first pulp magazine, this annual award recognizes an individual who has given of himself or herself for the betterment of the pulp community, be it through disseminating knowledge about the pulps or through publishing or other efforts to preserve and to foster interest in the pulp magazines we all love and enjoy. Nominations for the 2015 Munsey are now being accepted. All members of the pulp community, whether they plan to attend PulpFest 2015 or not, are welcome to nominate a deserving person for this year’s award.


You can also nominate someone for the Rusty Hevelin Service Award. Initiated in 2012, this award is designed to recognize those persons who have worked long and hard for the pulp community with little thought for individual recognition. It is meant to reward especially good works, and is thus reserved for only those individuals who are most deserving.

Last year’s winners were J. Randolph Cox, who received the 2014 Munsey Award and J. Barry Traylor, recipient of the 2014 Rusty Hevelin Service Award. You can read about both gentleman by clicking here.

If you have someone in mind that you feel worthy to receive either of these prestigious awards, please let us know. All members of the pulp community, excepting past winners of the Munsey, Hevelin, or Lamont Awards (which had been awarded by Pulpcon), are eligible. Please send the person’s name and a brief paragraph describing why you feel that person should be honored to Mike Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 or to mike@pulpfest.com. The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2015. The recipient of the Munsey and/or Rusty Hevelin Service Award will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of recognized experts in the pulp field. The award will be presented on August 15th, during the convention’s evening programming.

The Munsey Award was created by artist David Saunders, the son of legendary illustrator Norman Saunders. Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press and publisher of Illustration Magazine has produced a limited edition of thirty-six numbered and signed prints. The PulpFest Committee is indebted to both David and Dan for their generous support of our convention.


Pulp Crazy - Now online!

King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard - New!
Totem and Taboo by Philip José Farmer
Brotherhood of the Wolf

French Pulp Fiction with Jean-Marc Lofficier
The Pit of the Serpent by Robert E. Howard

Pulp Den - Now online!

Tokyo Kill  - New!
Japantown - New!
Tunnel Through Space
Olive U
Venetia
Faith Seekers
The Man In Purple
The Avenger of Olympus


         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Top 10 cover themes for Adventure magazine
Google Books scans of pulp magazines
Why do we read adventure fiction?
Christmas stocking stuffers - The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure
Pulp cover art exhibition at the Portland Public Library, Maine


Pulp Magazines Project - Now online!

Publishing legends The Black Mask (1920), Weird Tales (1923), and Amazing Stories (1926) are considered so “extremely rare and valuable” that the U.S. Library of Congress houses its collection of 277 issues in Washington, D.C.’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division—along with the personal libraries of Presidents, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and one of only three known perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible in existence. With its latest addition of 4 issues of The Black Mask (Aug. & Sept. 1920; Dec. 1921; and Apr. 1922), the Pulp Magazines Project has made all 3 classic titles available together—for the first time—in high-quality, cover-to-cover digital editions.

Also available at the Pulp Magazines Project, new issues of the iconic “weird menace” pulp, Dime Mystery Magazine (Apr. 1938 and Sept. 1946); Adventure (Jul. 1, 1928; feat. Walt Coburn’s “The Man Who Hated Himself”); Western Story (Jul. 27, 1940); Detective Story (May 1938; feat. Zorro-creator Johnston McCulley’s “Thubway Tham’s Thothial Thecurity”); and histories of both The Black Mask (E.R. Hagemann; UCLA) and Dime Mystery Magazine (Emily Sisler; University of West Florida).



The Pulp Magazines Project is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the study and preservation of one of the twentieth century's most influential literary & artistic forms: the all-fiction pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides information on the history of this important but long neglected medium, along with biographies of pulp authors, artists, and their publishers.

At the heart of the Project's mission is the archive itself. In summer 2011, it began with a modest library of five representative first-generation pulp titles from the early twentieth century. Over time, the archive will expand, new magazines will be digitized, and contextual materials added. Eventually, the archive will feature a broad range of pre-1923 titles, post-1923 titles where copyright has lapsed, and full volume runs of select titles from 1896 to 1946.

The Project is dedicated to fostering ties between communities of collectors, fans, and academics devoted to pulp magazines, and will offer opportunities for research and collaboration to both scholars and enthusiasts alike. We will provide information on upcoming conferences and conventions, and promote new working relationships between academics and the hundreds of pulp fans and collectors beyond the college and university.


Pulp Magazines Project - Now online!

New Issues/ Titles/ Contexts (2/25/2015): Dime Novels and Nickel Weeklies

The Pulp Magazines Project has just added 8 issues of “dime novels” and “nickel weeklies” published between 1892 and 1922 to its website. The titles include Frank Reade Library, Tip Top Weekly, Nick Carter Weekly, Deadwood Dick Library, Buffalo Bill Stories, All-Sports Library, All Around Weekly, and Wild West Weekly.

The Pulp.Net  - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features two ongoing blogs!

Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.

Pulp Super-Fan blog by Michael R. Brown

Pulp comics: Tom Strong
Action-thrillers of Matthew Reilly
Pulp comics: Hellboy
Techno-thrillers of James Rollins

Yellowed Perils by William Lampkin

Pulp AdventureCon report
Pulp conventions for 2015
2014: In memoriam
Pulp gifts: A book by Robert Sampson
Pulp gifts: H.P. Lovecraft films


Pulp Newsgroups - Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. 
Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below.

Abraham Merritt:
This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted.  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/

CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/

Doc Con:
  The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/

 Burroughs Group:
This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure,  Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/


FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/

Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/

H.R. Haggard: This group is dedicated to one of the greatest of adventure/fantasy writers , H.R. Haggard.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterofadventureriderhaggard/


Justice Inc.: This group is dedicated to the [1940's pulp version] of Richard Benson and his group of crime fighting adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything about this group can be discussed [ comics, pulps, radio shows, paperbacks, current news]also if anyone is interested in Paul Ernst---In the roaring heart of the crucible...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/

Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/
to join!

Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/

PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/

Pulp Swap Group:  Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/

REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/

Vintage Paperbacks:  A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/

Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/

Ramble House
Now available!

THE EVIL OF LI-SIN
And Other Stories

 Gerald Verner writing as Nigel Vane
Introduced by John Pelan
Afterword and Bibliography by Chris Verner
Dancing Tuatara Press #54

 
This special omnibus volume brings back into print The Menace of Li-Sin and The Vengeance of Li-Sin, Gerald Verner's two novels featuring the character Li-Sin, whose mission is to retrieve the sacred Black Idol and wreak revenge on its desecrators. The crimes of Li-sin and his gang present the self-appointed sleuth Dr. James Hartley, along with Scotland Yard and the local constabulary, with a remarkable challenge.

This Dancing Tuatara Press edition is introduced by John Pelan, and Chris Verner, the author's son, has contributed an in-depth Afterword and a comprehensive Bibliography of Gerald Verner's writings, including the many books originally published under pseudonyms.

Available Editions
$6  Ebook (EPUB or MOBI) 
  $20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
    $35  Hardcover with Dustjacket  6" x 9"

$45 Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but the publisher offers you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail him with your order.
fender@ramblehouse.com
228-826-1783



The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
THE SPIDER'S WEB
Research copies are now available!


Archive DVD featuring Warren Hull - 15 Chapters (Complete)

One of the major original pulp heroes comes to the screen in the greatest adaptation of pulp to film ever created, featuring Warren Hull and Iris Meredith. Consistently rated one of the top 5 cliffhanger serials of all time by fans, and hugely influential. Source: new digital transfer of 16mm original print, complete, with generally excellent sharp picture quality, restored picture element with stabilization, exposure correction, and noise reduced audio.

Status: Restoration complete, archive DVD requests are shipping now.
To request a research copy, click here.





The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

The Creeper
- New!
The Crime Master - New!
The Four Signets
The Blue Sphinx

Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

Amelia Reynolds Long (1904-1978) - New!
Witches, Wizards, and Warlocks on the Cover of Weird Tales - New!
Scarecrows - New!
Robert Bloch and The Blair Witch Project-Part Two - New!
Robert Bloch and The Blair Witch Project-Part One - New!
Lee Brown Coye in "Sticks" - New!
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) - New!
Lee Brown Coye (1907-1981)-Part Seven
Lee Brown Coye (1907-1981)-Part Six
Lee Brown Coye (1907-1981)-Part Five

Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher R. Yates
(New publications to the list are in bold)

Now available!
Monster Hunter: Nemesis, Larry Correia, Baen, $7.99, February 24, 2015
The Violent Century: A Novel, Lavie Tidhar, Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99, February 24, 2015


Coming soon!
Ghosts of War [revised edition], George Mann, Titan Books, Ltd., $9.69, March 13, 2015
Less Than Hero, S.G. Browne, Gallery Books, $16.00, March 17, 2015
HEROES!, ed. Jean Rabe, Silence in the Library, $21.99, April 2015
The Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Dan Abnett, Marvel, $24.99, April 14, 2015
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Alex Irvine, Marvel, $7.99, May 19, 2015

Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon & Groot – Steal the Galaxy, Dan Abnett, Marvel, $7.99, May 19, 2015
The Dragons of Heaven, Alyc Helms, Angry Robot, $7.99, June 2, 2015
Batman: Arkham Knight: The Riddler’s Gambit, Alex Irvine, Titan Books, Ltd., $7.99, June 2, 2015
Ant-Man: Natural Enemy, Jason Starr, Marvel, $24.99, June 16, 2015
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt, Neil Kleid, Marvel, $7.99, June 16, 2015

Stiletto [sequel to The Rook], Daniel O’Malley, Little, Brown & Co., $25.99, June 30, 2015
Batman Arkham Knight: The Official Novelization, Marv Wolfman, Titan Books, Ltd., $7.99, July 7, 2015
Deadpool: Paws, Stefan Petrucha, Marvel, $24.99, August 18, 2015
Arrow – Vengeance, Oscar Balderrama & Lauren Certo, Titan Books, $7.99, September 29, 2015
Ex-Isle, Peter Clines, Broadway Books, $14.00, October 6, 2015
Ghosts of Karnak, George Mann, Titan Books, Ltd., $7.99, October 13, 2015
Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $17.99, October 27, 2015
Wild Cards XXII: Lowball, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $8.99, November 3, 2015

Wild Cards XXIII: High Stakes, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, December 2015