Atomic Werewolves and Man-Eating Plants (2023) Edited by Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle
Through the tireless efforts of pulp-renaissance men Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle, the world is once again a brighter place for those with a predilection toward the Men’s Adventure Magazines (MAMs) of a bygone era. The duo’s ability to mine the depths of the MAM archives to pull together these themed editions is unparalleled and the riches of their efforts is a gift to those like myself, who generally missed out on these magazines in their original incarnation. The hook this time around is an entire edition built around stories that are much more clearly fictional with supernatural overtones. This makes it similar in some respects to the authors’ earlier Cryptozoology Anthology . Whereas much of the popular MAM stories at least dipped a toe into the real world, albeit it in greatly exaggerated tales of manly men and their adventures, often while at war, this collection revels in tales of sci-fi and...