{"product_id":"the-unvarnished-gary-phillips-a-mondo-pulp-collection-9781953103369","title":"The Unvarnished Gary Phillips: A Mondo Pulp Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAztec 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhillips, editor of the Anthony Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eOne-Shot Harry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMatthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e has been a community activist, labor organizer and delivered dog cages. He's published various novels, comics, short stories and edited several anthologies including \u003ci\u003eSouth Central Noir\u003c\/i\u003e and the Anthony award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eViolent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1994 was named in 2020 one of the essential crime novels of Los Angeles. He was also a writer\/co-producer on FX's \u003ci\u003eSnowfall \u003c\/i\u003e (streaming on Hulu), about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central where he grew up. Recent novels include \u003ci\u003eOne-Shot Harry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMatthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his family in the wilds of Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Three Rooms Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718830297362,"sku":"9781953103369","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b3e0e4e-a60f-4fb1-a584-fad04b2e8d6f.jpg?v=1734652268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-unvarnished-gary-phillips-a-mondo-pulp-collection-9781953103369","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}