Rogue Ship / Thunder In The Void

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This fantastic Norman Saunders painting of a damsel in distress in space marks the 6,000th post here at PulpCovers. It was first published on the cover of Super Science Stories (complete issue here), and later on the cover of Illustration magazine’s 2nd issue. On April 4th, 2012, it will be published again as the cover of the short-story collection Thunder In The Void.

I want to thank everyone for following along for the last year, and I hope to keep bringing you the Best Of The Worst for as long as you can stand it.

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Change Partners

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She Turned The Twist Into A Way Of Life — And Lust!

That Sensual Dance-Craze Put This Suburban Marriage On The Rocks, Because Sexy Vicki Couldn’t Resist Using It To Entice Her Partners!

From the back:

NUDE and frustrated, Vicki Kennedy practiced the Twist in her lonely room until she was body perfect. A young suburban wife, she found that the dance supplied the stimulation she was no longer getting from Les, her conservative husband. Then one day Les walked in on her. Seeing her do the wild dance made a whale of a difference to Les. He loved every minute of it, and so did she.
But the way he had reacted made Vicki want as much of the Twist as she could get. At the country club, she picked as a partner the leader of the local wolf pack, Gene Towler. Aroused by the dance, she became involved in an affair with him. After that, she hunted for new men to dance with…!
THE TWIST was ruining their marriage. Les decided to fight fire with fire. He urged a friend, pretty Sybil Rogers, to give him lessons. She did, and the lessons covered more than dancing. He was taught that the steps could lead to seduction …and that Sybil was the perfect partner.

Maybe Vicki didn’t care. She had to keep Twisting. She thrilled to the passion the dance promised and the next man might provide. Could Les prove to her that he had learned enough to keep pace with her on the dance floor—and at home?

DOES A DANCE LIKE THE TWIST REALLY CAUSE SENSUAL STIMULATION… OR IS IT MERELY A CONVENIENT EXCUSE TO DROP ALL BARRIERS AND ALL RESTRAINT?

This entire book can be downloaded here

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Tory Mistress

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She Used Men As Stepping Stones To Fame

This entire book can be read here

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From Street Girl To Society Lady

Set in the heyday of the American Revolution, this is a racy, exciting tale about a saucy young strumpet who blackmailed her way into a respectable Colonial family… Married to a wealthy English Lord… Spied on the Tories for General George Washington… And finally fell in love with a dashing woodsman all in one fabulous career that took her from the depths of London’s slums to the heights of Colonial American society.

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The Dead Don’t Die / The Fifth Grave

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She Was Betrothed To A Dead Man

A hard-boiled novel of strange love and violent death in a madmen’s cult

This issue of Popular Detective also contains Murder Off Honduras, and the entire issue can be read here.

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