‘New pulp’ sources
It’s called “new pulp” — stories by modern fans and authors that recreate the style of adventures that appeared in the pulp magazines during the pulp era.
We’ll concentrate on written prose, rather than comics or sequential art, in our coverage of New Pulp. Narrowing the category down further, we define New Pulp as stories that take place during the pulp era, or science-fiction, fantasy, horror and other pulp genres written from the perspective of the pulp era. (Publishers of stories that take place in the 1960s through present day or with a present-day sensibility won’t make the cut.)
The stories can be new stories of old pulp characters, or new stories of new pulp-like characters.
Keep in mind, many of the purveyors of classic pulp magazines and material also carry New Pulp books. Browse their websites, too, when shopping for newly-written adventures.
- Adventures in Bronze
- The “All-New Wild Adventures of Doc Savage,” being written by Will Murray, also fall into the New Pulp category, despite having a direct link to Lester Dent and the pulp era. This website will keep you up-to-date on the new series, being published through Altus Press.
- Airship 27
- Here is Airship 27’s “PDF Hanger,” where you can purchase digital copies of Airship 27’s books. You’ll find links to all of books produced by Airship 27 (Ron Fortier and Rob Davis) and published by Cornerstone Books (see below).
- All Pulp
- All Pulp calls itself “your source to the who, what, when, where and how of the modern pulp revival.” You’ll find publication announcements, links to podcasts and commentary by a variety of contributors, covering both the classic pulp magazines and New Pulp publications.
- Cornerstone Books
- Cornerstone Books publishes Airship 27’s New Pulp books, such as Damballa, Lance Star, Ghost Squadron, Secret Agent “X”, Captain Hazzard, Weird Horror Tales and more.
- Dillon
- Learn more about Derrick Ferguson’s series of stories featuring Dillon, one of the few black action heroes in New Pulp. You’ll find links to the first Dillon novel, Dillon and the Voice of Odin (which you can read online), and information about subsequent novels and where to purchase them.
- Doc Hazzard: The Bronze Titan
- Meet Doc Hazzard, Dafydd Neal Dyar’s homage to a certain man of bronze. Dyar, writing as “Cainnech Roberson,” has posted several adventures online, with more planned. Learn about the “Bronze Titan” on the site’s homepage, then click through to read the stories.
- iPulpFiction
- iPulpFiction is an online reading service, rather than an ebook seller. You’ll find a mix of vintage pulp stories — from Adventure, Dime Mystery, Rangeland Romace, Terror Tales and more — as well as New Pulp stories from publishers such as Airship 27 and Moonstone Books, ready for reading on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Some stories are free, while others cost tokens (which you can purchase on the website).
- Knightravel Studios
- Wayne Reinagel, through his Knightraven Studios, has started two series of adventure novels and short stories: Pulp Heroes and Modern Marvels. The Pulp Heroes trilogy takes place in the 1930s and ’40s, while the Modern Marvels series is set during the late 1800s.
- Moonstone Books
- Originally a comic book publisher, Moonstone has branched out into books and “new pulp.” It lists collections of new stories featuring The Spider, The Avenger, Zorro, The Black Bat, The Domino Lady, The Phantom Detective and others.
- New Pulp
- New Pulp is the clearinghouse for “new pulp” fictioneers, with updates, information and links to “new pulp” creators, publishers and stores. The website’s purpose is to get “the word out that New Pulp exists.”
- Planetary Stories
- Planetary Stories, an “online homage to the S-F pulp magazines of the ’30s through the ’50s” edited by Shelby Vick and Gerald W. Page, publishes three times a year. It’s not just science fiction that they publish, it’s space opera. So if you enjoy Captain Future and the likes, you’ll get a kick out of this e-zine. The site also plays home to Pulp Spirit, a webzine of “non-science fiction type stories,” and Wonderlust, which specializes in “fantastic speculation.”
- Pro Se Press
- This Batesville, Ark., endeavor — which also co-sponsors Pulp Ark, a gathering for New Pulp writers, artists and fans — has published several New Pulp series and collections in its first year, and recently announced plans for Pro Se Presents, its new New Pulp magazine.
- Pulp Empire
- Pulp Empire traces its heritage back to Pulp Stories Monthly, an email newsletter from 2003. These days, Pulp Empire is a quarterly anthology and website of “new pulp.”
- PulpWork Press
- PulpWork Press is home to a variety of New Pulp authors, including Derrick Ferguson, Joel Jenkins, Percival Constantine, Joshua Reynolds and others. Read about the authors, their books, which include action-adventure, science fiction and horror themes, and where to purchase them on its website.
- The Red Badge
- Mark Halegua’s foray into New Pulp is the Red Badge, a red-cloaked vigilante whol battles the criminal dinizens of Central City. Halegua’s slowly expanding this website to include more information about his character, whose first story will appear in Mystery Men (and Women), Volume 2, from Airship27.
- Wild Cat Books
- Ron Hanna’s Wild Cat Books has published a number of excellent pulp reference works. In recent years, he’s added New Pulp to the list, with the Lost Sanctum and Double Danger Tales series, a revival of the Startling Stories title, a new K-Gor… The Jungle Lord collection, and more.
