THE LONG HIGH NOONBy Loren D. EstlemanForge Books271 pgs There are writers who are so damn dependable, you can pick up anything they’ve done and know before even opening the cover you are going to be entertained to the max. One such pulp scribe is Loren D. Estleman. Though known
EIGHT AGAINST THE DARKNESSBy Mark Allen VannXepico Press147 pgs The real pleasure of writing this blog is discovering talented New Pulp writers like Mark Allen Vann. This, his first book, is a collection of eight stories all debuting a new pulp hero created from the familiar tropes of the classics
LEGACY – OMNIBUS Vol. OneBy Warren Murphy and Gerald WelchDestroyer Books454 pgs. In our last review, we were reminded how Pinnacle books appeared on the scene shortly after we came home from Vietnam in 1968. They released two paperback pulp series; The Executioner by Don Pendleton and Created – The
ONE MAN ARMYThe Action Paperback Art of Gil CohenEdited by Robert Deis & Wyatt Doyle# new texture book134 pgs. We came home to civilian life in the summer of 1968, leaving Vietnam far behind. We were all of 21 at the time and the future seemed one giant mystery. Several
DEATH OF AN ART COLLECTORA Nero Wolfe MysteryBy Robert GoldsboroughMysterious Press221 pgs We’ve made no secret that we greatly enjoy Robert Goldsborough’s new Nero Wolfe mysteries. He handles all the familiar trappings from the rotund detective’s love of Remmers beer and his thousand of orchids to his witty battering with
STORYHACKAction & Adventure – Issue # 5Edited by Bryce BeattieBaby Katie Media LLC112 pgs As you’ll never see this on any magazine wrack, we hesitate to call such. Rather it is a pulp anthology in the guise of old fashion monthly. It features nine new stories by talented writers and
DEAD JACK and the Soul CatcherBy James AquiloneHomunculus House217 pages Occasionally publishers will solicit a review of a book by sending out pre-press galleys. Then if the reviewer does deliver a positive report, they will lift a phrase from that and slap on the cover of the actual book. Which
VIC CHALLENGER – A SAVAGE PLACEBy Jerry GillAnn Darrow Co.216 pgs Writer Jerry Gill’s savage reincarnated adventuress, Victoria Custer (nickname Vic Challenger) is back in this, her ninth adventure. It’s a non-stop, high-octane story that never lets up for a second. In this outing, Vic hears about a so-called man-eating
STRAIGHT OUT OF DODGE CITYEdited by David BoopBaen Books250 pages Here we have the third in Baen Books’ weird western Straight Outta series edited by David Boop. It’s a nifty collection of fourteen stories by both veteran writers and a few newbies. As always, we judge an anthology via a
THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO PULP FICTIONVol 2By Jonathan W. SweetBrick Pickle Pulp181 pgs A few months ago, we had the fun of reading and reviewing the first volume in this new pulp reference series by Jonathan Sweet. That book shined a light on the classic heroes and villains of the
MASQUERADE FOR MURDERA Mike Hammer MysteryBy Mickey Spillane & Max Allan CollinsTitan Books220 pgs Honestly, having writer Max Allan Collins turn in another Mike Hammer novel in this Legacy series is like our enjoying the gift that never stops giving. With this entry, we find Hammer starting to feel his
GHOST OF EMPIREBy George MannTitan Books272 pages George Mann is a New Pulp writer currently producing three terrific series; the Newbury & Hobbs books, new Sherlock Holmes fantasies and his steampunk vigilante adventures of the Ghost of which this is the fourth. It is also the best. Within its pages
