DEATH MARCH OF THE DANCING DOLLS is the third volume of the series: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps. It is introduced by Texas' own Bill Crider and has a cover by Gavin L. O'Keefe. Day Keene is well-known for his hardboiled novels but his short stories from the pulps are almost completely forgotten, until now. This volume contains these stories: Stay As Dead As You Are, Detective Tales, October 1946 The Charlie McCarthy Murders, Detective Tales, March 1942 Doc Egg's Graveyard Reunion, Dime Mystery, February 1946 Death March of the Dancing Dolls, Dime Mystery, September 1945. So Sorry You Die...
DEATH MARCH OF THE DANCING DOLLS is the third volume of the series: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps. It is introduced by Texas' own Bill Crider and h...
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The Curse of Cantire is one of Walter S. Masterman's most hard-to-find novels. It has a dash of surrealism and the other-worldly atmosphere that Masterman is known for. An introduction to this novel, #8 in the Dancing Tuatara lineup, is provided by series consultant, John Pelan.
The Curse of Cantire is one of Walter S. Masterman's most hard-to-find novels. It has a dash of surrealism and the other-worldly atmosphere that Maste...
One Dreadful Night presents a mystery that is deftly woven into the underlying web of supernatural horror. From the moment that a strange face is glimpsed peering from the window of the laboratory at "Restormal," the novel builds gradually to a climatic resolution of sheer terror as the identity of the mysterious woman lurking in the dim-lit corridors is revealed in a shocking denouement. One Dreadful Night is part of that small group of novels such as Mark Hansom's The Beasts of Brahm wherein the elements of the mystery novel and the supernatural tale are blended seamlessly to create a...
One Dreadful Night presents a mystery that is deftly woven into the underlying web of supernatural horror. From the moment that a strange face is glim...
The Library of Death begins at a leisurely pace, and a tone that seems to set the stage for a light romance. But then Ronald S.L. Harding deftly builds the mystery and from the moment we learn of the legend of a headless spectre that purportedly stalks the grounds and rumors of hereditary vampirism the novel undergoes another transformation with the light tone of the early chapters forgotten as horror is piled upon horror . . . So says John Pelan's introduction to this 1938 horror classic.
The Library of Death begins at a leisurely pace, and a tone that seems to set the stage for a light romance. But then Ronald S.L. Harding deftly build...
When you're a writer who's been doing it for over 60 years, traveling to exotic places for research, meeting interesting people for interviews and letting your mind wander wherever the hell it wants, you end up with a lot of stories, just as Richard A. Lupoff has done -- in spades. This 280-page volume contains the first four dozen of the tales that Dick Lupoff has written down for us. There's even a few pictures. If you've enjoyed the novels, short stories and non-fiction masterpieces that he's written over the years, here's your chance to find out what was going on behind the scenes.
When you're a writer who's been doing it for over 60 years, traveling to exotic places for research, meeting interesting people for interviews and let...
Trade paperback. This revised edition of THE RAMBLE HOUSE MAPBACKS reproduces all the mapback titles released by Ramble House to date. The mapbacks are reproduced in color, alongside their front cover designs and notes on their creation by Gavin L. O'Keefe, the designer of the covers.
Trade paperback. This revised edition of THE RAMBLE HOUSE MAPBACKS reproduces all the mapback titles released by Ramble House to date. The mapbacks ar...
The word may be getting out that Day Keene, author of those great noir novels of the 40s and 50s, also wrote a lot of stories for the pulps -- and that John Pelan and Ramble House are bringing all of them back for re-reading. Many of these stories were written during WWII and you can tell emotions are burning. Here are the stories in this fifth volume of the series: A Corpse Walks in Brooklyn-Detective Tales, October 1945 The Stars Say Die -Detective Tales November 1941 Herr Yama from Yokohoma-Ace G-Man February 1943 Seven Keys to Murder-Dime Mystery, September 1944 I'll Be Seeing You-Dime...
The word may be getting out that Day Keene, author of those great noir novels of the 40s and 50s, also wrote a lot of stories for the pulps -- and tha...
John Pelan knows what he's talking about when he gets into the shudder pulps. Last year we came out with SATAN'S SIN HOUSE and Other Stories, the first volume in the Weird Tales of Wayne Rogers series and here we have the second volume. John's introduction to this book tells you even more about Rogers the writer and prepares you for yet even more volumes in this series. Here are the stories that await you in volume 2: Daughters of Pain, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1934 Killer Blood for Sale, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1936 Doom Flowers, Terror Tales, May 1935 Satan Stole my Face,...
John Pelan knows what he's talking about when he gets into the shudder pulps. Last year we came out with SATAN'S SIN HOUSE and Other Stories, the firs...
THE SMILING CORPSE is one of the most unusual books you'll read this year, and it's a pretty good bet you haven't read this since it came out in 1935. It's a mystery, but unlike any mystery you've ever read, because the "detectives" in this tale are quite recognizable -- as mystery writers of the Golden Age, such as S.S. Van Dine, G.K. Chesterton, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, and Sax Rohmer. The book has an introduction, The Smiling Corpse-A Re-Introduction by J. Randolph Cox, as well as a Preface by John Graham Ballantine, and there's even a "Who's Who" in case you've forgotten some of the...
THE SMILING CORPSE is one of the most unusual books you'll read this year, and it's a pretty good bet you haven't read this since it came out in 1935....
In Keeler News #82, John Herrington quoted a blurb from The Sun, 1932, stating that Damning Trifles, though listed as by Maurice C. Johnson, is actually by Harry Stephen Keeler. Can this be true? Now you can judge for yourself as Damning Trifles is now available for the first time in decades. It's a locked-room mystery and has plenty of charms but is it really by our beloved Harry?
In Keeler News #82, John Herrington quoted a blurb from The Sun, 1932, stating that Damning Trifles, though listed as by Maurice C. Johnson, is actual...
