Best of
Pulp

1982

The Day Remo Died


Warren Murphy - 1982
    Nobody special, really, until he came to the attention of a secret government organization. They had him killed. Then they brought him back to life, erased his identity, and trained him to be the perfect assassin. All under the pretext of defending the Constitution. This is a story that's been told before—in Created, The Destroyer—but never like this. The Day Remo Died revisits the origin of the Destroyer through the eyes of Chiun, the Reigning Master of Sinanju. Chiun, the Teacher. Chiun, who has much to endure if he's to elevate a pale piece of pig's ear to mastery. This is the Day Remo Died. This is where it all begins.

Frabato the Magician


Franz Bardon - 1982
    Set in Dresden in the early 1930's it chronicles Frabato's magical battles with the members of a powerful and dangerous black lodge. His escape from Germany during the final desperate days of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of his spiritual mission culminating with his classic books on Hermetic magic.More than an occult novel, Frabato the Magician is itself a work of magic which illuminates Bardon's other books as well as providing a revealing look into the dark occult forces which lay behind the rise of the Third Reich. Threaded throughout the true tale, and written between the lines, are many valuable and practical esoteric lessons.

The Ghosts of Departure Point


Eve Bunting - 1982
    After a car plunges over a dangerous cliff, killing its four teenage occupants, one of the four returns as a ghost, tormented by guilt and wishing somehow to prevent another tragedy.

Carlito's Way


Edwin Torres - 1982
    ICarlito s Way/I, and its sequel After Hours, were adapted for film by Brian de Palma, with Al Pacino as Carlito. Edwin Torres is a Criminal Court judge in New York City.

Have You Seen This Girl?


Susan Dodson - 1982
    A sixteen-year-old boy arrives in New York City looking for his girlfriend who has fled Michigan, only to find the sordid underground world of the runaway.

The Last Incantation


Clark Ashton Smith - 1982
    Among the stories you'll find; The Double Shadow, The Death of Malygris, The Ice Demon, The Devotee of Evil and many many more.Contents:IntroductionThe Double ShadowThe Last IncantationThe Death of MalygrisSeedling of MarsThe Ice-DemonUbbo-SathlaThe Plutonian DrugThe Colossus of YlourgneThe Holiness of AzedaracThe End of the StoryThe Vaults of Yoh-VombisThe Devotee of EvilThe Root of AmpoiGenius Loci

The Dawning Shadow: The Light on the Sound


S.P. Somtow - 1982
    The planet Gallendys is ruled by the Inquestors, unseen beings who are able to travel instantaneously to any place in the universe via tachyon bubbles.

Styx


Christopher Hyde - 1982
    The explanation for that evolutionary step - the missing link - has never been found...until now.An earthquake rocks Yugoslavia, uncovering the ghostly subterranean world of the awesome Subrano Cave. Its amazing paintings and fossils chronicle the existence of an ancient, mysterious race. As the dawn of man is slowly pieced together by an international investigative team, they discover that this unusual tribe disappeared deep into the earth, leaving a trail of paintings along the banks of an underground river.When another earthquake seals the cave for all time, the trapped survivors who have been studying the cave paintings have no choice. There is only one possible way out - ad that is to follow a path taken 40,000 years ago. They must ride the underground river Styx, all the way to Hell...

Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars


Leigh Brackett - 1982
    There, to the sinful cities of the Low Canals, came Eric John Stark, adventurer, roisterer, and outlaw from Earth.But there were evils more ancient and fearsome than could be found in the decadence and vices of the tribes and cities. Far to the north, amid the wastes of bitter snows lay the Gates of Death. And among the wasted ruins of the deserts, the tribes were losing something beyond their utmost dreams of loot and ravage.To such peril, inevitably, Stark was drawn. Who else could bear the Talisman? What other war leader could the false messiah of the tribes summon?But Eric John Stark was more than he seemed--more, in fact, than he knew."(Contains the stories The Secret of Sinharat and People of the Talisman)

We'll Share a Double Funeral


James Hadley Chase - 1982
    Disguised as a police officer, he meets up with movie writer Perry Weston and persuades him to drive to Weston's remote fishing lodge. Once there, and somewhat to Weston's surprise, Logan agrees to talk about his life and how he came to murder six people. The police become suspicious and put a watch on the lodge. Then Weston's wayward wife visits him and promises a fresh start. Logan wants money and a chance to start again . . . Can either of them deliver or will Weston and Logan share a double funeral?

Winter Lord


Jean Brooks-Janowiak - 1982
    Rob had discovered the unholy truth about the Daoines and paid the hellish penalty. As Jane realizes she's fallen under the spell of Moira's brother, Finn Daoine, she steps into a world of godlike beings and demonic forces that no mere mortal was meant to enter...

Giri


Marc Olden - 1982
    Martial arts action scenes are very difficult to write because of the terminology and the unfamiliar movements, but the author handles this information beautifully, weaving it into the story until it becomes as interesting as the story itself.

Ice Towers


Duncan McGeary - 1982
    To all who helped him, he gave gifts of the precious metal, glyden. But the Underworlders, headed by the crafty Mayor Tarleton and villainous Redfrock, were greedy for more. And the hidden tunnels of glyden, with their ancient hand-carved corridors, made Greylock the prized prey for other would-be conquerors. Greylock was haunted nightly by the demon voices of the Wyrrs, and was terrorized by assassination attempts. Faced with formidable enemies and the threat of an earthquake that could destroy the icetowers, Greylock undertakes a long and hazardous adventure to save his snow-covered realm!

The Cruise


Paula Christian - 1982
    Sisterhood... for an all-lesbian cruise from Los Angeles to Acapulco. You'll want to meet the women on this passenger list!ERIKA: Late with a book deadline, but catching up with "other matters";FELICE: Lovely and alone on her first real trip anywhere;DONNA: Sincere, caring, and committed to Sandy;LYNN: A sex-obsessed New York model....And then there's Margaret, Harmony, Carmen, Amanda, Charlene, Bernie, and all the others—each involved with the central cast of characters and on the cruise for her own reasons....

Cold Front


Barry Hammond - 1982
    A defenseless girl. And the ultimate horror poised to strike.You might pity the girl, trapped in a snowbound cabin in the Canadian wilderness with three savage fugitives from the law. But you would be wrong.It's not the girl you should pity. It's the men... as they waken a power beyond all human control... and their burning lust turns into freezing fear... COLD FRONT.The shivering starts long before the screams begin.Cover Artist: Tom Hallman

Shadows of Yog-Sothoth


Sandy Petersen - 1982
    During the course of play the investigators penetrate the outer layers of a secret sinister occult organization led by the lords of the Silver Twilight. Beginning in Boston they investigate an organization in New York, run afoul of a coven in Scotland, roam the desert of the American southwest, vacation off the coast of Maine, and explore the mysteries of the South Pacific.

The Official Valley Girl Coloring Book


Moon Zappa - 1982
    

The Lair of Ancient Dreams


Asa Drake - 1982
    She wants them. She will destroy them. Irresistacly drawn by her diabolical charm, Katia and Vaida, set out for Hecate's Horn, the she-thing's secret lair high in the Alps. Halfway up, there is no way back; all paths are stopped by the grisly undead. Higher still the demoness appears and commands them to perform the rites of sensuality for the amusement of her dread demon children. Still they continue, knowingly, toward Lamasbtu's cave of terror.Almost unknowingly, they have fallen deeply in love. Katia and Vaida expect unspeakable horrors within the depraved lair. But they will be stunned to discover the awesome revelations lurking within their own minds and bodies -- secrets capable of changing their destinies, recreating their very lives!

House on the Heath


Maureen Stephenson - 1982
    the swirling fog of the clinging night... the year-long silence from her sister Leah... all unnerved Damaris as she knocked at the massive doors of Leah's isolated mansion. And though her scowling brother-in-law told her that Leah had disappeared months before, Damaris sensed that her sister was somewhere in that house--and in terrible danger. Despite the menacing stares of the hostile household, Damaris vowed to stay at the mysterious mansion until she traced Leah. Each day, she came closer to finding her missing sister. But each night, Damaris was nearer to losing her life...

Pulp Voices: Interviews with Pulp Magazine Writers and Editors


Jeffrey M. Elliot - 1982
    Elliot interviews five writers and editors of the science fiction pulp magazine era: Jack Williamson, H. L. Gold, Stanton A. Coblentz, C. L. Moore, and Raymond Z. Gallun. With an introduction by Poul Anderson.

The Snake Orchards


Drew Lamark - 1982
    

Slice of Life


James Kisner - 1982
    

Nightmare Street


Margaret Tabor - 1982
    and finds it isn't there. - Her house has vanished. - No one has heard of her husband. - At the local school they know nothing of her children. - Unity's whole existence seems to have been wiped out. Then a clash with hooligans puts her in hospital with severe concussion. She wakes to a world of nightmare and uncertainty - and a lonely, desperate fight to cling on to her identity. As the weeks pass, her struggle toughens and changes Unity so much that she becomes a new person. Or does she?