ESPIONAGE CENTRAL: I, SPY?

ESPIONAGE CENTRAL: I, SPY?

KATE JOHNSON

THE SPY NOVEL AS CHICK-LIT . . .

Never underestimate the blonde. "The British spy is elegant, suave and sophisticated. The British spy is not blonde, built and confused."

But Sophie Green is, and she's just been hired by a highly secret government agency. She drives a car the colour of bile and is obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She doesn't know which end of the gun to fire from and her hair hasn't been natural since she was twelve. But that's not going to stop her from trying to save the day, once she figures out who to save it from.

Sexy spies, plane crashes, firebombs and multicoloured cocktails-they're all in a day's work for Sophie. Roll over, Bond, there's a new bombshell in town. And it's got Sophie's name on it...

Warning, this title contains guns, swearing, dark thoughts about cheerful people, incomprehensible Britishisms, and painful sarcasm.

MORE CAPERS OF SOPHIE GREEN ~ THE WORST SPY IN THE BRITSH SECRET SERVICE:

UGLEY BUSINESS
A IS FOR APPLE
STILL WATERS

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PARANORMAL CORNER: A DEVIL IN THE DETAILS!

PARANORMAL CORNER: A DEVIL IN THE DETAILS!

A JESSE JAMES DAWSON NOVEL

K.A. STEWART

Jesse James Dawson was an ordinary guy (well, an ordinary guy with a black belt in karate), until the day he learned his brother had made a bargain with a demon. Jesse discovered there was only one way to save his brother: put up his own soul as collateral, and fight the demon to the death.

Jesse lived to free his brother--and became part of a loose organization of Champions who put their own souls on the line to help those who get in over their heads with demons. But now experienced Champions are losing battles at a much higher rate than usual. Someone has changed the game. And if Jesse can't figure out the new rules, his next battle may be his last...

CINEMA RETRO'S MOVIE CLASSICS!

CINEMA RETRO'S MOVIE CLASSICS!

The second annual edition of Cinema Retro's Movie Classics special issues is our most ambitious work yet: the most extensive tribute to the Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone 'Dollar' film trilogy ever published.

LIMITED EDITION! ORDER TODAY TO ENSURE YOU GET YOUR COPY!

IF YOU HAD PRE-ORDERED THIS ISSUE, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN MAILED AND YOU WILL RECEIVE IT SHORTLY. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR SUPPORTING WHAT IS SHAPING UP TO BE OUR HOTTEST-SELLING ISSUE EVER, WITH MANY READERS BUYING MULTIPLE COPIES OF THIS SURE-TO-BE-VALUABLE COLLECTOR'S ITEM!

•Full coverage of 'A Fistful of Dollars', 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'the Good, the Bad and the Ugly' - and why these films remain timeless cinematic classics.

•80 full pages (16 pages more than the standard Cinema Retro issue)

•Packed with hundreds of rare production stills, collectibles and international movie poster art culled from archives from around the world.

•Many photos never before published - including rare behind the scenes production stills from people who acted as extras in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'

•Special foreword by Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling

•The legendary film locations - then and now

•Coverage of the rare, deleted sequences

•Cast and crew biographies

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PULP NOW: INTERNECINE!

PULP NOW: INTERNECINE!

DAVID J. SCHOW

“Smart, scathing, and verbally inventive to an astonishing degree, David J. Schow is one of the most interesting writers of his generation.”

— Peter Straub

“Inter-what?” When advertising executive Conrad Maddox returns from a redeye flight and finds a mysterious locker key waiting in his rental car, he discovers a briefcase loaded with guns and money. Several hours later, his entire life tumbles down a rabbit hole when he meets Dandine, owner of the case and former contract assassin for a shadowy organization called Norco, which is now out to nail both of them.

“Internecine” means conflict, mutual destruction, and slaughter—or, as Dandine tells Conrad, they are now inadvertently at play in a field of “terrorism, counter-assassination, military coups, dirty tricks, Watergate, spy vs. spy, murky secret organizations, that sort of thing.” A world in which being innocent can’t save you, the police can’t help you, and your only hope of getting out alive is to risk unheard-of dangers against opponents with nearly unlimited power.

To free themselves from the spider web of black ops, murder, madness and betrayal, Dandine and Conrad must delve ever-deeper into the spiraling, dangerous maze that is Norco, where everyone seems to be in on the most lethal of games…except you.

PULP NOW: BAD JUJU & OTHER TALES OF MADNESS AND MAYHEM!

PULP NOW: BAD JUJU & OTHER TALES OF MADNESS AND MAYHEM!

JONATHAN WOODS

Violence, sex, and gonzo plot twists fuel Woods's diverting collection of 19 stories, most set in sun-and-blood-drenched borderlands. Incident in the Tropics, Down Mexico Way, Maracaibo, and We Don' Need No Stinkin' Baggezz amp up the volume to 11, while other offerings feature flying sharks, the adventures of a bodiless head, and a slime thing quickly snaking up nostrils.

Woods, who earned his neo-pulp rep in Web zines such as Dogmatika and Plots with Guns, keeps the words popping along, though the endings of his stories are often inconsequential—only more reason to hop instantly into the next yarn.

Throughout, a penchant for vivid imagery slaps the reader around like a boxing bag: A veneer of sweat covers her body like the glaze on a Christmas ham; shadows as murky as an abortion clinic in the Bible Belt; Her small conical breasts confronted him like twin interstellar ray guns. New pulp, indeed.

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Y/A CORNER: ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS!

Y/A CORNER: ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS!

EDITED BY HOLLY BLACK AND JUSTINE LARBALESTIER

SEPTEMBER 2010

It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies. Contributors include many bestselling teen authors, including Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan.

This anthology will have everyone asking: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?

LET THERE BE NO DOUBT ~ TEAM ZOMBIE ROCKS!

MYSTERY CORNER: HOOK, LINE & SINISTER!

MYSTERY CORNER: HOOK, LINE & SINISTER!

EDITED BY T. JEFFERSON PARKER

Fishing can be murder both literally and figuratively, as shown in this rich string of 16 original stories caught and displayed by bestseller Parker. Not all are trophy worthy, but most are keepers, like Mr. Brody's Trout by the late William G. Tapply, in which bait shop owner Stoney Calhoun guides an elderly fisherman on a monthlong quest for a ten-pound native Maine brook trout. Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak solves a missing person case and metes out poetic justice in her Alaskan village in Cherchez La Femme.

In John Lescroart's clever Unsnaggable, a Yellowstone fishing trip offers a spouse the chance to exit a marriage. Three brief fishing lessons from a hit man teach a suicidal man a life lesson in Brian M. Wiprud's provocative Granite Hat. Other contributors include Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson, C.J. Box, and James W. Hall. This solid anthology demonstrates that a passion for fishing and a passion for writing can hook a reader and reel him in.

FANTASY CORNER: MY NAME IS MEMORY!

FANTASY CORNER: MY NAME IS MEMORY!

ANN BRASHARES

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Last Summer (of You and Me) comes an imaginative, inspired, magical book-a love story that lasts more than a lifetime.

Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together-and he remembers it all. Daniel has "the memory", the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he's previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. A love always too short.

Interwoven through Sophia and Daniel's unfolding present day relationship are glimpses of their expansive history together. From 552 Asia Minor to 1918 England and 1972 Virginia, the two souls share a long and sometimes torturous path of seeking each other time and time again. But just when young Sophia (now "Lucy" in the present) finally begins to awaken to the secret of their shared past, to understand the true reason for the strength of their attraction, the mysterious force that has always torn them apart reappears. Ultimately, they must come to understand what stands in the way of their love if they are ever to spend a lifetime together.

A magical, suspenseful, heartbreaking story of true love, My Name is Memory proves the power and endurance of a union that was meant to be.

THE BRITISH COVER IS SHOWN ABOVE BECAUSE THE ANMERICAN COVER IS TOO AWFUL TO CONTEMPLATE.

PARANORMAL CORNER: MOZART'S BLOOD!!

PARANORMAL CORNER: MOZART'S BLOOD!

LOUISE MARLEY

Marley, a musician and writer, has produced a stunning drama inspired by the life of Teresa Saporiti, the first Donna Anna. Teresa, an aspiring singer, was turned into a vampire by a Czech aristocrat. As bad as the need for blood are the memories of the victims, which remain with the taker.

Teresa has learned to deal with them, but Mozart, whom the baroness bit at the same time, never did and died painfully because he could not bring himself to satisfy the unnatural thirst. In San Francisco in 1906, Teresa meets Ugo, a Silician werewolf with a very curious past of his own. They become partners, guarding each other’s backs.

In twenty-first-century Milan, an egoistic baritone thinks he has figured out Teresa’s secret and abducts Ugo to obtain the blood that holds Mozart’s memories. The story covers four centuries, but the shifts between the past and the present are seamlessly handled, and the development of Teresa and Ugo over those centuries is impressive. An engrossing piece, from overture to final chord.

NOIR CENTRAL: VERONICA LAKE!

NOIR CENTRAL: VERONICA LAKE!

JOE ACKERMAN HAS POSTED A COOL PIECE OVER AT HIS TWO-FISTED TALES OF TRUE-LIFE WEIRD ROMANCE BLOG ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE VAVAVAVOOM NOIR FEMME FATALES – VERONICA LAKE . . .

A stray lock of her shoulder-length blonde hair during a publicity photo shoot led to her iconic "peekaboo" hairstyle, which was widely imitated. During World War II, she changed her trademark image to encourage women working in war industry factories to adopt more practical, safer hairstyles.

Although popular with the public, Lake had a complex personality and acquired a reputation for being difficult to work with. Eddie Bracken, her co-star in Star Spangled Rhythm was quoted as saying, "She was known as 'The Bitch' and she deserved the title." In that movie, Lake took part in a song lampooning her hair style, "A Sweater, A Sarong and a Peekaboo Bang", performed with Paulette Goddard and Dorothy Lamour.

Lake's career stumbled with her unsympathetic role as Nazi spy Dora Bruckman in 1944's The Hour Before the Dawn. During filming, she tripped on a lighting cable while pregnant and began hemorrhaging. She recovered, but her second child, William, was born prematurely on July 8, 1943, dying a week later from uremic poisoning. By the end of 1943, her first marriage ended in divorce. Meanwhile, scathing reviews of The Hour Before Dawn included criticism of her unconvincing German accent.

Nonetheless, Lake was earning $4,500 per week under her contract with Paramount. She had begun drinking more heavily during this period and people began refusing to work with her. Paramount cast Lake in a string of mostly forgotten films. A notable exception was The Blue Dahlia (1946), in which she again co-starred with Ladd. During filming, screenplay writer Raymond Chandler referred to her as "Moronica Lake". Paramount decided not to renew her contract in 1948.

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PULP NOW: NOIR ROCKWELL!

PULP NOW: NOIR ROCKWELL!

FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA CELEBRATED THE FOURTH OF JULY ON HIS PULP SUNDAY BLOG WITH HIS PULP TAKE ON A NORMAN ROCKWELL SCENE . . .

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VINTAGE MCGINNIS!

ESPIONAGE CENTRAL: PROFESORA DE ESPIONAJE!

ESPIONAGE CENTRAL: PROFESORA DE ESPIONAJE!

I ALWAYS KNEW I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPY SCHOOL . . .

THE CAT'S MEOW ~ KINDLE UPGRADE NEEDED!

DON TIKI ~ SOUTH OF THE BOUDIOR (CD)!

DON TIKI ~ SOUTH OF THE BOUDIOR (CD)!

FAT CITY CIGAR LOUNGE BRINGS US A DOWNLOAD FOR THIS COOL EXOTICA ALBUM . . .

Don Tiki - the keepers of the exotica flame - have released their fourth album This new album is their first in five years and features 16 fresh tracks and over 70 minutes of lush, seductive melodies. Drawing inspiration from original exotica masters Marty, Arty and Les (Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter), Don Tiki boldly moves this evocative genre of music into the 21st century.

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INTERNATIONAL CRIME CORNER: JAIL BIRD!

INTERNATIONAL CRIME CORNER: JAIL BIRD!

JESSE KEANE

THE EURO CRIME BLOG HAS A NEW, EASY TO ENTER, COMPETION OPEN INTERNATIONALLY WITH TEN COPIES OF JESSE KEANE’S FOURTH NOVEL, JAIL BIRD . . .

Murder, loyalty and vengeance collide in Jessie Keane's gritty fourth novel.
Blonde and beautiful Lily King is back on the scene - and not in a good way. Her family haven't missed her. Her husband, London villain Leo King, certainly hasn't, because he's dead. Lily killed him and did time for it.

At least, that's the story. Everyone believes it. But Lily knows it's not true. She knows she was fitted up by someone close to her.

Now, she's just hit thirty, she's out, and she doesn't do forgiveness.

But in her absence, things have moved on, the old order has changed, and now she's ready to reclaim her position as head of the King family.

Fuelled by vengeance and power, Lily King is back.

London won't know what hit it.
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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

SOME COSTUMES JUST DON'T NEED CHANGING . . .

OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS THE EXCEPTION . . .

Y/A CORNER: SLAYED!

Y/A CORNER: SLAYED!

AMANDA MARRONE

The Van Helsing family has been hunting vampires for over one hundred years, but sixteen-year-old Daphne wishes her parents would take up an occupation that doesn’t involve decapitating vamps for cash. All Daphne wants is to settle down in one place, attend an actual school, and finally find a BFF to go to the mall with. Instead, Daphne has resigned herself to a life of fast food, cheap motels and buying garlic in bulk.

But when the Van Helsings are called to a coastal town in Maine, Daphne’s world is turned upside down. Not only do the Van Helsings find themselves hunting a terrifying new kind of vampire (one without fangs but with a taste for kindergarten cuisine), Daphne meets her first potential BF! The hitch? Her new crush is none other than Tyler Harker, AKA, the son of the rival slayer family.

What’s a teen vampire slayer to do?

Y/A CORNER: VIXEN!

Y/A CORNER: VIXEN!

LILA FINE

Set in Jazz Age Chicago, the first book, Vixen, follows 17-year-old socialite Gloria Carmody, who longs to be a flapper and is caught between her conservative fiancé and a sexy jazz musician.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

STILL ON THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION!

A NOTE FROM BARRY MCGUIRE:

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

COCKTAIL NATION #131 ~ TIKI OASIS!

COCKTAIL NATION #131 ~ TIKI OASIS!

This week on the show, Koop talks to Otto about Tiki Oasis 10, there are some big acts there once again this year, Brad Parker has been working hard creating some incredible art. Koop also has some great news about the return of a weekender that has been missing in action for a while, and in his regular Ask Koop segment, our congenial host tackles dental hygiene.

PLAYLIST:

Don Tiki ~ Pajama Tops
DJ Bonebrake ~ Bernstein 007
Martin Denny ~ Love Dance -
Eartha Kitt ~ April in Portugal
Abe Lagrimas ~ Everpresent
John Buzon Trio ~ Ill Wind
Buddy Greco-Girl Talk
SG Sound ~ Escapade Velocity
Frank Bennet ~ Pretend We're Dead
Willie Smith ~ Sophisticated Lady
Arthur Lyman ~ Cubana Chant
Janet Seidel ~ Moment To Moment
Hugo Montenegro ~ Come Spy With Me

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HARD CASE CRIME NEWSLETTER!

HARD CASE CRIME NEWSLETTER!

HERE'S THE WORD FROM HARD CASE CRIME EDITOR CHARLES ARDAI . . .

The books Max Allan Collins has written for us about the hitman known as Quarry -- THE LAST QUARRY, THE FIRST QUARRY, QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE -- have been some of our most popular. One of them was even turned into a movie, "The Last Lullaby," starring Tom Sizemore as Collins' enigmatic killer.

When October comes around, we'll be adding a new entry to the list: QUARRY'S EX. This one puts Quarry in particularly hot water when, on a job, he runs into one of the few people in the world who know his true identity: his adulterous ex-wife. If you'd like to read the first chapter, you can find it on our Web site: www.HardCaseCrime.com

Want more than a chapter? We're giving away a dozen free advance copies of the book. All you have to do is send e-mail to: drawing@hardcasecrime.com (including your name and the address you'd like the book mailed to if you're selected). There's just one other thing we're asking this time: if you're chosen, we ask that you post a review somewhere online of one of the OTHER Quarry books -- it can be on your own blog if you have one, it can be a site like Amazon.com or BN.com, it can be anywhere you like. If you've already read the first three Quarry novels, that'll be easy -- just pick your favorite and tell people about it If you haven't read any of them yet, getting one (or all three!) is easy, too: just visit your favorite local or online bookseller.

All entries must be in by 5PM New York time on July 31; only one entry per person, please. Good luck!

Oh, and while I have you: We've also finally posted the first chapter of CHOKE HOLD, Christa Faust's upcoming sequel to MONEY SHOT, on our Web site, and I think you're really going to like it. Just click on the words "CHOKE HOLD" in the list of book titles on our home page, then on "Read A Sample Chapter." We're not holding a drawing for advance copies of this one yet -- but you can still enjoy a taste of what's coming...

And speaking of what's coming: At the end of this month you'll be able to find Brett Halliday's MURDER IS MY BUSINESS, the first appearance of famous detective Mike Shayne in bookstores in a couple of decades. The cover's a brand new painting by long-time Halliday illustrator (and Hard Case Crime favorite) Robert McGinnis, and the book even features a brief introduction from Hollywood screenwriter Shane Black (creator of "Lethal Weapon" and writer/director of "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which Shane based on two Mike Shayne novels).

If even the end of the month is too long for you to wait for some great summer reading, I can't urge you strongly enough to pick up a copy of the book we have in stores now, NOBODY'S ANGEL by Jack Clark. This is the book the Washington Post raved about recently, calling it "a gem" and "just about perfect." The Chicago Sun-Times called it "captivating...heartbreaking," saying "each page turn feels like real, authentic Chicago." And those are just two of the many raves the book has gotten. It's an amazing, amazing book, truly one of the finest we've ever published, and if you haven't read it yet, you should. Go get a copy and settle in for a great read.

Time for one more bit of Coming Attractions? This coming Friday -- July 9th -- is the premiere of Hard Case Crime's first ever TV series, "Haven" on SyFy. It airs at 10PM on Fridays in the U.S.; check your local listings for times and dates if you're in another country. The series is based on our bestselling book of all time, Stephen King's THE COLORADO KID, and I've been fortunate to get to work on it as a writer and producer. Yes, being a SyFy show it contains more supernatural elements that you'd normally associate with Hard Case Crime -- but it's also a mystery show at its core (the main characters are an FBI agent, a cop, and a criminal), and I promise we've got some great stories up our sleeves.

I'll be watching, popcorn in hand, when Friday night rolls around. Won't you join me?

QUARRY'S EX!

QUARRY'S EX!

MAX ALLAN COLLINS

COMING IN OCTOBER 2010 FROM HARD CASE CRIME!

Even the enigmatic hit man called Quarry had to start somewhere. And for him that was the day he returned stateside from Nam to find his young wife cheating. He’d killed plenty overseas, so killing her lover was no big deal. And when he was recruited to use his skills as a contract killer, that transition was easy, too. He survived in this jungle as he had in that other one—by expecting trouble.

COVER ART BY GREGORY MANCHESS

PULP NOW: BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER #26!

PULP NOW: BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER #26!

NOW AVAILABLE!

Blood ‘n’ Thunder #26 weighs in at 108 pages and is packed with the usual array of articles, departments, illustrations, and advertisements. The Spring 2010 issue begins with a “Convention Corner” update on this year’s PulpFest. “Tricks of the Trade” reprints a 1943 Writer’s Digest article by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, who describes the various gimmicks he used to plot his pulp mystery yarns. “Cliffhanger Classics” presents a beginner’s guide to collecting movie serials, featuring scans of many rare photos and posters. “Adventurous Airwaves” offers the second and final part of a lengthy excerpt from an excellent new book on the Green Hornet radio show, written by Martin Grams and Terry Salomonson. It includes newly uncovered publicity photos taken in 1937 with members of the original cast.

Feature articles include “A Chronology of Clubfoot,” in which Daniel J. Neyer exhaustively analyzes the all-but-forgotten series of adventure/espionage novels written in the years between the two World Wars by British author Valentine Williams; “Hopalong Cassidy: Birth of a Legend,” Ed Hulse’s comparison of the first Hoppy movie to the 1910 Clarence E. Mulford novel from which it was adapted; and “Unholy Jitters: Sex and Sadism in the Red Circle Horror Pulps,” reprinted by popular demand from the long out-of-print second issue of BnT. The issue closes with “Seven Doughty Doughs,” a lengthy Arthur Guy Empey novelette reprinted from the January 1931 issue of Battle Stories.

Please make your checks or money orders payable to Ed Hulse and send to him at 2467 Route 10 East, Bldg. 15, Apt. 4B, Morris Plains, NJ 07950. Ed also accepts Paypal payments at:

bnteditor@yahoo.com

THE CAT'S MEOW!

WORLD CUP CAT!

WORLD CUP CAT!

SOON TO BE SEEN IT THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE . . .

CROSSOVERS VOLUME 2: (1940-THE FUTURE)!

CROSSOVERS VOLUME 2: (1940-THE FUTURE)!

BLACK COAT PRESS - NOW AVAILABLE!

BY WIN SCOTT ECKERT WITH A COVER BY MARK MADDOX

From the mid-Twentieth Century, when The Spider clashed with Mr. Hyde; The Domino Lady worked with The Black Bat, The Avenger, and Airboy; Batman variously teamed up with The Shadow, Captain America, The Spirit, and Sherlock Holmes; Philip Marlowe had a brush with the Deep Ones and later worked with Sam Spade; The Green Hornet crossed paths with The Shadow; Mandrake the Magician attended The Phantom's wedding; Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and the Wolf-Man mashed it up; Tarzan battled the Predators and went to Barsoom; James Bond crossed paths with Doc Savage, The Saint, OSS 117, Derek Flint, and U.N.C.L.E.'s Napoleon Solo; Spider-Man and The Thing had cross-time adventures with Doc Savage; the Nyctalope teamed up with Professor Quatermass; Bulldog Drummond combined forces with Richard Hannay for one last adventure; Nero Wolfe, Ellery Queen, Lord Peter, Perry Mason, and Mike Hammer solved a murder; P.I. Chester Drum collided with shamus Shell Scott; Madame Atomos encountered Kato, U.N.C.L.E.'s Mr. Waverly, and Modesty Blaise; Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin met John Steed and Emma Peel, Fu Manchu, Miss Marple, Simon Templar, and Sherlock Holmes; Number 6 took a brief trip with The Doctor; El Santo faced-off against Dracula; Greatheart Silver was involved in a showdown with all the great pulp heroes; Kolchak ran into Barnabas Collins; the Ghostbusters went up against Cthulhu; and Vampirella teamed up with or fought just about everyone…

…To the Twenty-first Century, when Frankenstein's Creature battled Dracula and Mr. Hyde, and traveled to the Lost World; Witchblade and the Darkness joined forces with Vampirella; the worlds of Boston P.I. Spenser, Sheriff Jesse Stone, and detective Sunny Randall came together; Lara Croft, the Tomb Raider, clashed with the Deep Ones; Ash Williams crossed swords with Dracula and Dr. Herbert West; and a modern-day Van Helsing went up against the current incarnation of the Black Coats…

…To the far-flung future, when Spock claimed Holmes as an ancestor and Ishmael flew with the wind whales…

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VOLUME 1: (DAWN OF TIME - 1939) IS STILL AVAILABLE!

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PULP NOW: HELL ON FRIDAY!

PULP NOW: HELL ON FRIDAY!

HELL ON FRIDAY: THE JOHNNY SAXON TRILOGY BY WILLIAM BOGART

INTRODUCTION BY WILL MURRAY

FROM THE AUTHOR OF DOC SAVAGE!

NEVER BEFORE REPRINTED, THIS EDITION COLLECTS ALL THREE OF WILLIAM BOGART'S STORIES OF JOHNNY SAXON, A PULP WRITER-TURNED-P.I.!

LOADED WITH NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO THE PULP PUBLISHING WORLD, ITS AUTHORS AND CHARACTERS, IT'S ROUNDED OUT BY AN ALL-NEW INTRODUCTION BY DOC SAVAGE/LESTER DENT EXPERT WILL MURRAY.

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING BOOK-LENGTH STORIES:
HELL ON FRIDAY

MURDER IS FORGETFUL

THE QUEEN CITY MURDER CASE
AND AS A BONUS: BOGART'S ARTICLE ON ADVICE FOR NEW WRITERS.

550 PAGES $34.95 SOFTCOVER TBD HARDCOVER

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PULP NOW: GREEN LAMA UNBOUND!

PULP NOW: GREEN LAMA UNBOUND!

AIRSHIP 27 - COMING SOON!

ARTIST MIKE FYLES TURNED IN TWO COVERS FOR THE FORTHCOMING
GREEN LAMA UNBOUND BY ADAM LANCE GARCIA.

THE COVER ABOVE IS THE ONE THAT WAS NOT SELECTED.

AIRSHIP 27

PULP NOW: WW2 COMBAT!

PULP NOW: WW2 COMBAT!

AVAILABLE JULY 5^TH FROM AGE OF ADVENTURE!

WW2 Combat is a fully loaded clip of two fisted, lead blazing Battle Tales!

Action, drama, and even a laugh or two with stories and vignettes showcasing the courage and patriotism of the Greatest Generation.

If you’re a fan of classic TV shows like Combat!, Rat Patrol, and Garrison’s Guerillas then you won’t want to miss this!

Stories from T.J. Glenn, Wayne Skiver, and Norman Stanton.

AGE OF ADVENTURE

WOMEN PLAYING THE BLUES!

WOMEN PLAYING THE BLUES!

In a typical musical coincidence, i was recently given two new blues cds featuring female artists. Not my usual listening fare, but i enjoyed both, especially Cyndi Lauper’s as i admire the way she’s survived in the music business on her own constantly reinvented terms . . .

MEMPHIS BLUES ~ CYNDI LAUPER

Cyndi Lauper has never followed trends. Her hits have come despite the oddness of her sounds. However, on the surface Lauper may sound as if she’s channeling Betty Boop, but underneath the performance there is a signature sound and some amazing vocal phrasing.

Now, Lauper has again bucked current pop trends and has immersed herself in the blues – and how the music loves her. With help from B.B. King, Charlie Musslewhite, and Johnny Lang, among others, Lauper really shows her chops. Anyone who has ever underrated her is in for a surprise.

Memphis Blues is a heartfelt, gritty, emotional, full-out blues album. Well beyond the lightweight pop of her early years, Lauper is at the point in her career where she can claim ownership of a continuing artistic legacy. Lauper makes you listen, makes you feel, and on this CD she really makes you feel the blues.

TRACKLIST

1. I m Just Your Fool (Charlie Musselwhite)
2. Shattered Dreams (Allen Toussaint)
3. Early in the Morning (B.B. King)
4. Romance in the Dark
5. How Blue Can You Get (Jonny Lang)
6. Down Don t Bother Me (Charlie Musselwhite)
7. Don t Cry No More
8. Rollin and Tumblin (Ann Peebles)
9. Down So Low Listen
10. Mother Earth (Allen Toussaint)
11. Cross Roads (Jonny Lang)
12. Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues

BACK TO THE BLUES ~ SUE FOLEY!

Foley has been on the blues scene since the early ‘90s. She is an accomplished guitarist with a voice that sneaks up on you without warning. There are some high points on this CD, which contains a number of outtakes from her earlier efforts, including her cover of Bob Dylan's Positively 4th Street, the original Come Play with Me, and Gone Blind, which closes the album on a traditional blues note.

TRACKLIST:

1. Lightnin' Boogie
2. Come On
3. Positively 4th Street
4. If You Think I've Lost You
5. I Feel So Good
6. Tayna
7. Me and My Chauffeur Blues
8. Come Play With Me
9. Can't Afford to Do It
10. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
11. Guitar Rumba
12. The Leading Brand
13. Gone Blind

If you are into the blues or have them, both these CDs will fit your needs.

MILT BRUCKNER: SEND ME SOFTLY (1957)!

MILT BRUCKNER: SEND ME SOFTLY (1957)!

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHAT THE WOMAN ON THE ABOVE ALBUM COVER HAS JUST FINISHED DOING?

YOU GOTTA LOVE THE ‘50s . . .

THANKS TO KELLY’S LOUNGE SOUNDZ FOR THIS COOL DOWNLOAD . . .

Milt Buckner's Hammond organ style and sound is quite different from others who followed in his footsteps. His choppy two-hand chord approach, thorny and biting sound and his regular usage of a bass player identified him as a raw industrialist coming from the Midwest hearths of St. Louis and Detroit. Buckner has largely been ignored as a pioneer of the organ in the '50s. He actually came out of the swing era as a pianist and sometimes cocktail lounge performer who was able to straddle the line between popular sounds of the day and more riveting and substantive jazz.

The sessions from "Send Me Softly" are distinctly more cocktail or martini induced than his usual ale or stout style.

TRACKLIST:

SIDE 1:

01) Someone Else's Love
02) All Or Nothing At All
03) You're My Girl
04) Idle Gossip
05) Turquoise
06) When Sunny Gets Blue

SIDE 2:

01) Easy Come, Easy Go Lover
02) Irresistible You
03) Our Engagement Day
04) Let Me Love You
05) Lullaby Of The Leaves
06) You Are My Love

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NEW PULP BEACH TEE!

NEW PULP BEACH TEE!

COOL STUFF FROM A NEW PULP PUBLISHER.

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FORGOTTEN BOOKS: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS!

FORGOTTEN BOOKS: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS!

IAN PLENDERLEITH

As the World Cup brings us the drama of the quarter finals this weekend (the clashing of styles, Brazil vs. Netherlands, Germany vs. Argentina, it doesn’t get much more dramatic), I wanted to weigh in on my favorite collection of football/soccer short stories – For Whom The Ball Rolls by renown soccer journalist Ian Plenderleith.

Plenderleith is a master of crafting entertaining, offbeat tales, often a web of coincidences and circumstances leading to a punch line delivered with the precision of a world class striker.

FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS

The ex-pro sitting in front of the TV, interminably replaying the last moment of his career; the political activist who’s struggling to concentrate on a seminar because he knows a vital international match is being shown in the bar; the failed, alcoholic actor who reflects on life from inside the club mascot; the quiet left-back who never speaks to any teammates . . . Ian Plenderleith gets inside the heads of all his characters and finds one thing in common: that football is, for the most part, the be-all and end-all.
But also in this collection is a set of stories that proves life does exist away from the square acre of turf and that Plenderleith is an adept chronicler of the lives of the mad, the aging, and the averagely dysfunctional . . .

Whether about football or just everyday life, the stories in For Whom The Ball Rolls make up a wonderful, understated and gritty first collection from one of When Saturday Comes regular contributors

These are stories that bring out the passion, fears, hopes and failures known to all true footie fans, while also capturing the sheer joy and importance of the game’s meaning to so many people – not the trophies and final results, but how the game influences the everyday life of everyday people.

PULP SURFIN’!

PULP SURFIN’!

I DIDN’T KNOW PULP AND SURFIN’ COULD BE COMPATIBLE, BUT IN THE NOIR WORLD ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE . . .

THIS COOL DOWNLOAD IS FROM FAT CITY CIGAR LOUNGE . . .

Let's get the party started with Pulp Surfin'. You get old school & modern surf groups, and a keen variety of novelty tunes and straight out surf instrumentals. Some of the coolest highlights include Bobby Fuller's raw take on "Miserlou," The Blue Hawaiians' cover of Penetration" (trivia note: for you Spongebob fans, the cool instrumentals in the cartoons are often The Blue Hawaiians!), and "Intoxica" by The Centurions. The piece that wins me over, above everything else, is Eden Ahbez's spoken prose "Full Moon," a celebration of his solitary earthy lifestyle. If his name does not ring a bell, Eden Ahbez is best known for penning the song "Nature Boy" that was made famous by Nat King Cole, and has been covered by many vocalists since then. The cover is a neat homage to the Pulp Fiction movie poster, and despite the title "Pulp Surfing," its contents go far beyond surf music.

TRACKLIST:

1. Pipeline - Lively Ones
2. Ft. Lauderdale - Impacts
3. Pintor - Pharos
4. Ultimate Wave - Eddie Day
5. Nite Prowler - Deuce Coupes
6. In My Moondreams - Brian Wilson
7. Bengazi - Insect Surfers
8. Letter From Jeepers - Frank Zappa
9. Penetration - Blue Hawaiians
10. Monte Carlo Nights - Tiki Gods
11. Jacques Cousteau - Young Jacques
12. The Lonely Dragster - Bobby Fuller Four
13. Surfer Girl - Sentinals
14. Rumble - Link Wray
15. A Shot In The Dark - Boardwalkers
16. Intoxica - Centurians
17. Full Moon - Eden Ahbez
18. Misirlou (Live) - Bobby Fuller Four

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THE SHAMUS WINNERS!

THE SHAMUS WINNERS!

THE BEST WRITERS . . . THE BEST PRIVATE EYES . . . THE TOUGHEST CASES!
DON’T MISS THESE TWO VOLUMES OF AMERICA'S BEST PRIVATE EYE STORIES . . .

VOLUME I (1982-1995)
336 PAGES $14.95

VOLUME II (1996-2009)
282 PAGES $14.95

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THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION!

THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION

COMING SOON TO A HONDA DEALER NEAR YOU . . .

In 1936, Shōnen Club magazine published an illustrated article entitled “World Transportation Invention Competition,” which took a look at the future of transportation.

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