Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales. Robert E. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian.

    Originally published in 1935, Somebody in Boots was Algren's first novel, based on his experiences living in Texas during the Great Depression. A wonderful companion to Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, this new edition of Somebody in Boots features an introduction by Colin Asher, who is writing a forthcoming biography of Algren.

    "When Death Went Mad").

    Two novels, originally published in March 1936 as "Green Globes of Death" and in September 1935 as "King of the Red Killers" in the pulp monthly publication The Spider, Master of Men!

    The Boss's reign of terror involves the liberal use of acid guns and driving men insane with little darts or doped tobacco.

    

    The Death Fiddler--who brands his victims with a violin-shaped mark--kills every Thursday at 11:30 and keeps wax figures of his victims in his hideout.