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This site is updated weekly (typically Friday evening or Saturday).




05 February 2010

2009-2012 Film Release Dates
February 12, 2010
March 26, 2010
May 7, 2010
May 14, 2010
June 11, 2010
June 18, 2010
November 19, 2010

November 26, 2010
December 22, 2010
THE WOLFMAN
CLASH OF THE TITANS
IRON MAN 2
ROBIN HOOD
THE A-TEAM
JONAH HEX
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS 1

RED DAWN
THE GREEN HORNET
May 6, 2011
May 20, 2011

Summer
June 17, 2011
July 15, 2011
July 22, 2011
October 7, 2011

THOR
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES

COWBOYS & ALIENS
GREEN LANTERN
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 2
THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA
MARVIN THE MARTIAN
May 4, 2012
THE AVENGERS

2010 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention
April 23-25, 2010!
CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ADVENTURE!
We’re planning a number of special displays to commemorate the anniversary of the pre-eminent pulp and its kin.

MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public). Ages 13 & under are free. We can now accept payments online through our new Paypal account: register@windycitypulpandpaper.com  Click here to download the registration form.

DEALER INFO: Dealer setup begins Friday at 9 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from noon - 5 p.m. Friday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 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 120 tables. Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).

PROGRAM BOOK: All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8” x 6.75”), half page $40 (4 1/8” x 3 3/8”), business card size $25 (3.25” x 2”). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2010. 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. For the sixth year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustration-magazine. com). If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show hours will be posted to the website when they are set.

AUCTIONS: Our regular Saturday night auction will consist of material from many sources. If you have material you’d like to submit, please contact us.

Update: In addition to our regular Saturday evening auction, the upcoming Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (April 23-25, 2010) will feature a Friday night estate auction.  This year, the material will be drawn from the estate of collector Peter Scollo and his 10,000+ pulp collection.  As might be expected with such a large collection, Peter collected across a broad mix of pulp genres -- detective, SF, western, general adventure, etc. -- and was also a hardcore Edgar Rice Burroughs collector.  We anticipate that this will be our largest estate auction ever!  We should receive the material in late February or early March, and we plan to post lot photos and descriptions in advance on the website when available.


PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories, on 16 mm film. More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse & sponsored by Blood ’N’ Thunder magazine.

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 check out and join our new Facebook page!


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

HOTEL: For our tenth show, for the third year in a row we’re at the Westin Lombard, in the West suburbs of Chicago. Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, 70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL. 630-719-8000


The Westin is a new hotel, located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $109/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 2010!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. Movie theaters are also a short walk away. And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away. If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel. PLEASE MENTION THE CONVENTION WHEN BOOKING ROOMS.


Visit the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention website at
http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/

14th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 8, 2010, 10am to 5pm!


Canada's premier pulp event!
The show is a small but pulp specific event, with lots of great stuff
for the collector and the curious alike.


From 10am to 5pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the
Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


For more information, contact us at:  info@girasolcollectables.com

Girasol Collectables Inc.
3501 Glen Erin Drive, Suite 1409
Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9
905.820.7572


There are numerous hotels in the Toronto downtown, in various price ranges, and if you are an autoclub member, pick up one of their tourbooks for Toronto, Ontario, and you will find many additional options and attractions.  We look forward to seeing you there!



Adventure House
Pulp facsimile reprints coming in February!
The Phantom Detective - Feb. 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
The Torch of Doom
Murder, theft and arson are the weapons of a Monarch of Crime who wages a desperate campaign of terror against America's automative industry!

Jungle Stories - Summer 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
Ki-Gor and the Temple of the Moon-God
"Let Ki-Gor at high noon look upon the sun and feel its rays cold upon him...let him find the star that shines a brilliantly at high noon as it does at midnight!" These were the fateful conditions of Dera Daga—if the white jungle-man failed, lovely Helene would be thrown to the crocodiles!

Masked Rider Western - Jan. 1936, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
Valley of Cruicifixion by Orrin Hollmer
Towering into the night like a massive guardian sentry, Don Attero's Cross kept watch over Deep Water Valley.  Only the cries of a mountain lion shattered the silence; not a living thing stirred.  Then, with only the moon and two riders as spectators, a mysterious something swung from the beams of the cross. Studying this strange decoration from a blurring deistance, The Masked Rider and Blue Hawk rode down to investigate—only to plunge into a seething, sizzling cauldron of iniquity and bloody devilment.






Adventure House
Pulp facsimile reprints coming in March!
Startling Stories - Jan. 1939, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum
The Eternal Man by D.D. Sharp
Science Island by Eando Binder

The Phantom Detective - July 1939, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
The Forty Thieves
When a gigantic octopus of crime coils tentacles of doom about a great industy, threatening to strike at the heart of America, the Phantom Detective comes to grips with a mad dictator who broadcasts a crime wave from coast to coast!

Thrilling Mystery - March 1936, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
The Twisted Men by Hugh B. Cave
Cold Arms of the Demon by Jackson Cole
Black Moonlight by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
The Howling Head by Beatice Morton
Vengeance of the Snake-God by James Duncan
Spider's Lair by C.K.M. Scanlon
Blood of Gold by Wayne Rogers
The Man Who Died Twice by Bret Altsheler






Adventure House
Pulp facsimile reprints coming in April!
The Phantom Detective - Oct. 1939, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
The Phantom Strikes Back
Richard Curtis Van Loan, the Ace of Sleuths, probes a maze of mysterious murder to greak a chain of death when catastrophe rocks the nation in the wake of a master criminal's fiendish plan! The Phantom goes into action to stem the tide of menace and intrigue ensnaring innocent victims...

Thrilling Mystery - May 1936, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
I Love The Dead by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
Harvest of Death by Frank Belknap Long
Beasts That Once Were Men by Edmond Hamilton
Kurda's Corridor by Arthur J. Burks
Virus of Vengeance by H.M. Appel
Village of Doom by Saunder M. Cummings
Death Rides the Plateau by Carl Jacobi
Halfway to Horror by Ray Cummings
The Well of Doom by John Clemons

Secret Agent X - Dec. 1934, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
The Murder Monster
Invincible, this unholy crew of death-dealing robots held full sway over a panic-stricken city.  Only Secret Agent "X" dared meet the challenge of these inhuman fiends and their master, The Murder Monster, whose pointed finger turned men and women into pyres of flaming agony.





Adventure House
Pulp facsimile reprints coming in May!
The Phantom Detective - Dec. 1938, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
The Murder Syndicate
Menace hovers over the sport of kings and leaves charred corpses in its wake as the fiendish "Dollar Man" strikes—and it's Up to the Phantom to stay its hand!  Follow this nemesis of crime as he strives to solve a sinister mystery of the race track
.
Jungle Stories - Fall 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
The Cannibal Horde
Through the forest raged the blood-mad B'Kutu, driven by a renegade Zulu prince. In their path rode Helene—and Ki-Gor, Jungle Lord, fought his greatest fight.
Startling Stories - May 1951, 7x10, 160 pages, $14.95
Birthplace of Creation [Captain Future]
Curt Newton and the Futuremen are called on to protect the cosmos from the destructive activity of a dangerous madman.





Adventure House
Pulp facsimile reprints coming in June!
The Phantom Detective - Sept. 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
Hammers of Doom
Corpses hung aloft on the steel skeletons of skyscrapers serve as gruesome symbols of a gigantic plot of death and destruction menacing the commercial progress of America....

The Lone Ranger - May 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
The Masked Rider's Justice
Justice meant more to the Lone Ranger and his companions than merely saving an innocent boy from a blood-lusting lynch mob—It meant following the job through until the youth's name was cleared and the real murderer brought to trial.






To Be
Announced!


Age of Aces - Now available!

Now available from Age of Aces Books
"Satan's Playmates: The Adventures of Molloy and McNamara"

Mike Molloy and Tommy McNamara were the "Twin Terrors of the Western Front".
They flew as if they had been born in Spads, they drank like thirsty whales, and they'd fought by each other's side through every mile of air along the lines and in every bar from the Front to Paris. If there were no more pressing targets, they pounded each other to a pulp, for any reason at all, and were strangely happy.

Leading the 24th Pursuit Squadron across WWI Europe's blood red skies, Molloy and McNamara were the bane of the German Air Force. Their names and reputations were known wherever fighting men met with blazing guns or flying fists. Written by William Hartley, the twenty tales of Molloy and McNamara appeared in Dare-Devil Aces between 1936 and 1942. Age of Aces has collected the first eleven of them for this volume.

$16.99, 306 pages, 6x9, Trade Paperback
You can get your copy from Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House.



Also still available from
Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House,
the book that has been described as
"the Cadillac of pulp reprints"

The Spider VS. The Empire State:
The Complete Black Police Trilogy by Norvell Page




Age of Aces Presents Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories!
Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents".
You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories.
Visit them at http://www.ageofaces.net/category/age-of-aces-presents/


New this week:

"Medals For Josephine" by Oscar J. Friend from the Summer 1943 Army-Navy Flying Stories
To the brass hats Josephine was just a bomber in an American squadron cooperating with the R.A.F. in the Burma campaign. But to her crew she was a gallant old girl of the air who had been through many hazardous flying hours with her four boyfriends.


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
THE AVENGER Volume 3: "The Frosted Death" and "The Glass Mountain"
The Pulp Era's strangest mystery man returns in two more epic adventures by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a snowlike powder releases a deadly plague upon the residents of New York City. Can The Avenger save the world's greatest city from The Frosted Death? Then, a bizarre cloud emits deadly lightning bolts that kill without warning. Has an ancient Indian rain god returned to deliver supernatural vengeance? This classic pulp reprint showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, and historical commentary by Will Murray. Bonus: "My Business is Death!"‹Paul Ernst's 1936 story that introduced the Avenger prototype, the Wraith.
(Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-019-9
 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid 
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 34: "The Man Who Shook the Earth" & "The Three Devils"
The pulp era's greatest superman battles evildoers in two action-packed pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Crew journey to Chile to investigate a bizarre series of South American earthquakes. Then, Doc Savage's investigation of a murderous ghost bear in Mock Lake, Canada reveals a Nazi plot. This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations plus historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels.  (Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-018-2   Softcover, 7x10, b&w, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid 
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 35: "The Condor" & "Chicago Crime"
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Knight of Darkness combats supercrime in two action-packed pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, a tip from a dying mobster sets Cliff Marsland and The Shadow on the trail of The Condor and his deadly army of evil. Then, The Shadow journeys to the Windy City to wage war against Chicago Crime and yet another "finger" of the murderous crime cabal called the Hand. This  instant collector's item showcases both of George Rozen's color pulp covers, the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, and commentary by pulp historian Will Murray.  (Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-017-5   Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid 
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

BLACK WOLF #1 - New pulp character!
A noted mechanical engineer has gone missing in Granton City, as has a professor with a past live as an inventor of miraculous machines. That puts The Black Wolf on the case.

The Wolf is a vigilante with a pair of Colt .45s, and the attitude that the cops in 1920s’ Granton City can too easily be bought, so he has appointed himself himself sheriff, judge, jury and at times executioner. But can even a bad attitude and a loaded gun solve the newest mystery before the world is threatened by a diabolical menace?

To find out you will have to read The Black Wolf #1 - Metal Monsters of Doom, the first release from Granton City Press, and Saskatchewan authors Calvin Daniels and Kevin Lee.

Granton City Press is excited to announce The Black Wolf #1 -- Metal Monsters of Doom by Calvin Daniels and Kevin Lee is in the publishing stage, with the book expected by early April of this year (at the latest).
This is the first of four books from GCP in 2010, the others will include Daniels co-writing with Tyrell Tinnin and Mitchel Rose on upcoming titles.

In preparation for the book’s release, we are offering our Facebook fan page members and others, the opportunity to pre-purchase the book, however, not just a regular copy of the book.

Instead, the first 100 pre-sales will be sent a Signed & Numbered copy of the book. It will be numbered 1/100, 2/100, 3/100 etc., and signed by both authors Calvin Daniels and Kevin Lee.

All purchases prepaid in February will go into a draw for the first 10 numbered books, since those are the most highly prized by many. After numbers one-through-10 are assigned, books will be assigned in order.

Anyone purchasing a book through this offer will have an opportunity to purchase  Signed & Numbered editions of future Black Wolf novels with the same sequence number. That will mean ensuring every book you purchase has a matching number such as 3/100. It should make an interesting set for devoted readers in the future.

By the way, The Black Wolf #2 is expected out in the fall of 2010.

The S&N books are available for only $12.99 each, plus applicable shipping and handling. You are allowed multiple copies.
You can go to our website at http://www.wix.com/grantoncitydesk/togc and make payment through Paypal.

Our local friends can make arrangements by calling either author, and we’ll pick up the money, and deliver the books so you save on S&H costs too. The pre-sale of course helps us with the costs of getting our book into print, so we are hoping our fans will support us and enjoy their Signed & Numbered copies.

Thank you again for being supporters of The Black Wolf

Calvin Daniels & Kevin Lee
The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 60: Bond, James Bond - New!
Shayne Artis from The Film Klub and David Luhn join Art and me for a lively talk about James Bond.

Episode 58: Chilling with Art & Ric
Episode 57: Paul Malmont
Episode 56: From T.V. to Paperback
Episode 55: Looking Back

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  

Doc Con XIII - November 13, 2010!
The upcoming Doc Con XIII will be held at the home of Jay Ryan on November 13, 2010. Located in Peoria, AZ, it is just two miles north of Loop 101 which connects directly with Sky Harbor International Airport. Five hotels and the largest concentration of restaurants anywhere in the United States, are located within three miles of the site. Friday Nov. 12 will be a dinner and radio play and is open to anyone who wishes to attend and/or participate. Sunday Nov. 14 is an optional breakfast to wish the out-of-state attendees well and so long for another year!

Full details are available in The Doc Savage Convention Newsletter. The Doc Savage Convention Newsletter is distributed irregularly each year in January and sometimes in July. If you would like to receive a copy of the DSCN please, email Jay Ryan at JRyanDS@aol.com with your name and email address and he will make sure that you are included on the list.


The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard
With the Del Rey release of El Borak and Other Desert Adventures next week, the Robert E. Howard Foundation thought everyone would like to see the Keegans’ other El Borak cover, this one done for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Press. They will begin taking pre-orders soon, but it’s not too late to email us at info@rehfoundation.org to help determine how large the First Printing will be. Ordering information will be posted when available; until then, the contents for The Early Adventures of El Borak are listed below.

The Early Adventures of El Borak
Introduction: The Making of El Borak by David Hardy

The Coming of El Borak
The Iron Terror
Untitled, “Gordon, the American”
The Coming of El Borak
Khoda Khan’s Tale
El Borak
Untitled, “I emptied my revolver”
The Land of Mystery
The Shunned Castle
The White Jade Ring
A Power Among the Islands
North of Khyber
Intrigue in Kurdistan



Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman
The Sword of Lal Singh (poem)
The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring
The Further Adventures of Lal Singh
Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman

The Adventures of Yar Ali Khan

The Song of Yar Ali Khan (poem)
The Lion Gate
Untitled, “When Yar Ali Khan crept”
Untitled, “Two men were standing”
Untitled Poem, “Now bright, now red”

Steve Allison: The Sonora Kid
The Sonora Kid—Cowhand
The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair
Untitled, “Madge Meraldson”
Untitled, “The Hades Saloon”
Untitled, “A blazing sun”
Untitled, “The way it came about”
Untitled, “The hot Arizona sun”
Untitled, “Steve Allison”
Brotherly Advice
Desert Rendezvous
The West Tower

Miscellanea
Under the Great Tiger by Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith
Untitled, “A Cossack and a Turk”
Spears of the East
Untitled, “. . . that is, the artistry”
Untitled, “Thure Khan gazed out”
Synopsis: “Blood of the Gods”
Map for “Blood of the Gods”
Map of unidentified El Borak Story
“Thoughts of an Afghan on a Raid” – drawing
“Where East and West shall meet” – drawing
Two Sketches found on the back of typescript pages
List of Middle Eastern Rulers – typescript
List of names found in El Borak stories – manuscript


Del Rey: EL BORAK AND OTHER DESERT ADVENTURES
By Robert E. Howard
Arriving in book stores February 9th!
Arriving in comic shops February 10th!

Editor Rusty Burke previously announced the contents for the book that collects all of Howard's professional series desert adventures:

Francis X. Gordon ("El Borak"):
"Swords of the Hills" (REH's title for the story later published as "The Lost Valley of Iskander")
"The Daughter of Erlik Khan"
"Blood of the Gods"
"Sons of the Hawk" (REH's title for the story later published as "The Country of the Knife")
"Son of the White Wolf"
"Hawk of the Hills"
"Three-Bladed Doom" -  both versions: "long" and "short"

Kirby O'Donnell:
"Gold from Tartary" (published as "The Treasures of Tartary")
"Swords of Shahrazar"
"The Trail of the Blood Stained God"

Steve Clarney:
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (straight adventure version)


A slight change from previous books is letting more than one artist illustrate the book. Having depicted El Borak in vivid color in the REH art calendar a few years back, Jim & Ruth Keegan will be painting all color illustrations in the book, as well as art directing the project. All b/w illustrations will be made by Tim Bradstreet. Bradstreet is known for his distinctive style, once described by himself as 'stylistic photorealism' as his work combines the use of posed photography with pencils, inks and coloring. He is well-known for his comic book covers for The Punisher (Marvel) and Hellblazer (Vertigo/DC) and has also worked in movie projects, such as visual design for Blade 2 and poster art for the movie The Punisher.
Jim and Ruth Keegan's El Borak is shown at the right.

Howard also wrote numerous El Borak stories and fragments when he was very young. 
These will be collected in a companion volume to be published by The Robert E. Howard Foundation.


Trade Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Del Rey (February 9, 2010)
ISBN-10: 034550545X
ISBN-13: 978-0345505453
$16.00






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!

"Claim Your Own Dead" by  Ric Hasse from 10-Story Detective, January, 1947
 The Samaritan who put Larry Cole aboard the Chicago train and helped him to a hotel room wasn't really a philanthropist. For there was a fee that Larry would have to pay for these kind services - a slight charge of murder.
"Fatal Facial" by Cary Moran from Spicy Detective Stories, September, 1936
 Blondes and murder are Jarnegan's two loves. And only Jarnegan knows how to blend the two to get the most out each!



Evil Eye Books: THE DEAD SHERIFF by Mark Justice - Coming soon!
As the saying goes, there's a new sheriff in town.
A walking dead one.

According to legend, The Dead Sheriff was a lawman forced to watch the murders of his family before he was killed. His need for vengeance would not allow him to rest, and he rose from the grave to avenge himself upon his killers. Now he travels across the west, dispensing justice for those in need and sending the wicked to their graves.

He can never return to the grave until the western frontier is free of evil and tyranny.
The reality, however, is a little different….


So goes the premise of horror writer Mark Justice's new supernatural western tales of The Dead Sheriff, a multi-book series of fiction stories with echoes of the pulp and dime adventure novels of the old west. "The Dead Sheriff stories bring together a few of my interests," said Mark Justice. "I love old pulp western novels and comics, and as a horror writer, it was only a matter of time before I came around to writing a story that blends cowboys and monsters."

Mr. Justice continues, "but I also wanted to explore the stereotypes and metaphors that are tried and true in the classic western tale. Take the hero figure of almost every western since the fifties. The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood—all cut the brave, stoic loner against the world.
What if the hero wasn't so pretty? What if he was not so lovable? And what of the sidekick: always silent, loyal, not much more than a talking door stop. What if there was more to Tonto, for example, than he ever let on? What? Tonto with an agenda? Most people would say that's absurd and it goes against the literary figure we have come to love. But that's exactly the kind of default characters and symbolism I want to challenge and explore in the series."

The Dead Sheriff combines elements of the supernatural, humor and adventure in a framework that models the adventure dime novels popularized as early as 1860: taking real events or people of the western frontier and embellishing them for the entertainment of the masses. The pioneer, and perhaps most famous dime novels depicting high adventures of the Frontier, were the Beadle's Dime Novels, a series which ran an astounding 321 issues before the dime novel format gave way to an emerging format in the 1920s, the magazine.

"The wonderful thing about The Dead Sheriff," said Evileye Books Editorial Director, A.N. Ommus, "is that at first you're just delighted it's a fun mash-up of popular genres. But then, as you dig into the tradition of the western dime novels, you realize the outlandish potboiler stories—even the format—are the precursors to the modern magazine and comics formats. With The Dead Sheriff, we want to resurrect, as it were, the dime novel tradition and honor its contribution to both fiction and comics."

Under the terms of the deal, Mr. Justice will write a series of graphic novels in the style of the Sunday comics of the thirties and forties, the first of which will debut this April as a series of weekly webcomics on the upcoming Evileye Books Online Reader.

Debuting later this year, the first prose book, The Dead Sheriff: Zombie Damnation, will be published in a similar format to the original dime novels of the nineteenth century.


Fantom Press - New projects to benefit Bob Larkin!
The Fantom Press web site has been updated to feature new projects.
A bookplate signed edition of Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. 
This book published by DC will feature a reprint of Doc Savage Comics 1-8 originally produced by Marvel in the 1970's.
Fantom Press got the six living contributors to the stories to sign a limited bookplate: Writers Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, and Tony Isabella are lined up as well as artists Rich Buckler, Tom Palmer, and Ernie Chan. The signatures will be on a bookplate featuring an all new take on the Doc Savage #7 cover done by original artist Rich Buckler!

signed edition of DC Comics new Doc Savage #1
 signed by writer Paul (Chinatown Death Cloud Peril) Malmont!
Fantom Press is still working out the final details, but the plan is to have the regular cover as well as a few of the 1–in-10 limited variant covers.

Lost Savage portfolios
The original drawings from the Lost Savage portfolios are now available for purchase separately from the sets.
They are broken down to two price points depending on the amount of work put into the piece.

Bob Larkin is available to doing a few commission plates to be included with the portfolios and priced depending on the number of figures and complexity of composition. 1-2 figures with simple back ground would be available to be included with the lettered sets at $395.00 and multi figure; detailed background would be available with the Artist's Proof set for $495.00. Your imagination would be the limit. The more reference materials provided the better.
I'll have a few examples posted on the site later today. 
If you can imagine Doc meeting Raquel Welch in her leather bikini, or Doc meeting the Beatles, you get the idea.
Feel free to contact Fantom Press if you need more info!


As usual, all proceeds go to help our artist of bronze, Bob Larkin.



Girasol Collectables
THE WEIRD WRITINGS
OF H. P. LOVECRAFT

Coming Spring 2010!

All of Lovecraft's fiction from the original run of WEIRD TALES, in facsimile form right off the original pulp pages!

Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce their upcoming hardcover project, which will be the Weird Writings of HP Lovecraft.

It'll be similar in format to their REH books; facsimile scans right from the original pages, with no edits or reset text, containing all of HPL's material from the original run of WEIRD TALES.

A 2 volume set, with one oversized volume to cover the bedsheet issues from 1923 and 1924, and a smaller 7x10 sized volume for the standard sized issues.

Limited Edition of 200 copies.
Pre-release price of $175 + $10 s&h
(within North America)

We'll do our best to match existing numbers for REH buyers, but can't guarantee it; get inearly for the best chance at that.
Due out Spring of 2010.





Girasol Collectables - February Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas.
Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images.


Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off)
Our first Replica this month is THE SPIDER #53 featuring "The City of Lost Men" from February 1938. $35

Our second Replica this month is
THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG #1 from September 1935. $35

Our third Replica is SPICY-DETECTIVE #6 from October 1934 - $35


Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books.
Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address.

As always, these reprints  are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover.
The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint.


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

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





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 Detective No. 1 (January 1942)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective No. 2 (April 1942)

DOCTOR DEATH  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2  March 1935
#3  April 1935

DR. YEN SIN  ($35 each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936

EERIE TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941

GOLDEN FLEECE  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
#5  February 1939
#6  March 1939
#7  April 1939
#8 May 1939
#9 June 1939

HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935
#5  July 1935

MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4  October 1933
#5 January 1934

THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 )each postpaid
#1  
September 1935

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 (Sept. 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard Men (Oct. 1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible Death (Nov. 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death (Dec. 1935)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1  Oct./Nov. 1930                        
#2  Dec. 1930/Jan 1931
#3  February/March 1931
#4  Spring 1931
#5  Summer 1931

#6  Autumn 1931
#7  Winter 1932

#8  Spring 1932
#9  Summer 1932

PIRATE STORIES ($25 )each postpaid
#1  
November 1934

THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 )each postpaid
#1  
February 1933

SAUCY MOVIE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
#3   December 1935 (#1 after a title change)
#4   January 1936  (#2 after a title change)
#5   March 1936 
#11 September 1936

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]
#4  January 1935

#6  March 1935
#8  May 1935
#12 September 1935
#13
October 1935
#14 November 1935
#16 January 1936
#17
February 1936
#18 March 1936
#19 April 1936
#20 May 1936

#21 June 1936
#22 July 1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September 1936
#25 October 1936

#26 November 1936
#28 January 1937
#39
December 1937

SPICY-DETECTIVE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1  May 1934
#3  July 1934
#5  September 1934
#6  
October 1934
#7  November 1934
#10 February 1935
#11 March 1935
#13 May 1935
#14 June 1935
#16 August 1935
#17 September 1935
#18
October 1935
#19 November 1935
#20 December 1935

#21 January 1936
#24 April 1936
#25 May 1936
#27 July 1936
#29 September 1936              
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#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
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#22
February 1937
#23 March 1937

SPICY WESTERN STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2   (December 1936) 
#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
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde
#51 Satan's Switchboard
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light
#53
"The City of Lost Men

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

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
#7  October 1923

#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
#22
 July 1925
#23  August 1925
#24
 September 1925
#31  April 1926
#40
 January 1927
#53  February 1928
#59  August 1928
#117 September 1933
#118 October 1933
#128 August 1934
#143 November 1935




Gotham Pulp Collectors Club - Next meeting is February 13, 2010!
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
 is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.


All are invited to attend, so, if you have an interest in pulp magazines, please come and share tales of your interest in and collections with other pulp collectors. Some of us will bring representative issues of Doc Savage and Weird Tales to show from our collections and tall tales of how we got these books. All meetings are free and open to the public.


Name:  Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-4 PM
Place: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, Manhattan (WestVillage)

Contact:  Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com


Haffner Press - Your Vote Counts! 
After the well-received presentation at Pulpfest 2009 (Crashing Suns: The Early Edmond Hamilton) Haffner Press has asked by the Pulpfest 2010 organizers for a similar performance.  But here's where *you* can make a difference. 

We have accumulated a lot of information/trivia/goodies on both Leigh Brackett and her works, along with a lot of info and artwork on Captain Future (who celebrates his 70th Anniversary this year). 

Visit www.haffnerpress.com and look for the RED box at the upper left of the page and cast your vote for either Captain Future, or Leigh Brackett -- The Queen of Space Opera.  We'll close the poll in mid-April and begin work in earnest on the winning topic.


Haffner Press
Coming in 4th Quarter 2010!

THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME TWO
by Edmond Hamilton

Table of Contents
Introduction by Bertil Falk
"Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones"  (Captain Future, Winter 1941)
"Star Trail to Glory"  (Captain Future, Spring 1941)
"Magician of Mars"  (Captain Future, Summer 1941)
"The Lost World of Time"  (Captain Future, Fall 1941)
"The Future of Captain Future"
Artwork Gallery


We are taking preorders at $40 per copy (with free shipping in the continental USA). 
No firm date for release, but no later than early 4th Quarter of 2010. 


Haffner Press - Coming in 2010!
DETOUR TO OTHERNESS by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore
ISBN: 978-1-893887-18-3
Introduction by Robert Silverberg; Afterword by Frederik Pohl; Cover art by Richard Powers
600+ pages, $40.00
Archival-quality smythe-sewn hardcover

In 1961, Ballantine Books published BYPASS TO OTHERNESS, a paperback collection of some of Henry Kuttner's (and C. L. Moore's) best short stories.  Several selections were drawn from Kuttner's popular series such as the "Hogbens" (comedic otherworldly hillbillies living in America), "Gallagher Galloway" (scientist who invents technical marvels /only/ when intoxicated),  and the "Baldies" stories eventually collected in /Mutants.  BYPASS was projected as the first of *three* "Otherness" collections of Kuttner's short fiction.  RETURN TO OTHERNESS followed in 1962 with 8 more stories.  And then . . . nothing.  The third "Otherness" collection never appeared.  Now, almost fifty years later, Haffner Press announces DETOUR TO OTHERNESS: a massive hardcover assembling the contents of both BYPASS TO OTHERNESS and RETURN TO OTHERNESS, and adding 8 additional stories selected for their scarcity, quality, and sheer entertainment value.  Grand Masters Robert Silverberg and Frederik Pohl provide introductory and afterword materials to the book, and the whole affair is decorated with an unpublished painting by Richard Powers.


Table of Contents
Introduction by Robert Silverberg

Bypass to Otherness
Cold War
Call Him Demon 
The Dark Angel 
The Piper's Son 
Absalom 
The Little Things
Nothing but Gingerbread Left
Housing Problem 

Return to Otherness

See You Later
This Is the House
The Proud Robot
Gallegher Plus
The Ego Machine
Android
The Sky Is Falling
Juke-Box

Detour to Otherness
Open Secret
All Is Illusion
Rite of Passage
Baby Face
Happy Ending
The Children's Hour 
Dream's End
Near Miss

Afterword by Frederik Pohl
Reviews - To Be Announced
Excerpts
- To Be Announced




Haffner Press - Coming in 2010!
WITH FOLDED HANDS . . . AND SEARCHING MIND
The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson Volume Seven
ISBN: 978-1-893887-37-4
Foreword by Robert Silverberg; Cover art by Hubert Rogers
500+ pages, $40.00
Archival-quality smythe-sewn hardcover

The ambitious program to collect the short fiction of Grand Master Jack Williamson continues! The 15 tales in this penultimate volume cover Williamson's entry into the US Army in 1942 through to his very successful effort to integrate into the post-WWII science fiction market.

Featured is the 1948 3-part serial ". . . And Searching Mind," which Williamson re-wrote into his most famous work, The Humanoids. Other classics in this volume include the first "Humanoids" story, "With Folded Hands . . ."; "Breakdown," set in the same universe as his novel co-authored with James Gunn, Star Bridge; and his much-reprinted classic, "The Equalizer." Appearing in either book-form or hardcover for the first time are "Cold Front Coming," "Hocus-Pocus Universe," "The Hitch-Hiker's Package," and "You Can't Beat a Marine." Also included is Williamson's afterword with his recollections on the genesis of these tales and the World War II-era science fiction field.

As with previous volumes in this series, the full-color endpapers reproduce the original magazine covers (with artwork by pulp masters including Hubert Rogers, Earle K. Bergey and Frank R. Paul) of the stories herein, and the binding is designed to match the 1940s editions of Williamson's works published by Fantasy Press. The book is smythe-sewn, bound in full cloth, and printed on acid-neutral paper, with full-color endpapers reproducing the original pulp magazine cover art.

With a foreword by legendary author, editor, and long-time friend of Williamson (and fellow Science Fiction Grand Master), Robert Silverberg, With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind represents the changing state of mid-20th Century American Science Fiction and continues the documentation of Williamson's unparalleled career.


Table of Contents
"Foreword" by Robert Silverberg
"Backlash"  (Astounding Science Fiction, Aug '41)
"Breakdown"  (Astounding Science Fiction, Jan '42)
"Conscience, LTD."  (Unknown, Aug '43)
"Cold Front Coming"  (Blue Book, Jun '45)
"The Equalizer"  (Astounding Science Fiction, Mar '47)
"With Folded Hands . . ."  (Astounding Science Fiction, Jul '47)
". . . And Searching Mind"  Astounding Science Fiction, Mar, Apr, May '48)
"The Moon and Mr. Wick"  (Comet, Sum '50)
"The Cold Green Eye"  (Fantastic, Mar/Apr '53)
"Hocus-Pocus Universe"  (Science Stories, Oct '53)
"Operation Gravity"  (Science Fiction Plus, Oct '53)
"The Hitch-Hiker's Package"  (Fantastic Universe, May '54)
"Guinevere for Everybody"  (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3, 1954)
"You Can't Beat a Marine"  (El Portal, May '56)
"Beans"  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov '58)
"Afterword" by Jack Williamson

Reviews - To Be Announced
Excerpts
- To Be Announced





EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
Reserve your copies of both titles in *advance of publication* and receive a bonus chapbook . . . "1951" which includes Jack Williamson's 1951 novel "Dragon's Island" as it appeared in abridged form in STARTLING STORIES June 1952 along with the unreprinted Kuttner/Moore novelette, "We Shall Come Back" from SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY, November 1951.

Visit the Haffner Press website to place your pre-order!
Free shipping in Continental USA for a limited time (all others contact us for rates)


Hippocampus Press - February 2010 Newsletter!
Our tenth year! Information about our new our new titles for 2010 follows. Please visit our website for full details and to order.

SEVEN DEADLY PLEASURES by Michael Aronovitz has been garnering very positive reviews! Baryon Online, Rick Kleffel's The Agony Column and Publishers Weekly confirm our faith in this writer of what William Lasher called "rolling horror." Visit our website to order the book which Publishers Weekly said "will remind many of the better work of Stephen King."

MIDNIGHT CALL author Jonathan Thomas provides commentaries to his stories here: http://www.lightscameratrivia.com/Author-Commentaries.html


Dead Reckonings No. 6
A Review Magazine for the Horror Field
Edited by S. T. Joshi and Jack Madison Haringa
No. 6 (Fall 2009)
Most review magazines seem to be going online-only these days. We have committed to continue Dead Reckonings as a print-only magazine for at least six more issues. Please consider subscribing. In this issue, reviews of Barbara Roden, Greg F. Gifune, Caitlín R. Kiernan and others. A full Table of Contents is available at our website. Starting with #7 Tony Fonseca will serve as co-editor of Dead Reckonings with S. T. Joshi.

The Shadowy Thing by H. B. Drake [Lovecraft's Library]
February 2010: 248 pages: $15.00
"H. B. Drake's The Shadowy Thing summons up strange and terrible vistas." -- H. P. Lovecraft
A weird supernatural thriller in which a character possesses the power of mind-transference, praised by Lovecraft in "Supernatural Horror in Literature" and believed to be influential on his stories "The Thing on the Doorstep" and "The Shadow Out of Time".


Wait for the Thunder: Stories for a Stormy Night by Donald R. Burleson
March 2010: 300 pages: $15.00
What is it like to wake up in one's coffin, after putrefaction has set in? Can a windmill really be haunted, and can it rip itself up from its moorings and stalk abroad at night? These and many other matters await the reader of this extraordinary collection, matters dark and beckoning, matters writhing alive with horrors that will disturb your sleep for a long time to come. Donald R. Burleson's horror stories have appeared in Twilight Zone, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Deathrealm, Inhuman, Terminal Fright, Cemetery Dance, and many other magazines, as well as in numerous major anthologies.

The Conspiracy against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
April 2010: 240 pp: $25.00: Limited hardcover
Thomas Ligotti is one of the foremost authors of supernatural horror literature. In this genre, he has been classed with Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. In his first work of nonfiction, his calm but often bloodcurdling turns of phrase evoke the dreadfulness of the human condition. "The Conspiracy against the Human Race sets out what is perhaps the most sustained challenge yet to the intellectual blackmail that would oblige us to be eternally grateful for a 'gift' we never invited." (From the Foreword by Ray Brassier)

Thank you for your interest in Hippocampus Press!





Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention -  Sunday, September 23 - 25, 2010!

COME SPEND A WEEKEND WITH CLASSIC MOVIE AND TV STARS, OLD-TIME RADIO, OLD-TIME TV SHOWS AND MOVIES!
The Mariott Hotel, Hunt Valley, Maryland

Pulp vendors will be set up in the vendor room.

Events Scheduled:
THE HISTORY OF THE LONE RANGER -- presented by Fran Striker Jr. His father created The Lone Ranger as well as numerous blood n' thunder characters such as Ned Jordan, Secret Agent; Peter Value, Soldier of Fortune; and Warner Lester, Manhunter.

THE HISTORY OF ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE -- a look back at the magazine's origin and evolution over the decades.

THE PULP ART OF H.J. WARD -- Well-researched by David Saunders, who wrote an extensive article about Ward, with co-operation from Ward's family, which appears in the latest issue of ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE.

THE HISTORY OF RADIO'S "THE SHADOW" -- a presentation about the radio program and it's shadowy origins.



Moonstone Books: PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #2: KGB NOIR
Arriving in comic shops February 10th!

Written by Mike Bullock, Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith, art by Fernano Peniche, cover by Dennis Calero.

A special Noir mini-series starring The Phantom with tectonic tie-in tales featuring Moonstone Books¹ best and brightest stars! After the events in #1, The Phantom falls into an explosive situation that may cost him his life, and begin the end of the world! The Hammer falls on The Phantom this issue! And in the second feature: Kolchak the Night Stalker tangles with a KGB up close and personal!

24 pages, black and white, $2.99.

Moonstone Books


Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER #3 - Arriving in comic shops February 10th!
“The Strange Case of The Spider and Mr. Hyde”
Story: Howard Hopkins; Art: Cortney Skinner; Cover: Gary Carbon
32 pages, b/w grayscale, $3.25

The Spider: the most violent and ruthless crime fighter of all time…A cloaked, fanged, borderline crazy denizen of the dark force-feeding hard justice with a pair of ‘45’s!

The man-creature, hands about the Spider’s wrists, hoisted him off his feet and slammed him against the stone wall. The beast was powerful, incredibly so, for he suspended the Spider in midair and shook him like a child’s rattle. Then he twisted, and hurled the Spider. Helpless, grasping consciousness by silken webs, Wentworth’s back crashed into the low marble railing running along the balcony. Momentum carried him over the railing and hurtling towards death upon the theater floor twenty feet below…


Moonstone Books

Off-Trail Publications - Coming soon!
City of Numbered Men: The Best of Prison Stories Only
Edited by John Locke

During Prohibition, America's prisons filled beyond capacity with convicts, turning decrepit institutions into seething cauldrons of hate and despair.  The papers reported daily on escape attempts, inmate violence, tough
wardens, grisly executions, and horrendous riots that were beaten back with machine guns and tear gas . . . all the raw material that famed pulp publisher Harold Hersey needed to launch a pulp magazine: PRISON  STORIES. Each hardboiled issue featured sociopathic cons, snitches, corrupt guards, devious wardens, and brutal violence. Included are stories from all six issues of this ultra-rare pulp, complete and uncensored with original illustrations.

Additional features:

Complete cover gallery
The startling history of PRISON STORIES
"Harold Hersey: Tales of an Ink-Stained Wretch," the first comprehensive biography of pulp publishing's most colorful character
Author biographies
Highlights from the monthly letters column

6x9-inch perfect bound
276 pages
$20.00


Off-Trail Publications - Now available!
THE GOLDEN ANACONDA: And Other Strange Tales of Adventure
By Elmer Brown Mason
Introduction by John Locke

"The name of Elmer Brown Mason is a talisman that never fails to open the door to weird adventures in weird places with weird animals and men." -- All-Story Weekly

Officially, Elmer Brown Mason was an entomologist for the United States Government, his beat, the swampy backwaters of the South. Privately, he journeyed to the dangerous corners of the world in search of adventure. For a brief but intense period, his experiences inspired thrilling stories of exploration and wonder.

The ten fascinating--and fantastic--stories collected here are set in the Everglades, the Louisiana bayous, the Amazon jungle, Borneo, and other dangerous places known to few people of his era. Included are the five Wandering Smith stories from The Popular Magazine, featuring the South American epic, "The Golden Anaconda." Also included are five tales from All-Story Weekly, topped by the horror-laden two-part saga, "Black Butterflies" and "Red Tree-Frogs." All ten stories were published from 1915 to '16, when the world was much younger than today.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 260 pages, $20.00 postpaid


Check or MO to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012

Or: PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Click here for a complete listing of Off-Trail Publications
fine line of pulp reprints!



Planetary Stories/Pulp Spirit #17 - Now available!
The February 2010 issue of Planetary Stories/Pulp Spirit is now available.
Jerry Page has become co-editor of Planetary Stories.
The publication is changing to a three-times a year schedule, new issues appearing in February, June and October.


No matter what your taste in neo pulp fiction might be, you'll find the best examples of it in these two zines.
Don't hesitate to go to www.planetarystories.com and treat yourself to the nest in reading enjoyment.



PS Publishing - WEIRD TALES poetry collections!
The new PS Publishing newsletter mentions two new Weird Tales poetry books by H.P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith,  both of them edited by Stephen Jones, and Not Quite Atlantis: A Selection of Poems by Donald Sidney-Fryer with cover artwork by Les Edwards.

A third WEIRD TALES poetry collection featuring Robert E. Howard was previously announced, but no further mention of it is  made.
I am attempting to obtain more information.




Thousands of Pulp Magazines in One Hall!


PulpFest is proud to announce that award-winning author, editor, screenwriter, and biographer
William F. Nolan will be the Guest of Honor at this year's convention.


Among his other accomplishments, Mr. Nolan is a leading authority on pulp fictioneers Max Brand, Dashiell Hammett and the other BLACK MASK contributors who flourished under the regime of editor Joseph T. Shaw. His many books on these writers include HAMMETT: A LIFE AT THE EDGE (1983), THE BLACK MASK BOYS (1985), and MAX BRAND: WESTERN  GIANT (1986). This year marks the 90th anniversary of both BLACK MASK's first issue and Max Brand's first appearance in WESTERN STORY MAGAZINE, and the PulpFest committee felt that Mr. Nolan would be the ideal person to help recognize these milestones in pulp history. He will headline PulpFest panels on Western and hard-boiled detective fiction.

Nolan is an accomplished fictioneer in his own right, having written numerous works in the fantasy, horror, and science-fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the co-author of LOGAN'S RUN and author of its sequels. He is a two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Edgar Award, was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and just recently received the Lifetime Achievement Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association.

PulpFest 2010 will be held at last year's venue, the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The show will begin on Friday, July 30th, and run through Sunday, August 1st. For additional information feel free to visit the con website at www.pulpfest.com.  And by all means, plan on revisiting our site at periodic intervals over the next several months for updates regarding other programs and events.

For further details on a variety of topics including the Munsey Award, please explore our website. If you’d like to be added to our mailing list, please send your name and address (home and email)  to David J. Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com or at 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305. We hope to see you at the end of July 2010.

Pulpville Press - Now available!
THE SECRET KINGDOM by Allen S. & Otis Adelbert Kline
Deep in a South American mountain hideaway lies a Secret Kingdom of Incas, descended from the race which Pizarro, the Spaniard, conquered. Into this realm Alfred Bell, scientist, finds himself transported by the Inca's men, forever to remain. Here he finds his true love, Nona. But, Tupac, the High Priest, is betrothed to her. How will Bell rescue Nona from the evil clutches of Tupac and to escape from this Incan Kingdom?
Hardcover, 214 pages, $35
Order from Lulu.com
 
THE SPIDER LILY by Bruno Fischer
What happens when a returned war hero murders his faithless wife? Will the jury base its findings on the evidence or on its emotions? What will be the effect on the man's family and friends? Find out in this 70,000 word novel, first published in MAMMOTH MYSTERY for January 1946, reprinted in facsimile format.
Trade Paperback, 130 pages, $15
Order from Amazon.com
 
THE SMOKY GOD by Willis George Emerson
A classic tale of the Inner Earth. Illustrated.
Trade Paperback, 154 pages, $15
Order from Amazon.com
 


PULP FACTORY - 2009 AWARDS BALLOT ANNOUNCED!
During the month of January, the fifty-two members of the Yahoo Pulp Factory group posted nominations for best new pulp fiction and artwork in four categories.  The nominations were tallied and from them, those receiving the most nods were placed on the official ballot listed below.  Members of the Pulp Factory have until midnight, March 31st to vote.  Winners will be announced and awards presented at this year’s Windy City Pulp & Paper convention in Chicago.

The Pulp Factory is an informal group made up of both professional writers and artists and dedicated fans of the pulp genre.  These awards were created to help recognize and promote new work, both fiction and art, in this classic American literary field.  Ron Fortier is the group’s moderator.  The Pulp Factory is not affiliated with any single publishing organization and many of its members have contributed to dozens of well known pulp markets.

“For too long the pulp community has only focused on rewarding old time creators,” Fortier said.  “Yet in recent years we’ve seen a huge resurgence in new material by some of the brightest writers and artists working today.  But no one was acknowledging their contributions and we thought it was time to remedy that omission.”  The group hopes the awards will spur new interest in the genre and inspire other creators to enter the pulp world.

2009 PULP FACTORY AWARDS


BEST PULP NOVEL
SECRET AGENT X – THE SEA WRAITHS By Sean Ellis  (Age of Adventure Press
THE TERROR OF FU MANCHU By William Maynard  (Black Coat Press)
LOBSTER JOHNSON – THE SATAN FACTORY By Thomas E. Sniegoski  (Dark Horse Press)
(Top three vote getters from eight nominations.)

BEST PULP SHORT STORY
HORROR IN CLAY By Adam Lance Garcia – from Green Lama Vol.One. (Airship 27 Prod.)
HEART OF THE CRUCIBLEBy Howard Hopkins – from The Avenger Chronicles (Moonstone Books)
THE ADVENTURE OF THE LOCKED ROOMBy Andrew Salmon – from Sherlock Holmes-Consulting Detective Vol. One. (Airship 27 Prod.)
(Top three vote getters from sixteen nominations.)

BEST PULP COVER
MIKE FYLES - for The Green Lama Vol. One.  (Airship 27 Prod.)
CHAD HARDIN  - for Jim Anthony Super Detective Vol.One (Airship 27 Prod.)
MARK MADDOX – for Captain Hazzard – Python Men of the Lost City (Airship 27 Prod.)
MARK MADDOX – for Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective Vol. One. (Airship 27 Prod.)
(Top four vote getters from sixteen nominations.)

BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS
Pedro Cruz – for Jim Anthony Super Detective Vol.One. (Airship 27 Prod.)
Rob Davis – for Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective Vol.One. (Airship 27 Prod.)
Jay Piscopo – for The Green Lama Vol.One. (Airship 27 Prod.)
(Top three vote getters from eleven nominations.)

FOR THE RECORD
For all four categories combined, a total of fifty-one nominees were offered. 
These nominated artists and writers represented eleven different publishing houses.

Pulp Newsgroups - Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. 
Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below.


Abraham Merritt:
This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join!

CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/

Doc Con:
  The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/

Edgar Rice Burroughs Group:
This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/


FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/

Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/

Occult Detection: This group is for discussion of occult detectives/ghost breakers in both fiction and cinema.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OCCULTDETECTION/


Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/
to join!

Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/?yguid=321995096

PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/

Pulp Swap Group:  Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/

REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/

Vintage Paperbacks:  A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/

Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/


Wild Cat Books:  Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps

QUEEN SONJA #4 - Arriving in comic shops February 10th!
Writer: Joshua Ortega; Penciller/Inker: Mel Rubi
Covers: Mel Rubi (25%), Lucio Parillo (50%), Jackson Herbert (25%)
The story of Sonja’s march to the throne continues as writer Joshua Ortega and artist Mel Rubi weave an incredible tale of intrigue and power in the ancient lands of Hyboria!
32 pages, Full Color, $2.99
Dynamite Entertainment


The Shadow - Feature film update!
According to Peter Georgiou of IESB, Sam Raimi wants The Shadow to be his next directorial feature.
Raimi reportedly is itching to get back in the director’s chair, loves the character, and flipped over this latest draft of the script by Siavash Farahani that Raimi commissioned.

Visit the IESB website for Peter Georgiou's commentary on the Siavash Farahani script.



SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS #2 - Arriving in comic shops February 10th!
Scott Allie (Writer), Mario Guevara (Art), Juan Ferreyra (Colors), and Darick Robertson (Cover)

Travelers beware! The roads of Germany's Black Forest are haunted by all manner of wolf, bandit, and demon! After a harrowing battle with the disgusting and deadly Black Rider creatures, even confident, stalwart combatants like Solomon Kane and the mysterious L'Armon know enough to seek safety during the sinister hours of the night. The shelter they've stumbled upon looks foreboding, but its heavy doors will keep those that lurk in the forest at bay. However, will the wickedness within this strange tavern prove to be deadlier than the evil beasts roaming outside? Solomon Kane and L'Armon will soon find out. They're staying at the ominously named Cleft Skull -- a place, it is said, that few come to visit twice! Scott Allie (Star Wars: Empire, Exurbia) adapts Robert E. Howard's classic "Rattle of Bones" tale, as Mario Guevara (The Lone Ranger and Tonto) and Juan Ferreyra (Rex Mundi, Small Gods) join him in another excursion into horror, suspense, and adventure.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on February 10.

Dark Horse Comics


Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
Iron Man: Virus,  Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, January 26, 2010 - Now available!
Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire, Christa Faust, Leisure Books, $6.99, April 1, 2010
The Point Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $15.99, March 2, 2010
The Long Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $25.99, March 16, 2010
Iron Man 2 Movie Novelization, Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, April 1, 2010 

The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, April 1, 2010 
Hunt Among the Killers of Men, David J. Schow, Leisure Books, $6.99, May 2010
Shades of Gray, Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge, Bantam/Spectra, $15, June 22, 2010
Infinite Crisis: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $7.99, June 29, 2010
Final Crisis: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 6, 2010
With Great Power..., editor: Lou Anders, Pocket, $15, July 20, 2010
Hunt Through Napoleon's Web, Raymond Benson, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 2010

ZINE OF BRONZE #7 - Coming soon!
Future issues of ZINE OF BRONZE will be available as low cost pdf downloads beginning with issue #7.
ZINE OF BRONZE #7 will be available within a week. For anyone interested, it's just $1.00 per download, payable to Jim Main, via personal check, to Jim Main, 13 Valley View Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804.

This should help get the publication into the hands of many more readers, especially those overseas.
The printed version of #7 should be available within 3 weeks.
It'll be $4.00 per copy, plus $1.50 shipping. Pre-orders can be sent to the above address as well.




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