The Book Graveyard

In this episode I discuss aviation pulp fiction with a timeline of real world flying history. I also do short reviews of an issue of G8, Terrance Layhew's Mitch Mayhew series and Wrong Side of the Sky by Gavin Lyall.
National Museum of the United States Air Force: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ Steeger Books G8 reprint: https://steegerbooks.com/shop/g-8-bat... Buy Terrance's books and support new authors writing classic pulp fiction! Unwanted Passenger: https://a.co/d/05UyK53h Diamonds in Denver: https://a.co/d/07WqsfB7 Suit Up! Podcast: ‪@terrancelayhew‬ Veritas Entertainment: https://veritasent.com/ Very cool aviation pulp website with free PDF downloadable stories from the original plane pulps and reprint books available: https://www.ageofaces.net/ (And they are often at Pulpfest though I don’t know about this one)

Riptide is the newest book being reissued by Fathom Press! It is available here: BUY RIPTIDE
The Rig is a book I'm hoping Fathom will re-issue in the future.

Today I am joined by Kris from the Speculative Reader as we discuss the 1959 Juvenile Delinquent/ Sleaze-ish novel, Gang Girl written by the one and only SF master, Robert Silverberg. It's saucy and spicy so, VIEWER BEWARE!!

Special guest Justin Marriott publisher of the Paperback Fanatic stops by to have a chat about comics, punk rock, zines, the last issue of The Paperback Fanatic, future plans, and shows off some of his youth culture and biker New English Library paperback books. (sorry the sounds gets a little wonky in places but it doesn't last long)

In this episode we are discussing the 1987 Richard Laymon book Dark Mountain. Hiking and horror. My special guests this time are from the Instagram group the Richard Laymon Book Club:
Erin- Deadhighwaybooks, Dustin- TBR problems, Brendon- cultsickness

On this episode I talk the 1952 novel This Island Earth by Raymond F Jones which was made into the movie in 1955. I also take a look at the independent 1950s publisher Shasta Publishers created by three science fiction fans.

Michael Hawk AND the Ninja Master right here on the Book Graveyard?! Today I'm talking to Chad Deal the face of many action and adventure, romance and western vintage paperback covers. BIG THANKS to Bob Deis for helping me out with some of Samson Pollen's reference photos, book covers and know how! Check out his website for the best in Men's Adventure books including art books by two of the artists mentioned in this video; Samson Pollen and George Gross: Men's Pulp Mags
Also, go check out these great blogs where I got info and book covers:
Romance blog- Sweet Savage Flame/
Cover Art blog- Paperback Palette
Spy/Action blog- Spy Guys and Gals
Intro: 00:00 Vietnam: 06:30 College: 09:14 Becoming a Model NYC: 12:09 Artists: 19:25 Poses to Book Covers: 21:47 Fashion Model Showcase: 37:46 Chatting Covers: 42:06 Should Chad Read Ninja Master?: 55:05

I go through each book I read in 2025 and rank them from worst to best with comments on each one. 

I originally uploaded this in 2025 at the end of Feb for Black History Month. This year I am planning on doing an all Holloway House episode before the month. 

I sat down with Justin from Fathom Press to talk all the new reissues he has coming up and we also talk the ins and outs of republishing these out of print books