Ultra-Boiled is hard-boiled on steroids. 23 stories by Gary Lovisi that are guaranteed to make you nervous because of their extreme attitude. Lovisi discusses the genre of hard-boiled noir in his introduction and promises these 23 stories are among his most disturbing.

In the not-so-distant future, men have come to Mars to escape the oppressive Earth government. Ryan is an agent for a super-secret government agency, the Department of Control (DOC), and has always been willing to do whatever his masters want of him. But on Mars, everything is different, and all that Ryan does is read books: hardboiled, noir crime paperbacks dating from the last century. In fact, such works are read and collected by everyone on Mars, even serving as a medium of exchange. Why? Is there some secret DOC plot involved? Or has Ryan conjured up a literary fantasy in his own...

The Bleeding Scissors

After losing at a poker game, Leo Aikin heads home in the freezing Connecticut rain to the home he shares with his wife, Judith, and her sister Paula--the Runyon girls. But they're not there, and Leo begins to worry. A search of the area turns up their car, but not the sisters. Soon, his nerve-wracking search leads to New York, where he begins to turn up a hidden history of failed theatrical careers, burlesque houses, and a possible murder. Shadowed by an affable private detective named Florian Singleton, Leo delves into a past that is now beginning to...

In this original horror novel by Gary Lovisi, set in modern-day Louisiana, the local townsfolk and law-enforcers are confronted with the powers of evil and the horrors that are resurrected.

Bold Venture Press unveils "The Last Goodbye," Gary Lovisi's latest chronicle of crimefighter Vic Powers. A routine traffic stop escalates into a mob vendetta, putting a good cop and his wife on the run. When he turns to his friend Vic Powers for help, everything hits the proverbial fan. Powers has already been kicked off the force for "brutality." Now he's got an excuse to demonstrate real brutality against some people who deserve it - an entitled mobster's son, an animal abuser, and a smart-mouth private eye. Take our advice - stay on Vic's good side. This volume includes the novella "The...

Interview with Heather Jacobs (Big Fiction); profile of Timothy Green Beckley (Fate, Beyond, etc.); articles on Beyond, Super-Science Fiction, Diabolik, Dashiell Hammett digests, Gunsmoke, Dope Fiends trading cards; fiction by Ron Fortier, Gary Lovisi, Joe Wehrle Jr.; and reviews of Weasels Ripped My Flesh , Where Stories Dwell, The Man From Mars, The Executioner: Border Offensive, A Blonde for Murder, Popular Fiction Periodicals, Betty Fedora #2, Paperback Parade #89, Manhunt Dec. 1953, Children's Digest Spring 1972, Fate #727. Includes nearly 100 cover images. Contains explicit language....

Harry Turner won't sit on the sidelines any longer. He's through watching his neighborhoods and fellow New Yorkers suffer. Drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters practically have free reign. When he dons the nightblack disguise of The Nemesis, criminals won't stand a chance against his brand of Justice ... but he's never encountered a threat like the Satan Plague .... THE NEMESIS thrilled readers with his pulp-inspired exploits. His thrill-packed tales are collected in this volume, along with The Nemesis Returns, a NEW adventure continuing Harry Turner's war on evil. Stories include: "The Kingdom...