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Category Archives: Pulp Appeal
Pulp Appeal: Sandman Slim
Alright, admittedly, on the surface Richard Kadrey’s anti-hero James Stark might seem an odd fit for a pulp appeal article, what with him being a supernatural vigilante-type in an ostensibly urban fantasy setting. Scratch the surface though, and what you … Continue reading
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Tagged horror, new pulp, Richard Kadrey, Sandman Slim, urban fantasy
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Pulp Appeal: H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard was not really a pulp fiction author, having been a “respectable” author of Victorian literature whose first stories were published in literary magazines in the late 1870s. He was a lawyer but paid more attention to his … Continue reading
Pulp Appeal: Jirel of Joiry
C.L. Moore, stands out as one of the godparents of sword and sorcery and science-fiction, and nowhere is this more apparent than in her creation, Jirel of Joiry. Jirel stands out for several reasons as a character of the Golden … Continue reading
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Tagged c.l. moore, classic pulp, female hero, golden age of pulp, jirel of joiry, sword and sorcery, weird tales
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Pulp Appeal: Hap and Leonard (Guest Post by Matt Spencer)
(Editor’s note: Matt Spencer is the author of several novels, including the acclaimed Deschembine trilogy, The Night and the Land, Trail of the Beast, and The Blazing Chief (forthcoming from Caliburn Press), as well as numerous short-stories and novellas. Find him online at https://mattspencerauthor.wordpress.com/, and on Twitter … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime writing, guest post, Hap and Leonard, Joe Lansdale, Matt Spencer, new pulp, Texas
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Pulp Appeal: Erle Stanley Gardner
You can’t read pulp fiction, particularly gumshoe detective stories, without stumbling across Erle Stanley Gardner. The guy was such a prolific writer that the eighty, yes EIGHTY, novels he wrote featuring his most famous character, Perry Mason, don’t even account … Continue reading
Pulp Appeal: Egil & Nix
I first came across Paul S. Kemp’s characters of Egil and Nix in the highly recommended Blackguards anthology put out by Ragnarok Press, and I have been sure to pick up their individual novels . Coming across as a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged Fritz Leiber, new pulp, novels, Paul S. Kemp, Pulp Appeal, sword and sorcery
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Pulp Appeal: Zorro
Millionaire playboy whose identity is known to only a few puts on a black costume and mask to parade around at night, ensuring that justice and peace is maintained as well as possible in the face of corruption, political meddling, … Continue reading
