MANHUNTERS &amp; SPAGHETTI WESTERNSThroughout the history of American western movies, iconic characters were used over and over again until they became staples of these cowboy flicks. There were always the good guys who were the pioneers, farmers, and lawmen and then the other side of the coin with the outlaws, raiding Indians and tyrannical cattle barons. It seemed if you were doing a western, these types were always present. Then in the 1960s with the invasion of Italian-made oaters, a little used character suddenly seemed to take center stage; the bounty hunter. He was the cold, calculating man in black who hunted the meanest, deadliest owlhoots for a cash reward.Inspired by these action-packed Spaghetti Westerns, writer Rick Lai has created a terrific new hero in Major Sabbath. A veteran of the Civil War, he now roams the Wild West as the most efficient manhunter of them all. Lai, along with Erik Franklin and Frank Schildiner, offer up a trio of gun-blasting tales featuring this man with the penetrating angel eyes and lightning fast draw. Once you meet Major Sabbath, you’ll never forget him.

Rick Lai's Major Sabbath

Literature & Fiction

Schildiner, Frank

Lai, Rick

Franklin, Erik

Genre Fiction

Airship 27

Between 2002 and 2016, BLOOD 'N' THUNDER was the premier journal for devotees of adventure, mystery and melodrama in American popular culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This award-winning magazine, written by enthusiasts for enthusiasts, eventually expanded its readership to include casual fans of vintage storytelling mediums: pulp fiction, motion pictures, Old Time Radio drama, and so on. BLOOD 'N' THUNDER, moribund for three years, has now returned in a new format but with the same excellence of writing and research. The articles and essays are scholarly without being dry or academic in nature; no publish-or-perish hackery here. This revival issue covers a variety of subjects, all related to pulp fiction. David Kalb documents the history of the long-lost 1941-42 radio series featuring Street & Smith's Avenger; he compares recently uncovered scripts to the novels from which they are adapted. David Saunders, whose father Norman was among the most prolific painters of lurid pulp covers, profiles the forgotten publisher J. Thomas Wood. Novelist and pop-culture historian Will Murray weighs in on pulp pulchritude—an appreciation of artists whose covers sported alluring women. Indefatigable researcher Rick Lai offers a detailed chronology of the Jimgrim saga, a multi-novel series penned by pulp-fiction giant Talbot Mundy. BLOOD 'N' THUNDER editor Ed Hulse celebrates the Zorro centennial (he first appeared in a 1919 issue of the legendary ALL-STORY WEEKLY) with a behind-the-scenes account of the making of Douglas Fairbanks' 1920 swashbuckling hit THE MARK OF ZORRO. Ed also supplies a look at HAWK OF THE WILDERNESS, a 1938 cliffhanger serial adapted from the popular imitation-Tarzan novels that appeared in the venerable pulp BLUE BOOK.

Blood 'n' Thunder, Volume Two, Number One

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Murray, Will

Hulse, Ed

Saunders,David

Kalb, David

Antiques & Collectibles

Independently published

The first in a series of article collections by one of the Wold Newton authors. This volume contains the following: "A Chronology for the Avenger," "Yasmini of India," "The Life and Times of Steve Harrison," "The Legend of El Borak," "The Life and Times of Wild Bill Clanton," "The Saga of Singapore Sammy," "The Sgt. Jaeger Chronology," "The Mystery of Harry Quatermain and Other Conundrums," "The Saga of John Gorman," "Secrets of Sir Henry Merrivale," "The Lecoq Universe," "Peter the Brazen: The Inconsistencies," "Peter the Brazen Vs . Fu Manchu," "The Hand of Kong," "The Contradictions of Khlit the Cossack," "The A .J . Raffles Chronology," "The Insane Captain Wentworth," "The Anomaly of Professor Challenger's Daughter," "A Scandal in Ruritania," "The Holmes-Lupin Rivalry," "The Savage Family of India," "The Tragic Case of John Blakeney" and "The Jules de Grandin Chronology" (co-authored with Matthew Baugh). Look for the next volume soon!

Rick Lai's Secret Histories: Daring Adventurers

Action & Adventure

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

For the first time in print, Rick Lai's "Chronology of Shadows" (his timeline of the pulp character The Shadow) has been updated & assembled in an easy-to-navigate package.

Chronology of Shadows: A Timeline of The Shadow's Exploits

The follow-up to Lai's "Daring Adventurers" collection, this volume contains the following: "The Chronological Crimes of Wu Fang and Yen Sin," "The Secret History of Captain Nemo," "A Brief Biography of Dr. Caber (1883-1945?)," "The Bride of Shiwan Khan," "The Mask of Erik," "The Life of Dr. Antonio Nikola (1856-1898?)," "The Brothers Zaroff," "The Savage Killer," "Irma of the Ilsa," "The Trail of the Feathered Serpent," "Zanigew the Killer," "The Balkan Tigress," "Astar of Opar: The Secret Origin of Sumuru," "The Hansoms of John Clay," "The Tiger of Haiti," "Professor Moriarty's Other Daughter," "The Third Most Dangerous Man in London," "Some Chronological Observations on the Fu Manchu Series," "Fu Manchu Vs. Cthulhu," "Ah Ling, Brother to Fu Manchu," "The Legacy of Hanoi Shan," "The Secret of Erlik Khan," "Partners in Crime: Fu Manchu and Carl Peterson," "Alias Dr. Natas," "Sirens of the Si-Fan," "The Hidden Hand of Shiwan Khan," and "John Sunlight and the Si-Fan Succession."

Rick Lai's Secret Histories: Criminal Masterminds

Completely revised and expanded, Rick Lai's authoritative chronology has been heavily updated to include Lester Dent's radio scripts and new data unearthed from the recent restored Doc Savage reprint editions.

The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze

Moring, Matthew

"The Revenant's bounty shall be paid by me personally. The Revenant's killer must present her head to me." Such was the decree of Colonel Bozzo-Corona, all-powerful master of the Black Coats. For years, the female vigilante had used the methods of her late mentor, the mysterious Phantom of the Opera, to foil the schemes of that sinister criminal conspiracy. Now they, in turn, marshal their forces in a vast venture to strike back at their enemy and gain mastery of Europe. They create their ultimate assassin, a true Lord of Terror. They forge an alliance with the diabolical, green-eyed mandarin who dominates the Asian underworld. And, finally, a new Countess Cagliostro emerges from their midst as a seductive siren who shall control the destinies of all the great men of France. As the Revenant and her Acolytes of the Shadows combat these threats, an even more dangerous force interferes in the form of an ageless witch from Martinique! "Rick Lai's most obvious gift lies in his ability not only to envision obscure connections between diverse works of fiction, but to embellish those connections and weave a tapestry that proves enthralling as a literary work able to stand independent of the celebrated originals." -- William Patrick Maynard (author of The Terror of Fu Manchu).

Shadows of the Opera: Retribution in Blood

Hollywood Comics

Have you ever been haunted by a work of art?You may not be merely captured by the craft, but by something that lies in the work's depths. Something admiring you as you admire it.Do you know the King in Yellow? The Sepia Prince? The Duke of Rust? Have you heard their whispers coming to you from dried up parchment and faded photographs? Maybe another member of the King's court has lit upon your life, casting shadows and doubts. Do you worship them, fear them, revere them, or simply seek to understand them? These hallowed nobles who hold court around the King.Each noble holds an artform in their wavelength. For their color to shine, that art must practiced. There are no older or younger members of the court. Each has existed since before time was a concept they entertained. All of culture has evolved to suit their needs.Art is in the eye of the beholder, and color is only an abstract concept. The Chromatic Court is very real, you reading this has assured that...A Lovecraftian dark fantasy collection from Peter Rawlik, featuring all new stories by: Glynn Owen Barass, David Bernard, Jon Black, Simon Bucher-Jones, John Linwood Grant, Micah S. Harris, Rick Lai, MaTT Loughlin, Paul StJohn Mackintosh, Christine Morgan, Logan Noble, & Joseph S. Pulver Sr.

The Chromatic Court

Grant, John Linwood

Mackintosh, Paul StJohn

Rawlik, Peter

Morgan, Christine

Pulver, Sr. Joseph S.

Barrass, Glynn Owen

Harris, Micah S.

Black, Jon

18thWall Productions

Blood 'n' Thunder 2023 Special Edition

Hutchison, Don

Colon, Gilbert

Sampson, Robert

Goulart,Ron

Oliver, Will

Schadow, Karl

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