The cameras are set, the scene has already been rehearsed; "Shoot!" the director says. . . . What happens is stark tragedy-not of the movie, play-acting variety, but like a chapter out of the deeper drama of life itself.

This volume of Wildside Press's best-selling MEGAPACK® series focuses on tales first published in the "Spice" line of pulp magazines. Here are 25 mystery tales considered quite titillating in their day, but mild by modern standards.

PERIL PRESS presents: Spicy Detective Stories, November 1935 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective BEYOND JUSTICE by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan Turner judges a beauty contest—and things happen! Was the girl's murder an act of vengeance—or a dead man's legacy to love? 5700 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December, 1942 BROKEN MELODY by Robert Leslie Bellem Nothing scalds Dan Turner so much as a threatening note. When there's geetus in a case, and when there's a little songbird like Chiquita in the picture, nobody's going to tell Dan to layoff, and get away with it! 5100 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, January 1942 MILLION BUCK SNATCH by Robert Leslie Bellem Guns roared in Chinatown. The police took it calmly. "Another tong war," they said. But Hollywood's super-sleuth Dan Turner was always a doubter. Wouldn't it seem more reasonable that somebody had deliberately shot at the girl to keep her from tipping anyone off about the kidnapping? 5600 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December 1942 DAUGHTER OF MURDER by Robert Leslie Bellem There are some things a daughter ought to know about her own mother—including how she died. Dan had some doubts about both would-be heiresses, but no doubt about which one wanted to kill him! 5400 Words Spicy Detective, October 1935 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective DEATH'S BRIGHT HALO by Robert Leslie Bellem Those necklaces were as effective as a headman's axe. To pierce their secret Dan Turner finds his way into the house of missing girls. 6200 Words Spicy Detective, September 1936 FALLING STAR by Robert Leslie Bellem It was the dizziest looking diamond ring Dan Turner had ever seen—and a girl was giving it to him to keep . . . handing him plenty of Hollywood trouble on a platter. 5500 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, February 1943 FEATURE SNATCH by Robert Leslie Bellem The idea was new—and was tops! Whoever thought of stealing a million dollar production before it was released? And behind it was the ransom angle, and there was blackmail, too. Sometimes a detective likes to get his teeth into a case like that. It's like matching your wits with a genius. 6400 Words Hollywood Detective, July 1945 THE DEAD DON'T DREAM by Robert Leslie Bellem What was the grim mystery in this disappearance of the fat gag writer's cousin? Hollywood's ace gumshoe, Dan Turner, had to meet and combat a heap of rough to-do before he neared finish. 8600 Words This edition includes 30 images between sexy story illustrations and steamy pulp covers, plus a GALLERY of 10 enticing Pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem and his aliases.

John Charters becomes ill and takes on the characteristics of a bat, developing cannibalistic and vampiric features, while being eternally parted between his once human nature and his present animal condition. This tale of metamorphosis mixes Kafkaesque elements with the typical pulp fundamentals that would, later on, inspire the atmosphere and the characteristics of one of the most iconic "bat-inspired" comic book character of all time.Also in the book a restored version of "The Case of the Missing Heir" the very first Bob Kane's dark comic book story in the style that would make Batman a lasting success!

PREMIERE IN PURGATORY by Robert Leslie Bellem Purgatory, Arizona, lived up to its name when Dan Turner unwittingly took a case to return a poor devil to the chain gang. The fellow's pretty wife needed a doctor, but Dan thought she might be needing an undertaker more! MURDER FOR THE ASKING by Robert A. Garron He had done a horrible thing to her, and his razor was right there, and all she could think of was murder!

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