Link: A Lesson in Squidgy History
We are creeped out by cold, slimy limbs, flesh that lacks bones. I recently experienced this feeling first-hand while snorkeling, when I got to touch Read More
Category: Pulp Magazines
The Terror Garden: The Growing Terror
The Terror Garden has looked at plant monsters in past posts. Today it is “The Growing Terror” from Suspense #19 (June 1952). (And as I Read More
Stanley G. Weinbaum: Science Fiction Superstar
Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902-1935) was the first superstar of Science Fiction. His debut story, “A Martian Odyssey”, appeared in Hugo Gernsback’s Wonder Stories in July Read More
Link: Fear Factor: Using Childhood Fears in Mythos Fiction
Sometimes, the day job gives you pearls. I was sitting in a seminar on Childhood Anxiety when I realized I was looking at something important Read More
The Lost Worlds of Doc Savage
Lost Worlds are a sub-genre of adventure story made popular by H. Rider Haggard in 1885 with King Solomon’s Mines. (Granted he borrowed from Jules Read More
H. P. Lovecraft’s The Mound, At Last….
A Story With a History “The Mound” by Zelia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft is one of the last Lovecraft Mythos stories to see print. Read More
Beyond the Past – Mythos Miniature
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun by G. W. Thomas, a mandala of Cthulhu Mythos fiction featuring a Read More
First Images of Tarzan: Pre-1918
Hollywood has had an influence on our images of Tarzan since 1918. Only Clinton Peetee Jr. had no images from previous sources to influence him Read More
S. P. Meek: Science Fiction Adventure Writer
Captain S. P. Meek (1894-1972), if you were to look him up on Google, would most likely come up as the author of Jerry, the Read More
Pulp Scenarios in 1960s Sitcoms
We are going to look at Pulp Scenarios that showed up in the wacky sitcoms of the 1960s. I’m not going to suggest that Sherwood Read More