Category Archives: Fiction

END OF THE RENAISSANCE By Guy Rivera  (discovered by Ray Banks) As RAY BANKS is the definitive authority on the life and work of Guy Rivera, I will defer to him for insight. From the introduction to his monograph, “The Writer, … Continue reading →

NEVER SAY GOODNIGHT IN SAIGON By Greg Peppard, Jr., 1st Sgt., US Army (Ret.) (discovered by Jimmy Callaway) San Diego, California, is a big military town, and lifelong resident JIMMY CALLAWAY has met many retired soldiers in his time. Greg … Continue reading →

BURN IN By Moses Starkweather (discovered by Frank Larnerd) Not all men’s adventure books of the mid-1980s were Reagan-era paranoia combined with liberal doses of gun porn (and borderline actual porn). Some authors used the freedom of the genre to make … Continue reading →

OPERATION SCORPION STING By Arch Saxon (discovered by Andrew Nette) Arch Saxon’s Bastard Mercenary series, a mainstay of the Australian men’s adventure publisher Nasho Books Ltd., has had a bit of revival recently; a film version is in development. Whether … Continue reading →

THE G-STRING GUNDOWN By Walter Himes (discovered by Josh Stallings) Walter Himes spent most of his all-too-brief life in San Quentin for shooting a white man seven times in the face. Besides the seventeen Stripper Assassin tales he put out … Continue reading →

THE SILENCER STRIKES By Mal Radcliff (discovered by Gary Phillips) No one could have shown more enthusiasm than GARY PHILLIPS did when we brought up the idea of Blood & Tacos. In his words, “I got a Mal Radcliff story no … Continue reading →

LONGHAIR DEATH FARM By Clifton Wetzel-Bulinger  (discovered by Cameron Ashley) This time…they’ve hunted the wrong albino! Special thanks to CAMERON ASHLEY for contacting Clifton Wetzel-Bulinger directly. A lot has changed since this story was published in 1978, and we appreciate … Continue reading →

TEXASGRAD By Max Auger (discovered by Christopher Blair) CHRISTOPHER BLAIR found this Reagan-era classic at the Coos Bay Swap Meet on the coast of Oregon. Even among survivalist training manuals, Laser Tag accessories, and tarnished throwing stars, the embossed mushroom cloud … Continue reading →

BONDS OF BLOOD By Lance Matrix (discovered by Matthew C. Funk) MATTHEW C. FUNK has been a lifelong fan of Lance Matrix’s Tiger Team Bravo stories, one of the great mercenary team series. If they ever decide to revive it, … Continue reading →

BLOOD AND TACOS By Brace Godfrey (discovered by Johnny Shaw) This is the story that started it all.  JOHNNY SHAW found this 1979 exemplar while cleaning a recently deceased uncle’s attic. Amid a shocking amount of strangely specific pornography was a … Continue reading →