ISBN 978-0692415917; 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 122 pages, paperbound. $4.99 US
In this sequel to Tales From Homer and Tales From the Lake,
Conley Stone McAnally continues his fictional career as special projects
officer for the local university's department of village archeology.
This time he takes a trip to Ashwood to record the tales of Simon Ash,
the town's unofficial oral historian. Through the collected tales told
on Simon's porch, witness American history in a microcosm. Get it right here, or search for it on Amazon!
Thanks again to Dick Andrews for another fine editing job.
ISBN 978-0692364253; 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 108 pages, paperbound. $4.99 US
Tales from an Irish Pub! "Sir Snapper" Holds Court...In this charming sequel to Wilson Bay: Tales From an Eskimo Village and Jump, Alaska: Tales From the Interior,
Conley Stone McAnally inherits a pub in rural Ireland. Read along as Conley matches
wits and storytelling skills with the colorful locals, hunts the last
snake in Ireland, learns how to wrestle a bull, celebrates Potato Day,
helps get out the Leprechaun vote, and more! A special thanks to Dick
Andrews of Tucson, AZ for an incredible editing job on this one. You can
order your copy right here, or search for it on Amazon.
ISBN 978-0692396216; 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 374 pages, paperbound. $9.99 US
Two-Fisted Old-School
Action from Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars!
Barney, a rural man from Nebraska, is unaware that he shares the blood
of kings. In the fictional European nation of Lutha, young Barney finds
himself mistaken for the rightful king Leopold. Unfortunately the true
king has been imprisoned by his wicked uncle, and to make matters worse,
the First World War looms in the near future. Barney finds himself
drawn into a web of trickery, mistaken identity, true love and intense
action in a realm turned upside-down.
This novel, long in the public domain, is available for free in many
ebook editions. This exclusive keepsake print version, completely re-set
and edited, is a must for Burroughs fans and anyone who appreciates a
good adventure story in the style of H. Rider Haggard and Anthony Hope.
Order your copy right here, or search for it on Amazon.
ISBN 978-0692392683; 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 334 pages, paperbound. $9.99 US
Old-School Pulp Adventure!
Rex Stout, the creator of Nero Wolfe, cut his teeth writing adventure
stories for pulp magazines. This early example of his work is rife with
fist-fights, escapes, beautiful women, degenerate natives, and
underground explorations, as two brothers and the woman they both yearn
for find themselves trapped in an undiscovered netherworld of darkness,
danger and desire. This novel, long in the public domain, is available
for free in many ebook editions. This exclusive keepsake print version,
completely re-set and edited, is a must for Rex Stout fans and anyone
who appreciates a good adventure story in the style of H. Rider Haggard
and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Order your copy right here, or search for it on Amazon.
ISBN 978-0692318041, 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 118 pages, paperbound. $5.99 US
The second edition of Conley Stone McAnally's Jump, Alaska: Tales From the Interior
is now available on Amazon! "There are strange things done in the
midnight sun..." Conley once again feels the call of the wild and
returns to bush Alaska, where he takes a post as an itinerate teacher.
In these 24 short tales, Conley recounts his further adventures, meets
up with a strange cast of characters, and obliterates the line between
fact and fiction. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Conley follows an
animal skin map around the bush, attends a native Thanksgiving feast,
adopts a raven, pays homage to Robert W. Service, makes wry observations
on politics, and much more. This second edition is part of the saga
that began with Wilson Bay: Tales From an Eskimo Village and continues with O'Brian's Black & Tan: Tales From an Irish Pub.
ISBN 978-0692317990, 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 140 pages, paperbound. $6.99 US
The second edition of Conley Stone McAnally's Wilson Bay: Tales From an Eskimo Village
is now available on Amazon! Conley takes us on a year-long odyssey to a
remote region of Alaska, where he chronicles his experiences as a
"gussick" among the Eskimos. Ranging from hilarious misadventures to
serious reflections, WILSON BAY is a comical, heartfelt, and unflinching
portrait of life in rural Alaska - one where the line between fact and
fiction is often blurred. This second edition is the first book in the
saga that continues with Jump, Alaska: Tales From the Interior and O'Brian's Black & Tan: Tales From an Irish Pub.
ISBN 978-0692305102, 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 114 pages, paperbound. $4.99 US
The long-awaited sequel to Conley Stone McAnally's Tales From Homer is now available! Tales From the Lake
continues in the vein of its predecessor, as Conley explores a lake town that has fallen into ruin. He finds
a trunk of journal notes from a young boy named Mickey and edits them into a heartwarming and humorous account
of a small Midwest community. You can get it directly from Amazon right here.
ISBN 978-0692300527; 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 114 pages, paperbound. $4.99 US
We're proud to announce the second edition of Pharaoh's very first book,
Tales From Homer by Conley Stone McAnally. You can order it directly from Amazon right here.
This edition features a new cover, a helpful "Who's Who in Doodenville," and an excerpt from the charming sequel, Tales From the Lake.
Three titles by Conley Stone McAnally - Tales From Homer, Wilson Bay,
and Jump, Alaska are temporarily out of print. Second editions are in the works.
These will be released simultaneously with Tales From the Lake, the delightful
sequel to Tales From Homer, in time for the holiday season.
William Scott. Chaffin's My Heart It Beats the Lonely Runner is out of print. He's revising and adding
lyrics and drawings (along with a new cover) for a second edition. We hope to see this soon, but you can't rush genius.
It'll be ready when it's ready. In the meantime, console yourself with some of Chaffin's latest music.
Pharaoh makes its
first foray into music with a release from Call Me Snake on the
Minutewax label (our new music imprint). It's meditation music for
metalheads - drones, bells, static, disembodied tones and voices,
backdrops for sinister moods or creative trances.
Weighing in at a loopable 20 minutes, it features four tracks: Night
Alone, Random Angels, Metal Frog, and Static Stalker. Find it here.
In case anyone wonders, Minutewax was, indeed, the indie CD-R label of the late Ian Thomas. We use the name in his honor and with his blessing.
ISBN 978-0615985251, 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 130 pages, paperbound. $7.88 US
Colin Lee Campbell turns to
the superhero genre with tales of heroism, anti-heroism, and black
humor. In nine action-packed tales, Colin takes us on a whirlwind tour
of Cape City's past and present, seen through the eyes of heroes and
villains who redefine what it means to be "super."
Before the founding of Cape City, a French fur trader arrives in a
Native American village, followed by a Jesuit priest, just as spirits
and creatures from the nearby lake suddenly begin causing trouble. Can
Natiakah, the lake's guardian, save the village, or is he only a myth?
An old man in a retirement home looks back on his life as Gangbuster, a
Golden Age superhero who fought crime in Cape City from the Roaring
Twenties up to World War Two.
In six darkly comedic tales, Deadbeat gives the reader a look through
the eyes of an antihero cursed with immortality, from deserting the
Confederacy, fighting undead in the Wild West, to serving prison time in
modern-day Cape City, and more.
A girl is missing in Cape City, and only one superhero is intent on
finding her. But Da Bomb has an explosive temper...literally, and
everything he encounters along the way just seems to make him angrier.
ISBN 978-0692024720, 5"x8", black and white interior, color cover, 118 pages, paperbound. $6.99 US
This classic by Colin Lee Campbell is now available on Amazon, with a
handsome new cover and bonus story. The ten tales collected here run the
gamut from the fantastic to the macabre. They include The Abels, Funeral Train, A World Apart, Noah's Hunger, Horror Vacui, The Oneironauts, Dhatura's Song, The Looking Glass Planet, and Lock Picker.
The
Pharaoh web site was smashed and rebuilt from scratch. Most existing
titles
will soon go into second editions. We are moving all titles to the 5x8
matte cover format. We've learned a thing or two in our first few years
of operation, so we're re-tooling everything.
Expect some titles to disappear from virtual shelves for a while. Colin
Lee Campbell's Tales From Cape City
and Funeral Train and Other Stories, which pioneered the new format, are available now.
