Best-Forgotten Books: STRINGER by Lou Cameron
I really wanted to like this book. And I did, through the first couple of chapters.After the great enjoyment I got from Lou Cameron’s first book, the jazz/crime novel Angel’s Fight(reviewed HERE), I...
View ArticlePulp Paintings by FRANK PAUL
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View ArticleForgotten Books: SLEEP WITH THE DEVIL / WAKE UP TO MURDER / JOY HOUSE by Day...
SLEEP WITH THE DEVILOne of the back cover blurbs of the new Stark House omnibus calls this novel “top-notch pulp fiction.” I agree, but calling it pulp fiction seems to imply it's somehow inferior to...
View ArticleNEW! The FREDRIC BROWN Mystery Library from Haffner Press
After over five years in the making, Haffner Press has released the first two volumes of the Frederic Brown Mystery Library. These are deluxe hardcover volumes, over 700 pages each, and (especially...
View ArticleForgotten Books: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY by Ian Fleming
I started reading the Bond books when I was twelve (along with Tarzan and Doc Savage) and have been through the whole series at least four times. On my latest trip, I’m listening instead of reading,...
View ArticleGoudey Indian Gum Cards: DAVY, DAN'L & BILL (1933)
Interesting that Goudey subscribed to the captured-and-executed theory of Davy's death, which is certainly possible but far from proven.
View ArticleForgotten Books: THE DEEP END by Fredric Brown (1952)
After posting the announced publication of two huge volumes of Fredric Brown stories by Haffner Press (HERE), I happened to be digging around in my storage unit searching for Executioner books (sadly,...
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