Number 35

The Pulpster #35 (2026)

Number 35 of The Pulpster was published for PulpFest 2026.

Amazing Stories: A Century of Wonder

From Deros to flying discs
Amazing Stories, the Shaver Mystery, and the birth of the UFO phenomenon
by Jeffrey Shanks

Guiding Amazing Stories into its second century
An interview with the editor on the future of the science-fiction magazine
by Tony Davis

Ghost Stories at 100

True ghostly confessions
How a confession magazine became pulp’s spookiest odd duck
by Will Murray

Why Ghost Stories still haunts us
Are they the greatest tales ever written? No, but they transport you to another place and time
by David Walker

Argosy and 130 Years of the Pulps

Argosy and the birth of the pulps
Changes to a struggling magazine would show how fiction could dominate newsstands
by William Lampkin

Articles

The mystery of the stalking Satan
A lost title, a wailing skull, and the brief pulp life of Vaughn Bryant
by Will Murray

From slicks to pulps and back again
From Munsey checks to lost covers, reconstructing Emmett Watson’s career
by Tony Davis

The Fantastic Island of Dr. No
Crabs, island lairs, death traps, and a Doc Savage inspiration?
by Craig McDonald [Doc Con]

In the twilight of an era
Richard Matheson forged a path from the pulps to film and television
by John C. Bruening

The enigmatic Franklin H. Martin
From war hero to pulp ace to forgotten man
by Michael Chomko

Departments

From the Editor, by William Lampkin
From the Publisher, by Michael Chomko
Final Chapters, by Tony Davis
(Bob Barrett, Gerry Conway, John Guidry, Richard Harvey III, Lou Irmo, Terry A. Murray, Patrick Lucian Price, Jim Thompson, Ted White)

On the cover

Harold W. McCauley used Amazing Stories editor Raymond A. Palmer as the model for the sinister scientist on his cover painting for the July 1943 number of the pulp magazine.