MEN’S ADVENTURE Quarterly Issue # 10The Vietnam IssueEdited by Robert Deis & Bill CunninghamSubtropic Productions, LLC.167 pgs When this issue arrived in the mail, we found our thoughts traveling back in time. This July, 2024, will mark 56 years since this reviewer came home from Vietnam as a U.S. Army
BONSAIBy Sandy NicolsonAvailable @ Amazon294 pgs It’s the mid-1970s and on the outskirts of Salinas, California, sets an old gas station that long ago ran out of gas. Owned and operated by a South Korean immigrant known as Bonsai, the place remains open due Bonsai’s skills as a mechanic. He
INTO THE NIGHTBy Cornell Woolrich & Lawrence BlockHard Case Crime240 pgs. Madeline is an introspective young woman caught in the depths of depression. Toying with a loaded revolver, she contemplates taking her life. Then, when setting the gun down on a desk causes it to fire accidentally, the bullet goes
LEVON’S PREYLevon Cade Book # 10By Chuck DixonRough Edge Press164 pgs This being the tenth of twelve books, we can with a sigh announce that we are finally getting caught up with Chuck Dixon’s fantastic series. In “Levon’s Prey,” he learns almost too late that his destroying a child sex
DEATH COMES TOO LATEBy Charles ArdaiHard Case Crime399 pgs What we have here is a collection of crime short stories by writer/editor Charles Ardai. Twenty in all and each is a gem. Though somewhat depressing in large part, there is no denying Ardai’s writing chops. He knows how to spin
THROUGH THE WILD GATEBy Dale CozortChisel & Stone Publishing198 pgs Science fiction writer Dale Cozort has a flair for writing alternate time-line adventures and cross-dimensional platforms. In this novel, he offers up a world where very rich men discovered strange gates that lead to an alternate Earth still existing in
SHERLOCK HOLMES – The Vanishing ManBy Philip Purser-HallardTitan Books279 pg We love Sherlock Holmes mysteries and were recently made aware that Titan Books has published a new series of Holmes novels by various authors. If all of them are as good as “The Vanishing Man” by Philip Purser-Hallard, then Holmes
THE COMPLETE IVY FROSTBy Donald WandreiEdited by Stephen HaffnerHaffner Press698 pgs We always attempt to make our reviews personal and not cookie-cutter dissertations that simply say yea or nea. That has never been more vital than with this review of a really unique pulp character which we not only love
LEVON’S WAR(Levon Cade # 6)By Chuck DixonRough Edges Press267 pgs As we continue to fill in the holes in our Levon Cade collection, we come to volume six which is by far one of the most dramatic, action packed installments. Cade returns to Iraq to honor a promise his made
INCOGNITO : An Aarastad StoryBy Micah Swanson HarrisMinor Profit Press104 pgs “Incognito” is the fourth book in Micah Swanson Harris’ exciting fantasy swashbuckling series. It’s fantasy in that the stories take place on an alternate world, in particular a Scandinavian country called Aarastad which shares its history not only with
FOOL’S GOLDBy J.P. LindeEl Dorado Publishing212 pgs We’ve always had a fondest for stories that bring together historical figures, who in reality never met. Such is the case in this new adventure by J.P. Linde. H has American writer Jack London venturing into the rugged mountains of Alaska after encountering
CAPTAIN FUTUREThe Horror at JupiterBy Allen SteeleAmazing Selects159 pgs With the publication of this book, writer Allen Steele wraps up his four volume saga featuring Edmond Hamilton’s pulp hero Captain Future. With the series, Steele did not change Future and his Futuremen as much as revamp them for modern readers.
