Announcing “Two Apocalypses”

I’m delighted to announce that a special Doc Talos project is in the works for release later in 2024. I’ve teamed with author William Dexter to create a very unique book: which will ultimately be the second Doc Talos Double (a flip book, like the old Ace Doubles). We’ll be doing it as a charitable benefit…both William and I are serious animal lover/activists, and we’ve agreed to donate all profits from the book to an animal care organization.

The book will be text only, so it will be very affordable. The concept is a fun one: imagine what it would be like if after the “death of the pulps” in 1949, a fledgling paperback company had approached none other than Rickie Talos (pastiche of Pat Savage) to storm the paperback adventure genre by writing pure pulp Doc Talos tales. Rickie, who always loved the pulps, agrees with enthusiasm, and pens two books embodying the fierce storytelling of that era. First, “Apocalypse Island”, a story that rivals a classic Lester Dent pulp yarn. That book (as told to William Dexter) is told on one side of the Double. Second, on the flip side, an intense hardcase crime tale (as told to R. Paul Sardanas), called “Island Apocalypse”.

So keep your eyes open as 2024 rolls on for announcements about “Two Apocalypses”, the benefit Doc Talos Double flip book!