Back in 1996, I was thrilled to hear about a new book called “The Great Pulp Heroes,” by Don Hutchison. I bought my first copy on July 30, 1996. (The receipt...
I don’t write much about the western pulp genre. While I enjoy a good movie western, I haven’t had the urge to read much in the way of western fiction. But...
Do a search for “pulp magazine” in a newspaper archive database and you never know what might turn up. I was doing just that on Tuesday. Though I was...
As I’ve mentioned before, I enjoy reading commentary on the pulp magazines from the time the pulps proliferated on the newsstands. And this letter on the pulps...
In 1937, Harold Brainerd Hersey published “Pulpwood Editor: The Fabulous World of the Thriller Magazines Revealed by a Veteran Editor and Publisher,” a...
You’ve probably noticed that there have been a lot fewer posts here on Yellowed Perils in the past month or so. Things have been really busy. I’ve managed to...
PulpFest has updated its website in preparation for this summer’s 2014 pulp convention. Get information about PulpFest registration and the hotel in downtown...
The first time I saw Lance Thingmaker‘s hardcover collection of the 1930s fanzine The Fantasy Fan was a Doc Con 2011. Arizona Fan of Bronze J.R. Burgin had brought...
That also was true in the publishing world of the pulp era. Eighty-five years ago this month, Dell Publishing Co. introduced Wall Street Stories, with a cover date of...
Looking for a distraction while taking my car in for servicing, I grabbed a well-worn copy of “Land of Always-Night,” number 13 of Bantam’s Doc Savage...