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SENTINELS 9 : VENDETTA - Book Review By Ron Fortier

Sentinels 9: Vendetta – A Book Review By Ron Fortier

SENTINELS 9 : VENDETTA By Van Allen Plexico White Rocket Books 290 pages More years ago than we care to remember, a budding new pulp writer sent us a book called “When Strikes The Warlord.” It was a prose superhero adventure featuring a team called the Sentinels and clearly inspired

The Will to Kill Book Review By Ron Fortier

‘The Will to Kill’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

THE WILL TO KILL (The Lost Mike Hammer Mystery) By Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins Titan Books 230 pages The release of yet another “lost” Mike Hammer novel by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins is always a cause for celebration among mystery lovers. In this case, Hammer discovers

The Winter Family Book Review By Ron Fortier

‘The Winter Family’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

THE WINTER FAMILY By Clifford Jackman Doubleday 329 pgs Any reviewer will tell you, the real joy of this job is being surprised by a new writer who puts forth something radically different from anything you’ve ever read before. Now we’ve read our share of western titles from traditional pulp

AMAZING! ASTONISHING! WEIRD! Book Review By Ron Fortier

‘Amazing! Astonishing! Weird!!’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

AMAZING! ASTONISHING! WEIRD! The Complete Pulp Covers Vol. 2 By Todd Frye Self-Published Mail@ToddFrye.Org Also available at Amazon. Having come to pulp fandom via the comic book route, we’ve always had a strong appreciation for the art of the pulps. From their being filled with beautifully rendered pen and ink

Stunt Man Book Reveiw By Ron Fortier

‘Stunt-Man’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

STUNT-MAN The Autobiography of Yakima Canutt With Oliver Drake Walker Publishing Company Published 1979 237 pages Having been a fan of the movie serials for most of my life, I was familiar with Yakima Canutt; considered by many to be the most famous stunt man of them all. Sometime in

Circling the Runway Book Review By Ron Fortier

‘Circling The Runway’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

CIRCLING THE RUNWAY A Jake Diamond Mystery By J.L. Abramo Down & Books 242 pgs We generally do not enjoy books wherein the writer moves back and forth between first and third person narratives. Most of the time these shifts are jarring in that the reader, safely ensconced in the

‘The Myth Hunter’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

THE MYTH HUNTER Curse of the Necronomicon By Percival Constantine Nifty Entertainment 145 pgs Of the various series created by new pulp scribe Percival Constantine, our favorite is his Myth Hunter books starring beautiful Elisa Hill; a trained archeologist who travels the globe in search of arcane artifacts often believed

‘The Midnight Guardian’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

THE MIDNIGHT GUARDIAN (Hour of Darkness) By John C. Bruening Flinch! Books 408 pages The traditional classic pulp novels that appeared in the 30s magazines generally ran 60,000 words. In them one would find a fast paced narrative that would explode across the pages in colorful, purple prose. Over time

‘Transcendental’ book review by Ron Fortier

TRANSCENDENTAL By James Gunn Tor Books 302 pages When one titles a book “Transcendental,” it’s probably a good idea to start our review with a clear definition of that word. Our trusty old Webster list it as an adjective; 1) or relating to transcendentalism. (The philosophical belief that knowledge of

‘No Rest for the Dead’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

NO REST FOR THE DEAD By 26 Mystery Writers Edited by Andrew F. Gulli & Lamia J. Gulli Touchstone Books 252 pages Ever heard of a round robin? A round-robin story, or simply “round robin,” is a type of collaborative fiction or storytelling in which a number of authors each

‘Quarry’s Vote’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

QUARRY’S VOTE Max Allan Collins Hard Case Crime 237 pages This is one series we came in late on, not having been aware of Max Collins’ hitman Quarry until Hard Case Crime convinced him to bring the character out of mothballs for one more tale; “The Last Quarry” in 2015.

‘The Devil Dogs of Belleau Woods’ Book Review By Ron Fortier

THE DEVIL DOGS OF BELLEAU WOODS By Terrence McCauley Down & Out Books 130 pages “The Devil Dogs of Belleau Woods,” is a gripping war adventure set during one of the most brutal battles of World War One. Corporal Charlie Doherty is a New York City cop who thought he

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