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X’s for Eyes – Laird Barron

2017-05-18

A pulp-adventure yarn with a strong Lovecraftian theme, with disciples of black gods and rival corporations chasing after industrialist scions Mac and Dred Tooms.

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Arson Plus and Other Stories – Dashiell Hammett

2016-09-10

Three of Hammett’s early Continental Op stories from October, 1923 issues of the Black Mask pulp: “Arson Plus,” “Crooked Souls,” and “Slippery Fingers.”

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Hell’s Bounty – John L. and Joe R. Lansdale

2016-01-07

A dead bounty hunter is sent back to Earth to battle a demonic gunslinger trying to bring around the end of the earth. Vivid Weird Western action meets typical Lansdale storytelling.

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Adventures in Art – In Memoriam – Glen Orbik

2015-05-14

I’ve meant to do an art post about the works of Glen Orbik for a while now. And I’m shocked …

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The Four-Sided Triangle – William F. Temple

2015-01-17

Two brilliant scientists, one beautiful woman, who only loves one of the men. What luck they’ve already developed a Reproducer and can make their own four-sided love triangle…

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The Secret of Sinharat – Leigh Brackett

2015-01-01

Deep in the Martian drylands, a band of mercenaries plots revolution. Enter Eric John Stark, outlaw; in wind-swept ruins he will find unlikely romance, and an ancient, undying secret…

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Adventures in Art – Virgil Finlay’s Color Covers

2014-12-16

Virgil Finlay (1914 – 1971) was one of the dominant speculative fiction magazine artists of his day; he started doing illustrations for Weird …

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Bury Me Deep – Harold Q. Masur

2014-09-15

Lawyer Scott Jordan returns home from vacation early to find a nearly-naked woman in his apartment, as murder ensnares Jordan in complex and fast-moving intrigues.

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Jerry Tracy, Celebrity Reporter – Theodore Tinsley

2013-09-13

Wisecracking celebrity gossip columnist Jerry Tracy gets embroiled in 25 thrilling plots, schemes, and mysteries of the New York underworld, circa 1933.

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In the Courts of the Crimson Kings – S.M. Stirling

2013-08-10

The second in Stirling’s Lords of Creation series brings us to Mars, in the proper tradition of Burroughs, Bradbury, and Brackett. This one was even better than The Sky People.

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The Sky People – S.M. Stirling

2013-08-06

Venture back, long ago, to the far-away world… of Venus. An amazing pastiche-slash-homage to the likes of Burroughs, done with modern sensibilities and writing style.

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