A detective story set in the South Seas. With a brainy he-man detective, pidgin talking natives, effete Britishers, pounding jungle drums, a blow gun attacks, a native witch doctor, Yellow peril Japanese, a secret plot against America and a beautiful girl in a negligee – Allan Dunn covers all the standard tropes. Did I mention… Continue reading Drums drone death – novella by J. Allan Dunn
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J. Allan Dunn – Pulp author, Novelist, Explorer, Sailor
[J. Allan Dunn was a prolific pulp writer, playwright, poet, artist, explorer and movie writer, writing over a thousand stories from 1914 to 1941 of which many were published in book form and serialized in newspapers after their magazine publication. He specialized in South Seas and pirate stories, but wrote detective stories, science fiction and… Continue reading J. Allan Dunn – Pulp author, Novelist, Explorer, Sailor
The Bust of Lincoln – short story by James Francis Dwyer
This short story by James Francis Dwyer is not remotely pulpish. It was a very popular story in its time, and was reprinted as a book. It reminds me of O’Henry and John Collier. Link after the jump. Download the story here.
A jungle graduate – short story by James Francis Dwyer
This short story from James Francis Dwyer gives me the creeps. It has been anthologized many times, and is contained in his collection of short stories, Breath of the Jungle. Link after the break. You can read the short story here.
James Francis Dwyer – biography
[James Francis Dwyer’s biography reads like a story from the pages of the pulps. He was a mailman, a reformed convict and a tram conductor before he met with success as a writer. He wrote adventure stories for the pulps – stories which are as exciting today as they were when they were written. One… Continue reading James Francis Dwyer – biography
Georges Surdez – Writer of French Foreign Legion stories
[Georges Surdez was a writer of French Foreign Legion short stories, written from his personal knowledge of men who had served in it. He was a regular contributor to Adventure from 1922 to 1948, with over a hundred stories appearing in Adventure, and had stories published every year during that period, an amazing record. He… Continue reading Georges Surdez – Writer of French Foreign Legion stories
William Hazlett Upson – creator of Alexander Botts
[This isn’t, strictly speaking, an article about a pulp author, or even an adventure author. But I enjoyed his tales of Alexander Botts. He was one of the leading humor writers for the Saturday Evening Post and there isn’t even a Wikipedia article on him; this post is my attempt to keep his stories from… Continue reading William Hazlett Upson – creator of Alexander Botts
Photo feature – Kathrene Pinkerton in the wilderness
These pictures are from an article by Kathrene Pinkerton for Outing magazine, published in 1913. This was when she and her husband, Robert, were living in the cottage near Akitokan. Photos after the jump. Kathrene Pinkerton getting into her canoe Kathrene Pinkerton afoot in the winter Kathrene Pinkerton in the ideal position for rowing in… Continue reading Photo feature – Kathrene Pinkerton in the wilderness
Kathrene and Robert Pinkerton – husband and wife writing team
[Many people have, at some time or other, thought of escaping civilization and heading out to the wide open spaces. With most people, it remains a thought. Kathrene and Robert Pinkerton, a husband and wife author team who wrote stories of the Frozen North for Adventure, did just that. Robert was ordered by his doctor… Continue reading Kathrene and Robert Pinkerton – husband and wife writing team
Annotated bibliography of Harold Lamb’s Cossack stories – part 4
Harold Lamb wrote more than forty stories of the Cossack adventurers. Luckily for us, all his stories are back in print, thanks to the efforts of Howard Andrew Jones. In this bibliography, I want to give a flavor of the stories, the exotic locales and the different people that Khlit and others meet on their adventures,… Continue reading Annotated bibliography of Harold Lamb’s Cossack stories – part 4