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John Lemay
Learn how Montezuma, emperor of the Aztecs, became confused with a pueblo deity during the conquest of the North American Southwest.
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For years, the tale of a group of miners who found a hidden canyon of gold only to be massacred by the Apache was legend across the Old West. Initially…
Explore New Mexico's most enigmatic prehistoric ruins and cultural heritage sites.
Best known as the site of an alleged flying saucer crash in 1947 and the Roswell Incident, Roswell began as a humble trading post in the late 1860s along the…
Lincoln County is often associated with such legendary figures as outlaw Billy the Kid, Smokey the Bear, and renowned painter Peter Hurd. Named after Pres. Abraham Lincoln in 1869, the…
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While many lionize Billy the Kid, the man who killed him, Sheriff Patrick Floyd Garrett, has a rarely told but riveting true story all his own. His adventurous life spawned…
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Even though the "Golden Age of Newspapers" came to an end in the early 20th Century, tales of dinosaurian monsters remained in print. Plus, with photographic evidence of mystery creatures…
You’ve probably read enough books on Old West ghost stories to turn blue in the face by now. But what about a tome of potentially true werewolf tales from North…
You’ve probably read enough books on Old West ghost stories to turn blue in the face by now. But what about a tome of bonafide vampire encounters from North America’s…
True tales of vampires, werewolves, and mummies of the Wild West are explored via real newspaper articles from the Pioneer Period.
Picking up where the first volume left off, the second volume of CLASSIC MONSTERS UNMADE chronicles the unseen horrors from the houses of Hammer, Toho, and Universal from the 1950s…
THE LOST FILMS FANZINE PRESENTS MOVIE MILESTONES #4 celebrates 60 years of the monsters of 1961: GORGO, KONGA, and REPTILICUS. Explored within this issue is GORGO’s origins as a Japanese…
In-depth tome exploring long lost horror films like DRACULA’S DEATH (1920) and LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1928), plus unproduced scripts like WOLF MAN VS. DRACULA (1944) and BLACK LAGOON (1952).
Since the very first dai kaiju eiga, GODZILLA (1954), made its way across the Pacific to U.S. shores, the Japanese originals have rarely made it to America in their original…
THE LOST FILMS FANZINE PRESENTS MOVIE MILESTONES #2, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) and the looming 50th anniversary of Creatures the World Forgot…
Explore the possibility of remnant dinosaurs in North America during the Wild West via real newspaper accounts.
Did prehistoric mega fauna such as mammoths and saber-tooth tigers survive into the Nineteenth Century to terrorize pioneers? According to newspaper articles from the time they did! Via forgotten reports…
This lavishly illustrated volume is a throwback to kid’s library books of the 1970s that examined monster movies. Giant ape movies including Konga, White Pongo, Mighty Peking Man, and A*P*E…
The swamps of the South may look serene, but beneath their placid surfaces hides a multitude of horrific nightmares including colossal crocodiles, monster frogs, snakes of interminable lengths, and even…
This picture book for the kid in us all pays tribute to the old monster movie books of the 1970s. Giant apes other than King Kong are spotlighted, such as…
A throwback to kid’s monster movie books from the 1970s, Dinosauruses of the Movies examines the better known dinosaur movies made between 1914-1977 including The Lost World, One Million B.C…
This throwback to kid’s monster books from the 1970s examines giant bug movies from the 1950s (like Them!) all the way into the 1970s (Empire of the Ants).
The Lost Films Fanzine is a quarterly digest magazine devoted solely to un-produced scripts, lost films, and rare movies. In this issue:
Explore the lost Italian cut of Legend of…
The Lost Films Fanzine is the premiere digest fanzine specializing in lost films, un-produced scripts, and obscure movies long forgotten…until now. This issue explores the lengthy development of 1971’s Diamonds…
More than one hundred years ago, back when the Southern States of North America were still made up of wild swampland, settlers told tales of monsters. They talked of lizardmen…
The ultimate guide to the history of witchcraft and the supernatural in the Land of Enchantment!
You’ve probably read enough books on Old West ghost stories to turn blue in the face by now. But what about a tome of bonafide mummy stories from North America’s…
THE LOST FILMS FANZINE PRESENTS MOVIE MILESTONES #5 celebrates the 55th anniversary of GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER (1966)! Explored within this issue are the film’s origins as a King…
THE LOST FILMS FANZINE PRESENTS MOVIE MILESTONES #5 celebrates the 55th anniversary of GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER (1966)! Explored within this issue are the film's origins as a King…
THE LOST FILMS FANZINE PRESENTS MOVIE MILESTONES #3, which celebrates Japanese ‘Panic Movies’ as made famous by SUBMERSION OF JAPAN (1973) on the 90th birthday of its creator, Sakyo Komatsu…
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Though the idea of UFOs piloted by extraterrestrials didn’t truly begin to seep into the public consciousness until the late 1940s, people all across America reported seeing strange craft in…
An aging Billy the Kid must face off with a skinwalker in 1950s Fort Sumner.
Noe Torres, John Lemay
During the Turbulent Era of the 1930s, America found itself teetering on the verge of entering its second World War. It also found itself on the cusp of the Golden…
Billy the Kid’s stolen tombstone holds the key to finding the Lost Adams Diggings in this thrilling adventure…
Noe Torres,John Lemay
By the 1920s, humankind’s presence in the skies was no longer as meek as it had been in prior decades. Charles Lindbergh became famous when he conducted the first solo…
