Altus Press

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Altus Press is a publisher of works primarily related to the pulp magazines from the 1910s to the 50s. Founded in 2006 by publisher Matthew Moring, Altus Press has focused on four categories of publications: Pulp Reprints, Pulp Histories, New Pulps, and the Lost Race Library.

They are also the publisher of the new Doc Savage novels written by Lester Dent and Will Murray.

Pulp Reprints

Pulp Reprints are the primary focus of Altus Press. These usually are books for completists, containing all the stories of a specific character, with new introductions written by pulp historians such as Will Murray and Tom Johnson. Because of this editorial decision, some of these spread across several volumes. The titles include:

Pulp Histories

In addition to prose, Altus Press has published several histories on the medium, primarily focused on specific characters. The titles include:

• Pulpmaster: The Theodore Roscoe Story (by Audrey Parente)
• Echoes 30: Three Decades of Pulp Fandom’s Greatest Magazine (by Tom Johnson)
• Dan Fowler: G-Man Companion (by Tom Johnson, with Will Murray, Robert Sidney Bowen, Charles Greenberg, and Norvell W. Page. Includes two Dan Fowler stories plus an unpublished one.)
• The Black Bat Companion (by Tom Johnson, with Will Murray, Norman Daniels, Nico Mathies, Matthew Moring, Al Tonik and Prentice Winchell)
• Dime Detective Companion (by James L. Traylor with Monte Herridge, Marvin Lachman, Will Murray, William E. Barrett, Carroll John Daly, Frederick C. Davis, T.T. Flynn, and John Lawrence)
• The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze (by Rick Lai)
• The Phantom Detective Companion (by Tom Johnson, Will Murray, Al Tonik, Harold Ward, Charles S. Strong)
• Operator No. 5: The History of the Purple Wars (by Harrison Stievers)
• Rick Lai’s Secret Histories: Criminal Masterminds (by Rick Lai)
• Rick Lai’s Secret Histories: Daring Adventurers (by Rick Lai)
• Gangland’s Doom: The Shadow of the Pulps (by Frank Eisgruber, Jr.)
• Chronology of Shadows: A Timeline of The Shadow’s Exploits (by Rick Lai)
• The Secret Agent X Companion (by Tom Johnson and Will Murray)

New Pulps

Altus Press has published fiction in the vein of the original pulps, many of which featuring original pulp characters. Tom Johnson, the former editor of the pulp fanzine Echoes, is one of the main writers. The titles include:

• Doc Savage: Death’s Dark Domain (by Lester Dent and Will Murray)
• Doc Savage: The Forgotten Realm (by Lester Dent and Will Murray)
• Doc Savage: The Infernal Buddha (by Lester Dent and Will Murray)
• Doc Savage: Horror in Gold (by Lester Dent and Will Murray)
• Doc Savage: The Desert Demons (by Lester Dent and Will Murray)
• Doc Savage: Skull Island (by Will Murray and Joe DeVito)
• Writings in Bronze (by Will Murray)
• Exciting Pulp Tales (by Tom Johnson)
• Pulp Detectives (by Tom Johnson)
• Triple Detective #4 (Fall 1956) (by Tom Johnson)
• Triple Detective #3 (Summer 1956) (by Tom Johnson)
• Triple Detective #2 (Spring 1956) (by Tom Johnson)
• Triple Detective #1 (Winter 1956) (by Tom Johnson)
• Secret Agent X: Halo of Horror (by Stephen Payne)
• Secret Agent X: Master of Madness (by Stephen Payne)
• Tales of Masks & Mayhem (by Maxentius Andor Scarlatti, Therese Drippe, John L. French, Lance Curry, Michael A. Black, Debra Delorme, and Will Murray)

Lost Race Library

A new area of focus, this focus on "lost race" stories, of groups of people found in far-away lands that where thought non-existent.

• The Finding of Lot's Wife (by Alfred Clark)
• Wings of Danger (by Arthur A. Nelson)
• Yellow Men Sleep (by Jeremy Lane)
• A Man Named Jones (by Charles B. Stilson)
• Polaris of the Snows (by Charles B. Stilson)
• Under the Andes (by Rex Stout)

External links

• Altus Press.com, the publisher's homepage.