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NEW STEPHEN KING NOVEL FROM HARD CASE CRIME!

NEW STEPHEN KING NOVEL FROM HARD CASE CRIME!

JOYLAND TO BE PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2013 . . .

Hard Case Crime, the award-winning line of pulp-styled crime novels published by Titan Books, today announced it will publish JOYLAND, a new novel by Stephen King, in June 2013. Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, JOYLAND tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. JOYLAND is a brand-new book and has never previously been published. One of the most beloved storytellers of all time, Stephen King is the world’s best-selling novelist, with more than 300 million books in print.

Called “the best new American publisher to appear in the last decade” by Neal Pollack in The Stranger, Hard Case Crime revives the storytelling and visual style of the pulp paperbacks of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. The line features an exciting mix of lost pulp masterpieces from some of the most acclaimed crime writers of all time and gripping new novels from the next generation of great hardboiled authors, all with new painted covers in the grand pulp style. Authors range from modern-day bestsellers such as Pete Hamill, Donald E. Westlake, Lawrence Block and Ed McBain to Golden Age stars like Mickey Spillane (creator of “Mike Hammer”), Erle Stanley Gardner (creator of “Perry Mason”), Wade Miller (author of Touch of Evil), and Cornell Woolrich (author of Rear Window).

Stephen King commented, “I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book, which is one of my favorites. I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we’re going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book.”

King’s previous Hard Case Crime novel, The Colorado Kid, became a national bestseller and inspired the television series “Haven,” now going into its third season on SyFy.

“Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book,” said Charles Ardai, Edgar- and Shamus Award-winning editor of Hard Case Crime. “It’s a whodunit, it’s a carny novel, it’s a story about growing up and growing old, and about those who don’t get to do either because death comes for them before their time. Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved. When I finished it, I sent a note saying, ‘Goddamn it, Steve, you made me cry.’ ”

Nick Landau, Titan Publisher, added: “Stephen King is one of the fiction greats, and I am tremendously proud and excited to be publishing a brand-new book of his under the Hard Case Crime imprint.”

JOYLAND will feature new painted cover art by the legendary Robert McGinnis, the artist behind the posters for the original Sean Connery James Bond movies and “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” and by Glen Orbik, the painter of more than a dozen of Hard Case Crime’s most popular covers, including the cover for The Colorado Kid.

Since its debut in 2004, Hard Case Crime has been the subject of enthusiastic coverage by a wide range of publications including The New York Times, USA Today, Time, Playboy, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Houston Chronicle, New York magazine, the New York Post and Daily News, Salon, Reader’s Digest, Parade and USA Weekend, as well as numerous other magazines, newspapers, and online media outlets. The Chicago Sun-Times wrote, “Hard Case Crime is doing a wonderful job publishing both classic and contemporary ‘pulp’ novels in a crisp new format with beautiful, period-style covers. These modern ‘penny dreadfuls’ are worth every dime.” Playboy praised Hard Case Crime’s “lost masterpieces,” writing “They put to shame the work of modern mystery writers whose plots rely on cell phones and terrorists.” And the Philadelphia City Paper wrote, “Tired of overblown, doorstop-sized thrillers…? You’ve come to the right place. Hard Case novels are as spare and as honest as a sock in the jaw.”

Other upcoming Hard Case Crime titles include The Cocktail Waitress, a never-before-published novel by James M. Cain, author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, and Double Indemnity, and an epic first novel called The Twenty-Year Death by Ariel S. Winter that has won advance raves from authors such as Peter Straub, James Frey, Alice Sebold, John Banville, David Morrell and Stephen King.

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PULP NOW: TALES OF THE ROOK!

PULP NOW: TALES OF THE ROOK!

BARRY REESE

"When The Good Is Swallowed By The Dark...There The Rook Shall Plant His Mark!" For years, New Pulp Author Barry Reese has masterfully written the thrilling adventures of The Rook, a masked Hero of Reese's creation who is compelled through dark dreams to hunt down and destroy evil wherever it might hide!

Assisted by loyal friends and a vast array of allies from the annals of Classic and New Pulp as well as Comics of a bygone era, The Rook's escapades have been a hallmark in the world of New Pulp!

Now, for the first time and under the REESE UNLIMITED imprint, Barry Reese has invited some of New Pulp's finest authors into The Rook's world to put their unique spin on the character and tell their own tales...TALES OF THE ROOK!

Featuring stories by Ron Fortier, Bobby Nash, Mike Bullock, Percival Constantine, Tommy Hancock, and a brand new ROOK tale by Reese himself, TALES OF THE ROOK also features an explosive cover by Bob Hall, stunning interior art by George Sellas, and outstanding format and design by Sean Ali!

Ready for the best in New Pulp? Get it today in TALES OF THE ROOK!

PULP NOW: THE BEST OF BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER!

PULP NOW: THE BEST OF BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER!

A MUST HAVE FOR PULP FANS  . . .

Selections from the Premier Journal of Adventure, Mystery and Melodrama in American Popular Culture.

Since 2002, Blood ‘n’ Thunder has explored American popular culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as manifested in the era’s popular fiction—dime novels, story papers, nickel weeklies, pulp magazines—and such derivative storytelling vehicles as stage melodramas, motion pictures, and Old Time Radio programs.

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.

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PULP NOW: SGT.JANUS – SPIRIT BREAKER!

PULP NOW: SGT.JANUS – SPIRIT BREAKER!

NEW FROM AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS - NOW AVAILABLE!

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the debut of the newest occult investigator in the grand tradition as such notable pulp heroes as William Hodgson Hope’s Carnacki, Seabury Quinn’s Jules de Grandin, Manly Wade Wellman’s John Thunstone and the popular Ravenwood, Stepson of Mystery.

Situated in the rural back country of Edwardian England is an old, mysterious house whose unique owner earns his living as a Spirit-Breaker, a hunter of ghosts. A former military veteran, Sgt.Roman Janus has devoted his life to aid those haunted, both emotionally and physically by obsessive wraiths whose spirits are still anchored to our world.

Sgt.Janus – Spirit Breaker is the creation of new pulp writer Jim Beard. Part detective, part occultist, Janus is himself a man of mystery whose own past is shrouded and the motivations behind his calling kept hidden. Within this volume you will find eight tales as narrated by his clients, each with his or her own perspective on this uncanny hero and his amazing career. Filled with suspense, terror and agonizing pathos, each a solid mesmerizing journey into the unknown world beyond.

Featuring a cover by artist Jeff Herndon and eight stunning illustrations by Eric Johns, with design work by Pulp Factory Award winning Art Director, Rob Davis and edited by Managing Editor Ron Fortier, Sgt.Janus – Spirit Breaker is the first in a new series by one of today’s leading stars in New Pulp Fiction.

"... Beard’s fiction is anything but pat and routine. While he may deliberately conjure the spirits of authors of Victorian and Edwardian occult fiction before him, Beard’s prose is fresh and entirely modern in his, at times, frank and unsettling tales of the wages of his characters’ past sins. Each story breezes by and like the best tales told round the campfire, it leaves the reader hungry for more.”

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MORE THEMES FROM U.N.C.L.E. THEMES!

MORE THEMES FROM U.N.C.L.E. THEMES!

BACK IN 2009, MARK'S SUPER BLOG COMPILED 39 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. THEME INTO ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPY RELATED FREE DOWNLOADS.  JUST THE OTHER DAY, MARK DID IT AGAIN WITH ANOTHER 35 VARIATIONS ON THE SAME THEME.  THIS IS GREAT STUFF FOR U.N.C.L.E. FANS . . .

PER MARK'S SUPER BLOG:

A month or two ago, fellow cousin (that's a Man from U.N.C.L.E. fan) Jon Heitland, author of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book , put me in touch with another cousin, Bruce Button, who had a passle of U.N.C.L.E. themes collected, some of which are duplicated on my first compilation, The Themes from U.N.C.L.E.

So, Bruce kindly provided me with his agglomeration, and I added some more, and researched the provenance of the selections, and ... et voila! More Themes from U.N.C.L.E.

This is an all-new collection, with no duplications of the earlier CD.

TRACKS:

01. The Men from U.N.C.L.E. Speak - TV Classic Themes 25th Anniversary
02. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme from "Solo" - Jerry Goldsmith 03. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Brian Fahey Orchestra
04. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Television's Greatest Hits
05. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Cult TV Themes
06. Meet Mr Solo from "Solo" - Jerry Goldsmith
07. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Film Studio Orchestra
08. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Revengers
09. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Clee-Shays
10. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - David Lloyd
11. Meet Mr Solo - Hugo Montenegro
12. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Newton Wayland
13. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Groove Machine
14. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Montague Orchestra
15. Meet Mr Solo - The Revengers
16. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Ulterior Motive Orchestra
17. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Frank Chacksfield
18. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Dick Dia
19. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Tilsley Orchestra
20. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Agents
21. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Reg Guest Syndicate
22. Meet Mr Solo (Samba Style) from "Solo" - Jerry Goldsmith
23. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Arthur Fiedler
24. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Parris Mitchell Strings with Brass
25. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Wade Denning
26. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Ray Martin
27. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - American TV Dramas
28. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Kaos Killers
29. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Gallants
30. Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Daniel Caine
31. The Man from THRUSH - The Revengers
32. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jerry Goldsmith
33. Meet Mr Solo and End Credits from "Solo" - Jerry Goldsmith
34. U.N.C.L.E. Pen sound - Original TV Soundtrack
35. U.N.C.L.E. HQ alarm - Original TV Soundtrack

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YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE TAG LINE . . ."SHE WAS A CHEAP LITTLE TART RIDING FOR TROUBLE . . .HE WAS A COP ON THE PROWL RIDING FOR A FALL . . ."

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK ~ AVAILABLE NOW!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK ~ AVAILABLE NOW!
WE’RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MONTH’S FIGHT CARD ENTRY, KING OF THE OUTBACK FROM AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR DAVID FOSTER (WRITING AS JACK TUNNEY), AS IT IS THE FIRST FIGHT CARD NOVEL WITH AN INTERNATIONAL SETTING.  CONTAINING THE SAME GREAT CHARACTERS AND FISTIC PULP ACTION READERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM THE FIGHT CARD SERIES, KING OF THE OUTBACK, TRANSPORTS US TO A HARSH 1950’S AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE – WHERE THE FISTS ARE AS TOUGH AS THE LAND AND THE TIMES, YET HUMOR AND COMPASSION CAN STILL BE FOUND.  IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE FIGHT CARD SERIES, KING OF THE OUTBACK IS A GREAT PLACE TO START BEFORE GOING BACK TO CATCH UP ON ALL THE OTHER GREAT FIGHT CARD TALES . . . IN THE MONTHS TO COME, LOOK FOR MORE HARD-PUNCHING FIGHT CARD NOVELS, SET BOTH BACK HOME IN THE USA AND INTERNATIONALLY ... FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK DELIVERS A KNOCKOUT PUNCH!
FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK
Outback Australia 1954
Two rival tent boxing troupes clash over a territorial dispute in the Outback town of Birdsville. In the sweltering heat, tensions simmer, tempers flare, and as things reach boiling point, a boxing tent is burned to the ground.
Fighting men know only one way to solve their disputes, and that’s in the ring. The solution, a show-down, smack-down, winner take all bout between the two rival outfits.
In the blue corner, representing ‘Walter Wheeler’s Boxing Sideshow’ is Tommy King, a young aboriginal boxer with a big heart and iron fists.
In the red corner, representing ‘Arnold Sanderson’s Boxing Show’, is ‘Jumpin’ Jack Douglas, a monstrous wrecking machine from the city – a man who’ll do anything to win.
The fight – brutal. In the world of Tent Boxing, in the harsh Australian Outback, weight divisions and rules don’t count for much. It’s a fight to decide, who is indeed, King of the Outback!