Beat to a Pulp: Hardboiled edited by David Cranmer and Scott D Parker “Hardboiled” fiction has been popular since the post WW2 era. Every since returning GI’s started coming home after the Good War, there…
The Chloe Files #1: Ashes to Ashes by Howard Hopkins The character of Chloe Everson grew out of another one of Howard Hopkins’ novels, Grim, where Arlo Grim battles a coven of witches trying to…
Pulp Ink edited by Nigel Bird and Chris Rhatigan It may be that the anthology format will be the best one for e-publishing. At least with the newer generation of pulp writers, this seems to…
Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham This is the story of Stanton Carlisle, a carnivalsideshow mentalist, who decides to strike out for the big time bygoing into the spiritualism racket. With his knowledge of humannature…
By Tim Powers. I’ve been a big fan of Tim Powers’ urban and historical fantasy books since I read The Anubis Gates back in 1984. Powers was part of a California group of writers that…
I first encountered the author of this book, Chris Knowles, in a podcast interview. He’s had a rich and interesting career as a blogger, writer, and comic book historian. The novel was described as a conspiracy thriller. Intrigued, I…
The Cyclist is the latest novel by college instructor, noir writer, and bicycling enthusiast Anthony Neil Smith. I’m happy to announce that Dr. Smith has lost none of the magic. This novel is a page-turner and will keep you up until the last page. It features his adopted homeland of Minnesota and the rough hills of Scotland. And the tension kept me enthralled to the final word of this book.
David Gordon shoots and scores again with his latest novel, The Bouncer. After I read his Mystery Girl and The Serialist, I am convinced Gordon is one of the best crime writers I’ve encountered in a long time. His books are hilarious and keep your attention. He knows how to tell a good story, create memorable characters, and engage the reader. And, dammit, he’s already put out a sequel to this book which I’ll have to buy. I’m never going to finish Dodge in Hell or Youngblood Hawke.
Sibyl Sue Blue by Rosel George Brown is one of those books which defined the sixties. The latter half of the decade was famous for all manner of innovative science fiction and gave rise to the “new wave” of the genre. Rockets became fertility symbols and cigars spaceships. There were plenty of the old guard still banging away at the typewriters, but even Philip K Dick was working on overload to find out how Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
In The Fabulous Clipjoint, we see why Frederic Brown was one of the greatest short story writers and novelists of the 20th century.
