Six-Gun Legends: Ten Rounds of Wild West Action

THE WAY OF THE GUN… In the years between the end of the Civil War and the dawn of the 20th century, when much of the American West was still a frontier and word-of-mouth was the primary conduit for information from one territory to the next, the line between fact and...

1959 SF and Robert A. Heinlein’s STARSHIP TROOPERS

Let’s start with a little background: YouTuber Vintage SF has been posting excellent reviews of older science fiction works—nearly all from the 20th Century, and most of those published after 1950. He’s also been posting episodes—a sort of sub-genre, I guess you’d...

SPACE DETECTIVE: A novel excerpt

I set up the distribution for Space Detective to avoid limiting access to just Amazon and/or Barnes & Noble, so readers could procure it from their preferred online dealer, whether for a paperback or ebook edition. Even libraries and retail brick-and-mortar stores can order and put this book on their shelves. However, the teaser preview that online retailers provide differs according to the site you visit.

The OTHER Jungle Hero: Ki-Gor in the Congo

Back in 1938—85 years ago as of this writing—the first issue of Jungle Stories appeared. What makes this publication memorable is the issue’s featured story told a tale of Ki-Gor, a jungle hero who would become the most successful of many Tarzan knock-offs. Ki-Gor...