AFTER the author has hopefully dropped his manuscript in the mail-box, what happens when it reaches the offices of the Street & Smith Corporation, the largest publishers of fiction periodicals in the world? We will assume that your story has been addressed to one of the nine magazines—Popular, Ainslee’s, People’s, Top Notch, Love Stories, Detective… Continue reading Inside look: How Street & Smith handled manuscripts in the early 1920s
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Free: One story every month
If you join my mailing list, I’ll send one such story each month. The story might be a western, action, humorous, science fiction, fantasy, horror or anything that I like. Stories which won’t be worth reprinting on their own, but are still of interest to the readers of this blog. An unusual story for its… Continue reading Free: One story every month
Issue Review: The Story-Teller, October 1924
The Story-Teller is a British pulp, described by Mike Ashley as “the best all-round all-fiction magazine of its day” in The age of the story-tellers, his survey of British fiction magazines. This issue, from 1924, is from around the middle of the magazine’s run from 1907 to 1936. The editor was Newman Flower of Cassell… Continue reading Issue Review: The Story-Teller, October 1924
Further Notes on James Corbett: a tribute to William Deeck
James Corbett fans, rejoice. A cornucopia of Corbett’s books are now listed on EBay and an autographed copy of The Merrivale Mystery sold yesterday for $261. They were the pride and joy of someone’s collection; and if you aren’t careful that someone could soon be you. Books by James Corbett listed on EBay You haven’t… Continue reading Further Notes on James Corbett: a tribute to William Deeck
Review: The Railroad Man’s Magazine, June 1916
I’ve always wanted to read one of the Munsey-era Railroad Man issues. In its first incarnation it lasted 13 years before Frank Munsey decided to merge it into the Argosy in 1919. Like most pre-world war 1 magazines, early issues are quite hard to find. So I was happy to get my hands on a… Continue reading Review: The Railroad Man’s Magazine, June 1916
Book Review: G.K. Chesterton – Tales of the Long Bow
I had read the Father Brown stories earlier but never followed up to find more stories by Chesterton. A recent purchase of a bound volume of the British pulp The Story-Teller with some Chesterton stories changed that. Those stories were later collected under the title Tales of the Long Bow, on the cover of which Chesterton is pictured laughing, and… Continue reading Book Review: G.K. Chesterton – Tales of the Long Bow
A pop-up book inspired by Weird Tales
Inspired by Weird Tales, an artist tells the story of two readers of Weird Tales living in adjacent apartments, both convinced that the other is a weirdo. Great idea, fantastic execution. Note the issues lying on the floor and in the mailboxes. Link below the pictures. http://www.hannahbatsel.com/#/weirder-than-fiction/
Book review: Jim Maitland by Sapper (H. C. McNeile)
Intrigued by David Vineyard’s review on Mysteryfile, I went ahead and read Sapper’s Jim Maitland, which collects stories that had previously appeared in Pearson’s, McClure’s and the Strand. It was considerably easier to find than the Adrian collection. Jim Maitland is a monocle wearing pukka sahib. Possessing private means, he chooses to roam the world… Continue reading Book review: Jim Maitland by Sapper (H. C. McNeile)
Walker Martin: Collecting Adventure(s)
[I sent Walker a mail after the recent Heritage Auctions. For those who didn’t follow it, the first issue of the Shadow went for $156,000. From there the conversation went, as it usually does when we chat, to Adventure and what issues were the hardest to find when he was collecting. He sent me a… Continue reading Walker Martin: Collecting Adventure(s)
Frank A. Munsey – An annotated bibliography
Frank A. Munsey was a publisher to be reckoned with. The creator of the pulp all-fiction cheap magazine for the masses, he built his publishing business into a mighty conglomerate with businesses in groceries, real estate, banking and publishing. On his death, he left his fortune to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wanting to learn… Continue reading Frank A. Munsey – An annotated bibliography