I read about this story (or so I thought) in Robert Sampson’s book Deadly Excitements, Shadows and Phantoms. He talks about a story, “Mermaid“, in Sea Stories magazine featuring Captain Leonidas Tripp as a mermaid impersonator and says this story is in the vein of the Jorkens stories by Lord Dunsany. Now I’m a sucker… Continue reading George Allan England – The Mermaid
Category: Pulp Magazines
A muse on a mule
From Short Stories, January 10th, 1946 comes this poem from S. Omar Barker:
Argosy reprints from Altus Press
Lately, it seems like we’ve been getting a lot of reprints from the general fiction pulps Adventure – Talbot Mundy, Arthur O. Friel, Marion Polk Angellotti, Farnham Bishop and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, H.D. Couzens, Harold Lamb, Captain Dingle, Hugh Pendexter, Gordon MacCreagh, Arthur Howden-Smith etc. Blue Book – H. Bedford-Jones Short Stories – James B. Hendryx, L.… Continue reading Argosy reprints from Altus Press
Top 10 cover themes for Adventure magazine
Sorry for posting so irregularly. Work and life are keeping me busy this year, and looks like I will have to do what I can when I can find the time. Of course, if you want to contribute something, just drop me an email at pulpflakes _AT_ Gmail _DOT_ com. The first thing that made… Continue reading Top 10 cover themes for Adventure magazine
Google Books scans of pulp magazines
Recently, Google Books added a lot of pulp magazine scans from the collection of the Library of Ohio State University. All of these are pre-1923, so out of copyright in the US, and you can view the magazine fully. These are well hidden by Google and pretty hard to find by searching. I’m not sure… Continue reading Google Books scans of pulp magazines
Why do we read adventure fiction?
From the Blue Book magazine, August 1935, Donald Kennicott’s (editor) views on discovering lost worlds and losing oneself in a world of reading. Enchanted Lands MANY years ago the writer was a homesteader in southern New Mexico. And once or twice during the four years of his sojourn there, he heard some wandering cowboy or sheep-herder remark… Continue reading Why do we read adventure fiction?
Christmas stocking stuffers – The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure
This book includes stories by Harold Lamb, Farnham Bishop and Marion Polk Angelotti, among others. Amazon is running a promotion where you can take 25% off the cost of any one book, using coupon BOOKDEAL25. <br /> The anthologist talks about how he chose the stories for this book here. Reviews: Michael Dirda picks this… Continue reading Christmas stocking stuffers – The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure
Pulp cover art exhibition at the Portland Public Library, Maine
The Portland Public Library is currently exhibiting the Robert Lesser collection of pulp cover art, and this is a video interview with Joshua David Bergey, grandson of pulp artist Earle K. Bergey. The video has some footage of the original paintings, including the original of this spectacular one from Weird Tales: Weird Tales pulp magazine cover… Continue reading Pulp cover art exhibition at the Portland Public Library, Maine
Leonard H. Nason’s advice on writing adventure stories
DOING THE ADVENTURE STORY By Leonard H. Nason [Originally appeared in How to write for a living, Trentwell Mason White (Ed.), published ] THE adventure story is probably easier to write than any other kind of yarn. The action to be followed by the narrative is already there, or there would be no idea in… Continue reading Leonard H. Nason’s advice on writing adventure stories
5 most significant pulp magazines?
What would be your picks for the 5 most significant pulps? One student of pulp history picks a top 5 including Argosy, Black Mask and Weird Tales. But there’s a surprise or two in there. What would you pick?