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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  into the creative process.  It also shows how aggressive marketing has kept The Shadow as a relevent...

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 been written by Doyle himself.  This makes a terrific summer read fo Sherlock holmes fans. We also dis...

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 Mythos . Will also discusses projects in the works.  He is currently writing a crossover story involvin...

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 whereas Island Apocalypse Is a 30's pulp style story in an Agatha Christie homage.  We also discuss anoth...

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 who are trying to overthrow the US Government.  There is a lot of action along with character developm...

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 writing for the Atomc Energy Commission, Norvell had an active and challening career.  We had a wonde...

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 recently published a book of  Spicy Zepplin Stories that is highly popular and makes a fun summer rea...

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 Rogue Waves before Australia and South East Asia are decmated.  This is a fun romp and is an excellen...

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 Paragon goes to the Moon himself in search of the truth.   The novel is littered with Easter Eggs that a...

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 initially develop personal relationships and start a family.  We also dicuss the future of the Doc Brazen ser...

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.   https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+shadowed+circle&crid=2EHYB0F0NR3EO&sprefix=the+shadowed+circle%2Caps%2C117&ref=nb_sb_noss_1   There is a Kickstarter Campaign for...

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 slaves of the Black Kahn and this Black Hoard is roaming across Asia recruiting new members.  The local g...

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?  Who is responsible?  Can Doc himself survive the killer who strikes silently in the night? Jeff...

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 in the next couple of weeks. Keep them coming, Will!

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 colonization ships find an earth- like planet that has been previously colonized by a sentient fungal biom...

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 miss this one!  We also discuss the further plans for the Doc Brazen stories.

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 literary bequest.  This series has been carried on over the last 50 years by several "ghost writers" inc...

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 enjoy this magazine.  Their website ( www.theshadowedcircle.com ) has the table of contents for all t...

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 Farmer in his seminal and shocking book  A Feast Unknown .  Malcolm wanted to take some of the concepts...

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 a companion volume to his recently published  Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow   We also...

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 work, and several plot twists that will keep you guessing.  The hardcover version has a novella ( The...

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 anthology Singularity: Rise of the Post Humans which won a Pulp Factory award for best anthology.  Ja...

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 accurate. Scott and I went to Xavier High School in Manhattan in the 1960s.  He has written several histor...

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: https://www.amazon.com/Joab-Stieglitz/e/B01J5SLZ1A?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1641781661&sr=8-1   www.joabstieglit...

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 reimagining of what might have happened if Doc retired for 50 years and then came back into the modern worl...