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Will Murray's 'Knight of Darkness'
Pulp legend Will Murray has recently published his 3rd volume on The Shadow. This book deals with the evolution of the character from radio to pulps to comics and beyond. The process by which The Shadow charater was tweaked to fit into the various incarnations in different media give an insight...
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Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 5 with Will Murray
Pulp Legend Will Murray talks about his latest volume of Sherlock Holmes' wild adventures (#5). Will is one of the most prolific writers in the New Pulp movement both in fact and ficton. This anthology contains 10 new Holmes stories written in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that could have...
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The Wild Adventures of Cthulhu, Vol 3 with Will Murray
Pulp Legend Will Murray discusses the latest collection (Vol 3) of his Cthulhu stories. These are some of the best Cthulhu pastiches you will ever read! As an added bonus this volume includes an authorized continuation of Abraham Merritt's novel Dwellers in the Mirage linking it to the Cthulhu...
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Doc Talos: Apocalypse Island/Island Apocalypse Flipbook
Authors Malcolm Deeley and Jeff Deischer discuss their recent flipbook title in the Doc Talos series. Apocalypse Island by William Dexter (Jeff) and Island Apocalypse by R. Paul Sardanas (Malcolm Deeley) Are quite different stories. Apocalypse Island is a Doc Talos pastiche done in Deny style...
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Will Murray and Elizabeth Bissette- The Spider: The Hangman from Hell
Legendary Pulp author Will Murray and ELizabeth Bissette the grand neice of Norvell Page Join me to discuss Will's new Spider Novel The Hangman from Hell. The story follows a croassover adventure between the Spider and Operator 5 as they try to foil the machinations of the Fascist Purple Shirts…
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A Norvell Paige Retrospective with Elizabeth Bissette and Will Murray
Elizabeth Bissette is the grand niece of pulp great Norvell Paige who was the writer of the dark pulp hero The Spider. She and Will Murray join me to discuss Norvell's life and work. From his early days in journalism, through the run of The Spider series to his final years in government service...
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The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 4 with Will Murray
Pulp master Will Murray has published a collection of some of his latest Sherlock Holmes stories Iin volume 4 of his series. These stories are more traditional Sherlock Holmes stories different from the ones in Vo. 3 which interacted with the story War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Will has also...
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Doc Brazen - Sea Change
Author Jeff Deischer has writeen volume 12 in his Doc Brazen Series entitled Sea Change. This is a Doc Savage pastiche that takes place in the modern day and deals with a REAL recently discovered sea anomaly: Rogue Waves. Doc and his associates must discover what has led to multiple descructive...
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Doc Paragon, Jr.: Stardust Memories
Author Jeff Deischer has a new Doc Savage pastiche with a NEW haracter: Doc Galahad Paragon Jr. This adventure is set in 1969 and explains the mysterious 2 minutes of secret radion transmission to Mission Control when Armstrong and Aldrin are on the Moon. This is a fast paced adventure as Doc...
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World Piece: A Doc Brazen Adventure
Jeff deischer has published World Piece the 11th volume in his Doc Brazen series. This volume is LOADED with Eater Eggs that any Doc Brazen afficionado (i.e., Doc Savage-pastiche fan) will appreciate. Jeff explores where Doc Brazen was born, how Doc Brazen was educated and why he did not…
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The Shadowed Circle- Update with Steve Donoso and Tim King
Steve Donoso and Tim King of the Shadowed Circle (the only magazine about the Shadow character in all venues) give us an update on the upcoming Issue #6. This new issue will include detailed articles about the Shadow agent Myra Reldon....
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Black Balled: Doc Brazen #10 by Jeff Deischer
Author Jeff Deischer gives us the 10th novel in the Doc Brazen series. "Black Balled" is a Doc Brazen pastiche occurring in the 21 Century in which Doc and his associates must deal with a mass movement in Mongolia that threatens to take over the world. Thousands of people mysteriously become…
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Wild Life: A Doc Brazen Adventure by Jeff Deischer
Jeff Deischer has published the ninth novel in his Doc Brazen Pastiche series Wild Life. Doc Brazen is asked to look into a problem at a cutting edge Genetics research lab by a friend and colleague. As he and his associates begin their investigation people keep turning up dead. What is happening?...
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Tarzan: Back to Mars by Will Murray
Pulp legend Will Murray has published a new Tarzan novel in which the Lord of the Jungle travels back to Mars to prevent an invasion of Earth! This is his second Barsoom story with Tarzan and it is even better than the first. Will also has a new anthology of the wild adventures of Sherlock Holmes...
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Of Mycelium and Men by William C. Tracy
Bill Tracy is a retired engineer with a passion for hard sci fi, imaginative fantasy, and LGBTQ themes. He has a Dissolutionverse series of Three novels 6 novellas and 3 short stories. His newest series is The Biomass Conflux the first volume of which is Of Mycelium and Men. Generational...
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Doc Brazen #8 - Element of Surprise by Jeff Deischer
One of my favorite authors, Jeff Deischer, has published the eighth volume in his Doc Brazen pulp pastiche series, Element of Surprise. This is a classic pulp story with lots of action, adventure, a world-threatening menace, and a mystery that needs to be solved. Pulp aficionados will not want to...
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Created: The Destroyer - In interview with Devin Murphy
The Destroyer series began in 1971 and has been one of the most successful adventure hero series of al time. The character of Remo Williams was the brainchild of Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir Both of whom have since passed on. Today, Warren's son, Devin Murphy is the keeper of the Destroyer...
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The Shadowed Circle: Steve Donoso and Tim King
There is a new high-quality fanzine The Shadowed Circle, devoted to The Shadow and all things "shadowy" published by Steve Donoso and Tim King. Steve and Tim ae BIG Shadow fans in all incarnations: Rado, Pulp, Comics, Films, TV, etc. The articles are substantial and detailed. Any pulp fan will...
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Doc Talos - An interview with Malcolm Deeley (aka R. Paul Sardanas
Author Malcolm Deeley began writing Doc Savage stories when he was a teenager. Over the years he honed his creative powers and in 2015, he started the Doc Talos website to showcase his wares. These stories are homages to Doc Savage (and Lester Dent) but especially to the vision of Philip Jose...
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Will Murray on the Shadow and Beyond
The legendary Will Murray discusses his most recent book on the Shadow Dark Avenger: The Strange Saga of The Shadow This is an updated version of his original book The Duende History of the Shadow Magazine originally published in 1980. The new edition has more information and new images. This is…
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The Spider: Scourge of the Scorpion by Will Murray
Pulp legend Will Murray has completed his third Spider novel (Scourge of the Scorpion). In my opinion it is his best Spider novel yet! This is a cross-over story involving another pulp vigilante (The Skull Killer) with a complex plot that has elements of pulp action, horror, mystery, detective...
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Golgotha: City of Skulls by Jaime Ramos
Award winning editor and writer Jaime Ramos has published a story Golgotha: City of Skulls about a psychic detective (John Normandy) who is searching for the kidnapped daughter of the mayor of the noir city of Golgotha. This is the first of a series of John Normandy stories. Jaime also edited the...
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"Envoy of the Lord" by S. W. O'Connell
Former Army Counterintelligence agent and author S. W. O'Connell has written a historical novel about the Age of Charlemagne Envoy of the Lord which is not only filled with action and intrigue but is a time travel story which is deals with political and metaphysical themes and is historically...
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Joab Stieglitz: The Utgarda trilogy
Author Joab Stieglitz has 2 series of Lovecraftian stories: the Utgarda Trilogy and the Thule Trilogy. These are fast paced adventure stories with good character development and lots of imagination. Fans of H. P. Lovecraft will want to read these stories. Joab Stieglitz Author Page:...
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A new Doc Brazen adventure: Net Prophet by Jeff Deischer
Award winning author Jeff Deischer returns to his pulp roots with adventure #3 in his Doc Brazen series, a pastiche based on a certain bronze hero we all know and love. (You may be wondering what happened to Volume #2 in the series. Jeff explains what happened in the interview.) This is a...
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Portrait of War, Ice, and Dragons - by Micah S. Harris
Author Micah S. Harris completes is Witches of Winter Trilogy with Portrait of War, Ice, and Dragons. The erstwhile scholar Ambrose Aurelianus returns to Aarastad incognito as the Marquis of Cawthorne and begins a campaign of revenge against the minions of Lord Melchior in the guise of the Wurger...
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Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow (Will Murray)
Pulp legend Will Murray has just published a new book on the original radio and pulp versions of The Shadow, Master of Mystery: The Rise of the Shadow. The book has interviews with many of the people who contributed to the creation of The Shadow back in the 1930s including Walter Gibson, John...
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The Destroyer Legacy #8- HOMECOMING by Gerald Welch
In 1970, Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir published a story they had been working on for several years Created: The Destroyer. Over the next year they published volumes 2 and 3 in the series and gave us Remo Williams, Chiun, the history of the House of Sinanju (history's greatest assassins), the...
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Fred Adams Jr. - Fangs of the Sea (A Vampire, Pirate, and Supernatural Adventure Story)
Fred Adams is a retired English professor and a prolific pup writer who specializes in complex adventures with moral dilemmas and supernatural overtones. His latest novel Fangs of the Sea is a rollicking 18th Century sea story Involving Vampires, Zombies, Pirates, Spanish Caribbean Colonists on…
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"The Man Who Met Tarzan" An interview with Paul Spiteri and Mike Croteau
In the 1960s, Philip Jose Farmer began an in-depth study of the Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs to find the true story behind the actual person upon whom Tarzan of the Apes was based. This included historical studies, reviews of Burke's Peerage, and delving into the scientific bases of a...
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Win Eckert and Frank Schildiner Discuss Their Upcoming Novels
New Pulp premiere authors Win Scott Eckert and Frank Schildiner discussed their upcoming novels published by Meteor House Press. It's Always Darkest by Frank Schildiner This story is set in the Empire of the Nine Universe in the 1970 and involves a a "side story" about another heroic character…
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"The Many Lives of Bob Howard" by KG McAbee and John Kirsch
Prolific authors Gail McAbee and Jon Kirsch have written an homage to the legendary American author Robert E. Howard in which he has an adventure fighting beside pastiches of some of his own creations. It is a delightful and exciting romp with well developed characters interacting with their own...
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"From a Distance" A Tale of Paranormal Suspense by John Molino
Author John Molino has written a novel about a young woman who exhibits psychic visions similar to what the US Army and the CIA have investigated as "Remote viewing." She is not taken seriously by the traditional Intelligence community but her accuracy is too good to be ignored. As she interacts...
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Fury in Steel- Will Murray's new Spider novel
Pulp legend Will Murray has written a sequel to his crossover novel The Doom Legion (which featured The Spider, G-8, and Operator 5) focusing on The Spider and horrifying invasion of New York by Monstrous robots that start tearing up the subways, and skyscrapers. Along the way they are killing...
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Once More Into the Breach: Atomic Gods and Monsters, Volume 2
Authors Thomas Fortenberry, Robert H. Hudson Jr, Edward Lee Love, Mark Marderosian, and Jeff Deischer are all guests in this show to describe their contributions to the anthology Once More into the Breach: Atomic Gods and Monsters, Volume 2. This is a collection of stories from different genres...
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Inner Space- a Hero Union book by Jeff Deischer
Prolific writer Jeff Deischer has published Inner Space a novella set in 1968 using his pastiche version of the THUNDER Agents. This story involves some of the original characters trying to solve mystery that has them shrinking into the micro world. ( Lots of influence from Henry Pym and Roy...
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CALEDFWLCH: Bel Nemeton Volume 2 by Jon Black
Award winning author Jon Black discusses volume 2 in his Arthurian series Bel Nemeton - Caledfwch (Kal-ed Fw-ook). The title is the earliest Celtic name given to King Arthur's Sword 'Excalibur.' This novel is the story of Caledfwch's origin in ancient history and the search for it by modern...
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The Witches of Winter Trilogy by Micah S. Harris
Award winning author Micah S. Harris began his Witches of Winter Trilogy with the novel Portrait of a Snow Queen. He has since revised that first volume and published a second volume Portrait of a Winter Court. The second volume picks up the story where the newly revised first volume stops and...
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2020 The New Round Table -A new superhero Universe from Jeff Deischer
Jeff Deischer has created his 7th Superhero universe. This is his 24th superhero novel, and his 50th fiction book. The New Roundtable book is set in the modern day in a different universe. The characters are more typical of modern superhero characters and are not the morally simplistic characters...
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"Toy Soldiers" Vol 0 in the Heritage Superhero Universe
Author Jeff Deischer has published a novella which is the prequel to his Heritage Universe series in which he reveals the origin of the Sentinels. This story is set in 1967 when the Charlton Action Heroes ended their publication runs and then began working together in the group known as the...
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Atomic Gods and Monsters/ Ground Zero
This is a new anthology of prose public domain superhero stories set in 1954 edited by Jeff Deischer with an international collection of authors (including yours truly). In the interview we have Jeff Deischer, Sebastien Gallois (France),Robert H. Hudson Jr., and Mark Marderosian. The discussion...
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Will Murray: The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Volume 1)
In this interview, Will Murray talks about his newest book The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 which collects together 10 of his Sherlock Holmes stories from several anthologies. He describes the inspiration for several of these stories. As the title suggests, these stories have…
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General Overview of Jeff Deischer's Work
Prolific author Jeff Deischer and I discuss the breadth and depth of his fiction output. He has published 40 novels so far in several genres. Jeff is an excellent writer and you will find something in his oeuvre that I know you will enjoy. (and this is not to mention his non-fiction works,...
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Micah S. Harris: The Eldritch New Adventures of Becky Sharp
Award winning author Micah S. Harris has published a revised and expanded version of his 2008 classic The Eldritch New Adventures of Becky Sharp in which the winsome, willful anti-heroine of Thackeray's Vanity Fair meets the Cthulhu Mythos and other literary gems. It is an enjoyable romp with an...
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Gerald Welch discusses the Destroyer Legacy series and more
Gerald Welch collaborated with the legendary Warren Murphy on the Legacy series which extends the universe of Remo Williams, the Destroyer and is little father Chiun. Jerry is one of the biggest Destroyer fans around and has not only been writing the stories about Remo's Viking daughter, Freyja...
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'Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem' by Gary Phillips
Crime novelist Gary Phillips has given us a new novel that features a fictionalized version of the real life adventurer Matthew Henson who was a black arctic explorer who is believed to have been the first man to make it to the North Pole even before Commodore Peary who was on the same…
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PEEK-A-BOO : A New Heritage Universe Novel from Jeff Deischer
In the continuing series in the Heritage Universe Superhero Series, Jeff Deischer gives us an epic that spans time and space in order the save the world from the ultimate punishment of the Egyptian gods. The conflict is so large that spreads from 1956 thru 1983 and the superhero team known as the...
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Who's Who in New Pulp - with Ron Fortier and Rob Davis
The Dynamic Duo that underlies Airship 27 have a new project: Who's Who in New Pulp. This is a planned directory of the major players in the New Pulp movement: Authors, Artists, Editors, Publishers, and anyone who has contributed to the rekindling of interest in the Old Pulps as well as the…
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The Way They Were: Essays on Adventure Stories
Author and Scholar Jeff Deischer has issued the second edition of his monumental essay collection "The Way They Were." The original one volume work has been broken into 3 volumes each dealing with stories from a different time period: the Victorian Era, the Pulp Era, and modern Action Heroes. The...
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WAR! : The ancient gods do battle! Heritage Universe # 204
Author Jeff Deischer gives us a high octane story about what happens when the gods go to war with each other while the Mystery Men and Women of the Sentinels try to intervene. There is a lot of action and combat in this story along with detailed speculation about how the various Pantheons of the...
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