The Slayer and Other Tales from the Pulps

The Slayer and Other Tales from the Pulps
Author: de Vere H. Stacpoole
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2004-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0809511479

Stacpoole, author of the classic novel The Blue Lagoon, weaves his special magic throughout this collection of shorter works from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century. Here are tales full of the languor of the tropics, the hypnotism of the "meadows of gold," and the "eternal song" of the Southern Seas -- combined with mystery, romance, adventure, and the lyrical prose of a master storyteller!

Pulp Classics

Pulp Classics
Author: John Gregory Betancourt
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434460045

When Strange Tales first appeared in 1931 as a pulp magazine, it was clearly something new. Edited by Harry Bates as a companion to Astounding Stories, it combined the supernatural horror and fantasy of Weird Tales with vigorous action plots. Strange Tales rapidly attracted the most imaginative and capable writers of the day, including such Weird Tales regulars as Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, Hugh B. Cave, Ray Cummings, and numerous others. Had the Great Depression not intervened and killed it after seven issues, the whole history of fantastic fiction might have been different. The October 1932 issue features work by Clark Ashton Smith ("The Hunters from Beyond"), Victor Rousseau, Henry S. Whitehead, Hugh B. Cave, Frank Belknap Long, Jr, and many more.

Pulp Classics

Pulp Classics
Author: E. Hoffmann Price
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0809511185

A baker's dozen of classic pulp stories, by a master of the genre! "Satan's Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps" includes such rare gems as the title story, "Scourge of the Silver Dragon," "Revolt of the Damned," "Pit of Madness," "The Walking Dead," "Drink or Draw," and many more. "Pulp stories at their pulpiest from a master of the form. Enjoy!" -- Darrell Schweitzer

Adventure Tales #4

Adventure Tales #4
Author: Seabury Quinn
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2016-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434437450

Adventure Tales salutes classic Weird Tales authors, including Robert E. Howard, Seabury Quinn, E. Hoffmann Price, John D. Swain, Edwin Baird, and many more!

Science-fiction

Science-fiction
Author: Everett Franklin Bleiler
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Total Pages: 780
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780873386043

Complementing Science-Fiction: The Early Years, which surveys science-fiction published in book form from its beginnings through 1930, the present volume covers all the science-fiction printed in the genre magazines--Amazing, Astounding, and Wonder, along with offshoots and minor magazines--from 1926 through 1936. This is the first time this historically important literary phenomenon, which stands behind the enormous modern development of science-fiction, has been studied thoroughly and accurately. The heart of the book is a series of descriptions of all 1,835 stories published during this period, plus bibliographic information. Supplementing this are many useful features: detailed histories of each of the magazines, an issue by issue roster of contents, a technical analysis of the art work, brief authors' biographies, poetry and letter indexes, a theme and motif index of approximately 30,0000 entries, and general indexes. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years is not only indispensable for reference librarians, collectors, readers, and scholars interested in science-fiction, it is also of importance to the study of popular culture during the Great Depression in the United States. Most of its data, which are largely based on rare and almost unobtainable sources, are not available elsewhere.

Shiloh and Other Stories

Shiloh and Other Stories
Author: Bobbie Ann Mason
Publisher: Modern Library
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307806324

"These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction debut and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award has become a modern American classic. In Shiloh, Bobbie Ann Mason introduces us to her western Kentucky people and the lives they forge for themselves amid the ups and downs of contemporary American life, and she poignantly captures the growing pains of the New South in the lives of her characters as they come to terms with feminism, R-rated movies, and video games. "Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader," said Robert Towers in The New York Review of Books.

Pulp Classics

Pulp Classics
Author: John Betancourt
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2005-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1557424578

STRANGE TALES OF MYSTERY AND TERROR . . . When Strange Tales first appeared in 1931 as a pulp magazine, it was clearly something new. Edited by Harry Bates as a companion to Astounding Stories, it combined the supernatural horror and fantasy of Weird Tales with vigorous action plots. Had the Great Depression not intervened and killed it after seven issues, the whole history of fantastic fiction might have been different. Strange Tales rapidly attracted the most imaginative and capable writers of the day, including such Weird Tales regulars as Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, Hugh B. Cave, Ray Cummings, and numerous others. Certainly Strange Tales gave Weird Tales a serious run for its money. The March 1932 issue features work by Paul Ernst, Henry S. Whitehead, Gordon MacCreagh, and more. The fine cover by H.W. Wesso illustrates "The Duel of the Sorcerers," by Paul Ernst.