Tagged: Barry Reese

THE AVENGER: ROARING HEART OF THE CRUCIBLE NOW AVAILABLE!

Moonstone Books has released a new anthology called The Avenger: Roaring Heart of The Crucible at their website. The book does not yet show available at on-line retailers as yet, but should be available there shortly.

ABOUT THE AVENGER: ROARING HEART OF THE CRUCIBLE:

The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible is now available. Moonstone Books’ third anthology collection chronicling new tales of pulp hero, THE AVENGER: ROARING HEART OF THE CRUCIBLE is now available in both softcover trade paperback and limited edition hardcover.

The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible features stories by New Pulp Authors Matthew Baugh, James Chambers, Greg Cox, Win Scott Eckert, Joe Gentile, CJ Henderson, Nancy Holder, Michael May, Matthew Mayo, Will Murray, Bobby Nash, Barry Reese, Chris Sequeira, John Small, and David White. Edited by Nancy Holder and Joe Gentile. Cover art courtesy of E. M. Gist (soft cover) and Jay Piscopo (hardcover).

The greatest crime-fighter of the 40′s returns in a third thrilling collection of original, action-packed tales of adventure, intrigue, and revenge. Life was bliss for millionaire adventurer Richard Henry Benson until that fateful day crime and greed took away his wife and young daughter… and turned him into something more than human. Driven by loss, compelled by grief, he becomes a chilled impersonal force of justice, more machine than man, dedicated to the destruction of evildoers everywhere. A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both,

Benson has been forged into an avatar of vengeance, possessed of superhuman genius supernormal power. His frozen face and pale eyes, like a polar dawn, only hint at the terrible force the underworld heedlessly invoked upon itself the day they created… The Avenger!

Exclusive HC BONUS material: An Avenger timeline by Rick Lai plus solo tales of the Avenger’s aides by Howard Hopkins!

Available in softcover trade paperback and limited edition hardcover from Moonstone Books.

Learn more about The Avenger here.

The Shadow Fan– Crime Rides the Sea!

The Shadow Fan returns for his 30th episode! This week he talks “Crime Rides the Sea” (January 15, 1939) and The Shadow Year One # 2 from Dynamite Comics!

It’s another fun discussion about pulp’s greatest hero — The Shadow!
You can listen to episode 30 here.

The Shadow Fan and the Shadow’s Eyes!

The Shadow by Michael J. Kaluta

The Shadow Fan returns for his 29th episode! This week, New Pulp Author, Barry Reese tackles “The Eyes of the Shadow” (July 1931), “The Money Master” (December 15, 1942) and the the 11th issue of Dynamite’s comic series. Featuring more fawning over The Black Sparrow, Barry’s concerns about the upcoming Chris Roberson run and some fun commentary about the early days of The Shadow, this episode is not to be missed! Also: Listener Feedback!

If you love pulp’s greatest crimefighter, then this podcast is for you!

Listen now at http://theshadowfan.libsyn.com/

FORTIER TAKES ON PANUSH’S ‘COLD WARS!’

  • News
  • April 11, 2013

STEIN AND CANDLE
Vol II – Cold Wars
By Michael Panush
Curiosity Quills Press
217 pages

One of the most enjoyable aspects of New Pulp Fiction has been the creation of memorable new heroes by today’s pre-eminent pulp writers.   Derrick Ferguson has given us Dillon and Mongrel to name a few.  Barry Reese has created a bunch of awesome characters, the most recognizable being the Rook and Lazarus Gray. And the list goes on and on.  Which is why this reviewer has become so enamored with Michael Panush’s series, STEIN AND CANDLE : Detective Agency which features two of the most original new pulp heroes ever to grace a page of purple prose.
Mort Candle is an ex-Army sergeant tough-guy private eye who is parts Sam Spade and Mike Hammer.  Candle’s fist often speak louder than his words.  His partner is a teenage boy named Weatherby Stein, a German youth whose parents were killed by the Nazis.  Weatherby’s father was one of the world’s leading authorities on the occult and Weatherby was raised studying arcane lore thus making him, even at a young age, an expert in the dark arts.  Thus this duo travels the post World War II globe tackling all manner of bizarre adventures.  This is the second volume of their cases and like the first is jammed packed with memorable scenes that assure Stein and Candle a reserved niche in the halls of New Pulp Fiction heroes.
“Tiki Terror,” has the guys flying to Honolulu, Hawaii to solve a bizarre murder of a hotel magnate who was apparently eaten by sharks in his high-rise office far from the sea. While on the island, Weatherby is reunited with his older sister, Selena, a college student studying anthropology.
“Crimson Catch” takes our duo to the mysterious New England fishing town of Innsmouth where they cross paths with Lovecraft monsters from the deep.  Panush audaciously swipes the plot from “A Fist Full of Dollars,” having Candle play the part of the instigator pitting two occult clans of fishmen against each other.
With “Mort Candle’s War,” Panush continues the origin saga began in the first volume returning back to the Black Forest where Sgt. Mort Candle and his squad of Screaming Eagles fight a desperate battle to save young Weatherby Stein and deliver safely to General Patton’s Third Army.  Great combat sequences reminiscent of DC Comic’s old Sgt.Rock series.
In “Pharoah’s Palace,” Mort and Weatherby uncover an ancient Egyptian mystic operating a casino on Los Vegas and team up with legendary hero, Doc Dearborn and his daughter, Evelyn, to combat this ancient evil.
The fifth tale is called “The Hallow,” and has our heroes visiting rural Appalachia to rescue a miner’s daughter kidnapped by a coven of witches.  But before they can formulate an effective strategy, the witches snatch Weatherby and its left to Mort to rescue his young partner with the aid of a con artist turned preacher man.
“Business Proposition,” picks up on the episodic origin story of how the gruff former army sergeant and the special trained teenager hook up again in Brooklyn after the war and what leads them to form their partnerships as detectives who specialize in the bizarre. Easily our favorite tale in this collection.
Finally the book wraps with “Crypt Chasers,” a high-balling confrontation between Weatherby and malevolent distant relative who has returned from the dead and plans on unleashing his particular brand of sadism on the modern world.  Panush leaves the story open ended, having created what looks to be a recurring arch-enemy for our duo.  Making us all the more anxious to dig into the next volume of this terrific series.
We’d also like to applaud Curiosity Quills Press for a gorgeous design package here, from a beautiful cover to fitting interior illustrations that truly enhance each story.  “Stein and Candle Vol II Cold Wars” is a fantastic, thoroughly enjoyable book we cannot recommend strongly enough.  If you like New Pulp Fiction, Stein and Candle are you kind of heroes.  Move over Dillon and the Rook, you’ve got company.

  • News
  • March 9, 2013
Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions and Pulp Ark Coordinator, announces that voting has closed for the open nomination 2013 Pulp Ark Awards.   The Winners of the 2013 Pulp Ark Awards are-

Best Novel-

Die Glocke by Barry Reese in The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2: Die Glocke published by Pro Se Productions
Best Novella-

The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins published by Moonstone Books
Best Collection/Anthology-

The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Various published by Moonstone Books
Best Short Story-

Lucky by Tommy Hancock features in Night Beat: Night Stories published by Radio Archives
Best Cover-

The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2 by George Sellas published by Pro Se Productions
Best Interior Art-

The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2 by George Sellas published by Pro Se Productions
Best Pulp Revival-

The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage by Will Murray published by Altus Press
Best New Pulp Character-

Rick Ruby created by Bobby Nash and Sean Taylor as features in The Ruby Files Volume 1 Published by Airship 27 Productions
Best Pulp Comic-

The Shadow published by Dynamite Comics
Best Pulp Magazine-

Pro Se Presents published by Pro Se Productions
Best Author-

Bobby Nash
Best New Author-

Jim Beard
“The voting this year,” Hancock noted, “was exciting since it involved so many different creators, works and publishers.  Six different publishers are represented in the final tally, with both the Best Author and Best New Author winners being writers for various publishers in 2012.”


The Pulp Ark Lifetime Achievement Award, according to Hancock, is still being determined by the select committee chosen to give the honor to an individual who has done considerable work in furthering Pulp in his/her lifetime.
The awards, 8X10 engraved wooden plaques, will be awarded at  Pulp Ark 2013 in Springdale Arkansas , the evening of Saturday, April 27, 2013. Hancock stated that all winners as well as nominees are encouraged to attend, but any winners who could not would receive their awards by mail. Pulp Ark thanks all who nominated, all who voted, and congratulations to all the nominees and especially to the winners of the Pulp Ark 2013 Awards!

For any questions concerning Pulp Ark, contact Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net or follow Pulp Ark news at www.pulpark.blogspot.com

  • News
  • March 9, 2013

Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions and Pulp Ark Coordinator, announces that voting has closed for the open nomination 2013 Pulp Ark Awards.   The Winners of the 2013 Pulp Ark Awards are-

Best Novel-

Die Glocke by Barry Reese in The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2: Die Glocke published by Pro Se Productions
Best Novella-

The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins published by Moonstone Books
Best Collection/Anthology-

The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Various published by Moonstone Books
Best Short Story-

Lucky by Tommy Hancock features in Night Beat: Night Stories published by Radio Archives
Best Cover-

The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2 by George Sellas published by Pro Se Productions
Best Interior Art-

The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2 by George Sellas published by Pro Se Productions
Best Pulp Revival-

The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage by Will Murray published by Altus Press
Best New Pulp Character-

Rick Ruby created by Bobby Nash and Sean Taylor as features in The Ruby Files Volume 1 Published by Airship 27 Productions
Best Pulp Comic-

The Shadow published by Dynamite Comics
Best Pulp Magazine-

Pro Se Presents published by Pro Se Productions
Best Author-

Bobby Nash
Best New Author-

Jim Beard
“The voting this year,” Hancock noted, “was exciting since it involved so many different creators, works and publishers.  Six different publishers are represented in the final tally, with both the Best Author and Best New Author winners being writers for various publishers in 2012.”


The Pulp Ark Lifetime Achievement Award, according to Hancock, is still being determined by the select committee chosen to give the honor to an individual who has done considerable work in furthering Pulp in his/her lifetime.
The awards, 8X10 engraved wooden plaques, will be awarded at  Pulp Ark 2013 in Springdale Arkansas , the evening of Saturday, April 27, 2013. Hancock stated that all winners as well as nominees are encouraged to attend, but any winners who could not would receive their awards by mail. Pulp Ark thanks all who nominated, all who voted, and congratulations to all the nominees and especially to the winners of the Pulp Ark 2013 Awards!

For any questions concerning Pulp Ark, contact Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net or follow Pulp Ark news at www.pulpark.blogspot.com

THE SHADOW FAN– CALLING BURBANK!

With their 18th episode, The Shadow Fan Podcast debuts a brand-new feature: Calling Burbank! New Pulp publisher and writer Tommy Hancock reviews “Crime, Insured” from the perspective of a relative newcomer to The Shadow mythos! We also have commentary from Shadow expert Anthony Tollin, plus reviews of “The Thunder King,” Masks # 3 and The Shadow: The History of the Radio Program.

Join us in celebrating the greatest pulp hero of all time at http://theshadowfan.libsyn.com/calling-burbank

PULP ARK 2013 VOTING HAS BEGUN!

  • News
  • February 5, 2013

Pulp Ark 2013, being held in Springdale, Arkansas April 26-28, 2013, announces today the ballot for the Pulp Ark 2013 Awards.
The ballot for this year’s awards was composed based on nominations called for beginning December 15, 2012 and ending January 15, 2013.   Only those who nominated in at least one category in that time period are allowed to vote. The original intent was to have voting begin January 15 and end February 15, 2013.  Due to an unforeseen number of ballots and a tremendous variety of nominations, the ballot was not completed until February 5th, 2013.  Therefore, all eligible voters have until March 1, 2013 to complete a ballot and email that to proseproductions@earthlink.net.  
Winners will be announced on or after March 1, 2013 once all votes are compiled and winners are determined.  Awards will be given on April 27, 2013, at Pulp Ark 2013.  
If you made a nomination and did not receive a ballot, please email proseproductions@earthlink.net a copy of your original nominations.

The most comprehensive Pulp award today, the Pulp Ark 2013 Ballot features over 40 publishers represented by nominated creators and works.

For more information on Pulp Ark 2013, go to www.pulpark.blogspot.com.  
The nominees for Pulp Ark 2013 are as follows-
BEST NOVEL-

The National Maul- A Misty Johnson Mystery by RP Steeves, Seven Realms

The Sting of the Silver Manticore by PJ Lozito, Pro Se Productions

Riddle of the Glowing Men: A Captain Action Novel by Jim Beard, Airship 27

Productions

Dillon and the Pirates of Xonira by Derrick Ferguson, Pulpwork Press

Blood of the Centipede by Chuck Miller, Pro Se Productions

Die Glocke by Barry Reese, Pro Se Productions

Drowning in Red Ink by James Mullaney, James Mullaney

Devil May Care by James Mullaney, James Mullaney

Project Alpha by Lee Houston Jr., Pro Se Productions

Death’s Dark Domain by Will Murray (Kenneth Robeson), Altus Press

The Destiny of Fu Manchu by William Patrick Maynard, Black Coat Press

Once Upon a Time in Afrika by Balogun Ojetade, MVmedia

Murder Most Faire by Teel James Glenn, Post Mortem Press

Hawk: Hand of the Machine by Van Allen Plexico, White Rocket Books

Legends of Darkness by Georgia L. Jones, Blackwyrm Publishing

Prohibition by Terrence McCauley, Airship 27 Productions

Know No Fear by Dan Abnett, Games Workshop

The Song of Kwasin by Philip Jose Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey, Subterranean Press.

Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr, Putnam

Earthstrike Agenda by Bobby Nash, BEN Books

Green To Go by John Cunnigham, Green St.

Dinosaur Jazz by Michael Panush, Curiosity Quills Press

BEST NOVELLA

The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins, Moonstone

Moses: the Chronicles of Harriet Tubman (Bookx 1 and 2) by Balogun Ojetade, Balogun Ojetade

The Looking Glass Gambit from The Further Adventures of Maxi and Moxie by Teel James Glenn, Booksforabuck.com

Unearthed  by William Preston, Isaac Asimiov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 9/12

Play the Way Home by Jessica McHugh (as EJ McCain), P. Mortem’s Tall Tales

Exiles of Kho by Christopher Paul Carey, Meteor House Press

Savage Song by Warren Murphy, Destroyer Books

Outlaw Blues by Percival Constantine, Pulpwork Press

Dragon Kings of the Orient by Percival Constantine, Pulpwork Press

The Sons of Thor by Erwin K. Roberts, Pro Se Productions

The Knockout by Robert J. Randisi, Fight Card Productions

Samaritan by Bobby Nash, BEN Books

Sinbad and the Voyage to the Land of the Frozen Sun by Derrick Ferguson , The Adventures of Sinbad, Airship 27 Productions

BEST COLLECTION/ANTHOLOGY

Blood-Price of the Missionary’s Gold: The New Adventures of Armless O’Neil by Various, Pro Se Productions

Nightbeat: Night Stories by Various, Radio Archives

Mystery Men (and Women) III by Various, Airship 27 Productions

The Huntress of Greenwood by Nancy Hansen, Pro Se Productions

Tales of the Rook by Various, Pro Se Productions

Sgt. Janus Spirit Breaker by Jim Beard, Airship 27 Productions

The New Adventures of the Eagle Volume 1 by Various, Pro Se Productions

The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Vol 2: Die Glocke, by Barry Reese Pro Se Productions

Sinbad: The New Voyages By Various, Airship 27 Productions

The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Various, Moonstone Books

The Ruby Files By Various, Airship 27 Productions

Headline Ghouls: The Further Adventures of Maxi and Moxie by Teel James Glenn, Booksforabuck.com

Monster Aces by Various, Pro Se Productions

The Adventures of the Pulptress by Various, Pro Se Productions

BEST SHORT STORY

Armless O’Neil and the Chase for the Kuba Mask by RP Steeves from Blood: The Price of the Missionary’s Gold: The New Adventures of Armless O’Neil, Pro Se Productions

The Chicago Punch by Paul Bishop from Nightbeat: Night Stories, Radio Archives

Doc Panic by Dave White from Pro Se Presents 16, Pro Se Productions

The Killing Games by Barry Reese from The Tales of the Rook Volume 1, Pro Se Productions

Lucky by Tommy Hancock from Nightbeat: Night Stories, Radio Archives

Doctor Fear by Jarrod Courtenmanche, Secret Agent “X,” Volume 4. Airship 27 Productions

The Coming Storm by Teel James Glenn from New Adventures of the Eagle, Pro Se Productions

Lady Madeline’s Dive by Terrence McCauley from Thuglit #1, Thuglit

The Feast of Stephen by R P Steeves from An Undead Christmas, Undead Press

The Abominable Myra Linsky Rises Again by Chuck Miller from Pro Se Presents #13, Pro Se Productions

Making of a Hero by Barry Reese From The Adventures of Lazarus Gray: Die Glocke, Pro Se Productions

The Keener Eye: The Web of Life by Nancy A. Hansen from Pro Se Presents 12, Pro Se Productions

Death of a Dream by Christofer Nigro from Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 9, Black Coat Press

Tulsa Blackie’s Last Dive by William Patrick Maynard from The Ruby Files, Airship 27 Productions


The Portrait by Terry Alexander from The Adventures of the Pulptress, Pro Se Productions


The Hellmouth by Barry Reese from The New Adventures of Thunder Jim Wade, Pro Se Productions


Extraction by Jessica McHugh from Fear the Abyss, Post Mortem Press


The Wild Huntsman by Win Scott Eckert from The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster, Meteor House Books
Hand of the Monster by Jim Beard from Monster Aces, Pro Se Productions

Red Lily and the Oriental Flower by D. Alan Lewis from Nashville Noir, Parthenon Press

The Curse of Baron Samedi by Percival Constantine from Tales of the Rook, Pro Se Productions

The Ghoul by Ron Fortier from Monster Aces, Pro Se Productions

Paranoia by Kevin Rodgers from Pro Se Presents March 2012, Pro Se Productions

Die Giftig Lillie, Sean Taylor from The Ruby Files, Airship 27 Productions

The Butcher’s Festival by Ron Fortier from The Adventures of the Pulptress, Pro Se Productions

Crown of the Cobra King by Frank Shildiner from Secret Agent X Vol. 4, Airship 27 Productions


BEST COVER ART

Witches, by Larry Elmore, Blackwyrm Publishing

Gil Murillo, The National Maul-A Misty Johnson Mystery, Seven Realms

Tales of the Rook, Volume 1 by Bob Hall, Tales of the Rook Vol. 1, Pro Se Productions

Mystery Men (And Women) III, by Marco Turini, Airship 27 Productions

Monster Aces byTerry Pavlet, Pro Se Productions

Sentinels: Metalgod by Chris Kohler, White Rocket Books

Lazarus Gray: Die Glocke by George Sellas, Pro Se Productions

The New Adventures of the Eagle Volume 1 by David L. Russell, Pro Se Productions

The Ruby Files by Mark Wheatley, Airship 27 Productions

Pro Se Presents #13 by Sean Ali, Pro Se Productions

Drowning in Red Ink by Micah Birchfield, James Mullaney

The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: The Infernal Buddha by Joe DeVito, Altus Press

The Destiny of Fu Manchu by Christine Clavel, Black Coat Press

Once Upon a Time in Afrika by Stan Weaver, Jr., MVmedia

Doc Claus by Teel James Glenn, Pulp Empire

Blackthorn: Dynasty of Mars by Adam Diller, White Rocket Books

Pro Se Presents 14 by Sean Ali, Pro Se Productions

Sting of the Silver Manticore, David L. Russell, Pro Se Productions

Prohibition by Rob Moran and Shannon Hall, Airship 27 Productions

The Green Hornet Still at Large by Doug Klauba, Moonstone

Three Against the Stars by Laura Givens, Airship 27 Productions

Nightbeat: Night Stories by Doug Klauba, Radio Archives

The Family Grace by George Sellas, Pro Se Productions

Dragon Kings of the Orient by Percival Constantine, Pulpwork Press

Exiles of Kho: A Tale of Lost Khokarsa by Mike Hoffman, Meteor House

The Horn by Mike Fyles, Uchronic Tales

Huntress of Greenwood by David Russell, Pro Se Productions

Project Alpha by Marc Guerrero, Pro Se Productions

Captain Action: The Riddle of the Glowing Men by Nick Runge, Airship 27 Productions

BEST INTERIOR ART

The Ruby Files Volume 1 by Rob Moran, Airship 27 Productions

Mystery Men (And Women) III by Rob Davis, Airship 27 Productions

The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2: Die Glocke by George Sellas, Pro Se Productions

Robin Hood: Arrow of Justice by Rob Davis, Airship 27 Productions

The Moon Man Volume 1 by Ralf van der Hoeven, Airship 27 Productions

Sentinels: Metalgod by Chris Kohler, White Rocket Books

Sgt. Janus, Spirit Breaker, Airship 27 Productions

Tales of the Rook Volume 1 by George Sellas, Pro Se Productions

Exiles of Kho: A Tale of Lost Khokarsa by Mike Hoffman, Meteor House

The Ruby Files by Rob Moran, Airship 27 Productions

The Baron’s Revenge by Rob Davis, Airship 27 Productions

BEST PULP REVIVAL

Armless O’Neil by Various, Pro Se Productions

Doc Savage by Will Murray, Altus Press

Thunder Jim Wade by Various, Pro Se Productions

Richard Knight by Various, Pro Se Productions

The Moon Man by Various, Airship 27 Productions

Secret Agent X by Various, Airship 27 Productions

Ki-Gor in Jungle Tales by Various, Airship 27 Productions

Doctor Death by Tommy Hancock, Pro Se Productions

BEST NEW CHARACTER

Camille Boucher in The National Maul by R. P. Steeves, Seven Realms

The Silver Manticore in The Sting of the Silver Manticore by PJ Lozito, Pro Se Productions

Rick Ruby in The Ruby Files, Vol 1 by Sean Taylor and Bobby Nash, Airship 27 Productions

Kiri in Mystery Men (And Women) III by Curtis Ferlund, Airship 27 Productions

Doc Panic in Pro Se Presents 15 by Dave White, Pro Se Productions

Hawk in Hawk: Hand of the Machine by Van Allen Plexico, White Rocket Books

Sgt. Janus, Spirit Breaker  in Sgt. Janus, Spirit Breaker by Jim Beard, Airship 27 Productions

Dr. Dana Unknown Jr in Pro Se Presents 13 by Chuck Miller, Pro Se Productions

Jimmy Dolan in Tales of the Hanging Monkey by Billy Craig, Airship 27 Productions

Bob Howard, The Crusader from Cross Plains in Adventures in Otherwhen: Tales of Pulpfantastique by Teel James Glenn, Booksforabuck.com

Samoda in the Remnants of Life Series by Georgia L. Jones, Blackwyrm

The Pulptress by Tommy Hancock in The Adventures of the Pulptress, Pro Se Productions

Terry Quinn in Prohibition by Terrence McCauley, Airship 27 Productions

Carl Flint in Outlaw Blues by Percival Constantine, Pulpwork Press

Sun Wukong in Dragon Kings of the Orient by Percival Constantine, Pulpwork Press

E-31 in Modern Pulp Heroes by Terry Alexander, Pulp Empire

BEST AUTHOR

Van Allen Plexico

William Preston

RP Steeves

PJ Lozito

Barry Reese

Chuck Miller

Dan Abnett

James Mullaney

Howard Hopkins

Will Murray

William Patrick Maynard

Teel James Glenn

Ron Fortier

Bobby Nash

Derrick Ferguson

Warren Murphy

Jessica McHugh

Win Scott Eckert

Percival Constantine

Nancy Holder

Andrew Salmon

Christopher Paul Carey

Gary Lovisi

Michael Panush

Joshua Reynolds

BEST PULP COMIC

Masks, Dynamite Comics

The Black Beetle, Dark Horse Comics Presents

Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom, IDW

Price for the Asking, Twilight Star Productions

The Shadow, Dynamite Comics

The Once and Future Tarzan, Dark Horse Comics

Atomic Robo: The Ghost of Station X, Red 5 Comics

Fatale, Image Comics

Robyn of Sherwood, Redbud Studio Comics

BEST PULP MAGAZINE

Pro Se Presents

Weird Tales

BEST NEW WRITER

Curtis Fernlund

David White

Jim Beard

Balogun Ojetade

Greg Daniel

Georgia L. Jones

D. Alan Lewis

Ashley Mangin

Andrea Judy


THE SHADOW STRIKES THE SHADOW FAN PODCAST

The Shadow Fan podcast returns for his 17th episode! This time, New Pulp Author Barry Reese takes a look at The Shadow Strikes — the 1937 feature film, the Belmont novel of the same name and the 1989 DC Comics’ series! Which Shadow Strikes is the one that’s stood the test of time? Listen to find out! Also: Doc Savage’s crossover novel is announced, Chris Roberson’s interview on The Word Balloon is discussed and we look at three predecessors to The Shadow!

If you love pulp and/or The Shadow, then this podcast is for you!

Join the conversation about pulp’s greatest hero today at http://theshadowfan.libsyn.com/the-shadow-strikes

ALL PULP’S NEW PULP BEST SELLER LIST DEBUTS!

  • Uncategorized
  • February 4, 2013

ALL PULP BEST SELLER LIST-FEBRUARY 4, 2013
(Concept Originated by Barry Reese)
#3 This Week on
All Pulp’s New Pulp Bestseller List
Welcome to the first installment of All Pulp’s New Pulp Best Seller List, originally created by Barry Reese! Before we get to what you’re all waiting for, here are the rules by which this little list comes together.

1)    This list only tracks sales through AMAZON. It does not keep track of sales through Barnes and Noble, face-to-face or anything else!

2)   
This list only tracks PRINT sales. Exactly how Amazon calculates these things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different. This list reflects sales ranks as of Monday morning February 4, 2013.


3)   In order to keep the focus on new releases, eligible works must have been published within the last three months. So, since this list is being done on February 4, 2013, we are only looking at books published since November 4, 2012. Please keep that in mind before complaining that Title X is not listed. Also, keep in mind that for the most part, we are tracking sales from smaller and mid level press publishers who actively publish New Pulp material. We won’t generally track sales from Simon and Schuster or places like that — they have the New York Times Bestseller List for that. If one of the major publishers starts doing The Shadow or something, we’ll track that, but some publishers will not be listed here in order to keep the focus on the publishers actively working to produce and promote New Pulp.

4)   
Like the name suggests, we’re tracking “New” pulp —not sales rankings for reprints of classic material. In order for something to qualify for this list, it has to be at least 50% new material that has not been printed in book form before.


5)    We are human. If you are aware of a title that should be listed below (keeping in mind all the rules above), please let us know and we will make sure to remedy the situation.


6)    This information is garnered mostly from All Pulp, New Pulp, the Pulp Factory mailing list and a few other sites. If you think we might miss your release, let us know in advance — drop All Pulp a line and tell us when it’s being released.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):

1) Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Volume 4 by Various (Airship 27, January 19, 2012) – 32,920

2) Finn’s Golem by Gregg Taylor ( Autogyro, January 10, 2013) -311,836

3) Fight Card: Bluff City Brawler by Heath Lowrance as Jack Tunney (Fight Card, January 31, 2013) – 631,972

4) Prohibition by Terrence McCauley, (Airship 27, December 15, 2012) – 637,244

5) The Fangslinger and the Preacher by Bret Lee Hart (Western Trail Blazer, January 3, 2013) – 671, 250


6) The New Adventures of the Griffon by Various (Pro Se Productions, January 17, 2013) – 696, 054

7) The Studio Specter by W. Peter Miller (Uchronic Books, January 5, 2013) – 782,506

8 ) Sentinels: Metalgod by Van Plexico (White Rocket Books, December 10, 2012) – 1,497,017


9) Three Against the Stars by Joe Bonadonna (Airship 27, November 26, 2012) – 1,500,519

10) Pro Se Presents # 16 by Various (Pro Se Press, January 8, 2013) – 1,682,166

#7 This Week On
All Pulp’s New Pulp Bestseller List!
Just missing the list were: Tier Zero by Henry Brown ( Virtual Pulp, January 13, 2013) – 1,706,803, Prophecy’s Gambit by Nancy Hansen (Pro Se Press, January 3, 2012) – 1,792,739, and Whack Job by Mike Baron (December 25, 2012)-1,194,265. 

Although not as soft as the most recent and last list byBarry, there’s still plenty of room for titles to climb.  Airship 27 Productions comes roaring in with their latest Sherlock Holmes collection, proving what this list has shown frequently– Classic characters rise to the top.  A few new entries make the list as well from Publishers that we’ll hopefully see more of.

One of the plans we have for this list is to make it a truly comprehensive New Pulp list focused on Small and Midlevel Publishers.   We’ll continually be adding publishers into the mix as we discover them, so if you know of a book or Publisher we should be keeping up with, let us know at allpulp@yahoo.com.


Also, the All Pulp New Pulp Ebook Best Seller List will debut this Friday here on All Pulp!  This list will track only Kindle sales with rankings posted on Amazon.  Again, if you know a book we need to include (no short stories sold as Kindle singles please), then give us a shot at allpulp@yahoo.com.

This week, Airship 27 leads the pack with three titles in the top ten, followed by Pro Se with Two, and Autogyro, Fight Card, Western Trail Blazer, Uchronic Books,  and White Rocket Books all garnering one.  But, as Barry always said, Take it with a grain of salt, folks.

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