{"id":15033,"date":"2023-07-31T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=15033"},"modified":"2023-07-09T16:44:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:44:21","slug":"pulse-pounding-adventure-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2023\/07\/31\/pulse-pounding-adventure-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories’"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently picked up the only two issues of the fanzine Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories<\/em> published by Robert M. Price<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Cryptic Publications<\/a> in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n

\"Pulse<\/a>For those not aware, Robert M. Price is a religious scholar and former Baptist minister who is also a writer and editor in the area of H.P. Lovecraft<\/a><\/strong> studies, putting out numerous anthologies, many from Chaosium<\/a>. He is the editor (and at times publisher) of Crypt of Cthulhu<\/a><\/em> and other magazines.<\/p>\n

In the 1980s, he expanded Cryptic Publications, putting out Risque Stories<\/em> (six issues), Shudder Stories<\/em> (nine issues), Revelations from Yuggoth<\/em> (three issues), Astro-Adventures<\/em> (eight issues), Lurid Confessions<\/em> (one issue), and several one-off chapbooks. Cryptic served as the publisher of Crypt of Cthulhu<\/em> from #50-75 (1987-90), after which it moved to Necronomicon Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like all the publications of Cryptic, these are chapbook-size magazines, saddle stitched, with colored-paper covers with black-and-white art. Both have cover art by Stephen Fabian<\/strong>, and contain new and classic pulp stories with a focus on adventure stories.<\/p>\n

#1 (December 1986)<\/strong> has the following:<\/p>\n

First up is \u201cIntrigue in Kurdistan,\u201d an unfinished El Borak<\/a><\/strong> story by Robert E. Howard<\/a><\/strong> that hadn\u2019t previously been published.<\/p>\n

From Richard Tierney<\/a><\/strong> (1936-2022) is \u201cThe Blade of the Slayer,\u201d a story of his Simon of Gitta<\/strong>. This is also a first appearance of this sword-and-sorcery story.<\/p>\n

From Carl Jacobi<\/a><\/strong> is \u201cThe Dark Circle.\u201d While this story was written in the 1930s, this is its first publication, as it was rejected by several magazines at the time. It\u2019s a story of pearl diving in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n

Another original story is \u201cDrums of the Bizango\u201d by Marc A. Cerasini<\/strong> and Charles Hoffman<\/strong>, which makes use of REH\u2019s John Gorman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And finally from Manly Wade Wellman<\/a><\/strong> is one of his Hok<\/strong> stories, \u201cThe Love of Oloana.\u201d It first appeared in a revised form as a chapter of Battle in the Dawn<\/em>. For those not aware, Hok is intended to have been the inspiration of Hercules<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Pulse<\/a>#2 (December 1987)<\/strong> has the following:<\/p>\n

We get another Simon of Gitta story from Richard Tierney: \u201cThe Treasure of Horemkhu.\u201d All the Simon stories up to that point would be reprinted in the Chaosium<\/a> collection The Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones<\/em> in 1997.<\/p>\n

Another of Carl Jacobi\u2019s unpublished works, \u201cYour Witness, Tuan\u201d was originally written around 1936 or \u201937. It’s another South Seas tale.<\/p>\n

From the late C.J. Henderson<\/strong> is \u201cA Desert Story.\u201d It\u2019s set in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

A reprint from West<\/em> magazine (January 1943) by Robert Bloch<\/a><\/strong> is \u201cIndian Sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are told in the editorial of the second issue that it would be the last, due to the other projects they were doing. So may have been a combination of poor sales along with the other publications they were doing. Too bad it didn\u2019t last longer.<\/p>\n

If you look around, you can find issues. And you may want to get them, as several of these stories have never been reprinted. I picked up mine off eBay, but know of another pulp reprinter\/vendor with copies available.<\/p>\n

And take a look at their other publications as well. I hope to start reviewing Price\u2019s collections at some point, as well as on more Lovecraft-related works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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