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Award-winning author, screenwriter, and editor Gary Phillips
gathers his most thrilling, outlandish, and madcap pulp fiction in
an 17-story collection that straddles the line between bizarro,
science fiction, noir, and superhero classics. Aztec vampires,
astral projecting killers, oxygen stealing bombs, undercover space
rangers, aliens occupying Los Angeles, right wing specters haunting
the ’hood, masked vigilantes, and mad scientists in their
underground lairs plotting world domination populate the stories in
this rip-snorting collection. In these pages grindhouse melds with
blaxploitation along with strong doses of B movie hardcore drive-in
fare. Phillips, editor of the Anthony Award-winning The Obama
Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, and author of
One-Shot Harry and Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem,
said this about pulp. “The most common definition of pulp is
it’s fast-paced, a story containing out there characters and a
wild plot. There is that. But certainly, as we’ve now arrived at
the era of retro-pulp, these stories have elements of
characterization: not just action, but a glimpse behind the steely
eyes of these doers of incredible deeds.” As an added bonus,
Phillips resurrects Phantasmo, a Golden Age comics character
created by Black artist-writer E.C. Stoner in an all-new outing of
ethereal doings (includes 4 original illustrations by cover artist
Adam Shaw).
Winner, 2018 Anthony Award for Best Anthology and Winner, Bronze
Medal, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Anthologies, Foreword Reviews.
Noir meets diverse voices and transforms the genre into an
over-the-top, transcendental psychedelic thriller ride of pulpy
goodness in THE OBAMA INHERITANCE, a collection of fifteen stories
of conspiracy noir curated by editor and award-winning
African-American crime novelist Gary Phillips.
In the
tradition of satirical works of Swift and Twain, with nods to the
likes of William Burroughs, Asimov and Philip K. Dick, these tales
contain vigilante First Ladies, Supreme Court judges who can clone
themselves, gear-popping robots of doom, and races of ancient
lizard people revealing their true master plan … and these are
just the tame ones mashed up in the blender of fake news bots,
climate change is but a hoax by the Chinese and humans roamed with
dinosaurs. In an era where the outlandish and fantastic has
permeated our media 24/7, where mind-bending conspiracy theories
shape our views, THE OBAMA INHERITANCE writers riff on the numerous
fictions spun about the 44th president of the U.S. Although Obama
himself does not appear in most of these stories, contributors spin
deliberately outlandish and fantastic twists on many of the dozens
of screwball, bizarro conspiracy theories floated about the
president during his years in office and turn them on their heads.
THE OBAMA INHERITANCE editor Gary Phillips is a critically
acclaimed author of mystery and graphic novels (Peepland, Violent
Spring, and Warlord of Willow Ridge). Raised in South Central Los
Angeles, Phillips draws on his experiences from anti-police abuse
community organizing and anti-apartheid activism. He was the chair
of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color
committee, and is president of the Private Eye Writers of America.
Contributors include famed crime-detective author and essayist
Walter Mosley, professor and former Department of Justice attorney
Christopher Chambers (Sympathy for the Devil), noir raconteur
Andrew Nette, actor and novelist Danny Gardner (A Negro and an
Ofay), former Maine assistant attorney general Kate Flora (Death in
Paradise), award-winning playwright and novelist Désirée
Zamorano, and the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master
Robert Silverberg.
To read the New Testament is to meet the Old Testament at every
turn. But exactly how do Old Testament texts relate to their New
Testament references and allusions? Moreover, what fruitful
interpretive methods do New Testament texts demonstrate? Leading
biblical scholars Walter Kaiser, Darrel Bock and Peter Enns each
present their answers to questions surrounding the use of the Old
Testament in the New Testament. Contributors address elements such
as Divine and human authorial intent, the context of Old Testament
references, and theological grounds for an interpretive method.
Every author applies his framework to the same three texts so that
readers see each method s practical use. Each contributor also
receives a thorough critique from the other two authors. A one-stop
reference for setting the scene and presenting approaches to the
topic that respect the biblical text, Three Views on the New
Testament Use of Old Testament gives readers the tools they need to
develop their own views on this important subject. The
Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique
of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints
books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology.
Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints
series."
Adapting what may be the most popular of graphic novels, by the
edgy Hard Case Crime author, adding layers and exploring the nature
of morality. Faced with overwhelming poverty and a pregnant wife, a
tragic, struggling comedian is forced to turn to crime. In his
first heist, he is immersed in toxic chemicals that disfigure him
bizarrely, driving him mad and thus giving birth to The Joker. For
years, the Clown Prince of Crime has been caught in a dance of
violence with his greatest nemesis, the Batman. Escaping Arkham
Asylum, he plots his most lethal caper. This will be the ultimate
punch line... his KILLING JOKE. In their mission to protect Gotham
City, Batman and Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) pursue ruthless criminals
such as the grandiose Maxie Zeus and Antonio "Python" Palmares.
Simultaneously, Commissioner James Gordon and Detective Harvey
Bullock take on a cartel distributing the latest designer
drug--"giggle sniff," derived from a venom created by The Joker.
This rapid-fire sequence of events spirals together to threaten
Batman's closest friends and allies, and locks the two eternal foes
in their ultimate death match. Copyright (c) 2017 DC Comics.
BATMAN, THE JOKER, THE KILLING JOKE and all related characters and
elements (c) & TM DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
MATTHEW HENSON AND THE ICE TEMPLE OF HARLEM is the first in a new
exciting retro rollicking adventure series from 2021 Munsey
Award-nominee Gary Phillips. This re-imagined pulp novel follows
the Doc Savage-style adventures of the first black man to reach the
North Pole -Matthew Henson. The tail end of the Roaring 20s.
Harlem. Hired by controversial spiritual leader Daddy Paradise to
retrieve his adult daughter who has been kidnapped, adventurer
Matthew Henson does just that. Then he must safeguard the two until
the firebrand can deliver a momentous speech at a mass rally.
Henson must employ all his survival skills to fulfill his
task-skills that kept him whole in forbidden jungles, across Asia,
and in sub-zero ice storms when he first reached the North Pole.
Henson's charge brings him face-to-face with such illustrious
characters as gangster Dutch Schultz, who's looking to muscle out
numbers racket boss Queenie St. Clair, and famed inventor Nikola
Tesla who is using his electrical acumen to surveil plutocrats.
Henson's pal Bessie Coleman, America's first black aviatrix lends a
hand as well. With a death ray zeroing in on him, he races against
the clock to save lives, and keep a mysterious and powerful meteor
fragment he brought back from the Arctic years ago out of the hands
of monied evil-doers. Set against the intellectual, artistic and
political firmament that was the Harlem Renaissance, THE ICE TEMPLE
OF HARLEM re-imagines explorer Matthew Henson in the style of Doc
Savage and Indiana Jones. The one the Inuit adopted as their own
and considered the best example of those from the distant South.
***Editor's Choice, NEW YORK TIMES*** A literary coup d'etat, that
ponders "What would the White House be like if U.S. Presidents of
the past were not restricted by the time-honored hallmarks and
traditional behavior of the office, leaving them free to do
whatever they wanted, anytime and anywhere?" THE FAKING OF THE
PRESIDENT: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir pulls back the
curtain on the "new norm" for America's highest office, with a
collection of bizarre new stories by a diverse group of renowned
authors that take readers across the chasm of reality into an
alternate universe-where Nixon takes a wacky psychedelic trip with
Elvis Presley; where a time-traveling renegade targets members of
the George Bush administration with disastrous results; where a spy
seizes a sudden opportunity for power after Woodrow Wilson's
stroke. The stories are outlandish but-when it comes to the White
House of today-no longer implausible. The line-up of award-winning
authors includes Eric Beetner, Peter Carlaftes, Sarah M. Chen,
Angel Luis Colon, S. A. Cosby, Nikki Dolson, Mary Anna Evans, Adam
Lance Garcia, Danny Gardner, Alison Gaylin, Christopher Chambers,
Kate Flora, Greg Herren, Gary Phillips, Alex Segura, Travis
Richardson, S. J. Rozan, Abby Vandiver, and Erica Wright. In an era
where the bar for what is acceptable has shifted beyond what the
founding fathers ever imagined, THE FAKING OF THE PRESIDENT is a
highly recommended unique creative act of resistance, and a
must-have for fans of politics, noir, and speculative fiction.
Faced with overwhelming poverty and a pregnant wife, a tragic,
struggling comedian is forced to turn to crime. In his first heist,
he is immersed in toxic chemicals that disfigure him bizarrely,
driving him mad and thus giving birth to The Joker. For years, the
Clown Prince of Crime has been caught in a dance of violence with
his greatest nemesis, the Batman. Escaping Arkham Asylum, he plots
his most lethal caper. This will be the ultimate punch line... his
KILLING JOKE. In their mission to protect Gotham City, Batman and
Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) pursue ruthless criminals such as the
grandiose Maxie Zeus and Antonio "Python" Palmares. Simultaneously,
Commissioner James Gordon and Detective Harvey Bullock take on a
cartel distributing the latest designer drug-"giggle sniff,"
derived from a venom created by The Joker. This rapid-fire sequence
of events spirals together to threaten Batman's closest friends and
allies, and locks the two eternal foes in their ultimate death
match.
Some stories are all about the crime. These stories are about the
maelstrom of what happens after... A hard-bitten crew of
professional thieves pull off the score of their lives, coming away
with seven million in cash. Like any heist there are some
unforeseen complications, and unfortunately they don’t get away
without a few bodies dropping. But despite this, they get away with
the swag. Seven million. Enough to change their lives, make new
identities, start fresh. But that’s when the real trouble
begins... In this unique, riveting, linked anthology, we follow
each member of the crew of culprits as they go their separate ways
after the heist, and watch as this perfect score ends up a perfect
nightmare. Featuring stories penned by acclaimed writers Brett
Battles, Gar Anthony Haywood, Zoë Sharp, Manuel Ramos, Jessica
Kaye, Joe Clifford and David Corbett, CULPRITS examines what
happens next to these criminals once they take their cut and go
their separate ways, only to find that the end of the heist was the
beginning of their troubles.
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Peepland (Paperback)
Christa Faust; Illustrated by Gary Phillips, Andrea Camerini
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Times Square, 1986: the home of New York's red light district where
strip clubs, porno theatres and petty crime prevails. When a chance
encounter for Peepbooth worker Roxy Bell leads to the brutal murder
of a public access pornographer, the erotic performer and her punk
rock ex-partner Nick Zero soon find themselves under fire from
criminals, cops, and the city elite, as they begin untangling a
complex web of corruption leading right to city hall.
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Snow Shorts Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Gary Phillips, Nicole Givens Kurtz; Illustrated by Jeffrey Ray Hayes
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South Central Noir (Hardcover)
Gary Phillips; Contributions by Steph Cha, Jervey Tervalon, Emory Holmes, Jeri Westerson, …
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Widely regarded as today's foremost American Jewish historian,
Jonathan D. Sarna had a huge impact on the academy. Sarna's
influence is perhaps nowhere more apparent than among his former
doctoral students-a veritable "Sarna diaspora" of over three dozen
active scholars around the world. Both a tribute to Sarna and an
important collection in its own right, New Perspectives in American
Jewish History was compiled by Sarna's former students and presents
previously unpublished, neglected, or rarely seen historical
documents and images that illuminate the breadth, diversity, and
dynamism of the American Jewish experience. Beginning with the
earliest known Jewish divorce in circum-Atlantic history (1774) and
concluding with a Black Lives Matter Haggadah supplement (2019),
the collection travels across time and space to shed light on
intriguing and generative moments that span the varieties of Jewish
experience in the American setting from the colonial era to the
present. The materials underscore the interrelationship of myriad
themes including ritual observance, Jewish-Christian relations,
civil rights, Zionism and Israel, and immigration. While not
intended as a comprehensive treatment of American Jewish history,
the collection offers a chronological road map of American Jewry's
evolving self-understanding and encounter with America over the
course of four centuries. A brief prefatory note sets up the
analytic context of each document and helps to unpack and explore
its significance. The capacious and multifaceted quality of the
American Jewish experience is further amplified here by a sampling
of artistic texts such as photographs, advertisements, cartoons,
and more.
Orange County, California, brings to mind the endless summer of
sand and surf, McMansion housing tracts, a conservative stronghold,
and tony shopping centers. It's a place where pilates classes are
run like boot camps, real estate values are discussed at your
weekly colonic, and ice cream parlors on Main Street, USA, exist
side-by-side with pho shops and taquerias. Orange County Noir pulls
back the veil to reveal what lurks behind the curtain.
Features brand-new stories by: Susan Straight, Robert S.
Levinson, Rob Roberge, Nathan Walpow, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Dan
Duling, Mary Castillo, Lawrence Maddox, Dick Lochte, Robert Ward,
Gary Phillips, Gordon McAlpine, Martin J. Smith, and Patricia
McFall.
Editor Gary Phillips is the author of many novels and short
stories. He lives in Southern California.
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