It's a Contest! Win a Pulp!

Would you like to own this issue of Wild West Weekly? I know I would. Well, this Saturday, July 24, Laurie Powers will be giving it away to one lucky reader of the all-new Pulp Writer web site. So - if you want a chance to win, you have to pop over there and enter no later than Friday, July 23.

The recommended* way to enter is to download a copy of the never-before-published Paul S. Powers (aka Ward M. Stevens) story "Murder on the Hoof" for the bargain price of $1.99. (The other way, otherwise known as the no-purchase-necessary method, is detailed on the web site but is far less cool, because it does not include "Murder on the Hoof.")

Click HERE to visit PulpWriter.com right away!

Not yet acquainted with Paul S. Powers? Check out the Almanack's reviews of three of his books:
Pulp Writer, Twenty Years in the American Grub Street
Kid Wolf of Texas
Doc Dillahay (aka Six-Gun Doctor)

*recommended by me

And Stay Off His Lawn! - THE BOOK by Bill Crider!

Kudos to Fred Blosser and Ivan Shreve, who accurately predicted the subject of this proposed third volume in the Blog-o-Books series. Either they're really good guessers, or they, too, have inside sources at Macavity Press. Cormac Brown suggested a Gator book, another great idea, and a strong candidate for book four.

It now appears, however, that the future of the series itself is in doubt. In an astonishing development, it has come to light that Macavity Press failed to consult either Mr. Crider or his agent in the preparation of this series. In light of the groundswell of publicity received in the past few days, the series is now seen as an extremely hot property, and Macavity execs have elected to bow out of the project, considering it too rich for their blood. This is surely a golden opportunity for another enterprising publisher to step in and reap the rewards.

In the meantime, Macavity Press is rumored to be looking at other potential Blog-o-Books. Frontrunners include Friday's Forgotten Books - a collection of reviews edited by Patti Abbott, Hamburger Heaven - a wide-ranging discussion of food, drink, books, blogs and life by Laurie Powers, and It's a Tainted, Tainted, Tainted, Tainted World - a compendium of Gary Dobbs' greatest hits (so far).  We at the Archive look forward to reading them all.

Click HERE to see all three books in this proposed Bill Crider series