This will be one of three postings on U.K. author John S. Glasby (1928-2011). Glasby, surprisingly, had two parallel careers. After graduating from college, he...
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New for 2024 is the third edition of the excellent reference guide to the world of pulps: The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction, written by...
Recently I learned of a recurring character from the early years of Astounding Stories, who was noted to have been very popular in his time: Hawk Carse. I had...
I recently obtained a complete set of the Fantasy Mongers fanzine. This fanzine lasted from 1979 to 1989 (with a short hiatus which I’ll explain) and had 28...
Another unusual pulp author is Achmed Abdullah (1881–1945), the pseudonym (or is it?) of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff (his legal name). He wrote from 1912...
Sherlock Holmes and the characters that appeared with him are so popular that some have written stories around the secondary characters, such as Dr. Watson...
I recently picked up a copy of H. Bedford-Jones‘ (1887-1949) novellette The Second Life of Monsieur the Devil. First appearing in the May 1920 Blue Book...
The prolific H. Bedford-Jones (1887-1949) is rightly called the “King of Pulps,” having written nearly 200 novels, 400 novelettes, and 800 short...
While I’m not a fan of westerns (or western pulps), I wanted to get more information on the various western pulp heroes, so I picked up a copy of Nick...
Arthur J. Burks (1898-1974) was a very prolific pulp author who is generally overlooked today. I think this was due to him working in a wide range of genres...