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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……
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How Spicy Can You Make It? The Bare Truth
as revealed by the editor of Spicy Detective in the Author and Journalist, 1935. This is a letter to a contributor who must have transgressed the Spicies unwritten code, outlining guidelines for the stories. The editor of the trade magazine chose to publish it for the benefit of would be authors. Dear : On account……
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Secrets of the Mask, part 21: Greatest Hits
We’ve come to the end of this series of posts on Black Mask. When I started, I had no idea they were going to take up months of my time. No regrets on my side, and I hope none on yours if you’ve read them. And if you haven’t, go here to catch up. I……
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Secrets of the Mask, part 20: The latest Avatar
Now we come to the latest avatar of Black Mask, as a magazine this time. Published by Steeger Books, the first issue came out in 2016 and the latest, the fifth, in 2019. Put out by Matt Moring at what was then Altus Press and has now become Steeger Books, it came in a very……
my maiden name is Gulick and was raised around Springfield MO. I found the book Bend of the Snake and…
Hope to read your review of the stories
Fascinating. I have all the West, Frontier, and Short Stories and will have to read a couple of the “Black…
Walker is it true that a portion of the entertainment program at Windy City this year will include a ritual…
Thanks for this article, Sai. Western pulps usually don’t interest me all that much but in this case it does.…