I’m very glad to be a part of what is, at this writing, Amazon’s No. 1 bestseller in the Antique & Collectible Magazines and Newspapers category: IDW’s THE ART OF THE PULPS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. Edited by my pals Doug Ellis and Ed Hulse, along with the late Robert Weinberg — all top-tier names in the pulp-magazine world — it’s getting some really enthusiastic reviews. I was happy and honored to be able to write the section on detective pulps, as well as to appear alongside such pulp-scholar notables as Michelle Nolan, Laurie Powers, Will Murray, David Saunders, Mike Ashley, Tom Roberts, and Doug, Ed, and Bob themselves. It would be a terrific book without my contributions, but I’m sure delighted I got to be in there.
If you’re at all interested in pulp literature, check out THE ART OF THE PULPS on amazon.com. And while you’re there, take a look at HARD-BOILED CHRISTMAS STORIES, the perfect seasonal reading, featuring classic stories of Yuletide homicide plus a new Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective story by yours truly.