{"id":14024,"date":"2022-07-06T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=14024"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:26:29","slug":"pulp-adventures-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2022\/07\/06\/pulp-adventures-40\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Pulp Adventures’ #40"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pulp Adventures<\/a><\/em> #40 is out from Bold Venture Press<\/a>, dated Spring 2022. As always, we get a selection of new and classic pulp stories, with some non-fiction pieces.<\/p>\n

\""Pulp<\/a>This is the first issue of 2022, and I hope they can get back to being quarterly. This starts their ninth year of publication.<\/p>\n

The cover for #40 is taken from an issue of Best True Fact Detective<\/em> in 1962.<\/p>\n

So first up are the non-fiction pieces. We get an article from Michael Stradford<\/strong>, who has put out two works focused on model Steve Holland<\/a><\/strong>. This is a brief piece on cover artist Peter Caras<\/strong>, who is probably best known for starting The Avenger<\/em> covers from Warner Books, and who has passed away. There is also a brief note on the very recent passing of artist James Bama<\/strong>. I hope we’ll get some kind of retrospective from the pulp world.<\/p>\n

The feature piece is a work by E. Hoffmann Price<\/strong> (1898-1988), who wrote for a lot of pulp genres and later wrote fantasy and sf books. I mainly know of him from his ties to H.P. Lovecraft<\/strong>. This piece, “Murder in Florida,” is a crime novelette originally from Thrilling Detective<\/em> in 1940, and reprinted in 5 Detective Novels<\/em> in 1953 where it, including the interior artwork, was taken from. It stars his hard-boiled detective “Honest” John Carmody<\/strong> and has him in St. Augustine trying to earn the money to get to San Francisco. Here he agrees to protect a lonely Florida service station on Anastasia Island, where someone seems to be taking potshots at the owner-operator. Hopefully he can get to the bottom of things.<\/p>\n

Tied to this work is a non-fiction piece by David Goudsward<\/strong> that tells of Price’s trips to Florida, especially St. Augustine, that served as the location for another of his detective characters, and later recycled for this work. Carmody appeared in a series of stories and even got an original paperback novel in the ’50s. Wonder if Bold Venture should look into reprinting this and the rest of this character’s stories?<\/p>\n

For the rest of the classic pulp fiction, this issue we get:<\/p>\n

From British author John Burke<\/strong> (1922-2011) is a supernatural tale, “False Harmonic.” It’s about a composer who is trying to finish his final work. After he has passed. I would be interested in reading his occult detective, Dr. Caspian<\/strong>, mentioned in the sidebar.<\/p>\n

From another British author Ernest Dudley<\/strong> (1908-2006) is “The Frightened Client” from the Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine<\/em> in 1965. Who is guilty in a case of murder? The client or someone else?<\/p>\n

Another work from Charles Boeckman<\/strong>, “Peeping Tom\u2019s Diary” is about a hotel built by a man who wants to be a peeping tom. And keeps a diary of what he sees. Sadly for him, others see the value in this. This is from Keyhole Magazine<\/em> in 1960.<\/p>\n

From a third British author, Norman Firth<\/strong>, is a short tale of doublecross in “A Sound in the Doorway.” Or is it?<\/p>\n

George A. McDonald<\/strong> wrote some of The Phantom Detective<\/em> stories and the Lynn Vickers<\/strong> series gives us “One Jill and a Creep” from Super-Detective<\/em> in 1944. There is a problem in Bridge City with soldiers and sailors getting waylaid. So Major O’Rourke<\/strong> goes undercover to try to clean things up.<\/p>\n

“Sad Sam” is a baseball story by Joe Gill<\/strong> (1919-2006). It appeared as a text piece in an issue of Don Fortune Magazine<\/em>, a comic book in August 1946. Not surprising, as Joe Gill was a long-time comic book writer, mainly for Charlton Comics.<\/p>\n

For New Pulp, we get:<\/p>\n

A Dr. Shadows<\/strong> story by Teel James Glenn<\/strong>, “Blood Debt,” is taken from the now out-of-print The Manchurian Shadows<\/em>, which I wish would be reprinted for others. Dr. Shadows is a pulp hero in the mold of characters like The Avenger<\/strong>, The Green Lama<\/strong>, and the like. This story takes place in Manchurian before WWII. There is a recent collection from Pro Se Press<\/a>, and hopefully the older still will be brought back. Bold Venture has reprinted Glenn’s Skullmask<\/strong> and Maxi and Moxie<\/strong> works.<\/p>\n

From Guy Vollen<\/strong> is a science-fiction tale, “The Metal Menace,” set in the far future on another world with the dangers of robots and AI.<\/p>\n

“Misty Anderson\u2019s Scissor Collection” by Patricia Crumpler<\/strong> is a fantasy story about a little girl who can turn invisible, and fairy folk who live in the woods. Or is that what it is?<\/p>\n

In David Bernard<\/strong>‘s “County Water,” you think it would be easy to get hooked up to county water.<\/p>\n

“Let Justice Be Done” is an interesting court case from Adam McFarlane<\/strong>. Will the guilty pay this time?<\/p>\n

It’s another great issue. Next one is promised for August, with stories by John Burke<\/strong>, Shelley Smith<\/strong>, and Roger Torrey<\/strong>. I’m looking forward to it, and hope we see four issues this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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