Stark House Press, those fine purveyors of pulp and hardboiled reprints (and recently, some badass originals) have cool stuff headed our way. First up: two Peter Rabe books that have never seen the light of day: The Silent Wall and The Return of Marvin Palaver, as well as a short story called "Hard Case Redhead." From the Stark House press release:
Kind of makes you wonder what other pulp goodies are hiding out in the secret underground lair of Ed Gorman... right next to the giant penny and the huge dinosaur, of course. (Just kidding, Ed.) (Sort of.)Shortly before his death in 1990, Rabe had sent these manuscripts to friend and author Ed Gorman, who’s had them in his possession until now. We’re ecstatic to be the ones who are finally bringing these books, along with the short story “Hard Case Redhead,” into the world. In “Redhead,” two thieves and their uninvited guest try to wait out the aftermath of a troublesome heist. It’s hard-boiled and noir and shows that Rabe could write just as well at shorter lengths.
Stark House will also be publishing a two-in-one edition of Gang Girl and Sex Bum by "Don Elliott," who you SF-heads might recognize as the 1960s sleaze paperback pen name of Robert Silverberg.
And finally, Stark House is kicking off their own book club, promising free shipping, no minimum, no obligation to buy. For details you can e-mail Stark House publisher Greg Shepard at griffinskye3 [AT] sbcglobal.net or visit www.starkhousepresscom.
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Shortly before he died (one week he had a cough and a few weeks later we talked on the phone and he told me he had lung cancer) Peter sent me two manuscripts saying he hadn't been able to sell them. After he passed I spent a number of years sending them to every publisher I could think of. I'd double up on some publishers, sending them to new editors I hadn't dealt with before. Glowing letters but no takers. Greg (Stark House) and I talked about these over the years as he continued to publish other books by Peter then Greg said let's do it now. As for that "lair" of mine you mentioned, I'm afraid that's all I've got by anybody. Well, except for that manuscript left my by my great uncle Ray Chandler. But I doubt anybody's be interested in that any more.
I got tingles all over.
Thanks for that extra inside dope, Ed. And yeah, a "lost" manuscript by someone as obscure as this "Ray Chandler" you mention probably would be a hard sell.
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