The Universe According to Edgar Rice Burroughs - Panel at PulpFest in August 2025

The second panel I'll be on at PulpFest this coming August is "The Universe According to Edgar Rice Burroughs" (the first is the FarmerCon XX / PulpFest panel "Tarzan the Time Traveler and Discourses on Doc").

Looking forward to seeing my friends Christopher Paul Carey, Cathy Mann Wilbanks, and Chris L Adams!

 

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 Originally posted on PulpFest.com on 02 June 2025

The Universe According to Edgar Rice Burroughs

Norman Bean

June 2, 2025

5 min read

Come to this year’s ERBFest to learn all of the latest news and ideas coming from the fertile minds at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Incorporated.

Join Vice President of Publishing Christopher Paul Carey and Vice President of Operations Cathy Mann Wilbanks, live from the stage at PulpFest 2025, for the latest updates from Tarzana. Joining Chris and Cathy in Barsoom, Pennsylvania, will be Chris L Adams, the author of Gauntlets of Mars, and Win Scott Eckert, author of Pellucidar: Land of Awful Shadow, the forthcoming sequel to Korak at the Earth’s Core.

From its headquarters in Tarzana, California, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., administers the intellectual property of American author Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the twentieth century’s most prolific and enduring writers. Burroughs’ 80+ novels and 40+ short stories have been adapted into sixty films and 250 television episodes, and have been featured in comic books, video games, apparel, and other merchandise.

Please join PulpFest 2025 at 2:30 pm on Friday, August 8, as we welcome Cathy, Christopher, and their guests to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania for the latest updates on the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe, the ERB Authorized Library, and other projects inspired by the great man’s work, including exciting updates about John Carter of Mars: The Audio Series, forthcoming from Pocket Universe Productions.

The ERB, Inc. team will also be exploring some of their recent and upcoming book releases. These include the next two volumes in the original Barsoom saga by ERB, with cover art by Joe Jusko; Mike Wolfer’s The Land That Time Forgot: Fearless graphic novel and The Land That Time Forgot: Fortress Primeval; and the new edition of The Monster Men and its chilling sequel, The Return of the Monster Men, written by Scribe Award-winning author Josh Reynolds.

Chris and Cathy will also talk about the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe animated TV series now in development with Flying S Films LLC, a Seattle-based studio dedicated to producing unique feature films and episodic properties for a worldwide audience. They’ll also have some great door prizes. But remember, you need to be in attendance at their presentation to win! Many thanks to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., for their generous donations.

Our “The Universe According to Edgar Rice Burroughs” panel presentation is all part of ERBFest 2025, our fourth salute to the Master of Adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Co-hosted by Henry G. Franke III  — the editor of The Burroughs Bibliophiles — ERBFest was started in 2021 when it seemed as if a second summer was going to pass without both of the usual Burroughs conventions — The Edgar Rice Burroughs Convention (formerly known as the Dum-Dum) and the Edgar Rice Burroughs Chain of Friendship (ECOF) gathering.

PulpFest 2025 begins on August 7 and runs through August 10 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania. We’ll be celebrating the “Masters of Blood and Thunder,” the “Great Pulp Villains,”  Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, and more at this year’s convention.

The general public is welcome to attend our afternoon programming events free of charge. To learn more about our programming, please click the 2025 Schedule button at the top of this page.

For those who also want to enjoy our dealers’ room, you can join PulpFest by clicking the register button at the top of this page. And don’t forget to book a room. The DoubleTree is essentially sold out, but you can click here for nearby hotels. If you’re looking for a roommate, write to Jack Cullers at his email address below.

Remember, in addition to your membership in PulpFest 2025, you’ll also be a member of Doc Con XXI, ERBFest 2025, and Farmercon XX. That’s four conventions for one price! You can’t beat that deal.

If you’re interested in selling at PulpFest, our dealers’ room is full. However, we are considering adding tables in the pre-function hallway outside of the dealers’ room. These tables will cost $125 each and will be guarded by security overnight. If you are interested, please write to Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com to be added to our waiting list.

For more on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his creations, please visit our YouTube Channel.

 

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Our featured image is excerpted from Joe Jusko’s dust jacket art for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth volume in the author’s Barsoom Saga, part of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library.

Our lead image was adapted by William Lampkin from Douglas C. Klauba’s dust jacket art for Gauntlet of Mars, written by Chris L Adams. It’s the fourteenth volume in the Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs series.

Our final image is the dust jacket art for Win Scott Eckert’s Korak at the Earth’s Core, the opening segment of the “Dead Moon Super-Arc,” part of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe. The dust wrapper was created by E. M. Gist.

Norman Bean is an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan who joined our staff of volunteer post-writers in August 2023. Norm has written about conventions, “pulp paleontology,” our dealers, and, of course, ERBFest and ERB himself. We look forward to his continued contributions.

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DEDICATION to HUNT THE AVENGER

Dedication to Hunt the Avenger (a moonstonebooks.com exclusive release—not available anywhere else!)

For Howard Hopkins.

While other pulp luminaries dissected Doc Savage and The Shadow, Howard turned his attention to becoming the world’s leading expert on The Avenger—and then generously shared his dream of penning new authorized tales with other writers, myself included…and then generously edited and shepherded into print this writer’s first licensed tale, with advice and direction that was at once kind and firm—for Howie knew his stuff.

He is greatly missed.

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HUNT THE AVENGER—a "fix-up" novel!

Definition of a "fix-up" novel...and why it matters.

AUTHOR’S NOTE to Hunt the Avenger (a moonstonebooks.com exclusive release—not available anywhere else!)

My first published Avenger story, “Death and the Countess,” featured what I thought at the time was a throwaway line mentioning a prior adventure with the Domino Lady. I went on to pen two more Avenger tales that actually featured team-ups with the saucy pulp heroine.

• “Death and the Countess,” The Avenger Chronicles (2008)
• “Happy Death Men,” The Avenger: The Justice, Inc. Files (2011)
• “According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster,” The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible (2013)

I was very happy with how the trilogy turned out, and yet it was clear that the three tales were meant to be read together as a whole—not separated by several years as each anthology was subsequently released. A proper reading required the stories to be collected in one volume.

Too, the trilogy always felt a bit imbalanced, with socialite Ellen Patrick—the Domino Lady—only making her “on camera” debut in the second tale. With that in mind, I set out to write the prequel to “Death and Countess,” showing the actual first meeting between Richard Benson and Ellen Patrick. This took a lot of careful planning and review of the timeline (excerpted at the conclusion of Hunt the Avenger) to ensure the continuity lined up—including featuring the black-haired, normal-skinned Benson, as he appeared in the final twelve original pulp novels and Ron Goulart’s twelve Avenger novels from the 1970s (as well as an additional short story by Goulart in 2008’s The Avenger Chronicles).

Throwing caution to the wind, I also decided to remedy the dangling plotlines left by prior scribe Goulart. I penned a fifth tale to wrap it all up in a bow, with the two new stories matching the word count of the original three tales.

The resulting pentalogy should be read together as one saga…Hunt the Avenger!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the journey!

Win Scott Eckert

January 2019

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Green Ghost teaser!

Wondering what the Green Ghost is all about? Check out this teaser from Moonstone! This features the short story "Zombies under Broadway" (by Win Scott Eckert & Eric Fein) with "widevision" illustrations by David Niehaus). So, if you want a taste of The Green Ghost: Declassified collection but haven't yet taken the plunge on the whole book, please give our short story a shot! 

To be clear, the "Zombies" story is in the larger Declassified collection, so to those who already bought Declassified--thank you! If you've been on the fence, please give our "Zombies" teaser a look!

The Green Ghost: Zombies under Broadway (teaser)

The Green Ghost: Declassified (softcover collection)

The Green Ghost: Declassified (limited edition hardcover)

The Green Ghost: Declassified on Goodreads

Goodreads page is now up for The Green Ghost: Declassified. Reviews are welcome. 

The Green Ghost: Declassified can be ordered direct from Moonstone Books.

Ebook is coming soon....

Green Ghost shipping update

Retailers now shipping and getting this in readers' hands....

Green Ghost Arriving in Comic Shops December 28

Arriving in comic shops December 28!

Moonstone Books
The Green Ghost: Declassified
By Win Scott Eckert & Eric Fein
Now available direct from Moonstone Books!

The Green Ghost—magician sleuth George Chance—returns! Once a debunker of the supernatural, the Green Ghost terrorized criminals with his horrific skull-face and wraithlike abilities. But criminologist Chance came back from Europe changed—for his wartime experiences taught him: the occult and night creatures were real! Thrill to new prose and comic book tales featuring a multitude of murderers, monsters, and crossovers with I.V. Frost, the Domino Lady, and more!

I hope that Sax Rohmer would be pleased by my Green Ghost/Domino Lady crossover tale, "Dame Sinestre."

This project has been brewing for almost eight years. I'm very happy to see our hard work come to fruition and hope you'll check it out.

Authors: Win Scott Eckert, Eric Fein, Howard Hopkins
Artist: David Niehaus
Cover: Malcolm McClinton
Softcover, 7” x 10”, grayscale, $14.99

Book birthday, part two....

The Green Ghost: Declassified has arrived!

I have two solo short stories, and one cowritten with Eric Fein. Eric has several prose tales and two short comic stories. 

Spot & comic illustrations by David Niehaus. 

Limited edition cover art by David; trade edition cover art by Malcolm McClinton. 

Book design by Erik Enervold; published by Joe Gentile at Moonstone. 

Plus, a bonus tale, never-before-published, by the late Howard Hopkins.

One of my solo tales is a sequel to Howard's story. In the other, the Green Ghost teams with the Domino Lady against a very sinister, almost Rohmer-esque lady... And in my collaborative tale with Eric... Zombies! Under Broadway!!

List of Contents

Available direct from Moonstone:

• Trade softcover
• Limited edition hardcover

Green Ghost books back from the printer

Very pleased that The Green Ghost: Declassified is back from the printer, and I'm told the books look great. The publisher will ship them to retailers next week, so customers should receive their books in December!

Of course, if you haven't already, you can still order the book direct from Moonstone.

• Trade Softcover
• Limited Edition Hardcover
• Contents

Between this and my prior note that my nonfic Star Wars essay is coming out soon, it's welcome the good news that I have two books coming before the end of the year.

The Green Ghost: Declassified - Order Direct from Moonstone

The Green Ghost: Declassified can now be preordered direct from the publisher, Moonstone Books!

I can also now announce that there will also be a limited edition hardcover, available only direct from Moonstone.

The Green Ghost—magician sleuth George Chance—returns! Once a debunker of the supernatural, the Green Ghost terrorized criminals with his horrific skull-face and wraithlike abilities. But criminologist Chance came back from Europe changed—for his wartime experiences taught him: the occult and night creatures were real! Thrill to new prose and comic book tales featuring a multitude of murderers, monsters, and crossovers with I. V. Frost, the Domino Lady, and more!

Authors: Win Scott Eckert & Eric Fein (with a bonus tale by Howard Hopkins)
Artist: David Niehaus

• Link to full contents of The Green Ghost: Declassified
• Preorder the softcover trade edition from Moonstone (cover by Malcolm McClinton)
• Preorder the limited edition hardcover from Moonstone (cover by David Niehaus)

It's also worth noting that our friends at Altus Press are reprinting the entire series of original Ghost/Green Ghost pulp novels and stories by G. T. Fleming-Roberts. The first volume is George Chance: The Ghost Omnibus, Volume 1.

Finally, I'd like to call out that our stories are a continuation of the original George Chance stories—not a "reboot." As such, we we view our tales as complementary—not competitive—with the new Green Ghost tales published by our New Pulp colleagues at Airship 27: George Chance-The Green Ghost, Volume 1.

Collect and read 'em all, kids!

The Green Ghost - original pulp covers

With The Green Ghost: Declassified just around the corner from Moonstone Books, a quick revisit of the original pulp covers is timely. Enjoy!

• Preorder the softcover trade edition
• Preorder the limited edition hardcover

The Green Ghost: Declassified - Final Cover Reveal!

Reveal! Final cover treatment for The Green Ghost: Declassified! 

Coming soon from Moonstone Books, with a mix of prose and comic stories by Win Scott Eckert and Eric Fein, and interior illustrations by David Niehaus. Cover for the softcover trade edition by Malcolm McClinton, with thanks to Erik Enervold at Simian Brothers Creative for his fantastic cover design!

Link to contents.

The Green Ghost: Declassified is listed in the August 2016 Diamond Previews catalog and ships to local comic shops in late October.

Shreve Memorial Library's 2015 Author Fair / Comic Fest

The Shreve Memorial Library's 2015 Author Fair / Comic Fest was held on June 20, but this is the first time I've had a chance to post about it.

My pal Chuck Loridans and I shared a table. I hawked Meteor House books, Philip José Farmer books published by Titan, and my own books from various publishers. Chuck represented the Renzi Education and Art Center, where he tirelessly volunteers teaching kids the art of creating comics and movies.

It was a small event, but the traffic was very good and I got to meet some other local creators. Sold a decent number of books, too. The highlight was our panel presentation.

CREATIVE MYTHOGRAPHY:

Shared Universes from the Perspective of Pulp Fiction and Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Family

Our panel was intended to run from 2 to 3 pm (3 pm being the end of the Author Fair), but by the end time we had only covered about 2/3 of the material. We took a vote and the audience very enthusiastically wanted to stay through the compete presentation, which was flattering. Chuck was great and charmed the audience, as always.

It occurred to me that our presentation serves as a good primer to Wold-Newtonry, as well as a brief overview of what Farmerian books are available today and from what publishers.

The PDF is huge, so I've uploaded it here.

I hope you enjoy.

New AVENGER ebook

I'm very pleased to see that the third Avenger anthology from Moonstone Books, The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible, is now out in ebook. The book has authentic tales about the pulp hero, The Avenger, by many great writers, and I was pleased to contribute a story, "According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster," which rounds out a storyline from the first and second books (my tales "Death and the Countess" and "Happy Death Men"). 

Amazon Kindle
B&N Nook

Return of the Originals - Green Ghost Interview!

The nice folks at Broken Frontier's Lowdown have interviewed me and co-writer Eric Fein about our upcoming Green Ghost stories for Moonstone's Return of the Originals pulp heroes line.

Just click here to check out the interview... lots of details about our approach, upcoming story titles, and so forth.

I'm having a ball putting these stories together... while you're waiting for them to come out slake your pulp thirst with some of the original pulp covers (click on covers for larger images).































Then check out the interviews with the other Originals creators:

• The Return of the Originals: Summoning the Originals with C.J. Henderson and Mark Sparacio

• The Return of the Originals: Uncovering the Phantom Detective with Aaron Shaps

• The Return of the Originals: Rediscovering I.V. Frost with Ron Fortier

• The Return of the Originals: Caught in the Spider's Web with Martin Powell

Be sure to also check out the Moonstone Pulps page on Facebook!

Hunt for Adventure!

The Gabriel Hunt website has been updated with all of the forthcoming books and covers!

According to publisher Charles Ardai, the brains behind Hard Case Crime:

"No longer will you have to squint at tiny thumbnails of the first six covers, or wonder what the books might possibly be about. No, now you can see nice, big thumbnails -- and, if you're so inclined, read the first chapter of each book. (Some are just teasers of a few pages in length, some are long and meaty action scenes...whatever Gabriel decided to open the book with in each case. He's the boss.) You'll also find bios of the various authors who helped Gabriel get his stories down on paper (the man travels an awful lot and rarely has time to sit at a computer for long; doesn't much like computers anyway), and of Glen Orbik, the brilliant painter who created all the covers for the series. Our first title -- HUNT AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY -- will be appearing in stores across America in just 6 weeks. You'll be able to get it then from your favorite local bookseller, or you can pre-order it online or by calling 1-800-481-9191. (Or both! Why not buy one copy to read and one to give away to a friend? Even in this tight economy, you really can't beat $6.99 for a night's entertainment...) And in other news, I'm excited to report that a number of people in Hollywood have been knocking on Gabriel's door, to see if he might be open to letting them tell his story, either on the big screen or possibly as a TV series. The man's still thinking about it -- it's a big decision for him -- but I wouldn't be surprised if he had some news to share with us on this front over the coming months..."

I really cannot wait for this series. All the Orbik covers are gorgeous, but this is my favorite.

Hmmm, Glen Orbik. Isn't he the guy doing the cover for The Evil in Pemberley House?

Why, yes. Yes, he is. :-)

Pulp: Still Not Dead

A little over a half a year ago, some friends and I experimented with a group blog. While it didn't take off as we'd hoped, I did manage a few posts covering the current state of what's available pulp-wise and what was on my reading list:

• A pulp geek's reading list
• More of the pulp geek's reading list
• No one reads that old stuff anymore
• Quick hits

So it's probably time for a brief update...

• Moonstone Books has acquired the rights to do a series of prose anthologies featuring The Green Hornet and Kato, with illustrations and art direction by Ruben Procopio. Heh. :-)
• The first in a series of Gabriel Hunt books comes out in May.
• The Casebook of Sexton Blake comes out in March, edited by David Stuart Davies with stories selected by and introduced by Blakiana's Mark Hodder. This new anthology contains seven stories, all republished for the first time:

The Slave Market by Cecil Hayter

A Football Mystery by W. J. Lomax

The Man From Scotland Yard by Michael Storm

The Law of the Sea by William Murray Graydon

The Brotherhood of the Yellow Beetle by G. H. Teed

A Case of Arson by Robert Murray Graydon

The Black Eagle by G. H. Teed

• Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books has parted ways with Nostalgia Ventures, but the Doc Savage and Shadow reprints will continue uninterrupted. In fact, Tollin is adding The Avenger and The Whisperer to the lineup of reprints. Full details at Bill Thom's Coming Attractions site.
  
• Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson: Their Strangest Cases (newspaper strips) is now available from Transfuzion and Amazon. Cafe Press merchandise.
• Also from Transfuzion and writer Mark Ellis: The Miskatonic Project: H.P. Lovecraft's The Whisperer in the Darkness; Amazon. And coming soon, The Miskatonic Project: Bride of Dagon, along with Cafe Press merchandise.
  
• Two of Earl Derr Biggers' Charlie Chan books are back in print, with more to come. Omnibus editions from Amazon.uk.
• Also at Amazon.uk, Bulldog Drummond and Dr. Nikola.
• Black Coat Press continues its generous pulp output with Sherlock Holmes vs. Fantomas, The Shadow of Frankenstein, Tales of the Shadowmen vol. 5: Vampires of Paris, and perhaps most exiting of all, the first new authorized Fu Manchu novel in 20 years, William Patrick Maynard's The Terror of Fu Manchu.
• Paizo Planet Stories continues to impress. Of note, Manly Wade Wellman's Who Fears the Devil--The Complete Silver John is due in July.
• Joe R. Lansdale and Keith Lansdale's Son of Retro Pulp Tales is coming from Subterranean Press.
  
• This doesn't even begin to scratch the surface... check Bill Thom's Coming Attractions site every week for the latest news!
  

The Year in Review

Everyone,

Just a note of thanks to everyone who is kindly following along here. 2008 was a good year for fans of Philip Jose Farmer, Wold-Newton, pulps, etc., with more to come in 2009 and 2010...

2008:
Philip Jose Farmer's VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL AND OTHERS, including Phil's Holmes-Tarzan crossover, THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEERLESS PEER:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoldNewtonUniverse/message/40

4 new issues of FARMERPHILE: THE MAGAZINE OF PHILIP JOSE FARMER:
http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm#iss11
http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm#iss12
http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm#iss13
http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm#iss14

The Wold Newton Universe website updated:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoldNewtonUniverse/message/45

TALES OF THE SHADOWMWEN Vol. 4: LORDS OF TERROR and Vol. 5: THE VAMPIRES OF PARIS released in Jan. and Nov. respectively (featuring Wold-Newtony crossover pulp/adventure/mystery/horror/sf) stories:
http://www.blackcoatpress.com/talesshadowmen04.htm
http://www.blackcoatpress.com/talesshadowmen05.htm

Henry Covert's "The Many Worlds of Wold Newton" essays in ASTONISHING ADVENTURES magazine issues 4 and 5:
http://issuu.com/astonishing/docs/astonishing_adventures_magazine_4_issuu
http://issuu.com/astonishing/docs/astonishing_adventures_magazine_5


Announcement of the completion of 2 new Philip Jose Farmer novels, both of which take place in Phil's Wold Newton Universe:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoldNewtonUniverse/message/47
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoldNewtonUniverse/message/49

...And the sale of one of those novels, THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, to Subterranean Press (with fingers crossed that the other novel, THE SONG OF KWASIN completed by Christopher Paul Carey, will sell soon!)
http://woldnewton.blogspot.com/2008/12/subterranean-press-acquires-new-wold.html
http://pemberleyhouse.blogspot.com/

The release of Moonstone Books' THE AVENGER CHRONICLES; some of the stories have Wold-Newtonian crossover references, particularly Matthew Baugh's , and mine, which has a heavy Farmerian influence.
http://woldnewton.blogspot.com/2008/10/avenger-chronicles-now-available.html


2009:
FARMERPHILE no. 15 (coming in January, http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm )

THE OTHER IN THE MIRROR by Philip Jose Farmer (Subterranean Press, early 2009)

Other short story anthologies in which I'll have stories; there will definitely be crossovers and one, if it gets approved, will have a heavy Wold-Newtonian background. These have not been announced yet, so I can't say anything further now. Stay tuned.

2010:
CROSSOVERS: A SECRET CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORLD (MonkeyBrain Books)

THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE (Subterranean Press; 2010 release date is conjecture, stay tuned)


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Happy Holidays, and all the best,

-Win

Tales of the Shadowmen 5: The Vampires of Paris -- now available!

Once upon a time, the world was but a stage for the exploits of the Shadowmen... The Vampires haunted the rooftops of Paris... Count Zaroff hunted the Serpent Men in the streets of New York... The Queen of Atlantis killed to save her mythical Kingdom... Arsene Lupin prowled the back alleys of Saigon... While in outer space, Doctor Omega and Professor Moriarty finally set foot upon an asteroid...

This fifth anthology of pastiches features some of the most amazing encounters between the legendary heroes and villains of popular literature: Count Dracula and Joséphine Balsamo, Lord Ruthven and the Count of Monte Cristo, the Nyctalope and Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Arsène Lupin and Hanoi Shan, Irma Vep and Fascinax, Monsieur Lecoq and Dr. Loveless... and even Sherlock Holmes and Tevye the Milkman!

I was fortunate enough to convince my good friend (and very talented writer!) Christopher Paul Carey to collaborate on a tale, and our editor and publisher, Jean-Marc Lofficier, was very pleased with the result. Our story, "Iron and Bronze," combines elements drawn from Pierre Benoit's L'Atlantide, Jules Verne's duology The Barsac Mission, J. H. Rosny and Philip José Farmer's Ironcastle, and Guy d'Armen's Doc Ardan, against the backdrop of H. Rider Haggard's Africa.

Tales of the Shadowmen 5: The Vampires of Paris, is now available direct from Black Coat Press and from Amazon.com -- coming soon to B&N.com and Borders.com We hope you'll check it out!

Revolution SF -- Pulpy Goodness

And a shout-out for The Avenger Chronicles.

"The pulps have returned."