Mark Barnard

The latest hauling assignment for the interstellar freight transport Amani Dragon takes it into an extended transit through exo-space in order to minimize travel time to a particularly distant destination.During the cruise, Captain Hol Morcott, operating on his pet theory that 'idle hands mean...

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.

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...

On an impossible world, aided by monsters, two unwilling heroes set out to defeat a dragon. Sounds easy, right? Following a painful breakup, aspiring manga writer Shinichi Aizawa retreats from the world and devotes himself to writing. His first concept is Otherworld, a fantasy series set on...

Two pulp adventure stories set in 1940s Chicago. In the first story, the city is under the control of a ruthless crime boss who seeks to unite all illegal activities under his control. Unexpected competition arrives in the person of a masked killer, The Inferno, who uses flame as a weapon...

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....

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....

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....

A master criminal known as The Voice has returned from retirement to mastermind a new crime....

The silver man first appeared in the sewers beneath Manhattan, where it killed its first victim. As Saxon and Associates try to track down and stop the man behind the lethal golem, Manhattan erupts in flames....

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....

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

It's 1930s Chicago. Inferno, a mysterious figure using flame as a lethal weapon, seeks to depose "Bull" Logan as crime boss 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....

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

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....

Who or what is Zheng, the grotesque crimson-robed madman who will stop at nothing to obtain the secret of the Lost Gold of Kwan’chi....