2010 is already shaping up to be a great year for pulp fiction. We’ll have another full year of not only Doc Savage and The Shadow from Sanctum Books, but also quarterly issues of The Avenger and The Whisperer. From Girasol Collectables, there will be twelve new Spider pulp replicas as well as eight adventures of The Master of Men in the popular doubles format. Girasol will also be publishing two facsimile editions collecting all of H. P. Lovecraft’s output for Weird Tales magazine. John Gunnison’s Adventure House will have six more issues of High Adventure–fast approaching its 20th anniversary–four issues of G-8 and His Battle Aces, about three dozen pulp replicas, and more. And of course, there will be plenty of other books to choose from with the offerings from Age of Aces Books, the award-winning Altus Press, Black Dog Books, Pulpville Press, and other small publishers.    

And for those of you who enjoy pulp fiction written in the here and now, there will be many exciting offerings available from publishers both small and large. Airship 27, in association with Cornerstone Books, will have new stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, Dan Fowler, the Green Lama, Captain Hazzard and other exciting heroes from the world of pulps and fiction magazines. You’ll also be able to thrill to new stories of Ki-Gor the Jungle Lord, the Moon Man, Doctor Satan and others, thanks to Ron Hanna’s Wildcat Books. New tales of Johnston McCulley’s Zorro, Norvell Page’s The Spider, the Domino Lady, and other great heroes will be forthcoming from Moonstone Books. And the folks at Leisure Books will be offering three more of the thrilling adventures of Gabriel Hunt in the months ahead.

But let’s not forget about the exciting pulp convention schedule for 2010. Starting things off will be the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, not only celebrating its tenth year, but also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Adventure magazine. The Spring edition of Classicon is next, marking its 37th appearance in the city of Lansing, Michigan. On Saturday, May 8th, the 14th edition of Canada’s premier pulp event takes place at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library. Join our pulp-loving friends north of the border for the Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale (you can download a color flyer for the Toronto show by clicking on the image above). Of course, all these events will all be leading up to PulpFest, summertime’s great pulp con. Why not register today?