PulpFest is not only lauded for its excellent programming but also its very substantial dealers’ room.
Beginning on Thursday, August 19, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry will be home to thousands of collectible pulp magazines and digests, vintage paperbacks, first edition hardcovers and series books, original art, B-movies and serials, collectible comic books, and much more.
What dealers are we expecting at PulpFest 2021? For the next five days, we’ll be profiling our dealers, telling you a little bit about each of them so you get to know them . . .
Self-described “pulp writer” FRED ADAMS JR. will be sharing a dealer’s table with writing colleague, Wayne Carey. Fred has been a published author since 1971 when he began selling fiction to magazines and non-fiction pieces to newspapers. Since his retirement from Penn State University’s English faculty, he has written eighteen novels, two nonfiction books, and over twenty commissioned novellas and short stories for anthologies. To learn more about Fred Adams Jr. and his work, please visit his Dr. Phreddee aka Fred Adams Jr. Author Page.
JOHN and MAUREEN GUNNISON of ADVENTURE HOUSE will be offering their usual extensive stock of pulp magazines as well as HIGH ADVENTURE, G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES, and the many pulp replicas and collections he has published under the Adventure House banner. John will also be one of our auctioneers during this year’s member auction, taking place on August 21. To learn more about Adventure House, please visit www.adventurehouse.com/.
Since 2007, AGE OF ACES BOOKS has been offering high-quality, affordably-priced reprints of classic pulp aviation stories. CHRIS and DAVID KALB have scoured hundreds of issues of titles like DARE-DEVIL ACES, BATTLE BIRDS, FLYING ACES, and SKY FIGHTERS to present to a modern audience the most thrilling air stories featuring the most unforgettable forgotten heroes — Captain Philip Strange, The Black Falcon, Smoke Wade, The Three Mosquitoes, and others! Crack open one of their many volumes and journey back to an AGE OF ACES! You can learn more by visiting their website at ageofaces.net. Chris Kalb is one of our nominees for the 2021 Munsey Award. He’ll also be part of our “Selling the Shadow” presentation on Friday, August 20.
JIM & WALTER ALBERT are brothers from Arkansas and Pennsylvania respectively. They’ve been collecting for years and selling at PulpFest since the very beginning. Stop by their tables for an excellent selection of pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers, fanzines, and much more. You’re bound to find excellent values on some terrific items from Jim and Walter. You probably won’t leave empty-handed.
Chicago’s MARK ALVARADO, a longtime collector of books and pulp magazines, will once again be exhibiting at PulpFest. He’s hoping to dig out something super exciting to bring along to the con. If he finds something, you’ll be the first to know. Please stay tuned and welcome Mark back to the summertime Pulp Con!
MATT BETTS refers to himself as a writer, poet, and zombie wrangler. He is the author of CARSON OF VENUS: THE EDGE OF ALL WORLDS, a continuation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs series, as well as seven other novels and two collections of science fiction poetry. He is also the host of the SOMETHING FROM NOTHING podcast, a series of interviews with creatives about their creative processes. You can learn more about the writer by visiting his website. Matt lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, two sons, and the thing they all call, “The dog.”
BOLD VENTURE PRESS is a heroic little publishing company, rolling out quality editions of new and classic pulp fiction. Their scope spans many genres — mystery, science fiction, horror, western, romance, and humor. Stop by their table to check out their publications and say hello to AUDREY PARENTE, an award-winning, retired newspaper reporter, and RICH HARVEY, founder of the company and one of our nominees for the 2021 Munsey Award. In addition to their publishing, Rich and Audrey also organize Pulp AdventureCon twice each year.
PulpFest 2021 welcomes MICHAEL BRENNER of BRENNER’S COLLECTABLE BOOKS back to our convention. Michael specializes in science fiction and mystery books, signed first editions, vintage paperbacks, books into film, and more. He has been buying, selling, and passionately collecting books for over thirty years. Michael is a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA.
THE BURROUGHS BIBLIOPHILES is a nonprofit literary society devoted to studying and promoting interest in the works, creations, and life of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The members of the organization will be represented at this year’s PulpFest by Treasurer HENRY G. FRANKE III — who also serves as the Editor of THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN and THE GRIDLEY WAVE — and GARY BUCKINGHAM, host of the 2021 Dum-Dum, the Bibliophiles’ annual convention. It will take place November 6 – 7 in Albuquerque, NM. Along with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and PulpFest, Henry was instrumental in putting together this summer’s ERBFest, taking place at our convention. To learn more about The Burroughs Bibliophiles, visit burroughsbibliophiles.com/ or email Henry at BurroughsBibliophiles@gmail.
Continuing the adventures of H. Rider Haggard’s Allan Quatermain, WAYNE CAREY has authored two novels and a short story for Airship 27 Productions’ QUATERMAIN: THE NEW ADVENTURES. Wayne has also written COMPANY OF SHADOWS — a supernatural thriller — EL’ARIS — first in a new science fiction series — and a political thriller, EXECUTIVE GAMBIT — nominated for a 2021 Pulp Factory Award. His work has also appeared in several anthologies including the award-winning LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION. In addition to being one of our PulpFest dealers, Wayne will be reading from his work during our New Fictioneers’ author readings on Friday, August 20.
A dealer since 1976, NICK CERTO always manages to unearth lots of rare and desirable items. A resident of Newburgh, New York, he brings choice selections of pulps and related items — including original artwork — to the conventions where he exhibits. Be sure to stop by his table. In the meantime, please visit the Nicholas J. Certo website at AbeBooks.com.
RON CHANDLER is an indie author from Frederick, Maryland who writes adventure pulp fiction. His short stories have been featured in literary magazines across the country. He is presenting two suspenseful books at this year’s PulpFest. NEPTUNE’S GARDEN AND OTHER ADVENTURES is a collection of twelve outdoor adventures, including a murder mystery set on a research facility at the bottom of the Atlantic. GHOST RIDERS OF CUMBERLAND GAP is a novel about a Virginia teenager who becomes an action-adventure hero after crossing through a time portal. We’d like to welcome Ron to his first PulpFest.
Our 2010 Munsey Award winner, MIKE CHOMKO, will be representing Altus Press, Stark House Press, and other small publishers at PulpFest 2021. He’ll be premiering various titles from these publishers and have a selection of other books and periodicals. To learn more about the many books that he carries, please visit the Mike Chomko Books website and download a copy of his latest catalog. Mike is also the marketing and programming director for PulpFest.
PulpFest Chairman JACK CULLERS is the person to see if you’re looking for pulps and out-of-print paperbacks, collectible fanzines, pulp reprints, and hardbound fiction and non-fiction. Find your way to Jack’s table and you’ll be treated to a wide variety of materials at very reasonable prices. You may just come across something you’ve been questing after for years. Jack and his wife Sally were the winners of our Rusty Award in 2012.
If you are a dealer or collector who would like to sell at PulpFest, please click the “Registration” button just below the banner at the top of our home page. You can also email convention chairperson Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com for further information about selling at the convention.
If you still need to book a room at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry — just north of Pennsylvania’s “Steel City,” please call 1-800-222-8733 or 724-776-6900. Be sure to mention PulpFest.
We’ll be profiling more of our PulpFest 2021 dealers through Friday, August 6. Please visit our site tomorrow for our next segment.
Designed by PulpFest’s artistic director, William Lampkin, our PulpFest 2021 postcard features the work of artist George Rozen. It was adapted from the artist’s cover painting for THE SHADOW MAGAZINE for November 1, 1936.
Edited by Audrey Parente & Daryl McCullough, ZORRO — THE DARING ESCAPADES is just one of the many fine books published by Bold Venture Press. An anthology of sixteen all-new thrilling adventures, based on the legendary character created by Johnston McCulley, ZORRO — THE DARING ESCAPADES features front cover art by Daniel Horne.
Arnold Hano’s novel “Slade” was originally published by Lion in 1956, while “Manhunter” followed from Signet one year later. According to Cullen Gallagher’s PULP SERENADE, “Hano doesn’t handle his characters with kid gloves — he puts them through hell, over and over again. . . . These great books embody why Hano deserves the title ‘Master of the Western Noir.’” Thanks to Stark House Press, pulp fans can now enjoy both novels in a brand new edition.
