Archive for 2008

“The Warlock’s Revenge”—An Excerpt

Excerpt from Weird Western Book #35 (dime novel, April 1909), “The Warlock’s Revenge: Part Two” by Clive Marshall

Chapter Three
In which change occurs in Stilman’s Gulch for better and for worse.

“Bring the sacrifice. Hurry, before the sun rises and we lose the alignment!”
The hunchbacked figures shambled toward the covered wagon, its canvas [...]

December 29, 2008 Tags: "The Warlock’s Revenge", Bulwark Publications, Clive Marshall, Dagger of Dragos, Damian Shadryth, John Alexander, Miles Walker, Raven Rondel, Stillman’s Gulch, Surrendell, Weird Western Book, World-Vanguard Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Frontier Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Vanguard 2 Comments

“Oscar’s Christmas” Part the Second

“Oscar’s Christmas”
Part the Second
In which Father Christmas/Santa Claus imparts some secrets and gifts.

Santa coughed, then smiled at Oscar. “Now before you ask, I’m afraid I cannot bring your parents here for you—The work they do is very important for you and many more children. Simply know they love you and you will all be together [...]

December 21, 2008 Tags: Brigid Talmadge, Christmas, Father Christmas, Oscar Kharm, Santa Claus, Tintern, Tintern Abbey, Wales Posted in: Genre-Children's Fiction, Genre-Holiday Fiction, World-Vanguard 3 Comments

“Oscar’s Christmas” Part the First

“Oscar’s Christmas”
Part the First
In which a young boy named Oscar gets a Christmas surprise beyond expectations.

Christmas time should be magical for everyone, but most especially for children. The war had forced many children like Oscar to be moved away from London during the Blitz. His parents busy with war work, Oscar now lived in Tintern, [...]

December 20, 2008 Tags: Aura Kharm, Brigid Talmadge, Christmas, Father Christmas, Nazi, Nazis, Oscar Kharm, Santa Claus, Simon Kharm, Tintern, Tintern Abbey, Wales Posted in: Genre-Children's Fiction, Genre-Holiday Fiction, World-Vanguard No Comments

Bulwark Publishing: The WISHLAND Books

Edward Ventesch wrote the original WISHLAND stories at the request of London editor E. Charles Tennet for A Child’s Wonder Stories magazine. The initial WISHLAND tales appeared monthly from July 1897 through 1903. These garnered enough response to be packaged into novelized forms (compiling and editing together six months’ worth or more of stories into [...]

December 18, 2008 Tags: A Child’s Wonder Stories, A Cure for Hiccoughs, A Dance at Midnight, A Kitten’s Adventures with her Girl, A Motorcar in Wishland, A Snoring of Carbuncles, A Troll in Camden Town, A Wish for Christmas, Andrew Lang, Another Wish for Christmas, Arnold Garrison, Aura Covill, Aura Ventesch, BARNEY THE CLOCKWORKER, BARROWDELLS, Boardings by Boggils, BRUINCLAWS, Bulwark Publications, Bulwark Publishing, BULWARKS & BASILISKS, CARBUNCLE, Charlotte Ventesch, CLARICE MATHESON, Claws of a King, Clockwishes and Fishes, CLOCKWORKER, CLOOT THE MISCHIEF-MAKER, D.R. Ventesch, DAGUERROTIGER, DAVID MATHESON, Deirdriana, Denys Ventesch, E. Charles Tennet, Edward Ventesch, EVERBURNING HILLS, Faerie Court, Fairy Books, Farewell Merrincopse, FEYBERGS, Flip-Books, Flowers for Forgotten Friends, GLOWHALES, GNARLMOORS, Green Gazette, HOLLY MATHESON, HORATIO ARDENT, Into the Caves of Gloom, INVISIBEARS, IRON HORSE, IRON HORSELANDS, IRON HORSEMAN, Kharm, Kharm’s Gazette, KING MATH, L. Frank Baum, Lost in the Either Orchards, Lost Puzzle Peaces, MAGGIE MATHESON, March of the Clockworkers, MARY MATHESON, Mary’s Waking Dream, MERRINCOPSE, Message in a Bottle, MOTHER MATHESON, NILES ALTOAK, Oscar Kharm, OZ, PRINCE DAREK, PRINCESS GAVINA, QUEEN LARKSPUR, RAZOR PRAIRIES, REDRAGOONS, Return of the Iron Horse, Revenge by Rail, S.D. Ventesch, SHARDSEAS, Skating on Thin Niceties, SNOWOLVES, Stanley Denys Ventesch, STRAY THAUTS, Summer Holidays at the Hear-side, The Caves Plundered, The Crown Shattered, The Flag Unfurled, The Gatehouse Shattered, The Manor Ruined, The Three Princes, The Throne Transformed, The Train to Wishland, The Wishing Star, TIN-TYGERS, TODD MATHESON, Todd Matheson’s Faerie Grandmother, War Comes to Wishland, When the Magic Flickers, Wishes in the Highlands of Harmony, Wishland War II, WOES, World-Wishland Posted in: Genre-Children's Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Medium-Books, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, World-Wishland No Comments

Bulwark Comics: Golden Age Characters

For some reason, there are trinities in comic books. Since the birth of the medium, certain characters become the paramount representatives for their respective comics companies. For some reason, it seems to run in trios of characters; it’s only a theory but perhaps the presence of “The Big Three” (Allied leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) during [...]

December 10, 2008 Tags: ACE BARRIGAN, BLAZE BERET, BOB BLAST, BRASS BRADLEY, BULLETEENS, CALAMITY KID, CAPTAIN RADIUM, CHANTEUSE, COLONEL LIBERTY & THE REBELS, COMET CORPS, DOC DRAGON, DOCTOR ENIGMA, EERIE COMPANY, Electri-Comics, ELECTRI-GAL, ELECTRI-KID, EVERGLADIATOR, FEAR PATROL, FIREFIST, FLINT FAIRMONT, FULMI-NANCY, FULMI-NANCY THE ELECTRI-GAL, FULMIN-ANDY, FULMINTRIO, G.U.A.R.D., GHOST BOMBER, Golden Age, GOLIATH GIRL, Guardian Comics, GUNNERY GORILLA, HANDORR THE SORCERER, HEADLINE HAL, HUMAN SWORD, JOHN UNKNOWN, KRAUT-KRUSHERS, LT. FULMINANT, MAJOR MIDNIGHT, MANTICORN, MIASMA, NITA OF THE TROPICS, REX RACER, SARGE SKELETON, SCARLET MARVEL, SGT. RAVEN, SIR FALCON & PEREGRINE, SOLOMON LAZARUS, STAR-SOLDIERS, STRAIGHT-SHOOTER, SUB-MARIE, Super-Thrills Comics, SWIFT SCOTT, TANK TAYLOR, TOR-KAN, UNSEEN SERGEANT, UNSEEN SOLDIER, WARPATH & THE TRAIL-BLAZERS, WIDOW & VEIL, ZEB PETERS Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Golden Age Comics 4 Comments

“Honed by Hate”-An Excerpt

I’d hardly seen them enter the tavern, but the fist that knocked me from my seat showed me what I needed to see.
I land hard, kissing the rushes and feeling the frigid stone beneath them. Despite that, I crack a smile far colder than the floor.
Bastard.
I might have accepted this all as bad [...]

December 3, 2008 Tags: Alrok, Green Gazette, Griffin Thomas, John Farnsworth, Malthas, Markisles, Nomar, orkald, Psavorn Guard, Roal, Sorran, Valdon, Valdon the Rebel, World-Kharndam Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Uncategorized, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Kharndam 4 Comments

A Warning

Felt it, haven’t you?

The world’s askew, there’s to be no denying it.

Why’s that, you ask?

Could be we’re all just too thick to be responsible for what we’ve done to her, our dear mother planet.

Or it could be that we’re all at the losing end of a bet made so many aeons past, even the [...]

November 25, 2008 Tags: Acolaotica, Annulusi, Brethren of Saint Donnait, Cabal of the Seven Mysteries, Choir Incarnadine, Order Occlusive, Reality Paradigms, Secret societies, Seers' Society, Van Heim Group, Wheel, World-Vanguard Posted in: Genre-Contemporary Fiction, Medium-Books, World-Vanguard No Comments

Kharndam Guide: The Doubtfuls

The Doubtfuls form the eastern border of Sestar and nearly splits Bheddar in two as its lowest ranges fall into the Vhorhills. These mountains rise higher than any other mountain range within the old Flightlands of the Sovereignty. While they may have held other names from the dwarves that once dwelt among them, they gained [...]

November 25, 2008 Tags: Aradnol, Bheddar, Doubtfuls, Flightlands, Imprator, Mytnah, Palara, Sestar, Shumrun, Skypeaks, Sorann, Tenmines, Vhorhills, World-Kharndam Posted in: Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, World-Kharndam No Comments

Kharndam Guide: Human Calendars

There have been many calendars across the continent of Rokhal, but only three are still in common use around the lands of Old Kharndam and the Imperam by the rulers and most peoples.
Draketime: Most follow a common calendar that marks the start at Ornaoth’s slaying of his first dragon—the wyrm Som-aril-dhar-chrys—as Year 1 Overdrake (OD), [...]

November 25, 2008 Tags: Bheddar, Drakereckoning, Flight Years, Guide, Gyrthorn, Imperam, Impramark, Ornaoth, Overdrake, Pegasus Sovereignty, Pralkesh, Rokhal, Ulach, World-Kharndam, Xhonoril Posted in: Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, Uncategorized, World-Kharndam 2 Comments