ECHO OF A CURSE is the third novel by the mysterious R.R. Ryan that Ramble House has published. The first two, Freak Museum and The Subjugated Beast, are classics of horror and Echo of a Curse follows closely behind. Ramble House has another R.R. Ryan thriller slated: Death of a Sadist.

The word may be getting out that Day Keene, author of those great noir novels of the 40s and 50s, also wrote a lot of stories for the pulps -- and that John Pelan and Ramble House are bringing all of them back for re-reading. Many of these stories were written during WWII and you can tell emotions are burning. Here are the stories in this fifth volume of the series: A Corpse Walks in Brooklyn-Detective Tales, October 1945 The Stars Say Die -Detective Tales November 1941 Herr Yama from Yokohoma-Ace G-Man February 1943 Seven Keys to Murder-Dime Mystery, September 1944 I'll Be Seeing You-Dime Mystery, November 1946 Three Dead Mice-Flynn's, March 1944 A Corpse for Cinderella-Dime Mystery May 1945 Claws of the Hell Cat-Dime Mystery, January 1946

DEATH MARCH OF THE DANCING DOLLS is the third volume of the series: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps. It is introduced by Texas' own Bill Crider and has a cover by Gavin L. O'Keefe. Day Keene is well-known for his hardboiled novels but his short stories from the pulps are almost completely forgotten, until now. This volume contains these stories: Stay As Dead As You Are, Detective Tales, October 1946 The Charlie McCarthy Murders, Detective Tales, March 1942 Doc Egg's Graveyard Reunion, Dime Mystery, February 1946 Death March of the Dancing Dolls, Dime Mystery, September 1945. So Sorry You Die Now, Dime Mystery, January 1945 A Minor Matter of Murder, Short Stories, Dec 25, 1945 Mighty Like a Rogue, Dime Detective, January 1950

When you're a writer who's been doing it for over 60 years, traveling to exotic places for research, meeting interesting people for interviews and letting your mind wander wherever the hell it wants, you end up with a lot of stories, just as Richard A. Lupoff has done -- in spades. This 280-page volume contains the first four dozen of the tales that Dick Lupoff has written down for us. There's even a few pictures. If you've enjoyed the novels, short stories and non-fiction masterpieces that he's written over the years, here's your chance to find out what was going on behind the scenes.

In this original horror novel by Gary Lovisi, set in modern-day Louisiana, the local townsfolk and law-enforcers are confronted with the powers of evil and the horrors that are resurrected.

Written in 1932, this was a controversial novel because of the frankness of its depictions of a morgue. Nowadays it's a real curiosity because of the way the characters obsess about alcohol. There are many parallels between the prohibition-era America and the situation we find ourselves in with marijuana and this book brings them out.

Written in 1924, this may be the first exotic thriller written by Edmund Snell, who again takes us into the exotic jungles of Borneo in THE CRIMSON BUTTERFLY. This novel tells a weird tale of hypnotism and sorcery, and features a mysterious insect whose sting is death to man, and whose wings look like pieces of raw beef. It takes all the wiles and courage of the English officials, the natives, and a visiting professor and his daughter, to get beyond the superstition surrounding the Butterfly and to track it to its lair

Francis James was known for writing novella-length potboilers as headliners for various pulp magazines back in the 30s and John Pelan has collected a few of his best. No one could write preposterous weird menace tales like Francis James and these will prove it: Mark of the Laughing Death, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1936 Monster's Death Song, Terror Tales, December 1935 Slaves of the Midnight Caverns, Dime Mystery Magazine, July 1937 Arms of the Flame Goddess, Dime Mystery Magazine, April 1938 The Women Who Killed for Satan, Horror Stories June/July 1939 The Unwelcome Dead, Terror Tales, July 1935 Brides for the Half-Men, Sinister Stories, February 1940 Merry Christmas from the Dead, Dime Mystery, January 1937

It all starts with a stroke of incredibly good luck -- Detective-Inspector Bobby Owen and his wife, Olive, find an almost perfect home in the country to rent. But then they meet the neighbors, including Miss Bellamy, whose piano stylings seem to affect everyone in the village, and Mr. Fielding, whose manic cheerfulness makes everyone nervous. The music brings everyone out at night, and murder follows close behind.

Tiffany Thayer, who was prominent in the Fortean Society, wrote many unusual novels in the first half of the 20th century but DOCTOR ARNOLDI is one of the most elusive. Now, for the first time since its initial publication in 1934, it's available. The story is an old one -- what happens when death is defeated -- but no one has ever written about it as Thayer has.

Trade paperback. This revised edition of THE RAMBLE HOUSE MAPBACKS reproduces all the mapback titles released by Ramble House to date. The mapbacks are reproduced in color, alongside their front cover designs and notes on their creation by Gavin L. O'Keefe, the designer of the covers.

This new edition of L. Frank Baum's classic tale is illustrated by Gavin L. O'Keefe. The illustrator has reflected the author's interest in Theosophy, providing a new perspective on this established icon of literature. With an Introductory Note by Fender Tucker and a Foreword by John Algeo.

Arthur Leo Zagat wrote some of the goriest stories ever written back in the 30s when times were bad for just about everybody. They became known as "weird menace" tales which, as a genre, reached its peak with Zagat. John Pelan tells you all about the man and his time in his introduction. The stories in this collection are: The Corpse Factory, Dime Mystery Magazine, Mary 1934 A Lodging in Hell, Horror Stories, February/March 1936 Death Lands a Cargo, Dime Mystery Magazine, October 1935 Death's Mistress, Dime Mystery Magazine, September 1934 Madman's Bride, Dime Mystery Magazine, January 1935 Satan's Bedchamber, Dime Mystery Magazine, August 1936 Soft Blows the Breeze from Hell, Dime Mystery Magazine, December 1937 The Little Walking Corpses, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1934