Date: 1900-1950

MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY

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MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY
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The Men’s Adventure Quarterly is your source for all of the action, adventure and fun of yesteryear’s men’s adventure magazines. An offshoot of the pulp magazines of the 30s and 40s, the men’s adventure magazines were geared toward the returning soldier after World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam. They were jam-packed with the best commercial illustration by artists such as Norm Eastman, Al Rossi, Bruce Minney, Mort Künstler, Samson Pollen, James Bama and many others…

The lurid tales within were filled with adventure, excitement, thrills, chills, and sex. You could read tales of spies, guerillas, commandos, crime, cons, daring air aces, and menacing murder by noted authors like Don Honig, Walter Kaylin Don Pendleton, and even best-selling author Mario Puzo.

Each quarter, Men’s Adventure Quarterly collects some of the best stories and artwork for you to enjoy along with pinups and original articles on the men’s adventure magazine mayhem behind the scenes. Co-edited by Robert Deis, a noted expert and collector of men’s adventure magazines, and graphic designer Bill Cunningham whose Pulp 2.0 label has made its mark in the indie publishing space, The MAQ is their tribute to the men, women and stories that drove hundreds of thousands of readers to the newsstand every month.

The MAQ comes to readers in three formats: FULL-COLOR, NOIR, and DIGITAL REPLICA. The FULL COLOR edition is our stunning full-color tribute to the men’s adventure magazines of yesteryear. It is our prestige edition. The NOIR edition recreates the look and feel of the original Black & White magazines. The DIGITAL REPLICA edition is a full-color digital edition that mimics the page format of the magazines. Our goal is to bring you the thrills and chills of the men’s adventure magazines in whatever format you prefer. Be sure to check out the various editions when you search for THE MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY!

“This is a winner for anyone interested in vintage top notch men’s adventure fiction and the illustrations that accompanied them.” – Michael Stradford, author of Steve Holland: The World’s Greatest Illustration Art Model.

Letters of cold fire (occult cases of John Thunstone)

Letters of cold fire (occult cases of John Thunstone)
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You’ve never meant a ghost hunter or demon slayer like John Thunstone. Defying the naysayers’ vision of a pale, basement-dwelling hobbyist, Thunstone is tall, broad shouldered, athletic, and handsome. He likes to spend his evenings in nightclubs, holding court and charming women.

But does he lack focus? No! Thunstone is also a serious scholar, deeply studied in the occult and dark arts, and carries a blade of silver inscribed with the motto, “Sic pereant omnes inimici tui” (“thus perish all your enemies”), forged by Saint Dunstan, patron saint of silversmiths, and one of the few men the Devil himself feared.

Thunstone’s battles with the darkest forces haunting our world are the greatest creation of Edgar-, World Fantasy-, and British Fantasy Award-winner Manly Wade Wellman (also the only dark fantasy author nominated for the Pulitzer Prize). //

You’ll accompany our imposing hero on four of his most chilling adventures in this, the first volume of this series, reprinting all 15 of his original, classic adventures from the pages of the 1940s Weird Tales

HE DECLARED A ONE-MAN WAR AGAINST THE SUPERNATURAL! // “Chilling!” Cedar Rapids Gazette //”Spooky!” Muncie Evening Press// Thrill to the adventures of John Thunstone, straight from the pages of the world’s greatest horror magazine—the legendary Weird Tales. //

Wolfshead, And Other Stories:17 Short Stories by Robert E. Howard

Wolfshead, And Other Stories:17 Short Stories by Robert E. Howard
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Wolfshead, And Other Stories is the original short stories about stories of A De Montour story And Other Stories written by Robert E. Howard in 1922-1936. In this book contains 17 stories of A De Montour story, An Ace Jessel story, Thrilling Mystery, A Faring Town story, and more from Weird Tales magazine:

1.Wolfshead, First published in Weird Tales, April 1926. A De Montour story.
2.Apparition in the Prize Ring, First published in Ghost Stories, April 1929. Alternative title: The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux. An Ace Jessel story.
3.The Children of the Night, First published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in the April/May 1931 issue.
4.The Haunter of the Ring, First published in Weird Tales, June 1934.
5.The Fire of Asshurbanipal, First published in the December 1936 issue of Weird Tales.
6.The Thing On the Roof, First published in the February 1932 issue of Weird Tales.
7.In the Forest of Villefére, First published in Weird Tales, August 1925. A De Montour story.
8.”Golden Hope” Christmas, First published in The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922.
9.Sea Curse, First published in Weird Tales, May 1928. A Faring Town story.
10.Black Talons, First published in Strange Detective Stories, December 1933. Alternative title: Talons in the Dark.
11.Black Wind Blowing, First published in Thrilling Mystery, June 1936.
12.Moon of Zambebwei, First published in Weird Tales, February 1935. Alternative title: The Grisly Horror.
13.The Vultures of Whapeton, First published in Smashing Novels Magazine, December 1936. Alternativee titles: The Vultures, The Vultures of Wahpeton, The Vultures of Teton Gulch.
14.The Horror from the Mound, First published in Weird Tales, 1932.
15.Boot Hill Payoff, First published in Western Aces, October 1935. Alternative title: The Last Ride.
16.Skull-Face, First published in Weird Tales, October-December 1929.
17.Sleeping Beauty, First published in The Yellow Jacket, October 27, 1926.

Carnacki the Ghost Finder, The Voice in the Night, and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki the Ghost Finder, The Voice in the Night, and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson
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ne of the leading names in classic weird fiction, William Hope Hodgson remains an influential and powerful storyteller, remembered chiefly for his nautical horror stories and for his occult detective, Carnacki the Ghost-finder. Hodgson’s career – cut off prematurely in World War One – was extensive and elaborate, and this book contains the cream of the crop: the Sargasso Sea Mythos, a broad selection of his best maritime horror stories, printings of his lesser known strange tales (including The Baumoff Explosive and The Goddess of Death), five of the most striking Carnacki cases, and excerpts from two of his elaborate supernatural novels.

Illustrated and annotated, these stories include episodes of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery: floating stone ships, derelicts teeming with man-eating rats, ghost pirates, mutant weed men, carnivorous trees, parasitic fungi, were-sharks (you read that right), a ship with a heartbeat, a cursed room that whistles in the night, a castaway who refuses to let his hideous face be seen, freakish mutations, deadly ghost ships, bloodthirsty octopi, demonic hogs, and more. Hodgson’s fiction reveals a level of anguished vulnerability that blends the cynical realism with fantastic romanticism, creating a borderland – a liminal doorway – that brings the anxieties of the every-day into contact with the fantasias of the nightmarish.

The landscapes of his fiction – the weed-choked Sargasso Sea, the steaming South Pacific, Irish manor houses, derelict ghost ships – act as borderlands whereby these uncomfortable thoughts and existential pangs can enter into our world – to haunt and infect it.

The illustrated, annotated stories included in this unique anthology – stories of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery – are among Hodgson’s best and will not fail to disturb, amuse, and inhabit your imagination.

The Classic Fantasy Collection

The Classic Fantasy Collection
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Epic romances, fearsome dragons and alien worlds lie between the pages of this volume. Containing more than 35 stories from the early masters of fantasy literature, the narratives here transport the reader to alternate worlds where magic abounds, cosmic terrors lie around the corner and intrepid heroes fight for justice.

Drawing inspiration from Norse, Japanese and Chinese mythology as well as from traditional fairytales and modern fears, the authors collected here span the breadth of the genre. Including tales from William Morris, H. G. Wells, Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft amongst others, they demonstrate the plethora of imaginative literature that was written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of these tales were foundational works, bringing ideas of the supernatural into the mainstream, and through their efforts creating entirely new genres.

Before Tolkien, there were many writers embracing the realm of fantastic fiction. The man responsible for its origin was George MacDonald (1824-1905), a Calvinist minister and Celtic scholar, who wrote the first true fantasy novel. He was followed by a number of imaginative successors at the end of the 19th century, including H. G. Wells, Arthur Machen, and Ernest Bramah. After the end of World War I, the pulp magazines opened up the genre to a new generation of writers – particularly H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard – who provided exciting, magical and horrifying tales that fascinated a multitude of readers. By the outbreak of World War II, the outlines of the fantasy genre had been sketched out by these pioneers, and an entirely new type of fiction had been created.

This collection includes stories by:
Robert E. Howard
H. P. Lovecraft
G. G. Pendarves
H. G. Wells
William Morris
Lafcadio Hearn
Abraham Merritt
Arthur Machen
Ernest Bramah
Robert W. Chambers
George MacDonald

The Book of Iod: Ten Cthulhu Stories

The Book of Iod: Ten Cthulhu Stories
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From one of the grand masters of science-fiction comes a collection inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.

“[A] pomegranate writer: popping with seeds—full of ideas.” —Ray Bradbury

Hugo-nominee and sci-fi luminary Henry Kuttner was part of the Lovecraft Circle, submitting plot ideas and draft manuscripts to H.P. Lovecraft himself, and Kuttner played an important role in developing the Cthulhu Mythos, one of the seminal works of the genre.

The Book of Iod is a short story collection containing ten Cthulhu Mythos stories.These stories include:
The Secret of Kralitz
The Eater of Souls
The Salem Horror
The Just of Droom-avista
Spawn of Dagon
The Invaders
The Frog
Hydra
Bells of Horror
The Hunt

Elak of Atlantis

Elak of Atlantis
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Swords and Sorcery clash with riveting results in these four classic stories!

“[A] pomegranate writer: popping with seeds—full of ideas.” —Ray Bradbury

When Robert E. Howard died in 1936, some of the greatest science-fiction and fantasy writers stepped into the void to pen amazing tales of swords and sorcery. Weird Tales published these four stories by iconic author Henry Kuttner, perfect for fans of Conan the Barbarian, and vital for every fantasy reader. Depicting a brutal world of swords and magic, with a hint of the Lovecraft mythos, Kuttner unleashes four tales as vital in today’s Game of Thrones world as they were when they first published.

These stories include:
Thunder In the Dawn
The Spawn Of Dagon
Beyond The Phoenix
Dragon Moon

The Continental Op: complete Classic of the greatest characters in storied history of detective fiction

The Continental Op: complete Classic of the greatest characters in storied history of detective fiction
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Before Sam Spade, before Philip Marlowe, before Mike Hammer, before Lew Archer, and before nearly every hard-boiled detective in mystery fiction, there was the Continental Op.

Who was he? No one knows, since Dashiell Hammett never gives his name. Through these two dozen stories we see the Op solve crimes, usually murder, while being shot at, assaulted, and dishing out punishment better than he receives it.

This collection includes the very first Continental Op story, “Arson Plus”.

kindle link below, for a paperback even more complete version you can find one here

Return of the Thin Man

Return of the Thin Man
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“This first unabridged appearance of two Nick and Nora Charles ‘novellas’ by Hammett should be an occasion for delight, and it is.” —The Wall Street Journal

Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett’s last—and most successful—novel. Following the enormous success of The Thin Man movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas, for the films that became After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man. Bringing back his classic characters, retired private investigator Nick Charles and his former debutante wife Nora, who return home to find Nora’s family gardener murdered, pulling the couple back into another deadly game of cat and mouse. Hammett has written two fully satisfying Thin Man stories, with classic, barbed Hammett dialogue and fully developed characters.

Written in the style of a screenplay treatment, The Return of the Thin Man is a hugely entertaining read that brings back two classic characters from one of the greatest mystery writers who ever lived. This book is destined to become essential reading for Hammett’s millions of fans and a new generation of mystery readers the world over.

The Doctor Satan MEGAPACK®: The Complete Series from Weird Tales

The Doctor Satan MEGAPACK®: The Complete Series from Weird Tales
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Originally published in WEIRD TALES magazine in the 1930s, here is the complete Doctor Satan series — fascinating tales about that weird genius of crime who calls himself Doctor Satan.

He is no madman, but is as sane as you or I. An immensely rich man, he has turned to crime for the thrill of it, and strikes down those in his path ruthlessly, heartlessly, and thoroughly. He is master of amazing powers that make him the world’s weirdest criminal.

If you have not yet made the acquaintance of this fearsome master of crime, meet him today in THE DOCTOR SATAN MEGAPACK!