PulpFest is a top venue for writers and publishers to roll out their newest titles. Following are some of the new books that will be featured at this summer’s pulp con.
In addition to being one of the world’s largest pulp dealers, Adventure House is a very active publisher of pulp reprints and pulp replicas. In addition to having a wide selection of vintage pulp magazines, John and Maureen Gunnison will have recent issues of High Adventure and various titles in their pulp replica line, including Spicy Adventure, Spicy Detective, Spicy Mystery, and others.
Age of Aces Books is a publisher of pulp fiction treasures with a keen eye for design. At this year’s PulpFest, Chris and David Kalb will be releasing two thrilling collections from the tattered pages of the air war pulps: Donald E. Keyhoe’s Devildog Squadron: The Flying Juggernaut — six more Weird World War I stories featuring a squadron of 27 of the maddest Marines on the Western Front — and their fifth collection of Ralph Oppenheim’s The Adventures of The Three Mosquitoes: The Night Monster — collecting four action-packed adventures from the pages of Popular Publications’ Dare-Devil Aces.
A familiar face at PulpFest, Jim Beard of Becky Books will have a couple of new books at this year’s PulpFest. Inspired by the G.I. Joe “Adventure Team” action figures of the 1970s, Jim’s latest D.C. Jones and Adventure Command International adventure, Assault on Mummy Mountain, will be available at PulpFest 2023. He’ll also have copies of his new non-fiction anthology about old-school role-playing games from the 1970s — when Dungeons & Dragons was a brand new thing — D20 or Die! Memories of Old School Role-Playing Games. It’s part of the Becky Books series, Memories from Today’s Grown-Up Kids.
Set in Minnesota’s Twin Cities during the Great Depression, Jonathan Sweet’s Red Jackel series has been twice nominated for a Pulp Factory Award, recognizing the best in new pulp writing. The Jackel is a vigilante shaped by the powers of ancient Egypt; a crimefighter who will defend the powerless and terrify the guilty. Stop by the Brick Pickle Mediatable at PulpFest 2023 where Jonathan will have copies of the latest Red Jackal adventure, Eye of Vengeance. Find out why readers call the Red Jackal an essential addition to the hero pulps!
Mike Chomko, Books will be representing Stark House Press at this year’s PulpFest. He’ll have Gil Brewer’s Satan Is a Woman & 13 French Street, two early noir novels originally published by Gold Medal; Pulp Champagne: The Short Fiction of Lorenz Heller, a collection of the best short crime stories of the prolific paperback writer; and the definitive version of Jonathan Latimer’s hardboiled classic, The Fifth Grave: The Unexpurgated Text. He’ll also have some of Stark’s classic backlist, including their excellent Manhunt anthologies and non-fiction titles such as Paperback Confidential and The Manhunt Companion.
Mike will also have the latest release from Steeger Books, including the newest volumes in their celebrated Black Mask Library, as well as a Gadget Man collection, written by Lester Dent, the creator of Doc Savage. Clickell Rush, “The Gadget Man,” had eighteen stories in Street & Smith’s Crime Busters pulp. The character also appeared in the publisher’s line of comic books. Mike Chomko, Books will have these and more, including back issues of The Pulpster, the award-winning program book published annually by PulpFest.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. will be represented by Director of Publishing, Christopher Paul Carey, and Vice President of Operations, Cathy Mann Wilbanks. Founded in 1923 by author Edgar Rice Burroughs to manage the rights to his literary works, the company continues to be owned by the Burroughs’ family and remains based in Tarzana, California. Chris and Cathy will have copies of the latest volumes in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library™ and the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe™. And if the books arrive from the printer in time, the mammoth omnibuses Cosmic Epics — collecting A Princess of Mars, The Moon Maid, and Pirates of Venus — and Savage Epics — collecting Tarzan of the Apes, At the Earth’s Core, and The Land That Time Forgot — will be seeing their worldwide debut at PulpFest 2023.
Although ERB Books won’t physically be at PulpFest 2023, the publisher will be with us in spirit. Just as PulpFest is doing, ERB Books is celebrating the centennial of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Moon Trilogy” with a special Centennial Edition of the series. By special arrangement with the publisher, PulpFest fans and attendees can get $20 off The Centennial Edition by adding coupon code CHOMKO20 to your shopping cart. You can also use this coupon on At the Earth’s Core, Tarzan of the Apes, and the Standard Edition or the Deluxe Leather Edition of Robert B. Zeuschner’s Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography. Order all five books and save $100!
And thanks to the generosity of publisher Jim Gerlach, we’ll be raffling off a copy of The Letterpress Edition of At the Earth’s Core at PulpFest 2023. Tickets will be available at the PulpFest 2023 registration desk for $5. You don’t need to be present at the drawing to win.
If you are not able to attend PulpFest 2023 but would like a chance to win a copy of At the Earth’s Core, you can purchase a ticket online. Just click the PayPal button below or write to Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com for additional details. Online tickets are $6. Buy as many tickets as you want for a chance to win a copy of At the Earth’s Core, a $300 value. This offer is only good for residents of the United States.
Coming from writer and publisher Jim Emerson is Futures Past: A Visual History of Science Fiction, a multi-volume series that cover the entire history of the field of science fiction in chronological order. Topics include books, films, magazines, tv shows, conventions, biographies, and even sf plays and word origins. Futures Past has received rave reviews in most of the top science fiction magazines as well as on sf review sites such as BlackGate.com. You can even download the first volume — complete and free — by clicking here.
Ohio-based Flinch! Books will debut a brand-new Western anthology at PulpFest 2023. Entitled Six-Gun Legends, it will feature stories by Terrence McCauley, Will Murray, Christopher Ryan, Duane Spurlock, and six others. Click here to learn more about this exciting new anthology. Flinch! Books will also have copies of co-founder John C. Bruening’s third Midnight Guardian novel, God and Sinners. Also on hand will be Spurs & Six Shooters, a new western anthology published by Charles Milhouse’s Stormgate Press. Visit their dealer table for these and more, including their celebrated anthology, Blood on the Blade: Ten Tales of Slashing Swords and Sinister Sorcery.
Martin Grams is an American pop culture historian who has written extensively on radio, television, and film. He’ll be debuting a pair of new books at PulpFest 2023. Maverick: A History of the Television Series and King Kong: The 1933 Radio Scripts. In addition to his writing and research, Martin has also been hard at work making his dream come true: to own and operate a coffee shop. This non-profit venture will benefit disabled veterans as well as support community fundraising. So be sure to take a moment and browse the celebrity autographs, DVDs, and books on his vendor tables. Your support will help a worthy cause.
So what are you waiting for? Book a room for three nights and register now for PulpFest 2023. And don’t forget about FarmerCon XVIII and ERBFest 2023. They’re also taking place at the same location. That’s three great conventions for the price of one, only at the DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh — Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania.
If you can’t find a room at the DoubleTree — it’s well-packed with PulpFest attendees — our hotel recommends the Hampton Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, or Home2 Suites. They’re all just a few miles away from our host hotel. Click here to learn more.
Our featured image is excerpted from the Adventure House pulp replica of Spicy-Adventure Stories for August 1936, with cover art by H. J. Ward.
Our lead image is the July 1938 issue of Street & Smith’s Crime Busters, featuring cover art by Norman Saunders. The issue features a Gadget Man story, “A Man and a Mess,” written by Doc Savage creator Lester Dent. We’ll be saluting The Man of Bronze and other great heroes at the DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh — Crnaberry. We hope you’ll join us August 3 – 6 for “Chilling Sports and Pulp Heroes” at PulpFest 2023.
Chris Kalb designed the cover for Age of Aces second collection of the Donald Keyhoe’s Devildog Squadron. Entitled The Flying Juggernaut, it collects six more Weird World War I stories from the pages of Ace Magazines’ Sky Birds.
Six-Gun Legends, with cover art by Ted Hammond, is a new western anthology edited by John Bruening and Jim Beard. In addition to the writers listed above, Fred Adams, Terry Alexander, Beard, Bruening, Trevor Holliday, and Jeffrey J. Mariotte also have stories in this exciting new anthology from Flinch! Books.
Kenneth Grant is a writer and popular culture enthusiast who began writing for our website in 2022. He particularly enjoys the hero pulps and also enjoys reading the latest in pulp-inspired fiction.
