Holman Day was an author who appeared in “Blue Book”, “Short Stories” and “The Popular Magazine”. I found a biographical article about him in the Lewiston Journal Sunday Magazine, January 18, 1969. It started with a reference to his home. I found a picture of it on Google maps, looks amazing. The interiors look even… Continue reading Holman F. Day – Newspaperman, Novelist, Poet
Category: Authors
John Russell – Newspaperman, Short Story Writer and Scenarist
John Russell, whose short story, The Lost God, was featured on this blog earlier started his career as a newspaperman, moved on to writing short stories for magazines and ended as a screenplay writer for Fox Studios. He worked on the screenplay of Frankenstein (1931), a few movies based on his own stories and Beau… Continue reading John Russell – Newspaperman, Short Story Writer and Scenarist
Arthur S. Hoffman – Profile of Fritz Duquesne, adventurer
Fritz Duquesne was an adventurer who wrote some stories for Adventure magazine. Sekokoeni’s Raid (ar) Dec 1910 The Man-Eaters of M’wembi (ar) Jan 1911 When the Rain Was Red (ss) Sep 1911 The Fighting Dwarfs of the Congo (ar) Jun 1912 A Fire-Hunt at Kivu (ar) Dec 1913 Adventurer and Avenger – article about Fritz… Continue reading Arthur S. Hoffman – Profile of Fritz Duquesne, adventurer
Dee Linford – Western Author, Journalist, Technical Writer
Dee Linford is not a well known author today, remembered if at all as the author of the story Man Without A Star, which was made into two movies, Man Without A Star (1955), A Man Called Gannon (1968), and an episode of a TV series, The Virginian, in 1963. He wrote a series of… Continue reading Dee Linford – Western Author, Journalist, Technical Writer
Tom Curry – Author, Engineer, Sportsman
[This article originally appeared in the Hour, a Norwalk, CT, newspaper on November 24, 1971] Thomas A. Curry aka Tom Curry, Author Tom Curry, a long-time Norwalk resident, sold his first fiction story at 20 while studying chemical engineering at Columbia College in 1920, and within a year’s time the talented young student was writing… Continue reading Tom Curry – Author, Engineer, Sportsman
William Byron Mowery – Author, Teacher, Pilot
[Article from The Citizen Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y., Saturday, November 11, 1933] He Wanted Civilization But Mowery Now Writes About Wild Places William Byron Mowery, author of “Forbidden Valley,” the Citizen Advertiser’s serial of the Canadian woods, spends much of leisure exploring with an airplane. William Byron Mowery, writer of stories about the woods and out-doors,… Continue reading William Byron Mowery – Author, Teacher, Pilot
Stories from pulp authors at the Library of America
Raymond Chandler I’ll be Waiting Saturday Evening Post October 14, 1939 Dashiell Hammett Arson Plus Black Mask October 1, 1923 Dashiell Hammett Crooked Souls Black Mask October 15, 1923 Dashiell Hammett Slippery Fingers Black Mask October 15, 1923 David H. Keller The Jelly-Fish Weird Tales January, 1929 H.P. Lovecraft The Music of Erich Zann National… Continue reading Stories from pulp authors at the Library of America
Another pulp writer’s website: Lulita Crawford Pritchett – writer for Ranch Romances magazine
A great website for the writer Lula Pritchett Crawford. It has a biography, photos and scans of her pulp stories (Scroll down to WESTERN ROMANCES). Don’t forget to sign the guest book.
Pulp author with a website of his own – James P. Webb
When I started reading the pulps, I was amazed that any of the magazines had survived this far. They were meant to be read and discarded. The authors and their stories had been forgotten by most people. Who’d have thought that a pulp author would have a website or could publish an ebook? But here we… Continue reading Pulp author with a website of his own – James P. Webb
Matthew White Jr. – Author, Editor of the Argosy magazine
A profile of the editor of Argosy magazine from 1886-1928 Matthew White Jr., Editor of the Argosy magazine Matthew White Jr. was born on September 21, 1857 in Greenwich village, the son of Matthew and Sybilla McMinn White. He studied for two years in France and Germany and then began his career as an author… Continue reading Matthew White Jr. – Author, Editor of the Argosy magazine