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Pulpsmith [v8, 1989 Giant Edition] ed. Harry Smith (The Smith, $10.00, 384pp, digest, cover by Harry Smith) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Letter from the Editor · Harry Smith · ed 6 · Self-Portrait Mixed-Media · Dan Daly · ss 16 · TV 2001 · Larry Tritten · ss 23 · The Market Place · Peter Halfar · ss 26 · Soho Suite · Nancy Wolf · pi 39 · Down & Out on Murray Hill · Harry Smith · ar 51 · Three Poems · Menke Katz · pm 54 · Six Poems · Lloyd Van Brunt · pm 64 · Flying to Cambodia · John Bennett · na 154 · Breaking the White Arc · Alan Napier · pm 159 · Four Poems · Edward Zuckrow · pm 164 · The Jungle Burial · Mark Heydon · ss 172 · Night Walk · Patricia Mees Armstrong · pm 174 · Swimming with the Manatees · Deborah Rose O’Neal · ss 180 · Shark on the Playgrounds · David Michael Nixon · pm 181 · In Tarpit Mirrors · David Michael Nixon · pm 182 · Cops · Patrick McKinnon · pm 183 · The Geese · Patrick McKinnon · pm 184 · Guess Who? · Joseph Lazarus · pm 186 · Digital Analysis · Lloyd Van Brunt · pm 187 · The Children’s Unit · Nan Wigington · pm 188 · Revery 17 · Stanley Nelson · ss 191 · The Past Can Be Dangerous · Colleen Black · pm 192 · Leopard Country · Harry Humes · pm 194 · Tying Trout Flies on Shrove Tuesday · Harry Humes · pm 195 · Aunt Bert & The Missouri Steam Roller · S. K. Carew · pm 196 · Hundred Yard Hill · William John Watkins · ss 202 · Mr. Hoover in the Darkness · John Elsberg · pm 203 · Three Poems · Charles Wyatt · pm 207 · The Ultimate Metaphor · Mary Stafford · ss 208 · By God · Terry Kennedy · pm 209 · Letter to Tanck · Anthony Robbins · pm 211 · When Grandma Spent the Night · Cheryl Darnell · pm 212 · Mother Son · Michael Beres · ss 219 · Mt. San Jacinto at Dawn · Lance Lee · pm 220 · Monet · Lance Lee · pm 221 · Cezanne Dazzles Mt. San Victoire · Lance Lee · pm 222 · Why Not Agamemnon · Hilary Tham · pm 225 · Asses · Nan Sherman · pm 226 · Eggs Over Easy · Colleen Black · pm 227 · Jewels in the Pudding · Karen Douglass · pm 228 · Sam the Sexslave Speaks · Tuli Kupferberg · pm 228 · The Mistress Susanna Replies · Tuli Kupferberg · pm 229 · Quark Fog · Eric Ormsby · pm 231 · Me and the Deipnosophist · Sean Masters · ss 235 · Tilly’s Song · Kingsley Vogan · pm 236 · A Banquet of Cliches · Jared Smith · pm 242 · The Cleveland Indian · Luke Salisbury · na 279 · Encountering My First Spring Flower · Robert Bowie · pm 280 · Train...Dry Thistles...Some Weeds · Jared Smith · pm 281 · Boiled Grass and the Broth of Shoes · Richard Nason · ar 310 · The Ammons Vendler · Harry Smith · ar 324 · Leon Edel’s Henry James · Jim McCartin · ar 336 · Arts End Rescues Mangan · Richard Nason · ar 350 · Election Night Walk · Sidney Bernard · ar 357 · Silicon Poetry · Thomas Easton · ar The Leading Edge #18 1989 362 · On the Work of John O’Hara · Donald Phelps · ar [John O’Hara] 367 · On the Work of Paul Bowles · Donald Phelps · ar [Paul Bowles] 373 · On the Work of Arch Oboler · Donald Phelps · ar [Arch Oboler] 376 · On the Work of Ree Dragonette · Donald Phelps · ar [Ree Dragonette] 380 · Obit: Robert Reinhold · Anon. · ob 382 · Weigh Station · [Misc.] · ms

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The Pulpster [#11, 2001] ed. Tony Davis (Pulpcon, 38pp, quarto) fc. · [front cover] · J. C. Leyendecker · cv 1919 2 · Editorial · Tony Davis · ed; illustrated by Henry Van Der Linde 3 · Bill Barnes’ Lost Flight · Will Murray · ar 5 · Hard Boiled: Working-Class Readers and Pulp Magazines, by Erin A. Smith · Alfred Jan · br 6 · The Paul Pine Trilogy of Howard Browne: A Step Beyond Chandler · Wayne D. Rollins · ar [Howard Browne] 9 · Introducing Equus Caballus · Nick Carr · ar 11 · The Last Black Bat Story · Tom Johnson · ar 12 · To Write—Be Wrong! · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ar Bizarre Jan 1941 16 · The Way It Was · Don Hutchison · ar 18 · Pulpcon 30 Guest of Honor: Gloria Stoll Karn · Rusty Hevelin · bg 19 · Pulpcon 30 Guest of Honor: Frank M. Robinson · Rusty Hevelin · bg 20 · Pulpcon 30 Fan Guest of Honor · Gordon Huber · bg 21 · Pulp Editor [John L. Nanovic] · Anon. · iv 24 · [illustration] · Henry Van Der Linde · il 25 · Those Canadian Pulps · Tony Davis · ar 29 · The Continuing History of “The Little Convention That Could!” · Don Ramlow · ar 38 · Final Chapters · Tony Davis · cl

The Pulpster [#20, 2011] ed. Tony Davis (free with convention membership, 40pp+, quarto) Published for PulpFest 2011. Details supplied by William Lampkin. fc. · [front cover] · Graves Gladney · cv (r) 2 · Editorial · Tony Davis · ed 3 · The Shadows of 1931 · Michael Chomko · ar 6 · A Crystal Pause · H. Russell Wakefield · vi 9 · Return of the Man of Bronze · Will Murray · ar 11 · What? New Pulps? How Dare They! · David Walker · ar 13 · Meet Malachi Manatee · William Lampkin · ar 16 · Malachi Manatee in ’Dime Detective’ · William Lampkin · bi 17 · HPL’s Edits from the Past · George A. Vanderburgh · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 25 · Exploits of Jewels and Murder · Monte Herridge · ar 26 · Riley Dillon by H. Bedford-Jones · Monte Herridge · bi [H. Bedford-Jones] 28 · From Pulpwood to the Airwaves · Rex W. Layton · ar 31 · Hunting Pulpsters in Graveyards · John Locke · ar 34 · Remembering John Fleming Gould · Don Hutchison · ar [John Fleming Gould] 36 · Final Chapters in Brief · Tony Davis · ob 37 · FarmerCon VI Supplement: So, Just Who Is Philip José Farmer Anyway? · Anon. · ar [Philip José Farmer] 38 · FarmerCon VI Supplement: FarmerCon VI Programming · [Misc.] · ms 39 · FarmerCon VI Supplement: “Strangers & Brothers” · Philip José Farmer · ex 40 · FarmerCon VI Supplement: excerpts from “For the Articles” and “Kwasin and the Bear God” · Bradley H. Sinor & Christopher Paul Carey · ms

The Pulpster [#21, 2012] ed. Tony Davis (free with convention membership, 42pp+, quarto) Published for PulpFest 2012. Details supplied by William Lampkin. fc. · [front cover] · J. Allen St. John · cv (r) 2 · Editorial · Tony Davis · ed 3 · Edgar Rice Burroughs in the Pulps · Tony Davis · ar [Edgar Rice Burroughs] 19 · Jim Reading, Flying Detective · Monte Herridge · ar 20 · Bibliography of the Flying Detective · Monte Herridge · bi 21 · Pulpcon’s Final Chapter · Donald Ramlow · ar 27 · Enter the Barbarian · Morgan Holmes · ar 32 · From the Arkham House Archives · George Vanderburgh · pt 35 · Champion’s Ashes · John Wooley · ar 38 · Tribute: ’Rusty’ (Hevelin) · Don Hutchison · ar [Rusty Hevelin] 39 · Final Chapters · Tony Davis · ob

The Pulpster [#22, 2013] ed. William Lampkin (free with convention membership, 48pp+, quarto) Published for PulpFest 2013. Details supplied by William Lampkin. fc. · [front cover] · Walter Baumhofer · cv (r) 2 · From the Editor · William Lampkin · ed 3 · The Texas “Weird Tales” Massacre · John Locke · ar 4 · Celebrating the Pulp Heroes of ’33 · Michael Chomko · ar 8 · Why 1933? · Will Murray · ar 12 · Old Man, Look at My Life · William Preston · iv 16 · On Writing “Skull Island” · Will Murray · ar 18 · The Rollicking Rogue and the Hero Pulp Explosion · Tom Johnson · ar 21 · The Path to Fu Manchu · William Patrick Murray · ar 23 · Exploiting Anti-Foreign Imagery · Nathan Vernon Madison · ar 27 · Inside Daisy Bacon · Laurie Powers · ar 32 · A Pulp Pioneer “Returns” to Life · Vella Munn · ar 34 · Daffy Dill Investigates Murder · Monte Herridge · ar 41 · More from Arkham House Archives · George Vanderburgh · pt 44 · Checklist: Richard B. Sale’s “Daffy Dill” Series · Monte Herridge · bi [Richard Sale] 45 · Richard Sale in His Own Words · Richard Sale · bg Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 2 1937 48 · Final Chapters · Tony Davis · ob

The Pulpster [#23, 2014] ed. William Lampkin (free with convention membership, 52pp+, quarto) Published for PulpFest 2014. Details supplied by William Lampkin. fc. · [front cover] · Edd Cartier · cv (r) 2 · From the Editor · William Lampkin · ed 2 · Contributors · [Misc.] · bg 5 · Science Fiction and the Pulps · Michael Chomko · ar 7 · Science-Fiction & Fantasy Pulps: 1920-1959 · William Lampkin · ia 13 · Youthful Exuberance and “Futuria Fantasia” · Garyn G. Roberts · ar 15 · The Living Legend of Argentine SF · Christian A. Vallini Lawson · ar 17 · Pulp Horrors of the Dirty ’30s · Don Hutchison · ar 23 · The First Wave of the Walking Dead · Jeffrey Shanks · ar 25 · Suggested Readings · Jeffrey Shanks · bi 30 · Hannes Bok Centennial · Donald Wandrei · lt 35 · Three Sought Adventure · Don Herron · ar 51 · Frank M. Robinson: A Remembrance · John Gunnison · ob 51 · Final Chapters · Tony Davis · ob

The Pulpster [#24, 2015] ed. William Lampkin (free with convention membership, 52pp+, quarto) Published for PulpFest 2015. Details supplied by William Lampkin. fc. · [photo of H.P. Lovecraft] · Anon. · cv 2 · From the Editor · William Lampkin · ed 2 · Contributors · [Misc.] · bg 4 · From the Publisher · Michael Chomko · ed 5 · Erle Stanley Gardner, Ralph Turner, and Me · Garyn G. Roberts · ar [Erle Stanley Gardner; Ralph Turner] 7 · The Short Life of Street & Smith Comics · William Lampkin · ar 8 · Street & Smith Comics · William Lampkin · bi 11 · Lovecraft’s Lasting Legacy · Sean Branney, Jason V. Brock, Ramsey Campbell, W. Paul Ganley, Cody Goodfellow, John D. Haefele, Don Herron, Morgan Holmes, Derrick Hussey, S. T. Joshi, Marvin Kaye, Tom Krabacher, Nick Mamatas, Will Murray, Fred Phillips, Tim Powers, W. H. Pugmire, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Darrell Schweitzer, Barry Traylor & Chet Williamson · sy [H. P. Lovecraft] 19 · From the Back Pages · Chet Williamson · ss Retro Pulp Tales, ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press 2006 19 · [Illustration] · Mike Hunter · il 20 · About ’From the Back Pages’ · Chet Williamson · ar 23 · Making the Thrill Last · Michelle Nolan · ar; on the pulps published by Standard Magazines. 25 · The Standard Magazines by the Number · Michelle Nolan · bi 27 · About the Standard Contributors · Michelle Nolan · ar 30 · Thrilling Adventures of ’The Major’ · Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson · ar [Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson] 35 · Meet the Other Pulp Heroes · Larry Latham · ar; on European dime novels and proto-pulps. 39 · Rediscovering Nibs Holloway’s Creator · Tom Johnson · ar [Edward P. Norris] 39 · Edward P. Norris: A Bibliography · Tom Johnson · bi [Edward P. Norris] 41 · Assignment: San Francisco’s Chinatown · Monte Herridge · ar [Sidney Herschel Small] 44 · Jimmy Wentworth Adventures · Monte Herridge · bi 52 · Final Chapters [Richard Clear] · Tony Davis · ob 52 · Tribute: Richard Clear · Don Ramlow · ob

The Pulpster [#25, July 2016] ed. William Lampkin (Mike Chomko, $13.00, 52pp, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · H. W. McCauley · cv Amazing Stories Aug 1942; this is the original version of the cover that was modified somewhat for publication in 1942. 2 · From the Editor · William Lampkin · ed 2 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 4 · From the Publisher · Michael Chomko · ed 5 · What Becomes of Your Pulps After You’re Gone? · David W. Smith · ar 9 · Cover Story: 90 Years of “Amazing Stories” _9 · A New Sort of Magazine · Hugo Gernsback · ed Amazing Stories Apr 1926 _10 · A Profit Without Honor · Howard Browne · bg Amazing Stories May 1984 _17 · Amazing by Moonlight · Joseph Wrzos · ar _18 · A Home-Bound Operation · Barry N. Malzberg · ar amazingstoriesmag.com Feb 2013, as “In the Hall of the Mountain King” _19 · An “Amazing” Editorship · Ted White · ar _47 · A Little Bit of “Amazing” History · Elinor Mavor · ar _50 · Lessons Learned · Patrick L. Price · ar 20 · Farmer’s Ventures Into “Amazing” · Art Sippo · ar [Philip José Farmer] 24 · More Mystery for a Dime · J. Randolph Cox · ar; an earlier version appeared in Clues, Fall/Winter 1981. 29 · Wallace Thurman and Harlem Stories · David M. Earle · ar [Wallace Thurman; W. Adolphe Roberts] 30 · No Greater Love · Michael Bittner · ss Harlem Stories May 1932 33 · A “Western Story” Desperado · Walker Martin · ar; on his collecting experiences with Western Story Magazine. 38 · Second-String Heroes · William Lampkin · ar; on pulp characters The Whisperer and Cap Fury. 52 · Final Chapters · Tony Davis · ob; brief obituaries of recently deceased figures in the pulp world.

The Pulpster [#26, 2017] ed. William Lampkin (free with convention membership, 44pp+, quarto) Published for PulpFest 2017. Details supplied by William Lampkin. fc. · [front cover] · Norman Saunders · cv Black Mask Jul 1949 2 · From the Editor · William Lampkin · ed 2 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 4 · From the Publisher · Michael Chomko · ed 5 · Scarlett O’Horror of Alabam · Tony Davis · ar [Mary Elizabeth Counselman] 7 · Dangerous Dames · Ron Goulart · ar The Dime Detectives, Ron Goulart, Mysterious Press 1988 8 · Cleve F. Adams’ Violet McDade · Anon. · bi [Cleve F. Adams] 9 · Theodore A. Tinsley’s Carrie Cashin · Anon. · bi [Theodore A. Tinsley] 12 · D.B. McCandless’ Sarah Watson · Anon. · bi [D. B. McCandless] 13 · Women in the Detective Pulps · Bill Pronzini · ar Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader’s Companion, ed. Jan Grape, Dean James, and Ellen Nehr, Carroll & Graf Publishing Inc. 1998 15 · The O. Henry of the Pulps · Garyn G. Roberts · ar [Robert Bloch] 16 · How I Get My Inspiration · “A Weird Tales Author” (by Robert Bloch) · ar The Phantagraph Nov/Dec 1935 19 · Bloch’s Archetypal Thriller: “Psycho” · Garyn G. Roberts · ar [Robert Bloch] 21 · First, Do No Harm! · Curt Phillips · ar; on pulp preservation and care. 27 · The Lesser of “The Big Three” · Walker Martin · ar; on Detective Fiction Weekly. 30 · Pulp Christmas Snow · Douglas Draa · ar; on how paperbacks helped pulp fiction survive. 32 · The Tall Tales of Captain McGrail · Monte Herridge · ar [Richard Sale] 33 · Captain McGrail by Richard Sale · Monte Herridge · bi [Richard Sale] 40 · Final Chapters · Tony Davis · ob; brief obituaries of recently deceased figures in the pulp world. 40 · An Overview of Published Works by Robert Weinberg · Tony Davis · ob

The Pulpster [#27, 2018] ed. William Lampkin (48pp, quarto) Published for PulpFest, July 26-29, 2018. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Rudolph Belarski · cv Thrilling Adventures Apr 1940 2 · From the Editor · William Lampkin · ed 2 · Contributors · Anon. · bg 4 · From the Publisher: The First 10 Years of PulpFest · Michael Chomko · ed 5 · Fatty’s Friend · William Lampkin · ar [“Fatty” Arbuckle]; on a 1921 newspaper story about Arbuckle’s cellmate, Albert Martin, reading pulps in their cell. 6 · Mr. Hoffman’s Wartime “Adventure” · Tom Krabacher · ar [Arthur Sullivant Hoffman]; “The Great War showed that pulps could be more than just escapist fiction”. 11 · That Earlier American Legion · Arthur Sullivant Hoffman · ar The American Legion Monthly Jul 1934; “From the pages of Adventure, a war veterans’ organization stumbled to life”. 15 · With Wings I Soared · George Evans & Michael Chomko · ar Purple Prose #15 2002; “Air-war pulps spurred the imagination of an illustrator at a young age”. 26 · A Fimbulwinter Introduction · Philip José Farmer · ar Apart Aug 1976; “100 Years after his birth, a look back at Philip José Farmer’s life”. 27 · The Man with the Electric Brain · Joe R. Lansdale · ar [Philip José Farmer]; “Philip José Farmer wrote sf, horror, adventure, fantasy, but mostly Farmer stories”. 30 · A Peek Inside Popular Publications · Irene Cumming Kleeberg · ar; “A former college intern recalls the pulps and authors during her summers there”.; a previously unpublished letter from Kleeburg to Al Tonik, dated May 2, 1990. 31 · The Original Suicide Squad · David W. Smith · ar; “Well before DC’s super-villain team-up, these G-men tackled crime with guns blazing”. 42 · The Mighty Ginsburg · George Evans · pm Dare-Devil Aces Mar 1943 47 · Final Chapters · Tony Davis · ob; brief obituaries of recently deceased figures in the pulp world. 47 · Farewell to a leading pulp historian, Al Tonik _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Bill Crider · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Harlan Ellison · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Harold Foreman · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Joel Frieman · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Bob Gorton · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Art Hackathorn · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Charles H. King · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Julian May · ob _48 · [on Al Tonik] · Peter Nicolls · ob