The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 1904

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#46/47, Winter/Spring 2016] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $24.95, 230pp, quarto, cover: The Spider Returns by Glenn Cravath from 1941) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 4 · The Editor’s Corner · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · Tricks of the Trade: Selling Western Stories · Douglas Lurton · ar Writer’s Digest July 1932 12 · Off the Shelf · S. Craig Zahler · lr; review of Weird Tales issues for March 1932 and May 1932. 16 · Series Spotlight: The Lone Eagle · David Smith · cl [Ref. F. E. Rechnitzer] 30 · Adventurous Airwaves: The Mysterious Traveler’s “Lost” Episodes · Martin Grams · cl 42 · Cliffhanger Classics: The Million Dollar Mystery · Ed Hulse · cl 56 · Robert E. Howard and the Clayton Magazines · Morgan Holmes · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 64 · Stay Tuned for Terror: A Pulp-to-Radio Enigma · Karl Schadow · ar [Ref. Robert Bloch] 74 · The Case of the Fluctuating Falcon · Bruce Dettman · ar 82 · Pulp Continuity in The Sinister Shadow · Rick Lai · ar [Ref. Will Murray] 90 · The Spider on the Serial Screen · Ed Hulse · ar 114 · My Dinner with Nita: Remembering Iris Meredith · Ed Hulse · ar Blood ’n’ Thunder #15, Summer 2006 [Ref. Iris Meredith] 120 · Flash! Here Comes Gordon · Various · ms (r) 134 · Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Private Detective Stories June 1940 160 · Lawsuit: Black Mask vs. Black Hood · Various · ms

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#48, Summer 2016] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $12.50, 108pp, quarto, cover from Smashing Novels Magazine December 1936) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 4 · The Editor’s Corner · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · Tricks of the Trade: New Horizons for Mystery · August Lenniger · ar Writer’s Digest December 1931 12 · From the Top Shelf · Ed Hulse · lr Blood ’n’ Thunder #5, Summer 2003 [Ref. Kent Meader]; review of lead novel in Dime Mystery Book, March 1933. 16 · Pulp Page to the Silver Screen: The Monogram Shadow Movies of 1946 · Ed Hulse · cl 30 · Cliffhanger Classics: The House Without a Key · Ed Hulse · cl Blood ’n’ Thunder #7, Spring 2004; revised. 44 · The Wild Wild West of Robert E. Howard: Defending the Westerns Written by Conan’s Creator · Morgan Holmes · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 54 · The Mystery of Mark Time: Street and Smith’s Aborted Science-Fiction Hero Pulp · Will Murray · ar [Ref. John W. Campbell, Jr.] 64 · Famous Fantastic Mysteries: A Survey of the Most Frequently Overlooked Pulp [Part 2 of 2] · Ed Hulse · ar 84 · Portfolio 1: Vintage Ads for Street & Smith Pulps · Various · pi 92 · Portfolio 2: Pulp Cover Paintings · Various · pi

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#49/50, Fall 2016] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $24.95, 210pp, quarto, cover by Frank R. Paul from Amazing Stories August 1928) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 4 · The Editor’s Corner · Ed Hulse · ed 10 · Tricks of the Trade: Selling Detective Stories · Lurton Blassingame · ar Writer’s Digest May 1933 20 · Airwave Adventures: The Ether-Wave Webs of the Spider · Karl Schadow · ar; on lost Spider radio show or shows. 26 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen: It Had to Be…Rear Window · Shane Roth · cl [Ref. Cornell Woolrich]; on the adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s story to the Hitchcock film. 38 · Cliffhanger Classics: The Diamond in the Sky (1915 American Film Company) · Ed Hulse · cl; on the longest ever (30 episode) film serial. 52 · The Sinister Skelos: A History of Robert E. Howard’s Demonic Wizard · Rick Lai · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard] 62 · The Man in the Black Cloak · Joe Rainone · ar Blood ’n’ Thunder #3, Winter 2003 [Ref. Francis Worcester Doughty]; “Did an obscure 19th-century story paper hero influence the creation of pulpdom’s ”Shadow“?” 74 · Writing and Selling the Pulp Story · Laurence D’Orsay · ar Writer’s Digest 1931 90 · Science Fiction, Pulp Style: The Gernsback Years · Brian Earl Brown · rv; reviews of some 35 sf stories published in early Gernsback sf magazines. 118 · Adventures in Collecting · Dave Smith · ar; descriptions of collecting history and collections of several pulp fans. 135 · The Yakima Collection · Dave Smith · ar; “Dave Smith reminisces about his biggest ”score“ as a pulp dealer”. 138 · Twenty-Five Cents in Coin or Stamps! Those Amazing Pulp Hero Premiums · Chris Kalb · ar 180 · Galloping Lions [Aubrey St. John Major] · L. Patrick Greene · nv Short Stories April 10 1938

Blood ’n’ Thunder [Vol. 2 #1, Summer 2019] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $12.50, 96pp, quarto, cover by Lyman Anderson) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · The Editor · ed 6 · Avenger of the Airwaves · David Kalb · ar; on the 1941 radio series, based on the seven surviving scripts and one surviving episode. 18 · Portrait of a Pulp Publisher: The Life and Times of J. Thomas Wood · David Saunders · ar [Ref. J. Thomas Wood] 34 · The Mark of Zorro: The Making of a Classic Film · Ed Hulse · ar 44 · An Appreciation of Pulp-Magazine Pulchritude! · Will Murray · ar 58 · Forgotten Classics of Pulp Fiction · Ed Hulse ,[?], uncredited · br 64 · Jimgrim and Jeff Ramsden: Partners in Peril: A Comprehensive Chronology of Talbot Mundy’s Best Known Pulp-Magazine Characters · Rick Lai · ar [Ref. Talbot Mundy] 80 · Filming the Adventures of Kioga the Snow Hawk · Ed Hulse · ar; given as “Hawk of the Wilderness: Kioga Makes a Movie” in the Table of Contents.

Blood ’n’ Thunder [v2 #2, Fall 2019] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $9.95, 90pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · “Death to the Gray Seal!”: The Dangerous Days of Jimmie Dale · Don Hutchison · ar Pulp Vault #12/13, August 1996 [Ref. Frank L. Packard] 16 · The Celluloid “Seal”: Jimmie Dale in the Movies · Ed Hulse · ar 30 · The Reading Room · Various · rc _30 · The Land of the Central Sun · Brian Earl Brown · sr [Ref. Park Winthrop]; review of 1902-1903 Argosy serial. _30 · The House of Secrets, or, Nick Carter’s Midnight Vigil · Brian Earl Brown · sr; review of the anonymous lead story in Nick Carter’s Weekly, July 6, 1907. _34 · Stormy Dorn · Ed Hulse · sr [Ref. Cherry Wilson]; review of 1929 Western Story Magazine serial. _36 · The Purple Eye · Will Murray · sr [Ref. William Corcoran]; review of 2018 reprint of lead novel from Dime Mystery Book, August 1933. 40 · Avenger Addendum · Karl Schadow · ar; follow up to last issue’s article on 1940s radio version of The Avenger. 45 · The “Spicy” Mrs. Schwartz: Esther’s Secret Life as a Sex-Story Scribe · Will Murray · ar [Ref. Esther L. Schwartz]; on Spicy Detective etc. author Esther L. Schwartz, mostly speculations on tracing her pen names. 63 · Anatomy of a Serial: The Making of Spy Smasher · Ed Hulse · ar Blood ’n’ Thunder’s Cliffhanger Classics, Volume Two ed. Ed Hulse, Murania Press, 2017; restores c.800 words accidentally dropped in original publication. 84 · Mellow Drama · Richard Sale · ss Writer’s Digest May 1935

Blood ’n’ Thunder Annual Changed to an annual publication.

Blood ’n’ Thunder Annual [2021] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, 262pp, quarto, cover by Rudolph Belarski from Detective Fiction Weekly April 8 1939) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7 · Introduction · Ed Hulse · ed 12 · A Century of Crime: The Story of Black Mask · Ed Hulse · ar; expanded from Blood ’n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction. 29 · An Analysis of Black Mask · August Lenniger · ar Writer’s Digest July 1929; examines the July 1929 issue, story by story. 36 · Writing for the Pulps · Joseph T. Shaw · ar Writer’s Digest May 1934 42 · George Bruce, the Flying Fabulist · Will Murray · ar [Ref. George Bruce] 68 · The Butterick Company, Home of Adventure · Sai Shankar · ar 80 · Tales of Witches and Weirdness · Will Oliver · ar; on early weird radio shows, “The Witch’s Tales” and an abortive “Weird Tales” series. 97 · Making a Classic Cliffhanger: “Secret Service in Darkest Africa” · Ed Hulse · ar 110 · Flash Gordon: Pulp Hero Wannabe · Denny Lien · ar Yandro February 1971, as “That Crazy Buck Rogers Stuff—Flash Gordon Strange Adventures Magazine” 130 · Mountain Man [Breckenridge Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · nv Action Stories March/April 1934 138 · Enigmatic “W. Wirt” Unmasked at Last! · Matt Moring · ar; identified as Wirt Winchester Young (1876-1950); includes bibliography of his works. 152 · The Gilman Equation: “Dreams in the Witch-House” · Gilbert Colon · ar [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft & Stuart Gordon] 166 · The “Unknown” Norvell W. Page · Tom Krabacher · ar [Ref. Norvell W. Page]; on Page’s publications in Unknown magazine. 176 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen: Seven Footprints to Satan · Ed Hulse · ar [Ref. A. Merritt] 190 · Riding the Radio Range: The Lone Ranger’s Early Days · Martin Grams & Terry Salomonson · ar 228 · Lights, Camera, Action! with Director George Sherman · Ed Hulse · ar bc. · [back cover] · J. W. Schlaikjer · cv Black Mask September 1932

Blood ’n’ Thunder Special Edition [2022] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $25.00, 336pp, tp, cover by Hugh J. Ward) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 7 · Introduction · Ed Hulse · ed 13 · Who Created “The Octopus”? · Will Murray · ar [Ref. Arthur Leo Zagat] 28 · Memories of a Fantasy Fan · Donald Sidney-Fryer · ar [Ref. August Derleth & Fritz Leiber, Jr.] 46 · Notes from the Reading Room · Various · rc _46 · Lovecraft: The Great Tales · Donald Sidney-Fryer · br [Ref. John D. Haefele] _48 · The Thin Man · Ed Hulse · br [Ref. Dashiell Hammett] _50 · The Perfume of the Lady in Black · Ed Hulse · br [Ref. Gaston Leroux] _52 · The Vesper Service Murders · Ed Hulse · br [Ref. F. Van Wyck Mason] _53 · Yasmini the Incomparable · Will Murray · br [Ref. Talbot Mundy] _56 · Send Another Coffin · Ed Hulse · br [Ref. F. G. Presnell] _58 · The Thing in the Woods · Tom Krabacher · br [Ref. Harper Williams] _59 · Storm Rovers · Ed Hulse · sr [Ref. Gordon Young] 62 · This Gun for Hire: An Early Film Noir Classic · Richard W. Bann · ar [Ref. Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake] 80 · Tricks of the Trade · gp _80 · Between the Devil and a Dime Per Word · Eustace L. Adams · ar Writer’s Digest September 1935 _87 · Something Different · H. Bedford-Jones · ar Writer’s Digest August 1936 _96 · Poor Proud Guys · Jack Byrne · ar Writer’s Digest April 1935 _106 · How I Sell a Story a Week · Frank Gruber · ar Writer’s Digest March 1937 _118 · Within Quotes · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar Writer’s Digest August 1938 131 · Adventure on the Airwaves · Karl Schadow · ar; on radio adaptations of stories from Detective Story Magazine and from Ten Detective Aces. 138 · Classic Cliffhangers: Universal’s Sound Era Serials · Daniel J. Neyer · ar 170 · An Interview with Robert Lesser · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Robert Lesser] 184 · The Devil’s Rocketeer and His Pulp-Fueled Imagination · Gilbert Colon · ar [Ref. Jack Parsons] 212 · The Crime Club’s Golden Age: 1928-1940 · Ed Hulse · ar 273 · Crime Club Releases, 1928-1940 · [uncredited] · bi 301 · Crime Club Movies, 1928-1940 · [uncredited] · bi 303 · Crime Club Productions, Inc. · Ed Hulse · ar 323 · Crime Club on the Radio, 1937-1939 · Karl Schadow · ar bc. · [back cover] · Norman Saunders · cv Ten Detective Aces November 1940

Blood ’n’ Thunder Special Edition [2023] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $24.95, 334pp, tp, cover by William F. Soare from Double-Action Detective November 1939) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Ed Hulse · ed 12 · Killer Galore · Robert Sampson · ar; “Robert Sampson recalls the heyday of the gangster pulps.” 24 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen · Don Hutchison · ar [Ref. Cornell Woolrich]; “Don Hutchison on The Leopard Man, a Cornell Woolrich adaptation.” 35 · The Haunted World of Cornell Woolrich · Ron Goulart · ar Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1984, as “The Ghost of Cornell Woolrich”; “Ron Goulart reminisces about his friendship with the tormented author.” 44 · From the Reading Room · Various · rc 64 · David Goodis: Reprieve from Oblivion · Gilbert Colon · ar [Ref. David Goodis]; “Gilbert Colon revisits the 2010 documentary about this noir writer.”. 74 · Edgar Rice Burroughs, Businessman · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar Writer’s Digest May 1937, as “Letter from an Author Who Publishes His Own Books”; “Celebrating the 100th anniversary of ERB Inc.’s founding.” 80 · Parallel Myth Patterns of Robert E. Howard and Robert Bloch · Rick Lai · ar [Ref. Robert E. Howard & Robert Bloch]; scholarly analysis of two fantasy-fiction giants. 102 · Adventurous Airwaves · Karl Schadow · ar; “Dell’s pulp magazine Scotland Yard on radio?” 126 · Francis, Grace, and Uncle Carl · Ed Hulse · ar [Ref. Francis Ford & Grace Cunard]; “The early days of Universal Pictures and its first serial team.” 164 · Tricks of the Trade _164 · The Western Story · Frank Gruber · ar Writer’s Digest July 1938 _168 · Kill Them the Hard Way · Wyatt Blassingame · ar Writer’s Digest August 1940 _180 · Real People in Crime · Robert Turner · ar Writer’s Digest August 1942 188 · The Rise and Fall of Clyde A. Warden · Will Murray · ar [Ref. Clyde A. Warden]; on the creator of Western Trails hero Bert Little. 216 · Leigh Brackett: Conan’s First Pasticheur? · Will Oliver · ar [Ref. Leigh Brackett]; “Will Oliver ruminates on what might have been.” 244 · A Thousand Thrills Each Week · Ed Hulse · ar; a look at Britain’s pulpiest story paper, The Thriller. 283 · Mirror for Usurpers: A Speculative History of “The Nemedian Chronicles” · Rick Lai · ar; “Rick Lai documents a document that isn’t a real document.”

Blood ’n’ Thunder Special Edition [2024] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press, $24.95, 274pp, tp, cover by Norman Saunders from Black Book Detective Magazine October 1936) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Introduction · Ed Hulse · ed 14 · Dashiell Hammett: Of Diamonds and Glass · Will Murray · ar Black Gate Online June 30 2023, as “Will Murray and The Diamond Wager Caper—Not Dashiell Hammett?” [Ref. Dashiell Hammett & Samuel Dashiell]; on the true authorship of a story long credited to Hammett. 32 · Scarlet Fiction · Don Hutchison · in Scarlet Riders ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1998; celebrates pulp fiction that has Mounties as heroes. 50 · To Infinity and Beyond (the Valley of the Dolls) · Gilbert Colon · ar [Ref. Roger Ebert]; on the SF fanac and fiction of film critic Roger Ebert. 64 · Revisiting Chandu the Magician · Ed Hulse · ar; looks anew at the famed conjuror of film and radio. 98 · Proto-Paperbacks of the 1920s · Gary Lovisi · ar; documents an overlooked line of pulp-story reprints. 114 · The Little Giant of the Pulps · Earl Wilson · iv Writer’s Digest December 1938 [Ref. Leo Margulies]; profile of the “Thrilling Group” editor-in-chief. 126 · A Forgotten Pulpster · Michael Brown · ar [Ref. Lemuel de Bra]; discussion of Lemuel de Bra, master of “Oriental intrigue”; revised and expanded from From the Desk of a Pulp Super-Fan. 140 · White Zombie (1932) · Don Hutchison · ar; reminiscence about the classic horror film with Bela Lugosi. 154 · How to Write “Science” Stories · Hugo Gernsback · ar Writer’s Digest February 1930 160 · Local Color · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar Writer’s Digest January 1932 168 · Headaches and Trade Tricks of a Detective-Story Writer · James H. S. Moynahan · ar Writer’s Digest June 1936 179 · Selling the Fantasy Story · Henry Kuttner · ar Writer’s Digest March 1938 189 · The Pulp West · Leo Margulies · ar Writer’s Digest April 1945 204 · Moments of Adventure · Karl Schadow · ar; about the 1931 radio series. 218 · The Black Cat · Will Oliver · ar; “Was this 19th magazine a precursor to Weird Tales?” 244 · From Pulp to Playboy · Matthew Bradley · ar [Ref. Richard Matheson]; on the early pulp and digest fiction of Richard Matheson.