Category - Pulp Articles

ThePulp.Net’s articles section goes beyond the links with original essays, interviews, and historical pieces on the fictioneers, artists, and stories that defined the pulp era. New articles are added regularly.

Pulp Articles

Before swords, there was stone

Robert E. Howard’s ‘Spear and Fang’ was a triumph for both writer and fantastic fiction By Jeffrey Shanks One hundred years ago, the July 1925 number of Weird...

Pulp Articles

In the shadow of Jerome Rozen

This Rozen twin introduced pulp readers to the first familiar image of The Shadow. By Al Tonik I had been to Pulpcon many times and met a number of remarkable...

Pulp Articles

Old Man, look at my life

A self-imposed Q&A about William Preston’s ‘pulp’ hero By William Preston In 2010, my novelette “Helping Them Take the Old Man Down” appeared in Asimov’s...

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It was never that much fun!

Churning out yarns for the pulp magazines wasn’t as cheery as the French Riviera, one hopeful fictioneer quickly learned. By Hal Murray Bonnett I wrote...

Pulp events

Events are subject to change.

July 30-Aug. 2, 2026: PulpFest 2026, including Doc Con, FarmerCon, and The Shadow Con, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Aug. 13-16, 2026: NecronomicCon Providence, Providence, R.I.

Oct. 10, 2026: Doc Fan Gathering, La Plata, Mo.

April 2-4, 2027: Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention, Lombard, Ill.

On–going:
• Gotham Pulp Collectors Club, 1 p.m. the third Saturday of each month via Zoom. Check its website for location.