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  • Simple, Fast search of the FictionMags Index

    Simple, fast search of the FictionMags Index. It’s finally here. https://pulpflakes.com/fmisearch/ The FictionMags Index (FMI) is the biggest online index of English language fiction published in periodicals. Search the FMI by author or artist name, magazine title or look for a specific issue by date or issue number. Tips and tricks While search tolerates partial……

  • Last Wish: Argosy

    Asks for Copies of Argosy Magazine to Finish Serial Story Who in Livingston has copies of the Argosy magazine for August 17 and 24? The Enterprise wants one copy of each. The request is made in order that Rollin Davisson, condemned to die Oct. 30. may be able to complete a continued story which he……

  • Look inside: Producing magazines at Street & Smith

    Earlier we saw what happened to manuscripts when they arrived at Street & Smith. Now let’s see what happened when producing the physical magazine. Pictures taken from the December 1904 issue of The Popular Magazine, which included a self-congratulatory section on the magazine’s success. Typing it out These are linotype machines; the user types out……

  • Battle Stories, December 1930: Killer Stories?

    After a long series of articles on Black Mask, I felt the need for a change. So here’s a review of a pulp title you don’t see that often: Fawcett’s Battle Stories. It was an attempt to cash in on the large and active group of American World War 1 veterans. These veterans had already……

  • One Man Show: Authors, pound that typewriter till it bleeds!

    During  my time attending pulp conventions, I heard about an author who, under one pseudonym or another, wrote the entire fiction contents of an all-fiction magazine. But it was never clear to me who it was we were talking about. Some authors were obvious candidates – H. Bedford-Jones, Max Brand, Arthur J. Burks etc. Could……