Welcome to /pg/, where we read, write, and discuss pulp fiction. No, not the Tarantino film, but the classic genre stories from early 20th-century magazines printed on cheap wood *pulp* paper. These tales offered thrills for the common man and let imaginations soar. Though the magazines are gone, the spirit lives on, and here at /pg/, we explore the worlds, characters, and stories they inspired. So come on in and join the discussion!READ PULP!- The Eldritch Dark: http://www.eldritchdark.com/- Luminist Archives - Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction: http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/- Luminist Archives - Fiction Magazines: http://www.luminist.org/archives/PU/- The Pulp Magazines Project: https://www.pulpmags.org- Project Gutenberg Sci-fi: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/68LISTEN TO PULP!- The Cybrarian’s Conan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmd1kGz5gLg [Embed]- HorrorBabble's Clark Ashton Smith: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeNNKRLWxwoMd3hyVZOXrZKy3TJfeTxRd&si=pHdZhOqvZyZ4Zv2v- HorrorBabble’s Cthulhu Mythos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJDIvebdG8U [Embed]- HorrorBabble's Robert E Howard: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeNNKRLWxwoO6mZ5jR57W1tVS4iD82jG6&si=evYk--G8lir37YtNWRITE PULP!- Flash Pulp: Join us as we recreate the spirit of the pulps with Flash Pulps — 500-1,500 word stories packed with cheap thrills, lurid subjects, purple prose, and daring adventure. Enjoy our collection, and feel free to contribute your own!- Flash Pulp Collection: https://pastebin.com/G4g4Z9YT- Bet Pulp: Want to challenge yourself? Post a BET — literally, type the word “BET” — then reply to your post with a complete 6K-word story within a week to complete the challenge.- BET Pulp Collection: https://pastebin.com/fXAmPuD4- The Grinder - A website that lists fiction magazines with submission openings. For the aspiring pulp writer who wants to take things to another level.WE ALSO HAVE A DISCORD!- https://discord.gg/QtS9bfaeEXTRA! EXTRA!So you want to write pulp but don’t know how, say?- Lester Dent Formula: https://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/dent.html- Write Compelling Dialogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpWKp-fnZuU [Embed]- Basic Pulp Template: https://files.catbox.moe/t5c17o.zipPrevious thread: https://boards.4chan.org/lit/thread/23930100#top (Sexy Six Gun Señorita Edition)
>>23985854The pulps generally did not have themselves to cannibalize or become incestuous with. They did not last long enough to. Thus, they had to pull inspiration from without. And if you're going to draw inspiration from without, may as well draw from myth, legend, the western canon, and more timeless sources.Contrast with superhero comic books which mostly draw from themselves and just spirals further and further down. Sometimes a clue pops up, but it is fleeting. This contrast is something to be learned from for those of us who try to create new pulp.
the fuck is this garbage?>>>\co\
Tell you guys what. I am at >5k words into this Skull story, and I'm maybe at the halfway point. I doubt that I can finish the story by Sunday night for the BET, but I most certainly can produce that first half or so as 6k words or more by then. You'll get your 6k words, but you're getting a bigger story than ever down the line.
I just finished a 13k word story about a vain model and Z-lost actor transported to another world who ends up fighting in a tournament for the hand of a noblewoman. I just gotta edit it to make it less autistic and I’ll be set
>>2398688713k is wrong, I’m tired—it’s 1.3K, 1,300 words
I don't know why I always skipped the ads in pulps, but I started actually reading them recently and they're often as entertaining as the stories. Such a funny little subterranean economy, hoovering up spare change from the pockets of young men.
