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The Domino Lady — Scarlet Adventuress

Jun 19, 2017 by

The Domino Lady — Scarlet Adventuress

This year, PulpFest is trying an experiment. We’ll be offering readings between our presentations as our technical staff gets ready. One of...

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Check Out the DoubleTree at Monster Bash

Jun 17, 2017 by

Check Out the DoubleTree at Monster Bash

After eight enjoyable years in Columbus, Ohio, PulpFest has a new home. The 2017 edition of “Summer’s Amazing Pulp Con” will take...

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Compliments of The Domino Lady

Jun 16, 2017 by

Compliments of The Domino Lady

In the violence-riddled cities of the pulp era, the police were either unable or unwilling to deal with the criminal element. It was left to...

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Hardboiled and Dangerous: The Characters...

Jun 15, 2017 by

Hardboiled and Dangerous: The Characters of Erle Stanley Gardner

When the magazine BLACK MASK is discussed, author Dashiell Hammett generally comes into play. But the creator of Sam Spade and The Continental Op...

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Hard-Boiled at 100: The Don Everhard Sto...

Jun 14, 2017 by

Hard-Boiled at 100: The Don Everhard Stories of Gordon Young

Tradition holds that the hardboiled school of detective fiction began with the publication of Carroll John Daly’s “Three Gun Terry” in the May 15,...

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Somewhere a Roscoe: Dan Turner and SPICY...

Jun 13, 2017 by

Somewhere a Roscoe: Dan Turner and SPICY DETECTIVE

“From the window that opened onto the roof-top sun deck a roscoe sneezed: Ka-Chow! Chowpf! and a red-hot hornet creased its stinger across my...

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Hardboiled Dicks: A Look at DIME DETECTI...

Jun 12, 2017 by

Hardboiled Dicks: A Look at DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE

Matt Moring — the publisher of Altus Press and its fine line of pulp reprint and history volumes — turns an eye toward DIME DETECTIVE...

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Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents “Return to ...

Jun 10, 2017 by

Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents “Return to the Sabbath”

For the last week or so, PulpFest‘s web posts have been discussing this year’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of...

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