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INSIDE OUR LATEST ISSUE YOU WILL FIND:

• 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

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bare•bones #22 - Spring 2025

Publication Date: May 13, 2025

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 108 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8281159371

Dimensions: 6 x 0.27 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #21

INSIDE OUR LATEST ISSUE YOU WILL FIND:

• 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

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bare•bones #21 - Winter 2025

Publication Date: March 4, 2025

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 110 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8304529662

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: SLEAZE ALLEY Volume 1 by Peter Enfantino in FULL COLOR!

Cimarron Street Books is pleased to bring you the first volume of Peter Enfantino's Sleaze Alley: The Annotated Guide to Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks!

STEP RIGHT UP . . .

. . . and take a look at the offerings we keep hidden under the counter. Sleaze Alley is where you come to find the best of the illicit, the gold nuggets amongst the most depraved fiction of the 1960s. Looking for Lesbians? Devil Worshippers? Serial Killers? Bad dudes just out for a good time? You’ve come to the right place. Peter Enfantino opens up his trench coat to share with you which titles from Greenleaf, Nightstand, Ember, and others are worth your time — and for those that aren’t, he offers a glimpse into how entertaining their purple prose can be. In this first volume, you’ll find reviews of nearly 100 titles from the golden age of the sleaze paperback — with every cover reproduced in full color! You’ll be treated to early work by Lawrence Block, Evan Hunter, Donald Westlake, and Robert Silverberg; sordid fiction that at least one of these men denied authorship of right to the grave. But you need a guide, one who’ll help you avoid stepping in something sticky. What are you waiting for? Step through the beaded curtain and discover what glory awaits you down . . .

. . . SLEAZE ALLEY!

The author refuses to be photographed without disguise. Adult fiction is not a genre to take lightly. There are risks. Peter Enfantino is sure the feds are following him (a guy who looked uncannily like J. Edgar came to the door the other night, supposedly selling aluminum siding); his family has received death threats (well, maybe not death, but the HOA called about the tree stump in the yard); and his house (literally) has bugs. When Enfantino is not drooling over his latest Greenleaf acquisition, he co-edits bare•bones and oversees the Sleaze Alley imprint. He is the author of The Manhunt Companion (Stark House Press), The Wild World of Two-Fisted Detective, Mystery and Terror Digests, The Wild World of Off Beat Detective, Crime and Sleaze Digests, and the forthcoming The Wild World of Guilty and Trapped. He lives in a sleaze alley in Gilbert, Arizona with a saucy broad named Paula.

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Sleaze Alley: The Annotated Guide to Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks Volume One by Peter Enfantino

Publication Date: January 9, 2025

Suggested Retail Price: $30

Full Color Trade Paperback - 148 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8304797788

Dimensions: 6 x 0.35 x 9 inches

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Now shipping: bare•bones #20

 

INSIDE THIS SUPER-SIZED 20th ISSUE SPECTACULAR YOU WILL FIND:

• 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

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bare•bones #20 - Fall 2024

Publication Date: November 19, 2024

Suggested Retail Price: $14.95

Trade Paperback - 154 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8343571752

Dimensions: 6 x 0.39 x 9 inches

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Now shipping: bare•bones #19

Inside the nineteenth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #19 - Summer 2024

Publication Date: August 18, 2024

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 112 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8333860125

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now shipping: bare•bones #18

Inside the eighteenth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #18 - Spring 2024

Publication Date: May 27, 2024

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 108 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8323398935

Dimensions: 6 x 0.27 x 9 inches

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Now shipping: bare•bones #17

 

Inside the seventeenth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #17 - Winter 2024

Publication Date: February 22, 2024

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 108 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8871277881

Dimensions: 6 x 0.27 x 9 inches

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Now shipping: bare•bones #16

Inside the sixteenth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #16 - Fall 2023

Publication Date: November 27, 2023

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 108 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8864587034

Dimensions: 6 x 0.27 x 9 inches

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Now shipping: bare•bones #15

 

Inside the fifteenth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #15 - Summer 2023

Publication Date: September 8, 2023

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 110 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8856413341

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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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

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bare•bones #14 - Spring 2023

Publication Date: June 10, 2023

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 112 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8394044182

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now shipping: bare•bones #13

Inside the thirteenth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #13 - Winter 2023

Publication Date: February 22, 2023

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 110 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8374822625

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #12

 

Inside the twelfth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #12 - Fall 2022

Publication Date: November 2, 2022 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 110 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8355013257

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #11

Inside the eleventh issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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!

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bare•bones #11 - Summer 2022

Publication Date: August 5, 2022 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 112 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8840616574

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #9

Inside the ninth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• 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

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bare•bones #9 - Winter 2022

Publication Date: February 27, 2022 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 114 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8488132511

Dimensions: 6 x 0.29 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #8

Inside the eighth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• Matthew R. Bradley explores Damnation Alley on page and screen
• Charlton’s overlooked Fantasy-Horror Comics by William Schoell
• Peter Enfantino’s round-up of William Ard’s Buchanan novels
• Returning to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by John Scoleri
• Christopher Conlon examines the Robert Bloch Psycho novels and films
• A look at the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas by Derek Hill
• Richard Krauss digs into Sleuth Mystery Magazine
• Exhuming Marvel’s Monster Mags — Dracula Lives! by Peter Enfantino
• S. Craig Zahler reviews a cornucopia of comic collections
• More depravity down Sleaze Alley discovered by Peter Enfantino
• David J. Schow drops the needle on his latest R&D column

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bare•bones #8 - Fall 2021

Publication Date: November 18, 2021 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 110 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8469683353

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #7

 

Inside the seventh issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• Stuart Gordon’s Lovecraft Adaptations by Matthew R. Bradley
• William Schoell looks at classic genre film comic adaptations
• Duane Swierczynski takes us inside the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood book launch event
• A roundtable discussion on Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood novelization with Stephen R. Bissette, Kim Newman, David J. Schow, John Scoleri and Duane Swierczynski
• J. Charles Burwell on the Dell First Editions of James McKimmey
• James McKimmey in Mike Shayne by Peter Enfantino
• S. Craig Zahler reviews a potpourri of pulp fiction
• Peter Enfantino shines a light down Sleaze Alley
• The latest installment of David J. Schow’s R&D column

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bare•bones #7 - Summer 2021

Publication Date: September 1, 2021 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 112 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8541046397

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #6

Inside the sixth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• The Annotated Guide to Web Terror Stories by Peter Enfantino
• Don D’Ammassa on the Hammer Horror Film Omnibus Novelizations
• Matthew R. Bradley on Moon of the Wolf on Page and Screen
• Horror Anthology Series in Britain by David A. Sutton
• The Outer Limits on Home Video by Craig Beam
• Caroline Munro and the Lamb’s Navy Rum Campaign Photo Gallery and Interview by John Scoleri
• Richard Krauss on Private Eye digest
• Ten Quick Takes from S. Craig Zahler
• Peter Enfantino’s Sleaze Alley
• David J. Schow’s R&D on Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Magazine

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bare•bones #6 - Spring 2021

Publication Date: May 11, 2021 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 110 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8737483807

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: WEIRD DOOM by David J. Schow

What is Weird Doom?

Is it the long-lost issue of a forgotten horror pulp?

Is it 128 pages of fiction and non-fiction by David J. Schow?

Is it a peek behind the curtain at Cimarron Street Books’ DJS Library?

Is it the source of an all-new DJS short story, “Caving”?

What if Weird Doom was all of this . . . and more?

Cimarron Street Books invites you to prepare yourself for — Weird Doom!

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Weird Doom by David J. Schow

Publication Date: February 18, 2021 

Suggested Retail Price: $9.99

Trade Paperback - 128 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8583178155

Dimensions: 6 x 0.32 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #5

Inside the fifth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

•     Don D’Ammassa’s Overlooked Library
•     Matthew R. Bradley on Robert Bloch’s Twilight Zone novelization
•     Holger Haase on The Whistler on film, television and radio
•     J. Charles Burwell on William Campbell Gault’s Joe Puma
•     William Schoell on Killer Plants in film and television
•     S. Craig Zahler on Weird Tales and other horrors
•     Peter Enfantino looks at Crime Digests and Sleaze paperbacks
•     John Scoleri travels back in time to 1980 via the TV Guide
•     David J. Schow explores Holy Grails in his latest R&D column

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bare•bones #5 - Winter 2021

Publication Date: February 13, 2021 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 110 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8595070249

Dimensions: 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches

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Now Shipping: bare•bones #4

Inside this MONSTER-SIZED fourth issue of bare•bones, you will find:

• Matthew R. Bradley, Peter Enfantino and William Schoell explore Gorgo, Konga and Reptilicus in film, fiction and comics (including a 12-page Gorgo photo gallery)
• Derek Hill on the horror films of Val Lewton
• S. Craig Zahler reviews three novels by Harry Stephen Keeler
• Richard Krauss examines Verdict magazine
• Don D’Ammassa’s Overlooked Library
• The latest installment of David J. Schow’s R&D column
• All this and much more!

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bare•bones #4 - Fall 2020

Publication Date: November 23, 2020 

Suggested Retail Price: $11.95

Trade Paperback - 138 pages

ISBN-13: 979-8677051968

Dimensions: 6 x 0.35 x 9 inches

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