John Carter is the greatest hero of two worlds! Marvel at these classic tales of danger and daring as Carter battles deadly opponents, warring civilizations and a host of Barsoomian beasts.

    Created by author Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ape man character of Lord Greystoke continues to enthrall and captivate readers and audiences, the world over. This compilation contains all 25 of the Tarzan novels written and published by Burroughs during his lifetime, and is formatted with an active table of contents by title and chapter for easy navigation:Tarzan of the ApesThe Return of TarzanThe Beasts of TarzanThe Son of TarzanTarzan and the Jewels of OparJungle Tales of TarzanTarzan the UntamedTarzan the TerribleTarzan and the Golden LionTarzan and the Ant MenTarzan, Lord of the JungleTarzan and the Lost EmpireTarzan at the Earth's CoreTarzan the InvincibleTarzan TriumphantTarzan and the City of GoldTarzan and the Lion ManTarzan and the Leopard MenTarzan's QuestTarzan and the Forbidden CityTarzan the MagnificentTarzan and the Foreign LegionThe Tarzan TwinsTarzan and the Tarzan Twins and Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden LionTarzan and the Castaways

    

    She knows what people are going to do, and she can move things with her mind. It is her greatest secret, and her deadliest talent. When her life spirals out of control, Patience is set on a crash course for destruction, until a chance encounter with Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor gives her a chance to use her powers for the good of the Imperium.ABOUT PLAYING PATIENCESet before Ravenor, ‘Playing Patience’ tells the origins of Inquisitor Ravenor’s most mysterious companion. The story previously appeared in the Ravenor Omnibus

    Ciaphas Cain battles alongside the planet's custodians against the tyranid foe on the agri-world of Keffia.A short story from the 'Defender of the Imperium' omnibus.

    Howard, creator of Conan the Cimmerian, continues with this latest compendium of Howard’s fiction and poetry. These adventures, set in medieval-era Europe and the Near East, are among the most gripping Howard ever wrote, full of pageantry, romance, and battle scenes worthy of Tolstoy himself. Most of all, they feature some of Howard’s most unusual and memorable characters, including Cormac FitzGeoffrey, a half-Irish, half-Norman man of war who follows Richard the Lion-hearted to twelfth-century Palestine—or, as it was known to the Crusaders, Outremer; Diego de Guzman, a Spaniard who visits Cairo in the guise of a Muslim on a mission of revenge; and the legendary sword woman Dark Agnès, who, faced with an arranged marriage to a brutal husband in sixteenth-century France, cuts the ceremony short with a dagger thrust and flees to forge a new identity on the battlefield.Lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist John Watkiss and featuring miscellanea, informative essays, and a fascinating introduction by acclaimed historical author Scott Oden, Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures is a must-have for every fan of Robert E. Howard, who, in a career spanning just twelve years, won a place in the pantheon of great American writers.

    Myth. Warfare. Wonder. Beauty. Bravery. Glamour. Gore. Sorcery. Sensuality. These and many more elements of fantasy await you in the pages of Griots, which brings you the latest stories of the new genre called Sword and Soul.The tales told in Griots are the annals of the Africa that was, as well as Africas that never were, may have been, or should have been. They are the legends of a continent and people emerging from shadows thrust upon them in the past. They are the sagas sung by the modern heirs of the African story-tellers known by many names - including griots.Here, you will meet mighty warriors, seductive sorceresses, ambitious monarchs, and cunning courtesans. Here, you will journey through the vast variety of settings Africa offers, and inspires. Here, you will savor what the writings of the modern-day griots have to offer: journeys through limitless vistas of the imagination, with a touch of color and a taste of soul. Contents:The Soul in the Sword • essay by Charles R. SaundersA Gathering at the Meeting Tree • essay by Milton J. DavisMrembo Aliyenaswa (Captured Beauty) • shortfiction by Milton J. Davis [as by Milton Davis ]Awakening • shortfiction by Valjeanne JeffersLost Son • shortfiction by Maurice BroaddusIn the Wake of Mist • shortfiction by Kirk A. JohnsonSkin Magic • shortfiction by Djeli A. ClarkThe Demon in the Wall • shortfiction by Stafford L. BattleThe Belly of the Crocodile • shortfiction by Minister FaustChangeling • shortfiction by Carole McDonnellThe General's Daughter • shortfiction by Anthony Nana KwamuSekadi's Koan • shortfiction by Geoffrey ThorneThe Queen, the Demon and the Mercenary • shortfiction by Ronald T. JonesIcewitch • shortfiction by Rebecca McFarland KyleThe Leopard Walks Alone • shortfiction by Melvin CarterThe Three-Faced One • shortfiction by Charles R. SaundersGriots Bios • essay by uncredited

    With stories by Jack London, O. Henry, H. Rider Haggard, Alastair MacLean, Talbot Mundy, Cornell Woolrich, and many others, this wide-reaching and fascinating volume contains some of the best characters from the most thrilling adventure tales, including The Cisco Kid; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Bulldog Drummond; Tarzan; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Conan the Barbarian; Hopalong Cassidy; King Kong; Zorro; and The Spider. Divided into sections that embody the greatest themes of the genre—Sword & Sorcery, Megalomania Rules, Man vs. Nature, Island Paradise, Sand and Sun, Something Feels Funny, Go West Young Man, Future Shock, I Spy, Yellow Peril, In Darkest Africa—it is destined to be the greatest collection of adventure stories ever compiled. Featuring:Lawless open seasFerocious army antsDeadeyed gunmenExotic desert islandsFeverish jungle adventures Including:The story that introduced The Cisco KidThe complete novel of Tarzan the Terrible

    It's a city in a world of darkness, black magic and creatures of the night . . . a city where demonic entities serve the needs of any witch or magicman who can open a doorway into their domain. This is my city. This is my world.With a special dowsing rod, I can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity and sense the vestiges of odylic power and vile sorcery used in the commission of crimes. I hunt anyone and anything that poses a threat to the people of my city. My name's Dorgo. Folks call me the Dowser.From infernal depths where lost souls mutate into hell-spawned devils, from the other side of the veil that separates the earthly from the unearthly, from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions, "Mad Shadows-The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser," will transport you to a world where sentient shadows, vengeful vampires, malevolent puppets, and raging werewolves haunt the night . . . a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale.

    "I literally screamed HOLY $#@% when I put this book down. It is that good... Cal McDonald is truly one of the coolest characters in comics."Ain't it Cool News

    Thismust-have handbook on rescue techniques for serious climbers fully describes and illustrates a variety of techniques that every climber should know for safety and self-reliance.

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

    Learning the “sweet science” from Father Tim the fighting priest at St. Vincent’s, the Chicago orphanage where Pat and his older brother Mickey were raised, Pat has battled his way around the world – first with the Navy and now with the Los Angeles Police Department. Legendary LAPD chief William Parker is on a rampage to clean up both the department and the city. His elite crew of detectives known as The Hat Squad is his blunt instrument – dedicated, honest, and fearless. Promotion from patrol to detective is Pat’s goal, but he also yearns to be one of the elite. And his fists are going to give him the chance. Gangster Mickey Cohen runs LA’s rackets, and murderous heavyweight Solomon King is Cohen’s key to taking over the fight game. Chief Parker wants wants Patrick “Felony” Flynn to stop him – a tall order for middleweight ship’s champion with no professional record. Leading with his chin, and with his partner, LA’s first black detective Tombstone Jones, covering his back, Patrick Flynn and his Felony Fists are about to fight for his future, the future of the department, and the future of Los Angeles.

    Strange, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man, Daredevil, the X-Men, the Avengers and the Defenders! And witness the unlikely solo breakouts of the Human Torch, Red Wolf, Dr. Doom, the Silver Surfer, the Black Widow and more! Collecting RAWHIDE KID (1955) #17; material from AMAZING ADVENTURES (1961) #1; FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #1; material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #27, #51 and #70; INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #1; material from AMAZING FANTASY #15; material from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83; material from STRANGE TALES (1951) #101, #110 and #135; TWO-GUN KID #60; material from TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) #39, #49 and #59; SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS #1; AVENGERS (1963) #1; X-MEN (1963) #1; DAREDEVIL (1964) #1; GHOST RIDER (1967) #1; MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1967) #12 and #19-20, CAPTAIN SAVAGE #1; and material from SILVER SURFER (1968) #1.

    Atomic Robo is secretly hired by the U.S. Army to infiltrate the hidden Himalayan mountain base of Baron Heinrich Von Helsingard before he perfects a superweapon for the Nazis.

    It lives in the water, in the gutters, even in the orphanage. Both beast and pet, both freak and God, it controls the lives of every single person within the city limits. People like Jane, a religious prostitute, struggling to build a life away from the streets for herself and her husband, a phobia-plagued genius drug-salesman. Or like Sufjan, an ill-fated pyromaniac just trying to survive the city streets. And caught between them all is Alaska Darling, a morally torn hit man, trying to destroy the mob at its roots. A childhood drifter and drinker, Alaska has found his calling in Eads City, trying to save innocence one individual at a time. But he finds out quickly that killing the beast may mean playing its game, as well. In a gangland setting of the distant future, human beings must live in an inhuman age. It's the year 2171, and for these pilgrims on Mankind's newest frontier, the woods are still full of Evil. As Alaska is swallowed alive by the thing he set out to destroy, Sufjan and Jane fight to outlive their own vices and to rise out of the city shadows. They fight to stay alive in a world bathed by blood and fire; one where, sooner or later, they must all face the Monster.

    The James Bond Omnibus collects some of Ian Fleming’s literary adventures in comic strip form for the first time in a single volume. This mammoth edition is packed with thrilling action as James Bond faces enemies both old and new. In the classic stories On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice SPECTRE returns along with Bond’s greatest adversary Ernst Stavro Blofeld, meanwhile in The Man with the Golden Gun the secret agent finds himself in the sights of deadly assassin Francesco Scaramanga. These, plus other classic stories from the James Bond comic archive, make this volume a must have package!

    In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. Life was bliss for millionaire adventurer Richard Henry Benson until the fateful day crime and greed took away his wife and daughter and turned him into something more than human. Driven by loss, compelled by grief, The Avenger is a chilled impersonal force of justice, more machine than man, dedicated to the destruction of evildoers everywhere. This collection features new prose stories of The Avenger by such luminaries as Will Murray, Robin W. Bailey, Matthew Baugh, Joe Gentile, Paul Kupperberg, Howard Hopkins, Mark Ellis, Ron Fortier, and David Michelinie.

    Running for their lives and one step ahead of death, they are relentlessly pursued by a dozen armed hunters. In order to survive, they must outwit the killers and solve the mystery of the buried fortune in gold and jewels.

    Unfortunately for him he shows the preacher's underage daughter a little too much attention, and when their relationship is discovered by the corrupt local sheriff, Webb's easy life begins to fall apart.

    The avarice of the elite had plunged the country into the Great Depression. Class warfare was being waged, and someone was about to snap! Young Betty McDougal discovered how hard life could be when her family was evicted from their farm and forced to live in a Citadel City shelter. They struggled to survive. It was a time of desperation, sin, mistakes and lessons Betty didn't want to learn. Her life felt pointless until a mysterious stranger delivered her an ominous black car. It transformed her.Pandora Driver was the relentless avenger of the common man sifting right from wrong in a realm where the villains were the local gentry and the heroes were outlaws. Pandora was a mistress of disguise who used sly audacity and an unstoppable Car-of-Tomorrow to unleash chaos into the halls of wealth and power. She infiltrated the unscrupulous rulers of Citadel City and adopted their unsavory methods to usurp them. Her fight was the fight of the ages. She was the fist of the people battling greed, graft, inequality, and exploitation. Her time was in the past, but the problems were the same blights facing society today.She intervened when law enforcement or the justice system failed citizens. Sometimes her methods were unsettling. Battling sin in the filth where it resides can dirty even the purest hearts. The good old days we remember in monochrome were lived in color. In a time when good and evil was simply black and white, Pandora lived in the gray area.Pandora Driver: The Origin, summons the spirits of pulps past into a retro-hero tale for mature readers. It ain't Shakespeare. It's pure Pulp!Read Part 01 online http://www.takejohn.com/pandora/origi... or download a free preview from most ebookstores.

    Most would panic, run, and within moments, die. But not the Monster Hunter. Reflexes like coiled springs unleash with fury into the beast, and the never-ending struggle between hunter and nightmare begins with blood... Behold LEATHER, DENIM & SILVER, a collection of monster hunting tales ranging from the frozen halls of a Russian orphanage to the steamy jungles of the Congo. Hunt the foggy streets of London, moonlit New Orleans, and prowl the Old West as hunters square off against bloodthirsty werewolves, vampires, demonic spirits, and devils escaped from legend. Creatures will die. Hunters will die. But no one will go without a fight...

    He's escaped from a mental hospital up north and hitchhiked his way south, the voice of his dead brother urging him on. But when Charlie hits Memphis, the fine line between his delusions and reality shift in the form of the Reverend Phineas Childe-a preacher bent on booze and women; a Man of God with a dark agenda. Charlie is the perfect pawn in the Reverend's game of retribution. And the small North Mississippi town of Cuba Landing will be the setting for the Reverend's very personal Apocalypse. . . .

    David is attacked when trying to serve legal papers to a gang member and an angel comes to his rescue: nineteen-year-old Gabriella Amaya, trapped in a large dilapidated house, caring for her dying aunt. This elderly aunt has money, diamonds, and real estate, promised to Gabriella when the aunt dies. Is there any way the sultry caregiver can get her crafty hands on that wealth sooner? And share it with her new lover, the unsuspecting process server who starts to wonder if he's become a patsy in a elaborate murder plot, or if he simply cannot allow himself to trust any woman who says, "I love you." Set in San Diego, Chula Vista, and Tijuana, Hard Cold Whisper is Michael Hemmingson at his finest, most terse and torqued prose in the crime genre.

    On the road to discovering his own secrets Gray and his Assistance Unlimited team encounter weirdness, madness, and over the top badness on every page! Come along for the ride for this new Barry Reese adventure, for the first entry in The Sovereign City Project and the first Pro Se Book under its new imprint, REESE UNLIMITED! Thrill to THE ADVENTURES OF LAZARUS GRAY!

    Includes the following:A Shot of Whiskey and Four-Fifths of a Full House by Shane McKenzieSweet Sally and a Ghost Named Jim by Jaleta CleggFrom Dust by Wesley Dylan GrayNight Walker by Mark WiseSticks and Stones by A.M. BurnsSoiled Doves by Heather Whittington...And the Horse You Rode in On by Timothy FriendDiamonds in the Sky by Jason S. RidlerSisters, Arizona by Peter GiglioThe Devil's Sport by Alexis HunterSwamp Gas by Scott T. GoudswardShafts to Hell by Jeff ChapmanThe Not So O.K. Corral by Rob RosenLittle China by John M. WhalenLucifer's Song by Timothy MillerUse Yer Brains by Colby ElliottOuroburos by Joseph FergusonDead Mule Crossing by O.M. GreyThe Hanging Tree by Matt KurtzNo More West by Ray CluleyThe Reluctant Wanderer by J. Lloyd MorganThe Brandt Street Bandit by Lori Van PeltThe Bone Orchard by Kris TrianaDust by Brett B. JohnsonConsumption by Indy McDaniel

     Guided by a deadly prophecy, a faceless villain will stop at nothing to transform the world into a place of skulls.It’s a race to save the world from the terrible secret that lies hidden… …at the Outpost of Fate!

    Prince is also a bibliophile, collecting rare volumes published from 1949 to 1984 which include Naked Lunch, Jack Kerouac’s rolled manuscript for Big Sur, and editions of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita in several languages. An exhibition at the Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris, presents rare books selected by the artist from its collection alongside Prince’s artwork.Richard Prince: American Prayer is an accompanying volume that offers a rare glimpse into Prince’s intellectual explorations, revealing the source material for many of his well-known series through the pairing of literary excerpts and complementary illustrations of artwork.

    But Lupoeth finds herself little prepared for the trials ahead, as well as those that follow upon her heels-for the jealous queen who wants her rival banished has appointed a worshiper of the sun god with a criminal past as the expedition's priest, hoping to undermine the mission and seal its doom. Now, lost in the deep jungle, Lupoeth must fight to keep her ill-equipped band of followers alive in the face of deadly beasts, savage Neanderthals, and conspiring enemies. Soon she finds the most accursed deity of her people's faith, exiled from the empire by the Great Goddess Kho Herself, may be her only ally in this wild land. But Sahhindar, the god of Time and bronze, has a mysterious agenda of his own-one that Lupoeth fears might spell doom not only for her expedition, but for the entire world... Christopher Paul Carey is the coauthor of The Song of Kwasin, the long-awaited conclusion to Philip José Farmer's epic Khokarsa series. Carey is also the author of the short story A Kick in the Side and the novella Kwasin and the Bear God, both adventure tales set in the lost civilization of Khokarsa

    Long out of print and very tough to find, the best of these articles have been updated and collected in this new book. Includes over 450 pages of Doc info, spread across over 50 articles.

    but you don't need any brains to enjoy Horrifyingly MAD, a collection of classic material from MAD Magazine spoofing all things horrifying.MAD Magazine is renowned for verbose and meaningless back-cover copy on its special book projects. Its editors take great pride in using many, many, unnecessary words to say absolutely nothing when, in fact, fewer or no words would accomplish the exact same thing.

    Follow the birth and growth of one of the strangest Characters in New Pulp Fiction to date, The Black Centipede as created by Chuck Miller!

    Terror abounds as the Spider battles to save a city in flames.

    Or so he thinks. When Clint leaves Beaverkill for the rough and tumble dock town of Wilton, he hooks up with Charlie Fletcher, good time saloon owner and businessman. One of the businesses Charlie runs out of the bar involves a string of working girls, but he has to pay off Detective Red Brandon and it's wearing him down. He's had enough. Clint agrees to buy him out, but then he meets Charlie's wife, Debbie. Clint thinks he can find a way to keep the bar, manage the girls and stay away from Brandon. He may even come away with Debbie. But Debbie has her own ideas--deadly ones!Dial "M" for ManHob Sampson knows the blonde will be trouble--pure poison. It starts when she calls him up to fix her TV set. But she has a lot more on her mind than reception. Doris is all woman, and she makes sure that he knows it. She's married to one of the richest men in town, Ferris Condon, a man with a grudge against Hob a mile wide. Hob knows his repair business will never get ahead while Ferris plots against him, but does he want to get involved with the man's wife? Shouldn't he be with Kathy? He's comfortable with her. But Hob can't resist Doris. And before he knows what's good for him, he's plotting with her to do something he knows is so wrong--and so necessary. Because Ferris Condon is all that stands between desire and Doris, and that's a fatal place to be.

    Together, they battle the Dark Magic Society, demons, assassins, giant pigs, pirates, and the very Jaws of Death as they travel the Eleven Kingdoms.JASON COSMO: Woodcutter Jason Cosmo flees bounty hunters and mercenaries as he seeks to learn why there is a ten million crown price on his head. Unfortunately, the answer lies in the heart of the Incredibly Dark Forest.ROYAL CHAOS: The Royal Wedding of Mercury Boltblaster and Queen Raella does not go according to plan, igniting a war and launching Jason and Merc on a mission of vengeance.DIRTY WORK: Jason is ready to hang up his enchanted sword and go back to growing turnips. But a search for the all-powerful Superwand comes first, bringing a showdown with demons, dark wizards and sultry pirate queen Tannis Darkwolf.REVIEWS"Energetic fantasy adventure...McGirt seems prepared to stoop to the lowest literary levels to set up a joke...gleefully employs coincidence, improbability, and a downright flouting of the laws of narrative.”— Publishers Weekly"It’s a very funny fantasy."— Beat ScenePUBLISHER'S NOTEThis ebook reproduces the original paperback editions of JASON COSMO, ROYAL CHAOS, and DIRTY WORK, with minor corrective edits. A revised edition of JASON COSMO was published by Trove Books in 2009 as HERO WANTED. This ebook is approximately 230,000 words.

    A maniac will stop at nothing to get the thing he longs for most, a prize as beautiful as she is deadly, the Snow Leopard. His search takes him deep into the seedy groin of San Francisco's notorious Polk Gulch, presented with an insider's eye that can only come from a man who's spent big meaty chunks of his life there. That man is David Henry Sterry. And in the end, our hero must choose: sex or death? This story was a Henry Miller Award Finalist.WARNING: IF YOU HAVE A PACEMAKER OR A HEART CONDITION, PLEASE BE CAREFUL READING THIS BOOK, IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE SEVERE PALPITATIONS!"Sterry's prose fizzes like a firework. Every page crackles... A very easy, exciting book to read - as laconic as Dashiell Hammett, as viscerally hallucinogenic as Hunter S Thompson. Sex, violence, drugs, love, hate, and great writing all within a single wrapper. What more could you possibly ask for?" -Maurince Newman, Irish Times"When David Henry Sterry writes about sexuality, it's like a chef writing about food." - nerve.com."Sterry writes with comic brio... eye-opening, astonishing, brutally honest and frequently funny... graphic, politically incorrect and mostly unquotable in this newspaper." New York Times

    We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are short and wide, very big brained, snoutless, largely furless, and perched on a short, nearly vertical neck. Daniel E. Lieberman sets out to explain how the human head works, and why our heads evolved in this peculiarly human way.Exhaustively researched and years in the making, this innovative book documents how the many components of the head function, how they evolved since we diverged from the apes, and how they interact in diverse ways both functionally and developmentally, causing them to be highly integrated. This integration not only permits the head's many units to accommodate each other as they grow and work, but also facilitates evolutionary change. Lieberman shows how, when, and why the major transformations evident in the evolution of the human head occurred. The special way the head is integrated, Lieberman argues, made it possible for a few developmental shifts to have had widespread effects on craniofacial growth, yet still permit the head to function exquisitely.This is the first book to explore in depth what happened in human evolution by integrating principles of development and functional morphology with the hominin fossil record. The Evolution of the Human Head will permanently change the study of human evolution and has widespread ramifications for thinking about other branches of evolutionary biology.

    

    Blood ‘n’ Thunder’s readers include not only veteran fans and collectors of such material, but also newly interested hobbyists born decades after the heyday of pulps and related narrative forms. This 340-page book collects the finest articles and reviews that appeared in Blood ‘n’ Thunder’s long-out-of-print first ten issues—over 125,000 words of history, biography, and commentary, impeccably researched and lovingly presented by devotees for devotees. It’s a one-volume encyclopedia for aficionados of vintage adventure, mystery and melodrama.

    Powers as one of the foundation authors of the famous pulp magazine of the 1930s and 1940s, Wild West Weekly. Now, here for the first time, are twelve Paul Powers stories written in the years after Wild West Weekly stopped publication. Six of these stories were published in magazines such as Exciting Western, Thrilling Western, The Rio Kid Western and Thrilling Ranch Stories. The other six are brand new stories - never before published - that were discovered in 2009. Altogether they make for an outstanding collection of western stories that represent the glory years of the Western short story and the best of Powers' prolific pulp Western career.

    She has worked hard to achieve professional recognition in her field and doesn’t regret one moment it. Being a successful doctor doesn’t leave Phyl much time for a social life, though… and sometimes the loneliness is more than she can bear. Sure, she meets women… women like herself… and she enjoys the pleasures only they can provide. Phyl is painfully aware that something is missing… that her brief encounters, as passionate as they are, will never truly fulfill her. Then, she meets Eve… and begins to wonder whether she has finally found a love that counts. Eve had been married, but has never known pleasure with a man as she experiences with Phyl. As their relationship develops and evolves, both women realize their lives will never be the same.

    Big Pulp is your all-in-one magazine for pulp fiction, with every issue featuring the best in fantasy, mystery, horror, science fiction, adventure and romance fiction and poetry.

    Keyhoe’s imaginings, the stormy skies of World War I are filled with giant pterodactyls, mystic fireballs and demon aces. But America has it’s own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective that the Allies referred to him as “The Phantom Ace of G-2.” But to the Germans he was “The Brain-Devil,” whose penetrating green eyes were both a legend and a nightmare. Keyhoe’s Philip Strange stories ran for nine years—from 1931 through 1939—in the pages of Flying Aces magazine. This first volume in our new series contains six exciting tales of terror skies! It also features an introduction by Sid Bradd and is beautifully wrapped up in an exciting new design by Chris Kalb!

    She loved her so much that sometimes she thought it was wrong. Human beings weren't supposed to love each other so much, were they? There must be something sinful about a love so strong it blotted out everything else. Lydia was Allison's whole life... until one night she went to a wild bohemian party and met Cal Staton. He certainly seemed interested... and everyone was always telling her to settle down... but Cal Staton was a man, and men had hurt her so much. Perhaps she would be better off staying with Lydia, who turned the world away when she took her in her arms. Lydia, who could make her melt with a glance... and climb to the peaks of ecstasy with a just a caress.

    These 24 uncut gems of the fantastic have been separated from the chaff of their long-forgotten companions in the pages of The Black Cat and are now available for the first time in three generations!Selected and with an introduction by Gene Christie.First book publication.

    The Rook is Back! Created by veteran New Pulp author Barry Reese, The Rook spreads his wings once more in THE ROOK: VOLUME SIX from Pro Se Press! Facing foes unlike any before, this penultimate New Pulp Hero takes on Germany's greatest champion, Sun Koh and the ferocious Furies! Also, he fights side by side Lazarus Gray, another Reese hero destined for greatness! Combine that with another story, an interview with the author, and a timeline of the Rook and his world, and THE ROOK: VOLUME SIX is a book every fan of Heroic Fiction must have!

    Even in the future, dames still need help, criminals still need captured, and men still hire out to do both! HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, the debut collection from Author Lee Houston is a New Pulp mash up of two classic genres-the hard boiled detective and science fiction! Join Hugh as he walks the glittering, yet dark streets of Galveston 2 and finds as much mayhem and corruption in the future as there's ever been! From Pro Se Press! Puttin' The Monthly Back Into Pulp!

    What he wanted to say was go away and let me alone. But he would only grunt, and Artie kept repeating the stupid question. Artie was a cheap off-brand make, and bought used and he lacked some cogs. Any first class servall would have seen that the master had passed out in his chair and was in no condition to receive guests. But Artie did not, and presently Durham got one eye open and then he began to hear the persistent knocking, the annunciator being naturally out of order. And he said quite clearly."If it's a creditor, I'm not in.""—shall I answer?"Durham made a series of noises. Artie took them for an affirmative and trundled off. Durham put his face in his hands and struggled with the pangs of returning consciousness, He could hear a mutter of voices in the hall. He thought suddenly that he recognized them, and he sprang, or rather stumbled up in alarm, hastily combing his hair with his fingers and trying to pull the wrinkles out of his tunic. Through a thick haze he saw the bottle on the table and he picked it up and hid it under a chair, ashamed not of its emptiness but of its label. A gentleman should not be drunk on stuff like that.Paulsen and Burke came in.Durham stood stiffly beside the table, hanging on. He looked at the two men. "Well," he said. "It's been quite a long time." He turned to Artie. "The gentlemen are leaving."Burke stepped quickly behind the servall and pushed the main toggle to OFF, Artie stopped, with a sound ridiculously like a tired sigh. Paulsen went past him and locked the door. Then both of them turned in to face Durham.Durham scowled. "What the devil do you think you're doing?"Burke and Paulsen glanced at each other as though resolve had carried them this far but had now run out, leaving them irresolute in the face of some distasteful task. Both men wore black dominos, with the cowls thrown back."Were you afraid you'd be recognized coming here?" Durham said. A small pulse of fright began to beat in him, and this was idiotic. It made him angry. "What do you want?"Paulsen said in a reluctant voice, not looking at him, "I don't want anything Durham, believe me." Durham had once been engaged to Paulsen's sister, a thing both of them preferred not to remember but couldn't quite forget. He went on, "We were sent here." Durham tried to think who might sent them. Certainly not any of the girls; certainly not any one of the people he owed money to. Two members of the Terran World Embassy corps, even young and still obscure members in the lower echelons, were above either of those missions.

    Outside, the sky was cloudless. "And that-what's that?" Bert remembered the warning of the old man of the village, and Joan's obvious fear.[...].

    Pro Se Productions #1 once more putting the MAGAZINE back into PULP! Pro Se, known for its monthly magazines has returned with a two fisted, action packed, horror inducing first issue, restarting its award winning line of magazines! With stories by Sean Taylor, Don Thomas, and the latest Sherringford Bell tale from Ken Janssens, PRO SE PRESENTS #1 proves that Pulp belongs in Magazines!

    Operating the waters from the Indian Ocean to the South China Seas, Captain Jim Colvin, aided by his partner, Chief Engineer Johnny Pedlow navigate the tramp steamerette Pulo Siburu on a string of adventures.Never above a little smuggling themselves, the Pulo Siburu holds their own against hostile natives, Chinese pirates, smugglers and the underworld lords of Singapore all the while attempting to earn a few bucks themselves by trading and deliver goods between ports of call.

    Here are collected the 1st five issue issues in the series. It's Boston in the 1920s. Famed Harvard archaeologist Clifton Jennings, international adventurer and discoverer of ancient treasures, has some adventures no one knows about. He's a member of a Secret Society, one that guards against supernatural threats and unscrupulous meddlers in the black arts. One such meddler is the Baroness Marlene Von Treska, with whom Jennings shares a history. In our first story arc The Case of the Beguiling Baroness, when she is rumored to be in town, Jennings and his Secret Society hire seedy private eye Ace Mifflin to keep tabs on her whereabouts. And that's when their troubles really begin...Next, In Vote Early & Often, the detective finds himself unwittingly in the spotlight when he publicly accuses the leading candidate for district attorney of a murder his friend is on trial for! Will he get his friend out of jail, or just put himself in? Chronicles, Volume One follows the first adventures of Jennings and Ace and their adventure-seeking gang as they go up against threats both earthly and supernatural. REVIEWS: "...a very good period private-eye story... an excellent mixture of the realistic and the fantastic... pick up a copy. Grade: A." - Don Thompson, Comics Buyer's Guide. . "Jazz Age Chronicles is an extremely well-crafted detective series.... Jazz Age Chronicles' creator, Ted Slampyak, has filled his comic with references to the era. That's the sort of touch that I appreciate..." - Cliff Biggers, Comic Shop News. "[Ted Slampyak's] backgrounds give a strong feeling of credibility to the plot. I really feel like the characters are in a city that exists. The story comes alive because of it...." - Gene Colan, Hall-of-Fame artist, Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula.

    Introduction by Trebor Drahow.First, occult investigator Charles St. Cyprian uncovers the ancient Christmas evil behind the legend of merry John Mock and then icy-hearted assassin Monica Killingsworth undertakes a Christmas Eve killing with treachery lurking around every corner.

    What had happened to John Charters?Some credit this story as one of the many inspirations for Bob Kane's Batman.

    Howard’s “Spicy” stories. Since then, that rare paperback has become increasingly expensive, with books in fine condition selling for $40 or more. Of the eight stories contained in the Ace collection, five were pulled from the pages of Spicy-Adventure Stories, a pulp magazine that specialized in such tales. According to Patrice Louinet, the typescripts that Howard sent to the magazine were “spicier” than they wanted, so an editor toned them down a bit. These unadulterated yarns have been unavailable to Howard fans and scholars—until now.The Robert E. Howard Foundation is proud to present Spicy Adventures. Not only is this collection the first time many of these stories have appeared in hardback, it is the first time most have appeared with all the spice that Howard intended. Besides all of the complete tales, this volume contains a large miscellanea section with drafts and synopsizes that allow readers to glimpse Howard’s creative process.The volume checks in at 211 pages, and will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 200 copies, each individually numbered. Cover design and painting by Jim & Ruth Keegan; introduced and edited by Patrice Louinet, assisted by Rob Roehm.ContentsIntroduction by Patrice LouinetThe Girl on the Hell Ship (aka “She Devil”)Ship in MutinyDesert BloodThe Purple Heart of ErlikThe Dragon of Kao TsuMurderer’s GrogGuns of KhartumDaughters of FeudMiscellaneaUntitled Synopsis (“John Gordon found himself in Samarkand”)The Girl on the Hell Ship – draftUntitled Synopsis (Ship in Mutiny)Ship in Mutiny – draftList of Characters (Desert Blood)Untitled Synopsis (The Purple Heart of Erlik)Untitled Synopsis (Daughters of Feud)

    As the robberies increase and the body count rises, will the Spider be able to defeat a man who is his equal in every way? Especially when that man has an army of crime at his back?

    You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

    A pulp adventure novel with touches of the horror genre, Arroyo is a roller coaster ride through 1893 Texas that will keep your eyes glued to the page until The End. Follow Ramona, the Rajput and Daniel as they leave Texas history in shambles pursuing their own destinies.

    You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

    John Pelan, in his introduction, explains how Gray got away with all the gore and torture back in the 30s when these stories were written and published. The stories in this volume are: Hostesses in Hell, Terror Tales, Mar/Apr 1939The Cat Woman, Dime Mystery Magazine, Nov 1936Death Sends His Mannikins, Dime Mystery Magazine, Dec 1937Fresh Fianc?'s for the Devil's Daughter, Spicy Horror Stories, May 1940The Gargoyles of Madness, Uncanny Tales, Aug 1939Girls for the Pain Dance, Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1937School Mistress of the Mad, Terror Tales, Jan/Feb 1939Song of Evil Love, Sinister Stories, Feb 1940We Who Are Lost, Terror Tales, Jan 1941

    These stories are in many ways prototypes for the characters and situations for which Dent became famous when penning the escapes of the Man of Bronze, Doc Savage, a few years later. With an introduction by historian Will Murray, this book of previously uncollected material also features appendices of background material, outlines, and story submission notes from Dent's personal papers. Stories: Wild Cat: March 1931 (byline reads as by a Tulsa Newspaperman)Doom Ship: May 1931 (byline reads as by a London Detective)One Billion - Gold!: June 1931 (byline reads as by a Police Reporter)The Sign of the Adder: from All Detective Magazine Nov, 1933 (writing as John Wiley)

    Saddle up! Taken from their original appearances in Action Stories from 1944-45, this book collects the first four adventures of Senorita Scorpion: “Senorita Scorpion,” “The Brand of Senorita Scorpion,” “Secret of Santiago” and “The Curse of Montezuma.” Volume 1 also includes an all-new introduction by pulp historian Will Murray.

    New stories by the likes of Teel James Glenn, Cynthia Ward, David Perlmutter, Kameron Franklin and more!