Robert E. Howard's story “Rattle of Bones” was first published in Weird Tales in the June 1929 issue. The story was also printed in Sk...

“The Curse of the House” is an early short story authored by Robert Bloch (1917-1994). It first appeared in the February 1939 issue of Stra...

Bjorn Nyberg (1929-2004) briefly associated himself with Conan lore beginning in the 1950s. The Swedish author collaborated with L. Sprague...

Steve Gould Fisher (1912-1980) was a prolific author of westerns , crime-fiction, and pulp stories in the early to mid 20th century. We...

Author Anthony M. Rud authored science-fiction , horror , and detective novels and short stories between the 1920s through the 1930s using h...

John Stephen Glasby (1928-2011) was a British born author that produced more than 300 novels and shorts during the mid 20th century. Most of...

I reviewed a novel called Murder's Old Maid  by Donald Bayne Hobart. It was published in the October 1956 issue of Famous Detective . I ...

The fourth Simon Ark appearance was in the June 1956 issue of Famous Detective Stories . It was also reprinted in Startling Mystery Stories...

“The Witch is Dead” was the third Simon Ark story, and it appeared in Famous Detective Stories ' April 1956 issue. It was reprinted in ...

Today's brand-new episode focuses on one of the most polarizing authors of the early to mid 20th century, Sydney Horler. He wrote 150 bo...

The Famous Detective Stories February 1956 issue includes “Hoofs of Satan”, the second appearance of occult detective Simon Ark . He first ...

Edward D. Hoch was a prolific writer that penned hundreds of shorts across several different genres in dozens upon dozens of magazines. He ...

Author George F. Krull (1911-1963) utilized the pseudonym Dean Evans to author shorts for the pulps from 1948 through 1954. During his shor...

Today's episode examines the intriguing police procedural sub-genre of crime-fiction. Eric presents an exciting feature on one of the ge...

The Doctor Death pulp character has a rather strange history. The first incarnation was in the pages of All Detective Magazine where the ...

Donald Bayne Hobart (1898-1970) began his writing career in the pulps. He authored shorts for magazines like Popular Detective , Texas Range...

Railroad Stories #12: The Silver Switch Key was published by Bold Venture Press in late 2023. I've enjoyed the publisher's efforts ...

Francis Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978) was an American historian and author from Boston who was a World War One veteran and Harvard graduate. H...

The Paperback Warrior Podcast is back! On this episode, Eric explains the show's new format while also presenting features on pulp autho...

Glenn Lord (1931-2011) became a literary agent for the Robert E. Howard  estate in 1965, a role he served in for over 25 years. Lord was ins...