THE DEVIL’S DUEEdited by Adam MesserValhalla Books229 pgs Valhalla Books is a relatively new name in the pulp field and they are off to a great start with this premier anthology, “The Devil’s due.” Presented for your enjoyment are fourteen stories in which the main characters, much to their later
DARK TERRITORYA Sheriff Aaron Mackey WesternBy Terrence McCauleyPinnacle Western320 pgs Series books are done in two ways. The first being each installment, though it might reference previous books, can stand on its own merits providing the reader with a beginning, middle, and end. The second version is books are left
CROOKED RIVERA Pendergast NovelBy Preston & ChildGrand Central Publishing400 pgs When authors make the bestseller lists as Preston and Child have done with their Special Agent Pendergast series, publishers love nothing better than filling two or three pages in each new book with review blurbs shouting the praises of the
COME SPY WITH MEBy Max Allan Collins with Matthew V. ClemensWolfpack Publishing238 pgs Max Collins is one of those writers who is constantly surprising us. After decades of offering up great mystery and crime tales, he then had us cheering wildly for his western actioners courtesy of the late Mickey
MATTHEW HENSON and the ICE TEMPLE OF HARLEMBy Gary PhillipsAgora Books232 pgs In contemplating this particular review, we were reminded of the old McDonald’s campaign ad in which people were encouraged to increase their initial order from a simple burger and fries to Super-Size. Not that that was good for
PULP REALITY No 1Edited by Charles MillhouseStormgate Press154 pgs Kudos to writer/editor Charles F. Millhouse for creating as yet another pseudo/magazine devoted to New Pulp fiction. Note, PULP REALITY isn’t the first such as over the past decade or so various other outfits have tried their hands at bringing back
INVASION OF THE BRAIN TENTACLEA Celluloid Terrors TitleBy P.J. ThorndykeAvailable from Amazon332 pgs Scientist Claire Weldon and her family move to the small rural town of Ralston, California in the summer of 1957. Daughter Judy and son Tommy soon find themselves embroiled with typical high school drama while stay-at-home-dad Ray
THE DEATH OF PERSEPHONEBy I.A. WatsonA Chillwater Publication337 pgs Okay, so let’s be extremely clear here, New Pulp scribe I.A. Watson is a genius. Period. In the time we’ve come to know him as a friend, collaborator, and fan, he has constantly amazed us with his knowledge about….well, everything. Not
A CHRISTMAS CAROL at 221 BBy Thomas MannLeague of Extraordinary Gentlemen Publishing22 pgs So we are on Amazon buying books recently when we see the cover to “A Christmas Carol at 221 B.” What? A Sherlock Holmes Christmas story. Okay, we need to read this one. We put in our
THE BIG SHOWDOWN‘A Caleb York WesternBy Mickey Spillane & Max Allan CollinsPinnacle Western283 pgs Several years ago we reviewed “The Legend of Caleb York.” It was an adaptation by Max Allan Collins of a movie screenplay by the late Mickey Spillane. We liked it a great deal and believe it
THE TITANIC SECRETBy Clive Cussler & Jack Du BrulPutnam Paperback466 pgs In 1973, Clive Cussler, the master of modern pulp fiction, wrote: “Raise the Titanic” as part of his popular Dirk Pitt underwater adventures series. It was a huge hit and would become the first of only two Dirk Pitt
Edmond Hamilton’s Captain FutureThe GUNS OF PLUTOBy Allen SteeleExperimenter Publishing195 pgs We first discovered sci-fi writer Edmond Hamilton while in high school and immediately became a fan of his unique action/adventure stories. Unlike the hard science fiction of writers like Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, Hamilton gave us Flash
