Samuel Langland – New Pulp Tales

The Shadow: The First Dark Knight

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022Column, Featured, Pulp SpotlightMaxwell Grant, pulp spotlight, Samuel Langland, The Shadow, Walter B. Gibson

The Shadow, though not obscure, is probably lodged in most people’s memories with other “second-tier” vigilantes and masks of yesteryear—Doc Savage, The Phantom, The Spider, Black Mask, Green Hornet, and so

Iron & Glass: Episode 17 — Daedalus

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass Year 2, Samuel Langland

In this brief episode, our hero pushes through the fog of war to try and turn the tide of the battle. Read past episodes here. I was in

Iron & Glass: Episode 16 — Hounds of War

March 31, 2021April 7, 2021Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2, Samuel Langland

Our hero finds himself bereft as he girds for battle. I screamed. My head spun as the world turned around me—shapes, lights, and

Iron & Glass: Episode 15 — Roll of the Dice

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2, Samuel Langland

Our hero has saved his love, but it’s out of the frying pan and into the fire. The Hypogeans were hot on our tail. Our stolen military truck, which I had next

Iron & Glass: Episode 14 – Headlong

November 4, 2020December 13, 2020Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2

Our hero and his empress make a desperate gambit against their pursuers. To read the previous installments, click here. We ran. Aeliana kept up beside me, her long strides graceful even in

Iron & Glass: Episode 13 – A Fox Among Wolves

October 7, 2020December 13, 2020Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2

Read past episodes and catch up on the story here. *** Our hero tests his cunning against a swarm of enemies to rescue his empress.

Iron & Glass: Episode 12 – Against All Odds

September 9, 2020December 13, 2020Editorial, Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2

Read past episodes and catch up on the story here. *** Our desperate hero mounts a rescue without a plan. It wasn’t going according to

Iron & Glass: Episode 11 – One Man Army

July 29, 2020December 13, 2020Editorial, FeaturedIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2

Read past episodes and catch up on the story here. *** Our hero finds himself alone, unarmed, and hunted. As the traitor Eude and his

Iron & Glass: Episode 10 – The Storms of Strife

July 1, 2020December 13, 2020Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2

Read past episodes and catch up on the story here. *** Our hero is stranded in a storm-tossed sea. I broke the surface of the water and thrashed about,

Iron & Glass: Episode 9 – Interregnum

May 27, 2020December 13, 2020Featured, Sci-FiIron & Glass, Iron & Glass Year 2

Our hero contemplates staggering truths in the calm before the storm. I was once again floating in the void but tethered to our vessel and busy cutting away the now useless parachutes. Aeliana spoke of