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CL Moore, comics, Digital Archives Hub, io9, Mammoth Mystery, Mars Attack Trading Cards, megan burns, New Pulp publishers, penny dreadfuls, pulp art, Pulp Character Grid, Pulp Era, pulp fiction, pulp stories, PulpOMizer, space babes in danger, space opera, Startling Stories, The Black Mask, The Golden Age of SciFi, The Pulp Project, Thrilling Tales, Weird Tales
If you have a sweet spot for the old pulp mags, poke your head in at The Pulp Project for a whole slew of free reading material, including full-color downloads or browse-able issues of Mammoth Mystery, Weird Tales, Startling Stories & the Black Mask, to name just a few.
You’ll also find a tidy listing of pulp links in its vast Digital Archives Hub, with everything from scholarship to RPG’s to radio adaptations to forums thoroughly covered. You’ll even find a few more sources of free downloads (some penny dreadfuls and comics sprinkled in).
And in case you want a more user friendly roundup of “New Pulp”publishers, (i.e. stories by modern writers that recreate the feel of the old style pubs), click on the Pulp.net link above. There’s a bit of a revival going on in the genre, as you will see.
While you’re out there browsing, hop on over to the very cool PULP-O-MIZER at the Thriling Tales website, which lets you create a customizable vintage style cover.
Also worth a read is this trio of articles up at io9.com titled, Badass Women of the Pulp Era, The Weird Life of Pioneering Female Pulp Fiction Writer C.L. Moore & Space Babes in Danger: The Space Opera Pin-up Art of Megan Burns [Burns mini-gallery below]
You might enjoy these fun 60’s style Mars Attacks trading cards too, but expect to tweek before printing. Sample image below:
And for the brave wanting to put pen to paper after all that fine reading, whip out this fillable Pulp Character Grid first.
~Until next time, a million thrills, subscribey-wibeys!!!! We’ve got more good stuff coming up, including Halloween reads & interviews with three Louisiana small presses. STAY TUNED.
Bonespark~ 