{"id":19965,"date":"2025-04-14T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=19965"},"modified":"2025-05-16T11:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:41:21","slug":"windy-city-pulp-stories-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2025\/04\/14\/windy-city-pulp-stories-24\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Windy City Pulp Stories’ #24"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2024 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention<\/a> was held in April, and the new Windy City Pulp Stories<\/a><\/em> #23 is out. For the first time, I was able to attend the convention. The program book is again available through Amazon, as are most going back to #8, and published by Black Dog Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Windy<\/a>This year, the focus was on Robert E. Howard<\/a><\/strong> and Edgar Rice Burroughs<\/a><\/strong>. Basically, it’s 100 years of REH in print and the 150th birthday of ERB. As such we get a great selection of fiction and non-fiction related to both. In addition, we get information on artist Gary Gianni<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As to the show, it ran over three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In addition to the large dealer room, there were movies and several panels, as well as an auction. I came in Thursday night and joined in with things from Friday on. I ran into several people I knew from meeting them at PulpFest<\/a>, etc. I touched base with several publishers and authors including Will Murray<\/a><\/strong>, Haffner Press<\/a>, Airship 27<\/a> |(Ron Fortier<\/a><\/strong> and Rob Davis<\/a><\/strong>), Ed Hulse<\/a><\/strong>, Black Dog Books<\/a> (Tom Roberts<\/a><\/strong>), Van Allen Plexico<\/a><\/strong>, Jonathan Sweet<\/a><\/strong>, Robert J. Mendenhall<\/strong>, Craig McDonald<\/a><\/strong>, Brian K. Morris<\/a><\/strong>, Anthony Tollin<\/a><\/strong>, et al. I’m glad I was finally able to come to this show, having only been able to go to a couple of PulpFests<\/a>. I dropped a lot of money on many books, though I wasn’t able to fill my fanzine needs as I had hoped.<\/p>\n

As to the Windy City Pulp Stories<\/em> for this year, as noted its focus was mainly on REH and ERB. So first up with REH. We get a nice article on Morgan Holmes<\/a><\/strong> on him. This is followed by a trio of letters he wrote to Adventure<\/a><\/em> magazine’s “Ask Adventure” column, with the answers he got. Clearly, he was doing research for upcoming works. Then we got a section of Howard family photos, docs, and clippings. This included obituaries of Howard and his mother, many photos, and info on REH’s father.<\/p>\n

Then we get some of REH’s first published fiction and verse. His first professionally published poem and his first five submitted and published stories in Weird Tales<\/a><\/em>. This includes his caveman tale, “Spear and Fang,” his first in WT<\/em>. Editorial notes give information on when these were submitted, and you can see that it was sometimes years after submission that they got published.<\/p>\n

As for ERB, we get an article from Will Murray on writing his Tarzan<\/a><\/strong> novels, especially with the two set on Mars. From Tom Roberts is a brief note on what might be the rarest Burroughs collectible, as no copies have been found. This was a booklet he did to promote a golf club. I would think that ERB Inc.<\/a> would have a copy.<\/p>\n

Next up are several short articles by Burroughs that have rarely been seen. One explains his personal bookplate. Another is on writing. One I think I’ve seen before is on is many failures before writing Tarzan.<\/p>\n

For artist Gary Gianni, we get a biography of him and a gallery of character sketches of Conan<\/a><\/strong> and Solomon Kane<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As always, it’s a great volume, and I will add it to the rest of my volumes.<\/p>\n

I highly encourage everyone to try to attend a Windy City Show or PulpFest at least once. Both events are a great experience. I will be attending PulpFest later this year.<\/p>\n

In 2026, I will see if I am able to attend Windy City again, as they are shifting the date. I’m uncertain about PulpFest whether it falls on the same time as another event I will be going to. I’ll have to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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