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Monday, July 15, 2024

Johnny Ortiz #01 - Murder in the Walls

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Richard Martin Stern (1915-2001) won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel for his novel The Bright Road to Fear . His most notable novel is ...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Red Shadows

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Robert E. Howard 's “Red Shadows” story featured Puritan hero Solomon Kane . Howard had initially pitched the story to Argosy but was m...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Godin #01 - Thirty Days Hath September

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Under the pseudonym Owen John, Welsh author (and accountant!) Leonard Owen-John (1918-1995) wrote seven espionage paperbacks featuring a Ru...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Raven #02 - A Time of Ghosts

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British publisher Corgi took advantage of the 1970s sword-and-sorcery fascination by publishing five books starring a female warrior named R...
Monday, July 8, 2024

Doomsday, 1999

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According to The Herald , a newspaper in Scotland, Paul MacTyre (1924-1999) was a pseudonym for Professor Robin James Adam. He joined St And...
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Saturday, July 6, 2024

Dagar the Invincible - Archives Vol. #1

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Western Publishing Company, a Wisconsin company, made a huge splash in the world of home entertainment in the early 20th century. The compan...
Friday, July 5, 2024

The Other Woman

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The Other Woman by Charles Burgess was a Beacon Books title from 1960 that has found new life as a reprint from Black Gat Books . It’s a f...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Shakedown for Murder

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Ed Lacy , real name Leonard S. Zinberg, experienced success with his diverse 1957 private-eye novel, Room to Swing . The book introduced the...
Monday, July 1, 2024

Dark Shadows #02 - Victoria Winters

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I’ve been making my way through the literary work of William Ross , evident with seven of the author’s novels reviewed right here on the blo...
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Saturday, June 29, 2024

Solomon Kane - The Right Hand of Doom

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Robert E. Howard's 16th century Puritan hero Solomon Kane made his first appearance in the August, 1928 issue of Weird Tales . The stor...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Reid Bennett #01 - Dead in the Water

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Author Ted Wood (1931-2019) was born as Edward John Wood in Shoreham, Sussex, England. He joined the RAF Coastal Command and in 1954 he immi...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

The Evil Wish

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Jean Potts , who lived most of her life in New York City, began her writing career by contributing short stories to the glossy magazines of ...
Monday, June 24, 2024

God's Warrior

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Frank Slaughter was a best-selling novelist and successful surgeon. His specialty was both medical thrillers, like Air Surgeon and Surgeon...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Conan - Savage Sword of Conan #02 (Curtis)

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The Savage Sword of Conan #2 was published in October, 1974. For a complete history of the making of this magazine title, including reviews...
Friday, June 21, 2024

Tiger Chair

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Max Brooks hit a home run with his first novel,  World War Z,  in 2006 proving that he was an author with a knack for innovative military co...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Retown

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Like many of the new breed of acclaimed indie horror authors, Boris Bacic started as a Creepypasta short story writer on Reddit. He since h...
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