Geeks Love Dogs' Paul Harmon Grabs A HANDFUL OF HELL

"This is, of course, fantastic..."

Thanks to BookTuber Paul Harmon of Geeks Love Dogs, who gets a grip on the Men's Adventure Library's collection of MAM fiction by the late Robert F. Dorr, A Handful of Hell.

This book is differs from some of our other MAM collections in that Dorr's specialty was recounting authentic accounts of battlefield heroism, managing to balance the kind of wild, explosive action the mags' readers demanded with the respect his subjects warranted. While Dorr could write big action and adventure with the very best of his contemporaries (and would go on to a storied career as a writer under his own steam following the MAM era), what sets so much of his work in MAMs apart is not only the writer's gifts for nail-biting adventure storytelling, but his stories' realism and humanity—something not lost on Harmon:

"What's very cool about these is that a lot of them are based on true stories... So if you're a fan of history (and) WWII / Vietnam War-era non-fiction, you get that—with the action told in a way that makes it fun and exciting... It gives you the best of both worlds: history and adventure. Fun to read, and even now, they don't feel dated."

Watch the full review below. Dorr talk begins around 24 minutes in:

 

Expanded hardcover (left) and softcover (right) editions.

A Handful of Hell: Classic War and Adventure Stories by Robert F. Dorr is edited by Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle. It is available in softcover, expanded hardcover, and ebook editions. Buy them from Amazon HERE.

Great Neck's Own Trav SD on ALL ROADS LEAD TO GREAT NECK

"Much of what he describes is long gone, not just the hippie teenagers cluttering local diners, coffee shops, and pizza parlors, but the businesses themselves. While there is much nostalgia in Friedman’s portrait, there is also something of regret and sadness."

Actor, author, comedian, critic, director, humorist, journalist, m.c., performance artist, playwright, producer, publicist, public speaker, songwriter, variety booker (and Great Neck resident!) Trav S.D. offers a local perspective on Josh Alan Friedman's All Roads Lead to Great Neck.

Trav S.D. in Great Neck

"Great Neck is a 'burb, inhabited by people whose parents and grandparents lived in Manhattan’s immigrant-clogged precincts, some of the very neighborhoods where the book’s teenage characters like to visit to attend rock concerts and cop dope. Philip Roth meets the Beats meets Hunter S. Thompson, with references to Irving Berlin’s 'Yiddle on the Fiddle,' the Electric Flag, and Floyd Patterson? It’s not a bed of roses."

Read his review in its entirety on Trav's site, HERE.

All Roads Lead to Great Neck by Josh Alan Friedman is available in softcover and hardcover editions from Wyatt Doyle Books/New Texture. Cover art by Bruce Carleton. Get copies from Amazon HERE.

Support Your Local Vampire: Crowdfunding John Amplas' Autobiography, ONCE A VAMPIRE

We are very pleased and proud to announce that New Texture's Wyatt Doyle and Jimmy Angelina are collaborating with actor John Amplas (Martin, Day of the Dead) on his autobiography, Once a Vampire.

We are accepting support via GoFundMe to help defray the costs of work on the project. 

Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/once-a-vampire

Here's the pitch:

"For some of us, he's James Dean."

Actor John Amplas is celebrated for his unforgettable performance in the title role of George Romero's 1977 film Martin, as well as his appearances in Creepshow, Knightriders, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead. But his own story is every bit as dramatic, unusual, and moving as the parts he's played.

John has enlisted writer Wyatt Doyle and illustrator Jimmy Angelina to help tell his story and bring it into print.

This is an entirely independent project, with no big money behind it. (No small money, either!) It's three guys—John, Wyatt, and Jimmy—creating something from scratch with no outside assistance...except yours.

If you want to read this book, John is asking for your help in making it a reality. Help us get it done! John and Wyatt have already recorded over 20 hours of interviews that will make up the core of the book. Jimmy Angelina has already completed multiple illustrations for the project. But we're at the point where things are starting to cost money, and that's where you come in. Initial expenses include transcription for those interviews and proofreading fees, and soon, marketing/promotional expenses. It all adds up quickly.

This is very much a NO AI project. We support human-generated transcriptions and employ human proofreaders.

Want to help John tell his story? Pitch in with a donation!

This book is happening. We're all fully committed to the project. But with your support, it can happen faster and more easily.

This adventure is only just beginning. Join us.

At GoFundMe's insistence, I must include the statement that no raffles, sweepstakes, giveaways, or promotions are offered in exchange for any donations made.

Who is Wyatt Doyle?

Wyatt Doyle is the writer and artist behind New Texture, a fiercely independent arts collective turned publisher and music label with over 50 releases since 2009. In addition to editing and designing the book for John, he has decades of experience navigating the worlds of book printing and distribution. His books have been acclaimed by numerous critics, including The Washington Post's Pulitzer-Prize-winning Michael Dirda.

His own work includes fiction (Stop Requested, illustrated by Stanley J. Zappa), visual art (The Last Coloring Book, The Last Coloring Book on the Left, and Be Italian with Jimmy Angelina) and photography (Jorge Amaya Doesn't Live Anymore, Dollar Halloween and others).

Through New Texture, he has collaborated with and published authors and artists as diverse as Lawrence Block, Gil Cohen, Byron Coley, John Doe, JD Doyle, Jon E Edwards, Harlan Ellison, Bruce Jay Friedman, Josh Alan Friedman, George Gross, Mort Künstler, Sydney Leff, Lydia Lunch, Eva Lynd, Todd Pierce, Samson Pollen, Robert Silverberg, Georgina Spelvin, and many others. He edits and designs most New Texture releases. You can browse some of the books he's worked on and published on Amazon, HERE.

Who is Jimmy Angelina?

Jimmy Angelina swapped studying filmmaking at Columbia College, in Chicago, for studying visual art at Bennington College, in Vermont—where he graduated with a BA in Drawing/Sculpture. His illustrations have appeared in various publications and on theatre posters. He's taken part in group and solo shows in New York City, San Francisco, Vermont and Louisville, KY. 

Latterly, he joined the New Texture publishing collective—where he has collaborated, along with co-author Wyatt Doyle, on three volumes of cult-movie-classic-movie-pop-culture artifact-satire: The Last Coloring Book, The Last Coloring Book on the Left and Be Italian. He provided illustrations for the feature film Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones, directed by Danny Garcia. He's also released a (self-titled) CD with New Texture. He is available for freelance work and commissions. He likes books. He likes movies. He likes music. He likes dogs. His work can be seen on his website, www.jimmyangelina.com

Artwork © 2026 Jimmy Angelina, all rights reserved

Again, donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/once-a-vampire

Josh Alan Friedman in FORT WORTH MAGAZINE

"The reader of All Roads Lead to Great Neck might as well be there in person, so vivid and kaleidoscopic is Josh Friedman's telling. The fore-doomed stoner-protagonist, Bruce Disoto, careens through a gauntlet of real, unreal, and surreal encounters with war-protest freak-outers, a 19th-century Jewish panderer, a neurotic prize-fighting champion, an ominous cheese-shop merchant, and the mysteries of erotic attraction and repulsion. And yes, it all fits together in the manner of a dream of which the dreamer is aware. All this, and a cold Cel-Ray Tonic at Ratner's Delicatessen, too."

—Michael H. Price, Fort Worth Magazine

 

Michael H. Price pens a bang-up piece in the June issue of Fort Worth Magazine on Josh Alan Friedman's All Roads Lead To Great Neck. To read, click the above images to enlarge, or read the article on page 34 on the mag online HERE. 

All Roads Lead to Great Neck by Josh Alan Friedman is available in softcover and hardcover editions from Wyatt Doyle Books/New Texture. Cover art by Bruce Carleton. Get copies from Amazon HERE.