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Black Dog Books
For over ten years Black Dog Books has been publishing collections of rare and obscure fiction from the golden age of the pulp magazines (roughly 1920-1945).

While we have published an occassional booklet of mystery or science fiction, our main focus has been in the genre of adventure stories.  We continue our dedication of bringing out forgotten series characters and hard-to-find works from rare magazines.
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Fundamentals of Fiction Writing
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Arthur Sullivant Hoffman

Product Description

"Hoffman's book, intended, as he explains, for the average writer, is of more practical value to more persons than any other book on its subject I have ever seen."—New York Tribune

"Editorially Mr. Hoffman speaks; categorically too. You will be interested."—Boston Transcript

"An excellent book."—Bookman

Praise for Arthur Sullivant Hoffman's  Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing—
"Of the many books advising and counseling as to the writing of fiction, this one stands out possessed of peculiar interest and value. For it embodies the first attempt yet made to apply the modern scientific, laboratory method to literary production."—The New York Times Book Review

As valuable a resource today as when it first appeared, Hoffman's Fundamentals of Fiction Writing offers instructions and advice on improving your fiction. As a veteran editor of more then twenty years, Hoffman brings his gifted insight and experience to help you avoid the pitfalls and mistakes most commonly found in fiction.

A must-have for both the seasoned professional and the aspiring beginner!

About the Author

A fiction editor for more than twenty years for leading periodicals, an instructor of writing, Arthur Sullivant Hoffman also authored several instructional manuals including "The Writing of Fiction," "Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing," and "Fiction Writing Self-Taught."

Product Details

  • Paperback: 110 pages
  • Publisher: Black Dog Books (March 19, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1928619924
  • ISBN-13: 978-1928619925
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches

Lust of the Lawless
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Robert Leslie Bellem

From the creator of Dan Turner comes six-gun excitement! Draw pilgrim! Rowdy women, lusty cowpokes, cattle rustlers, and short-tempered gunhands populate this collection, assembling all the works Bellem contributed to Spicy Western.

With an introduction by James Reasoner.

Cover art by Alan Anderson.

  • First book publication.
  • $10.00
  • Trade paperback
  • 102 pages

Twice Murdered
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Laurence Donovan

Between assignments ghostwriting Doc Savage, The Whisperer, The Skipper, The Black Bat and The Phantom Detective, Laurence Donovan wrote hundreds of shorter works in the detective, adventure, mystery and western fields. This first collection of his fiction assembles ten thought-provoking mysteries.

Introduction by Tom Roberts.

Bonus: Also included is a bibliography of Donovan's writings.

Cover art by Lyman Anderson.

Book Details

Title: Twice Murdered
Author: Laurence Donovan
Genre: Mystery / Detective
Price: $19.95 / Trade paperback

Space Annihilator, The
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Edited by Gene Christie
The Space Annihilator: Early Science Fiction from The Argosy, 1896-1910, collects 16 tales from the first of the many "pulp" magazines that dominated America's literary landscape in the first half of the twentieth century. Most of the authors are unknown and most of these stories have never been reprinted.

"It's the force and originality of the ideas that makes these stories important and historic," comments pulp historian Gene Christie, who edited the collection and contributed an introduction. "More than a hundred years ago, our great-grandparents were actually reading about what we know today as laser beams, the Star Trek ‘transporter,' cellular telephones and man-made earth satellites. It's really hidden history, and these mostly obscure authors deserve to be known and credited for their daring and prophetic concepts."

One of the highlights of The Space Annihilator is the first published story by Gertrude Barrows, whose later work under the pseudonym Francis Stevens was praised by H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt and other masters of fantasy. As "Stevens," Barrows is credited with originating both the alternate universe story and the "dark fantasy" tale.

Other writers include Frank Lillie Pollock, Bertram Lebhar and Howard R. Garis, who created the "Uncle Wiggley" character that entertained generations of small children.

With an Introduction by Gene Christie.

Book Details

Title: The Space Annihilator
Author: Gene Christie (ed.)
Genre: Science Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-928619-87-1
Price: $15.95 US / Trade paperback / 160 pp.

Killer's Caress
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Cary Moran
Three black moles on a voluptuous siren's shapely thigh lead Johnny Harding, dapper, wise-cracking columnist of the Daily Telegraph into a web of crime and caresses adroitly spun by a spider of seduction.

Cary Moran has written a fast-moving, thrill-packed story studded with laughs, mystery and passion.

Cover art by Rudolph Belarski.

FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK FORM.

Book Details

Title: Killer's Caress
Author: Cary Moran
Genre: Mystery / Detective
ISBN: ———
Price: $14.95 US / Trade paperback / 138 pp.

The Black Death
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Marion Polk Angellotti
Scheming Dukes, rival land barons and powerful ladies of court all add to the plotting and intrigue of these blade-drawing adventures!

Follow along on a string of Italian-set escapades in the late 1380s loosely inspired by the life of the real soldier-of-fortune Sir John Hawkwood.

For the first time in one volume is Marion Polk Angellotti's complete saga of the English mercenary, collecting the novel, Sir John Hawkwood (Adventure April-July 1911) and eight subsequent short stories that appeared in Adventure between December 1911 and July 1915.

Included are:

  • Sir John Hawkwood: A Tale of the White Company in Italy (novel)
  • An Intrigue in Padua
  • The Poisoned Peril
  • The Plot of Signor Salvi
  • The Day of All-Fools
  • Orders Gray
  • The Treason at Castel Guardia
  • The Cardinal's Sack
  • The Black Death

Bonus:

  • The afterword features a non-fiction piece by the author giving details of how she first learned of Hawkwood on a trip to Florence and what inspired her to write the series.

With an introduction by Doug Ellis.

Book Details

Title: The Black Death
Author: Marion Polk Angellotti
Genre: Adventure
ISBN: 978-1-928619-89-5
Price: $24.95 / Trade paperback / 248 pages

The Golden Goshawk
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H. Bedford-Jones
From Borneo to the Sulu Sea and Oriental ports in between, follow the adventures of Captain Dan Marguard as his sloop, the Gadfly, battles pirates, smugglers, headhunters, witch doctors and the infamous White Wolf of Nipe. Aided by his two Elser Brothers, Ni-Ling Tong and Koh Hum, Marguard operates on both sides of the law through these four dynamite adventures—

In A Righteous Cause
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Talbot Mundy

Talbot Mundy in Adventure, 1913

This volume brings together for the first time all of the short stories and rare articles by Talbot Mundy that appeared in the pages of Adventure magazine during 1913.  Presented are the classic "For the Salt Which He Had Eaten," plus "The Tempting of Harry Blunt," "In A Righteous Cause," and seven other stories and non-fiction pieces.  Also included is a new historical introduction by Mundy biographer Peter Berresford Ellis.

The Surgeon of Souls and other Tales of Terror
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Robert Leslie Bellem
Introduction by Alfred Jan
"You must cast out your cancer of hate!" warned the
mysterious Dr. Zarkov. "You must forgive this girl or she
will cause your death!" But Bannister wouldn't listen.
A woman had betrayed him! Now she must suffer!
Dr. Zarkov, the Surgeon of Souls, phantasmagorically appears to those who
find themselves at a moral crossroads, offering an alternative ethical and
healthy course of action. He wants to remove the cancerous tumors of hate,
envy, lust, greed from their souls so they may find peace . . . and
redemption.
Regardless of his counsel, in the end they must choose for themselves the
course of their actions. Will those to whom Zarkov speaks adhere to his
advice? Or will they risk the consequences?
ISBN-13: 978-1-928619-84-0 / ISBN: 1-928619-84-3
Trade paperback / 134 pages /Cover design by Tom Roberts
12.95

Thirty Pieces of Silver
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G.G. Pendarves
Introduction by Robert Weinberg
Best known for her numerous contributions to Weird Tales, G.G.Pendarves
wrote for many magazines. This collection brings together seven of her tales
of adventure and revenge set against the stark backdrop of the Arabian
sands.
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-85-7 / ISBN10: 1-928619-85-1
Cover art by Howard Brown.
Trade paperback / 146 pgs / $14.95 US

The Skull Squadron: The Air-War Stories of Lester Dent - Vol. 2
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Lester Dent
Introduction by Will Murray
Duck as the sound of the Vickers machine guns echo again while Spads and
Fokkers tumble through the skies in these 11 thrilling tales of mystery and
adventure set against the backdrop of World War I. First time in book form,
this volume collects all of Dent¹s published air-war stories. An instant
collector¹s item!
BONUS: The appendices include submission notes, story synopses and other
background material taken from Dent¹s surviving personal papers.
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-80-0 / ISBN10: 1-928619-80-2
Cover art by Rudolph Belarski.
Trade paperback / 228 pgs / $24.95 US

Dead Men's Bones: The Air-Adventure Stories of Lester Dent
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Lester Dent
Introduction by Will Murray
From the writer of DOC SAVAGE comes high-octane adventure! Ride the skies in
this collection of 8 thrilling tales, many appearing in print for the first
time in decades, collecting all of Dent¹s published air-adventure stories.
An instant collector¹s item! If you like Doc Savage, you¹ll love these
two-fisted sky adventures!
BONUS: The appendices include submission notes, story synopses and other
background material derived from Dent¹s personal papers.
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-81-9 / ISBN10: 1-928619-81-9
Cover art by George Rozen.
Trade paperback / 224 pgs / $24.95 US

Bodyguard and Other Crime Dramas
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by Roger Torrey
Introduction by Ron Goulart
A pathfinder and groundbreaker of the hard-boiled school of detective
fiction, a prolific contributor to the legendary BLACK MASK magazine during
the 1930s, as well as Dime Detective, Detective Story, and many other
titles, Roger Torrey has sadly garnered only minimal recognition in the
fifty years since his death, missing out on the paperback boom and the
revival that many of his contemporaries enjoyed. This first major collection
of his hard-boiled crime work brings together 8 stories, 7 reprinted for the
first time.
BONUS: Also included is the first ever bibliography of the fiction of Roger
Torrey by Tom Roberts and Joel Lyczak.
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-82-6 / ISBN10: 1-928619-82-7
Trade paperback / 211 pgs / $19.95 US

The Red Road to Shamballah
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by Perley Poore Sheehan
Published by Black Dog Books

THE RED ROAD TO SHAMBALLAH by Perley Poore Sheehan
High in the mystic Himalayas, weilding the sacred sword of Kubla Kahn, Pelham Shattuck sets off to establish an empire - and recreate the fabled Shamballah! Can he fullfill the prophecy before the monks of the Black Arts can stop him?
Trade paperback, 185 pages, $19.95
Cover art by Tom Roberts

Hell's Hoofprints
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by Lester Dent
Published by Black Dog Books

HELL'S HOOFPRINTS by Lester Dent
For the first time, HELL'S HOOFPRINTS collects the complete works of Lester dent from WESTERN TRAILS, including his fiction, articles, vignettes and letters to readers - with a bonus story written for WESTERN TRAILS but never appearing there.

Trade paperback, 230 pages, $24.95

City of Corpses
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by Norvell Page
Published by Black Dog Books

CITY OF CORPSES: THE COLLECTED WEIRD MYSTERIES OF KEN CARTER
Read the stories that led to Norvell Page receiving the commission to write The Spider. Included are: "Hell's Music," "City of Corpses," "Statues of  Horror," "Gallows Ghost," "The Devil's Hoof," "The Sinister Embrace," and "Satan's Sideshow," reprinted from Ten Detective Aces Also included are Page 's nonfiction article, "How I Write," photos, a biography of the author, and an introduction by Robert Weinberg.

Trade paperback, $19.95

Old Sails
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by Captain A.E. Dingle
Published by Black Dog Books

OLD SAILS by Captain A. E. Dingle
Eleven thrilling tales of adventures at sea written by a master mariner. Read: "The Light on Little Hope", "Piracy", "Recognition", "The Rusty Cutlass", "water", "The Burden Paternal", "Doc", "The Killer", "The Siren's swan Song", "Old Sails", and the pirate novella, "Three Palms Cay". Also included are a nonfiction article, and a bibliography of written works by Dingle. Trade paperback, 198 pages, $19.95

Demons of the Night
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by Seabury Quinn
Published by Black Dog Books

DEMONS OF THE NIGHT and Other Early Tales of Suspense by Seabury Quinn
Best known as a prolific contributor to WEIRD TALES, Seabury Quinn created an impressive body of literature prior to and parallel with his first sales to that magazine. DEMONS OF THE NIGHT spotlights those early works, including his first published article, his first fiction sale, and stories from his extremely rare "Washington Night's Entertainment" and "Problems of Professor Forrester" series.

Three of the works in this volume were previously unknown, and five have never been reprinted in their entirety anywhere since the original magazine appearances, as long as nine decades ago.  Cover art by Greg Hildebrandt
Trade paperback, $16.95

Adventurers, The
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Edited by Tom Roberts
Introduction by Will Murray

This collection assembles four pulp heroes who attempted to rival Doc Savage: Secret Agent X, Captain Hazzard, Super Jim Anthony and "Adventurers, Inc.", headed by Rush Randall.

  • Secret Agent X - Kingdom of Blue Corpses
  • Captain Hazzard - Python Men of the Lost City
  • Super Jim Anthony - Dealer In Death
  • Rush Randall & Adventurers, Inc. - The Crazy Indian
  • 263 pages
  • 6x9 Trade Paper

Dead Men Tell Tales
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Arthur B. Reeve

Before CSI, There Was Craig Kennedy!

Known as the "American Sherlock Holmes," Craig Kennedy written by Arthur B. Reeve appeared in many magazines throughout the 20s and 30s. 

Follow America's Sherlock Holmes as he grapples with these challenging cases.  Can you figure out the solutions before they are revealed?  This collection brings together seven unreprinted cases of Craig Kennedy, including his only appearance in Weird Tales.

  • 142 pages
  • 6x9 Trade Paper