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Windy City Pulp Stories [#11, 2011] ed. Tom Roberts (Black Dog Books; Normal IL, isbn 13-978-1-4884449-0903, free with convention membership, 148pp+) published for Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention, 2011. Subtitle: Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Popular Publications. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Rafael DeSoto · cv The Spider Oct 1941 4 · Goldsmith and Steeger Incorporate · Anon. · ms The Author & Journalist Jun 1930 4 · Popular Publications Announce · Anon. · ms The Author & Journalist Sep 1930 5 · The Popular Publications Magazines · August Lenniger · ar Writer’s Digest Sep 1930 7 · An Interview with Henry Steeger · Nils Hardin · iv Xenophile #33 1977 49 · G-8, Flying Spy of the Pulps · Sidney H. Bradd · ar Xenophile #11 1975 67 · 2010 Munsey Award Winner, Mike Chomko · Mike Chomko · ar; transcript of acceptance speech. 68 · Who Wrote Operator 5? · Robert Weinberg & Joel Frieman · ia Pulp Fll 1981 76 · G-8 Versus Stahlmaske · Nick Carr · ar Pulp Sum 1974 91 · Jumping Jimmy Christopher · Dean A. Grennell · ar Xenophile #30 1977 99 · As I Recall It (Shirley Steeger Remembers) [Henry Steeger] · Shirley Steeger · bg Xenophile #33 1977, as “Mrs. Steeger Recalls” 100 · How Dusty Ayres Was Born · Robert Sidney Bowen · lt (r); to Ron Goulart, August 11, 1969. 101 · Meeting Steeger [from “Pulp Artist Norman Saunders”] · Norman Saunders · bg Xenophile #33 1977 102 · Captain Satan · Dean A. Grennell · ar Grue #28 1956 108 · A Day at Popular Publications, 1940 · Tom Roberts · ar; mostly photographs reprinted from unspecified 1940 “trade journal”. 120 · The Popular Publications Premiums · Tom Roberts & Chris Kalb · ar 129 · Pulp Reflections · Bruno Fischer · lt (r); to Ron Goulart, April 5, 1969. 130 · Six of a Chain · August Lenniger · ar Writer’s Digest Jan 1935 139 · From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2011 · Ed Hulse · mr 147 · Index to Advertisers · Anon. · ms

Windy City Pulp Stories [#12, 2012] ed. Tom Roberts (Black Dog Books; Normal IL, isbn 13-978-1-4884449-29-1, free with convention membership, 146pp+) published for Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention, 2012. Subtitle: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of John Carter of Mars, Tarzan of the Apes, and the Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Stockton Mulford · cv Argosy All-Story Weekly Feb 2 1924 5 · Entertainment Is Fiction’s Purpose · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar Writer’s Digest Jun 1930 10 · The Tarzan Theme · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar Writer’s Digest Jun 1932 17 · J. Allen St. John: A Short Biography · Robert Weinberg · bg A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, Robert Weinberg, Greenwood Press 1988 24 · “Romance Isn’t Dead” [Edgar Rice Burroughs] · Oliver Poole · iv Writer’s Markets and Methods Mar 1938 28 · Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. · Dolph Sharp · ar Writer’s Digest Aug 1949 40 · Meet the Authors: Edgar Rice Burroughs · Edgar Rice Burroughs · bg Amazing Stories Jun 1941 42 · A Selection of Letters from Thomas Metcalf, Editor of All-Story, to ERB · Thomas Metcalf · lt (r) 50 · A Martian Glossary · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ms The All-Story Oct 1913 55 · An Interview with Artist Greg Hildebrandt · Tom Roberts · iv 61 · A Brief Look at Roy Krenkel and His ERB Illustrations · Doug Ellis · ar [Roy Krenkel] 66 · Tarzan the Mighty · Ed Hulse · ar Blood ’n’ Thunder Sum 2009 80 · Tarzan, Lord of the Radio Jungle · Anthony Tollin · ar 84 · New Stories of Tarzan [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ss The Blue Book Magazine Sep 1916; better known as “Tarzan’s First Love”. 98 · Tarzan at MGM · Anon. · ms; mostly photographs. 101 · Barsoom and Myself · Leigh Brackett · ar ERBania #19 1966 104 · 2011 Munsey Award Winner Anthony Tollin · Anthony Tollin & Anon. · ms 106 · From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2012 · Ed Hulse · ar 114 · Select Verse _114 · Must Fight or Run Out · Edgar Rice Burroughs · pm The Chicago Tribune Oct 15 1910, as by Normal Bean _115 · Nay, It Hath Not Gone · Edgar Rice Burroughs · pm The Chicago Tribune Feb 3 1914, as by Normal Bean _115 · The Contribs of Yesterday · Edgar Rice Burroughs · pm The Chicago Tribune May 31 1915, as by Normal Bean 117 · Will Go Gypsying All Summer · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar Oak Leaves Apr 29 1916 120 · Man or Tumblebug · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar Oak Leaves May 26 1917 122 · Arms and the Woman · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar Oak Leaves Nov 3 1917 125 · Go to Pershing · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ar Logansport Daily Tribune Dec 27 1918 128 · Syndicated Edgar Rice Burroughs Newspaper Art · Tom Roberts · pi (r); mostly from Daily Free Press (Carbondale, IL), 1917. 142 · Select ERB Book Reviews · [Various] · br (r) 144 · Obituary for Edgar Rice Burroughs · Anon. · ob (r); from The Evening News (Tonawanda, NY), March 20, 1950. 146 · Author Buys Oak Park Home · Anon. · ms Oak Leaves Apr 14 1917 146 · Index to Advertisers · Anon. · ms

Windy City Pulp Stories [#13, 2013] ed. Tom Roberts (Black Dog Books; Normal IL, isbn 978-1-4884449-41-1,3, free with convention membership, 138pp+) published for Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention, 2013. Subtitle: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Fu Manchu and His Creator, Sax Rohmer, and the 90th Anniversary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Margaret Brundage · cv Weird Tales Dec 1933 4 · Fu Manchu: The First Hundred Years · William Patrick Maynard · ar [Sax Rohmer] 18 · J.C. Coll: A Retrospective Gallery · Tom Roberts · il [J. C. Coll] 26 · Sax Rohmer, Creator of Villanious Characters, Says Gangsters Doomed · Gene Cohn · ar Niagara Falls Gazette Mar 12 1931 [Sax Rohmer] 30 · Fu Manchu on Film: A Photo Gallery · [Various] · pt 42 · The Art of Making Villains · Sax Rohmer · ar Oakland Tribune Apr 20 1924 45 · The Fraudulent Fu Manchu · Rick Lai · ar [Harry Ashton-Wolfe] 53 · Editors You Want to Know: Farnsworth Wright, Editor of Weird Tales · E. Hoffmann Price · ar The Author & Journalist Oct 1931 [Farnsworth Wright] 56 · Printing Company Occupies Washington Street Plant · Anon. · ms Indianapolis Star Dec 8 1924 57 · Farnsworth Wright: Correspondence to Donald Wandrei, 1932 · Farnsworth Wright · lt 60 · The Weird Tales Club Card · Anon. · ms 63 · The Psycho-Mystic, Horror and Weird Story Field · Joseph Lichtblau · ar Writer’s Digest Aug 1931 69 · Market Requirements: Pseudo-Scientific Magazines · Anon. · ms Writer’s Market Annual 1936 70 · Margaret Brundage · Robert Weinberg & R. A. Everts · ar A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, Robert Weinberg, Greenwood Press 1988 [Margaret Brundage] 73 · Margaret Brundage · [untitled cover gallery] · il (r); from various issues of Weird Tales and from Girl Model Parade #8, 1939. 84 · Ooze · Anthony M. Rud · nv Weird Tales Mar 1923 101 · About the Author · Tom Roberts · ar [Anthony M. Rud] 102 · Novelty: The Essential of Science Fiction · Charles D. Hornig · ar The Author & Journalist Jul 1934 108 · The Science Fiction Field · Leigh Brackett · ar Writer’s Digest Jul 1944 119 · Science Fiction Markets · Anon. · ar Writer’s Digest Jul 1944 122 · E.E. “Doc” Smith Correspondence to Jack Darrow, 1931-38 · Doug Ellis · lt [E. E. Smith; Jack Darrow] 128 · From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2013 · Ed Hulse · mr; brief reviews of films to be shown at the convention. bc. · [illustration] · Howard Browne · il (r)

Windy City Pulp Stories [#14, 2014] ed. Tom Roberts (Black Dog Books, $14.95, 152pp, tp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Tom Roberts · cv 5 · Dashiell Hammett and the Detective Pulps 5 · House Burglary Poor Trade [Dashiell Hammett] · Helen Herbert Foster · iv Brooklyn Eagle Oct 6 1929 9 · Sex, Deftly Handled · H. Bedford-Jones · ar Writer’s Digest Oct 1923 12 · Shall We Write Sex Stories? _12 · In Defense of the Sex Stories · Dashiell Hammett · ar Writer’s Digest Jun 1924; reply to “Sex, Deftly Handled”. _13 · Reply to Mr. Hammett · H. Bedford-Jones · ar Writer’s Digest Jun 1924; reply to “In Defense of the Sex Stories”. 15 · How Philo Vance, Clubfoot and Charlie Chan Were Born · H. F. Manchester · ar The Writer Sep 1931 [S. S. Van Dine; Valentine Williams; Earl Derr Biggers] 22 · Do You Want to Become a Writer? or Do You Want to Make Money? · Joseph T. Shaw · ar Writer’s Digest May 1934 28 · Dialogue · Joseph T. Shaw · ar Writer’s Digest Jun 1939 36 · Cleve F. Adams: Black Knight, Cannibal and Forgotten Man · Evan Lewis · ar [Cleve F. Adams] 49 · The Maltese Falcon on Film: A Photo Gallery · [Various] · pi 63 · Special Fiction Section 63 · The Road Home · Peter Collinson · vi The Black Mask Dec 1922 67 · The Western Pulps 67 · Western Fiction Discussed by Eugene Manlove Rhodes · William McLeod Raine · ar The Student-Writer Nov 1922 [Eugene Manlove Rhodes] 72 · To the Prolific Belong the Spoils · George C. Henderson · ar The Author & Journalist Jun 1928 75 · Get Your Villainy First · W. D. Hoffman · ar The Author & Journalist Sep 1927 77 · Write ’Em, Cowboy! [William McLeod Raine] · Herbert Cerwin · iv Writer’s Digest Feb 1931 81 · The Western Story Lives · J. R. Johnston · ar The Author & Journalist Jul 1931 86 · Clarence E. Mulford Lets His Stories “Grow” · Harold L. Cail · ar The Author & Journalist May 1927 [Clarence E. Mulford] 88 · The Western Story Today · Edmund Collier · ar The Writer Jun 1934 96 · Mean Pete Growls! [Peter Brandvold] · Tom Roberts · iv 108 · My Favorite Western Pulps and Authors · James Reasoner · ar 117 · Art Focus 117 · Autobiography and Art Gallery · Virgil Finlay · pi _117 · Autobiography · Virgil Finlay · ar Science Stories Apr 1954, as “The People Who Write Science Stories” [Virgil Finlay] _118 · [Art Gallery] · Virgil Finlay · pi 125 · Hannes Bok Biography and Art Gallery · Robert Weinberg · pi [Hannes Bok] _125 · Hannes Bok · Robert Weinberg · ar A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, Robert Weinberg, Greenwood Press 1988 _127 · [Art Gallery] · Hannes Bok · pi 136 · My Glazing Technique · Hannes Bok · ar 1945; from Bok’s personal papers; a 1945 press release for a Bok exhibition; not known if used at the time or not. 138 · Edd Cartier Biography and Art Gallery · Robert Weinberg · pi [Edd Cartier] _138 · Edd Cartier · Robert Weinberg · ar A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, Robert Weinberg, Greenwood Press 1988 _140 · [Art Gallery] · Edd Cartier · pi 145 · Film Focus 145 · From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2014 · Ed Hulse · ar

Windy City Pulp Stories [#15, 2015] ed. Tom Roberts (Black Dog Books, $15.95, 206pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · About the Cover: Lovecraft in Britain by Les Edwards · Anon. · ms [Les Edwards] 5 · H.P. Lovecraft Celebration 5 · Shadows Over Lovecraft · David H. Keller, M.D. · ar Fantasy Commentator Sum 1948 [H. P. Lovecraft] 22 · My First Lovecraft · F. Paul Wilson · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 28 · Collecting Lovecraft: A Gallery · Gene Christie · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 38 · Lovecraft and Pseudo-Mathematics · Robert Weinberg · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 42 · How Great Britain “Discovered” H.P. Lovecraft · Stephen Jones · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 52 · The Call of Khalk’ru and Other Speculations · Will Murray · ar [H. P. Lovecraft; A. Merritt] 57 · Lovecraft and Weird Tales · S. T. Joshi · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 66 · A Lovecraft Rarity · Doug Ellis · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 68 · Lovecraft’s Astronomical Notebook · David H. Keller, M.D. · ar The Lovecraft Collector Oct 1949 [H. P. Lovecraft] 74 · The Truth About the Shunned House Hardcover · Robert Weinberg · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 78 · The Arkham House Story · August Derleth · ar Fantastic Worlds Sum 1952 88 · Special Fiction Section 88 · The Doom That Came to Sarnath · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Scot Jun 1920 93 · Celephaïs · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Rainbow May 1922 98 · Herbert West—Reanimator · H. P. Lovecraft · gp Home Brew Feb 1922 (+5), as “Grewsome Tales” 121 · The Lasting Influence of Lovecraft—Fiction Inspired by the Work by HPL 121 · Lovecraft: A Lasting Influence · Tom Roberts · si 122 · Chant · Robert Weinberg · ss Dial Your Dreams & Other Nightmares, DarkTales Publications 2001 131 · Sydney Taine vs. The Slime God · Robert Weinberg · ss 145 · Art Focus 145 · The Art of H.P. Lovecraft · Will Murray · ar 153 · The Look of Lovecraft: A Randy Broecker Art Gallery · Randy Broecker · pi 168 · The Street & Smith Comics 168 · Street & Smith in Four-Colors · Anthony Tollin · ar 185 · The Street & Smith Comics · Michelle Nolan · ar 197 · Film Focus 197 · From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2015 · Ed Hulse · ar

Windy City Pulp Stories [#16, 2016] ed. Tom Roberts (Black Dog Books, $14.95, 182pp, tp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Frank R. Paul · cv Wonder Stories Quarterly Fll 1931 A Celebration of Science Fiction 4 · My (Very Late) Tribute to Astounding · Robert Weinberg · ar 5 · An Interview with A.E. van Vogt · Robert Weinberg · iv 20 · An Alternate History of the Early SF Magazines · Will Murray · ar 26 · Reflections on Science Fiction · Manly Wade Wellman · ar 28 · An Interview with Poul Anderson · Dave Studzinski · iv 39 · Astounding Oddities · Will Murray · ar 41 · Amazing Stories · Everett F. & Richard J. Bleiler · ar 1998; from Science Fiction: The Gernsback Years (Kent State University Press). 65 · Writing the Pseudo-Scientific Story · Amelia Reynolds Long · ar Writer’s Magazine Monthly Feb 1933 69 · Hugo Gernsback Tells · Hugo Gernsback · ar Writer’s Digest Apr 1930 73 · The Faces of Science Fiction · Tom Roberts · ar; mainly consists of reprinted sketch portraits and mini-bios for 21 Gernsback authors, reprinted from various issues of Air Wonder Stories and Wonder Stories. 80 · The Mort Weisinger Gala—June 5, 1937 · Doug Ellis · ar; discusses a previously-unchronicled get-together of thirteen sf authors at Weisinger’s home in New Jersey. _82 · [two group photographs] · Anon. · pt _83 · [letter to Jack Darrow describing the event] · Otto Binder · lt 85 · Science Fiction Collector Rarities · Doug Ellis · ar Art Focus 92 · Bogeyman · Stewart Robertson · ar Family Circle Aug 26 1938 [Frank R. Paul] 107 · Roy G. Krenkel: A Brief Biography · David Saunders · bg 2009 109 · A Gallery of Science Fiction Art by Roy G. Krenkel · Tom Roberts · pi; illustrated by Roy G. Krenkel A Celebration of The Argosy and Frank A. Munsey 124 · The Story of The Argosy · Frank A. Munsey · ar The Argosy Dec 1907, as “A Quarter Century of the Argosy” 145 · The Making and Marketing of Munsey’s Magazines · Frank A. Munsey · ia Munsey’s Magazine Dec 1899 Film Focus 173 · From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2016 · Ed Hulse · ar

Windy City Pulp Stories [#17, 2017] ed. Tom Roberts (Black Dog Books, $14.95, 130pp, tp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Tom Lovell · cv Greater Gangster Stories Apr 1934 5 · The New Gangster Story · Joseph Lichtblau · ar Writer’s Digest Sep 1930 12 · Underworld, Gangster, G-Men, Etc. [from Pulpwood Editor] · Harold Hersey · ex Stokes 1937 15 · Two Magazines Suspend Under Sumner Threat · Anon. · ar (r); undated newspaper clipping, c. 1930. 18 · Gangsters Real and Fictional · George Hagenauer · ar 28 · Tom Lovell: The Hersey Years · Tom Roberts · bg 35 · Steranko: Daydreams, Nightmares, and Other Obsessions · Anon. · ar [Jim Steranko]; illustrated by Jim Steranko 41 · Steranko Sounds Off! [Jim Steranko] · Tom Roberts · iv 49 · Have You a Little Sadism in Your Dome? · Harry Adler · ar The Author & Journalist Nov 1939 56 · Meet the Editor: Robert O. Erisman · Anon. · iv Writer’s Digest 1940 60 · An Interview with Abe Goodman · Robert Weinberg · iv Pulp Win 1978 65 · A Short History and Checklist of Martin Goodman’s Pulp Publications · Gene Christie · bi 74 · Pineapples! · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Greater Gangster Stories Jul 1933 85 · The Gargoyles of Madness · Russell Gray · nv Uncanny Tales Aug 1939 109 · My Life in Science Fiction · David Kyle · bg; a brief collection of personal recollections, compiled from several interviews with David A. Kyle conducted by John L. Coker III during Spring 2005. 110 · I Remember David A. Kyle · John L. Coker, III · ob 112 · David Kyle: A Life of Science Fiction Ideas and Dreams [David A. Kyle] · John L. Coker, III · bg 121 · From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2017 · Ed Hulse · ar