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Showing posts with label Tales of Masks & Mayhem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tales of Masks & Mayhem. Show all posts

Saturday, October 12, 2019

INDRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR STEPHEN G. MITHELL

Steven G. Mitchell:  Better known under a score of pseudonyms, especially Maxentius Andor Scarlatti. Steve is a prolific writer, and his stories have appeared in magazines like Classic Pulp Fiction Stories, Dark Fantasy, Double Danger Tales, Fantasy, Crosroads, Midnight, Shambler, Starquest SF, Weirdbook, and other small press magazines. Under the Scarlatti guise he has written more than three-dozen pulp-hero pastiches, involving such figures as the Black Guardian, Doc Pagan, Dreadstone, the Hooded Hunter, Madame Thirteen, The Tarantula, The Tiger, Night Star, and others. He even made time to write new stories of some of the old heroes like the Black Bat (See above issue of Double Danger Tales). In Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #6, he wrote Frankenstein Versus The Aztec Mummy, as by Esteban Miranda. Retired now, and living happily with his family in Fort Worth, Steve worked as a managing editor for proposal development for an aerospace/defense company. When not writing lurid pulp fiction, he often plays wargames, and watches obscure European horror films. Steve and his family visited us one year while in our area.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

New Pulp Author Joel Jenkins

Joel Jenkins: He lives in the misty reaches of the Great Northwest, shadowed in the perpetual gloom of the Rainier Mountain. This former rock vocalist for such bands as Static Condition and Red Die #5 enjoys spending time with his family, weightlifting, weapons collecting, and oil painting. Joel wrote The Dust of Death, featuring Eel & Adder. The story first appeared in
DDT #28, and later reprinted in TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM Vol 3.

Friday, March 1, 2019

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.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Tales of Masks & Mayhem V #1

 Tom Johnson holding a copy of Ginger’s TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM V#1: Ginger selected the stories appearing in this anthology series she started back around 2005. There have been four issues, each with great new pulp stories. Be sure to check them out.

TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM V #1: Stories selected by Ginger Johnson and edited by K. G. McAbee. All-new pulp tales featuring Doc Atlas, The Night Hawk, The Tarantula, The Scarecrow, The Black Ghost, The Grey Monk, and Secret Agent "X" and written by Maxentius Andor Scarlatti, Therese Drippe, John L. French, Lance Curry, Michael A. Black, Debra Delorme, Will Murray and Tom Johnson. Available for Review in PDF. Also available from ALTUS PRESS and Amazon for $21.85 at http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Masks-Mayhem-K-G-McAbee/dp/1440457204/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1444759638&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=tales+of+masks+%26+mayhem+V1