pulp spotlight – New Pulp Tales

Author Interview with E.C. Skowronski

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024Featured, Pulp SpotlightAuthor Interview, edgar rice burroughs, H.P. Lovecraft, pulp spotlight, Robert E. Howard

Below is an interview with New Pulp Tales author and editor, E.C. Skowronski! What inspired your recent story, The Doomed Voyage? The Doomed Voyage started—as many pulp stories have—with one simple idea: “Uh,

Necessary Evils by Serena Jayne

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023Featured, Pulp Spotlight#noir, Horror, Necessary Evils, pulp spotlight, Serena Jayne, Strange Case of Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde

Welcome to our first Pulp Spotlight of 2023. For first time readers, these articles consist of reviews of pulp fiction we enjoy. Today, we’re focusing our attention on Serena Jayne’s 2022 short story collection, Necessary

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing III – The Thing from Another World

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Where John Carpenter fans might find Who Goes There? familiar, like coming home after a long absence, its 1951 adaptation is more like viewing the story through a funhouse mirror: anything recognizable is distorted, and

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing II – Who Goes There?

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing, Who Goes There?

In his long journey home, Odysseus was forced to pass between the fearsome monster, Scylla, and the vast, ship-swallowing whirlpool, Charybdis. A similar danger confronts anyone tasked with describing the origins of John W. Campbell’s

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing I – At the Mountains of Madness

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing

While magazines made of literal pulp are long gone, the spirit of the pulps is like a good movie monster–it just refuses to die. H. P. Lovecraft in particular has had a long undeath, spawning

The Shadow: The First Dark Knight

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022Column, Featured, Pulp SpotlightMaxwell Grant, pulp spotlight, Samuel Langland, The Shadow, Walter B. Gibson

The Shadow, though not obscure, is probably lodged in most people’s memories with other “second-tier” vigilantes and masks of yesteryear—Doc Savage, The Phantom, The Spider, Black Mask, Green Hornet, and so

The Whole Wide World

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021Featured, Pulp SpotlightDan Ireland, Novalyne Price Ellis, pulp spotlight, Renee Zellweger, Robert E. Howard, The Whole Wide World, Vincent D'Onofrio

After my recent trip to Robert E. Howard’s home in Cross Plains Texas, I was motivated to watch The Whole Wide World. This movie is based on One Who Walked Alone, a memoir by Novalyne

Visiting the Robert E. Howard Museum

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021Featured, Pulp SpotlightConan the Barbarian, Kull, Marvel Comics, pulp spotlight, Robert E. Howard, Soloman Kane, Sword and Sorcery

One of pulp fiction’s most famous spots resides in the heart of Texas. I and fellow New Pulp Tales writer, Eric Skowronski, took a pilgrimage there on Thursday, July 8th. For me, I flew from

John Carter: A Cornerstone of Pulp

September 12, 2019December 13, 2020Column, Pulp Spotlightedgar rice burroughs, Jeremiah Dylan Cook, john carter, pulp spotlight

As with Finn J.D. John’s other annotated omnibus that I devoured, Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian, The John Carter Trilogy was a pleasure to imbibe. Since I was traveling in August, I listened