Paperback Warrior is an American content creator that specializes in critiquing vintage fiction. The creator's flagship is it's eponymous blog that contains over 2,000 comprehensive posts about vintage and contemporary fiction including media such as comic books, graphic novels, pulps, action-adventure magazines, digests, black and white magazines, comic strips, and movie and television tie-in content. Additionally, the brand's owner, Christopher Eric Compton, hosts the Paperback Warrior Podcast, an outreach of the blog featuring reviews, author biographies, publisher histories, bookstore guides, buying tips, interviews, and analytic commentary about the 19th and 20th century publishing industry. The brand's YouTube channel contains over 200 videos that channels the same spirit as the blog and podcast with additional commentary about Eric's national bookstore experiences and a monthly ranking video of the prior month's reads. Paperback Warrior continues to collaborate with publishers such as Stark House Press, Black Gat Books, Brash Books, Cutting Edge Books, Wolfpack Publishing, Rough Edges, and Encyclopocalypse. The brand also incorporates affiliate partnerships with Amazon, Abe Books, and YouTube with Ad Sense. Media and publishers can contact the brand at paperbackwarrior@yahoo.com. FOLLOW ME HERE! ▸ Subscribe ▸ X ▸ Donate ▸ Blog ▸ Spreaker Podcasts Videos Everyone Loves: ▸ Ranking the Dean R. Koontz Books ▸ Paperbacks from Hell ▸ Ranking the Stephen King Night Shift Stories ▸ Used Bookstore Blitz! #Action #Adventure #Mystery #Thriller #Suspense #BookReview #Reviews #Novel #Paperback #Vintage #Fiction #Read #Reading #Crime #Crime-Noir #Noir #Whodunit #Sleuth #Detective #Investigate #War #Battle #Combat #Spy #Espionage #Spy-Fiction #Secret Agent #Cold War #Spies #Horror #Scary #Stories #Pulp #Pulp Fiction #Heroes #Comics #Graphic Novels #Terror #Scary Stories #Scary Story #Creepy #Eerie #Fantasy #Science-Fiction #Sci-Fi #Gothic #Sword and Sorcery #Old Comics #Old Books #Old Magazines #WWII #Vietnam War #Book
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Conversations - The Book Graveyard
Feb 23, 20261h 6mS0
Welcome to my newest collaboration with Nick at The Book Graveyard. On this episode, we continue our "Guide to Gothics" discussions by reviewing a 1976 paperback by William Ross titled <b>Phantom Wedding</b>. In this analysis, we discuss William Ross's career, his contributions to the vampire-themed <b>Dark Shadows</b> series, and how he stacks up in terms of other gothic paperback writers. You can stream the video version of this episode <b>HERE</b>.
Conversations - The Book Graveyard & Liminal Spaces
Jan 28, 20261h 26mS0
In this episode, I'm talking with Nick from The Book Graveyard and Chris from Liminal Spaces about a 1969 paperback titled <b>To the Dark Tower</b> by Weird Tales author Frank Belknap Long. Is the book an early representative of folk horror? Is it a standard gothic romance paperback? What are the ties to Lovecraft's cosmic horror? We have the answers in this newest episode of the Guide to Gothics series.<br /><br />Stream the podcast here or watch the collaboration on video <b>HERE</b>.
In this energetic year-end episode, <b>Eric looks back at a wildly productive 2025 for Paperback Warrior</b> — packed with reviews, interviews, collaborations, and behind-the-scenes adventures. He shares big milestones, surprising personal updates, and a rapid-fire countdown of his <b>Top 10 Reads of the Year </b>(spoiler-free!). Eric also teases exciting projects coming in 2026, including new partnerships, publishing work, and podcast appearances. It’s a fast, fun celebration of a landmark year and a perfect jumping-on point for listeners old and new.
In this month’s installment of Guide to Gothics, <b>Paperback Warrior</b> teams up once again with Nick Anderson of <b>The Book Graveyard</b> to unearth a paperback relic: Dorothy Daniel’s <b>The Tormented,</b> a 1969 gothic suspense novel from Paperback Library. <br /><br />The book was successful enough to warrant two printings, one in 1971 and another in 1974. Since then, this book has lingered for decades in the shadowy corners of vintage gothic collections.<br />But does it earn its place among the genre’s atmospheric greats?<br /><br />Together, we dissect the novel through our Gothic Litmus...
Legendary writer <b>John Shirley</b> blasts into Paperback Warrior to talk crime, cyberpunk, and chaos. From his hard-boiled new novel The Silver Revolver to the upcoming streaming revival of his ’80s action series The Specialist, Shirley pulls no punches.<br /><br />He opens up about writing for <b>Blue Öyster Cult</b>, collaborating with Todd McFarlane on <b>Spawn</b>, penning the darkly brilliant <b>Batman</b> novel Dead White, and crafting post-apocalyptic classics like <b>Traveler</b> and the tech thriller SubOrbital 7.<br /><br />It’s a wild ride through the mind of one of fiction’s boldest visiona...
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