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DEBUT OF THE ALL PULP NEWSSTAND-BULLDOG EDITION!!

ALL PULP NEWSSTAND

BULLDOG EDITION
12/1/10
FREE PULP FICTION
From Bill Raetz-
For the month of December, 2010, I’m offering my first pulp fiction novella, Strip Poker, as a free download! It’s also available as a paperback for only $5.95.
Gracing the cover of this illustrated, incredibly pulpy adventure is none other than the lovely Syd Divine, the Golden Girl of the West.
If you enjoy the novella, posting a comment/short review somewhere online would be much appreciated.  The free download is available by clicking:
Get your copy today—and be sure to tell a friend!
For more about Syd Divine, visit: http://goldengirlofthewest.blogspot.com/.
FREE PULP CHRISTMAS TALE!!
From Josh Reynolds-

Advent Day Giveaway

So…how many of you were paying attention when I mentioned a little something called “Krampsnacht”? Because if you were, you’d know that starting today and going until Midnight on Christmas Day, I’ll be offering a COMPLETELY FREE 5,000 WORD SHORT STORY to anyone who contacts me either via e-mail at argus33 at hotmail dot com, Facebook, Livejournal or Blogger between now and then.

Now, what’s this story business about, you ask? Well, it’s a bit of a gamble, is what it is. It’s both a holiday treat and an advertisement of sorts for a series of stories I’ll be writing regularly, starting next year, for Fantasy & Fear Magazine. This story is a first taste, if you will, of the characters who will be starring in said series-Charles St. Cyprian, the Royal Occultist to the British Crown and his assistant/apprentice, the sharp-tongued Ebe Gallowglass.
That said, the first ‘official’ appearance of these characters will be in January of 2011, in a story titled “Sign of the Salamander”, which concerns a murdered civil servant, a missing mystical artifact and a riverboat going down the Nile. But until that time, you should feel free to enjoy “Krampusnacht”, which sees our daring duo attempt to stand in the way of the kill-frenzy of the Krampus!
 
NEW FICTION FROM TEEL GLENN!
From TJ Glenn’s Facebook page-
Teel James Glenn I’m delighted to announce that my short story “The Jester’s Touch” is live at the Fantasy World Geographic Magazine site. Stop by, read and leave a comment:
Teel

http://skaggsworld.com/fwg/2010/11/16/the-jesters-touch/

PRO SE ANNOUNCES NEW ANTHOLOGY LINE FOR 2011!
Pro Se Productions, publisher of the monthly PRO SE PRESENTS magazine line (including the rotating PECULIAR ADVENTURES, FANTASY AND FEAR, and MASKED GUN MYSTERY titles) announces that it will begin publishing Anthologies in 2011.  Unlike the magazines, these will be in book form and will contain four 15,000 word stories per book, each book with a different theme.

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“We’re very fortunate,” states Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Press, “to have worked with so many talented writers and artists in the last year.  The decision to continue our magazine line and then add anthologies essentially came out of that talent pool.  We have writers eager to write concepts, both their own and some that are Pro Se house concepts and artists who can’t wait to bring images from those tales to life.  We have four great anthologies planned and are ready to welcome writers and artists, both those we’ve worked with and anyone new to Pro Se, to submit work for these collections.”
The first anthology, THE NINTH CIRCLE-VOLUME ONE, is scheduled for March, 2011.  This collection focuses on a concept created by Hancock that centers around a crime ridden precinct and borough in a city that shuffles its misbegotten and forgotten to THE NINTH CIRCLE.  This anthology will include tales from Hancock as well as noted pulp authors Barry Reese, Joshua Reynolds, and Derrick Ferguson!
The other collections still have openings for stories.  The anthologies scheduled to follow this debut include-
DEAD MAN WALKEN- Yet another concept from Hancock, this western adventure has enough intrigue and mystery to choke a horse!  A town is savagely attacked by a ruthless band of outlaws and most of the citizens killed, including the promising sheriff elect, Fitch Walken.  A month after the massacre and all the bodies are buried, Fitch Walken stumbles into town, the last three months of his life gone from his memory! The mystery deepens when Walken’s grave is exhumed…and he’s IN THE COFFIN!  What follows is the classic struggle of a man to find out who he is, what happened to him, and just which side of good and evil he will stand on! 
THE BLACK FEDORA-A BOOK OF VILLAINS- This is just what it says it is, an anthology dedicated to stories about the bad guys we love to hate.   These stories will focus on original villains and of course the heroes they face, these tales similar in style to the FU MANCHU stories of the past.  But this isn’t only for yellow perils!!  Any type of villain that populates pulp is welcome to try on THE BLACK FEDORA!
HIGH ADVENTURE HISTORY-Ever wanted a chance to write a masked man enforcing justice in ancient Egypt?  Or a larger than life genius and his team of heroes righting wrongs in renaissance Italy?  Or mad scientists terrorizing the Arizona desert towns of the Old West?  Then here’s your chance!  HIGH ADVENTURE HISTORY will include stories of traditional pulp concepts and tropes plopped into our very own past, pre 1900!  Take your favorite pulp stereotype and wrap it up in ancient or not so ancient places and people and join us in HIGH ADVENTURE HISTORY!

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Any writers interested in submitting a proposal for DEAD MAN WALKEN, THE BLACK FEDORA, and/or HIGH ADVENTURE HISTORY need to write up a maximum of a two page proposal and email it to Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net.  If the concept is accepted, the writer will be given a deadline to complete the story.  If the deadline is not met, other writers who have submitted proposals and put on a list for future volumes will be moved into the now open space.  All accepted writers will receive a percentage of earnings from the book they are a part of.  Artists interested in work, which will be paid by the page, also need to send samples and inquiries to Hancock at the above address.
When asked about the move Pro Se is making into anthologies, Barry Reese, a contributing writer to THE NINTH CIRCLE and Book Editor for PRO SE PRESENTS MASKED GUN MYSTERY stated, “It seems like the perfect transition for Pro Se — they’ve already shown that they can bring back the thrill of pulp monthlies and now they can take that sense of adventure and design into the field of anthologies. It’s a no-brainer and I’m thrilled to see what Pro Se can do!”
 
For any questions, please contact Tommy Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net

Warner Premiere Formally Announces ‘All-Star Superman’

DC Entertainment’s All-Star Superman was one of the better things to be released by the company during the past decade. It was universally acclaimed and awarded, recently being collected in an Absolute edition. Now, Warner Premiere is tackling Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s 12-part saga as their next animated feature. Here’s the formal press release:BURBANK, CA, (November 29th, 2010) – Grant Morrison’s beloved, Eisner Award-winning vision of Superman’s heroic final days on Earth is brought to exquisite animated life in All-Star Superman, the latest entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies coming February 22, 2011 from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The highly-anticipated, full-length film will be distributed by Warner Home Video as a Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack and 2-Disc Special Edition DVD for $24.98 (SRP), as well as single disc DVD for $19.98 (SRP). The film will also be available On Demand and for Download.

In All-Star Superman, the Man of Steel rescues an ill-fated mission to the Sun (sabotaged by Lex Luthor) and, in the process, is oversaturated by radiation – which accelerates his cell degeneration. Sensing even he will be unable to cheat death, Superman ventures into new realms – finally revealing his secret to Lois, confronting Lex Luthor’s perspective of humanity, and attempting to ensure Earth’s safety before his own impending end with one final, selfless act.

The celebrity-packed voice cast is headed by James Denton (Desperate Housewives) as Superman, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as Lois Lane, and Anthony LaPaglia (Without A Trace) as Lex Luthor. The stellar cast includes seven-time Emmy® Award winner Ed Asner (Up) as Perry White, Golden Globe® winner Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under) as Ma Kent, Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds) as Jimmy Olsen and Linda Cardellini (ER) as Nasty. 
Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy), Catherine Cavadini (The Powerpuff Girls), Finola Hughes (General Hospital), Alexis Denisof (Angel), Obba Babatunde (That Thing You Do!), Michael Gough (Batman) and John DiMaggio (Futurama) round out the voice cast.

Based on the Eisner Award-winning DC Comics series/graphic novel of the same name by Grant Morrison with illustration by Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman is executive produced by animation guru Bruce Timm and directed by Sam Liu (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) from a script by acclaimed comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths). (more…)

SIX GUN WESTERN GOES BI MONTHLY! NEW LOOK, TOO!

Taken from the AGE OF ADVENTURE Facebook page

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Six Gun Western has garnered many fans since its release. We’ve recieved multiple emails requesting “More please”. So to that we say: “You got it!” Starting with the next issue in January, Six Gun will go Bi-Monthly! Thats 6 issues per year instead of the current 4. To this end we have gathered a committed posse of contributers (writers, artists, and graphic design) Each issue will have even MORE NEW Western fiction, artcles, history, and artwork. Six Gun will be launching its very own Promotional page here on FB as well!

For now heres a look at our new logo… More to come! We’ll be bringing you The BEST Wild West action any fan could want!

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The first of our bi-monthly issues features part 1 of a two part, novel length Josiah Silence story by fan favorite Teel James Glenn. You can learn more about Teel at the Six Gun Western Page!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Six-Gun-Western-Magazine/175227815836196?ref=ts&v=wall

PRO SE PRESENTS MASKED GUN MYSTERY #2 NOW ON SALE!!

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Need your Mystery, Crime, and Masked Hero fix all in one spot?? It’s right here in PRO SE PRESENTS MASKED GUN MYSTERY #2! Thrill to high octane Pulp Action on every page! With a stunning Norm Breyfogle cover spotlighting Barry Reese’s THE ROOK, MASKED GUN MYSTERY promises to deliver shots, shouts, and clues aplenty, with cops, flatfoots, and masked men around every corner! Look no further for your pulp fix than PRO SE PRESENTS MASKED GUN MYSTERY #2! Take a shot at it today! Print copies and E-books available!!
https://stores.lulu.com/proseproductions
The lineup for this issue includes-



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SHORTAGES, art by C. William Russette



Pro Se Previews: The Rook, volume 6 – The Scorched God • Barry Reese

The Compassion Play, An Aloha McCoy Story • Ken Janssens
 Clean Up in Aisle Six • Aaron Smith

Shortages • Lee Houston, Jr.

The Scarlet Courtesan of Sovereign City • Derrick Ferguson

Staying Dead, a Tale of Virgil • C. William Russette

The Gray Ghost and the Lighthouse Murders • Bill Craig

IMPRINTS • Joshua Allen

Crime of the Arts Part 2 • Erwin K. Roberts

On The Edge of A Hero, A Tale of The Rapier • Don Thomas

What Is The Fate of Gary Wooten? – V • Fuller Bumpers and John Palmer IV

And the artists are-

Cover-Norm Breyfogle

Interiors-Anthony Castrillo, Dalton Carpenter, Fuller Bumpers,
Craig Gassen, Peter Cooper, and John Palmer IV!
Book Design, Layout, and Additional Graphics by Ali

MGM Editor-Barry Reese

PRO SE PRESENTS MASKED GUN MYSTERY #2
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ON THE EDGE OF A HERO
Art by Craig Gassen

First Wave Solicitations — February 2011

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THE SPIRIT: ANGEL SMERTI TP
Written by MARK SHULTZ & DAVID HINE
Art and cover by MORITAT
In this first collection of the new SPIRIT series, an international crime syndicate wants to help Central City’s villain, The Octopus, consolidate control over the underworld. They’ve offered The Octopus the services of one of their finest assassins to take The Spirit’s breath away for good. Collecting THE SPIRIT #1-7.
On sale MARCH 16 • 168 pg, FC, $17.99 US

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Written by IVAN BRANDON & BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by NIC KLEIN
Cover by J.G. JONES
Doc Savage’s adventure in the war-torn Zone races toward its unbelievable finish, as the secrets of the Two Who Are One – and Ronan McKenna’s disappearance five years ago – are revealed! But Doc’s discoveries may have set in motion a terrible fate for the Zone’s innocent inhabitants!
On sale FEBRUARY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

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Written by DAVID HINE
Art by MORITAT
Cover by LADRÖNN
Has the Octopus gone soft? New York godfather Shonder Zeev thinks so, and he intends to cut in on Central City’s action and dismantle the truce the Octopus has with Commissioner Dolan – by sending an unlikely assassin to end Dolan himself!
On sale FEBRUARY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

The Point Radio: Celebrate With THE WALKING DEAD

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No one is more surprised (or pleased) at the success of THE WALKING DEAD than the cast of the series. They share their thoughts with us including how they avoid the internet “reviews”, plus the cast of HUMAN TARGET talk about how the show is drifting farther from its comic roots.

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MOONSTONE MONDAY-MOONSTONE AND SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE!

THE QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE SWINGS BACK INTO ACTION…FROM MOONSTONE!!

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Moonstone Entertainment, Inc.(http://www.moonstonebooks.com/), known for producing top of the line prose and comic fiction based on licensed properties, recently revealed several new properties it had acquired rights for, including the penultimate icon that launched the “Jungle Girl” genre, SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE!

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Originally created by the Eisner-Iger Ltd. Shop, Sheena debuted in the late 1930s in a British magazine.  Since that auspicious start, this sultry siren has swung her way through comics, pulp, television, and film. Sheena stands out as more than just another scantily clad jungle heroine.  Time and again, it has been proven that she is unique, original, and truly QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE! Now Moonstone is ready to bring her jungle heroics fighting and clawing into the 21st Century!

According to Joe Gentile, CEO of Moonstone, “Sheena starts in April with a bargain priced #0 issue.  We will follow that with an ongoing series!”  Gentile confirmed that Sheena would be a part of major events taking place in Moonstone Comics in early 2011!!!

Stay tuned to ALL PULP for all the SHEENA news you can handle and more upcoming announcements on other MOONSTONE properties!

MOONSTONE CLIFFHANGER FICTION!!! THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPIDER: CITY OF THE MELTING DEAD!

 Moonstone Books and ALL PULP are proud to present the final chapter of MOONSTONE CLIFFHANGER FICTION!!!!
Let ALL PULP know what you think of MOONSTONE CLIFFHANGER FICTION on the Comments Page!!!
Want more Moonstone??? http://www.moonstonebooks.com/ !   And stay tuned at the end of this week’s chapter for a link to purchase the collection this story is featured in!
THIS WEEK ON MOONSTONE CLIFFHANGER FICTION-
CITY OF THE MELTING DEAD
A STORY OF THE SPIDER
BY MARTIN POWELL
featured in THE SPIDER: CHRONICLES
from Moonstone Books
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PART FOUR
 
 

“Dick…are you all right?” Nita lightly touched his arm, startled by the coiling sinews tensing beneath his coat.
Wentworth paled a moment, then gave her a quiet reassuring smile. “We’ve just become privy to an essential clue that the official police have missed,” his voice was pitched with excitement. “I knew…or, rather, the Spider was very well acquainted with the late Bill Henry. The enemy has finally committed a fatal error.”
The Spider tightened his web around the throat of underworld. The darkened tenement hideouts were made blacker still by the invasion of his long, twisted shadow. None could escape him. No one could deny him. Small-time hoods and back alley predators literally wept in terror before the merciless onslaught of the Master of Men.
Nita, Jackson, and Ram Singh would remain vigilant, prepared for future catastrophes should Wentworth fail to return. This time the threat was different, far-reaching and devastating in its aimless goal of terror. He couldn’t put them at risk. Not until the Spider gave his all, alone.
The trail itself had been elementary.
The deceased William Patrick Henry provided the light to show the way. Before falling upon such wicked days, “Bourbon Bill”, was a first class crime reporter and an excellent covert contact to the underworld. The Spider had often gleaned invaluable information from the hard-drinking journalist that had ended the career of many a criminal mastermind.
Wentworth further knew that Bourbon Bill hadn’t staggered more than ten blocks from his low-rent flophouse in over three years. Just a few weeks prior, the black-balled newsman had raised a stink over witnessing the kidnapping of the imminent scientist Doctor Emerick Berg. His former editors had merely laughed, assured of a pathetic ruse by the rummy to reclaim a byline.
It suddenly all made a kind of grotesque sense. The still-missing Dr. Berg’s area of expertise had been the advanced application of electromagnetism. Wentworth had read many of the scientist’s monographs, and they were brilliant.
Berg himself was once originally from the same neighborhood, which had since decayed into the bowery. Bourbon Bill, sober or not, could well have seen him there, perhaps he’d even observed his abduction. No one had seen Berg after that. Someone must be holding him, somewhere within those ten blocks, forcing the scientist into building some kind of terrible weapon. Berg might even be dead already, his temporary value fulfilled.
Lastly, there was something that even Commissioner Kirkpatrick had failed to notice. On that scrap of typing paper there had been a faint thumb print. Vague as it was, Wentworth immediately detected the faint scent of scorched skin coming from the paper. Once a man encountered the stench of burnt human flesh, as Wentworth had in many haunting circumstances, it was impossible to ever forget it.
If only someone had taken Henry’s claims about the scientist seriously, but just the week before he’d made a fuss over seeing sea serpents under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Even Wentworth hadn’t listened, then…but now the Spider had no choice. One by one, using methods the official police force could not dare, the Spider got what he demanded. The petty thugs and gutter gangsters eagerly, sometimes literally, spilled their guts to the snarling masked man-monster. Finally, he learned of dim rumors of a reclusive megalomaniac called the Crucible, a fearsomely fitting name. Then, he got a location.
Justice was closing in.
The Spider’s web was inescapable.
 
The dwarf waited. It was all he could do.
Rain splashing on the high windows of the abandoned warehouse diffused the street lights, streaking shadows like a barred cage across the floor. It was a prison, all right. But, being the dwarf beside the giant, he had truly never known anything else.
A corroded window latch gave way, falling almost noiselessly to the filthy floor. The dwarf smiled faintly as the Spider masterfully infested the chamber, gliding wraithlike down a silken rope with a heavy automatic in the other hand. Had the dwarf not been expecting him, doubtlessly the entrance of the slouched black figure would have been virtually invisible among the shadows.
The dwarf shuddered as the Spider’s piercing eyes regarded him with bitter hatred. Another gun had appeared in the other hand, thumbs cocked hammers, barrels unerringly aimed at the little man and at the still, silent monstrosity heaped beside him.
“The Crucible is dead,” the little man breathed. “I murdered him two days ago.”
Wentworth’s quick eyes detected a blood-crusted claw hammer laying some distance from the victim and his confessed killer. He also observed the smashed remains of a weird cannon-like machine composed of coiling copper wires, shattered vacuum tubes, and fitted with a machinegun tripod.
“You found us sooner than I expected,” the dwarf continued. “The Spider deserves his formidable reputation.”
Awe saturated the diminutive voice, although, strangely, there was no hint of fear.
Wentworth advanced, his savage fangs gritted.  “Who are you?” he furiously hissed.
The dwarf glanced sympathetically to the giant mass beside him. “Just two brothers, cruelly used by this world,” he sighed with a sob. “I did love him, you know, even through all his torment and torture. He was all I had.”
Wentworth took in the strange sight of the withered dwarf protectively clumped next to the grey festering corpse of the giant. At last, he saw everything clearly and his rage diminished.
The Crucible had been an ogre, indeed, with the arms of a gorilla and the chest of a buffalo. Most of the brutish skull had been smashed into pulp. The little man breathed with a shuddering effort. He, too, Wentworth observed, was dying. It was inevitable. The reek of decay hung heavy in the air.
“ The whole scheme was his…the kidnapping…the machine … the murders…” the dwarf confessed, wracked with emotion. “My brother had a cruel, peculiar genius for such things. He was…what the world had made of him.”
Guns slid soundlessly back into concealed holsters, and Wentworth knelt at the dwarf ’s side.
“Yet, you had the courage to stop him,” it was Wentworth’s soft voice, not the Spider’s ugly rasp, which now issued from the fanged lips.
Tears streamed down the little man’s doll-like cheeks. “He was going to…aim that damnable machine at the whole skyline. I couldn’t stand it anymore. Maybe I finally went mad, too. No one…will ever understand.”
Wentworth clasped the small trembling hand held out to him. The mottled greyish flesh felt more dead than alive.
“I think I do,” his tone was comforting.
The dwarf attempted a smile, though his weakness prevented it. Wentworth could hear the rattle in the little man’s lungs. He was fading fast.
“P-please…” the small, tormented eyes implored. “…please don’t let them find us like this…don’t…don’t let them…”
Wentworth nodded, and the little man was gone.
Kerosene and a lighted match fulfilled the final wish of the Crucible’s last victim. No one would stare at them. No one would gawk. No awful exhibition. No one would ever know.
Wentworth watched mournfully as the flames consumed the secrets of the giant and the dwarf. The brothers passed from the world as they’d been born into it, together…as Siamese twins fused at the spine, bound forever in their prison of flesh and blood.
Their life-long internal conflict was over. Wentworth envied them.
The Spider could never rest.
END OF CITY OF THE MELTING DEAD!
NEXT TIME ON MOONSTONE CLIFFHANGER FICTION-
MEET THE SEDUCTIVE, ELUSIVE DOMINO LADY
as written by Ron Fortier!!

To purchase THE SPIDER: CHRONICLES anthology containing this story and more, go to http://moonstonebooks.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=414 today!!

ECHOES AWARD WINNERS AND THEIR AWARDS!

From Tom Johnson:

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The recent recipients of the Echoes Awards relax with their plaques and certificates in front of bookcases packed with many of their favorite books. Dr. Art Sippo and Ric Croxton look forward to interview future guests on The Bookcave, so writers and publishers get those books to them for commentary during the Podcasts.

ECHOES Winner Art Sippo