{"id":12876,"date":"2021-12-08T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=12876"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:57:29","slug":"windy-city-pulp-stories-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2021\/12\/08\/windy-city-pulp-stories-20\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Windy City Pulp Stories’ #20"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2021 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention<\/a> was held earlier this fall, and the new Windy City Pulp Stories<\/em> #20 is out. Unfortunately, as with the previous issue, it’s not available through Amazon as POD. You’ll need to check with some of the pulp dealers to get a copy. Not sure what is going on, as many prior years are available on Amazon.<\/p>\n

\""Windy<\/a>This year, the focus is on Dashiell Hammett<\/strong> and Black Mask<\/em> magazine, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020. (There was no Windy City con in 2020 due to the pandemic.) We get a good collection of articles on both topics, as well some fiction.<\/p>\n

Hammett (1894-1964) is probably well known to many for his several detective characters, having created Sam Spade<\/strong> (The Maltese Falcon<\/em>, etc), Nick and Nora Charles<\/strong> (The Thin Man<\/em>), the Continental Op<\/strong>, and Secret Agent X-9<\/strong>. His early work, including Sam Spade and the Continental Op, appeared in Black Mask<\/em>, of course.<\/p>\n

So in the section for him, we get almost a dozen pieces of various sorts, many being reprints. This includes a quartet of pieces by Hammett himself. We get a couple of early, short articles about him.<\/p>\n

We get a couple of new articles on Hammett. John Locke<\/strong> provides a look on how Hammett moved from being a detective to being a writer. Tom Johnson<\/strong> provides some interesting little bits of info in his piece.<\/p>\n

Next are an interesting couple of works: one collects ads and promos for Hammett’s works in newspaper, radio, TV, and movies; another collects artwork from the newspapers that ran his stories.<\/p>\n

In the section on Black Mask<\/em>, we get another collection of new and old articles. Will Murray<\/strong> provides a couple of works. One looks into pulp author Ed Lybeck<\/strong>, of which little is known. While the other is on the prolific author Prentice Winchell<\/strong> (1895-1978), who also wrote as Stewart Sterling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For reprinted pieces, we get several on well-regarded Black Mask<\/em> editor Joseph Shaw<\/strong>. One is a rebuttal by Shaw himself against Vanity Fair<\/em>‘s article that attacked pulp magazines in general and Black Mask<\/em> in particular. I know you can read it in Pulpdom<\/em> #47 (December 2006). There is an interview with him from Writer’s Digest<\/em>. And there’s an obituary on him.<\/p>\n

We also get several selections from a newspaper column by Eugene Cunnigham<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Another interesting section is a group of book reviews done by a trio of Black Mask<\/em> authors.<\/p>\n

And we get a pair of fiction pieces from Black Mask<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A final piece gives a historical look at the development of wood-pulp paper over rag paper. I think any pulp fan should read this.<\/p>\n

So it’s another great issue with an eclectic mixture of pieces. Again, I wish this was more readily available to readers. I look forward to next year’s issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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