
Show Notes
Today I am joined by Kris from the Speculative Reader as we discuss the 1959 Juvenile Delinquent/ Sleaze-ish novel, Gang Girl written by the one and only SF master, Robert Silverberg. It's saucy and spicy so, VIEWER BEWARE!!
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Today I am discussing M.R. James occult horror short story from 1911, Casting the Runes. I will also briefly be talking about the 1957 movie Night of the Demon (Curse of the Demon) which was based off of the story. You can read Casting the Runes here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/More_Ghost_Stories_of_an_Antiquary/Casting_the_Runes You can watch Curse of the Demon here: https://youtu.be/Jjq2PZjNDK8?si=lUpu9pKEXYVaTKAs
In today's episode I am reviewing the 1975 Black Samurai series entry The Warlock by Marc Olden. It's Blaxploitation meets Kung-Fu meets EVIL. Go check out @BlaxploitationFanatic for the real deal Holyfield. Don't forget to stop by Spy Guys and Gals for all of your paperback action reference needs: https://spyguysandgals.com/
Joyride is a paperback original slasher horror novel originally published by Pinnacle Books in 1983 and as of the recording of this review it has been republished and is available for purchase through Fathom Press: https://fathompress.com/joyride It has an introduction by Will Errickson and a brand new hand painted cover by Stephen Andrade. Big thanks to @FathomPress for making this obscure and hard to find horror paperback available again! The music at the beginning is by Defend Means Attack who released one 7" in the early 00s
Thanks so much to Gary Lovisi for stopping by and chatting with us about vintage genre fiction and the history of the pulp community fandom. Gary is someone in the game that I look up to and inspires me in doing the Book Graveyard so it was incredibly meaningful for me to get to have this conversation. Here are his links: Youtube Channel: @garylovisi357 Gryphon Books: http://www.gryphonbooks.com/ Gryphon Books on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/str/gryphon209
In this episode I am talking classic hardboiled crime author Jim Thompson's 1953 novel Savage Night and also Donald E Westlake's 1964 crime book The Score aka Parker: Killtown.