Stories
in the tradition of The Shadow, The Bat, Doc Savage, The Spider; Dashiell
Hammett’s Continental Detective Agency; Dusty Ayers & His Battle Birds;
Sheena and K-Zar. Hard-boiled detectives, sinister vigilantes, bizarre
villains: the staples of the Pulp tradition. Two-fisted heroes – and heroines –
fighting for right and justice in the midnight city, foetid jungles or exotic,
far-flung lands. Deranged villains for whom the world is never enough.
In
The
Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes, editor Mike Chinn has collected
seventeen stories that explore the world of pulp fiction with tall tales of
daring do, of heroes and heroines and their villains.
First Edition
ISBN 978-0-9532260-9-2
Cover
painting by Bob Covington
Mike
Resnick – Origins
Robert
William Iveniuk – House Name
Anne
Nicholls – Eyes of Day, Eyes of Night
William
Meikle – Ripples in the Ether
Chris
Iovenko – The Perfect Murder
Bracken
N MacLeod – Ivy's Secret Origin
Joshua
Wolf – Crossing the Line
James
Hartley – Jean Marie
Ian
Gregory – Currier Dread and the Hair of Destruction
Amber
L Husbands – The Going Rate
Michael
Haynes – No Way but the Hard Way
Adrian
Cole – The Vogue Prince
Joel
Lane – Upon a Granite Wind
Milo
James Fowler – The Last Laugh
Allen
Ashley – In the Margins
Peter
Crowther – Heroes and Villains
Peter
Atkins – The Return of Boy Justice
The
Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes costs just £10 or $15 and is available
via Amazon UK, Amazon US, Barnes & Noble and The Book Depository.
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