We live in an amazing time when a lot of pulp stories are being reprinted. Reprints from Altus Press (wide range of pulpy stuff), Black Dog Books (focuses on adventure pulps) and Haffner Press (concentrates on science fiction and fantasy, with some detective stuff as well), to mention a few, are doing an amazing… Continue reading Altus Press reprints from Dime Detective and Black Mask
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Blog post about a person who worked at Adventure magazine, and some letters
I just came across this blog article authored by a person whose aunt worked at Adventure magazine, probably as a manuscript reader. It has letters from her aunt to people whose mss was rejected, and an inter-office memo of the time. Thought it was worth sharing with you.
The Lost God – short story by John Russell
Locations of the stories in John Russell’s collection “Where the Pavement Ends”, from where this story is taken This short story by John Russell is about an explorer who becomes a god. A standard pulp trope, you might say, and yet this has an unexpected ending. Or is it a beginning? This was… Continue reading The Lost God – short story by John Russell
Black Mask – recent reprints
Recently, I’ve been seeing an increasing number of reprints from Black Mask, the hard-boiled crime fiction magazine magazine. Black Mask was the magazine that first published authors like Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, the creators of the American private eye story. Otto Penzler, the editor of the Black Mask series of reprints, talks about it… Continue reading Black Mask – recent reprints
Origin stories: Hashknife Hartley by W.C. Tuttle
[This is a slightly modified excerpt from an article in the The Pittsburgh Press of Jul 23, 1950.] W.C. Tuttle, author of the “Hashknife Hartley” stories, admits that the idea for the “Hashknife Hartley” Western adventures was born of a blister but the character is the composite of two men Tuttle knew some… Continue reading Origin stories: Hashknife Hartley by W.C. Tuttle
Altus Press have just released a bunch of ebooks
Enjoy.
Altus Press’ first release of James B. Hendryx’s Black John books
Kindle Ebook version Kindle Ebook version Kindle Ebook version Altus Press has released three Halfaday Creek books by James B. Hendryx. The stories are set in Halfaday Creek at the time of the Yukon gold rush. Halfaday Creek is a refuge for outlaws on the run from the law, and is located conveniently near the… Continue reading Altus Press’ first release of James B. Hendryx’s Black John books
Pulp magazine statistics from a publisher
This is an excerpt from a letter written by A.A. Wyn in defence of the pulp magazines. It appeared in the New York Times, 04 Sep 1935, and was written in response to a snooty editorial that put down the fiction published in the pulps. For your information, here are some facts about the pulps.… Continue reading Pulp magazine statistics from a publisher
Magazine recirculation – life after the newsstand
From the New York Times, Mar 22, 1936: OLD MAGAZINES TRAVEL WIDELY FOR many an old magazine the wastebasket is not, by any means, the end of the trail. Janitors and waste-paper dealers conspire to salvage an amazing proportion of all printed matter not given directly to welfare organizations. Once reclaimed, periodicals are classified… Continue reading Magazine recirculation – life after the newsstand
S.B.H. Hurst – Sailor, Traveller and Writer
[S. B. H. Hurst wrote stories set in India and the Orient as well as sea-stories. He wrote from personal experience as a sailor. His stories appeared in Adventure, Short Stories, Sea Stories Magazine as well as slicks like Collier’s.] Samuel Bertram Haworth Hurst was born in January, 1876 in Barton upon Irwell, near Manchester.… Continue reading S.B.H. Hurst – Sailor, Traveller and Writer