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Nearly all the world's hard-boiled wordsmiths love to indulge themselves with the occasional comedy, and Henderson is no different. His world is filled with thinking canines and alien tour guides, union ghosts and conniving jesters, tentacled torch singers, and the world's greatest dumplings.

Eleven tales of hate, despair and runaway violence from today's premier writer of hardboiled fiction, CJ Henderson(novelist and Punisher/Batman scribe)! It's bounty hunters, sex addicts, vampires and more, set against backdrops of revenge, defiance, and urban madness.

You walk into this room at your own risk, because it leads to the future, not a future that will be but one that might be. This is not a new world, it is simply an extension of what began in the old one. Rod Serling, Twilight Zone This is Science Fiction as it was in the golden ago of the Twilight Zone. From the boundless imagination of C.J. Henderson come eighteen stories of sci fi adventure, yes--but also dark fantasy, psychological horror and a few more realms which haven't been seen all that often since Mr. Serling's famous sign post used to point the world in the direction of the just slightly strange. Step into these unique and sometimes terrifying neighborhoods with us, so many of them not all that different from our own. And once there, be prepared to explore the human condition set out against test it may encounter all too soon--where the Good can be caught up in unforeseen consequences, and where the Bad often live just long enough to realize they are going straight to hell for what they've done. Sometimes taking the good with them. This is the Science Fiction of C.J. Henderson... sometimes amusing. Sometimes not. Be prepared.

Professor Piers Knight is the Brooklyn Museum's very own Indiana Jones. His specialties include lost civilizations, arcane cultures, and more than a little bit of the history of magic and mysticism. What his contemporaries don't know is that in addition to being a scholar of all these topics, he is also proficient in the uses of magical artifacts. Knight receives a chilling message from Tian Lu, a former lover and an agent for the Chinese government. Years ago, they made a frightening discovery at an archeological dig when out of the depths rose... a living, fire-breathing dragon. Now, the dragons are waking from their slumber before their scheduled time. And one particularly diabolical dragon is set on eliminating the others and taking over the world. As civilization plunges into panic, Knight, Lu, Knight's seventeen-year-old techie intern George Rainert, and an untrustworthy dragon ally must use all their resources-- magical and otherwise--to stop the destruction before it's too late. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

His streets are mean--indeed the meanest! Twenty years ago, The Drood Review wrote the statement above, citing that if "hardboiled" was intended to represent alienation, cynicism, and violence, that no one did it better than C.J. Henderson. They were not the only one. The Armchair Detective, Ellery Queen, Mystery Detective Monthly, Mean Streets, Locus and hundreds of venues like them, have praised Henderson as one of the greatest hardboiled writers of all time. They understood hardboiled is not a genre, but an attitude--one that involves viewing the world through a brutally honest lens and being unafraid to report what one sees. It is this unflinching attitude, coupled with an undeniably rhythmic style and sense of story-telling that caused New Mystery to write: "If, as some argue, the hardboiled private eye mystery story is a literary form on a par with the Japanese haiku or Irish ballad, then Mr. Henderson deserves the mantle of literary master." Inside this one-of-a-kind volume, you will find tales of war, lust, revenge, hate and madness, stories of ordinary men and women in extraordinary circumstances, all of them forced to make the hardest choices life has to offer. These twenty classic tales--whether mystery, fantasy, horror or science fiction--edited by and with accompanying commentary from Jack Dolphin, comprise the best of C.J. Henderson's hardboiled tales. And friend, that's saying a lot!

His is only one of the bodies that will be found in this stunning tale of greed and murder set against the background of NYC's most depraved sex club. This is CJ Henderson's greatest character at his absolute best! This edition comes with the bonus Jack Hagee short "Bop Bop," in which Hagee tracks a murderous bail-jumper in Detroit.

The first new Spider novel in 65 years picks up where the last left off, packed to the gills with the greatest slam-bang action ever penned by master pulpster CJ Henderson! Richard Wentworth, the Spider, wonders if his long struggle against the forces of evil has been worth it? Should he continue, or grab for personal happiness before his time runs out? Then, at the moment he makes his decision, fate unleashes the most hellish horrors of all time against New York City! This limited edition hardcover features an exclusive, brand-new, hard-boiled Ed Race ("the Masked Marksman") story by Rich Harvey!

Private detective Theodore London ran the best agency in New York City until a demon-driven storm trashed his operation. Ready to quit the business, fate delivered a beautiful woman to his doorstep--one being pursued by an army of winged monsters determined to use her as the key to unlock a doorway that will lead the world to madness.

BATTLING BOXING STORIES presents 15 of the most intense and hard-hitting stories about the puglisitic arts collected in one place and written by some of the best of today's new crop of exciting writers. The stories in this book highlight all types of boxers and all aspects of the sport, from amateur bouts and illegal street fights, to heavyweight championship events. These are wonderful stories with unforgettable characters who are full of passion and emotion, action and rage--heartfelt tales about real people fighting for their lives, their honor, and sometimes their very souls. Each story captures that rare magic--the combination of violence and magesty that takes place in the boxing ring. Your ears will still be ringing with the sting of these battles long after you finish this book! The authors featured include: Wayne D. Dundee, Stan Trybulski, Ron Fortier, Robert S. P. Lee, G. D. McFetridge, Arlette Lees, Terence Butler, Marc Spitzer, C. J. Henderson, Gary Lovisi, Garnett Elliott, Penelope Stanhope, Michael A. Black, Lonni Lees, and William Boyle.

From the mind of New York Times Best-selling author and Eisner Award-winning author Neil Gaiman, Lady Justice is the living embodiment of justice, possessing oppressed women and giving them the ability to fight their tormentors. In times of trouble, the spirit of Justice appears before women and offers them the chance to take revenge on their male abusers. This graphic novel series will collect all of the classic Lady Justice comics for the first time anywhere.