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The Collected Adventures of The Drifter Detective Vol. 2The first volume of this captivating  series introduced Jack Laramie, who travels the great western byways in search of cash-flush clients in need of a private detection. His mobile office is a horse trailer hauled behind a worn, but still running DeSoto classic.

Volume One left me a with a waity case of Laramie fever, with the only known cure being Volume Two. Well, round two did not disappoint, meeting and exceeding every  unreasonable expectation I brought to its pages.

Featuring four engaging novellas by Laramie’s crack scribes—every one a gem—this extra thick volume collects the balance of Jack Laramie’s case files. Over 300 pages of pure PI pleasure with a western/noir twang. Could be a long wait for the next one, but if I live long enough to see it, save me a place at the front of the queue.

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 8

Pulp Modern [v2 #8, Winter 2022] ed. Alec Cizak (Uncle B. Publications & Larque Press, $9.99, 140pp, digest, cover by Michael Neno)
1 • From the Editor • Alec Cizak • ed
4 • The Irregular • Misha Burnett • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
16 • Pandemic of the Gay Plague—The Musical • Tia Ja’nae • ar
22 • Sin-Eater • Jeff Esterholm • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
34 • Armageddon 2013—Some Thoughts on The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past • Anthony Perconti • ar
42 • Sea Change • Brian Asman • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
64 • Escape from New York: Hip-Hop 1981 • Roy Christopher • ar
68 • Hunting Jimmy • Robb White • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
80 • The Best Picture of 1981 • Ronin Heck • ar
84 • Obituary: The High Flying Life of Mike Hunt • Tia Ja’Nae • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera
94 • The Death of Switchblade or How I Sharpened the Axe • Scotch Rutherford • ar
102 • Let’s Make a Deal • Scotch Rutherford • ss
116 • The Year of the Slasher • Alec Cizak • ar
122 • Last Stop of the Night • Shannon Hollinger • ss; illustration by Carmelo J. Guarnera

Pulp Modern website
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Contents formatted for inclusion in Phil Stephensen-Payne’s Galatic Central reference website.
FictionMags Index Family Item Types & Other Abbreviations key.

Cool It Down by Alec Cizak

After fleeing a deadly romance, Blake Ness finds himself on an obscure island off the Gulf Coast. He befriends the island’s owner and mayor, a Cuban counter-revolutionary, and takes a job as a bouncer at a local massage parlor. Just when he thinks he’s found a home in paradise, he meets a Sarasota land baron who knows his real identity. Blake must choose between paying for his crimes of the past, or committing a new crime he may never escape from…

Available in paperback and hardcover editions from ABC Group Documentation an imprint of Down & Out Books.

Cool It Down by Alec Cizak
Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 7

Pulp Modern [v2 #7, Summer2021] ed. Alec Cizak (Uncle B. Publications & Larque Press, $9.99, 143pp, digest, cover and interior artwork by Ran Scott)
1 • From the Editor • Alec Cizak • ed
4 • Fame at the Mini-Mart • Karen Harrington • ss
18 • Trooper • Anthony Neil Smith • ss
35 • Tides Now Lost • C.J. Dotson • ss
46 • The Surfing Green Beret • Andrew Miller • ss
62 • Hardboiled Chivalry: Walter Mosley’s Fearless Jones in the Hero Pulps • Anthony Perconti • ar
70 • Ravaging Jackals • Edward A. Grainger • ss
90 • Work Life Balance • Nathan Pettigrew • ss
102 • Billboard Bound • Tia Ja’nae • ss
112 • Small Rubber Duck • Stephen J. Golds • ss
124 • End of the Line • Sarah Cannavo • ss

Pulp Modern website
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Contents formatted for inclusion in Phil Stephensen-Payne’s Galatic Central reference website.
FictionMags Index Family Item Types & Other Abbreviations key.

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 7
The Drifter Detective Vol. 1

David Cranmer’s The Drifter Detective Volume One
Foreword by Kevin Tipple
The Drifter Detective by Garnett Elliott
Hell Up in Houston by Garnett Elliott
The Girls of Bunker Pines by Garnett Elliott
Wide Spot in the Road by Wayne D. Dundee
The Don Juan of Eldorado by Alec Cizak

Published by Uncle B Publications. Cover by Scotch Rutherford. Print $14.99 Kindle $5.99 from amazon.

The Drifter Detective Vol. 1
Guilty Crime Story Magazine No. 1

It’s always wonderful to see the debut of a new crime digest—and this one looks very promising. Love the title nod to 1950’s digest Guilty Detective Story Magazine that alternated with Trapped Detective Story Magazine.

Guilty Crime Story Magazine [#1 Summer 2021] ed. Brandon Barrows (Full Speed Publishing, $7.99 print, $3.99 Kindle, 106pp, digest, cover by Jon Grell)
1 • Contents
2 • Midnight at the Oasis • Robb T. White • ss
26 • French Twist • Joe Giordano • ss
34 • Unprincipaled • Stephen Sottong • ss
53 • Give Me a Reason • Brandon Barrows • ss
73 • Bridal Wreath • Jill Hand • ss
81 • Cymbaline • Alec Cizak • ss
95 • Chasing 61 • Bruce Harris • ss
102 • The Famous Last Words of Mickey Spillane • Mike McHone • ar

Guilty Crime Story Magazine website

Contents formatted for inclusion in Phil Stephensen-Payne’s Galatic Central reference website.
FictionMags Index Family Item Types & Other Abbreviations key.

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 6

Pulp Modern [v2 #6, Winter 2020] ed. Alec Cizak (Uncle B. Publications & Larque Press, $6.99, 132pp, digest, cover by Ran Scott)
1 • From the Editor • Alec Cizak • ed
4 • Twenty Minutes in Riverdale • John M. Floyd • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
16 • With Hindsight • Stephen D. Rogers • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
28 • Just Another Necky • Dustin Walker • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
44 • Tall Tales • Lousie Taylor • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
60 • Armed and Dangerous • Anthony Perconti • ar
70 • A Lesson in Footwork • Matthew X. Gomez • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
86 • Art Model Noir • Patrick Whitehurst • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
98 • Hara-Kiri • Stephen J. Golds • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
110 • Rotten Meat • Nils Gilbertson • ss; illustrated by Ran Scott
126 • Contacts • lk
127 • Independent Fiction Alliance • ms

Pulp Modern website
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Guns + Tacos Vol. 3

Guns + Tacos Season Two [Vol. 3 (Subscriber Edition) Dec. 31, 2020] eds. Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker (Down & Out Books, $15.95, 158pp, digest, cover design by Zach McCain)
3 • Episode 7 • Burritos & Bullets • Eric Beetner • nv
43 • Episode 8 • Jalapeño Poppers and a Flare Gun • Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker • nv
101 • Episode 9 • Four Shrimp Tacos and a Walther P38 • Alec Cizak • nv
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Guns + Tacos Season Two [Vol. 4 (Subscriber Edition) Jan. 1, 2021] eds. Michael Bracken & Trey R. Barker (Down & Out Books, $15.95, 176pp, digest, cover design by Zach McCain)
13 • Episode 10 • A Taco, a T-Bird, a Beretta and One Furious Night • Ann Aptaker • nv
59 • Episode 11 • Sopa and a Streetsweeper • Ryan Sayles • nv
109 • Episode 12 • Dos Tacos Guatemal Tecos Y Una Pistola Casera • Mark Troy • nv
161 • Subscriber Bonus • Of a Gun and Tacos Envenados • Trey R. Barker • ss
Print (w/o bonus) $15.95 Kindle (w/o bonus) $5.99

Guns + Tacos Vol. 4
Lake County Incidents by Alec Cizak

After several years of daily blog posts, I’m switching to weekly. Check out the first official weekly installment next Saturday.

News Digest features the week’s new releases from the world of digest magazines, with a few ancillary titles I can’t resist like The American Bystander and Amazing Stories.

From the Vault spotlights a vintage digest magazine.

TDE Updates provides a peek behind the scenes about the coming issue of The Digest Enthusiast and any new developments on the current issue such as reviews.

Reading Pile
Last Saturday, I finished reading Alec Cizak’s latest anthology Lake County Incidents. A terrific read, highly recommended for students of the unusual.

Nostalgia Digest Winter 2020

On Monday, the Winter 2020 issue of Nostalgia Digest. Another excellent mix of Americana and nostalgia—celebrity bios, word origins, movie serials’ rise to popularity, Sunday dinner traditions, readers’ reactions, and Lucy and Ricky’s heyday that includes synopses of their later hour-long specials. A wonderful issue!

Scotch Rutherford and Alec Cizak preview the future of criminal takes on technology in special editions of Switchblade and Pulp Modern. Available now in print and digital.

Switchblade: Tech Noir

Switchblade: Tech Noir
Contents Page
Scotch Rutherford: Editor’s Corner
Eric Beetner “Killer App”
Callum McSorley “Baby on Board”
John Moralee “Bad Score”
Mandi Jourdan “Folie à Deux”
Hugh Lessig “Muscle Memory”
Nick Kolakowski “Night Mayor”
Alec Cizak “Post-Biological-Stress-Disorder”
Matthew X. Gomez “Galatea in the Garden of Eden”
James Edward O’Brien “Torna Nails, Mindbender”
Rob D. Smith “Sundown”
Author Bios & Acknowledgements

Switchblade: Tech Noir October 2019
Editor: Scotch Rutherford
Cover Photos: Scotch Rutherford
Cover Model: Kiana Gonzalez
5” x 8” 222 pages
Print $8.99 Kindle $2.99
Switchblade Magazine website
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Pulp Modern: Tech Noir

Pulp Modern: Tech Noir
Contents Page
Alex Cizak: From the Editor
C.W. Blackwell “A Deviant Skin”
Nils Gilbertson “The Moderator”
Tom Barlow “Love in the Time of Silicone”
Deborah L. Davitt “Leaving Red Footprints”
Angelique Fawns “A Time to Forget”
J.D. Graves “Three, Two, One Zebra-Stripe Shake-Off”
Don Stoll “15 Minutes”
Jo Perry “Lights Out”
Zakariah Johnson “Walking Out”
Contact and Links

Pulp Modern: Tech Noir Fall 2019
Chief Editor: Alec Cizak
Guest Editor: Scotch Rutherford
Design: Richard Krauss
Cover and Interior Art: Ran Scott
Cartoons: Bob Vojtko
5.5” x 8.5” 132 pages
Print $6.99 Kindle $2.99
Pulp Modern website