- We go on a Dangerous Assignment with William Schoell
- J. Charles Burwell explores four early Dell First Editions
- Star of Filipino-American films, Ken Metcalfe, remembered by Steve Mason
- John LeMay excavates Mackenna’s Gold on page and screen
- The Boston Blackie Casebook presented by Tim Lucas
- Stephen Laws on his close encounter with “The Beast of Bodmin Moor”
- The nightmare world of Doctor Death uncovered by Robert Deveau
- Stephen R. Bissette takes on the POV of the audience as killer
- Poe’s “The Black Cat” and the Italian Horror Film by Douglas E. Winter
- Peter Enfantino opens another six-pack of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
- More lust than you can shake a . . . stick at . . . down Peter Enfantino’s Sleaze Alley
- David J. Schow bids farewell to the mass-market paperback in his latest R&D
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Now shipping: bare•bones #26
Friday, February 13, 2026
Now shipping: bare•bones #25
- William Schoell turns to the Front Page Detective
- Japanese Bullet Trains are Under Siege in 1975 by Bryan C. Kuriawa
- Derek Hill analyzes the westerns of André de Toth
- Finding inspiration in the Music of the Night by Stephen Laws
- Douglas E. Winter examines three novels that inspired movie genres
- Giants, Okongos, and Killer Apes in Jungle Jim films by Stephen R. Bissette
- Richard Krauss continues his exploration of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine
- ‘Eraserhood’ to Mulholland Drive in Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp
- Peter Enfantino invites you to an Orgy-filled Sleaze Alley
- 007 Dies Again in David J. Schow’s R&D Column
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Now shipping: bare•bones #24
- William Schoell unwraps The Invisible Man UK TV Series
- Making a Killing from a Clean Break by Matthew R. Bradley
- J. Charles Burwell pans for gold in five Westerns of Dudley Dean
- A Monarch Monster Movie Tie-In roundup by Robert Deveau
- Douglas E. Winter sets his Gunsight Eyes on the Sabata Novelizations
- The finale of Stephen R. Bissette’s 4-part epic overview of Cryptids in Westerns
- Richard Krauss digs into Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine
- Fritz Leiber is exhumed in Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp
- John Scoleri checks out What’s on the Tube leading up to Hallowe’en, 1981
- Get caught slinking down Sleaze Alley with Peter Enfantino
- David J. Schow looks back on 70 years in his R&D column
- Ooze-It or lose it in John Scoleri’s Monster Gallery
Monday, August 4, 2025
Now Shipping: bare•bones #23
- Matthew R. Bradley tours This Island Earth on page and screen
- Toshio Masuda’s Cinematic Apocalypses examined by Bryan C. Kuriawa
- Douglas E. Winter sets his sights on the Man With No Name novels
- Part 3 of Stephen R. Bissette’s 4-part epic overview of Cryptids in Westerns
- Peter Enfantino serves up more Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine coverage
- Lord only knows what you’ll find slithering down Sleaze Alley with Peter Enfantino
- David J. Schow on the amazing Elaine Shepard in his R&D column
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Now Shipping: bare•bones #22
- Spending time in Lock Up with William Schoell
- Larry Blamire sizes up the children of The Lost Patrol
- Marvin H. Albert’s Tony Rome cycle from novel to film by J. Charles Burwell
- Robert Deveau explores Roger Corman — Feminist Filmmaker
- Part 2 of a 4-part epic overview of Cryptids in Westerns by Stephen R. Bissette
- Peter Enfantino serves up more Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine coverage
- Rare tie-ins examined by Peter Enfantino and Robert Deveau in Sleaze Alley
- David J. Schow on the march of time and artist Woody Welch in his R&D column
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Now Shipping: bare•bones #21
- The Mr. Moto Novels on Page and Screen by Matthew R. Bradley
- William Schoell leads us through The Lawless Years
- Exploring the Eurospy Universe of the Kommissar X by Holger Haase
- Bryan C. Kuriawa on the War Films of Shue Matsubayashi
- Part one of a 4-part epic overview of Cryptids in Westerns by Stephen R. Bissette
- Peter Enfantino unpacks the Monarch Suspense Special Series
- A look at Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine 1973-1974 by Robert Deveau
- Peter Enfantino bares all with his latest reads in Sleaze Alley
- Meet the Queen of Storm King Comics in David J. Schow’s R&D column
- John Scoleri’s Monster Gallery showcases the original Monster Gallery
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Now shipping: INCUBUS — Inside Leslie Stevens' Lost Horror Classic by David J. Schow
In Black and White. In Esperanto.
IT’S ONLY A MOVIE . . .
Featuring William Shatner, and shot by Academy Award winner Conrad Hall.
IT’S ONLY A MOVIE . . .
It’s only one of the weirdest movies ever made — by the man who created TV’s The Outer Limits.
IT’S ONLY . . . INCUBUS.
The God of Darkness compels you!
Cimarron Street Books proudly brings you the latest non-fiction exploration from David J. Schow, author of The Outer Limits Companion, delivering everything you never knew you needed to know about Incubus (1966), including dozens of photos and two complete scripts!'
Take a peek inside — if you dare!
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Now shipping: bare•bones #20
- William Schoell turns on the lights and sirens for Code 3
- A look at the Doomed Professional in film by Larry Blamire
- J. Charles Burwell on Steve Frazee’s vision of the west
- Joseph Wambaugh on screen by Derek Hill
- Jack Seabrook untangles the lost TV show, The Web
- The Weird Tales of Not at Night by Stefan Dziemianowicz
- Tim Lucas explores the crime quickies of Montgomery Tully
- More Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine coverage by Richard Krauss
- Duane Swierczynski spotlights Robert Edmond Alter in his Field Guide to L.A. Pulp
- Night of the Living Dead and more, as seen on Bay Area TV by John Scoleri
- Peter Enfantino is back in Sleaze Alley
- The Search for New Grails in David J. Schow’s R&D column
Monday, August 19, 2024
Now shipping: bare•bones #19
- Going up river with Yancy Derringer, rebel with a cause, by William Schoell
- Bryan Kuriawa investigates the alien invaders of W. Lee Wilder
- A round-up of the weird western episodes of Rawhide by Larry Blamire
- Matthew R. Bradley checks into Casino Royale — on page and screen
- Pre-Code Horror in Adventures Into Weird Worlds explored by Peter Enfantino
- Richard Krauss on a fistful of Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine
- Three classic noir reads in Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to American Pulp
- Robert Deveau on the Belmont Shadows of Dennis Lynds
- How much filth lines Sleaze Alley? Only Peter Enfantino knows for sure
- David J. Schow on the trail of Jack the Ripper in his latest R&D column
- Find out which Monster is considered an Old Maid in John Scoleri’s Monster Gallery
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Now shipping: bare•bones #18
- William Schoell tunes into Science Fiction Theatre
- An overlooked classic, No Grave for Us, reviewed by Bryan Kuriawa
- Larry Blamire hits the front lines to experience Combat first hand
- Curt Siodmak and His Dr. Patrick Cory Trilogy celebrated by Matthew R. Bradley
- Peter Enfantino highlights the best of Pre-Code Horror in Adventures Into Terror
- The Big Caper and Alfred Hitchcock Presents examined by Jack Seabrook
- Peter Enfantino delivers another Six-Pack of Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
- It’s time for destination: Quentin Tarantino in Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp
- S. Craig Zahler reviews some LitRPG . . . and more
- Can you stand to see what Peter Enfantino has uncovered in Sleaze Alley?
- Our very own David J. Schow portrayed Freddy Krueger — read all about it!
- In space, no one can hear styrene, in John Scoleri’s Monster Gallery
Friday, February 23, 2024
Now shipping: bare•bones #17
- Larry Blamire on the classic television heyday of the working class criminal
- The Fugitive reimagined in print — reviewed by Tim Lucas
- William Schoell follows Craig Stevens in Man of the World
- Exhuming Federico Curiel’s Nostradamus cycle with Derek Hill
- Randall D. Larson on his early life as a fanzine publisher
- Four paperback originals by Marvin H. Albert explored by J. Charles Burwell
- Peter Enfantino downs another Six-Pack of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
- Destination: Santa Barbara in Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp
- S. Craig Zahler reviews two pair of titles from Marvin H. Albert and Ben Haas
- Fresh filth is unearthed in Sleaze Alley by Peter Enfantino
- David J. Schow on the origin of the Splatterpunk Awards
- And you’ll find Bats in Your Belfry in John Scoleri’s Monster Gallery
Monday, November 27, 2023
Now shipping: bare•bones #16
- Victoria Timpanaro provides her perspective on the evolution of fandom
- Exploring Outrage in The Dakotas with Larry Blamire
- J. Charles Burwell digs into George P. Pelecanos’ DC Quartet
- The Cinema of Alistair MacLean examined by Derek Hill
- William Schoell studies Professor Quatermass in Films and on Television
- Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine Part Two by Peter Enfantino
- Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp tracks down Paul Cain
- Just another day hanging out in Sleaze Alley with Peter Enfantino
- David J. Schow gets the Word on the Street in his latest R&D column
- A weird, wiggly peek inside John Scoleri’s Monster Gallery
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Now shipping: bare•bones #15
- William Schoell spies on John Drake: Danger Man, Secret Agent, and The Prisoner!
- A nostalgic primer on Movie Monster Bubble Gum Cards by Gary Gerani
- Craig Miller reminisces about marketing John Carpenter’s The Thing
- Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine — the early years analyzed by Peter Enfantino
- Stefan Dziemianowicz unearths the contents of Monster Parade & Monsters and Things
- Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp rounds up the Cowboy Detective, Charlie Siringo
- Marvel’s Haunt of Horror: The end of an era exorcised by Peter Enfantino
- Tim Lucas on the unproduced scripts for The Wolf Man vs. Dracula & Dracula’s Daughter
- Peter Enfantino' Sleaze Alley reviews
- In his latest R&D, David J. Schow explores the authors of The Outer Limits
- John Scoleri spotlights some puzzling vintage monster merchandise in his Monster Gallery
Monday, August 21, 2023
Now Shipping: DJSTURBIA by David J. Schow
DJSturbia is home to monsters.
All kinds of monsters, from skyscraper-sized Godzilla (twice!) to the microscopic space germ known as the Andromeda Strain.
Monsters human and inhuman, from fictional psycho killers to the real-life terrorists of 9/11.
Lovecraftian horrors. Extraterrestrial insects. Giant serpents. Gargoyles and ghosts. Gunfighters and assassins. The battlefield monstrosities known as Warbirds, the alien invaders called Black Widowers, and ― oh, yes ― a little critter named Bob.
Classic monsters lurk here, too: That Creature from That Lagoon. That Thing from Another World. Monsters living, monsters dead . . . and in-between.
David J. Schow’s newest collection features his usual lucky thirteen short stories ― shoot ‘em ups, horror noir, and surprises aplenty ― plus, for the first time, a poison-candy sampler of thirteen additional essays covering everything from The Crow to live snake-handling.
A World Fantasy Award winner for short fiction, DJS has come to escort you into the dark suburbs of his imagination ― DJSturbia.
DAVID J. SCHOW — DJS — has authored novels, collections, TV shows, movies, comics, and nonfiction including editorials, columns, intros, outros, flap copy and audio commentaries. DJSturbia is his twelfth title in Cimarron Street’s massive reprint program of his body of work. Collect ‘em all!
FICTIONNow Hold StillThe Last Song You HearGravesideDenker’s BookBlue AmberA Home in the DarkA GunfightThe FingerTwo ScoopsThree Missing Footnotes from the Bad TimeThe GhostingThe Chili HuntersWarbirdsNON-FICTION“After 9/11”“Bloodstock”“Death to Decaf!”“Thirty-Eight Days Later”“Why You’ll Never See Crow Chronicle”“The Traps of Nostalgia”“The Mulholland Muse”“We Have Always Fought Giant Monsters”“Two More Scoops . . . of Cinema”(1) “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got that Thing”(2) “Back to Andromeda”“The Dream of a Masked Man”“Catacombs” (introduction)“Faux-God of the Mouse Haus”Afterwordia
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Now shipping: bare•bones #14
Inside the fourteenth issue of bare•bones, you will find:
- An annotated guide to Adventures in Horror by Stefan Dziemianowicz
- William Schoell targets John Payne and his Restless Gun
- An analysis of Budd Boetticher’s Ranown Westerns by Derek Hill
- J. Charles Burwell looks at four of Harry Whittington’s Western novels
- Find out What’s on the Tube in May 1984 with John Scoleri
- Peter Enfantino returns to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
- Tracking Leigh Brackett in Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp
- Peter Enfantino shines a light down Sleaze Alley
- A look back at Dr. Lao in David J. Schow’s latest R&D column
- A special treat for Stephen King and George A. Romero fans
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Now shipping: bare•bones #13
- Tim Lucas introduces us to a dangerous man in Alphaville
- William Ard’s Lou Largo — Monarch’s greatest P.I. by Peter Enfantino
- Anthony Perconti explores DC’s Manhunter
- Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine Annuals analyzed by Richard Krauss
- William Schoell investigates Mike Shayne on the screen
- Tracking David Goodis in Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp
- Thomas W. Flynn, Jr. disembowels Marvel’s Tales of the Zombie
- Getting into bed with Clyde Allison’s Agent 0008 by Jeff Gelb
- Sauntering down Sleaze Alley with Peter Enfantino
- David J. Schow’s commentary on commentaries in his latest R&D column
- A vintage King Kong treat, straight from Skull Island
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Now Shipping: bare•bones #12
- Tim Lucas traces the road to The Lady From Shanghai
- Exploring Burroughs’ Caspak trilogy on page and screen by Matthew R. Bradley
- William Schoell thrills us with Tales of Tomorrow
- Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine goes under Peter Enfantino’s microscope
- Duane Swierczynski’s Field Guide to L.A. Pulp — a brand-new column
- Four early novels of John D. MacDonald examined by J. Charles Burwell
- Larry Blamire on the most violent western of TV’s Golden Age
- Telling Vampire Tales — Marvel style — by Peter Enfantino
- Randall Larson looks at Godzilla music in the new millennium
- Sauntering down Sleaze Alley with Peter Enfantino
- David J. Schow offers up some advice in his latest R&D column
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Now Shipping: bare•bones #11
- Tim Lucas on These are the Damned and The Children of Light
- A look at Lights Out and ‘Way Out on Television by William Schoell
- Peter Enfantino tackles Two-Fisted Detective Stories
- Find out What’s on the Tube in November 1978 with John Scoleri
- The Quiller novels of Adam Hall by Matthew R. Bradley
- Jack Seabrook unearths the forgotten novels of Douglas Heyes
- A guide to Premier horror comics by Peter Enfantino
- S. Craig Zahler reviews a diverse selection of comic collections
- Sneaking down Sleaze Alley with Peter Enfantino
- David J. Schow takes us inside Café Frankenstein in his latest R&D!
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Now Shipping: HAVOC SWIMS JADED by David J. Schow
Havoc musters another lucky 13 short stories into the seventh collection of same by David J. Schow, who has won awards for this sort of behavior.
Havoc reigns as a bullet-filled criminal named Leadman goes totally aggro, and a prehistoric, Lagoony creature engages in mortal combat with his own evolved self.
Havoc ensues, as a time-displaced trio of friends find themselves lost in a trackless desert zone where there are no “signposts up ahead” at twilight. As your friendly TV remote control displays disturbing new functions. As changing your body image becomes as simple as donning a zip-up human suit.
Havoc cries forth the ghosts of the dogs of war as the Berlin Wall falls, in the novella-length “Dismantling Fortress Architecture.”
These and other dark tales of disturbance await the pleasure of your discomfiture. You will find, as Peter Straub said, that “here, all of Schow’s glittering weapons are sharper than ever before.”
But what does Havoc Swims Jaded mean, exactly?
Front MatterExpanding Your Capabilities Using FRAME/SHIFT™ ModeThe Five Sisters: A FablePlot TwistSize NothingWater MusicWake-Up CallDismantling Fortress Architecture56 28 1 34 7by David J. Schow & Craig SpectorScoop vs Leadman
The Pyre and OthersWhat Happened With Margaret
Take-Out
What Scares YouReflections in the Black LagoonAfterword
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Now Shipping: bare•bones #9
- Matthew R. Bradley on A.E. van Vogt’s Voyage of the Space Beagle and its on-screen offspring
- A look at eurospy films of the ‘60s by William Schoell
- J. Charles Burwell examines Joe Gores’ DKA File Series
- Duane Swierczynski revisits Robert Culp’s Hickey & Boggs
- Take a trip back in time for a 1974 Boxoffice review by John Scoleri
- A guide to Sure Fire Detective Stories by Peter Enfantino
- S. Craig Zahler reviews a number of horror manga from Japan
- Peter Enfantino shines a light down Sleaze Alley
- The latest installment of David J. Schow’s R&D column
- A special vintage treat for fans of The Day of the Triffids













































