Column – New Pulp Tales

Author Interview with David Henry

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024Featured, Pulp SpotlightAuthor Interview, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard

Below is an author interview with New Pulp Tales author, David Henry! What inspired your recent story, The Shrine of the Skull? I'd been wanting to try an old school D&D flavor for a

The Shadowed Circle Compendium

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024Featured, Pulp SpotlightBatman, Michael Uslan, Steve Donoso, The Shadow, The Shadowed Circle, The Shadowed Circle Compendium, Will Murray

The Shadowed Circle Compendium is a must have for fans of The Shadow. This book collects material originally published in The Shadowed Circle magazine as well as articles exclusive to this book. It’s an excellent

Author Interview with E.C. Skowronski

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024Featured, Pulp SpotlightAuthor Interview, edgar rice burroughs, H.P. Lovecraft, pulp spotlight, Robert E. Howard

Below is an interview with New Pulp Tales author and editor, E.C. Skowronski! What inspired your recent story, The Doomed Voyage? The Doomed Voyage started—as many pulp stories have—with one simple idea: “Uh,

Necessary Evils by Serena Jayne

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023Featured, Pulp Spotlight#noir, Horror, Necessary Evils, pulp spotlight, Serena Jayne, Strange Case of Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde

Welcome to our first Pulp Spotlight of 2023. For first time readers, these articles consist of reviews of pulp fiction we enjoy. Today, we’re focusing our attention on Serena Jayne’s 2022 short story collection, Necessary

The Lovecraft Adaptations in Cabinet of Curiosities

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022Column, Featured, Pulp SpotlightArkham, Cabinet of Curiosities, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Masters of Horror, Miskatonic University, Night Gallery, Pickman's Model, Rod Serling, Stuart Gordon, The Dreams in the Witch House

My wife and I recently had a baby, so my television time is limited these days, but I made sure to check out the H.P. Lovecraft adaptations in Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.

The Dreams in the Witch House

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightDavid Henry, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, The Dreams in the Witch House, Weird Fiction, Weird Tales

The second Lovecraft adaptation in the Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a horror anthology due to come out on Netflix later this month, has its roots in the world of genuine science. In late

Del Toro’s Model

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightDavid Henry, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, Pickman's Model, Weird Fiction, Weird Tales

Spooky season is upon us, and with it a slew of new ghosts and goblins on the big and small screens. Among them is Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a horror anthology set to

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing IV – The Thing

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Shoggoth, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Nothing reveals an artist’s talent quite like telling a story which has been told before. Lovecraft began a theme of alien Antarctic horror, and Campbell spun those elements into a new narrative. The Thing from

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing III – The Thing from Another World

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Where John Carpenter fans might find Who Goes There? familiar, like coming home after a long absence, its 1951 adaptation is more like viewing the story through a funhouse mirror: anything recognizable is distorted, and

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing II – Who Goes There?

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing, Who Goes There?

In his long journey home, Odysseus was forced to pass between the fearsome monster, Scylla, and the vast, ship-swallowing whirlpool, Charybdis. A similar danger confronts anyone tasked with describing the origins of John W. Campbell’s