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Saturday, December 30, 2023

A Gun for France

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According to IMDB, Charles Tenney Jackson (1874-1955) wrote the novels The Golden Fetter (1917), The Show (1927), and The Eagle of the Sea...
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Friday, December 29, 2023

The Island Monster

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I've recently become enamored with the writings of Arthur D. Howden Smith (1887-1945), particularly his glossy magazine stories. His off...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

The Lantern Man

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Having read four of Jon Bassoff's nine novels to date, I'm convinced he might be the most talented and thought-provoking author in ...
Monday, December 25, 2023

Thurlow's Christmas Story

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Did you know that the Christmas season not only brings glad tidings, but also ghost stories? Sure, the easy nod here goes to the ultimate Ch...
Saturday, December 23, 2023

The Adventures of Red Sonja - Volume 01

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In the pulp magazine pages of Magic Carpet’s January 1934 issue readers will discover Robert E. Howard’s sword-mistress Red Sonya of Roga...
Friday, December 22, 2023

Ki-Gor - And the Stolen Empire

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I enjoyed my first experience with pulp jungle hero Ki-Gor in his debut appearance, “King of the Jungle” , from the Winter 1938 issue of J...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Time of Terror

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The kidnapping-heist crime novel The Time of Terror by Lionel White (1905-1985) was first published as a hardcover in 1960 and later abrid...
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Monday, December 18, 2023

Doc Savage #93 - Tunnel Terror

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I'm no authority on Doc Savage . I've read a handful of pulp stories featuring the Man of Bronze and his bickering all-star team of...
Saturday, December 16, 2023

Moon of Madness, Moon of Fear!

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Cleveland, Ohio native George Alec Effinger (1947-2002) won Hugo and Nebula awards for his 1988 novelette Schrodinger’s Kitten . Collectivel...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The Black Farm

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Contemporary New England author Elias Weatherow started his horror-writing career with online short fiction, and his popularity blossomed a...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Pirate's Lair

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I'm always searching for the next great sea-adventure. In my quest for a good nautical romp, I started thumbing through digital copies o...
Saturday, December 9, 2023

Spawn of Blackness

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Carl Jacobi (1908-1997) authored short stories for the pulps like Doc Savage , Weird Tales , Thrilling Wonder Stories , and Top-Notch . Man...
Friday, December 8, 2023

Kane - Darkness Weaves

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In 1970, Knoxville, TN native Karl Edward Wagner authored a short novel titled Darkness Weaves with Many Shades . It was published by Powell...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Ki-Gor - King of the Jungle

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Jungle Stories was published quarterly by Fiction House, a pulp division of Glen-Kel Publishing, from 1938 to 1954 – 58 total issues. Thes...
Monday, December 4, 2023

Martin Fallon #01 - Cry of the Hunter

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In 1959, while teaching at James Graham College, thirty-year old British military veteran Harry Patterson (aka Jack Higgins ) began writing...
Saturday, December 2, 2023

The Coast of Hate

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Frederick Nebel (1903-1967) was second only to Erle Stanley Gardner in total number of stories published in Black Mask . The New York nativ...
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Friday, December 1, 2023

Apache Wells

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According to the  Cutting Edge Books author page, Robert Steelman (1914-1994) worked for the Army as a civil electronics technician from 19...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Slave Island

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Author Simon Finch was born in Rio de Janeiro, where his father served in the Diplomatic Corps. Finch was educated abroad before attending u...
Monday, November 27, 2023

G.I. Joe - Tales from the Cobra Wars

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Hasbro began production of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toys in 1982 and licensed the line to Marvel Comics for an ongoing series. In...
Saturday, November 25, 2023

Solomon Kane - The Skull in the Stars

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One of Robert E. Howard's most iconic characters, along with Bran Mak Morn , Conan , and Kull , is Solomon Kane . The character's f...
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