Bold Venture Press

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Bold Venture Press publishes quality reprints of classic pulp fiction, and exciting new fiction in the realms of mystery, science fiction and horror. Our flagship title is Pulp Adventures, a quarterly magazine showcasing classic reprints and new stories, spanning the diverse world of pulp fiction.

Bold Venture releases three new titles each month. We are proud to present author C.J. Henderson's hard-boiled Jack Hagee, Private Eye series -- and to feature the never-before-published fourth novel in the series. Bold Venture Press released "Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures" by Johnston McCulley, under license from Zorro Productions. Our latest Zorro release is "Zorro: The Daring Escapades," an anthology with 16 new stories by various authors.

Bold Venture Press is open to submissions from new authors, or people interesting in compiling anthologies of stories from the classic pulp magazines.

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Rex Brandon #3: Black Fury
Series: Rex Brandon, Jungle Hunter, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 35,070. Language: English. Published: February 19, 2024 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
A radio station hidden in the depths of the Congo jungle was sending coded secret messages, suggesting an international plot was afoot. Where were the sending and receiving stations? Authorities turned to Rex Brandon, who knew the jungle better than anybody. A missing agent provided enough information for a starting point. But great danger confronted Brandon, including a menace known as Red Beard!
Railroad Stories #12: The Silver Switch Key
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 56,420. Language: English. Published: December 30, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective, Fiction » Adventure » Action
The Silver Switch Key gleamed a deadly message from a plush-lined box … Then, thundering in from the East, No. 31 brings sinister news of a murder mystery on the Great Southwestern Railroad. When it seems the killer might escape, Sherriff Bob Martin, ex-freight conductor, makes himself a human target. Produced under license from White River Publishing.
The Wall & the Life Buyer
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 73,490. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Who wants to live forever? E.C. Tubb, a past master of science fiction, offers some theories in two spine-tingling novellas.
Peoria Nights: Nick Stihl, Private Investigator
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 67,510. Language: English. Published: August 11, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
In the 1930s, Peoria, Illinois, was ruled by ruthless gangs with an iron hand. But a former boxer turned private investigator fought violence and graft with fists of steel. In this edition, private investigator Nick Stihl cleans up the town in a trio of two-fisted adventures.
Rex Brandon #2: Jungle Allies
Series: Rex Brandon, Jungle Hunter, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 35,020. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
A man in the Congo jungle uttered dying words: “Chizma … people of the Sun … no white man lives to tell.” Then something about gorillas and ancient ruins. Jeff Lambert's own expedition was wiped out, except for a young woman captured by a strange tribe. Lambert implored Rex Brandon to find her. Brandon was ready for profitable adventure, but afterward, the ledger would forever be tainted red ...
Rex Brandon #1: Death Warriors
Series: Rex Brandon, Jungle Hunter, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 34,040. Language: English. Published: June 15, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
“Fans of Tarzan and Doc Savage will feel right at home with Rex Brandon.” — PaperbackWarrior.com George Traski brought rich mineral samples from Africa’s deep interior. He mounted another expedition to discover more, and vanished. Then Professor Shaw and his daughter went missing. The time had come for Rex Brandon to find the missing explorers, but could he anticipate the danger to his own safari?
War, Inc. #3: A Plague of Spies
Series: WAR, Inc., Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 49,620. Language: English. Published: June 11, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
Nominated for the Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America — A brilliant combine of international assassins had gathered on the sunny shores of Alba. Peter Carthage, WAR, INC.’s top agent, is sent to infiltrate the threat — and tangles with a strange order of violent monks! As he learns the monastery's sinister secret, he finds himself in the middle of the greatest coup in history!
The Wages of Syn
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 61,420. Language: English. Published: May 23, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
Ten stories featuring Jericho Syn, alias The Scarecrow — lurking in The Shadows, shining law and vengeance on the city’s underbelly. Just walk to darkened corner booth … Jericho Syn walks the fine line between crime and the law. Known as the Scarecrow, he knows where the bodies are buried — he’s put a few in the ground himself. He’s willing to help if the cause is just and the money is right.
Death Waits in Shanghai
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 67,150. Language: English. Published: April 28, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
Private investigator Johnny Falco pursues a kidnapper from San Francisco to China ... then has to outrun a thousand perils to get the victim safely home.
My House of Dreams
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 64,770. Language: English. Published: January 14, 2023 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Death stalked California for 30 years before it reached Tacayme, a peaceful valley where Noki’s people had lived for generations. Disease and genocide accompanied white invaders. Now Spanish priests and their followers begin building a mission to converting the people and extend Spain’s influence. Noki is fearful, but when a priests treats his brother with kindness, Noki reexamines his own biases.
Emerald Assault
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 97,670. Language: English. Published: September 7, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
A simple traffic stop sets into motion an electrifying chain of events — beginning with the discovery of a planned terrorist attack threatening the U.S. with a radiation release deadlier than Chernobyl. Mimi Chandra, FBI Special Agent in the terrorist unit when her sister Nimisha is kidnapped. But the terrorists learn neither of the Chandra Girls is to be trifled with …
Erin: Speaker of the Mihn’d
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 96,660. Language: English. Published: June 15, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
A young woman must participate in an alien ceremony honoring her dead father, an emissary on a colony world. Earth has begun diplomatic relations with the Yyrrlaar, an advanced humanoid species. Erin intends to use the media notoriety to gain fame, but finds herself on the run, charged with terrorism, and sheltered by the Mihn'd, a strange race of creatures. Can she save Earth from impending doom?
Revelation: A Story of Redemption
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 84,890. Language: English. Published: April 15, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Religious, Fiction » Christian » Historical
Born to privilege in Roman society, Publius Longus manages to waste everything until he finds faith among early Christians. Will it be enough to save him when Roman soldiers close in on him and his new friends? Only the newly written book now called Revelation and a brave woman offer clues to his fate.
Masked Rider #7: Iron Horse Gunsmoke
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 54,960. Language: English. Published: March 24, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure » General
Above the constant din of steel upon steel as shining rails make their way across the Cow Country, grim vengeance and cunning treachery sound another note — a clarion call for the Colts and courage of Wayne Morgan!
Closures
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 40,990. Language: English. Published: March 3, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Anthologies » General
All of life’s chapters reach closures ... People seek closures, accept closures, or are desperate to prevent closures. Grieved or celebrated, closures are human experiences preceding death, life’s final closure. As the stories in this collection reveal, closures can be positive or negative … and sometimes both.
Zorro and the Deadly Homecoming
Series: Zorro. Price: $7.50 USD. Words: 62,660. Language: English. Published: February 15, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
Diego de la Vega’s passage on a California-bound vessel is hardly a relaxing journey. Aboard the Isadora, assassination dogs his footsteps. Someone wants to make certain he never sees his homeland again! In California, a human trafficking gang has grown six-fold, and a hired assassin stalks Don Alejandro, Zorro’s own father!
Fae Well, My Lovely
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,470. Language: English. Published: February 9, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Fantasy » General
“We don’t want your kind here!” Nazis don’t take kindly to that sentiment. Especially when their occult plan to invade America through nightmares has begun. A murder occurs at a fundraiser for a philanthropic “Angel of the Slums.” What do two specialists in Irish folklore and Germanic folklore have in common? Aside from being murdered, that is.
Cultists Always Ring Twice
Series: Maxi and Moxie. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 58,480. Language: English. Published: February 8, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Fantasy » General
An old girlfriend- turned-movie star comes to Moxie Donovan for help with a blackmailer. He can’t resist offering to help her — his wife Maxi, on the other hand, isn’t so altruistic. Before finding the blackmailer, they run up against Gestapo goons and crazed chorus girls. Turns out even Hollywood Zombies need agents!
Callback for a Corpse
Series: Maxi and Moxie. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 57,140. Language: English. Published: February 8, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Fantasy » General
A murdered stoolie leaves behind a tip for “Moxie” Donovan, freelance reporter. A glamorous actresses appears too perfect. Could she be connected to multiple murders and occult magic?
Zorro and the Forbidden Country
Series: Zorro. Price: $7.50 USD. Words: 57,210. Language: English. Published: February 8, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
(Part 2 of 3) Charged with murder in China, Zorro finds himself running from the Emperor’s minions and British soldiers! While he despairs of returning home, he targets cruel opium dealers, to whom peace-loving peasants are little more than human bargaining chips. Half a world away, Zorro’s father and other wealthy landowners unite against a sadistic criminal cabal.
Zorro and the Outward Journey
Series: Zorro. Price: $7.50 USD. Words: 68,230. Language: English. Published: February 8, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures
(Part 1 of 3) A landowner’s daughter is kidnapped and believed dead. Undaunted, Don Diego de la Vega wears Zorro’s midnight black garb, and goes forth in search of the girl. Once she is rescued, everyone believes the terrorists have been defeated. When the fanatics choose Diego as their hostage, Zorro must devise his escape aboard a British ship, sailing toward a dreadful fate.
Masked Rider Western #6: Riders of Bushwhack Range & Tomahawk Trail Race
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 66,600. Language: English. Published: January 18, 2022 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Two western-thrillers with Wayne Morgan, alias The Masked Rider, and his trusted friend Blue Hawk! Death at the hands of Indian raiders or total ruin—that’s the choice facing Rancher Duncan McLane until Wayne Morgan comes along to help him in his grim fight against injustice! Then, Wayne Morgan exposes the bare bones of treason on the Maldonado!
The Devil Laughed
Series: Moriah Dru: Child Trace. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 78,990. Language: English. Published: December 23, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
A 13-year old prodigy hires Child Trace to find her mother, after she went missing while partying on a sailboat in Lake Lanier in the mountains of North Georgia.
Murmurs of Insanity
Series: Moriah Dru: Child Trace. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 82,200. Language: English. Published: December 22, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Child Trace is on the job again, but Moriah Dru has her hands full. The whole mess begins when teenager Johndro Phillips goes missing after witnessing a drug deal turn to murder. Richard Lake's ex-wife is searching for her half-brother, while police disregard an art student's disappearance as a "Conceptual Art Performance."
Railroad Stories #11: Danger Signals
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 52,730. Language: English. Published: December 17, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
A story of railroading in the "link and pin days" of 1887. It is the story of two men, brakemen on the N. S. & W., and a friendship that suffers when they love the same girl. It is also the story of a young woman, Muriel Chalmers, the daughter of the storekeeper in their home town. This is a story of a friendship torn asunder, but it is also a story of differences put aside when danger beckons.
Awesome Tales #6: Domino Lady: Give Them a Corpse
Series: Awesome Tales. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 25,770. Language: English. Published: October 29, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Give Them a Corpse (part 1) — The Domino Lady’s New York adventure begins when a young girl becomes the pawn in a vicious blackmail scheme. (Part 2 appears in Awesome Tales #10) Plus other stories.
Thirty by O. Henry
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 118,200. Language: English. Published: July 14, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Literary collections » American / General
O. Henry's 31 most interesting stories — as selected by William Nadel, editor and great, great, great nephew of O Henry. Each tale is prefaced with notes regarding story origins, their representation of a simpler era in New York City and elsewhere, and their relevance more than 100 years later. O Henry captured the essence of human want and desire like no other writer before or since.
Masked Rider Western #5: The Golden Skull & The Fighting Texans
Series: Masked Rider Western. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 65,710. Language: English. Published: July 7, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Two action-packed novels — plus a short story by the creator of G-8 and His Battle Aces! In "The Golden Skull" by Gunnison Steele, The Masked Rider heads for Thundergod Canyon when the secret of Devil Dan's treasure stirs up a gun fandango! Then, "The Fighting Texans" join Wayne Morgan and Blue Hawk to battle vicious outlaws oppressing ranchers! Also "Rust Ain't for Six Guns" by Robert J. Hogan.
Zorro and the Irish Colonel
Series: Zorro. Price: $7.50 USD. Words: 95,960. Language: English. Published: June 5, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
An Irish colonel with a sordid history travels to California, intending to avenge men slaughtered in his regiment. Would he carry his retribution into the ranks of the innocents? And would he prove to be friend or foe to the masked man called Zorro, who inspired Californians to resist tyranny?
Railroad Stories #10: Rolling Wheels & The Georgia Rambler
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 50,110. Language: English. Published: May 19, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Western
In "Rolling Wheels," memories of a girl, of success and failure, fill the soul of a man who waits for death. Afterward, three comedy short stories — "Tales of The Georgia Rambler" — follow the timid exploits of a Boomer and his somewhat trusty sidekick in misadventures at the roundhouse.
Chronicles of the Skullmask: Revenge is Justice
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 79,590. Language: English. Published: April 29, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Six tales of justice and revenge! "I was fashioned from the skin of the first victim I would avenge. I am the collective experiences of all who have worn me in their quests for just Vengeance. I am the means to redress wrongs. My wearer may die but I live on. I am the path to justice. I am a candle of justice in a cathedral of evil. I am the Skullmask; pity those who wear me. Wear me if you dare."
Superheated
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 94,140. Language: English. Published: April 5, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Their law education is complete, sisters Mimi and Nimisha Chandra turn their ambition toward becoming an investigative and litigation team. Almost right out of the starting gate, they’re assigned to investigate a disappearance at the Great Lakes Nuclear Station.
Society of Ghosts
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 72,280. Language: English. Published: April 2, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Horror » Occult
An expat in bustling Mazatlán seeks a remedy for recent unexplained malaise. When an unconventional treatment elevates him to unprecedented vigor, he is introduced to The Society and offered passage into time travel. In exchange for this new power, he must assume the identity of special agent Victor Lance and Track down The Society’s most vicious adversaries threatening the liberties of humanity.
Pulp Adventures #38: Death is a Rebel
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 57,150. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
CLASSIC PULP FICTION Death Is A Rebel by Roger Torrey — [20,000 word hardboiled thriller] — Murder was occurring in Florida, right under Detective Mahoney’s snoot — exceptionally baffling murder that speedily developed angles rough and tough, plus painful international aspects of continent-shaking revolution.
Messiah: A History of One of the World’s Most Enduring Ideas
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 74,270. Language: English. Published: March 13, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Messianic Judaism, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Spiritual awakening
Where did the messiah concept originate? Who developed it, and why it has taken on such meaning in Western religion? Many people have claimed to be the messiah in the past 2,000 years. "Messiah: A History of One of the World’s Most Enduring Ideas" attempts to answer the many questions about messiahs and the Messiah Concept.
Masked Rider #4: War in Massacre Basin & Corpse Canyon
Series: Masked Rider Western. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,910. Language: English. Published: February 23, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure » General
The Masked Rider in two action-packed novels in one volume! In "War in Massacre Basin" by Charles N. Heckelmann, Wayne Morgan and Blue Hawk ride into the far Southwest to confront land-greedy renegades. Then, The Masked Rider sides Mitch Clark, the most hated man in Elkhorn, in "Corpse Canyon" by Jud Tally.
WAR, Inc. #2: Mission Tank War
Series: WAR, Inc., Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 51,210. Language: English. Published: February 6, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
A small, oil-rich Arab nation is about to lose its status as a British protector­ate. A superior enemy force lurks in the wings, waiting to invade, led by Soviet tanks. How many men from War, Inc. does it take to stop an army of tanks? Six — debonair Peter Carthage and five specialists, accompanied by a plucky young British woman deter­mined to rescue a kidnapped brother.
Peter Baron: Special Agent
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 48,120. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2021 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
A cold war, deep state organization recruits the world's discarded spies as its soldiers. Special agent Peter Baron embarks upon a trio of dangerous assignments: To retrieve ‘Deep Sleep,’ a biological agent; to guard agent ‘Red Fox’ from the Russians; and to locate a spy satellite under the shadow of Kilauea Volcano.
The Cogsworth Conundrum
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 67,730. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
With only his mind as a weapon, Cogsworth sets about undoing machinations of evil forces. Aided by strangers and townsfolk, he dares the skies in his quest. Travelling to the far reaches of Arcamore, his group vies against Maude and her Venutian Air Pirates. A tyrannical power-hungry Captain of “Ðevil’s Trident,” Maude is set on finding her destiny as Queen of all pirates.
The Resurrected Man
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 36,160. Language: English. Published: December 18, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
From the author of "Lucifer," now adapted into the film "57 Seconds" starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman —Captain Baron, space pilot, was forced to abandon his ship, waiting for a rescue that never came. Presumed dead, he is discovered five years later and awakens to find himself a celebrity — ruthlessly exploited by others, leaving him to wonder if he wasn't better off dead.
Murders Macabre
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 54,040. Language: English. Published: November 20, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Romance » Gothic
Three chilling tales of suspense by a master of gothic mystery. "Terror Stalks By Night": One week after Lucille Rivers was found mutilated, the Rivers family gathers for the reading of the will. "Phantom of Charnel House": A grisly apparition prowls the newly built Charnel Estate. "The Devil In Her": Frightened locals tell Doctor Alan Carter of a mysterious woman roaming the moor.
Joy to the World: The Stories Behind Christmas Carols
Price: $3.99 USD. Language: English. Published: November 11, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Holidays / Christmas & Advent, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Inspirational
When December rolls around, chestnuts roast on the open fire, silver bells tinkle, and poor Grandma must dodge those darn reindeer. Many Christmas carols strike a serious chord in keeping with holiday’s religious significance, other carols revel in frivolity, lightening cultural pressures of the season. William P. Lazarus traces the background of these songs, now recognized around the world.
No Stranger to Murder
Series: Moriah Dru: Child Trace. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 94,160. Language: English. Published: October 20, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
The Appalachian Trail is 2,200 miles long, passing through 14 different states … Plenty of distance for two young women to go missing. Soft-drink tycoon Alistair MacDunnich hires Moriah Dru, Child Trace, to learn the truth about their deaths. Was a homeless vagrant, long since executed, actually the killer? Or could the murderer still be alive and planning to wed MacDunnich’s daughter?
The Girl in the Trunk
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,710. Language: English. Published: October 1, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
Disdained by his fellow detectives on the Honolulu force, Detective Egan's brutality hid a personal tragedy. Haunted by the memory of his wife — a rape and murder victim — Egan had declared war on muggers and other lowlifes. Now the force had a new case to tackle. The victim was blonde and female…and she was bloody and dead. The case was dumped in Egan’s lap, and he swore to find the killer.
Masked Rider Western #3: Apache Plunder & Lure of the Gun Trails
Series: Masked Rider Western. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 88,940. Language: English. Published: September 29, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure » Action
"Apache Plunder" — When Trouble stalks Wigwam Range, the Masked Rider takes a look-see with his twin six-guns as guides! Follow Wayne Morgan and Blue Hawk on the powdersmoke trail of traitors!; "Lure of the Gun Trails" — Wayne Morgan and Blue Hawk declare range war on Twins McFee! They defies a sinister ring of grim marauders encircling Purgatory Valley, ruthlessly dedicated to dealing death!
WAR, Inc. #1: Mission: Third Force
Series: WAR, Inc., Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 47,530. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
In the late 1960s, the Cold War threatened to recolor the world map. To keep the uneasy peace, a new group of mercenaries was born — Weapons Analysis and Research, Incorporated. Now WAR, Inc. sends its top agent, Peter Carthage, to lead his men into the hostile jungles of Bonterre, to prevent the overthrow of its government by guerrillas and the mysterious Third Force known as only "X" ...
The Troublemaker and Other Stories
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 47,490. Language: English. Published: September 15, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
From the author of "Lucifer," now adapted into the film "57 Seconds" starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman —Martian colonist Curt Gregson saves for 10 years to raise fare back to Earth — only to miss his flight! Denied a refund, with medical bills mounting, driven to emotional and financial bankruptcy, he plans a desperate escape back to Earth. Also: four more classic stories.
The Fleeting Prince
Series: The Age of Watchers. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 112,270. Language: English. Published: September 12, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
Book 1 of an exciting new trilogy ... Now begins the Age of Watchers ... The Darkmoon Alchemist, a wizard of dreadful power, moves silently within a silent city. He senses an awakening from across the land. Inside the Undead Cathedral, Sir Lennox of Marshiel, released from prison, he returns to his duties, to finish the trials set before him — retrieve the Lord’s tome.
The Floater
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 80,750. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
The man’s skull had been beaten in. He was found floating in Coldwater River. Coldwater was a quiet commuter town where violent crime was rare. Captain of Police James Ripperman felt the pressure to close the case, and he uncovered the cancerous vein of violence and lust running beneath the placid surface of the seemingly idyllic community …
Railroad Stories #9: The Ballad of Redhot Frost
Series: Railroad Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,630. Language: English. Published: July 30, 2020 by Bold Venture Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
CREEPING SHADOWS ...It was an ominous spot on the map, barely a town — a haven for outlaws in the Oklahoma mountains. When violence befell Adoniram Steel’s father, “Addie’s” heart hardened toward the outlaw gang, but it melted for Virginia "Redhot" Frost, daughter of conductor Jack Frost. Redhot had her own score to settle, and even World War I couldn't get in her way ...
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Rex Brandon, Jungle Hunter
When lives are endangered in the deepest regions of the jungle, or when nefarious occur within those green region, celebrities and authorities alike turn to Rex Brandon for help. A geologist and big-game hunter by trade, Brandon is a swashbuckling adventurer at heart. And though he's always ready for profitable adventure, sometimes his payment comes in the thrill of the hunt, a quest for Justice, and the appreciation of a damsel-in-distress.
WAR, Inc.
In the late 1960s, the Cold War threatened the survival of mankind. The map of the world was being recolored. And so, to help keep the uneasy peace a new group of mercenaries was born, known as Weapons Analysis and Research, Incorporated. WAR, Inc., did not supply fighting troops. It did supply training, equipment, systems, advice and technical knowhow for using the equipment of modern warfare. Its men were carefully-selected experts at their jobs, men such as Peter Carthage, formally a major in the Intelligence branch of the United States Army. Produced under license from Cosmos Literary Agency.
Zorro
In the early 1800s, California was still under Spanish rule. Some military commanders plundered and won riches at the expense of the peace-loving settlers. Then, one man appeared — a masked swordsman patrolling the great El Camino Real highway. He alone gave them the spirit to resist tyranny. That man was Zorro! Produced under license with Zorro Productions, Inc. Zorro ® & © 2021 Zorro Productions, Inc.
Maxi and Moxie
MOXIE DONOVAN is a tough Irish reporter married to red-haired, Jewish movie star MAXI KELLER. Relocated to Universal Studios in 1938, the duo investigate mysteries spinning into the realm of weird tales, often with the Nazi menace and occult matters looming behind the famous Hollywoodland sign.
Callback for a Corpse
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Moriah Dru: Child Trace
The Moriah Dru/Richard Lake series is a series of novels by author Gerrie Ferris Finger, a retired American journalist. The mystery novel series features Moriah Dru, a former police detective now running Child Trace Inc, a lost child finding service. Set in Atlanta, Dru works in conjunction with Atlanta P.D. lieutenant Richard Lake. Their romantic relationship occasionally hinders an investigation, but when they set their sites on the solution to a mystery, they prove an unbeatable team.
The End Game
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The Last Temptation
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The Devil Laughed
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Murmurs of Insanity
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Running With Wild Blood
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Wolf's Clothing
Price: $2.99 USD.
Railroad Stories
All aboard for romance, danger, and plain old American hard work! Bold Venture Press is proud to present RAILROAD STORIES -- classic pulp fiction tales of the American railways! For decades, readers were entertained each month with Railroad Stories Magazine and it's blend of factual articles and fiction yarns. This is wholesome he-man fiction for railroad fans, written by authors who knew trains first-hand!
Avalanche!
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The Legend of King Lawson
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Gangsters of the Rails
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Civil War
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Steam and Steel
Price: $3.99 USD.
Awesome Tales
Awesome Tales is a thrilling new publication featuring new stories of the venerated pulp heroes and heroines -- and modern tales told with the sensibilities of the grand pulp magazines. This is the publication in which to seek solace from the present-day "politically-correct" brainwashing that soils our great nations. Awesome Tales presents fiction where men are men, and wrong is wrong, and bad guys are punished.
Masked Rider Western
Wayne Morgan … An honest cowpoke searched for his rightful place in the American west … before he learned abiding by the law doesn’t always work for the law-abiding people. The Masked Rider … The mysterious rider who, aided by his friend Blue Hawk, opposes rustlers, land barons, bandits, claim-jumpers, and other assorted lawless men … when hangin’s too good for them …
Pulp Adventures
A quarterly safari through the pulp fiction jungle! PULP ADVENTURES presents new and classic fiction and artwork from the original pulp magazines. Mystery, Detective, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Western, Romance -- the pulps covered every genre, and invented a few along the way. PULP ADVENTURES profiles the great, famous authors, and the artisans who toiled in obscurity; The penny-a-word hacks and the thousand-dollar personalities who graduated to the slicks and to celluloid. Every issue is a voyage across the pulp fiction landscape -- from lush jungles to sun-baked deserts, lawless wild west towns to Utopian cities of the future! Don your pith helmets and fedoras and embark on great reading!
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Books

The Vengeance of Zorro
Price: $7.50 USD. Words: 29,330. Language: English. Published: December 27, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The new Commandante’s arrival in Reina de los Angeles was uneventful, but he soon began mapping his path to political power — overtaxing citizens, torturing those who could not pay. Zorro, the masked enemy of tyranny, began a campaign of resistance. But not all Zorro’s cleverness may protect him and his loved ones when Ruelas’s oppression becomes personal.
Every Pig Got a Saturday
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 76,350. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
When attorney Bobby Reavis and his bride Karla set out for their honeymoon on the Caribbean island of Barbados, they see a future together filled with blue skies and sunny days. But Oliver “Ocee” Clarke has a different future in store for them. A deadly cat-and-mouse game follows, reaching from Dallas back to the jungles of Barbados, leading to a final showdown between the lawyer and the murderer.
Pulp Adventures #38: Death Is a Rebel
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 57,150. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
CLASSIC PULP FICTION Death Is A Rebel by Roger Torrey — [20,000 word hardboiled thriller] — Murder was occurring in Florida, right under Detective Mahoney’s snoot — exceptionally baffling murder that speedily developed angles rough and tough, plus painful international aspects of continent-shaking revolution.
Finding Phyllis and Other Howard Millar Capers
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 44,990. Language: English. Published: May 23, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery
Private eye Howard Millar — formerly of the 9th Precinct — offers assistance to the abused, abandoned, misused and missing in the “Queen City” of the Midwest, Cincinnati. Armed with wit and wisdom, timing and tenacity, he canvases the city in eight different stories.
Rules of Privilege
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 81,380. Language: English. Published: February 12, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Dane Morgan graduates law school, hoping one day to score that “big case” that will make her a celebrity. But when the Big Case arrives, it’s in defense of her Uncle Deke, a career criminal who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a stripper. Could her beloved uncle actually be a serial killer, responsible for the deaths of several women?\
Pulp Adventures #34: City of the Dead
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,180. Language: English. Published: February 10, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective stars in this issue, and Robert Leslie Bellem provides plenty of action and laughs with two socko short stories! Plus: Spine-tingling sword and sorcery with Thurl the Gaelg!
Manifest Intent
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 75,400. Language: English. Published: January 6, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
Scot Anthony, on the cusp of making partner at a major law firm in Dallas, faces the biggest crisis of his young career: Someone is killing off the witnesses in his lawsuit with the federal government. When murder seems to follow his footsteps, Scot realizes the culprit has targeted him as an incriminating loose end.
Kanaka Blues
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 72,810. Language: English. Published: December 2, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Legal
Erin Hanna comes to the islands to finish her mentor’s work, after he turns up dead. An investigation points to an outlaw sovereignty leader — but Erin suspects the arrest is motivated by politics, not proof. Setting out to prove his innocence, she finds herself squarely in the real killer’s sites. Surviving this case is something her mentor couldn’t have prepared her for …
Pulp Adventures #33: New Guy on the Block
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 57,040. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
New & classic pulp fiction — "Death Speaks Softly" by Charles Boeckman; "Breath of Allah" by Sax Rohmer; "The Story of Misión San Juan Capistrano" by H. Bedford-Jones; "New Guy on the Block" by Jack Bludis; "An Old Friend" by Michael R. Hayfields; "The Pursuit of the Moor" by Teel James Glenn; "The Client" by Nils Gilbertson; "Conspiracy Theory"; "Captain Warwick’s Hand" by Adam Beau McFarlane
The Catch
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 90,040. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
The lawyer jokes were flying when Detective Ed Hathcox finished law school, hoping to join the FBI. But the humor dried up when a serial killer targeted attorneys. Paired with veteran Detective Hal Barnes, they visit crime scenes where the main attractions are dead lawyers with missing tongues and the killer’s trademark — paper scraps adorned with Bible verses. But what’s the connection ...?
Pulp Adventures #16: Survival & Exodus
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 79,230. Language: English. Published: July 26, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
Reprinted together, back-to-back, in this issue ... Arthur J. Burks' earth-shaking science-fiction thriller "Survival" and "Exodus" -- two stories recounting a future America's flight into subterranean chambers to escape an invasion of Mongol invaders -- and their triumphant return to reclaim the surface world as their own! Additional stories by Johnston McCulley, Charles E. Fritch, H. L. Hayum
Pulp Adventures #15: Toothpick
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 57,970. Language: English. Published: July 15, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
The relaunch of Pulp Adventures boasts an all-star line-up! The greatest names in new and classic pulp fiction! The stunningly seductive adventuress Kate Fury in a fight to the death against zombies in Vermont; P.I. Jack Hagee hunts a vicious serial killer; a smart-mouth private eye stifles wisecracks with a beautiful blonde's lips; an opera of time and space by Gardner F. Fox, and more.
Pulp Adventures #32: The Death Dancer
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 61,780. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
A tale of Romans and Catholics during the reign of mad Caligula by Talbot Mundy; a young woman becomes embroiled in a murder investigation on the eve of her wedding in a mystery by Charles Boeckman; Chinatown mystery by Sax Rohmer; Lance Starr, Sky Ranger investigates a mysterious island in a tale by Bobby Nash, and much more.
Pulp Adventures #23: Homicide Hotfoot
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 61,740. Language: English. Published: November 11, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
This issue's Big Pulp is "Homicide Hotfoot" by Robert Leslie Bellem. Another wild ride with Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, rescuing a movie comedy team. Theodore Roscoe's "Luck!" follows a hapless gambler experiencing a miraculous winning streak. Sherlock Holmes meets Ebeneezer Scrooge, plus five more western yarns, mystery and science fiction tales, and a profile of author Theodore Roscoe.
Pulp Adventures #22: The Great Green Blight
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 55,920. Language: English. Published: August 24, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
This issue's main feature is "The Great Green Blight" by Emmett McDowell -- a 20,000 word short story of high adventure and space opera. Also, short fiction: Sherlock Holmes hunts Jack the Ripper; weird rock carvings in the old west, weird aviation menace in World War II, and a 4F guy battles Nazis his own way!
Pulp Adventures #21: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Quarantine
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 54,190. Language: English. Published: May 30, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
Does science fiction have the answer for illegal immigration? "Highway J" by Charles Eric Maine depicts a world where a wall must be built within the time-stream! This issue features two thrillers starring Sherlock Holmes: "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle, and a New Pulp yarn "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Quarantine" by Adam Beau McFarlane.
Pulp Adventures #19: The Daughter of Huang Chow
Series: Pulp Adventures. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 61,560. Language: English. Published: October 29, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
A quarterly romp across the landscape of pulp fiction ... “The Daughter of Huang Chow” by Sax Rohmer, a classic thriller by the creator of Fu Manchu, and stories featuring detectives, sailors, and WWI spies! A special story, "Treason for Glory" by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, co-founder of DC Comics!

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