The one book Black Lizard never published, it's the dream-like tale of a man after a jailbreak, who meets up with the woman of his dreams... and his nightmares. Phenomenal work of the period, ranking with the best efforts of Thompson, Woolrich, Goodis et al.

    Merciless in its suspense, flawless in its grasp of the ways in which ordinary people hurtle over the edge, The Hot Spot is a superb example of fifties roman noir.

    . . It was only cheap glass, a fraud, a come-on for the suckers who paid Doc Magus to gaze into its depths and tell them tomorrow would be better. And Doc--a decent man, a smart man--pitied them. Yet tonight, even Doc had to believe the Madball. There was nothing left to lead him to the money--enough money to spring him free of the raucous, sordid world of the pitchmen and the pickled punks, the cotton candy and the kewpie dolls--and the belly dancers who needed him for all-night alibis.Doc was shrewd, but not quite shrewd enough. Someone else knew about the $42,000--a specialist in death, who was only yards away. . .MADBALL is a novel of one traveling show, and of the lives of its carneys, who live to close to the edge of frenzy.

    The carny world was a special interest of Gresham who contibuted many articles on the subject for magazines such as Collier's , Life, Esquire and True. His earlier book, "Nightmare Alley", was a novel dealing with the sleazy underbelly of the carnival world.

    Moore. Shambleau and Others. New York: Gnome, [1953]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket.List of stories:Black God’s KissShambleauBlack God’s ShadowBlack ThirstThe Tree of LifeJirel Meets MagicScarlet Dream

    Ricky's friends' were allowed to have their own rods, but would his parents let him in on the fun? Heck no! So here he was, the only guy in Dellville without his own set of wheels, the town "car suck." His friend Link said he ought to threaten to leave home. That worked for Link; he had his rod. But Ricky's parents weren't so easily bluffed, and though his father finally did decide that Ricky should be allowed to have a car, Ricky's mind was already made up. Before his Dad could tell him he'd had a change of heart, Ricky went and bought a beat-up `39 Ford coupe from Merle, the somewhat shady town mechanic, with crazy dreams of souping it up to be the best street rod in town.

    

    After seven of prison, of not being a stoolie. But now his old gang has caught up to him. And they're not taking any chances. Riker, the gang's leader, stole Ken's gorgeous wife and now he wants to take his life. But Ken's chance upon a woman—a scarred, damaged woman. A woman with an opium addiction. A woman who may be the only hope that Ken Rockland has.

    This science fiction classic begins when Larry Finlay, a young and unsuspecting chemist, discovers sinister forces have taken an interest in his new approach to the seemingly innocuous problem of hemophilia. Soon, Finlay is unwittingly caught up in a nightmare plot of violence and counter-violence. Behind it is the sinister cabal that calls itself The White Widows. But who are what are they? When Larry learns all these events are tied in to the concept of parthenogenesis, he realizes that a certain woman scientist has found the secret of giving birth without the need of males. She and the other White Widows are determined to end war, greed, violence, poverty, and the idea of cut-throat competition by eliminating all men! Particularly the man named Larry Finlay! The only person he can turn to for help is the woman he loves. If he can trust her with his life... And he'll have to! The New York Times says Sam Merwin, Jr.'s sf novels are "Fast-moving." And the San Francisco Chronicle hailed them as "Entertaining and realistic." The editors of Galaxy magazine described The White Widows as "a masterpiece of danger, suspense, treachery and intrigue that will sweep you along with held breath, a great book." But Sf critic and editor Geoffery Kidd condemned it as "The war between the sexes gone nuclear... a nasty piece of work." Judge for yourself when you read this thought-provoking book that still remains controversial 50 years after publication.

    

    Fox wrote for the pulp publishers while writing for comic books as well. This is a collection of his 10 best science fiction pulps he wrote for Planet Stories. The stories are like reading comic books but without the pictures. Gardner F. Fox was one of the most prolific writers during the golden and silver age of comic books. These pulp short stories are playgrounds for what he would ultimately contribute to such DC comics characters as the Flash and Adam Strange. The Stories are; The Last Monster, Man nth, Engines of the Gods, The Man the Sun-Gods made, Sword of the Seven Suns, Vassals of the Lode-Star, Werwile of the Crystal Crypt, When Kohonnes Screamed, Tonight the Stars Revolt!, The Warlock of Sharrador

    From that moment Ilarion plunged into life with dizzying speed.Into court intrigue where whispers behind a cupped hand could mean death in the night for a man.Into the silken bonds of love and the favors of the Madonna of the Roses, highborn lady of Italy.Into savage battle beneath the banner of the bull, where rich cities toppled to the lances of the Borgia.

    She learned then from heartless young hoods like:Je-Je - Boss of the neighborhood punksRocky - Who wanted to be bossTommy - Who thought he had all the answersBut there was also Brad- who showed her that there could be a decet way out for courageous youngsters caught in the... TEEN-AGE JUNGLE.