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Gloria Stoll Karn talks on video

Gloria Stoll Karn painted covers for Black Mask, Rangeland Romances, Detective Tales and Dime Mystery. This video was made as part of a recent exhibition of her work; she talks about how she got into pulp illustration. Worth watching.

O’Henry award winning stories – One Head, Well Done by John D. Swain

Another in the series of posts on O’Henry award winning stories from pulp magazines. This is the one that started me thinking about doing the series. John D. Swain’s One Head, Well Done in the , November 1, 1930 issue of Top-Notch Magazine won the O’Henry award in 1931. It was a lucky win, since… Continue reading O’Henry award winning stories – One Head, Well Done by John D. Swain

Bennett Foster – Western Author, Teacher

Bennett Foster Foster, Bennett (1897-1969) (stories) Author of westerns; perhaps a pseudonym. That’s all the FictionMags Index currently has to say about this prolific author of westerns, who wrote more than 200 stories and serials from 1929 to 1956. A cursory search turns up six film and TV credits, three before his death and three… Continue reading Bennett Foster – Western Author, Teacher

O’Henry award winning stories – Home is the Sailor by Bill Adams

[I recently read a story from Top-Notch magazine, John D. Swain’s One head, well done in a short story collection of O’Henry prize winning stories from 1931. I decided to take a look at all the stories i had in my collection that had won this prize.] This story was published in Blue Book magazine,… Continue reading O’Henry award winning stories – Home is the Sailor by Bill Adams

Pulp Proverbs #1 – Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

Merry Christmas everyone, be sure to appreciate gift-givers. Message brought to you by Street and Smith’s Western Story Magazine, September 21, 1935. Cover by Sidney Riesenberg Cover for Western Story magazine. September 21, 1935 by Sidney Riesenberg

Pulp News Roundup – Pulp Art Exhibitions, Santa Claus , Book recommendations from Michael Dirda

Pulp Art Exhibitions The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA is exhibiting some of the work of pulp artist Gloria Stoll Karn on February 10, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. More information here: https://www.nrm.org/event/gloria-stoll-karn-pulp-romance/ Santa Claus in Science Fiction Tor.com has an article about Santa Claus in the comics and science fiction digests: https://www.tor.com/2017/12/19/depictions-of-santa-claus-in-science-fiction-magazines-and-superhero-comic-book-covers/ Book… Continue reading Pulp News Roundup – Pulp Art Exhibitions, Santa Claus , Book recommendations from Michael Dirda

George Bronson-Howard – Author, Playwright, Movie Director, Scriptwriter

I came across George Bronson-Howard in some early issues of The Popular Magazine. I read a couple of stories about the diplomatic agent, Norroy. They’re well-written stories. The pace is best described as genteel, and the evil-doers much more gentlemanly than you’d expect, but they’re redeemed by the characterization and settings. A partial description of… Continue reading George Bronson-Howard – Author, Playwright, Movie Director, Scriptwriter

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