Science-fiction and pulp fan Ray Beam Jr., who was a regular attendee at Pulpcon for many years, died Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Kokomo, Ind. Beam won the First...
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A personal letter written by Robert E. Howard to Emil Petaja is for sale on eBay. (A hat-tip to Lee A. Breakiron for pointing it out on the R.E.H. Inner Circle...
You can’t get too many looks behind the scenes at pulp magazines. There are a number of books that give insight into writing and producing a pulp, but...
By now most of you have heard that pulp fan and author Howard Hopkins suffered a fatal heart attack last week (Jan. 12, 2012). He was 50. New of Howard’s...
I was traveling over the weekend and didn’t get a chance to post the news. But if you haven’t heard, we’ve lost another long-time pulp expert...
As many of you already know, Rusty Hevelin, one of the founders of the original Pulpcon, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 27. He was 89. He was hospitalized Dec. 21...
I just finished Paul Malmont‘s The Astounding, the Amazing and the Unknown. I realize I’m a bit late on this topic; the book has been out since...
Here’s a funny take on the form-letter rejection slip. Still stinging from having his early stories repeatedly turned down, John D. MacDonald slipped...
I’d intended to write up a preview of PulpFest for Yellowed Perils. In fact, I started on it last week, but other things got in the way. Anyway, PulpFest...
There’s that certain delight when your interests coincide with someone else’s. I knew a bit about this particular connection before, but it was...