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...

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...

Ten years after the world ended, mankind is poised to ascend once more from the rubble . . . In the zombie riddled warzones that compose the devastated United States, the living dead are not the only threat against life and liberty. Madmen, slavers, raiders, and warlords struggle for total power in the shattered world. Chief among these are the zealot legions who swear fealty to the maniacal Dr. Fowler, a power mad lunatic who uses science the way terrorists use dirty suici...

Rick Cave is the captain of the HotTicket, a medium tonnage freighter spacecraft. To feed the fuel tank and kill time in the outlaw New Slav sectors of space, he takes shady jobs often with no questions asked. When an old war buddy shows up with a gorgeous companion, looking for a fast ride to the outer rim, he of course listens to their money. Rick soon learns he should have asked who they were running from. "The Positronic Pretty" promises danger, action, and a touch of romance...

"Tonight, Father, I shall avenge you."Far from the Galactic Core, law is a business like any other. Justice is another matter. When her Father is murdered and his corpse desecrated, Ling-Ling Pang will not let the murder walk away. Not a simple farmer's daughter, Ling-Ling is a former Core Intelligence agent, and she will use every resource necessary to have her satisfaction. It's a matter of honor.With "To Honor Her Father," C. C. Blake turns his thrill...

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...

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 one happened in June of 1980, and it was one of those incidents where I couldn't stop what was happening until it was already too late . . .There's n...

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...

Two stories set in C. C. Blake's pulpy space opera future ... this time featuring brushes with cosmic nightmare!EVER GET THAT SINKING SENSATION?When Rick delivers a shipment to a galactic rim oceanic world, he expects a long ride out, a brief stop-off where he can get a warm meal, and then a departure back to better colonized space. However, he instead finds himself trapped on a sinking complex swarming with mysterious creatures a lunatic local has dubbed H...

AN UNLIKELY HOPERick Cave is no stranger to tough jobs. However, when CORE forces task him with the retrieval of a device that might not exist, he has his work cut out for him. Familiar and unknown enemies are also vying for the prize. At least he's not alone, this time.RAIDERS OF LEGENDPart of a rag tag band of outsiders and misfits, Rick will have to think fast if he's to beat the Satanic forces, villainous space Nazis, and tough ...

Violation. Assault. Murder.The men and women who take up the badge are supposed to protect society from these terrible crimes. However, police officers are as human and fallible as anyone . . .Two kinds of people become cops: those who want to do the right thing, and those who want power. This short story explores what happens when these two personality types butt heads.What unspeakable crime can pit cop against cop? Officers Jennifer Wayne and Carl Bean are about to...

In a future nightmare, our world has become one massive refuse bin. A muddy, offal-festooned place that is lorded over by monstrous flies. Going outside requires protective gear. However, even a filthy worlds needs its keepers. Dale is a man dedicated to gathering the bodies of the dead for recycling. He tends this task with utmost dedication, not because it is his calling, but because it provides him with the one thing he craves: redemption for a grave mistake. In this stu...