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Adventure House
Now available!
High Adventure #162
The Uranium Pomegranates and other stories by H. Bedford-Jones
Opening an envelope meant for someone else, and finding in it five
one-thousand-dollar bills—well, that’s one way to begin an adventure.
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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The Clue of the Second Murder by Robert Wallace
Richard Curtis Van Loan battles to spike a scheme of empire that brings
an evil wave of death in its wake!
Follow the Phantom to a Nevada silver town that holds a grim and mysterious
secret of diabolical crime!
Cash Under the Table by Norman W. Hay
The Clue Outside by Ray Cummings
Neck and Neck by O.B. Myers
In the Bag by Paul Prestowe
7x10, 114 pages, $14.95
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Adventure House
Now available!
Far East Adventure Stories – February 1932
The Lieutenant From Koomsh by Bob Du Sue
A take of high courage in the foreign legion.
Blue Heaven by Chester L. Saxby
Pagoda Secret by Walter Snow
Too Much Amock by W.C. Harding
Midnight Magic by Captain L.B. Williams
The Midnight Horde [Part 4] by Hugh B. Cave
Eyes of Tepu by Doane R. Hoag
The Golden Tiger by A.L. De Burgh
7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
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Age of Aces
Now available!
Captain Philip Strange: Strange
Squadrons (Volume 7)
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. From his very first adventure, Captain Philip Strange has rooted out
only the most bizarre battalions commissioned by Germany in the Great War.
When flying coffins circle the air, or severed hands drop from the sky, the
call goes out for the Phantom Ace of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know
that only the so-called “Brain-Devil” and his aides can out-fly the zombie
traitors and human bombs, or out-spy fiends like The Mask and the Man with
the Iron Claw! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom Ace
of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain
Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the
WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies.
And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip
Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as
the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for
his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories
featuring Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s
counter measures!
Stories include:
■“A Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August 1931
■“Port of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March 1932
■“The Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
■“The Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
■“Squadron from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June 1936
■“The Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0
The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)
They had all been sentenced to a living death and all bore The Convict
Brand! The Jailbirds were recruited from the military prisons of Britain,
France, and America. Real men, molded in the harsh fires of life, dishonored
perhaps in the eyes of the Army— but men with red blood and courage. Hard
fighters, some of them hiding bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow
their leader, “Killer” Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most dangerous
missions of the Great War! Rather than wither behind bars—they were given
the chance to die fighting!
This is the second of two exciting volumes of the collected adventures Donald
E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through all three of Popular
Publication’s air anthology titles. Starting in Battle Aces in September
1931 running through the end of it’s initial publication run when they switched
to Battle Birds at the end of 1932 and into Dare-Devil Aces in 1934.
In August of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived series in three
different aviation magazines: Philip Strange in Flying Aces; The Devil Dog
Squadron in Sky Birds; and The Jailbird Flight in Battle Aces. This volume
features the first seven Jailbird adventures published by Popular Publications
in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific contributor
to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research
in the Fifties and Sixties.
Stories include:
■“The Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December 1932
■“The Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1933
■“The Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1933
■“The Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1934
■“The Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6
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Airship 27 Productions
AVIATION ACES
VOLUME 1
Now available!
Since the advent of air combat over Europe during World War One,
aviation would become an integral part of shaping the military future of
all nations. Thus were born skilled men and women whose love of flying and
unerring survival skills would label them as Aviation Aces.
From the 1920s forward, American pulp publishers gave their readers countless
new monthly magazines featuring these amazing fliers from Bucky Barnes to
Dusty Ayers and so many more. The stories were filled with high flying heroes
willing to challenge the dangers of soaring above the world.
Now Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to take to the wild blue with four
brand new, pulse-pounding, cloud-climbing adventures. From a hidden
Japanese base in the South China Sea, to the search for a missing scientist
and a top-secret mission in a “rubber” plane, these stories soar boldly into
the killer skies. Join writers Gene Moyers, Jeff Fournier, Andy Fix, Robert
Ricci and Fred Adams Jr. as they fly straight into thrilling pulp action.
New Zealander Shane Evans provides the cover while Howard Simpson the twelve
black and white illustrations, all under the guidance of Award Winning Art
Director Rob Davis. “Aviation pulps were a staple of the 30s and 40s,” adds
Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “We’re excited to be
offering up a new title to add to those old time classics. We think our readers
are really going to enjoy Aviation Aces in a big way.”
Available
from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle.
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Airship 27 Productions
ALL-STAR PULP
COMICS 34
Now available!
ALL STAR PULP COMICS Volume 4 REDBUD STUDIO & AIRSHIP 27 presents
this newest issue featuring three amazing heroes: Mask of the Gargoyle (created
by Dario Carrasco) as he battles remnants of the Third Reich in “Rockets
Red Glare”; golden age comics great The Veiled Lady as she takes on crooked
government officials in “The Veiled Avenger” and; Major Liberty, where the
U.S. Army debuts its very own super-heroine “Operation: American Maid.”
Amazing pulp comic adventures featuring writer Ron Fortier with artists
Montos, Kevin Broden and Kevin Wiggins. Edited by Rob Davis.
This is 40 pages of non-stop action pulp style! Cover by Rob Davis
pits our three heroes against an army of ninjas.
$4.99
Available
from Amazon in paperback.
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!
Press Release: Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars
Now Available: Six Sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library
at Steep Discounts
Altus Press Releases Secret Agent X Vol. 9, Gales &
McGill Vol. 2, and Dusty Ayres Vol. 8
Veiled Knowledge by Edwin James (American Science Fiction
Magazine Series)
Even More Vintage Pulp Logo T-Shirts Are Now Available
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American Mythology
Productions
Now available!
PELLUCIDAR #1
(Writer) Mike Wolfer (Art) Cyrus Mesarcia, (Cover) Gabriel Rearte
After their life-or-death struggle on the world of "The Moon Maid,"
Abby Tyler and Ethan Bradley are pursued through a dimensional portal to
the prehistoric land of Pellucidar. But hot on their heels are a band of
Va-gas, the savage, cannibalistic, half-horse/half-human creatures from the
moon, who want nothing more than to feast upon their flesh! Joining forces
with Dian the Beautiful and the warrior Tanar, Abby and Ethan might just
survive… But will any of them live when friends and foes alike come under
attack by the hideous Horibs, the half-human/half-lizard denizens of the
savage world at the Earth's core? The incredible four-part "Fear on Four
Worlds" storyline that joins together Edgar Rice Burroughs' greatest sci-fi
worlds of adventure continues!
Pellucidar #1 comes with three covers - Main Cover by Gabriel Rearte, Depths
of the Earth & B&W Limited Edition Covers by Cyrus Mesarcia, and
a Blank Sketch Edition.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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American Mythology
Productions
Now available!
ZORRO SWORDS OF HELL #1
(Writer) David Avallone (Art) Roy Allen Martinez
Zorro is back!
Los Angeles is invaded by an army of demonic horsemen and Zorro is the only
man who can save his home from becoming Hell on Earth.
David Avallone (Bettie Page, Twilight Zone: The Shadow) and Roy Allen Martinez
(House of M, Immortal Iron Fist) are proud to present the return of Zorro,
as he faces down the Swords of Hell in this all new action-packed swashbuckling
horror series.
Zorro Swords of Hell #1 comes with five covers:
Main by Roy Allan Martinez
Werewolves Fury by Richard Bonk
Classic Nostalgia by Jon Pinto
Ltd Ed Visions of Zorro by Alex Toth
Blank Sketch Edition cover.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW
#134: “The Creeping Death” and “The Banshee Murders”
Haunted Halloween Special!The Master of Darkness proves that “crime
does not pay" in chilling pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell
Grant." First, a deadly Oriental poison is employed to dominate the world
gold market! Will Lamont Cranston fall victim to “The Creeping Death”? Then,
a seance, a vanishing blonde and a nymphlike creature lure The Shadow along
a trail to hidden treasure! Can The Shadow pierce the occult shroud in one
of his most baffling cases? This instant collectors item leads of with one
of George Rozen’s most haunting paintings (reproduced directly from the original
art) and also showcases the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell
and Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-252-0 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
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the
printer and coming soon!
THE SHADOW
#135: “The Ghost Murders”
and “Ships of Doom"
The Master of Darkness teams with
G-Man Vic Marquette in two never-reprinted pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson
writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, an enigmatic message from a dying man
leads The Shadow to uncover the strange secret behind “The Ghost Murders.”
Then, the Master of Darkness intervenes when “Ships of Doom” are destroyed
by a hostile power! BONUS: a Sheridan Doome, Naval Investigator mystery by
Steve Fisher. This collectors special showcases the classic color covers
by Graves Gladney and George Rozen and also features the original interior
illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier and historical commentary by
Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-253-7 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
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Hi, I’m Scout … official canine mascot of Sanctum Books. My master
has been so busy making Sanctum Books the best possible pulp reprints that
he hasn’t had much time for me lately … and he hasn’t even bought me any
new dog toys all year! What’s a dachshund to do? Well, it’s obvious that
I’m going to have to buy my own squeaky toys (which I can do online, since
on the internet no one knows you’re a dog). However, to afford new toys,
I have to raise some quick cash so I’m offering my master’s earliest Sanctum
Books volumes at the lowest price ever … HALF OFF list price in special collectors
bundles!
For a limited time, you can order the first 28 double-novel volumes of DOC
SAVAGE or THE SHADOW for only $181.30 (plus $13.70 shipping within the USA
= TOTAL: $195.00). That’s less than $6.48 per book, or just $3.24 per novel
with all the original illustrations.
I’m also offering a special SANCTUM SAMPLER bundle that includes all 12
volumes of THE AVENGER (reprinting all 30 original Avenger pulp novels and
short stories), CAP FURY #1, NICK CARTER #1-3, PHANTOM DETECTIVE #1 plus
all 7 volumes of THE WHISPERER (reprinting all 14 novels from the original
1936-37 run). The 24 books in the SANCTUM SAMPLER are also available for
HALF PRICE: just $173.40 (plus $13.60 shipping within USA = TOTAL: $187.00).
Shipping is free if you buy two or more bundles together.
I don’t know how long it’ll be until my master catches on what I’m doing
and shuts me down so ORDER SOON!
Send checks or money orders to "Sanctum Books; P.O. Box 761474; San Antonio,
TX 78245-1474" or Paypal to <orders@shadowsanctum.com>.
Luckily, he’ll forgive me since I’m cute, and he won’t be able to return
the squeaky toys because they’ll have my teeth marks and dog slobber all
over ’em!
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Art's Reviews Podcasts!
- Now online!
Nothing new this week.
Past
episodes:
PulpFest - Christopher Paul
Carey reads from "Swords Against the Moon Men "
The Doom Legion by Will
Murray
Berlin Noir from Philip Kerr: In Memorium
Flinch Fest
Wayne Reinagel's new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays and an Interview about the Doc Savage
Universe by Jeff Deischer
Jon Black Discusses
his novel "Bel Nemeton"
Author and Publisher James Bojaciuk discusses
his work
UFOs & Nukes by Robert Hastings (and quite alot more)
Doc Brazen: Millenium Bug - A Doc
Savage Pastiche
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THE BIG BOOK OF FEMALE DETECTIVES - Arriving in bookstores October 9!
by Otto Penzler (Editor)
For the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers the most iconic women
of the detective canon over the past 150 years, captivating and surprising
readers in equal measure. The 74 handpicked stories in this collection introduce
us to the most determined of gumshoe gals, from debutant detectives like
Anna Katharine Green's Violet Strange to spinster sleuths like Mary Roberts
Rinehart's Hilda Adams, from groundbreaking female cops like Baroness Orczy's
Lady Molly to contemporary crime-fighting P.I.s like Sue Grafton's Kinsey
Millhone, and include indelible tales from Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells,
Edgar Wallace, L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr,
Linda Barnes, Laura Lippman, and many more.
Paperback: 1136 pages
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.8 x 9.1 inches
$25.00
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Black Coat Press
New titles now available!
The story’s representation of marriage as a matter of innocent young
women falling into the brutal hands of disgusting Ogres who abuse them is
only par for the course, but what is unusual is the conclusion, in which
the bold Prince, eager to do battle against the monsters guarding the cave
where his beloved princess is being held captive, is told to put away his
sword, this particular rescue being women’s work.
When the rescue is complete, the prince is graciously permitted to continue
adoring the princess, provided that he never lays a finger on her, while
she enjoys a perfect bliss with her steadfast female best friend, under the
tutelage of their benign protectress, the fay Clementine.
Tales produced at Louis XIV’s court were not usually allowed to end like
that, but that one sneaked in under the radar. The mysterious Comtesse D.L.
disappeared from view, censored out of history, and to this day, she has
only been replaced in the official record by a phantom who probably originated
as a spelling mistake. In her own peculiar fashion, however, she was a heroine.
Contents:
La Tiranie des Fées Détruite (1702)
Introduction
The Tyranny of the Fays Abolished
The Story of Cleonice
The Story of Melicerte
Agatie, Princess of the Scyths
Princess Leonice
Prince Curious
The Knights Errant
The Story of Princess Zamea and Prince Almanson
The Story of Prince Elmedor of Granada and Princess Alzayde
The Story of Zalmayde, Princess of the Canaries, and the Prince of Numidia
The Story of the Prince of Numidia
The Story of the Prince of Mauretania and the Princess of Castile
The Story of the Fay of Grandeurs and Prince Salmacis
The Story of the Fay of Pleasures and the Cruel Amerdin
The Familiar Spirit: Persian Tales Translated from the Arabic
The Story of Istherie
The Story of the Validated Sultana
Princess Patientine in the Forest of Erimente
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $21.95 /
GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 252
pages
In The Murdered City (1925), Blasius, an unknown and mocked scholar,
manages to create a philosopher’s stone which transforms everything it touches
into gold. This diabolical man acquires an island, gathers other unfortunate
people, builds a fantastic city and reigns over it.
The Murdered City has affinities with accounts of island utopias gone wrong
and doomed superscientific cities. Science enables the fulfillment of the
ancient alchemical dream, but gold here functions as a symbol of modern civilization
as an irresistible force of corruption.
A second novel included in this volume, By Wireless (1927), shares the speculative
elements of the plot, the strange character of its disfigured protagonist,
and the bizarrerie of his hopeless and fatal amorous obsession.
Fernand Mysor never achieved any great success and has been almost forgotten.
A writer of such imaginative range deserves to be better known today, when
more readers are capable of appreciating his exotic artistry and interested
in discovering unusual themes and philosophical viewpoints.
Contents:
Introduction. 7
La Ville Assasinée (1925)
La Mort du Soleil. (1926)
Par TSF (1927)
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $26.95 /
GBP £18.99
5x8 trade paperback, 344
pages
The fate of the war will be decided not by the miserable humans,
but by the MASTER RACE!
JUNE 1944. The day before the Allied landing. A group of super-powered Nazis
threatens the success of Operation Overlord: Stahlmann, Vampyr, Scarlet Lips
and other, even more terrifying creatures can stop the progress of the Allied
troops on the beaches of Normandy...
But Churchill and De Gaulle have anticipated the danger! They dispatch a
team of fearless heroes led by Captain Rick Ross, a.k.a. Baroud, the Archer
Princess Sadko, the French Guardian of the Republic and Marianne, the famous
Black Lys, the legendary Metal Man and the young American Ricky Rox... The
fate of Europe is now in the hands of THE PARTISANS!
A prodigious saga of the last days of World War II published in France to
commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day and brilliantly staged by Roy Thomas
(All-Star Squadron, Invaders), R.J.M. Lofficier (Dr. Strange) and Mario Guevara
(Solomon Kane).
US $9.95 / GBP
£7.99
7x10 trade paperback, 48
pages
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Black Moon: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin,
Volume Five - Coming March 5!
by Seabury Quinn
The concluding volume in a series collecting
the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in
the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.
Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and
Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales
during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to
casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular
than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another
author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.
Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales’s original
publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective
Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers,
serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small
town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades
of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule
Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s
knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand
Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.
Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules
de Grandin collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural
detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the
definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.
The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel”
(1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George
Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99
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BLACK
WINGS OF CTHULHU VI
Edited by S. T. Joshi
Coming October 16!
SYNOPSIS
This sixth volume of S. T. Joshi’s acclaimed Black Wings series demonstrates
as never before how infinitely malleable are H. P. Lovecraft’s weird conceptions.
The twenty-two stories and poems in this book run the gamut of modes and
genres, but each of them is fueled by elements large and small drawn from
Lovecraft’s inexhaustibly rich corpus of writing.
Cosmicism is central to Lovecraft’s imaginative vision, and it oftentimes
is manifested in tales of archaeological horror. In this volume, stories
by Ann K. Schwader, Lynne Jamneck, Don Webb, and Stephen Woodworth treat
this motif in varying and distinctive ways. Lovecraft’s work is also infused
with a profound sense of place, as he himself was attached to the familiar
locales of his native New England but also travelled widely in search of
new vistas to stimulate his imagination. Here, stories by Tom Lynch, Aaron
Bittner, W. H. Pugmire, and Darrell Schweitzer summon up the landscapes of
diverse realms in America to tease out the horrors embedded in them.
Alien creatures are featured in many of Lovecraft’s greatest tales.
In this volume, William F. Nolan, Nancy Kilpatrick, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jonathan
Thomas, and Jason V Brock summon up multiform monsters inspired by Lovecraft’s
notions of hybridism and alien incursion. The forbidden book theme is deftly
handled by Caitlín R. Kiernan, and the notion of other worlds lying
just around the corner from our own is the subject of stories by Donald Tyson
and Mark Howard Jones. Finally, David Hambling cleverly adapts Lovecraftian
concepts to the locked-room detective story.
In commemorating the incredible efflorescence of weird poetry in our time,
this book presents poems by four leading contemporary poets—Ashley Dioses,
K. A. Opperman, Adam Bolivar, and D. L. Myers. Each of their works fuses
skilful use of rhyme and metre with compact evocations of Lovecraftian themes.
H. P. Lovecraft’s work is likely to continue inspiring writers for many generations,
and this volume presents a vivid snapshot of what can be said in this idiom
by sensitive and talented authors.
CONTENTS
Introduction S. T. Joshi
Pothunters Ann K. Schwader
The Girl in the Attic Darrell Schweitzer
The Once and Future Waite Jonathan Thomas
Oude Goden Lynne Jamneck
Carnivorous William F. Nolan
On a Dreamland’s Moon Ashley Dioses
Teshtigo Creek Aaron Bittner
Ex Libris Caitlín R. Kiernan
You Shadows That in Darkness Dwell Mark Howard Jones
The Ballad of Asenath Waite Adam Bolivar
The Visitor Nancy Kilpatrick
The Gaunt Tom Lynch
Missing at the Morgue Donald Tyson
The Shard Don Webb
The Mystery of the Cursed Cottage David Hambling
To Court the Night K. A. Opperman
To Move Beneath Autumnal Oaks W. H. Pugmire
Mister Ainsley Steve Rasnic Tem
Satiety Jason V Brock
Provenance Unknown Stephen Woodworth
The Well D. L. Myers
AN ANTHOLOGY edited by S. T. Joshi
CATEGORY Lovecraft inspired Horror
PUBLICATION DATE November 2017
COVER ART Jason Van Hollander
PAGES 326
INTRODUCTION S. T. Joshi
Trade paperback, $14.95
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Now shipping!
In addition to being the most profitable chapter play in the 20-year-history
of Republic Pictures—generating more than $1.1 million in worldwide revenue—THE
LONE RANGER (1938) set new standards of excellence for motion pictures adapted
from other media. It was a genuine phenomenon, securing bookings from major
theater circuits and big-city picture palaces at the time when serials played
mostly during Saturday matinees in small-town movie houses. Along with their
success at box offices, both THE LONE RANGER and its 1939 sequel, THE LONE
RANGER RIDES AGAIN, exerted considerable influence on the evolution of this
beloved hero from American pop culture.
In this profusely illustrated monograph, film historian Ed Hulse presents
a comprehensive behind-the-scenes history of both serials' production. It
has been extensively researched from recently uncovered documents buried
deep in the files of George W. Trendle, the broadcasting magnate whose Detroit
radio station WXYZ was the Lone Ranger's birthplace and home for more than
two decades. Hulse has reviewed hundreds of pages—private letters, legal
correspondence, inter-office memos, studio production reports, even the original
1937 contract between Trendle and Republic—culling from them all pertinent
details relating to the production of both serials and the first's 1940 feature
version, HI-YO SILVER. To this material he has added information gleaned
from his own interviews of principal participants: co-director William Witney,
head writer Barry Shipman, stunt double Yakima Canutt, and cast members Herman
Brix, George Letz (Montgomery), and Sammy McKim.
The 94-page monograph sports dozens of illustrations: rare stills, posters,
advertisements, lobby cards, and magazine covers.
BEHIND THE MASK can be ordered at www.muraniapress.com.
The $12.50 price includes free shipping to buyers in the domestic United
States.
International buyers must inquire before ordering to get shipping costs
to their countries.
PURCHASE
PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Now
shipping!
Long the best-selling title in Murania Press history — nearly 2000
copies in print, with copies sold in 23 countries — THE BLOOD 'N' THUNDER
GUIDE TO PULP FICTION is now available in a new revised and expanded edition.
This exhaustive overview, which goes into greater detail than most other
books covering pulp-magazine history, was originally conceived as a collector's
handbook but has been recognized as a valuable reference work for newly minted
devotees of rough-paper fiction.
The 2018 edition continues along the same lines while still retaining its
appeal to advanced hobbyists.
Along with addressing previous omissions and making editorial corrections,
we have added nearly 10,000 words of new copy (recently uncovered facts and
additional analysis) to the existing manuscript.
We've also included more cover reproductions, among them at least a half
dozen important first issues left out of the original 2013 edition.
What's more, we have updated the four appendices, which supply carefully
compiled lists of mass-market pulp-fiction anthologies, reference books about
the pulps, small-press publishers specializing in rough-paper fiction reprints,
and a collector's guide to building a comprehensive pulp-magazine collection.
Perhaps most importantly, the book now has a complete index — the lack of
which was the only substantive complaint we've ever received about the earlier
Guide.
The new material has been added (without significantly increasing the book's
page count and list price) by slightly reducing the text's font size, thus
getting more words per page.
We also filled blank pages that previously separated chapters. The 2013
Guide had 414 pages, the 2018 revision has 428.
The revised BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION, in our opinion, represents
a significant improvement on what has already been considered one of the
foremost works covering the subject.
Like its predecessor, the book is priced at $29.95 (postage included to
domestic U.S. purchasers) and is available at muraniapress.com.
Shipping begins during the first week of September.
PURCHASE
PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
2018 Labor Day Weekend Sale
PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two
PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
The Latest from Murania Press
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Bold Venture Press
TO BATTLE BEYOND
by C.J. Henderson
Introduction by Ron Fortier
Now available in softcover
and eBook editions!
Three of the Pulp Era's greatest heroes — primary Batman inspiration,
The Black Bat; The Domino Lady, the original femme fatale; and H.P. Lovecraft's
Inspector Legrasse--band together to battle nightmare creatures and ninjas
in one of the wildest adventure novels of all time!
In the opening days of WWII, the free world sat in dread anticipation as
the Axis turned its deadly attentions on one country after another. With
an ocean to protect her on either side, the United States hopes to be spared
participation in the apocalyptic confrontation to come. The Japanese high
command settles on a dark and terrible plan, one involving horrors from beyond
to cripple the American colossus.
Also: A special introduction by Ron Fortier, "Who the Hell Are These Guys?",
and "Only an Hour," a new Black Bat solo adventure by C.J. Henderson!
C.J. Henderson created new adventures for the likes of Kolchak: The Night
Stalker; The Phantom, Mr. Moto, Batman, The Punisher, The Spider, Lin Carter's
Anton Zarnak; the Avenger and a score of others. Known around the world for
his ability to infuse characters with a startling and electric dynamism,
New Mystery Magazine said: "If as some argue, the hardboiled private eye
mystery story is a literary form on a par with the Japanese haiku or Irish
ballad, then Mr. Henderson deserves the mantle of literary master."
Trade paperback: $14.95
eBook: $5.00
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Bold Venture Press
Author:
MICKEY SPILLANE
Edited by Max Allan Collins & Lynn F. Myers, Jr.
40 fast-moving short-short stories by the creator of Mike Hammer!
Before Mike Hammer, P.I. made his explosive debut in I, the Jury, author
Mickey Spillane (1918-2006) toiled in relative obscurity, writing short-short
stories as filler material in Golden Age comic books. Their purpose to fulfill
a postal requirement, these stories were the literary boot-camp for the future
king of hardboiled fiction.
In commemoration of the year-long Spillane centenary, Bold Venture Press
is proud to release the newly revised and expanded edition of Primal Spillane:
Early Stories 1941 - 1942. This unique anthology, long out-of-print and largely
unavailable, returns with additional material never before reprinted — and
a newly discovered, previously unpublished story by Spillane.
In this collection, you’ll meet high-flying soldiers, a prospector exploring
a Lovecraftian mine-shaft, a light-fingered con artist, an overworked cub
reporter, a hapless exterminator, and many others.
Readers have the opportunity to see a master develop his craft. Primal Spillane
collects the earliest short stories bylined Mickey Spillane — Each story
moves fast, and concludes with the trademark Spillane “socko finish.”
The combined cost of the rare comic books in which these text pieces first
appeared today would be more than that of a new Cadillac; but these short
stories provide their own memorable rides. Their value as a training ground
for the 20th Century's top crime-fiction writer is priceless when compared
to the millions of fans across the world entertained by Mickey Spillane's
prose.
Introduction by Max Allan Collins, America’s top crime-fiction author, and
Lynn F. Myers, Jr.
Size / Format: 270 pages / 5.5" x 8.5" Softcover / $19.95
Size / Format: 270 pages / 6" x 9" Hardcover / $39.95
Also available in eBook format.
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Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!
Pulp Appeal: Beowulf
Pulp Consumption: Big Trouble in Little China
Pulp Consumption: Jules de Grandin
Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 is Now Available!
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Castalia House Blog - Now online!
Short Review Round-Up! - New!
The Jewels of Chamar, by Raymond F. Jones
The Seal Maiden, by Victor Rousseau Emanuel
Three Lines of Old French, by A. Merritt
The Vanishing Venusians, by Leigh Brackett
The Devils of Po Sung, by Bassett Morgan
The House Where Time Stood Still, by Seabury Quinn
The Swine of Aeaea by Clifford Ball
Stalemate in Space, by Charles L. Harness
Priestess of the Flame, by Sewell Peaslee Wright
Hellhounds of the Cosmos by Clifford D. Simak
Twilight
Echoes - New!
Sensor Sweep: Tower of the Elephant, Leigh Brackett, Kenneth
Morris, D&D Survey
Seabury Quinn, A Lesser Light that Still Shines for Those
Who Care To Look
Sensor Sweep: Pre-Tolkien Challenge, Pathfinder, A. Merritt
The Abominations of Yondo
The Mighty Warriors
Sensor Sweep: REH Guide, The High Crusade, Pulp Revolution,
D&D, King Kong
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Celaeno Press
What October Brings: A Lovecraftian
Celebration of Halloween
Now available!
Edited and with an introduction
by Doug Draa
Halloween, a time for laughing children in white bedsheets and superhero
costumes. A time for chocolate candy, and pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treat.
A time for dark things everything to slink out of the shadows and into our
lives, reminding those unlucky few that our charades of Halloween cannot
erase the centuries of history and pain behind the facade…
What October Brings celebrates the dark traditions of the autumn rituals,
of Halloween and Samhain, in homage to the uniquely fascinating fiction of
HP Lovecraft. Masters of the short story offer you a “once in a lifetime”
Trick-or-Treat experience…
…perhaps your last experience!
The commissioned cover is by acclaimed Italian painter Daniele Serra.
Contents
Paul Dale Anderson :: That Small, Furry, Sharp-toothed Thing
Alan Baxter :: Waters Strangely Clear
Ran Cartwright :: The House on Jimtown Road
Adrian Cole :: No Other God But Me
Storm Constantine :: Down into Silence
Tim Curran :: Spider Wasp
Arinn Dembo :: The Old Man Down the Road
Cody Goodfellow :: The War on Halloween
Andre E. Harewood :: The Immortician
Nancy Holder :: Nyarlahotep Came Down to Georgia
Erica Ruppert :: Summer’s End
Brian M. Sammons :: A Night for Masks
Ann K. Schwader :: Inheritance
Darrell Schweitzer :: Uncle’s in the Treetops
John Shirley :: Hum—Hurt You. Hum—Hurt You. Hum—Hurt You.
Lucy A. Snyder :: Cosmic Cola
Chet Williamson :: Hell Among the Yearlings
Available in September 2018 in print and ebook editions:
Softcover
ISBN: 978-4-902075-90-8
List: US$20.00
Ebook
ISBN: 978-4-909473-51-6
List: US$6.99
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CLASSIC CRIME FICTION OF THE 1920'S - Now available!
by Leslie S. Klinger, Otto Penzler
A riveting collection of five of the most famous crime novels of
the 1920s, presenting anew some of the most admired authors of the era―with
insightful annotations by the Edgar-winning anthologist Leslie S. Klinger.
American crime writing was reborn in the 1920s. After years of dominance
by British authors, new American writers―with fresh ideas about the detective
and the mystery―appeared on the scene and rose to heights of popularity not
witnessed since the success of the Sherlock Holmes tales in America.
Classic American Crime Writing of the 1920s―including House Without a Key,
The Benson Murder Case, The Roman Hat Mystery, Red Harvest, and Little Caesar―offers
some of the very best of that decade’s writing. Earl Derr Biggers wrote about
Charlie Chan, a Chinese-American detective, at a time when racism was rampant.
S. S. Van Dine invented Philo Vance, an effete, rich amateur psychologist
who flourished while America danced and the stock market rose. The quintessential
American detective Ellery Queen leapt onto the stage, to remain popular for
fifty years. Dashiell Hammett brings readers another mystery narrated by
the Continental Op. W. R. Burnett, created the indelible character of Rico,
the first gangster antihero.
Each of the five novels included is presented in its original published
form, with extensive historical and cultural annotations and illustrations
added by Edgar-winning editor Leslie S. Klinger, allowing the reader to experience
the story to its fullest. Klinger's detailed foreword gives an overview of
the history of American crime writing from its beginnings in the early years
of America to the twentieth century. This gorgeously illustrated volume includes
over 100 color and black and white images as well as an introduction by the
eminent mystery publisher Otto Penzler.
Over 100 color and black-and-white illustrations
Hardcover: 1152 pages
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 2.6 x 10.3 inches
List Price: $39.95
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 - Preview
of the first issue coming in January!
Writer Jason Aaron, artist Mahmud Asrar, & Marvel Editor-In-Chief
C.B. Cebulski talk about the new CONAN THE BARBARIAN series in an article
in the Fall 2018 MARVEL UNIVERSE MAGAZINE.
The article includes two preview pages and a page of concept art by Mahmud
Asrar.
Visit the MESSAGES FROM CROM blog to view the art pages.
At the Diamond Comics retailer breakfast, two variant covers for
CONAN #1 were revealed.
Visit the MESSAGES FROM CROM blog to view the variant covers.
The solicitation for CONAN THE BARBARIAN
will appear in the November PREVIEWS (Available
October 31).
The solicitation information will be available at Pulp Coming Attractions
on Friday, October 26, if not before.
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Condé Nast
Online
Doc Savage & The Shadow
Mugs, T-shirts, wall art, phone cases, hand towels, bath towels, tote
bags, and more!
Now available!
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery,
Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
MICKEY SPILLANE's "Meet Mike Danger" (1954)
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New!
Pulp Gallery: DETECTIVE STORY Magazine - New!
Lone Ranger Gum Cards (1940)
The Art of Frank Hamilton (Part 8)
Movie Posters of 1920 (Part 2)
UnForgettable Books: The Spider, G-8 and Operator 5 in Will
Murray's THE DOOM LEGION
Weird Faces of VIRGIL FINLAY
Pulp Gallery: POPULAR DETECTIVE
Movie Posters of 1920 (Part 1)
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Paperback Fanatic No. 40 Sep. 2018
Tough Crime Stories
Amazing Stories Vol. 76 No. 1
TDE9
Status
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DMR Books Blog - Now online!
Two Sought Adventure: “The Black Abbot of Puthuum” by Clark
Ashton Smith - New!
The Sword and Sorcery Legacy of Donald A. Wollheim: Part
One - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 9/23/2018
Pre-Tolkien Challenge: T'Sais by Jack Vance
The DMRtian Chronicles, Pre-Tolkien Edition
The DMRtian Chronicles, 9/9/2018
The DMRtian Chronicles, 9/2/2018
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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!
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
JOHN
CARTER OF MARS
Coming January 2019!
The fourth title in the
ERB Limited Edition Collection will be JOHN CARTER OF MARS.
The set includes the first ever ERB and G&D editions.
The set is scheduled to begin shipping at the end of January 2019.
The set includes:
• Two new dust jackets
• New Foreword by Kevin Anderson
• Packed full of illustrations including colorizations
• Slipcases, bookmarks, hand signed/numbered
Preorders will begin soon.
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Eric Benton, an idealistic young Midwestern Peace Corps volunteer,
could hardly have known that his mission to help an African village would
embroil him and his colleagues in the political struggles of an emerging
African nation. The people of central Africa likewise had no idea how quickly
their expectations for freedom could be taken away when a ruthless dictator
seizes power. And Tarzan of the Apes had no idea that before long, he would
be compelled, once again, to undertake a long and perilous journey with the
Waziri to save their families.
Set against a backdrop of political unrest in modern Africa, Thomas Zachek's
latest page-turner takes the reader from the dank treasure troves of the
lost city of Opar to turmoil in the city streets as Tarzan battles one of
his most ruthless foes!
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Hardover: $34.95
Softcover: $19.95
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ELRIC WHITE WOLF #2 (OF 2) - Arriving in comic shops October 10!
(Writer) Michael Moorcock & Various (Art) Robin Recht & Various
(Cover) Gary Jamroz Palma
The gorgeous comic adaptation of Michael Moorcock's world-renowned cult
fantasy saga, acclaimed by the public, critics, and Moorcock himself!
Elric's quest through the Young Kingdoms comes to its end!
It has been a year since the Albino Emperor abandoned his throne and his
love, wandering beneath the distant gaze of his wicked god, Arioch. A year
since he began trading his skills as wizard and warrior to the highest bidder,
an albino killer with a terrible black sword. At last, he must show the world
why the Young Kingdoms call him the White Wolf!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!
September 2018
No fiction this month, but an extremely rare autobiographical sketch
of Neil R. Jones called (surprise!), "An Autobiographical Sketch of Neil R. Jones," reprinted
from the January, 1937 issue of Fantasy Magazine.
Bob Gay pens the introduction.
July 2018
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages, with a tale of a deserted island
and evolution gone amok...it all comes together in "Evolution Island," a story from the March, 1927 issue
of Weird Tales with all the text, the title illustration and a newly written
introduction by Bob Gay.
June 2018
It has been some time since Baroness Orczy has graced our site and
this month you will find "Juliette A Tale of the Terror," the sixth published
story by the Baroness that is set during the French Revolution.
We have included all the original illustrations by the Baroness's husband,
Montagu Barstow, translations for all archaic words and phrases and an informative
introduction by Dan Neyer.
May 2018
Many parodies of Sherlock Holmes have been done over the years, but
none had quite the insider's point of view than those done by James M. Barrie.
In "The Late Sherlock Holmes," Barrie not only gives a
twist to the events of "The Adventure of the Final Problem," and the Holmes
canon in general, but also gives an original solution to who really killed
Holmes (remember, it is a parody).
Due to all the in-jokes and references, we've produced an annotated version
of the pastiche and whether you are a seasoned Sherlockian or a neophyte,
we think you will find it enjoyable.
April 2018
Continuing our reprinting of Edmond Hamilton, we present "The Atomic Conquerors," from the August, 1926 issue
of Weird Tales with the original title art and an introduction by Bob Gay.
Also, a bit of humor by the artist Stanley L. Wood, in an article entitled
“Authors—from an Artist's Standpoint,” wherein Wood
demonstrates that he had not only a very sharp wit, but also a gift for caricature,
just as it appeared in the March, 1904 issue of Pearson's Magazine (UK).
March 2018
Since the flu season was a bit rougher than normal this year, we
thought it was a good time to resurrect a short novel by Jack London, The Scarlet Plague, which tells of the end of civilization
due to a rather nasty disease.
We have reproduced all the Gordon Grant illustrations, all the text and
have thrown in an introduction by Bob Gay that sets the novel in context.
January 2018
A tale of romance and piracy with a twist...The She Fiend (by an unknown author) gives us a female
pirate with all the cunning and wiles of the Dragon Lady. Introduction
is by Dan Neyer.
December 2017
This month we present for your approval the very first published
story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage."
We have tried to put together a "definitive" edition of this early work
and hope you enjoy it. Introduction by Bob Gay.
November 2017
Since the we are in the midst of the holiday season, we thought a
Christmas offering might be appreciated, and so we are happy to present a
story by
Bret Harte, "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar," just as it
appeared (with a few editorial interpolations) in the March, 1872 issue of
The Atlantic Monthly. Introductory notes are by Bob Gay.
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Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
Typically
the 3rd Saturday of every month
Check the website at the link below for the latest schedule.
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors
to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday
of every month.
Check the website at the
link below for exact time and place information.
Name: Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place: Muhlenberg
Library on West 23rd Street.
Contact: Mark Halegua
at msh@pulps1st.com
Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
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Haffner Press
THE
COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 1 Second Edition
By Edmond Hamilton
Now available for pre-order!
Okay, you kiwis and pee-lots, listen up!
This is Sergeant Saturn letting you rascally rocketeers know that when you
fans of a certain classic cosmic crusader send enough feedback, the Big Poobah
at Haffner Press has little choice but to give you what you want.
To that end, be it known that sometime, sooner than later, you will be able
to add THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME ONE to your already stellar library
in a revised 2nd Edition.
What’s the difference between this forthcoming edition and the 2009 First
Printing, you ask? Good question! All we can say at this time is that the
2nd Edition will contain the four Captain Future novels:
“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future, Win ’40)
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40)
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40)
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll ’40)
and we’ll share more information as it becomes available.
So, prime yer rockets while Mr. Wart Ears here goes to the galley for another
jug of Xeno.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by George Rozen
700+ page Hardcover
Pre-order price: $45.00
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Haffner Press
Jumpin’ Jungle Cats of Jupiter! It’s another mega-collection of four
complete novels of the “Man of Tomorrow,” the “Wizard of Science,” the protector
of the Solar System and a menace to evil-doers throughout the universe: CAPTAIN
FUTURE!
Now that Captain Future (aka Dr. Curtis Newton) and the Futuremen (Grag
the robot; Otho the Android; and Simon Wright, the Living Brain) have traveled
not only through time but to another universe in the final story of Volume
Three (See “Planets in Peril”), what other dangers will our heroes encounter?
Well, THE FACE OF THE DEEP sees the Futuremen stranded outside the Solar
System on a volcanic planetoid in the company of a shipload of condemned
criminals. Up next is WORLDS TO COME (written by Joseph Samachson) where
Curt and his crew speed to the rescue of the Sagittarian system—ready to
battle in mortal combat with nightmare enemies from another dimension.
Edmond Hamilton (writing as Brett Sterling) returns with THE STAR OF DREAD
wherein our heroes ply their stock-in-trade by exposing a dangerous secret
menacing humanity and taking desperate risks pursuing two scheming miscreants
across the void! Closing out this penultimate volume of the novel-length
adventures of The Futuremen is MAGIC MOON. Adorned by one of Earle K. Bergey’s
finest cover paintings, we see conspirators plotting to seize the satellite
Styx, third moon of Pluto, enslaving the peaceful natives, and putting Captain
Future and his trusty aides on their most dangerous mission ever!
As with the previous three volumes of THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, “Under
Observation,” the CAPTAIN FUTURE letters column is reprinted, and the original
pulp covers and interior illustrations are reproduced in a generous appendix.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
Illustrated by H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski
600+ page Hardcover
Pre-order price: $45.00
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
"Under Observation" - The Captain Future Letters Column
The Face of the Deep (Captain Future, Win ’43)
Worlds to Come (Captain Future, Spr ’43)
The Star of Dread (Captain Future, Sum ’43)
Magic Moon (Captain Future, Win ’44)
"The Future of Captain Future"
Appendix of original interior artwork
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Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei
Cover Art by Raymond Swanland
Now available for pre-order and coming soon!
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.
Contents of THE COMPLETE IVY FROST:
Introduction by D. H. Olson
"Frost," Clues Detective Stories Sep '34
"Green Man—Creeping," Clues Detective Stories Nov '34
"They Could Not Kill Him," Clues Detective Stories Feb '35
"Bride of the Rats," Clues Detective Stories Apr '35
"The Artist of Death," Clues Detective Stories Jun '35
"Death Descending," Clues Detective Stories Aug '35
"Impossible," Clues Detective Stories Oct '35
"Merry-Go-Round," Clues Detective Stories Dec '35
"Giants in the Valley," Clues Detective Stories Feb '36
"Bone Crusher," Clues Detective Stories Apr '36
"Panda," Clues Detective Stories Jul '36
"The Lunatic Plague," Clues Detective Stories Aug '36
"Killer’s Bait," Clues Detective Stories Nov '36
"Stolen from the Morgue," Clues Detective Stories Jan '37
"Blood in the Golden Crystal," Clues Detective Stories Mar '37
"A Beetle or a Fox," Clues Detective Stories Jun '37
"Skeletons, Inc," Clues Detective Stories Aug '37
"Electric Devils," Clues Detective Stories Sep '37
Decorated Endsheets
18 Double-page Chris Kalb-designed Chapter Spreads
Hardcover, 700+ pageSmythe-sewn pages
$45
Place your order for THE COMPLETE IVY FROST
before publication and receive an *exclusive*
postcard reproducing this portrait of author Donald Wandrei
by Minnesota artist Clem Haupers.
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Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
October 2018
THE COUNT OF 9
Erle Stanley Gardner
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
A DOUBLE-LOCKED ROOM...
TWO STOLEN JADE IDOLS...
POISONED BLOWGUN DARTS FROM BORNEO...
—CAN EVEN COOL & LAM UNTANGLE THIS MYSTERY?
Erle Stanley Gardner was not just the creator of PERRY MASON—at the time
of his death, he was the best-selling American author of all time, with hundreds
of millions of books in print, including the 29 cases of the brash, irresistible
detective team of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Gardner was also one of the
most ingenious plot-spinners in the field, coming up with stunning twists
and reveals—and THE COUNT OF 9 is Gardner at his twistiest.
Hired to protect the treasures of a globe-trotting adventurer, Bertha and
Donald confront an impossible crime: how could anything be smuggled out of
a dinner party when the guests were X-rayed coming and going—least of all
a 6-foot-long blowgun? But that’s nothing compared to the crime they face
next: an impossible murder...
First appearance in bookstores in half a century!
Erle Stanley Gardner remains one of the most popular American authors of
all time
Features a new cover painting by legendary paperback and movie poster illustrator
Robert McGinnis
November
2018
SO MANY DOORS
Oakley Hall
Cover art by Robert McGinnis, Robert Maguire
It begins on Death Row, with a condemned man refusing the services
of the lawyer assigned to defend him. It begins with a beautiful woman dead,
murdered—Vassilia Caroline Baird, known to all simply as V. That’s where
this extraordinary novel begins. But the story it tells begins years earlier,
on a struggling farm in the shadow of the Great Depression and among the
brawling "cat skinners" of Southern California, driving graders and bulldozers
to tame the American West. And the story that unfolds, in the masterful hands
of acclaimed author Oakley Hall, is a lyrical outpouring of hunger and grief,
of jealousy and corruption, of raw sexual yearning and the tragedy of the
destroyed lives it leaves in its wake. Unpublished for more than half a century,
SO MANY DOORS is Hall’s masterpiece, an excoriating vision of human nature
at its most brutal, and one of the most powerful books you will ever read.
First appearance in bookstores in nearly 60 years!
By the author of WARLOCK, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and considered
by many to be the greatest Western ever written. "One of our best American
novels."—THOMAS PYNCHON
Features a new cover painting by Robert McGinnis, working from reference
photos shot by the legendary pulp illustrator Robert Maguire—the first ever
collaboration between the two greatest painters of paperback cover art.
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Hermes Press: The Phantom: The Complete Avon Novels:
Volume 9 Killer's Town - Coming October 16!
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back
in print! Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing
all fifteen pocket Avon books, starting in August 2016, and every other month
thereafter! This exciting installment, Volume 9 offers the classic Lee Falk
tale: "Killer’s Town!"
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom)
painted the cover for Volume #9 as he did with all of the covers used for
the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details
from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
In the far reaches of the peaceful jungle, a notorious international criminal
establishes KILLER’S TOWN, a haven for thieves and murderers from many nations.
There, with their stolen diamonds, gold, and other precious loot, they find
safe refuge from the forces of law and order and are free to pursue their
dissolute lives, protected from arrest and punishment.
When a beautiful and innocent young girl is trapped in this evil place,
the terrorists are confronts by a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful force
represented by THE SIGN OF THE SKULL, as the Phantom, single-handed, pits
himself against the vicious world of KILLER’S TOWN.
Paperback, 144 pages, $14.99
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Hermes Press: The Phantom: The Complete Avon Novels:
Volume #10: The Goggle-Eyed Pirates! - Coming
November 13!
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back
in print! Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing
all fifteen pocket Avon books! This exciting installment, Volume 10 offers
the classic Lee Falk tale: "Goggle-Eyed Pirates!"
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom)
painted the cover for Volume #10 as he did with all of the covers used for
the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details
from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
On a luxury liner in mid-ocean, a gang of weird pirates suddenly appears
– as if out of nowhere. They rob the ship’s vaults and passengers – then
disappear just as mysteriously as they had come. How?
Piracy – to the Phantom – is like a red cape to a bull. For centuries –
since the first Phantom’s father was killed by pirates – the Phantom has
been the nemesis of pirates everywhere. Now, once more, the Phantom must
meet that threat as he rallies to seek out and destroy the mysterious GOGGLE-EYED
PIRATES.
Paperback, 144 pages, $14.99
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Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!
Magician’s Skull 2 -
New!
The Magician’s Skull will Return
Pictures in the Fire
Mighty Warriors Arrive
Mighty Warriors
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James Rollins: CRUCIBLE - Coming
January 8!
In the race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the
deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind-expanding adventure from
the #1 New York Times bestselling author, told with his trademark blend of
cutting edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.
Arriving home on Christmas Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house
ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend’s wife, Kat, unconscious
on the kitchen floor. With no shred of evidence to follow, his one hope to
find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to
what happened. But the injured woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot
speak—until a brilliant neurologist offers a radical approach to "unlock"
her mind long enough to ask a few questions.
What Pierce learns from Kat sets Sigma Force on a frantic quest for answers
that are connected to mysteries reaching back to the Spanish Inquisition
and to one of the most reviled and blood-soaked books in human history—a
Medieval text known as the Malleus Maleficarum, the Hammer of Witches. What
they uncover hidden deep in the past will reveal a frightening truth in the
present and a future on the brink of annihilation, and force them to confront
the ultimate question: What does it mean to have a soul?
Series: Sigma Force Novels (Book 14)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
List Price: $28.99
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now
available!
SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS #1
Our first issue reprints the entire contents from the March 1923 issue of
Weird Tales.
Contents
THE MYSTERY OF BLACK JEAN by Julian Kilman
THE GRAVE by Orville R. Emerson
HARK! THE RATTLE! by Joel Townsley Rogers
THE GHOST GUARD by Bryan Irvine
THE GHOUL AND THE CORPSE by G. A. Wells
FEAR by David R. Solomon
THE PLACE OF MADNESS by Merlin Moore Taylor
THE CLOSING HAND by Farnsworth Wright
THE UNKNOWN BEAST by Howard Ellis Davis
THE BASKET by Herbert J. Mangham
THE ACCUSING VOICE by Meredith Davis
THE SEQUEL by Walter Scott Story
THE WEAVING SHADOWS by W. H. Holmes
NIMBA, THE CAVE GIRL by R. T. M. Scott
THE YOUNG MAN WHO WANTED TO DIE by ? ? ?
THE SCARLET NIGHT William Sanford
THE EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENT OF DR. CALGRONI by Joseph Faus and James Bennett
Wooding
THE RETURN OF PAUL SLAVSKY by Capt. George Warburton Lewis
THE HOUSE OF DEATH by F. Georgia Stroup
THE GALLOWS by I. W. D. Peters
THE SKULL by Harold Ward
THE APE-MAN by James B. M. Clark, Jr.
THE DEAD MAN'S TALE by Willard E. Hawkins
OOZE by Anthony M. Rud
THE CHAIN by Hamilton Craigie
THE THING OF A THOUSAND SHAPES by Otis Adelbnert Kline
Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 192 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY, Spring 1941
Contents
RESCUE FROM VENUS by Ed Earl Repp
ROCKET'S SWAN SONG by Vic Phillips
COSMOS EYE by Martin Pearson
CALLISTAN TOMB by Paul Dennis Lavond
THE LIFE JEWEL by Oliver Soari
WEAPON OUT OF TIME by James Blish
FEMINTOWN, MARS by Clarence Granoski
Pulp-sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
UNCENSORED DETECTIVE, December 1946
This true detective magazine was published from 1942 to 1953.
IT HAS HAPPENED HERE by Jerome James
UNHOLY CRIME OF THE CHEATING LOVERS by Harlan Mendenhall
CASE OF THE GUN-CRAZED WIFE KILLER by Wayne Roberts
I HELPED FLEECE THE SUCKERS by June Rexton
SECRET OF THE REAPPEARING LOG CHAIN by E. C. Mackey
BLOODY TRAIL OF THE CHINESE ARMY MURDERER by Clell Morgan
MYSTERY OF THE NUDE NYMPH by Hal White
STRANGE CLUE OF THE AVOCADO PEAR by Bennett Wright
Magazine, 8.5 x 11 inch, 66 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $9.95
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JOE GOLEM #2 (OF 5) THE DROWNING CITY - Arriving in comic shops October 10!
(Writer) Mike Mignola, Chris Golden (Art) Peter Bergting (Cover)
David Palumbo
As a madman's plot to pierce the veil between worlds brings the Drowning
City ever closer to doom, Simon Church and Joe Golem race against time to
find an ancient artifact before its power is used for evil. But even a golem
may not be able to withstand the menace of the mysterious gas-men . . .
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Justin Marriott
THE PAPERBACK
FANATIC #40
The fanzine for readers and collectors of vintage paperbacks. 64 pages,
full colour throughout. Articles on horror author Richard Laymon, sleaze
books set in Australia's King's Cross, SF and horror paperbacks in 1965,
Fritz Leiber's Conjure Wife, TV tie-in paperbacks and Italian thriller series
Segretissimo.
Contents
“Artists Assemble: Guidio Crepax”
“Go Ape!” (Planet of the Apes paperbacks by George Alex Effinger)
“Robert Bonfils”
Justin Marriott “Beware—Richard Laymon!”
“Lin Carter Looks at Books” (reprinted from Castle of Frankenstein)
Graham Andrews “Fit to Be Tied: Gideon’s Day” (film/paperback tie-ins)
Tom Tesarek “Behind Every Great Man There’s a Woman” (Fritz Leiber’s
Conjure Wife)
Rob Matthews “The Top Secret Series” (Italian Segretissimo series)
James Doig “Kins Cross Pulp” (Sydney, Australia’s seedy side)
Paperback Fanatic No. 40 Sep. 2018
Editor/Publisher: Justin Marriott
Assistant Editor: Jim O’Brien
64 pages, 6” x 9” full color $10.00 POD
Paperback: 64 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$10.00
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KONG ON PLANET OF APES TPB - Arriving in comic shops October 10!
(Writer) Ryan Ferrier (Art) Carlos Magno (Cover) Faye Dalton
Ryan Ferrier ( Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, D4VE ) and
Carlos Magno ( Kong of Skull Island, Planet of the Apes ) present the damn
dirty crossover event you demanded! Following the events of the first Planet
of the Apes film (1968), Dr. Zaius and General Ursus lead a small group of
soldiers to the Forbidden Zone to destroy any remaining evidence of Taylor�'s
time among them. To their surprise, they discover... a Kong! Now they must
venture to Skull Island with Cornelius and Zira to discover the truth, but
they may not survive the deadliest journey of their lives!
Collects the complete 6-issue series.
Trade paperback, 160 pages, Full Color, $19.99
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LE GUIDE HOWARD By Patrice Louinet - Now available!
His lyrics have shaped the codes of fantasy. His characters (Conan,
Kull, Solomon Kane ...) marked generations of readers. For fifteen years,
Robert E. Howard experiencing a true literary resurrection.
Free of interference of those who have appropriate after his death, his
founding work is now available in full strength through friendly editions
of his work.
Written by Patrice Louinet, one of the leading experts in the world of Howard,
this guide full of new information explores the many facets of a rich work,
debunks the last prejudices, and gives us a thousand and one reasons to (re)
read again and again.
Summary
Thanks
I. Introduction
I. Ten myths about Howard
II. Twenty stories you need to have read (and why)
III. Biography
IV. Twenty other texts that deserve your attention
V. A few laconic words on ten other texts
VI. Conan, the real deal and the imitations
VII. About Howard
VIII. The Adaptations
IX. Around Howard
X. Dear Mr. Lovecraft
XI. Reading about Howard
Conclusion
Language: French
Trade Paperback Edition Price: € 8.00
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
Forever and a Day: The origin of James Bond
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Obscure trivia about Robert Wagner
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The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!
Bringing you
the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio,
conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.
Now featuring:
Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie
The Art of Robert E. Howard: Michael William Kaluta: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Accepting new articles for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net
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Moonstone Books
THE AVENGER
DOUBLE FEATURE
By Chuck Miller & Bobby Nash
Now available in an exclusive hardcover direct
from Moonstone Books!
Softcover edition
coming to comic shops October 31!
FROM THE CREATORS OF DOC SAVAGE
& THE SHADOW!
Two NEW thrillers for the price of one!
Black Water is a secret worth killing for, a prize worth any price to claim.
To most, it is a myth, but for the leaders of the Tartarus Legion, it is
an obsession. And…
When a distraught woman comes to the Richard Benson with a story about the
ghost of a vicious mass murderer, he and Nellie Gray find themselves targeted
by a ruthless killer.
Has the fiend really come from beyond the grave? And will he take the Avenger
and Nellie back with him?
Cover art: Lucas Durham
Trade paperback, 130 pages, 6” x 9”, $11.99
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Mystery*File -
Now online!
Pulp PI Stories
I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Cheating the Chair.”
Pulp
Villain Stories I’m Reading: A. E. APPLE “The Diamond Pirate.”
Pulp
Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: BARRY PEROWNE “Raffles and the Death
Rocket.”
MIKE
NEVINS on BULLDOG DRUMMOND in Print and Film.
Pulp
PI Stories I’m Reading: HARRY LYNCH “The Ape.”
Reviewed
by David Vineyard: FRED MacISAAC – The King Who Came Back
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The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Dr. Vigilante
Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
The Crimson Devil
Dr. Shadows
The Man of The Mist
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PULPDOM
PULPDOM
ONLINE #20
Coming soon!
A special issue on H. Bedford-Jones, new info and rare artwork you've never
seen anywhere else. 36 pages of fun reading with lots of eye candy...
Request at ridgefirecaz@gmail.com
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Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"Mr. Tilly's Seance" by E. F. Benson from
MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE, December, 1922
The story of a seance from the point of view of the spirit.
"Dead Man's Reef" by Earl Griffin from THRILLING
ADVENTURES, July, 1936
A King’s ransom in pearls lies 10 fathoms deep somewhere along Dead
Man's Reef. A map was made pin-pointing where the pearls were lost. An expedition
to recover them leads to crosses and double-crosses, murder and a great underwater
sea-fight.
"Crystals of Madness" by D. L. James from THRILLING
WONDER STORIES, October, 1936
Humanity is Menaced by an Insidious, Sentient Life-Force on the Satellite
Deimos.
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Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
The Dollar-A-Year Detective - New!
The Mask of Sanity
Exodus
Mystery At Dead Broke Ranch
Captain Hawklin And The Jade Dragon
Her Reluctant Hero
The Spider: The Doom Legion
Illicit Passion
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Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure
and detective pulps.
Ramon F. Adams – Author, Cowboy historian, Candyman
- New!
J. Edward Leithead - Author, Dime novel historian - New!
Artist Robert G. Harris - article in Arizona Highways
Confessions of a pulpeteer - Jack Smalley article about
his days as a pulp author and editor - part 2
Confessions of a pulpeteer - Jack Smalley article about
his days as a pulp author and editor - part 1
John Philip Falter - biographical article about the artist
Canine Covers in honor of National Dog Day
Index to the fanzine Xenophile - part 2
Five Stahr covers
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The Pulp Hermit by Tom Johnson
- Now online!
The Devil's Mirror - New!
Kill The Hack
Introducing New Pulp Author Shawn Danowski
Cairo Cabal
A Buddhist By Any Other Name
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Pulp Hero Press
ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN LIFE
Coming soon!
ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN LIFE is the first of two volumes written by Roy
Thomas about the "life" of Conan the Barbarian as chronicled in the Marvel
comics he scripted during the 1970s. The first volume has 50 chapters, each
corresponding to the same-numbered issue of the comic book, and includes
a biographical style account of what Conan did in the comic, in comparison
to what he did in the REH story on which the comic is based, as well as background
information about the people involved in creating the comic, relevant inner
workings of Marvel at the time, Roy's working relationship with Glenn Lord,
etc.
Cover by Benito Gallego
Pulp Hero Press
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Pulp Hero Press
ROBERT E. HOWARD: A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
By David C. Smith
Now available
in softcover and eBook editions!
Hither Came REH...
From a single, stifling room in a small sagebrush town in central Texas,
hunched over a manual typewriter, Robert E. Howard created memorable characters,
exotic worlds, and glorious pulp adventures. In this new biography, Howard
is firmly established as an important figure in American literature.
Before taking his own life at the age of 30, the precocious Howard was one
of the most popular writers of the pulp magazine era of the Jazz Age and
the Great Depression. Recognized today as the creator of Conan the Cimmerian
and the originator of the sword-and-sorcery genre, he was also a gifted poet
and the author of now-classic horror stories, historical dramas, and comical
tall tales.
But the gifted and brilliant Howard saw himself as an outsider in the small
Texas town where he lived with his father, a physician, and his mother, who
battled ill health for much of her life. Constrained by circumstance, Howard
put into his fiction the excitement of far horizons that he himself was denied.
David C. Smith, himself a recognized author of fantasy and adventure fiction,
here presents the unique story of a young man who defied the odds of his
time and place to become a writer whose work is still enjoyed by millions.
Smith shows us how Howard fulfilled his readers’ expectations for page-turning
excitement while writing with poetic precision and creating archetypal characters
that are now part of mainstream American popular culture.
Print Length: 259 pages
Kindle: $7.99
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Pulp Hero Press
The Definitive Kong
In this updated, expanded edition, the story of Universal's 1933 classic
film King Kong is fully told, from the biographies of its creators and the
challenges in its production, to its derivative cinematic progeny. With over
100 photos, and forewords by Ray Harryhausen and Ray Bradbury.
The tale begins with adventurer-filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B.
Schoedsack, whose exotic films shot on location in such remote areas as Siam
and Persia were prelude to their fateful voyage to Skull Island, years later.
Then, with narrative verve, impeccable research, and technical detail, authors
Turner and Price give a full account not only of the original Kong's cast
and crew, in particular famed special effects pioneer Willis O'Brien, but
also the politics, pitfalls, and ultimate triumph that characterized the
production.
Turner and Price also analyze the earlier gorilla, dinosaur, and jungle
films that preceded Kong, like the notorious Ingagi, as well as the many
that followed it, including Captive Wild Woman, The Lost World, Mighty Joe
Young, the Kong remakes, and dozens more.
"Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong, the eighth wonder of the world..."
Print Length: 338 pages
Kindle: $7.99
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The Pulp.Net
- Now online!
The Pulp.Net features
three ongoing blogs!
Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R.
Brown, That's Pulp by John Olsen, and the long-running Yellowed Perils written
by William Lampkin.
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Radio Archives
The Spider #77 Audiobook
Hell's Sales Manager
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
Now available!
It was a weird, new weapon
in the annals of crime. It sucked screaming people, automobiles, huge buildings
— everything — into its hungry vortex of destruction, while its owner, a
monster called the Brand, safely conducted his awful reign of terror! Such
was the enemy Dick Wentworth sought to destroy. But how could even the inimitable
Spider hope to win, when Kirkpatrick assigned a human bloodhound to the sole
task of eliminating... the Spider!
Even though the Spider was ruthless, there was a human side to this complex
man. Consider his strange relationship with his semi-fiancé, Nita
van Sloan.
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When he had met Nita, his life was already pledged to the service of humanity.
The Spider had been a scourge of the Underworld for three full years. So
he had fought against the love he knew could never end in marriage. What
man could marry, have a home and children, when death and disgrace hung hourly
over his head? No, he could not permit Nita to face such a possibility. He
had told her that, long ago, when they found their love was stronger than
the will to resist; had told her all his secret life in the hope that it
might accomplish what his will had not. It had only drawn Nita closer to
him, and they had fought the hard way together.” As Wentworth once remarked
to her, “How perfectly is thy mystic karma attuned to mine!”
His best friend, Commissioner Stanley Kirkpatrick, pointedly informed him
once that he would send Richard Wentworth to the death house if positive
proof that the wealthy criminologist was really the Spider ever came into
his hands.
Nick Santa Maria brings the action to vibrant life, narrating with a fever-pitch
intensity. Hell's Sales Manager originally published in The Spider magazine,
February, 1940.
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99
Regular
price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs
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The Purple Invasion story #11 of 13
Helpless America had been hurled back into the abysmal dawn
of history, by those guerilla bands of the Purple Emperor, which had been
loosed in fury and hate to put civilization to fire and sword. Across the
Hudson, slaying as they came, advanced the Gothic hordes which would sack
the nation’s great metropolis. And only Operator #5, racing against time
and fate, could hope to challenge this new, grim menace which threatened
the entire world with primitive darkness!
For nearly two years, writer Frederick C Davis was content to grind out
monthly Operator #5 novels under the house pseudonym of Curtis Steele. A
long-time pulp veteran, Davis was much in demand, and discovered that writing
Operator #5 novels every month on top of his other fiction was becoming too
much of a strain. So, perhaps reluctantly but perhaps not, Davis dropped
the series.
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Popular Publications immediately replaced him with Emile C. Tepperman, who
picked up were Davis left off, spinning slightly more hard-boiled exploits
of Jimmy Christopher than had appeared before.
Whether it was declining sales, or the realization that pitting a lone Secret
Service agent against a monthly invasion or incursion from a belligerent
foreign nation, simply strained the credulity and patience of 1936 readers
remains unknown. Whatever the reason, Tepperman changed the face of Jimmy
Christopher and pulp forever with the epic Purple Invasion serialized novel.
With those merciless vandals turned loose by the Purple Emperor, what had
been America was now a land of savagery and sacked civilization lay smouldering
in ruins. For the coming of the Gothic hordes with flame and blade was a
living scourge across the face of the eastern states, and Operator #5, racing
against time, sped on to New York’s wrecked towers to meet there in battle
the fury of Urslup the Strong!
The Bloody Frontiers is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby. Originally
published in the November-December 1937 issue of Operator #5 magazine.
Performed by Audie Awards winner, voice actor Milton Bagby.
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99
Regular
price:
5 hours
- $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs
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Total Pulp Experience. These
exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading
as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of
the original pulp magazine.
The jade-robed Buddhist priest who battled crime as The Green Lama
is back! Conceived in 1939 to compete with The Shadow, it was an outlandish
concept. While The Shadow possessed the power to cloud men’s minds after
his time in the East, The Green Lama relied on other, even weirder, powers
— including the ability to become radioactive and electrically shock opponents
into submission! He carried a traditional Tibetan scarf, which he employed
to bind and befuddle opponents, and possessed a knowledge of vulnerable nerve
centers which he put to good use in hand-and-hand combat. Om Mani Padme Hum!
The Green Lama knows! The Green Lama returns in vintage pulp tales, reissued
for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
The Thirteenth Adventure of The Green Lama
The Case of The Hollywood Ghost
by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
Death-dealing bullets that come from nowhere — the baffling appearance of
Cain-marked footprints — a mysterious fire. Around a Hollywood murder these
startling phenomena weave a supernatural curtain that defies all the powers
of the Green Lama
The Fourteenth Adventure of The Green Lama
The Case of the Beardless Corpse
by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
The Green Lama embarks on his greatest case — to outwit the strange killer
who shaves his victim after he’s dead and plants clues for the police before
he kills!
Radio Archives Pulp Classics line of eBooks are of the highest quality and
feature the great Pulp Fiction stories of the 1930s-1950s. All eBooks produced
by Radio Archives are available in ePub and Mobi formats for the ultimate
in compatibility. If you have a Kindle, the Mobi version is what you want.
If you have an iPad/iPhone, Android, or Nook, then the ePub version is what
you want.
Regular price:
$3.99
Discounted
50% the first week: $1.99
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RED SONJA / TARZAN #5 - Arriving in comic shops October 10!
Writer: Gail Simone
Art: Walter Geovani
Cover A: Walter Geovani
Cover B: Sergio Davila
Cover C: Aaron Lopresti
Cover D: Robert Castro
The final showdown with Eson Duul looms ahead for Tarzan and Red
Sonja.
Their worlds and their people are at stake and it will take everything they
have to stop a man who only wants to destroy everything he can!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Robert E. Howard Foundation
Join the Robert E. Howard Foundation
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The Serial Squadron
Now
available!
SHIPPING
THIS WEEK FROM THE SQUADRON:
SERIAL RARITIES (The Best of SerialFest DVD Magazine)
Some years ago the Squadron published an attempt at a regular DVD magazine
which contained serial chapters being worked on at the time and additional
extras or rare serial chapters, pilots and oddities. Some have asked me if
I would make some of the items which were included in the Magazine issues
and no longer available be made available again, so here are the presentations
from the first 4 issues of the SerialFest DVD Magazine that have not since
been released in other DVDs available at the Squadron website.
The SERIAL RARITIES will go up for sale tomorrow and ship out immediately;
this is not an "advance" announcement, this dual-layer DVD is done and ready
to go out.
In case y'all need it.
The contents:
1 THE LIBERTY BOYS: "The Blue Riders" 20:57
Music score played live by yours truly
2 EL COYOTE Unaired TV pilot (c. 1955 )26:32
Featuring Muriel Davis
3 THE LEATHER PUSHERS Round 2 18:43
Boxing series with Reginald Denny, a great episode
4 PIRATE TREASURE Chapter 1 18:54
Featuring stunt man Richard Talmadge
5 THE MISSION OF MR. FOO (1915) 11:17
Strange Edison short about a very tall Chinese guy who rules the underworld
and makes nefarious plans -- probably the first "Fu Manchu"-like character
ever on the screen
6 NICK CARTER, DETECTIVE: "A Cry at Midnight" 21:34
Rarely seen and pretty much unknown Nick Carter series episode
7 The CAPTAIN MARVEL CHRONOLOGY 10:07
The history of Captain Marvel in pictures, produced by the Squadron
8 THE VOICE FROM THE SKY Ch. 1: "Doomed" 10:55
Re-creation of Chapter 1, audio-style, with Allyson Malandra in Neva Gerber's
role
9 BUSTER CRABBE POOLS Infomercial
Buster Crabbe in person tells the story of how the pools he marketed for
a while in the 1970s were made, and more other stuff you never knew you needed
to know.
10 THE ROAD TO BERLIN with Ralph Byrd 5:53
WWII short
11 DRISTAN COMMERCIAL with Kirk Alyn 1:02
Superman has super-sinus problems
12 LONE RANGER Home movie cartoon 2:40
13 ADVENTURES OF THE SCARLET CLOAK 30:50
Unaired radio pilot
14 THE PHANTOM PIRATE Radio pilot 27:25
Unaired radio pilot
3 Hours 36 minutes
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The Serial Squadron
Now
available!
THE GREAT ARABIAN ADVENTURE SERIAL
THE DESERT HAWK
Featuring
GILBERT ROLAND, KENNETH MacDONALD, MONA MARIS, FRANK LACKTEEN
and CHARLES MIDDLETON
In the land of Ajad, Hassan,
the jealous and treacherous twin of rightful, good caliph Kasim targets his
brother for murder and assumes his identity. Unknown to Hassan, Kasim survives
his scheming brother's midnight coup and assumes the identity of a legendary
outlaw called "the Hawk." Kasim and his loyal allies must battle Hassan's
treasonous assassins and the dangerous Brothers of the Sword in order to
help the rightful ruler win the love of beautiful princess Azala and work
his way back to the throne.
An action-packed and entertaining exotic adventure story with lavish
sets and an engaging plot, featuring a good cast including a solid leading
man in a dual role and many familiar supporting classic serial actors. One
of a few costume epic serials of the 1940s that tried something different.
Standard definition dual-layer (double-length) DVD
15 episodes; 4 hours 52 minutes
Restored picture and audio, with light warm/cool tone enhancement.
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SHADOW DEATH OF MARGO LANE HC LTD ED - Arriving in comic shops October 10!
(Writer) Matt Wagner (Art) Brennan Wagner, Matt Wagner (Cover) Matt Wagner
Legendary creator Matt Wagner returns to both write and draw an all-new
tale for the first and most famous of all pulp heroes, The Shadow! Following
his critically-acclaimed work on The Shadow: Year One and Grendel vs. The
Shadow, Wagner once again lends his masterful talents to unveil "what evil
lurks in the hearts of men", joined by talented colorist Brennan Wagner.
For years, Margo Lane has served as The Shadow's faithful friend and companion,
the closest and most intimate of all his many agents. But when will that
proximity to The Shadow's dark and violent world take its ultimate toll on
her? And what effect will his lover's loss have on the driven and brooding
Master of Darkness? A powerful and resonant tale in the sort of pulse-pounding
pulp style that only Matt Wagner could deliver!
Get this Limited-Edition Hardcover with a newly-designed, sleek slip-case
to help immortalize this fantastic story's place on your bookshelf.
Hardcover, 7x10, 144 pages, Full Color, $39.99
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SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND
PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!
Brothers of the Purple Plains by Steve Watts
Death Stills the Brush by F. W. Gumley
Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis
“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker
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Terence McVicker, Rare Books
Rare, used, and out-of-print books
Lots of pulp-related items for sale!
ROBERT E. HOWARD!
H. P. LOVECRAFT!
CLARK ASHTON SMITH!
E. E. (DOC) SMITH!
Terence
McVicker, Rare Books
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Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes
about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles,
Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.
The Religions of Weird Fiction - New!
The Other Forms of H.P. Lovecraft - New!
The Fungi from Yuggoth - New!
The Lovecraft-Farnese Correspondence - New!
Harold S. Farnese (1890 or 1891-1945)-Part Six
Harold S. Farnese (1890 or 1891-1945)-Part Five
Harold S. Farnese (1890 or 1891-1945)-Part Four
Harold S. Farnese (1890 or 1891-1945)-Part Three
Harold S. Farnese (1890 or 1891-1945)-Part Two
Harold S. Farnese (1890 or 1891-1945)-Part One
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates
(New publications to the list
are in bold)
Now available!
MJ-12: Endgame, Michael J. Martinez, Night Shade Books,
$7.99, September 4, 2018
Target Rich Environment, Larry Correia, Baen, $25.00,
September 4, 2018
Shadow
of the Tomb Raider: Path of the Apocalypse, S.D. Perry, Titan Books,
$14.99, September 18, 2018
Vengeful [Villains #2], V.E. Schwab, Tor, $25.99, September
25, 2018
The Monster Hunter Files, eds. Bryan Thomas Schmidt
& Larry Correia, Baen, $7.99, September 25, 2018
Batman: The Killing Joke, Christa Faust & Gary Phillips,
Titan Books, $22.95, September 25, 2018
Zero Sum Game, S.L. Huang, Tor, $25.99, October 2, 2018
Coming soon!
Wild Cards XXVI: Texas Hold’em, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $27.99, October 23, 2018
Venom: Lethal Protector, James R. Tuck, Titan Books,
$22.95, October 23, 2018
Spider-Man: Forever Young, Stefan Petrucha, Titan Books,
$9.99, October 30, 2018
They Promised Me the Gun Wasn’t Loaded, James Alan
Gardner, Tor, $17.99, November 7, 2018
Harley Quinn: Mad Love, Paul Dini & Pat Cadigan,
Titan Books, $22.95, February 12, 2019
Thanos: Titan Consumed, Barry Lyga, Little, Brown Books,
$17.99, November 13, 2018
#HeroFail [Superheroes Anonymous #4], Lexie Dunne, HarperCollins,
$7.99, November 27, 2018
Monster Hunter Guardian, Larry Correia & Sarah Hoyt, Baen, $27.00,
December 6, 2018
Judges, Volume One, Michael Carroll, Abaddon Books,
$11.99, January 18, 2019
Wild Cards XXIV: Mississippi Roll, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, January 22, 2019
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Stuart Moore, Titan Books,
$22.95, January 22, 2019
Batman: The Killing Joke, Christa Faust & Gary
Phillips, Titan Books, $12.95, February 5,
2019
Superman: Dawnbreaker, Matt de la Peña, Random
House, $18.99, March 5, 2019
The Godhead [The God Wave Trilogy #3], Patrick Hemstreet, HarperCollins,
$26.99, February 7, 2019
Batman: The Court of Owls, Greg Cox, Titan Books, $22.95,
February 12, 2019
The Reign of the Kingfisher, T.J. Martinson, Flatiron
Books, $27.99, March 5, 2019
Rico Dredd: The Titan Years, Michael Carroll, Abaddon
Books, $11.99, April 2, 2019
Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, April 30, 2019
Zero Sum Game, Cas Russell #1, S.L. Huang, Tor, $18.99, June 4, 2019
Null Set, Cas Russell #2, S.L. Huang, Tor, $25.99, July 9, 2019
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WEIRDBOOK #40
Print
edition is now available!
Softcover,
256 pages, 6 x 9 inches
$12.00
Weirdbook returns with another
jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales!
Full contents
Iconoclasm, by Adrian Cole
Have a Crappy Halloween, by Franklyn Searight
Early Snow, by Samson Stormcrow Hayes
The Dollhouse, by Glynn Owen Barrass
Elle a Vu un Loup, by Loren Rhoads
Bringing the Bodies Home, by Christian Riley
Restored, by Marlane Quade Cook
Nameless and Named, by David M. Hoenig
Playing A Starring Role, by Paul Lubaczewski
And the Living is Easy, by Mike Chinn
The Prague Relic, by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
The Circle, by Matt Sullivan
Sanctuary, by John Linwood Grant
The Giving of Gifts, by Matt Neil Hill
The Santa Anna, by Jack Lothian
The Dread Fishermen, by Kevin Henry
Blind Vision, by Andrew Darlington
The Thirteenth Step, by William Tea
This Godless Apprenticeship, by Clint Smith
Waiting, by John W. Dennehy
Pouring Whiskey In My Soul, by Paul R. McNamee
True Blue, by Darrell Schweitzer
The Treadmill, by Rohit Sawant
The Veiled Isle, by W. D. Clifton
Poetry
Gila King, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Necro-Meretrix, by Frederick J. Mayer
Grinning Moon, by Frederick J. Mayer
The Burning Man, by Russ Parkhurst
Silent Hours, by Russ Parkhurst
The Old White Crone, by Maxwell I. Gold
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Amazon.com
Kindle Wildside
Press: Softcover Wildside Press: eBook
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