INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR THOMAS V. POWERS

Thomas V. Powers: Tom is a life-long fan if imaginative fiction in all forms he has an odd nostalgia for films, radio, and written diction from before he was born.

            He’s been involved with film and video making, radio recreations and broadcasting, film and genre websites, and has been published online and in small press anthologies.

            The Crimson Bat has a lengthy fictional background.. It was published in DOUBLE DANGER TALES #36 in February 2000, as well as elsewhere. Cult of The Crimson Bat.

INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR STEPHEN PAYNE

Stephen Payne: I’ve known Steve for a couple decades now. From Ruston, LA, Steve contacted us when we started publishing Classic Pulp Fiction Stories, and said he wanted to write pulp fiction. I don’t remember if I suggested Secret Agent X, or if Steve suggested the character, but in the May 1996 issue of CPFS we began the six-part serial of The Freezing Fiends, the first Secret Agent X novel since March 1939. Steve wasn’t finished; he had become a fan of pulp author G.T. Fleming Roberts, and made the Secret Agent X character his own. 

In the February 1997 issue of Double Danger Tales, Steve’s second novel, Master of Madness appeared in a three-part serial. The third novel, Halo of Horror was published as a three-part serial beginning with the October 1998 issue of DDT. With the end of the FADING SHADOWS genre magazines, Steve took a break from writing to concentrate more on his profession, but has been working on numerous plots for the character. Meanwhile, “Master of Madness” and “Halo of Horror” were both reprinted by Matt Moring of Altus Press, and 14 years after “Halo of Horror”, Altus Press is releasing Steve’s fourth Secret Agent X tale. The Resurrection Ring is a titanic novel of 170,000 words, the longest Secret Agent X novel ever written. I thought it was about time we introduce this amazing writer to everyone.

INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUHOR TERRY NUDDS

Terry Nudds: Terry was born in 1949 and got into books via the traditional avenue of comic books. He spent the 60s doing lighting and sound for such bands as B. B. King and Alice Cooper. His attempts at writing never went very far, but it was a lot of fun trying. After a thirty-year career in electronics, he is now retired and sells books online, specializing in pulps and related material. Two of his favorite pulp characters are Wade Hammond and the Moon Man, and he’s written new stories about both characters for the FADING SHADOWS magazines. He lives in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Terry has written 3 stories for WEIRD STORIES, one story for CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES, and one story for DOUBLBE DANGER TALES.

New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais)

New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais):

Therese Drippe (Dagenais): Therese was still a teenager when she got involved with our FADING SHADOWS magazines. Her mother, Colleen Drippe was already writing SF stories for our magazines. Therese has an abundance of talent, both as a writer and artist. I believe we used some of her art in our magazines, in fact. She and Tom coauthored a Black Bat novelette, Crimson Harvest, which first appeared in DOUBLE DANGER TALES #31 (September 1999), then again in TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM V #1 (2005). She also wrote a story for CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #40, and DETECTIVE MYSTERY STORIES #8. We are still in touch with both Colleen and Therese. Marriage and family have curtailed Therese’s writing and artistic endeavors, though I believe she has worked on some of her mother’s SF covers. With her talent, I don’t believe we’ve seen the last of Therese. She can still write new pulp stories like a pro, and I bet she’ll be back some day with a real thriller.

New Pulp Author: Jens H. Altmann

Jens H. Altmann was a German writer that wrote for the FADING SHADOWS magazines. His first story appeared in June 2000, in DOUBLE DANGER TALES #38, featuring his new pulp character The Midnight Sentinel. He wrote half a dozen stories featuring the character, all in DDT. Akiko Ando, his new bride, coauthored his last story for us. After his marriage he dropped out of writing for a while.  But for that brief period his new pulp character was well received.

New Pulp Author Lance Curry

INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHORS

         Once in a while I will be spotlighting one of our new pulp authors. These will just be short bios. The author is encouraged to add more information at any time, and since my data is a bit old (taken from the back of books we – or others – published) new information would be appreciated. This is not limited to just the authors of the FADING SHADOWS magazines. Other new pulp authors can be included. Just send me a short bio, and an illustration if you have one.

Lance Curry: He is in his 60s now, was born, raised, educated, and still lives in South Sioux City, Nebraska. He has been a janitor, movie usher, Pizza Hut cook, grocery store clerk, carpet, vinyl tile, and suspended ceiling installer. He has also worked as a Wells Fargo armored guard, and maybe a few other professions. As a great fan of Doc Savage and the pulps, he has had several stories published in Classic Pulp Fiction Stories, Weird Stories, Detective Mysteries Stories, and Double Danger Tales. He was the first to crossover Secret Agent X and The Moon Man, plus wrote an early pastiche of Doc Savage (also rewritten into a Phantom Detective novel for publication). In 2006, Wild Cat Books released a collected volume of his Moon Man stories containing five short stories, plus Lunar League, the Moon Man-Secret Agent X crossover.

Double Danger Tales

DOUBLE DANGER TALES: “Murder Under The Big Top” by Tom Johnson. Published by WILD CAT BOOKS in 2007, this book contains four stories featuring two characters, Doctor Satan and The Black Bat. With an Introduction by Tom, the stories are: “Symphony In Death Minor” by Wayne Skiver, featuring Doctor Satan; “The Prisoner” by Sean Ellis, featuring Doctor Satan; “Death Smiles Back” by Wayne Skiver, featuring The Black Bat; and “Murder Under The Big Top” by Tom Johnson, featuring The Black Bat. Front cover and interior illustrations by Rich Woodall (8 illios). This book is not available on Amazon, and is long out of print. I do have one copy left for $13.50, plus postage, if anyone is interested. I do have a French Canadian gentleman interested, but not sure if he’s going to buy the book or not.

My Kindle Books Part Two

WORLD’S OF TOMORROW: $3.99. In the far future, the worlds of tomorrow will bring many dangers to the travelers of the star ways. Space Rangers like Captain Steve Danger will be hard pressed to protect those settlers on distant planets. Even the Ghosts, the secret police, will have trouble discovering the mysterious galactic thief known as the Forever Man. Here are five exciting tales of our future problems on worlds of tomorrow.

BAD MOON RISING: $2.99. The short novel of a Recon Team and the dangers they faced in Vietnam. These men weren’t heroes, they were only men who wanted to survive and go home. This is a collection of short episodes facing the fictional combat team led by SSgt Martin at the height of the war. Some things you may not have known about the Vietnam War.

THE BLACK SHADOW: $0.99. Chu Chul, the evil Chinese mastermind, thought to be long dead is back to win the throne of China. But first he vows to kill his mortal enemy, Dorus Noel. After Chu Chul robs a Korean temple of valuable treasures to finance his army, a mysterious assassin appears in New York’s Chinatown to assist Noel in his battle with the evil Chinaman. Could The Black Shadow be Dorus Noel’s new houseboy? Go with Noel and Kim Young Ju, as they search for the mastermind’s opium den while the black cloak of The Black Shadow watches over the dark streets of Chinatown.

THE COWBOY FROM TEXAS: $0.99. By Ginger Johnson. He lives alone, like a hermit. What is this cowboy hiding from? Is he hiding from a past that he doesn’t want to catch up with him? Is he hiding from the law? Is he hiding from his family? What could make a man hide from life like this? What kind of past could make a man live a life of isolation?

 DOUBLE DANGER TALES #64: $1.99. Compere was not able to get Peggy away from the door leading to the stairwell, and knew danger lay in that direction. He increased his deadly fire, but became a non-moving target himself. A bullet from a gangster’s gun clipped the little gas container on his belt, and suddenly two skull-faced apparitions appeared, one on each wrist of his hands. With a slight movement of his wrists, the gas-filled balloons flew from his outstretched arms with a loud hiss, each flying in opposite directions. The appearance of the banshees was so sudden, gangsters turned their fire on the escaping balloons, and Compere accounted for four more hoodlums as their guns were diverted from him. Unfortunately, his luck was running out. He heard a light sound from behind, a short sigh from Peggy, and then felt the cold hard steel of a gun barrel digging into his spine. A vicious voice grunted from behind, "Drop your cannons, friend, or this girl gets a bullet in the head!"

DOUBLE DANGER TALES #65: $0.99. Two of the greatest Greek heroes were Hercules and Atalanta, and both have survived in their own identities, as well as being the patterns for many other heroes of print, song, and screen. But no hero has ever achieved the strength of the mighty Hercules. Nor has any arrow ever flown as swift and true as one shot from the bow of Atalanta! Monsters from the land, sea, and moon face our heroes in these exciting pulp adventures! In this double action adventure, Atalanta seeks out The Golden Lion, and Hercules battles The Moon Goddess. If you like strong heroes, beautiful heroines, and fast action, then go no further, this adventure is for you!

THE EYES OF SATAN: $1.99. From war-torn Europe comes a mastermind with plans to unite all the mobs under his leadership, but while he is making future plans, a small-time thief murders his young bride, calling for vengeance first. That vengeance results in the death of three people; the small time thief, a respected jewel dealer, and a city cop. Those murders bring in the underworld’s dreaded nemesis, The Phantom Detective. But when the lovely Muriel Havens, daughter of the Phantom’s only contact, Frank Havens, is kidnapped, can even the master detective run down the killer before death strikes again?

THE SOUL STEALERS: $2.99. Angels have walked among mankind since the dawn of civilization. Although we may not recognize them, or even see their presence, they are always with us. Perhaps they whisper advice in our dreams, or guide our governments without their knowledge, angels are moving us towards a higher good. Some even protect us in our final day, when violent death reaches out for our very soul - these are the Soul Sealers!

CRIME’S LAST STAND: $0.99. In this debut adventure of the masked hero, will evil win out? Blood covers the streets as gangsters kill indiscriminately. As a little boy lies helpless in the hospital, a new paladin takes up arms to bring the killers to justice. Can even the great Masked Avenger survive the final battle with the city's underworld when crime makes its last stand?