THE RETURN OF THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.!

THE RETURN OF THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.!

Paramount has officially declassified the final packaging graphics for the DVD release of The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. It’s going to be nice to have this as a companion to the four season U.N.C.L.E. box set (which I was delighted to get for Christmas), but fans will object to the removal of the subtitle, The Fifteen Years After Affair. Clearly, somebody who doesn’t remember the Man From U.N.C.L.E. goofed.

HUNTER S. THOMPSON MOTIVATIONAL POSTERS!

HUNTER S. THOMPSON MOTIVATIONAL POSTERS!

Hipster blog Sloshspot has a great idea: Motivational posters by/about the late, great Hunter S. Thompson!

Thompson inspired countless thousands of writers over the years, and I gotta think these examples are more inspiring than the insipid drivel they lampoon.

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2009 STAMPS ~ DRAGNET!

2009 STAMPS ~ DRAGNET!

The United States Post Office continues to honor American pop culture with a series of 20 new stamps to be issued in 2009. Each will commemorate a classic B&W TV shows. Among the titles: I Love Lucy, You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, Dragnet, The Honeymooners, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

In the stamp commemorating the cop show Dragnet, star Jack Webb as detective Joe Friday gives his "just the facts, ma'am," stare. I have no doubt I'll be using this one often!

THE LITTLE SLEEP ~ PAUL TREMBLAY!

THE LITTLE SLEEP ~ PAUL TREMBLAY!

BILL CRIDER HAS A COOL REVIEW ON HIS BLOG TODAY OF THE NEW P.I. NOVEL THE LITTLE SLEEP, WHICH MADE ME WANT TO RUN RIGHT OUT AND PICK UP A COPY ~

Philip K. Dick and Ross Macdonald had collaborated on a mystery novel, they might have come up with something like The Little Sleep. Mark Genevich is a p. i. in south Boston. As a result of a serious car wreck, he's disfigured. And he's narcoleptic. You might think that would be enough of a handicap for a p. i., but one of the symptoms of narcolepsy is cataplexy, brought on by stress. So imagine yourself confronted by, say, a guy with a gun. You slide off your chair to the floor and lie there, conscious but unable to move. Not a good situation. But it gets worse. Another symptom is hypnagogic hallucinations, so you're never sure if things have actually happened or if you just imagined them. Makes it tough to solve a case.

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ROBBIE MADDISON ~ NEW YEAR'S EVE, VEGAS!

ROBBIE MADDISON ~ NEW YEAR'S EVE, VEGAS!

The spirit of Evel Kneivel lives! Professional daredevil Robbie Maddison produced an amazing had an amazing performance on New Year's Eve in Las Vegas.

The Arc de Triomphe at the Paris casino is 120 feet high and he clears every inch of it and more!

Very cool!

THE CAT'S MEOW!

THE CAT'S MEOW!

FORGOTTEN BOOKS: DEAD IN THE WATER BY TED WOOD!

FORGOTTEN BOOKS: DEAD IN THE WATER BY TED WOOD!

In my last Forgotten Books posting (Head Of The Force by James Barnett), I spoke about the sub-genre within my library of novels written by current or former police officers. Ted Wood, whose debut novel Dead In The Water kicked off one of my favorite series, is another cop turned writer.

Wood was born in England and emigrated to Canada in 1954. He served on the Toronto police force for three years, and was later a copy writer and agency creative director for a Toronto advertising firm. He has written radio and stage plays, TV dramas and documentaries, magazine articles, and short stories. Dead In The Water, his first novel, was the winner of the Scribner Crime Novel Award.

Written in the first person, Dead In The Water kicked off a marvelous series featuring ex-Toronto cop turned small town police chief Reid Bennett. Assisting Bennett, and one of the major charms of the series, is Bennett’s German shepherd, Sam. Now, this is no cutesy dog lovers’ mystery – Sam is a hardcore police dog and Bennett uses him to great effect in that capacity. This doesn’t mean there isn’t affection between dog and handler – of course there is – but when it comes time to work, it’s all professional.

His life destroyed because of a bad rap he took for murdering two guys to prevent a rape, Reid Bennett relocated to Murphy's Harbor, a quaint little town in Canada. But was it really the quiet little place it seemed to be? A corpse and a scared woman, each found on a different side of the lake. Then another corpse. Reid, with his German shepherd Sam by his side, must go above and beyond the call of duty to get to the bottom of this mystery. The only way he can solve it and remain alive is to stretch the traditional definition of a police officer.

When Reid Bennett is offered a job as the one-man police force of tiny Murphy’s Harbour, it seems too good to pass up. The bad publicity following his off-duty, barehanded, killing of two men while trying to prevent a rape, has ruined his career with the Toronto police force and wrecked his marriage. In Murphy’s Harbour, a lakefront town in Muskoka cottage country, he hopes he can establish a normal life again in a calm setting.

But when a corpse turns up at one end of the lake, and a New York woman looking for protection arrives at the otherr end, Bennett’s investigations uncovers indications Murphy’s Harbour is perhaps not an idyllic haven. And within a day, the discovery of a second corpse and a cache of drugs, makes it clear the resort town has become the base of a professional crime operation.

The pleasure boats on the lake and the woodland surrounding it make a shifting and treacherous battleground. Before long, Bennett, assisted only by his German shepherd and a crippled World War II veteran, finds he must once again overstep the traditional bounds of a policeman’s role in order to survive.

Tough, fast paced, and original, Dead In The Water introduced Bennett and Sam as unique characters with a keen eye for action.

THE CAT'S MEOW!

EASTERN STANDARD CRIME PRESENTS... CROOKED!

EASTERN STANDARD CRIME PRESENTS... CROOKED!

Geoff Eighinger's new mystery e-zine, CROOKED, has landed. The first issue features stories from Sandra Seamans, Albert Tucher, and Sandra Ruttan among others, and also includes an interview with Hard Case Crimes editor Charles Adai.

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DONALD E. WESTLAKE, R.I.P.

DONALD E. WESTLAKE, R.I.P.

WHAT A TERRIBLE LOSS TO START OFF THE NEW YEAR! WESTLAKE’S PARKER CRIME NOVELS (WRITTEN AS RICHARD STARK) AND HIS DORTMUNDER CAPERS BOTH HAD STRONG INFLUENCES ON ME BOTH AS A READER AND A WRITER. HE WILL BE MISSED ~

Donald E. Westlake, a prolific, award-winning mystery novelist who pounded out more than 100 books and five screenplays on manual typewriters during his half-century career, died Wednesday night. He was 75.

Mr. Westlake collapsed, apparently from a heart attack, as he headed out to New Year’s Eve dinner while on vacation in San Tancho, Mexico, said his wife, Abigail Westlake.

Mr. Westlake, considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has earned three Edgar Awards, an Academy Award nomination for screenplay writing, and the elite title of Grand Master from the Mystery Writers of America in 1993.

Since his first novel, “The Mercenaries,” was published by Random House in 1960, Mr. Westlake has written under his own name and several pseudonyms, including Richard Stark, Tucker Coe, Samuel Holt and Edwin West. Despite the diversity of names, one shared feature was that almost all his books were set in New York City, where he was born.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DELL AND I ARE OFF TO THE ROSE PARADE IN PASADENA EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, SO TONIGHT'S REVELRY WILL BE A LITTLE ON THE QUIET SIDE. BE SURE TO LOOK FOR US IN THE BLEACHERS OPPOSITE THE NORTON SIMON MUSEUM (YEAH, RIIIIIGHT).

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU BLOGGERS AND BLOGETTS. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2008! ON TO GOOD BOOKS, GOOD MOVIES, LONG RUNS, VINTAGE PULPS, AND LOTS AND LOTS OF WRITING IN 2009!

JANUARY @ VIBRATO!

THE CAT'S MEOW!

HIGH HEELS ON WET PAVEMENT!

HIGH HEELS ON WET PAVEMENT!

MICHAEL MILLS HAS A NICE ARTICLE ON FILM NOIR FEMME FATALS, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE WITH THE RECENT PASSING OF ANN SAVAGE ~ STAR OF DETOUR, ONE OF THE CLASSIC NOIR FILMS WITH SAVAGE PROTRAYING A CLASSIC FEMME FATAL . . .

Edgar Ulmer’s Poverty Row cult-classic, Detour, 1945, is fraught with outrageous coincidences that in most accounts would be far too absurd to confront, but in Ulmer’s skilled hands are accepted as legitimate premises. Tom Neal plays Al Roberts, a disgruntled piano player in a New York night club. When his fiancée walks out on him for stardom in Hollywood, he decides to fellow her, and sets out to hitch hike west to join her. He gets picked up by a oddball character played by Edmond MacDonald who is carrying a large sum of money and happens to be driving all the way to California. MacDonald relates a story to Robert’s about a female hitch hiker he picked up earlier. In a blundering attempt to ravish her, she viciously attacked him, her finger nail marks clearly discernible on his face. As Roberts takes a turn driving, the MacDonald character mysteriously dies. Roberts thinking that the police will not believe his innocence in MacDonald’s bizarre death, hides the body and drives on alone. The next day Roberts picks up Vera, played with absolute aplomb by the very underrated Ann Savage.

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MILES DAVIS / JOHN COLTRANE ~ SO WHAT!

MILES DAVIS / JOHN COLTRANE ~ SO WHAT!

THANKS TO DAVID CRANMER FOR FINDING THIS GEM!

This video clip is an amazing moment in music. I love the shot of Miles playing while John Coltrane looks on. Then Miles takes time out for a smoke while Trane is performing. Too cool. "So What" is from Kind of Blue considered by many to be the greatest jazz album. And it's perfect music to have playing in the background while writing.

THE RETURN OF SEXTON BLAKE!

THE RETURN OF SEXTON BLAKE!

Steve Holland’s blog, Bear Alley, tells us there's good news for fans of old-style detective yarns with the announcement Sexton Blake will be back on bookshelves shelves and in our ears in the spring of 2009.

The Casebook of Sexton Blake, edited by David Stuart-Davies, is to be published in England by Wordsworth Editions on March 7, 2009, as part of their cheap line of paperbacks—the retail price is £2.99 and it's already being offered cheaper by Amazon.UK.

Here's the publisher's blurb:

Welcome to the breathtaking adventures of Sexton Blake! For the greater part of the 20th century, the countless escapades of super sleuth Sexton Blake kept millions of readers on the edge of their seats. Together with his faithful sidekick, the youthful Tinker, and his intelligent bloodhound, Pedro, he stood firm against an onslaught of crime and villainy, defeating his enemies with his extraordinary powers of deduction, iron fists and unyielding determination.

This thrilling collection presents seven exploits from his 'golden age'.

"The Slave Market" by Cecil Hayter (1907)—In the dangerous depths of Africa, Blake races to the rescue of an old school friend!

"A Football Mystery" by W. J. Lomax (1907)—Blake and Tinker join the England team to beat the cheating opposition!

"The Man From Scotland Yard" by Ernest Sempill (1908)—Blake has his first encounter with the greatest super-villain he would ever meet!

"The Law of the Sea" by W. Murray Graydon (1912)—Blake goes down with the ship in his own version of the sinking of the Titanic!

"The Brotherhood of the Yellow Beetle" by G. H. Teed (1913)—Blake grapples with oriental cunning in the form of Prince Wu Ling!

"A Case of Arson" by Robert Murray Graydon (1917)—A master crook is at work but Blake is on his trail!

"The Black Eagle" by G. H. Teed (1923)—A wronged man is out for vengeance. Can Blake stop him before it's too late?

The book will have additional notes by Mark Hodder who runs the excellent Blakiana website.

Britain’s Radio 2 is also planning to broadcast a Sexton Blake radio drama at Easter and it's a bit of a revival for the detective who entertained millions with his stories from the 1890s to the 1960s.

The show is being produced by Perfectly Normal Productions and BBC Audiobooks and an audiobook version (ISBN 978-1408410547) has already been announced by BBC Audiobooks for release on May 7, 2009.

Here's the blurb from Perfectly Normal Productions:

SEXTON BLAKE! A name that spells thrilling adventure for fans across the world,many of whom are still alive.

SEXTON BLAKE! A name that spells certain doom for villainy, no matter how fiendish or dandied.

SEXTON BLAKE! A name that spells mild, lingering confusion for country vicars advertising for a general officer.

A baffling crime — a hapless victim — the cry goes up, “Call SEXTON BLAKE! also some kind of medical representative.”

Now, exactly thirty-eight years, four months and eleven days after his final broadcast,the world’s mightiest and most popular detective returns to the air in the all-new THE ADVENTURES OF SEXTON BLAKE.

Accompanied in his breakneck hurtle to justice by his assistant Tinker, Sexton Blake battles diabolical masterminds — beautiful jewel thieves — mechanical Stalins — in locations as exotic as a portable Congo — a second, secret London Underground — an uphill avalanche.

Encountering peril at every turn, only Blake can save the day and solve the case by outwitting his enemies in the head and outpunching them in the jaw.

BACK ALLEY WEBZINE ~ NEW ISSUE!

BACK ALLEY WEBZINE ~ NEW ISSUE!

EDITOR RICHARD HELMS IS PUTTING THE WORD OUT ~

The (long-delayed) new issue of The Back Alley Webzine will go active on December 31!

This is our All-Canadian issue, featuring authors from the land of Labatts and back bacon. Featured authors include Derringer Award Winner Nick Andreychuk, Art Montague, Claude Lalumiere, Jason S. Ridler, Steve Olley, and Matthew Fries. We'll also have a reprint of a 1914 article from the New York Times reviewing and discussing Frank Norris's first novel, VANDOVER AND THE BRUTE, and Part Four of our serialization of Norris's massive 1901 naturalistic proto-noir work, McTEAGUE.

The Back Alley Webzine is your one-stop shop for hardboiled and noir works by both established and emerging voices in the field. Check out our new All-Canadian issue beginning tomorrow, December 31, and have a terrific New Year!

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MYSTERY SCENE SPECIAL OFFER ~ FREE ISSUE!

MYSTERY SCENE SPECIAL OFFER ~ FREE ISSUE!

FOR A LIMITED TIME, MYSTERY SCENE IS OFFERING A FREE ISSUE (NO OBLIGATION TO SUBSCRIBE) TO US RESIDENTS.

EDITOR KATE STINE TELLS US ALL ANYONE HAS TO DO IS GO TO THE MYSTERY SCENE WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE REQUEST LINK.

KATE SAYS THE OFFER IS GOOD UNTIL SHE CAN WALK THROUGH HER OFFICE AGAIN.

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THE CAT'S MEOW!

WITCH HIGH!

WITCH HIGH!

I'VE RECENTLY READ SEVERAL THEME ANTHOLOGIES WHERE THE STORIES BARELY PAID LIP SERVICE TO THE THEME OF THE COLLECTION. HOWEVER, IN WITH HIGH, EVERY STORY PULLS ITS WEIGHT IN A MOST READABLE COLLECTION, AND THE COVER WITH A BUNCH OF WITCHES' BROOMS PARKED IN A HIGH SCHOOL BIKE RACK IS PERFECT!

Move over, Hogwarts...

High school is different for everyone. For some, it’s a time to shine, and for others, a time to survive. Then there are the students who attend those special schools for the gifted. But what if there was a school that catered to those rarest of students—those who can do magic?These fourteen tales explore the challenges that students of the magical arts may face in a high school of their very own. If you think chemistry is tough, try alchemy.

If you ever fell victim to a school bully, how would you deal with a bully gifted with powerful magic? And if you needed more time to study, what spell could give you all the time you desired?

These are just a few of the magical adventures that will await you when you enter Salem Township Public High School #4— otherwise known as Witch High...

THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER ~ ROUGE AGENT!

THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER ~ ROUGE AGENT!

I ENJOYED THIS HARRY POTTERISH NEW ENTRY INTO THE WIZARDING GENRE!

Gerald Dunwoody is a wizard. Just not a particularly good one. He's blown up a factory, lost his job, and there's a chance that he's not really a Third Grade wizard after all. So it's off to New Ottosland to be the new Court Wizard for King Lional.It's a shame that King Lional isn't the vain, self-centered young man he appeared to be.

With a Princess in danger, a talking bird who can't stay out of trouble, and a kingdom to save, Gerald soon suspects that he might be out of his depth. And if he can't keep this job, how will he ever become the wizard he was destined to be...

THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER is the first novel in the Rogue Agent trilogy, from one of fantasy's newest stars. About the AuthorK.E. Mills is a pseudonym for bestselling author Karen Miller. Karen Miller was born in Vancouver, Canada, and moved to Australia when she was two. Over the years she has held down a wide variety of jobs, including horse stud groom in Buckingham, England.

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BURN NOTICE ~ SEASON TWO ONLINE NOW!

BURN NOTICE ~ SEASON TWO ONLINE NOW!

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NEW ISSUE OF PAPERBACK FANATIC!

NEW ISSUE OF PAPERBACK FANATIC!

THE PAPERBACK FANATIC, JUSTIN MARRIOTT'S SUPERB FANZINE, KEEPS THE TORCH OF BRITISH PAPERBACK COVERS BURNING. ISSUE 8 (DECEMBER 2008) HAS JUST APPEARED, FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH FINE FEATURES AND AN INTERVIEW WITH TERRY HARKNETT AS A CENTRE-PIECE. THERE ARE ARTICLES ON VARIOUS NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY HORROR NOVELS, A LOOK AT JIM STERENKO'S BOOK COVERS, A FEATURE ON THE MEN'S ADVENTURE SERIES SAS MALKO BY GERARD DE VILLIERS AND A LOOK AT 1970S PAPERBACK EDITIONS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, AND A LIVELY LETTER'S COLUMN TO WRAP UP THE ISSUE.THE POPULARITY OF THE PAPERBACK FANATIC MEANS MOST OF THE EARLIER ISSUES ARE NOW SOLD OUT, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS AS IF ISSUE 7 IS STILL AVAILABLE.

NICE CLEAR LAYOUTS AND GOOD COVER REPRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN A FEATURE OF THE MAGAZINE SINCE ITS INCEPTION, AND THIS ISSUE IS NO DIFFERENT. IT'S A STEAL AT £3.99.

PAPERBACK FANATIC #8

Contents include:

Edgar Rice Burroughs in paperback- a checklist of his British pbs with piles of rare cover reproductions

Malko- a look at the long-running and controversial 'Men's Adventure' series

A Fist Full of Pulps- an in-depth interview with pulp fiction legend Terry Harknett

The Ivy League Vampire- a look back at the paperback art of the legendary Jim Steranko

Horror has Risen From the Grave- more classic pulps of the 1970s are examined

Letters, updates, illustrations and much more!

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MYSTERICAL-E WINTER 2008 ISSUE!

MYSTERICAL-E WINTER 2008 ISSUE!

AVAILABLE NOW

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

A Word From the Editor

STORIES
Between Us Girls by Jan Christensen
Egyptian Eyes and Irish Lies by Frank Zafiro
Becalmed in Hell by I. Van Laningham
Broken Hearts/Broken Dreams by Artemis Candler
Dall'utero della Madre by Tom Rynard
Dirty Water by R2
Forever Girl (Part 1) by Chris O'Grady
Harper Avenue Blackout by Patrick Sims
Jack Best and the Promise of Tomorrow by Steve Olley
Chaos Theory (Parts 5 and 6) by Montiese Mckenzie
Love Hurts by Devon Greene
I Think He Was Murdered by Michael Gouda
No Place Like Home by Dee Stuart
Sweeper: Twisted Intentions by Lew Stowe
The Detective's Wife by B.J. Bourg
Southern Exposure by Charles P. Schaeffer

PODCASTS
Egyptian Eyes and Irish Lies by Frank Zafiro
Jack Best and the Promise of Tomorrow by Steve Olley

COLUMNS & MORE
Mysterical-Eye on TV and Film by Gerald So
Author Snapshot by Christine Verstraete
Of the Moment by Nicholas Fuller
The Hell You Say by Byron McAllister
I Like 'Em Tough by Jim Doherty

INTERVIEWS
Author Interview: Elaine Viets
Author Interview: Jack Getz

REVIEWS

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ANN SAVAGE, R.I.P.

ANN SAVAGE, R.I.P.

'40s femme fatale star Ann Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as "Detour," has died at 87.

The actress died in her sleep at a nursing home on Christmas Day from complications following a series of strokes, said her manager, Kent Adamson.

Her Hollywood career had largely been over since the mid-1950s, but she had a resurgence over the past year with a starring role in Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg."

Starting with her 1943 debut in the crime story "One Dangerous Night," Savage made more than 30 films through the 1950s, including Westerns ("Saddles and Sagebrush,""Satan's Cradle"), musicals ("Dancing in Manhattan,""Ever Since Venus") and wartime tales ("Passport to Suez,""Two-Man Submarine").

Savage was best-known for director Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 B-movie "Detour," in which she played a woman ruthlessly blackmailing a stranger, played by Tom Neal.

"It's actually a showcase role," Adamson said. "Neal and Savage really reversed the traditional male-female roles of the time. She's vicious and predatory. She's been called a harpy from hell, and in the film, too, she's very sexually aggressive, and he's very, very passive. It's very unusual for a '40s film to have a woman come on that strong."

Decades later, "Detour" and Savage gained a cult audience on television and home video.

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THE CAT'S MEOW!

CLOWNICIDE!

CLOWNICIDE!

David Cranmer (of Beat To A Pulp) brought to my attention this fantastic opening paragraph in the February issue of EQMM:

Chief Inspector Bozo of the Clowntown Homicide Squad stepped from his second-floor office wearing a fedora between his side-tufts of bright orange hair, hair which had, late in life, turned purple at the temples, giving him a distinguished look. But inside the large painted smile his mouth was grim. Someone had murdered Jumbo the Elephant.

Doesn't this make you want to read the rest of "Clowntown Pajamas" by James Powell? The February issue also contains stories from Loren D. Estleman, R.W. Kerrigan, and one of my favorites, Edward D. Hoch.

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HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING RAPTURE!

HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING RAPTURE!

When I first clocked this cover, I figured it had to be a Photoshop special, but nooooo – How to Profit From the Coming Rapture: Getting Ahead When You’re Left Behind is actually a real book.

Well, actually, a fake real book. It’s a made up, satirical how-to book by Steve and Evie Levy, who wrote:

Are the end times near? Is the Rapture really just around the corner? Could Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson possibly be right? About 1 billion people among us believe, yes, absolutely.

And that means one thing: investment opportunities!

For those who are not as expertly versed in the Book of Revelation, Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman, authors of the bestselling Yiddish with Dick and Jane, helpfully offer both illumination and advice: What exactly is the Rapture, anyway? How is it different from the Tribulation? Who are the Antichrist, the Four Horsemen, and the 144,000 male virgins, and what do they want? And, most important, how can I make money during the 7 years of societal breakdown before Armaggedon?

Taking the familiar form of a how-to investment guide, HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE COMING RAPTURE instructs those readers who will certainly be left behind (Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, less ardent Protestants, and many more) on how to exploit the inevitable demise of the world in order to make a tidy profit. Sure, the rivers and seas will run with blood, locusts will swarm, mountains will move all over the place, and famine will strike. But for the five billion of us left behind, the post-Rapture world will be a time of even more unique investment opportunities.

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A ticket to Armageddon to NEATORAMA

BEAT TO A PULP ~ NEW STORY!

BEAT TO A PULP ~ NEW STORY!

DISIMPACTION
Glenn Gray

"Hey scutmonkey," the Chief Resident says. "Know what this is?"
He's staring at me. There are seven of us standing in a semi-circle in front of a view box in Radiology; two interns, two third-year students and two residents.

And the Surgical Chief Resident.

Mrs. Jacobowitz's abdominal x-ray hangs backlit on the box, illuminated like a work of art.

"The abdomen?"

"Nice shot, smartass...NO." He points at something. "THIS."

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VAMPIRE HUNTING KIT VIA E-BAY!

VAMPIRE HUNTING KIT VIA E-BAY!

This is a Vampire killing kit that will travel with you, cause you never know when you may need it. It measures 6 5/8 inches long, and 1 1/4 inch square. One of a kind for sure. The crucifix is from Paris, as stamped on the back of it, and it is obviously old.

The Box also appears very old. The vials are brass, and contain Holy Water in the one with the copper tag with the "H" stamped on it, and the other vial has "G"stamped on it for garlic. The vial corks are sealed in red wax. A small wooden stake completes the set.

A "V" is stamped on the copper plate on top for "Vampire". The parts, crucifix, wood box, screws, and metals used are old and tarnished, and most parts of the set are vintage. Good luck, and happy hunting.

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A HAT TIP TO BILL CRIDER