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SPICY ZEPPELIN STORIES! For decades, this legendary pulp magazine was believed to be a myth. But it was not. Not exactly. Nor was it real. Back in the 1970s, prolific pulp writer Will Murray––who was not yet prolific–-undertook the daunting task of writing the entire first issue of this nebulous non-entity of a magazine. Within these pages you will discover the exciting contents of Spicy Zeppelin Stories, Volume 1, Number 1, October, 1936, just as they would have appeared––if only this magazine ever existed.… Seven slightly salacious stories set during the 1930s, one for each of the dominant pulp genres. Yes, here are thrilling adventure, air-war, mystery, G-Man, Weird Menace, space opera, and even a wild Western yarn. Every one written around an airship of some type. Each penned under spurious pseudonyms. All guaranteed to evoke the grand and glorious era of the Bloody Pulps. Nothing like this collection has ever been written before. Nor will it ever again…. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION GONDOLA GIRL They called Chane the King of the Zeppelins, but he called no man his master. So when one schemer chose him for an enemy, Chane struck back with copper fists and hot lead! GASBAG BUCKAROO Cowpoke Clay Long could ride and rope with the best of ’em. But at the Bent Horseshoe Ranch, where phantom rustlers pillaged unchallenged, he was as helpful as horns on a cow. So Long took up the lone wolf trail in search of a powerful vindication. HYDROGEN HORROR Shawn Chetwynd loved his country—but he also loved the sinister temptress Thalia Leppenzi. Torn between desire and duty, what could he do? And as the woman spy laughed mockingly, the Hun Zeppelins ploughed through the blazing skies, intent upon destruction…. ZEPS OF THE VOID Everyone in the spacelanes knew—and feared—the man known only as Solar Smith. Some cursed him for a space pirate. Others swore he fought for right. No one dreamed that when the Space Zep