Not many people know I was a silent partner in a burlesque show in Houston, Texas from 1978 thru 1983. I did it to help an old buddy from the Army. Seemed a great way to meet girls when work brought me down that way. Turns out it got me up to my neck in trouble a few times, too. Let me tell you about one of them.This would've happened, oh, somewhere in September of '78. I'd been a silent partner for just five months, sending regular payments Dick Lange's way so he coul...

Here comes Burn Job, red lining for revenge, and Hell follows with him.Finster was a small circuit rocket race car star, until he got caught in a deadly vehicle fire. The love of his life, Sweetie Sally, has been kidnapped by AstroNazis. The life Finster had is over.Don't mourn him, yet.The time is ripe for a comeback. From the low level street race, to the small circuit NASCtar races, Finster is on the move, reclaiming control of his life.After C. C. Blake'...

The first volume of a brand new quarterly series of storytelling excellence, Pulptastic Adventures Quarterly will tackle a new theme each month from a variety of stories. This premier issue examines Intersections between the fantastic and the mundane, between the real world and the cinematic one, between cosmic reaching science fiction and mind-blasting cosmic horror. These stories introduce characters caught in the midst of a transition and delivers pulse pounding plots.In C. C. B...

"Much Madness is divinest Sense . . ."The year is 1864. Victor von Hielzen visits his wife in an asylum. In his pocket, Victor carries a mysterious vial whose contents will end his wife's suffering. Using it, Victor embarks on a terrifying journey, the conclusion of which may hold the key to restoring Elizabeta von Hielzen's soul and sanity.With "Divinest Sense," C. C. Blake brings us his most ambitious work yet, an 8000 word novelette that echoes Bram Stoker and Mary Shell...

Nine Thrillers presents several exciting adventures from the storytelling master of disaster, C. C. Blake. This collection contains over 34000 words of material at a low price. It's the perfect opportunity to join the excitement!These cinematic, emotionally intense and action-packed adventure stories feature ordinary people thrown into extraordinary situations, which test the limits of their courage and endurance.In 2012, Twice Told Tales proudly presented several short sto...

A missing girl. A message branded into a tree. A mystery that cannot be ignored.When ace reporter Chet Powder crawled out of the bottle long enough to nab a job in his hometown of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, he never expected to stumble on a world class scoop in his own backyard. When his childhood sweetheart goes missing and the bumbling authorities are unable to help her, Chet will be drawn into a strange world of magic and the macabre.In "The Sacrifice," C. C. Blake spins...

Not many people know I was a silent partner in a burlesque show in Houston, Texas from 1978 thru 1983. I did it to help an old buddy from the Army. Seemed a great way to meet girls when work brought me down that way. Turns out it got me up to my neck in trouble a few times, too. Let me tell you about one of them. This happened in January of '79, and it gave me a new insight into the spook show as well as that old chestnut about the cold body parts of witches . . .Chilly Nig...

In 2012, Twice Told Tales proudly presented five thrilling crime stories from C. C. Blake. This mini-collection presents all of them for one low price. With stories this good, it's a steal of a deal!Inside, you will find:A single father caught in every parent's worst nightmare. Only he can save his daughter in "Seller's Market."Two cops are thrown on opposite sides of an unspeakable crime, in "Wayne and Bean."Noir tales are notoriously nasty, but when a form...

Ville and Shorty are couple of hotheaded rednecks with an ax to grind. As twilight settles, they are hunting for targets.Rick and Lupe hope to leave their worries behind by driving into San Antonio for a good old dinner-and-a-picture-show date. Before the night is over, they will learn about terror.Hal is hoping to arrange a reunion hook up with his old flame. Before dawn, he will discover he should have moved on.When these five characters meet on the back roads of ...

Quick cash, the flyer advertised, for an overnight study. It said nothing about an experiment in terror.Now, six women are trapped in an overnight nightmare.Someone is watching them.Testing their limits.Threatening their lives.However, these human guinea pigs are not as helpless as their captors believe. They have ex-con turned bouncer Gladys "Glads" Ferling on their side. With a little will and a hell of a lot of luck, Glads is going to turn the tables...

Three terror tales to haunt your dreams . . .In this new collection, thrill master C. C. Blake employs his skill at suspense to summon serious gooseflesh. Ordinary people find themselves caught in extraordinary circumstances, facing otherworldly dangers . . .In "Confess, Witch!" a pair of young lovers attract the unwanted attention of a Spanish Inquisition Witch Hunter. When the young man's paramour is taken, he vows to stop at nothing to rescue her from the Inquisitor's du...

Two new stories of cosmic terror and pulp adventure!INTO THE UNKNOWNRick Cave is paid to get the client where she wants to be with few questions asked. Maybe he should have thought again when he's faced with the strange humanoids hunting that bleak land known as the Martense Folly. Will Rick and the mysterious Myorca learn their filthy secret and escape to tell the tale? Find out in "Rick Cave and the Lurking Terror" by C. C. Blake.HOUNDED F...