Next summer at PulpFest 2026, we’ll mark the centennials of Amazing Stories — a magazine that helped shape the imaginations of generations of readers — and Ghost Stories. As part of that celebration, we’re gearing up for The Pulpster number 35 and looking for contributions. If you have an idea for an article about Amazing Stories, Ghost Stories, or another pulp magazine, writer,...
Read MoreShiwan Khan, one of The Shadow’s foes who appeared four times, graces the cover of number 34 of The Pulpster, which will be released in about two weeks at PulpFest 2025. He’s among the Masters of Villainy featured in a quartet of articles. As our cover illustrates, we’ve got a package of articles on the “Masters of Villainy,” including Shiwan Khan and the other villains...
Read MoreDo we have a slam-bang number coming in August at this year’s PulpFest. As our cover illustrates, we’ve got a package of articles on the Spicy pulps, which hit newsstands — or, maybe, slid under the counters — 90 years ago. Ed Hulse looks at ashcan editions that Culture Publications used to lock up its titles; Alfred Jan re-examines Spicy Mystery Stories; and Willard E. Hawkins delves into the...
Read MoreIt’s full steam ahead for The Pulpster #32. This year’s number celebrates several notable anniversaries in 2023. It’s been 100 years since Street & Smith Publications kicked off the sports-pulp genre with Sport Story Magazine and since Weird Tales was unleashed on the world. And, who can forget the wave of hero pulps that burst upon the scene 90 years ago, in 1933?...
Read MoreThe next number of The Pulpster has been put to bed (using the old newspaper jargon to say it’s been sent to the printer). Now that it has been finalized, we’ve updated its page in the Back Numbers department with a listing of the contents. Number 31 is a terrific issue (if we do say so ourselves). It arrives with a robust 68 pages plus covers. Among those pages, you’ll find...
Read MoreEarlier in the week, we wrote a post over on the PulpFest website calling for submissions to number 31 of The Pulpster, which will be released at the convention in early August. We just wanted to echo the invitation here. PulpFest 50, and The Pulpster, will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the start of the pulp and comic-book publisher Fiction House, and the 90th anniversary of the debut...
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