The Hooded Person

The Hooded Person (New Pulp)

By Wayne Greenough

Devine Destinies www.devinedestinies.com

ISBN #978-1487406868

41 Pages

Price $..99

Rating 5-Stars

A hooded vigilante is protecting the city. The police want The Hood identified and stopped. Captain Holt of the police department wants P.I. Thanet Blake to use his underworld connections in finding the so-called Pulp Hero, and bring him in to the station. But Blake thinks maybe the city needs the mysterious fighter, and he already has a few suspects who just might be The Hood. There is rumor of a dead cop who was on the take that might have something to do with why the vigilante was in town, and if Blake can discover the story behind that, he may bring the case to a close.

Okay, this was a fun story, with plenty of suspects. The Hooded Person, just called The Hood most times, dresses all in black, wearing a black hood; all that’s visible are blue eyes. Six feet, slim build, moves with feline grace, and uses martial arts to take out four men at a time. The problem is, The Hood has been seen in two places at the same time. Could one be a copycat? The story takes the reader back to the pulp magazine days. Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of BLIND AS A BAT

The Apparition

The Apparition (New Pulp)

By Wayne Greenough

Devine Destinies www.devinedestinies.com

ISBN #978-1487406486

Price $1.99

28 Pages

Rating 5-Stars

“A Fun New Hero.”

Mike Johnson, the original Apparition got careless and in old age was gunned down. His granddaughter, Alicia, was helping him walk when mobsters gunned him down and shattered her spine with bullets, and now she must live in a wheelchair. In the meantime, billionaire Bryan Sloane killed David Stryker’s son in a fistfight, and the mob boss wants him dead. With the strange return of The Apparition, and new attacks on Stryker’s minions, the police suspect Sloane may be the new vigilante.

Okay, this short novelette had a lot happening, but not enough time to really build the characters. Plot twists, along with character twists, will keep the reader guessing just who The Apparition really is – until the final pages, of course. You won’t go away disappointed, just wanting more stories, and longer ones. Highly recommended for lovers of pulpy fiction with an over-the-top crime fighter.

Tom Johnson

Author of PARTNERS IN CRIME

Mask

Mask (Western)

By Wayne Greenough

Devine Destinies (Kindle)

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Price #1.99

Rating 5-Stars

“An Old-Fashioned Western”

Dead Man’s Town is ruled by Jack Dugay and his outlaws. They kill and ride routhshod over the town folk. The citizens’ only safety is a masked outlaw simply known as “Mask”, who wears a black domino mask, fast on the draw, and shoots straight. When Captain Crawford of the Rangers sends young Roger Blake in to act as sheriff, he is shot in the back before reaching town. Mask and her elderly partner, Wrangler find him wounded and take him to their hideout to nurse him back to health Sworn to bring Mask in, Blake has other feelings about the beautiful woman that saved his life. But is he fast enough on the draw to clean up Dead Man’s Town, and bring law and order to the West without her help?

This was a fun novelette, and reminded me of those B-Westerns of my youth – well, it did have something of a ring to “Johnny Guitar” also. This is a story with fast guns, tough fists, a song in the background, and a masked heroine. What more could you ask for? Highly recommended for those readers looking for a trip back to Saturday Matinees and double feature westerns at the local picture show!

Tom Johnson

Echoes Magazine