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Saturday, March 15, 2025

“Holy crap, was that really a giant armadillo?” A Thrilling Adventure Yarn 2025 Review!

We Love Reader Reviews! Big thanks to Bob Saunders for his kind words and 5 star Amazon review of Crazy 8 Press' Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025. Read it HERE or below.

"Why read a story when you can read a yarn? All yarns are stories, but not all stories get to be yarns. To be a yarn, a story has to be both entertaining and imaginative. Reading a yarn is leaving your credulity at the door and entering a dimension of “not only of sight and sound, but of mind...” (thank you Rod Serling, and yes, the best of those old “Twilight Zone” episodes were magnificent yarns).
Yarns are fast paced, exciting, and tightly written. This last qualification alone eliminates most fiction writing today. Ever read a bloated, fat fantasy novel? If so, my condolences. This book, “Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025,” will be a good palette cleanser.

Edited by Robert Greenberger, this book has 15 yarns that hearken back to the glorious pulp days of yore (albeit with a contemporary flavor). You will find tales of the occult, crime, fantasy, science fiction – and some best categorized as “Holy crap, was that really a giant armadillo?”

I burned through all 15 tales. Some are better than others, but they're all good. Now, I'm checking out the rest in the series. I recommend you do, too – unless, of course, you're stuck in the middle of that 600-page “romantasy.” If that's the case, I know a dark sorcerer or two who can help."

Thanks again, Bob! I'm glad you dug the giant armadillo. :)

Bobby

Learn more below.

Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025

A pulpy adventure anthology

Are you ready for adventure? Crazy 8 Press' Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025 is now on sale in hardcover, paperback, and ebook! Get yours today!

To honor and celebrate the bygone era of pulp magazines, Crazy 8 Press has assembled a stellar line-up of writers to produce new thrills and chills, spanning mystery, sword and sorcery, horror, science fiction, romance, and adventures. We will take you to other worlds, other realms, and other times where heroes and heroines battled for justice or survival or just getting through the day.

Thrill to brand new stories from Dan Abnett, Charles Ardai, Liz Braswell, Russ Colchamiro, Win Scott Eckert, Mary Fan, Michael Jan Friedman, Paul Kupperberg, Elliot S! Maggin, Jeffery A. Mariotte, Bobby Nash, Christopher Priest, Aaron Rosenberg, Hildy Silverman, William F. Wu. Edited by Robert Greenberger.

Each yarn is bigger and better than the one before it!

My story, "Doc Dresden and the Lost Hollow" sees the reimagined return of one of the first characters I ever created. That's exciting.