Tag Archives: Lovecraft

Pulp Consumption: The Ballad of Black Tom

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Cameron Mount

Victor LaValle’s novella The Ballad of Black Tom reimagines H.P. Lovecraft’s original story “The Horror at Red Hook,” notorious for being one of the most blatantly racist stories by the older author. “Red Hook” was originally published by Weird Tales … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Ghostbusters

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Cameron Mount

When an ancient Lovecraftian-style evil rears its head in New York, who ya gonna call? The Ghostbusters, of course! What, you don’t consider Ghostbusters to reside under the pulp umbrella? I can only assume you skipped over nearly every piece … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: CIRSOVA #5

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Matthew X. Gomez

CIRSOVA: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine recently released their seventh issue and in celebration they made issue five free on Amazon. I’d been meaning to pick up an issue anyway, and this acted as the perfect excuse to do … Continue reading →

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Pulp Consumption: Lovecraft Country

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Cameron Mount

In theory, Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff should be everything I want to read in modern horror – inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, but rejecting his outright racism. Maybe it would have, if I’d stopped reading after the first section. Instead, … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: Randolph Carter

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Cameron Mount

Howard Phillips Lovecraft is a polarizing figure.1 His fiction lives on for us mainly because of the anthologizing and reprinting of his stories that was done mostly by August Derleth in the years after Lovecraft’s untimely death at the age … Continue reading →

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