Mark Barnard

For once, the enigmatic Masaka doesn't directly bring another unwanted case to P.I. Lee Gammon. Instead, a barely coherent restauranteur appeals to him to find a missing cook and bring her back to New Orleans.

Two pulp adventure stories set in 1940s Chicago: The city is under the control of a ruthless crime boss who seeks to unite all illegal activities under his control. Competition arrives in the person of a masked killer, The Inferno. Opposing them both is The Eclipse, a masked vigilante....

The 1940s - Big Easy PI Lee "Red" Gammon (The Devil's Dice, Midnight Fugue) is back and having a very bad day. A new client appears and asks him to recover an idol that she insists was stolen from her by a local antique dealer who seems to have no discernible past....

Having survived the events of MIDNIGHT FUGUE, Marine turned New Orleans-based P.I. Lee 'Red' Gammon settles into a protracted lull in business with no end in sight. In the face of an unrelenting rain, Lee retreats to his office, smokes his last Camel, and settles down to juggle the monthly bills.

Aspiring manga writer Shinichi Aizawa retreats from the world and devotes himself to writing. His first concept is Otherworld. When it is promptly optioned, he finds himself teamed with artist Midori Kano. That's when the fox appears, in the midst of a titanic thunderstorm....

Life seemed to be looking up for private investigator R.J. MacKenzie when he left the Molinski Agency to set up a one-man operation. For the first week, it seemed as if things were falling neatly into place....

Prizefighter-turned-PI Donald Dugan has been going through a rough patch, between clients who are reluctant to pay for services rendered and Poopsie, his secretary’s borderline psychotic lapdog....

New Orleans PI "Red" Gammon has a very much unwanted knack for encountering the diabolical. When three high profile citizens of the Big Easy die under bizarre circumstances, Gammon follows the clues to a very peculiar casino run by the mysterious Mr. Moretti....

Freelance troubleshooter Anthony Alexander Saxon and his aides are drawn to 1940s New Orleans, when a ghostly figure calling himself Old Father Bones initiates a series of bizarre murders and threatens to hold the city for ransom....

A review of the horror western film in Mexican cinema, with reference to specific series and recurring casts and production staffers....

When the Wilder Agency gets a lead on the theft of the fabled jewel that is the basis of the planet's financial structure, it's up to the alien Gel to plan the retrieval of the gem....

When one of his regular snitches is found floating in the lower Thames, Inspector Jerry Carnaby is in a quandary....

The Eclipse has no time to rest on his laurels, following the destruction of The Inferno and 'Bull' Logan. A new crime boss promptly moves in to try to seize control of Chicago....

A journey to 1930s Egypt turns into a nightmare as Alexander Saxon and his men are faced with the return of an implacable foe....

Residents of a small town in Ohio are suddenly confronted by a spectral house that appears and disappears before their very eyes, and a strange, glowing dwarf....

Anthony Saxon, a mysterious troubleshooter better known as The Man with the Green Eyes, suddenly finds himself and his two aides involved in the mystery of the Purple Goblin and his unholy plans....

A series of bizarre deaths erupts, first in New York and then in Washington. Men are seemingly falling to their deaths inside skyscrapers, leaving no clue but their battered bodies....

Saxon & Associates' vacation in the hills is interrrupted by a disappearance and then a series of strange deaths heralded by a bizarre, keening sound that haunts the lonely night....

At the conclusion of World War I, American oil interests in Africa are suddenly menaced by an unknown power....

What was the grim secret of the dead men who walked against lone ships sailing the coastal waters off South America? Strange, shining figures repeatedly rose from the depths....