Author: Spicy Stories
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387244965
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Spicy Western Stories slaps leather with public domain comic books! Flamingo is a saloon dancer that goes from one mystery to another, Polly of the Plains sets out on her numerous adventures, Lariat Lucy lassos larcenies, Fighting Bob Dale punches poachers, an outlaw turns into a werewolf, and a native warrior hunts the Horned Man! 100 Big Pages of wild weird west wonders!
Spicy Western Stories
Author: Spicy Stories
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387244965
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Spicy Western Stories slaps leather with public domain comic books! Flamingo is a saloon dancer that goes from one mystery to another, Polly of the Plains sets out on her numerous adventures, Lariat Lucy lassos larcenies, Fighting Bob Dale punches poachers, an outlaw turns into a werewolf, and a native warrior hunts the Horned Man! 100 Big Pages of wild weird west wonders!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387244965
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Spicy Western Stories slaps leather with public domain comic books! Flamingo is a saloon dancer that goes from one mystery to another, Polly of the Plains sets out on her numerous adventures, Lariat Lucy lassos larcenies, Fighting Bob Dale punches poachers, an outlaw turns into a werewolf, and a native warrior hunts the Horned Man! 100 Big Pages of wild weird west wonders!
Pulp Classics
Author: John Betancourt
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1557422974
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The famous "Spicy" pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s are among the rarest and most sought-after publications by collectors. The "Spicy" magazines -- which included Spicy Mystery, Spicy Adventure, Spicy Detective, and others -- published a titilating mix of fantasy, horror, mystery, action-adventure, and suspense, punctuated by episodes of torture, sadism, sex, and other risque elements. Although tame by current standards, and sometimes of dubious literary merit, these publications presented tales which thrilled a sensation-hungry audience. Despite the themes and constraints of the market, writers who would later become famous -- including Hugh B. Cave, E. Hoffman Price, Robert Leslie Bellem, and many more -- were frequent contributors. The December 1939 issue of Spicy Adventure Stories includes contributions from Robert Leslie Bellem, Lew Merrill (Victor Rousseau), Hugh Speer, Ken Cooper, Clayton Maxwell, Clark Nelson, and Harley L. Court.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1557422974
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The famous "Spicy" pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s are among the rarest and most sought-after publications by collectors. The "Spicy" magazines -- which included Spicy Mystery, Spicy Adventure, Spicy Detective, and others -- published a titilating mix of fantasy, horror, mystery, action-adventure, and suspense, punctuated by episodes of torture, sadism, sex, and other risque elements. Although tame by current standards, and sometimes of dubious literary merit, these publications presented tales which thrilled a sensation-hungry audience. Despite the themes and constraints of the market, writers who would later become famous -- including Hugh B. Cave, E. Hoffman Price, Robert Leslie Bellem, and many more -- were frequent contributors. The December 1939 issue of Spicy Adventure Stories includes contributions from Robert Leslie Bellem, Lew Merrill (Victor Rousseau), Hugh Speer, Ken Cooper, Clayton Maxwell, Clark Nelson, and Harley L. Court.
The Red Hot Typewriter
Author: Hugh Merrill
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312209053
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"This biography of a popular author adds resonance to the body of MacDonald's creative work, as well as providing a deeper understanding of that work that will send reders back to his many books."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312209053
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"This biography of a popular author adds resonance to the body of MacDonald's creative work, as well as providing a deeper understanding of that work that will send reders back to his many books."--BOOK JACKET.
Kill Shot - 8 Spicy Tales!
Author: Robert Leslie Bellem
Publisher: Peril Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
PERIL PRESS presents: Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December 1942 KILLER'S UNION by Robert Leslie Bellem Keeping a cute movie extra on ice in his apartment is bound to get Dan in trouble. And part of it is that a gunman doesn't forget how to play rough just because he's turned screen actor. 5800 Words Speed Detective, November 1943 HALF-SIZE HOMICIDE by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan wasn't even working for the movie star when she slapped his face and fired him in the most public way possible! To make matters worse, the whole thing was right under the nose of the gabbiest gossip columnist in Hollywood. 7800 Words Hollywood Detective, August 1944 MURDER'S MOUTHPIECE by Robert Leslie Bellem For years Ace had been asking for trouble. This time it looked as if he were really going to get it. There were so many people just yearning to send flowers to his funeral that it was hard to find any one who knew him who wouldn't be a suspect if he died suddenly. 6600 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 POISON PAYOFF by Robert Leslie Bellem Things had been so dull in Dan Turner's private-eye business that he didn't know where his next murder was coming from. But the dainty little manicurist named Malloy thought she knew—and it turned out she was right. And she and Dan were going to be more intimately involved than they imagined! . . . 6400 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, May 1943 DISSOLVE SHOT by Robert Leslie Bellem It's rare that Dan encounters dough so dirty that he won't touch it. Even this time, when the ante was boosted enough, he forgot his scruples. Besides there was a feminine angle. . . . 5600 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, May, 1943 DEAD MAN'S GUILT by Robert Leslie Bellem Everybody knew Kilgore had been killed trying to escape from San Quentin. Yet now this girl, who knew all the facts in the case, pleads with Dan to save her from the dead man! 5500 Words Speed Detective, April 1945 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective SUICIDE STUNT by Robert Leslie Bellem A special kind of trap had been provided to guarantee a most spectacular ending for the male movie star. And the killer suspects had figured some highly colorful dodges in order to confound Dan Turner, the surging shamus of this cinemaland! 8000 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 DOG'S LIFE by Robert Leslie Bellem Missing jewels, a dead canine movie star and assorted underhanded shenanigans might or might not have a tie-in with this murder—but cinemaland's super-sleuth Dan Turner aimed to find out after it became personal! 8900 Words This edition includes 15+ Illustrations for the stories, the pulp covers for all 8 stories, plus a GALLERY of 10 pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem.
Publisher: Peril Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
PERIL PRESS presents: Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December 1942 KILLER'S UNION by Robert Leslie Bellem Keeping a cute movie extra on ice in his apartment is bound to get Dan in trouble. And part of it is that a gunman doesn't forget how to play rough just because he's turned screen actor. 5800 Words Speed Detective, November 1943 HALF-SIZE HOMICIDE by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan wasn't even working for the movie star when she slapped his face and fired him in the most public way possible! To make matters worse, the whole thing was right under the nose of the gabbiest gossip columnist in Hollywood. 7800 Words Hollywood Detective, August 1944 MURDER'S MOUTHPIECE by Robert Leslie Bellem For years Ace had been asking for trouble. This time it looked as if he were really going to get it. There were so many people just yearning to send flowers to his funeral that it was hard to find any one who knew him who wouldn't be a suspect if he died suddenly. 6600 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 POISON PAYOFF by Robert Leslie Bellem Things had been so dull in Dan Turner's private-eye business that he didn't know where his next murder was coming from. But the dainty little manicurist named Malloy thought she knew—and it turned out she was right. And she and Dan were going to be more intimately involved than they imagined! . . . 6400 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, May 1943 DISSOLVE SHOT by Robert Leslie Bellem It's rare that Dan encounters dough so dirty that he won't touch it. Even this time, when the ante was boosted enough, he forgot his scruples. Besides there was a feminine angle. . . . 5600 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, May, 1943 DEAD MAN'S GUILT by Robert Leslie Bellem Everybody knew Kilgore had been killed trying to escape from San Quentin. Yet now this girl, who knew all the facts in the case, pleads with Dan to save her from the dead man! 5500 Words Speed Detective, April 1945 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective SUICIDE STUNT by Robert Leslie Bellem A special kind of trap had been provided to guarantee a most spectacular ending for the male movie star. And the killer suspects had figured some highly colorful dodges in order to confound Dan Turner, the surging shamus of this cinemaland! 8000 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 DOG'S LIFE by Robert Leslie Bellem Missing jewels, a dead canine movie star and assorted underhanded shenanigans might or might not have a tie-in with this murder—but cinemaland's super-sleuth Dan Turner aimed to find out after it became personal! 8900 Words This edition includes 15+ Illustrations for the stories, the pulp covers for all 8 stories, plus a GALLERY of 10 pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem.
Blonde Bait - 5 Spicy Tales!
Author: Robert Leslie Bellem
Publisher: Peril Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
PERIL PRESS presents: G-Men Detective, January 1949 KNIFE IN THE DARK a novelette by by Robert Leslie Bellem Chapter 1: Dead Passenger Chapter 2: Disappearing Corpse Chapter 3: A Muffled Scream Chapter 4: House of Menace Chapter 5: A Good Trick—That Didn't Work 9500 Words Spicy-Adventure Stories, August 1935 THE BLACK 13 by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder He laid his last five-spot on 13—and a lovely girl claimed his winnings! What did she know of the grim secret that made him a hunted fugitive? 5200 Words Spicy Adventure, April 1935 TATTOOED BLONDE by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder Branded! The word on her breast was dynamite to the angry mob. But Terry Dixon had a hunch that bared a startling plot and saved a beautiful girl 3000 Words Spicy Detective, September 1936 MURDERER'S BAIT by Robert Leslie Bellem as Jerome Severs Perry They wanted Frisco Pete for murder. He didn't dare show himself to the girl in the next room. Yet—there are times when even a crook hiding out can't help butting in. 5100 Words Spicy Detective, September 1934 THE WATERLOO OF WILLIE THE DIP by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder Turning the tables on a slick crook is one of the tricks of the trade. An amusing story of crime and love in the Big City. 3000 Words This edition includes all 14 sexy illustrations to the five stories as well as the pulp cover to all five stories, plus a GALLERY of 10 pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem (and his pseudonyms.)
Publisher: Peril Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
PERIL PRESS presents: G-Men Detective, January 1949 KNIFE IN THE DARK a novelette by by Robert Leslie Bellem Chapter 1: Dead Passenger Chapter 2: Disappearing Corpse Chapter 3: A Muffled Scream Chapter 4: House of Menace Chapter 5: A Good Trick—That Didn't Work 9500 Words Spicy-Adventure Stories, August 1935 THE BLACK 13 by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder He laid his last five-spot on 13—and a lovely girl claimed his winnings! What did she know of the grim secret that made him a hunted fugitive? 5200 Words Spicy Adventure, April 1935 TATTOOED BLONDE by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder Branded! The word on her breast was dynamite to the angry mob. But Terry Dixon had a hunch that bared a startling plot and saved a beautiful girl 3000 Words Spicy Detective, September 1936 MURDERER'S BAIT by Robert Leslie Bellem as Jerome Severs Perry They wanted Frisco Pete for murder. He didn't dare show himself to the girl in the next room. Yet—there are times when even a crook hiding out can't help butting in. 5100 Words Spicy Detective, September 1934 THE WATERLOO OF WILLIE THE DIP by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder Turning the tables on a slick crook is one of the tricks of the trade. An amusing story of crime and love in the Big City. 3000 Words This edition includes all 14 sexy illustrations to the five stories as well as the pulp cover to all five stories, plus a GALLERY of 10 pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem (and his pseudonyms.)
Crockett's Devil
Author: Evan Lewis
Publisher: Steeger Properties, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Davy Crockett has a Devil in his heart: The Time: 1813. The Place: The Mississippi Territory. The Problem: Rebelling Creek warriors, under war chief Red Eagle, spread terror across the frontier, slaughtering settlers and peaceful Creeks alike. The Solution: Kill Red Eagle! But Davy Crockett disagrees. He sees Red Eagle as the young nation’s best hope for peace, and risks his hair—and his life—to stop the fighting. Standing in his way are: General Andrew Jackson, seeking glory to restart his political career. A Militia Commander leading some of the most brutal killers in the South. A Revolutionary War hero offering a bounty for Creek scalps. Davy’s best friend, who demands vengeance for his family. An Indian Princess who lost her mother to Red Eagle’s war. Red Eagle himself and his thousand bloodthirsty warriors. And most of all, Crockett’s Devil, an inner demon threatening all his hopes. Can Davy best them all and bring peace to the wild frontier?
Publisher: Steeger Properties, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Davy Crockett has a Devil in his heart: The Time: 1813. The Place: The Mississippi Territory. The Problem: Rebelling Creek warriors, under war chief Red Eagle, spread terror across the frontier, slaughtering settlers and peaceful Creeks alike. The Solution: Kill Red Eagle! But Davy Crockett disagrees. He sees Red Eagle as the young nation’s best hope for peace, and risks his hair—and his life—to stop the fighting. Standing in his way are: General Andrew Jackson, seeking glory to restart his political career. A Militia Commander leading some of the most brutal killers in the South. A Revolutionary War hero offering a bounty for Creek scalps. Davy’s best friend, who demands vengeance for his family. An Indian Princess who lost her mother to Red Eagle’s war. Red Eagle himself and his thousand bloodthirsty warriors. And most of all, Crockett’s Devil, an inner demon threatening all his hopes. Can Davy best them all and bring peace to the wild frontier?
Queer Cowboys
Author: C. Packard
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137078227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Why do the earliest representations of cowboy-figures symbolizing the highest ideals of manhood in American culture exclude male-female desire while promoting homosocial and homoerotic bonds? Evidence from the best-known Western writers and artists of the post-Civil War period - Owen Wister, Mark Twain, Frederic Remington, George Catlin - as well as now-forgotten writers, illustrators, and photographers, suggest that in the period before the word 'homosexual' and its synonyms were invented, same-sex intimacy and erotic admiration were key aspects of a masculine code. These males-only clubs of journalists, cowboys, miners, Indian vaqueros defined themselves by excluding femininity and the cloying ills of domesticity, while embracing what Roosevelt called 'strenuous living' with other bachelors in the relative 'purity' of wilderness conditions. Queer Cowboys recovers this forgotten culture of exclusively masculine, sometimes erotic, and often intimate camaraderie in fiction, photographs, illustrations, song lyrics, historical ephemera, and theatrical performances.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137078227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Why do the earliest representations of cowboy-figures symbolizing the highest ideals of manhood in American culture exclude male-female desire while promoting homosocial and homoerotic bonds? Evidence from the best-known Western writers and artists of the post-Civil War period - Owen Wister, Mark Twain, Frederic Remington, George Catlin - as well as now-forgotten writers, illustrators, and photographers, suggest that in the period before the word 'homosexual' and its synonyms were invented, same-sex intimacy and erotic admiration were key aspects of a masculine code. These males-only clubs of journalists, cowboys, miners, Indian vaqueros defined themselves by excluding femininity and the cloying ills of domesticity, while embracing what Roosevelt called 'strenuous living' with other bachelors in the relative 'purity' of wilderness conditions. Queer Cowboys recovers this forgotten culture of exclusively masculine, sometimes erotic, and often intimate camaraderie in fiction, photographs, illustrations, song lyrics, historical ephemera, and theatrical performances.
Pulp Art
Author: Robert Lesser
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402730351
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The term pulp fiction has always had a certain resonance; but it is the artwork--bold, energized, dramatic, garishly colorful, and frequently grotesque--that has made pulp magazines memorable to so many people. Pulp Art is the groundbreaking--and ultimate--book on one of America's most important and spectacular forms of illustration art. At last, preserved in this volume are most of the still-existing originals created for the pulp covers, never before seen in all their sharply focused, vibrantly colored brilliance. Robert Lesser, a pioneering collector of this work and an expert on American popular culture, has assembled a gallery of these now-priceless originals. The dynamically pulp-flavored text is a complete historical survey of the pulps and their most important cover artists--Virgil Finlay, J. Allen St. John, Rafael de Soto, Hannes Bok, George and Jerome Rozen, Frank R. Paul, and many others. Also offered are critical discussions of individual paintings, as well as the major themes of the pulp magazines.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402730351
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The term pulp fiction has always had a certain resonance; but it is the artwork--bold, energized, dramatic, garishly colorful, and frequently grotesque--that has made pulp magazines memorable to so many people. Pulp Art is the groundbreaking--and ultimate--book on one of America's most important and spectacular forms of illustration art. At last, preserved in this volume are most of the still-existing originals created for the pulp covers, never before seen in all their sharply focused, vibrantly colored brilliance. Robert Lesser, a pioneering collector of this work and an expert on American popular culture, has assembled a gallery of these now-priceless originals. The dynamically pulp-flavored text is a complete historical survey of the pulps and their most important cover artists--Virgil Finlay, J. Allen St. John, Rafael de Soto, Hannes Bok, George and Jerome Rozen, Frank R. Paul, and many others. Also offered are critical discussions of individual paintings, as well as the major themes of the pulp magazines.
Queen of the Pulps
Author: Laurie Powers
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476673969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Daisy Bacon, the opinionated, autocratic and complex editor of Love Story Magazine from 1928 to 1947, chose the stories that would be read by hundreds of thousands of readers each week. The first weekly periodical devoted to romance fiction and the biggest-selling pulp fiction magazine in the early days of the Great Depression, Love Story sparked a wave of imitators that dominated newsstands for more than twenty years. Disparaged as a "love pulp," the magazine actually championed the "modern girl," bringing its heroines out of the shadows of Victorian poverty and into the 20th century. With Love Story's success, Bacon became a national spokesperson, declaring that the modern woman could have it all--in love, in marriage and in the business world. Yet Bacon herself struggled to achieve that ideal, especially in her own romantic life, built around a long-term affair with a married man. Drawing on exclusive access to her personal papers, this first-ever biography tells the story behind the woman who influenced millions of others to pursue independence in their careers and in their relationships.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476673969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Daisy Bacon, the opinionated, autocratic and complex editor of Love Story Magazine from 1928 to 1947, chose the stories that would be read by hundreds of thousands of readers each week. The first weekly periodical devoted to romance fiction and the biggest-selling pulp fiction magazine in the early days of the Great Depression, Love Story sparked a wave of imitators that dominated newsstands for more than twenty years. Disparaged as a "love pulp," the magazine actually championed the "modern girl," bringing its heroines out of the shadows of Victorian poverty and into the 20th century. With Love Story's success, Bacon became a national spokesperson, declaring that the modern woman could have it all--in love, in marriage and in the business world. Yet Bacon herself struggled to achieve that ideal, especially in her own romantic life, built around a long-term affair with a married man. Drawing on exclusive access to her personal papers, this first-ever biography tells the story behind the woman who influenced millions of others to pursue independence in their careers and in their relationships.
The Cock Crows Murder and Other Tales from the Pulps
Author: Robert Leslie Bellem
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434467929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This volume collects seven Bellem tales from pulp magazines such as "Spicy Mystery Stories," "Fifth Column Stories," and "The Ghost -- Super-Detective." Included are: "The Man Who Was Not," "Enough Glory," "The Cock Crows 'Murder'," "Knife in the Dark," "Kill That Headline," "War Plans Divided," and "Murder's Messenger." Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434467929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This volume collects seven Bellem tales from pulp magazines such as "Spicy Mystery Stories," "Fifth Column Stories," and "The Ghost -- Super-Detective." Included are: "The Man Who Was Not," "Enough Glory," "The Cock Crows 'Murder'," "Knife in the Dark," "Kill That Headline," "War Plans Divided," and "Murder's Messenger." Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer.