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April 2002 Catalog - Pulps and Mystery
* SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE TERROR OUT OF TIME by Ralph E. Vaughan - Gryphon Books Tpb. A slim (121 page) original novel which manages to pack everything in: Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challanger, Lovecraftian Elder Gods, cursed idols, dark dank London alleys, lonely dismal moors, you name it - it's in here! ... $15.00
* HARDBOILED #27/28 edited by Gary Lovisi - Gryphon Books Tpb. Now a hefty 208 page perfectbound, this issue of the "toughest little crime magazine" has 34 stories including "The Rescue" by Stephen Solomita, "Child's Play" by Joe L. Hensley, "Tipping the Scales" by John L. French, "Kansas City Prime" by Robert D. Perkinsa with more work from R. D. Carroll, Adam Rurik, Ardath Mayhar, Gerard Daniel Houarner, Christopher Stires, Jim Lee, Mike Hoy, Jerry Sykes, Andrew Vachss, Rebeca Hardy Black and even more than I can fit on this page. ... $20.00
HARDBOILED #25/ #26 edited by Gary Lovisi - Gryphon Tpb. ... $16.00
* MEMORIES OF HAMMER - Luminary Press HC. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Hammer Film Productions defined the British Horror Film. In this collection of interviews find out about what really went on during the making of many of those classic movies. Includes interviews with Christopher Lee, Suzanna Leigh, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy Sangster, and Barbara Shelly. Only Two Copies available. ... $35.00
* PURPLE PROSE #15 - An entire issue dedicated to the times of the Flying Ace, when most airports were cow pastures and a trip across the US would last for several days. "With Wings I Soared" is a great remeniscence from artist George Evans, with editing and additions from Michael Chomko. "Fighting Aces of War Skies" was Fiction House's Premier Air Pulp - Wings, article by Steve Young and Michael Chomko. ... $5.00
* PAPERBACK PARADE #57 edited by Gary Lovisi - Gryphon Press Magazine. Inside this issue: Early nightstand books; abortion in paperbacks; Crime Fiction: Ver Private Eyes; an interview with Bruce Cassiday; Beat poet Charles Plymell; news, ads, letters, and more! ... $8.00
* HIGH ADVENTURE #63 - Captain Zero fights it out in the City of Deadly sleep by G.T. Fleming-Roberts. ... $7.95
* BLACK LOTUS by Laura Joh Rowland - St. Martin's pb. When veteran samurai-detective Sano Ichiro is called on to investigate the burning of a cottage belonging to the Black Lotus Temple, he makes a shocking discovery. The three victims of the blaze did not die in the fire, but were brutally murdered before the fire evan began. ... $7.00
* CROSS DRESSING by Bill Fitzhugh - HarperTorch pb. To escape a rightous insurance investigator and a homicidal copywriter, a crass ad-man poses as his dead twin brother, a do-gooder Catholic priest - with hilarious results. A funny satire of advertising and religion from the twisted mind behind PEST CONTROL. ... $7.50
* NINE SONS by Wendy Hornsby - Crippen & Landru Tpb. These 10 tales are NOT about cat sleuths, cozies, or sanatized murder. Instead, Hornsby explores the depths of the Human psyche, and her family-crimes are decidedly UN-cozy. This collection includes an award winning story about a heart-wrenching mystery surrounding a family living on the Northern Plains during the Depression, a tale about a police groupie whose adoration turns deadly, and "Ghost Caper" - one of the purest examples of noir fiction by a modern mystery writer. ... $16.00
* NINE SONS by Wendy Hornsby
- Crippen & Landru HC. Also available Limited to 225 numbered copies,
with a pamphlet "Why Vanessa Jumped". No Discount. ... $42.00
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