SPICY ZEPPELIN STORIES!
For decades, this legendary pulp magazine was believed to be a myth.
But it was not. Not exactly. Nor was it real.
Back in the 1970s, prolific pulp writer Will Murray––who was not yet prolific–-undertook the daunting task of writing the entire first issue of this nebulous non-entity of a magazine.
Within these pages you will discover the exciting contents of Spicy Zeppelin Stories, Volume 1, Number 1, October, 1936, just as they would have appeared––if only this magazine ever existed.…
Seven slightly salacious stories set during the 1930s, one for each of the dominant pulp genres. Yes, here are thrilling adventure, air-war, mystery, G-Man, Weird Menace, space opera, and even a wild Western yarn. Every one written around an airship of some type. Each penned under spurious pseudonyms. All guaranteed to evoke the grand and glorious era of the Bloody Pulps.
Nothing like this collection has ever been written before. Nor will it ever again….
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
GONDOLA GIRL
They called Chane the King of the Zeppelins, but he called no man his master. So when one schemer chose him for an enemy, Chane struck back with copper fists and hot lead!
GASBAG BUCKAROO
Cowpoke Clay Long could ride and rope with the best of ’em. But at the Bent Horseshoe Ranch, where phantom rustlers pillaged unchallenged, he was as helpful as horns on a cow. So Long took up the lone wolf trail in search of a powerful vindication.
HYDROGEN HORROR
Shawn Chetwynd loved his country—but he also loved the sinister temptress Thalia Leppenzi. Torn between desire and duty, what could he do? And as the woman spy laughed mockingly, the Hun Zeppelins ploughed through the blazing skies, intent upon destruction….
ZEPS OF THE VOID
Everyone in the spacelanes knew—and feared—the man known only as Solar Smith. Some cursed him for a space pirate. Others swore he fought for right. No one dreamed that when the Space Zep Janus was hijacked, its hostage passengers would witness a dreadful epiphany.
RAIL LAIR
It was the most baffling case G-man Jeff Holt had ever seen. What fearsome thing had ambushed the Limited in the middle of the Kentucky hills and annihilated its passengers? Only a wild hillbilly girl knew the answer—but could Holt seduce it from her before the Superchief roared through, bound for Fort Knox with its gold pelf?
CATWALK CREEPER
One by one, the beautiful women passengers of the great trans-Atlantic dirigible were being ruthlessly destroyed—turned to stone!—while a weird creature spun its tarantula web in the catwalks. Was the SternlichtHölle haunted by the ghost of Medusa the Destroyer?
CHANE
He flew out of nowhere, a pioneer pilot from another time. Was he a lingering ghost of aviation's dawn––or something more than a living man?
Genre: Science Fiction
For decades, this legendary pulp magazine was believed to be a myth.
But it was not. Not exactly. Nor was it real.
Back in the 1970s, prolific pulp writer Will Murray––who was not yet prolific–-undertook the daunting task of writing the entire first issue of this nebulous non-entity of a magazine.
Within these pages you will discover the exciting contents of Spicy Zeppelin Stories, Volume 1, Number 1, October, 1936, just as they would have appeared––if only this magazine ever existed.…
Seven slightly salacious stories set during the 1930s, one for each of the dominant pulp genres. Yes, here are thrilling adventure, air-war, mystery, G-Man, Weird Menace, space opera, and even a wild Western yarn. Every one written around an airship of some type. Each penned under spurious pseudonyms. All guaranteed to evoke the grand and glorious era of the Bloody Pulps.
Nothing like this collection has ever been written before. Nor will it ever again….
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
GONDOLA GIRL
They called Chane the King of the Zeppelins, but he called no man his master. So when one schemer chose him for an enemy, Chane struck back with copper fists and hot lead!
GASBAG BUCKAROO
Cowpoke Clay Long could ride and rope with the best of ’em. But at the Bent Horseshoe Ranch, where phantom rustlers pillaged unchallenged, he was as helpful as horns on a cow. So Long took up the lone wolf trail in search of a powerful vindication.
HYDROGEN HORROR
Shawn Chetwynd loved his country—but he also loved the sinister temptress Thalia Leppenzi. Torn between desire and duty, what could he do? And as the woman spy laughed mockingly, the Hun Zeppelins ploughed through the blazing skies, intent upon destruction….
ZEPS OF THE VOID
Everyone in the spacelanes knew—and feared—the man known only as Solar Smith. Some cursed him for a space pirate. Others swore he fought for right. No one dreamed that when the Space Zep Janus was hijacked, its hostage passengers would witness a dreadful epiphany.
RAIL LAIR
It was the most baffling case G-man Jeff Holt had ever seen. What fearsome thing had ambushed the Limited in the middle of the Kentucky hills and annihilated its passengers? Only a wild hillbilly girl knew the answer—but could Holt seduce it from her before the Superchief roared through, bound for Fort Knox with its gold pelf?
CATWALK CREEPER
One by one, the beautiful women passengers of the great trans-Atlantic dirigible were being ruthlessly destroyed—turned to stone!—while a weird creature spun its tarantula web in the catwalks. Was the SternlichtHölle haunted by the ghost of Medusa the Destroyer?
CHANE
He flew out of nowhere, a pioneer pilot from another time. Was he a lingering ghost of aviation's dawn––or something more than a living man?
Genre: Science Fiction
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