“Sisters of the Shadows: The Cagliostro Curse” is another great collection of interconnected short stories by Rick Lai. These are “Wold...
Category - New Pulp
Some pulp hero fans make the mistake of lumping all the pulp heroes together into one group, as if they comprise a genre all their own. Sometimes it leads to...
Overall, I think that new “pulp-inspired” characters fall into two general categories. The first are the very clear “New Pulp” heroes...
One type of heroic character that I enjoy is the “occult detective.” They can also be called an investigator. Or the terms paranormal or...
The Rook is a New Pulp hero created by Barry Reese. Barry mixes in pulp hero, comic book and comic strip characters into his stories, along with occult...
One of the most interesting recent Doc Savage pastiches is William Preston‘s The Old Man. At this time he has appeared in three short stories (novellas...
Let’s take a look at the fifth collection of The Rook stories by Barry Reese, “The Rook, Vol. 5.” For those who are familiar with the...
Judex is an interesting old proto-pulp character that has returned to prominence in recent years. I’ve previously posted on this character, looking at...
Today I’m taking a look at “The Rook, Vol. 4” by Barry Reese. For those who are familiar with the character (i.e., you’ve read the...
Here is the fourth volume of “Tales of Masks and Mayhem,” now from a new publisher, NTD Books. This one is a mix of new and reprinted stories, with...