NIGHTSCAPE Edited by David W. Edwards Part One – by Derrick Ferguson & David W.Edwards Part Two – by Arlen M.Todd Imperiad Entertainment 299 pages What we have here is a title with two different pulp actioners; both edited by David W.Edwards. Thus will give you or take on each
CUT ME IN By Ed McBain Hard Case Crime 237 pages As a high school student in the early 1960s, we discovered the paperback crime fiction of writer Ed McBain and instantly became enamored of his enormous talent. He was and remains to this very day our favorite author. “Cut
NEED MORE ROAD By Stephen Jared Soltice Publishin 202 pages Stephen Jared is one of the more promising voices in New Pulp fiction working today and his past titles have shown a real flare for both heroic adventure and tightly plotted noir crime thrilles. Whereas with “Need More Road,” he
BANSHEES By Mike Baron WordFire Press 401 pages Since turning his considerable talents to prose, Eisner Award winning comicbook writer Mike Baron has been knocking out some fantastic over-the-top fiction. Among these is “Banshees,” a horror fantasy set squarely in the world of rock and roll and its tale is
VIC CHALLENGER – FAST! By Jerry Gill Ann Darrow Co. 203 pages (http://www.vicplanet.com/) The old adage about not judging a book by its cover has never been more valid than with this particular paperback novel. But we’ll get to that aspect at the end of our review. We’d much rather
SENTINELS : THE DARK CRUSADE By Van Allen Plexico White Rocket Books 206 pages If, like this reviewer, you are a fan of Van Plexico’s star spanning superhero saga, The Sentinels, then the arrival of this book, the eight in the series, was a much anticipated reading pleasure. Of course
THE BODY SNATCHERS AFFAIR A Carpenter & Quincannon Mystery By Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini Forge Books 219 pages This is the second Carpenter & Quincannon mystery we’ve had the pleasure of reading and are eager to point you in its direction. Authors Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini are both
THE DAMP FEDORA By Kate Pilarcik Down & Out Books 114 pgs Stream of consciousness writing is the process by which a writer jots down words faster than the output of a Thompson submachine gun. It is not easy to do, as often what ends up on the paper is
SKELOS 1 The Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy Edited by Mark Finn, Chris Gruber & Jeffrey Shanks Skelos Press 160 pgs. It is always a pleasure being surprised by something straight out of the blue. Perhaps the most extinct publication form today is the genre themed magazine. Over
QUARRY IN THE BLACK By Max Allan Collins Hard Case Crime 209 pages Release Date – Oct 4, 2016 Regardless of one’s opinion of the new “Quarry” Cinemax TV series, it has shined a light on these fantastic books and that is a benefit worth applauding. As Collins says in
CIRCLE CITY SHAKEDOWN (A Phillip Chandler Mystery) By Bill Craig Whiz Bang LLC 274 pgs Bill Craig can knock out a half dozen crime thrillers faster than most established writers can do one. The amazement is, they are all damn good books. With “Circle City Shakedown,” first released in 2014,
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
