Pulp Oracle - High Adventure in Exotic Locales

… for “In a Wicked Age”

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1,Army ants, devouring everything in their path! 1,Cannibal pygmies 1,Canoes on the banks of a sluggish tropical river, their bottoms slashed by whomever captured their original owners 1,Kali-worshiping stranglers, attempting to bring about the end of the world 1,Narrow, claustrophobic catacombs, the final resting place of generations of monks and priests 1,Spear-wielding tribesmen, furious at a foreigner’s thoughtless transgression 1,The black sheep of a family of otherwise unimpeachable reputation 1,The bones of the members of a lost expedition, suddenly discovered 1,The daughter of a renowned researcher, now the only one who knows his secrets 1,The mummy of an ancient priest, preserved with arcane and terrible rites 1,The sword of a great general, thought to have been entombed with him 1,The throbbing of distant tribal drums; the natives are restless 1,The thuggish lieutenant of an evil genius, chafing under his leader’s restrictions 1,The tomb of an age-old king, legendary for his wickedness, inscribed with curses against those who would rob it 1,Treacherous underlings, ready to betray their employer 1,Venomous spiders, used as weapons by a stealthy assassin 1,Yet another hasty exit made under hostile circumstances
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1,ancient artifact, reputed to have great power 1,ancient city, buried by the dunes for aeons, recently resurfaced 1,ancient pendant, its riddle a key to secret treasures 1,ancient temple, filled with traps 1,army of tattered, zombie-like warriors 1,bazaar, filled with exotic goods and greedy vendors 1,bejeweled scepter, the symbol of rulership of long-dead kings 1,caravanserai on the Silk Road, where merchants bearing exotic goods pause on their long journey to market 1,cunning informer, ingratiating himself to his targets before selling them out 1,expedition to a far corner of the globe, slowly running low on supplies 1,experimental aircraft, fueled and ready 1,fierce sandstorm, howling across the desert with seemingly malevolent intent 1,golden idol, worshipped by the local peoples 1,group of sword-wielding assassins 1,high waterfall, seemingly the only escape from impending doom 1,horse-race through the desert, with a fabulous prize for the winning rider 1,interrogator, whose every word strikes fear into his ‘clients’ 1,ivy-clad university, isolated from the cares of everyday life 1,jovial patriarch, surrounded by his extended family 1,lost city, where the descendants of an ancient culture still survive 1,magnificent white stallion, fast as the wind 1,tattered, creased, and bloodstained map, showing the route to a great treasure 1,massive excavation at an ancient site 1,massive tome, its owner unaware that it bears within its pages the mystic secrets of immortality 1,motorcycle and sidecar, careening down a narrow road full of switchbacks 1,narrow opening, concealing both the release mechanism for a secret doorway and a deadly trap 1,opium den, its narcotic-smoke-wreathed denizens oblivious to the squalor around them 1,pack of wild dogs, vicious and starving 1,pet monkey which is far more than it seems 1,pit filled with asps and vipers 1,prestigious museum, seeking the centerpiece for an important exhibit 1,pyramid, long concealed beneath desert sands, targeted by tomb robbers 1,ramshackle airship and its overly-cautious pilot 1,savage tribe of head-hunters, defending their territory against encroachment 1,seaplane which has seen better days 1,secret city, concealed in the jungle 1,secret text, long thought lost, which is suddenly rediscovered 1,sect of warrior monks, dedicated to protecting their holy site 1,seedy bar, with a dangerous clientele 1,seemingly worthless trinket, which will bring its owner nothing but trouble 1,small arsenal of handguns, neatly rolled into a leather satchel 1,soldier-of-fortune, willing to do anything for a price 1,stone city, once the seat of a great kingdom, now choked by the jungle 1,team of Nazi archaeologists, looking for powerful artifacts 1,Tibetan monastery, home to a secretive sect 1,town, recently abandoned by its inhabitants, with food still on the tables and chores left half-complete 1,tramp steamer, probably used for smuggling – or worse 1,Treasure-hunter, seeking a magnificent artifact 1,truck full of explosives 1,urbane, debonair rival 1,woman wronged by the man she loved 1,young scholar, offered the chance to prove her heretical theories
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