Welcome to the cool side of the 1950s, where the fast cars and revved-up movie monsters peel out in the night. Where outlaw vixens and jukebox tramps square off with razorblades and lead pipes. Where rockers rock, cool cats strut, and hot rods roar. Where you howl to the moon as the tiki drums pound and the electric guitar shrieks and that spit-and-holler jamboree ain’t gonna stop for a long, long time … maybe never.

This is the ‘50s where ghost shows still travel the back roads of the south, and rockabilly has a hold on the nation’s youth; where lucky hearts tell the tale, and maybe that fella in the Shriners’ fez ain’t so square after all. Where exist noir detectives of the supernatural, tattoo artists of another kind, Hollywood fix-it men, and a punk kid with grasshopper arms under his chain-studded jacket and an icy stare on his face.

This is the ‘50s of Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror. This is your ticket to the dark side of American kitsch … the fun and frightful side!

Table of Contents includes:

The Golden Girls of Fall by Seanan McGuire

Sea Lords of the Columbia by Weston Ochse

Tremble by Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale

The Demon of the Track by Gary Phillips

Outlawed Ink by Jason Starr

We Might Be Giants by Nancy Holder

Universal Monster by Duane Swierczynski

Draggers by David J. Schow

The Starlite Drive-In by John M. Floyd

Dr. Morbismo’s InsaniTERRORium Horror Show by Lisa Morton

Hot Babe by Bill Pronzini

The Prom Tree by Yvonne Navarro

I’m with the Band by Steve Perry

Mystery Train: An Arcane Investigation by Max Allan Collins and Matthew V. Clemens

Lab Experiment Turf War by Jeff Strand

The She-Creature by Amelia Beamer

Fish out of Water by Will Viharo

I Was a Teenage Shroom Fiend by Brian Hodge