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 Paperback Warrior is the internet’s best podcast for vintage fiction reviews and features in the action-adventure, hardboiled crime, western, pulp, comic, and espionage genres.Copyright Paperback Warrior Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Episode 122: Jack Karney & S.S. Rafferty

    Episode 122: Jack Karney & S.S. Rafferty
    Jul 7 2025
    In this double-feature episode, Eric investigates the mysterious life and work of crime-fiction and boxing-story writer Jack Karney, while also spotlighting S.S. Rafferty, a regular contributor to Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines. The episode also includes a segment on a non-fiction book about MGM Studios, a look at this summer's conventions, and fiction's first colonial continental op.

    Check out thousands of book reviews and articles about vintage fiction and crime-noir at Paperback Warrior. Visit me on X, FaceBook, and YouTube.
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    33 mins
  • Audiobook: Guns Drawn by Thomas Hyland (narrated by Eric Compton)

    Audiobook: Guns Drawn by Thomas Hyland (narrated by Eric Compton)
    Jun 30 2025
    It's a book premier right here on Paperback Warrior! I narrate the new 75-page novella GUNS DRAWN by Thomas Hyland, a violent, tightly-knit character piece involving bad guys, sexy women, gunplay, and bloodshed. It's a stylish 1950ish potboiler...and it's free for you.

    SYNOPSIS:

    Daisy Mae married mob accountant Abner Little to escape the wrong side of the tracks. Her escape turned into a short-cut to Hell. Abner prefers other women. He rubs it in her face. So Daisy opens her heart to handsome Dwayne Duncan, who agrees to kill Abner for her. Has Daisy Mae gone from the frying pan to the fire?

    Dwayne Duncan turns out may have some baggage of his own. Dwayne is right hand man to big shot Harvey Bishop, Abner's boss. Dwayne decides to frame Abner and one of his girlfriends.
    Easy peasy, right? Abner's girlfriend is seeing the boss' volatile son Flynn. Simple goes out the door. As Dwayne connives, Bishop dies creating a power vacuum that turns the city into a bloodbath.

    C'est la vie.

    Praise for GUNS DRAWN:

    "Guns Drawn is a fast-paced homage to noir crime; violence, betrayal, and existential emptiness spiraling into chaotic ruin. If the pulps were still printing then surely Thomas Hyland would be a contributor."-ERIC COMPTON (PAPERBACK WARRIOR)

    Get the ebook or print edition HERE.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 121: Arthur Catherall

    Episode 121: Arthur Catherall
    Jun 16 2025
    In this episode, Eric embarks on a globe-trotting nautical adventure with a spotlight on Arthur Catherall, exploring his World War II-era series set in exotic locales. He also dives into a recent western discovery, reviews a thrilling novel about a runaway rollercoaster, and shares his thoughts on the latest short story collection from Bruce Elliott, newly released by Stark House Press.

    You can watch this episode on YouTube HERE. Be sure to follow on Facebook and on the blog at Paperback Warrior for hundreds and hundreds of reviews, posts, videos, shorts, and more.
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    47 mins
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Great podcast for vintage paperback collectors or those who like to read classic crime and pulp fiction. Well researched but not stuffy or academic, like sitting around a table listening to friends talk about books. I hope they continue to produce episodes as it has quickly become one of my favorites.

Amazing podcast for readers of vintage paperbacks

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