{"id":5316,"date":"2016-08-03T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=5316"},"modified":"2022-05-17T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T21:34:24","slug":"fanzine-focus-pulp-adventures-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2016\/08\/03\/fanzine-focus-pulp-adventures-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanzine focus: Pulp Adventures #21"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Pulp<\/a>Pulp Adventures<\/em> #21 (Spring 2016) is the seventh issue of the new version from Bold Venture Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once again we get a collection of classic and New Pulp fiction (with some notes), all under a Norman Saunders<\/strong> cover (a detective one). And do we get some goodies this time!<\/p>\n

In my view, this blend of new and old pulp fiction (with occasional pre-pulp and post-pulp) that doesn’t focus on one pulp genre \u2014 we get horror, science fiction, crime & detective, railroading, and pulp hero in this one \u2014 makes this one of the best pulp fiction fanzines coming out now. You might not like everything that appears in an issue, but I know you will like something.<\/p>\n

The issue kicks off with Ron Fortier<\/strong> providing a Brother Bones<\/strong> tale: “The Hideout.” His Undead Avenger has appeared in several short stories and a couple of novels. And soon a roleplaying game and<\/em> a movie! \u00a0Sadly, I have to admit that Brother Bones is probably the only major New Pulp Hero that I haven’t read.<\/p>\n

A very strange short story is “Death of a Pulp Writer” by Patti Boeckman<\/strong>, window of pulp author Charles Boeckman<\/strong>. This one has a slight connection to various “writer aides” like the Plot Genie<\/em>, which Bold Venture has reprinted.<\/p>\n

We get two Sherlock Holmes<\/strong> tales. First off is a reprint of “The Red-Headed League” by Arthur Conan Doyle<\/strong>. A strange, exclusive club leads Holmes to a bigger mystery. An added bonus is seeing the original story illustrations. Then we have “Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Quarantine” by Adam Beau McFarlane<\/strong>, which is yet another attempt to answer the mystery of the “Giant Rat of Sumatra,” something mentioned by Watson<\/strong> that was never told. I think I’ve read three or four such stories.<\/p>\n

“Flowers for Christina” by Johnny Strike<\/strong> is a tale of love found and lost.<\/p>\n

A short sf tale of time travel, “Highway J” by Charles Eric Maine<\/strong> is next. I’m not familiar with the author, but he has a novel, Timeline<\/em>, that has similar themes. The author’s best-known work was filmed as The Mind of Mr. Soames<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We get a short crime story, “Death Steps Down,” by C.K.M. Scanlon<\/strong>. “Scanlon” was Thrilling Publications’ house name used to hide a wide range of authors on a wide range of stories, including some of their second-tier pulp heroes. So probably no idea who really wrote this.<\/p>\n

We then get a couple of Lovecraftian horror tales. First, an actual<\/em> H.P. Lovecraft<\/strong> story, “The Tree,” which is more of a dark fantasy than one of his “Cthulhu Mythos” tales. Then John Petty<\/strong> gives us “The Doom That Came to Roanoke,” which ties the lost colony of Roanoke to the Cthulhu Mythos.<\/p>\n

Finally we get “From the Ground Up” by Leland S. Chester<\/strong>, a railroad story reprinted from Argosy All-Story Weekly<\/em> from 1922.<\/p>\n

Another excellent volume. I look forward to the next one, which should be out soon. \u00a0They have been able to get this out on a consistent basis, which is great. \u00a0Maybe they should think of doing subscriptions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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