If you join my mailing list, I’ll send one such story each month. The story might be a western, action, humorous, science fiction, fantasy, horror or anything that I like. Stories which won’t be worth reprinting on their own, but are still of interest to the readers of this blog. An unusual story for its… Continue reading Free: One story every month
Category: Stories
Bibliography of the Thornley Colton stories
Continued from last week’s post on Clinton H. Stagg who the creator of the first blind detective, Thornley Colton.All eight Thornley Colton stories were published in People’s magazine, Street and Smith’s companion to The Popular Magazine , from February 1913 to October 1913. One story per issue except for August 1913. People’s is one of… Continue reading Bibliography of the Thornley Colton stories
Early SF story: The Human Brick by Mary C. Francis
It’s been a while since i posted some fiction on this blog. So here’s a story i read about when i was glancing through The Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of The Scientific Romance in the Munsey Magazines 1912 – 1920, by Sam Moskowitz. The author, Mary Cornelia Francis, was born in Ohio,… Continue reading Early SF story: The Human Brick by Mary C. Francis
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
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, February 1928.… Continue reading O’Henry award winning stories – Home is the Sailor by Bill Adams
Blog with world war 1 stories scans
“Field Punishment No.1” is a blog that gather togethers some research on Canada’s war literature. The author is a book collector that became curious about these writers and wanted to know more about them than was contained in their brief bios in the Canadian Encyclopedia and literary guides (where those existed at all) –so he… Continue reading Blog with world war 1 stories scans
R.W. Daly – Seeker of the Deep
Last week, I reviewed the July 1952 issue of Adventure. I mentioned the story by R.W. Daly. I have read some stories by him in the 1940s too and felt that he was one of the better writers in the forties. He wrote excellent historical naval fiction, but sadly there are none available now. As… Continue reading R.W. Daly – Seeker of the Deep
Gone North by Charles Alden Seltzer
Altus Press just released the Argosy Library Series 1 – 10 books that originally appeared in Argosy magazine. I picked up a few of them, and added them to the to be read pile in my ebook library. Then I went over to James Reasoner’s blog, where he wrote a review of Charles Alden Seltzer’s book.… Continue reading Gone North by Charles Alden Seltzer
From Murania Press comes The Island, sequel to Barehanded Castaways by J. Allan Dunn
I enjoyed the original novel, which was a very realistic Robinson Crusoe kind of adventure, first published in Adventure magazine. The novel was written by J. Allan Dunn in response to a challenge from Adventure’s editor to write a realistic shipwreck novel of survival, with no “convenient coconuts or self sacrificing fish“ http://muraniapress.com/classic-pulp-reprints/now-available-the-island/ The sequel promises… Continue reading From Murania Press comes The Island, sequel to Barehanded Castaways by J. Allan Dunn
New releases from Black Dog Books
Six new releases from Black Dog Books across the Hardboiled, Spy/Thriller, Classic Detective, and Science Fiction genres. I know what I’m going to get at Windy City, and if you aren’t going there, click on the links below to get the books and go here to read more about them. Update: Added original publication information… Continue reading New releases from Black Dog Books