Michael Shea

Books and films have skewered Hollywood's excesses, but none has ever portrayed one man's crazy vision of the future of big action/adventure films as Michael Shea's The Extra does. As over-the-top as Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles, as savagely dark as Robert Altman's The Player, and more violent than Rollerball, this is the story of the ultimate, so-insane-it-could-only-happen-in-Hollywood formula for success, a brave new way to bring the ultimate in...

"In the title story 'Polyphemus,' an exploration team on a desert planet faces death when it encounters a terrifying alien monstrosity. In 'The Angel of Death,' a serial killer who has a city on edge may finally have met his match in the form of a powerful interplanetary traveler. In the blackly humorous 'Uncle Tuggs', a series of grisly and bizarre deaths may be connected to the mysterious disappearance of old Uncle Tuggs. 'The Horror on the #33'...

"Designed to provide Game Masters with the information they need to "fill in the holes" in their campaign play, The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters enables fantasy RPG referees to instantly add depth, color and expanded gameplay to unexpected or underwritten people, places and things at a moment's notice"--

The immortal battalion: a battalion of raw recruits face basic training and their differences in this wartime film. As the recruits work hard to get past their insecurities and inexperience, they are faced with completing their training and prepare for combat duty in North Africa. Sundown: in Africa during the Second World War, British troops are battling Nazis for control of the continent. In British-held territory, a commander has few sympathies...

"The Hart cousins - Blossom, Harry, and Chiquita - inherit Southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which proves to be a 'termite trap' and tax liability. They decide to turn the place into a hotel for army wives and put on a show to pay bills." --

Strange love of Martha Ivers: A tale of intrigue involving childhood friends and a mysterious death that happened years before. Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is the power behind things in the town of Iverston and is married to Walter O'Neill (Kirk Douglas), the district attorney. When their childhood friend Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to town, it brings up powerful memories about their connection to the death of Martha's rich aunt years before...