The Fall 2016 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries is dribbling with the best Weird Menace stories from the Popular Publications vault. Featuring classic stories by Paul Ernst, Arthur Leo Zagat, Hugh B. Cave, and G.T. Fleming-Roberts, this issue is headlined by an all-new story by Kimberly B. Richardson.

Facsimile reprint of the January 1942 issue (v. 3, no. 2) of Hooded detective (formerly Black hood detective) with the Black Hood novel "The whispering eye" by G.T. Fleming-Roberts. Cover art by Allen Anderson.

The pulp fiction magazines of the early to mid 20th century featured just about every subject imaginable, from fringe titles (yes, there really was a Civil War Stories, a Submarine Stories, and even a Suicide Stories) to mainstream (Argosy, Adventure, Blue Book) to genre titles (Weird Tales, Detective Stories, Ranch Romances) and everything in between. “In Between” includes the “hero” pulps, of which there were dozens...Doc Savage, Operator #5, The Avenger, Zorro, The Black Bat, and many, many more appeared there. Some appeared in magazines that bore their name; others appeared in mystery, adventure, or fantasy pulps. Some crossed over from radio or television. This volume presents four Amusement, Inc. tales (the Scarlet Ace is the villain!) from All-Detective Magazine, a Lone Ranger novel, a Black Hood novel (from Hooded Detective magazine), and a Secret Agent X novel (from Secret Agent X magazine). SCARLET ACE, by Theodore A. Tinsley SCARLET ACE: CANDIDATE FOR DEATH, by Theodore A. Tinsley SCARLET ACE: HELL HOUSE, by Theodore A. Tinsley SCARLET ACE: THE HOUSE OF CRIME, by Theodore A. Tinsley THE LONE RANGER RIDES, by Fran Striker THE WHISPERING EYE, by G. T. Fleming-Roberts MURDER MONSTER, by Brant If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Edmund Neymores felt chill honor at sight of Fulton Xavier’s sensational statue of a man in pain. But Neymores did not know real horror until he saw the ghastly torment of a helpless girl as she posed for a newer masterpiece…

Who is the Emperor Zero? And why would he send his henchmen to unleash the hideous poison gas at the rooftop café and murder the patrons? Brand of the Metal Maiden (1936) A music master was the Emperor Zero — master of murder music. For his pupils danced a mad rhythm into the grave. Young people they were, but as they danced they aged — years in seconds. Young faces became furrowed with the mark of time. Their hair became as white as frost. Mummies they became—in silks and satins, and modern dinner coats. . . . Secret Agent X hurled his crime-crushing organisations against the Emperor Zero. But Agent X found himself enmeshed in the hilarious dance to hell. Chapter I – Hell from the Heavens Chapter II – Man-Trap Chapter III – The Squaw’s Dive Chapter IV – The Bat-men Strike Chapter V – Death at Dewarren’s Chapter VI – The Mark of X Chapter VII – Emperor Zero Chapter VIII – Day of Doom Chapter IX – The Zero Hour The Secret Council – Behind the Scenes With Secret Agent X Brand of the Metal Maiden was published in Secret Agent “X” in the January, 1936 issue.

A facsimile collection of stories by mystery writer G. T. Fleming-Roberts, including his only science fiction story (The Golden Barrier) and a Green Ghost story (The Case of the Evil Eye). Also included is an 8 page comic strip of Dan Turner Hollywood Detective.

he most polished of author G.T. Fleming-Roberts' magician detectives, Jeffery Wren battled crime in the pages of Dime Detective for seven adventures. Included in Volume 1 are the first three stories: "No Haunting Allowed," "The Spirit Was Willing," and "A Sleight Case of Murder," along with a bonus Fleming-Roberts story from the pages of Dime Detective: "Dig a Grave for Me." Rounded out by an all-new introduction by Fleming-Roberts' son, James, this marks the first time this series has been collected. --

Starting in 1934, editor (and publisher) Harry Steeger unveiled Terror Tales: perhaps the flagship magazine in Popular Publications' so-called "Weird Menace" lineup of titles. Running for almost 50 issues, Terror Tales showcased some of the best suspense, mystery and terror stories to see print in the pulps. This premiere issue contains stories by Arthur Leo Zagat, G.T. Fleming-Roberts, Wyatt Blassingame, and Hugh B. Cave, among others.

In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names'the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines'weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a collection of stories from the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, all written by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and H.M. Appel, reissued for today's readers in electronic format.

For six spectacular adventures, Diamondstone: Magician-Sleuth delivered justice with sleight of hand in the pages of the pulps from 1937 to 1939. Written by master pulp scribe G.T. Fleming-Roberts. Includes an introduction by pulp historian Will Murray.