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Off-Trail Publications
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2036 Elkhorn Rd. Castroville, CA 95012 PayPal:
offtrail@redshift.com
Off-Trail Publications are also available from Adventure House, Amazon.com, and Mike Chomko |
| AMAZON STORIES: Volume 1: PEDRO &
LOURENÇO by Arthur O. Friel Adventure on the Danger Trails of the Amazon Jungle
Arthur O. Friel
debuted in ADVENTURE in 1919. With his engrossing tales of the unexplored
Amazon jungle, he quickly became one of the pulp’s most popular authors,
a position he held for many years. Here, reprinted for the first time, are
Friel’s first ten stories for ADVENTURE. They
follow the experiences of two rubber industry workers, Pedro and Lourenço.
Their journeys into the jungle, one of the wildest and most inhospitable
places on Earth, lead to fantastic, suspenseful--and often violent--adventures,
and encounters with bizarre and fascinating people. These stories are some
of Friel’s most entertaining work, and some of the best fiction to be found
in the adventure pulps.The contents include:
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THE GANGLAND SAGAS OF BIG NOSE SERRANO
Volume 1: DAMES, DICE AND THE DEVIL By Anatole Feldman Introduction by Will Murray Featuring the first four Big Nose Serrano novels from Gangster Stories, 1930-31. Serrano started off as a gangland version of Cyrano de Bergerac, a guy with a large nose who supplies romantic poetry to a better- looking friend. But Big Nose evolved into his own force of nature, a Tommy gun toting berserker who rhymed as he slew. From the pen of top gang pulp author, Anatole Feldman, who wrote down-and-dirty gang fiction like he was born to the cause. Big Nose is reprinted for the first time since original publication. Unique, unforgettable. Stories complete with original illustrations. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 266 pages, $20.00 Shipping: $2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority |
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| THE CITY OF BAAL by
Charles Beadle Mysterious Africa... At the turn of the 20th Century, Charles Beadle served the British Empire in the colonies of southern Africa; saw duty in the Boer War. Afterwards, he worked his way north through perilous territory as an oddjobber, trader and explorer. When his travels ended, he tapped his storytelling gifts and turned the Africa of experience into enthralling fiction, becoming a stalwart of the great adventure pulps. Included in this collection of seven short stories and novelettes--originally published in ADVENTURE and THE FRONTIER --are strange tales of daring quests, wildlife in riot, treacherous characters, inscrutable witchdoctors, bizarre tribes, gruesome fates--all the mystery, discovery, danger . . . and dread, of unknown lands. From small-scale stories of isolated outposts under stress, to epic sagas of lost races in the depths of the jungle--from the macabre to the breathtaking--here is adventure at its best. Also included is a detailed discussion of the historical context of Beadle’s stories, and a look at his fascinating life and career. 6x9-inch perfect bound, 240 pages, 7 stories, $20.00 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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DOCTOR COFFIN: THE LIVING DEAD MAN by Perley
Poore Sheehan Introduction by John Wooley Doctor Coffin must rank as one of pulpdom's strangest denizens. He'd been the famous actor, Del Manning, before faking his own death. He returned as the mysterious Doctor Coffin, proprietor of a chain of Hollywood mortuaries by day, crimefighter by night. From 1932-33, Thrilling Detective featured him in a series of novelettes by Perley Poore Sheehan, veteran fictioneer and Hollywood screenwriter. Collected here are eight of Doctor Coffin's exploits, including the first six. 175 pages, 6x9, perfect-bound, $16 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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| FROM
GHOULS TO GANGSTERS: THE CAREER OF ARTHUR B. REEVE Edited by John Locke VOLUMES 1 & 2; 7x10" perfect bound; $20 each When journalist Arthur B. Reeve (1880-1936) turned his talents to fiction, he couldn’t have foreseen the results. His "scientific detective," Craig Kennedy, took the world by storm in 1911. Kennedy was labeled "the American Sherlock Holmes" while Reeve quickly became the most popular American detective-story author. For the next quarter-century, Reeve worked tirelessly at the writing game. His stories were published in a variety of magazines, slick and pulp, then turned into bestselling books. His newspaper serials were read in homes across the country. He wrote hit movies; reported on the notorious crimes of the day; hosted a national radio program. He was friend to police chiefs and presidents. Kennedy appeared in print, on stage, in films, comic strips and, eventually, television. By the time of his death, Reeve--and his famous detective--were American institutions. But the astonishing breadth of his career has never been fully explored--until this two-volume set, a major advance in what has previously been known about Reeve and his works. Volume 1 collects stories from all phases of Reeve’s career. Included are tales of Craig Kennedy, and Reeve’s lesser-known detectives. The early stories that made Reeve famous are here, as well as stories written for specialized markets, and obscure works written for pulps and newspapers; all taken from their original appearances. Since Reeve’s early stories were rewritten for book publication, and his later stories were never reprinted, the stories here are freely available for the first time. 255 pages. Volume 2 consists of nonfiction material by and about Reeve. Included is a 40-page narrative describing Reeve’s fascinating career; articles by Reeve on crime solution, detective fiction, and his career; a 75-page guide to Reeve’s work, covering his magazine and newspaper appearances, film credits, stage, radio, books, comic strips, and more; an extensive Art Gallery featuring cover reproductions, interior illustrations, cartoons, ads, and ephemera; and complete bibliography and index. 251 pages. Shipping: $2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority |
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| GANG PULP Introduction by John Locke In 1929, a new kind of magazine appeared on newsstands, the gang pulps! And nothing that came before gave the pulps a worse reputation. Month after month, the stories luridly recounted the exploits of the most sadistic killers, the most craven squealers, the most coldblooded gun molls, the most corrupt cops, the most ruthless gang bosses, the most brutal mob wars, that ever escaped the realm of the imagination--a genre of extremes. There had been outlaw heroes in crime fiction before, but none like this new breed, who toasted with bootleg liquor while their bloody victims lay dying on the floor. Almost immediately, the gang pulps came under attack from the censors. America’s morals lay dying on the pulpwood pages, they claimed. Centered in the crosshairs was famed pulp editorHarold Hersey, creator of Gangster Stories, Racketeer Stories, Speakeasy Stories, and a raft of other gang magazines. He was threatened with prosecution. Clean up--or else! But the story of this clash has never before been told; nor have many of the stories been available since their original publication during the dying years of Prohibition. Included in GANG PULP are nineteen rare tales, selected from both the pre- and post-censorship periods. Did Hersey buckle under? Judge for yourself in violent and profane pulp classics like "One Hour Before Dawn," "Rough on Rats," and "City of Bullets." In "Glorifying the American Goon," an in-depth introduction based on all-new research, the world of the gang pulps is explored: what the stories were about, what happened during the attack on Hersey, how he responded, how the stories changed. Stories complete with original illustrations. 294 pages, 6x9-inch perfect bound, $24.00 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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| PULPWOOD
DAYS, Volume 1: Editors You Want To Know
Edited by John Locke Behind the flashy covers of the pulp magazines, below the famous names of the authors, toiled the hardworking, and usually anonymous, architects of the medium—the editors. Included in this collection from the writers’ magazines of the Pulp Era are their stories, articles by and about the editors, the lives they led, the difference they made. Ample biographical material accompanies the articles, illuminating dim, forgotten corners of pulp magazine history. Illustrated; fully indexed. Among the many editors covered: Frank E. Blackwell (Detective Story, Western Story), Ray Palmer (Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures), Robert A.W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications), Edwin Baird (Weird Tales, Detective Tales), Freeman H. Hubbard (Railroad Stories), Harry Maule (Short Stories, West), Carson Mowre (Dell Publishing), Arthur E. Scott (Top-Notch), Daisy Bacon (Love Story), Harold Hersey, Anthony Rud. 180 pages, 6x9, perfect-bound, $16 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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| SUPER-DETECTIVE FLIP BOOK: TWO COMPLETE
NOVELS From the SUPER-DETECTIVE pulp: "Legion of Robots" (November 1940), Intro by John McMahan "Murder’s Migrants" (March 1943), Intro by John Wooley In the late-1930s, Culture Publications added a new imprint, Trojan Publications, and gave comic-book fansa reason to stay with the pulps. The reason was Super-Detective, introduced in 1940, a pulp featuring the novel-length adventures of Jim Anthony, detective extraordinaire. But Anthony was no mere sleuth. He possessed phenomenal physical and mental abilities. Patterned after Doc Savage, he battled super-villains bent on the destruction of the United States. After ten amazing adventures, Super-Detective transformed the Jim Anthony novels to a hard-boiled detective-story mode. The criminals were less ambitious, and more susceptible to guns and fists. Here, in this SUPER-DETECTIVE FLIP BOOK, a joint presentation of Off-Trail Publications and Reverse Karma Press, are two Jim Anthony novels, one from each phase of Anthony’s career. Flip the book and read the second novel. Also included are two introductions that explore the dual worlds of Jim Anthony, and the authors who brought him to life. 174 pages, 6x9, perfect-bound, $18 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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| THE
WEIRD DETECTIVE ADVENTURES
OF WADE HAMMOND Volume 1
by Paul Chadwick Reporter by day, detective by night, adventurer by blood. Meet Wade Hammond, tough and smart, the man who tackles cases the police can’t handle, battling some of the most diabolical killers known to pulp fiction. It takes brains as well as brawn to outsmart these insidious madmen, geniuses at twisting science into terrifying tools of murder, and Wade never shrinks from the challenge. For the first time, ten of the most spine-chilling Wade Hammond stories have been collected from the pages of classic 1930’s pulps: DETECTIVE-DRAGNET and TEN DETECTIVE ACES. In these vivid, atmospheric tales from the pen of Paul Chadwick, author of Secret Agent X and Captain Hazzard, the mood is mysterious, the situation perilous, and the suspense unrelenting. Lock the doors, pull down the blinds, and enter the weird and wonderful world of Wade Hammond. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 180 pages, 10 stories, $18.00 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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| THE WEIRD
DETECTIVE ADVENTURES OF WADE HAMMOND
Volume 2 by Paul Chadwick Wade Hammond takes on another round of uncanny cases! From the vivid imagination of legendary fictioneer, Paul Chadwick, from the pages of the great 1930's pulps, DETECTIVE-DRAGNET and TEN DETECTIVE ACES, are collected another ten of Wade Hammond's unforgettable adventures, the majority reprinted here for the first time since their original publication! Here in Volume 2, Wade Hammond, globe trotting adventurer, accomplished newsman, and courageous amateur sleuth, pits his abilities against a frightening series of diabolical villains: The Sloth, The Man with the Grin, The Reaper, The Fiend, and many more! 6x9-inch perfect bound; 169 pages, 10 stories, $18.00 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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| THE WEIRD
DETECTIVE ADVENTURES OF WADE HAMMOND Volume
3 by Paul Chadwick Wade Hammond returns to battle the forces of strangeness! The two-fisted, courageous amateur sleuth pits his abilities against diabolical villains, crazed killers, mad scientists, rampaging apes, a killer octopus, and more. Here in Volume 3 are ten more chilling tales from the pen of Paul Chadwick, from the great 1930’s pulps, Detective-Dragnet and Ten Detective Aces. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 202 pages, 10 stories, $18.00 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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| THE WEIRD DETECTIVE ADVENTURES
OF WADE HAMMOND Volume 4 by Paul Chadwick The biggest Wade Hammond collection yet contains the remaining nine stories from Ten Detective Aces. With Volume 4, all 39 Wade Hammond adventures are now available. Here, the indomitable amateur investigator faces off against some of his weirdest enemies, The Spinner, The Purple Hand, the sadistic Flandrin, and many others. Also included is Chadwick's only known article on pulp writing. An in-depth introduction updates Chadwick's career with newly unearthed information. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 232 pages, 9 stories, $18.00 plus shipping ($2.50 media mail; $4.50 priority) |
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