For the first time ever, I have a guest blogger and it’s none other than Walker Martin, who presents this report on Pulpfest 2019. Steve, we all wish you a speedy recovery. If you have been following my pulp convention reports for over the last 10 years, then you know they all have appeared on… Continue reading Walker Martin: Pulpfest 2019 report – August 15-18, 2019, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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The dark side of the pulps
Not all editors were saints… PULP MAGAZINE EDITORS HELD ON SWINDLE CHARGES Police Say Pair Forged, Cashed Checks for Manuscripts Never Submitted. NEW YORK. Jan. 24. Two pulp magazine editors were held today on charges of grand larceny; and forgery in connection with an alleged $96,000 swindle in which Assistant District Attorney Charles S. Woolsey… Continue reading The dark side of the pulps
Pulp links roundup – July 2019 edition part 2
More links from around the web. Everett Raymond Kinstler, who passed away on May 26, remembered his illustration work in an interview, courtesy The Comics Journal. Steven Brower: How did you get started? Everett Raymond Kinstler: With the pulps. They were on 42nd Street and Third Ave. And they must have had a hundred pulp magazines.… Continue reading Pulp links roundup – July 2019 edition part 2
Pulp links roundup – July 2019 edition
[It’s much easier to search than to research :-). And in that spirit of summer laziness, here’s a quick roundup of pulp links from around the web.] Weird Tales might be dead, but research into it is still going on today. And funded at a university too…courtesy the University of Arkansas. John Locke of Off-Trail… Continue reading Pulp links roundup – July 2019 edition
Donald Francis McGrew – Author, Journalist
I first came across one of Don McGrew’s stories in The Frontier, a year ago. After reading one, i wanted more. Came across his other pirate story in The Frontier, thanks to Pulpmags.org. It was as good as the first one, and i got interested. Here’s what i found out about him. Donald Francis McGrew,… Continue reading Donald Francis McGrew – Author, Journalist
Elliot W. Chess – Fighter pilot, Author
Recently read the first story by Elliot W. Chess in Western Story magazine, The Sign of the Skull, an unusual western story of revenge set in a pirates’ inn in the Chihuahuan Desert. After reading the story, I wanted to learn more about the author and what I found was enough to warrant this article.… Continue reading Elliot W. Chess – Fighter pilot, Author
Link Roundup – May 2019
Robert and Loretta GouldJohn Fleming Gould’s family donated his artwork to Syracuse University’s Special Collections Research Center. Robert Gould holds two of his artist father’s General Electric school and college posters in which he and his brother, Bill, were models (Photo from the Times Herald-Record) Some sketches from John Fleming Gould’s notebooks (Photo from the Times… Continue reading Link Roundup – May 2019
Eugene Cunningham on the value of action fiction
Eugene Cunningham c. 1923 Eugene Cunningham was a prolific western writer, publishing more than 400 stories in the pulps. Born in Arkansas and brought up in Texas, he served in the US Navy, travelled the world and came back to the US in 1919 to become a writer. He sold his first story in 1920… Continue reading Eugene Cunningham on the value of action fiction
Windy City 2019 – photos
t’s always a pleasure to go to Windy City, and love sharing photos with you. This years highlight was the expanded dealers room and the auction, where the action was fast and furious. Walker Martin talks about some of the prices in his report: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=60956 Here are some photos from the convention: The expanded dealer’s room,… Continue reading Windy City 2019 – photos
L.L. Foreman – Western Author
L.L. Foreman was a frequent contributor to the western pulps from the mid 1930s to the early 1950s. His series character Preacher Devlin started in 1934 and appeared in more than 45 stories till 1949, becoming one of the longer lasting series characters in the western pulps. Coincidentally, Star Western had the Deacon Bottle series… Continue reading L.L. Foreman – Western Author