AVENGERS OF THE MOON(A Captain Future Novel)By Allen SteeleTor Books – Pub 2017300 pages In the early part of 1939, veteran sci-fi pulp writer Edmond Hamilton met with Leo Margulies, Better Publication’s editorial director, to discuss the creation of a new title, Captain Future. The lead character of Curt Newton,
LEVON’S TRADEBy Chuck DixonRough Edges Press192 pgs A little over a year ago, Chuck Dixon sent us a copy of his novel “Levon’s Time,” the seventh in this series about Levon Cade, an ex-Marine who crosses paths with lots of bad people; much to their woes. We’d been aware of
HELL TO PAYA Tom Kincaid Crime MysteryBy William R. CoxBold Venture Press162 pgs William Robert Cox (1901 – 1988) was a veteran pulp writer who wrote in various genres. His most popular were crime/mysteries and westerns. Among the several series he created, Tom Kincaid is among the most memorable. The
THE SHADOWED CIRCLE # 4Editor/Publisher Steve DonosoA Renaissance Arts Press Publication66 pages What a delight to get this new issue in the mail recently. As ever the articles are so much fun and all of them are contributed by true Shadow fans. Both Will Murray and Tim King hunt for
A CHRISTMAS CAROL MURDERBy Heather RedmondKensington Publishing303 pgs This is the third book in the unique Charles Dickens mysteries devised by writer Heather Redmond. In the books, which began with “A Tale of Two Murders” and was followed by “Grave Expectations,” the author has a grand time having a young
GOLGOTHACity of SkullsBy Jaime Ramos20 pgs “Golgotha – City of Skulls” is an odd little book labeling itself a novelette. Considering its brevity, it is obviously not a novella. Whereas it seems to fall in that gray zone of what would be called a “long” short story. We know, that’s
KILL ME IF YOU CANBy Mickey Spillane and Max Allan CollinsTitan Books273 pgs Once again writer Max Allan Collins has completed a Mike Hammer story left unfinished by the late Mickey Spillane. If you’re a Spillane fan, this is always a cause for celebration. Note, that this volume is divided
LAWLESS and the Flowers of SinBy William SuttonTitan Books359 pgs London in the mid-1860s. Vice Detective Sgt. Campbell Lawless was given the unsavory assignment of numbering how many young ladies are employed in local brothels from the most tawdry to the elegant catering to the city’s elite gentry. In a
BENEDICT AND BRAZOS # 18 : Bo Rangle’s BoothillBy E. Jefferson ClayBold Venture Press116 pgs So we’re heading out the door about to go on a ten-day vacation in New England to view the magnificent Fall foliage. Hastily we scan the books on our shelf and grab two to stuff
VALIDUS-VBy Van Allen PlexicoWhite Rocket Books253 pgs Giant robots battling each other and horrific giant monsters. Ah, the stuff of Japanese movies and American comics. And now a wonderful, action-packed novel by veteran sci-fi and pulp writer, Van Allen Plexico. This one truly has it all and this reviewer was
THE HAM REPORTERBy Robert J. RandisiDouble Day Western370 pgs When picking up this volume, we noted the sub-titles being “A Novel of Bat Masterson in Twentieth-Century New York.” Randisi sets his creative imagination post Wild West life and career of the legendary lawman who once fought alongside other larger-than-life figures
GRIP OF DEATHBy Len LevinsonRough Edge Press242 pages Set in New York City in the turbulent year after the start of the Civil War, Levinson’s story revolves around a group of Southerners known as the Chivalry who hatch a plot to cripple the North’s economic strength. Their goal was to
