Paul Bishop's Blog, page 96
June 23, 2012
COMING NEXT WEEK!
COMING NEXT WEEK!THE SEQUEL TO SPLIT DECISION ... AND THE TOUGHEST FIGHT CARD NOVEL YET ...
PREPARE TO BE KNOCKED OUT!
June 22, 2012
PULP NOW: PULP TALES PRESENTS #37!
PULP NOW: PULP TALES PRESENTS #37!THE GIRL FROM HOLLYWOOD
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
The novel revolves around Shannon Burke, known in the motion picture world as Gaza de Lure. Under the spell of Wilson Crumb, a prominent director on the one hand, and a drug trafficker on the other, Shannon Burke fell victim to the lure of the "White Sleep."
There comes the great tragedy, inevitable of ourse, she rose, and fell and rose again like a Phoenix from the ashes of her past, only to be plunged again into the dust through lack of resistance.
Intermingled in this wonderful tale of temptation and tragedy there is a counter love story, a tale so rich in splendor and sweetness that it glows against the background of the darker drama like sunlight against a somber cloud.
In "The Girl from Hollywood" Burroughs marks the top note in his genius as a story teller.
SOFTCOVER, 7 X 10 INCHES, 132 PAGES, $15
PULPVILLE PRESS
PULP NOW: JANE ~ THE WOMAN WHO LOVED TARZAN!
PULP NOW: JANE ~ THE WOMAN WHO LOVED TARZAN! ROBIN MAXWELL
COMING SEPTEMBER 18!
The legendary story of Tarzan told from Jane's perspective, timed for the centennial of the original publication of Tarzan of the Apes. Jane Porter is hardly a typical woman of her time. The only female student in Cambridge University's medical program, she is far more comfortable in a lab coat, dissecting corpses, than she is in a corset and gown sipping afternoon tea.
When dashing American explorer Ral Conrath invites Jane and her father on an expedition deep into West Africa, she can hardly believe her luck. Rising to the challenge, Jane finds an Africa that is every bit as beautiful and fascinating as she has always imagined.
When danger strikes, Jane finds her hero, the key to humanity's past, and an all-consuming love in one extraordinary man: Tarzan of the Apes.
PULP NOW: AGENT 13!
PULP NOW: AGENT 13!VOLUME 1: THE MIDNIGHT AVENGER
COMING IN OCTOBER!
WRITER: FLINT DILLE, DAVE MARCONI ~ ART: DAN SPIEGLE ~ COVER: HOWARD CHAYKIN
It is 1939, and the world is engulfed in the greatest conflict in history. Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo are but pawns of the ancient, evil Brotherhood and its hideous leader, Itsu.
Only Agent 13 stands between the Brotherhood and world domination and it will take all his fantastic powers, all his mystical knowledge, all his courage to stand against the ancient conspiracy in these final, fateful battles.
SOFTCOVER, 8X11, 128 PAGES, FULL COLOR, $29.99
HERMES PRESS
June 21, 2012
PULP NOW: EDUCATION OF A PULP WRITER!
PULP NOW: EDUCATION OF A PULP WRITER!TEN SHORT CRIME STORIES
DAVID CRANMER
$0.99 FOR YOUR KINDLE ...
The characters in The Education of a Pulp Writer: 10 Crime Short Stories feature people living on the dark fringe of society.
An old woman tired of her husband’s lack of ambition is rather uninterested in his disappearance. A magician learns too late how far his unfaithful wife will go to be with her new lover. A dementia patient seeking refuge in a fallout bunker holds off the police to protect his beloved, long-gone wife.
These and seven more thrilling tales originally appeared in top publications like Out of the Gutter, A Twist of Noir, Pulp Ink, and Needle: A Magazine of Noir.
June 16, 2012
PULP NOW: SENORITA SCORPION!
PULP NOW: SENORITA SCORPION!THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF SENORITA SCORPION VOL 2
LES SAVAGE, JR. WITH EMMETT MCDOWELL
INTRODUCTION BY WILL MURRAY
Taken from their original appearances in Action Stories from 1945-49, this book collects the last four adventures of Señorita Scorpion: “Brand of the Gallows-Ghost,” “Lash of the Six-Gun Queen,” “Gun-Witch of Hoodoo Range” and “The Sting of Señorita Scorpion.”
Volume 2 also includes an all-new introduction by pulp historian Will Murray.
SOFTCOVER: $29.95 HARDCOVER: $39.95
ALTUS PRESS
PULP NOW: BLACK DOG BOOKS - COMING SOON!
PULP NOW: BLACK DOG BOOKS - COMING SOON!RACE WILLIAMS' DOUBLE DATE
CARROLL JOHN DALY
"It's fascinating to read these compelling, powerful stories from the father of the private eye genre, written in the shadow of his successful son, Mickey Spillane." — Max Allan Collins, Edgar Award winning author of Road to Perdition.
For two and a half decades Carroll John Daly was a driving force in crime fiction, inventing the hard-boiled school of detection. Stories of his character Race Williams are unrivaled in their headlong pace and breathtaking action.
Finally, nine of the best stories by one of the most influential detective writers of all time are collected in this volume showcasing his storytelling ability at its peak.
INCLUDED:
•This Corpse on Me•Avenging Angel•Race Williams' Double Date•Murder Yet To Come•Gas•Manhunter•You'll Remember Me•I'll Feel Better When You're Dead•Appendix A—The Ambulating Lady (nonfiction)
Race Williams' Double Date is the first major anthology of Carroll John Daly's work.
Selected and with a foreword by Stephen Mertz.Introduction by Evan Lewis.Cover design by Tom Roberts.
TRADE PAPERBACK / 265 PAGES / $25.95
BRING 'EM BACK DEADGEORGE FEILDING ELIOT(WRITING AS C.K.M. SCANLON)
Depression-era newspaper headlines screamed of the crime sprees of bank robbers John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson. To combat this wave of crime, the U.S. Department of Justice trained agents such as Elliot Ness and Marvin Purvis as field operatives.
Standard Magazines jumped on the public fascination of this timely subject and brought forth the magazine G-Men in late 1935, featuring the exploits of Agent Dan Fowler.
INCLUDED:
•Snatch•Bring 'Em Back Dead•Hot Money
With an introduction by Matt Hilton, author of the Joe Hunter series.
Cover art by Emery Clarke.
TRADE PAPERBACK / 290 PAGES / $24.95
THE SCARLET PATROLFor much of the first half of the Twentieth Century stories featuring the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were an extremely popular part of mystery and adventure fiction, popularized through films, television, books, magazines, dime novels and stage plays. Collected herein are 20 dramatic stories carefully selected from such periodicals as Adventure, Blue Book, Short Stories, Argosy, North West Stories, Western Story and Frontier Stories, each starring Mounties of the scarlet and gold in a selection of tales of . . . Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Duty ...
INCLUDED:
•Midnight by Reg Dinsmore•The Frozen Crucible by T. Von Ziekursch•Devil McBride by Charles Green•Clues for the Mounted by Hulbert Footner (novelette)•A Man's Job by Bertrand Sinclair•Conspiracy by Sgt. Dan O'Rourke, R.C.M.P.•Burning the Snow by James B. Hendrix•The Last Potlatch by J. Allan Dunn (novelette)•The Creed of Sergent Bone by Frederick L. Nebel•The Boundary Line by Harwood Steele•Out of His Own Mouth by Sewell Peaslee Wright•On the Edge by Ralph Keefer, R.N.W.M.P. and Stephen Chalmers•The Last Patrol by Harry Sincair Drago (novelette)•White Capote by Dan Cushman•The Match by James Oliver Curwood•The Little Red Book Says— by C.F. Kearns•When the Mounties Failed by Frank Rchardson Pierce•According to Law by Frank L. Packard•The Limber-Pine Squatters by William Byron Mowery•Fort Saskatchewan by Llewellyn Hughes writing as Cornelius Morgan (novelette)
Selected and with an introduction by Tom Roberts.
TRADE PAPERBACK / 280 PAGES / $24.95
THE SHIP OF PREYLELAND JAMIESON
Hang on to the edge of your seat as Lt. Robert Hurley faces off against modern-day pirates, smugglers, air disasters and Mother Nature in these eight harrowing adventures.
INCLUDED:
•News-Reel Rescue•The Ship of Prey (novelette)•Mystery on Indian Key (novelette)•The Pirate of Vaca Lagoon (novelette)•High Wind•A Hunch in Time•The Law of Hot Pursuit•Hurricane Patrol
Plus a few of the real adventures of Leland Jamieson are recounted in these articles:
•Shroud Lines•High Courage by Warren T. Jamieson (The flying exploits of the other two Jamieson brothers.)•An Aviator's Scrapbook•Vigil in the Sky
Appendix B presents a bibliography of works by Leland S. Jamieson.
With an introduction by Tom Roberts.Cover art by Joseph Chenoweth.
TRADE PAPERBACK / 230 PAGES / $22.95
THE ADVENTURES OF JEHANNUM SMITHGORDON MACCREAGH
A two-fisted living legend among the British residency, Jehannum Smith storms his way through a string of adventures set on the Indian subcontinent, barreling headlong into one trouble after another. He is kept grounded, and humble, by the comic relief of his devoted Madrasi manservant, Poonooswami, who never forgets to pack copious quantities of ginger biscuits and green seal whisky for any excursion.
INCLUDED:
•"Jehannum" Smith•Durga the Unapproachable•Worshippers of Boondi•Tact and Some Diplomacy (novelette)•Naked Men of Naga (novel)
Cover art by Laurence Herndon
TRADE PAPERBACK / 170 PAGES / $16.95
THE RED RAIDERSGEORGE A. MACDONALD(WRITING AS RYAN JAMES KELLY)
Now collected into book form for the first time, the thrilling adventures of Lynn Vickers, G-77, Ace of G-Men come to life in in his four novel length adventures!
INCLUDED:
•The Red Raiders•The Voice of Murder•Pirates of the Air Mail•Master of Madness
Cover art by Norman Saunders.
TRADE PAPERBACK / 300 PAGES / PRICE: $29.95
THE PYTHON PITGEORGE F. WORTS
Singapore Sammy returns for another set of rough-and-tumble thrilling adventures that are sure to leave you laughing.
INCLUDED:
Singapore Sammy (novelette) Isle of the Meteor The Python Pit (novel) The Buddha's Whisker
Cover art by Paul Stahr.
THE RED WITCHFARNAM BISHOP
1149 A.D. In Italy the Pope preaches Crusade, and the Christian states of Europe send their armies warring to the Holy Land. Sicily, under King Roger II, lies in an uneasy peace. From within, the Norman conquerors who now rule the island face unrest from their Muslim subjects. From without, the Germans, the French, the English, the Byzantines and the Berbers of Africa all covet mastery of the strategically placed isle.
The fortress of Rocca Forte is key to the continued Norman rule of Sicily. Roger has entrusted it to one of his staunchest allies, Count Arnulfo, a mighty warrior known as the Iron Arm. But Arnulfo is growing old and has no son. His beautiful daughter, Lady Fulvia, has courage and wit in abundance and is skilled with sword and bow . . . but is only a woman. Faced with war, confronted by those who wish to marry her for their own unscrupulous ends, what can one woman do? The fate of Norman Sicily rides on the answer . . .
The Lady Fulvia stories appearing in Adventure magazine between 1918 and 1920. Authors Farnham Bishop and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, well-known in the pages of Adventure for coupling their attention to historical detail with rousing action and memorable characters. Lady Fulvia may have been their most interesting creation; a woman seeking to impose her will in a bloody man's world, to save the land of her birth. As Bishop and Brodeur stated in their introduction to the series, "She is the storm-center of Sicily; Sicily is the storm-center of the world."
The Red Witch collects for the first time the complete Lady Fulvia of Rocca Forte cycle of five short stories and one novel.
INCLUDED:
The Golden Snare The Iron Arm The Quest of Gaimar the Grim The Red Witch The Pass of Blood The Hand of the Mahdi (novel)
TRADE PAPERBACK / 226 PAGES / $22.95
THE GARDEN OF T.N.T. WILLIAM J. MAKIN
Walking a tightrope of fragile alliances, Paul Rodgers, aka The Red Wolf of Arabia, goes up against revolutionaries and foreign dignitaries trying to sway the balance of power following the Arab Revolt. The Red Wolf stories are steeped in intrigue, action and drama. It's little wonder the tales were reader favorites when they first appeared.
Inspired by the exploits of Thomas E. Lawrence (1888-1935)—El Aurens—Lawrence of Arabia—author and journalist William J. Makin in 1932 created Paul Rodgers, a British Intelligence agent under cover in the Red Sea and Suez region. Makin knew the area firsthand having previously held a news reporter position in the region, as well as penning the travelogue, Red Sea Nights (1933). His stories are peppered with the intimate color and background drawn from his travels.
Collected for the first time in book form are the complete thrilling adventures of the Red Wolf of Arabia!
With an introduction by Tom Roberts.Cover art by Herbert Morton Stoops.
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