Pulp Adventures #45

I recently obtained Pulp Adventures #45 from Bold Venture Press, dated Summer 2024. We get science fiction, detective, crime, and horror, along with reviews and non-fiction this time. As always, we get a selection of new and classic pulp stories, a total of 10, along with some non-fiction works. We are down to about 140 pages this time, but still a good collection of works. The cover for #45 is an original piece, done with AI, as is the back cover. It ties to the featured story “Nightmare on Ice” by British author John S. Glasby, which is a Lovecraftian story set in the Arctic, from Supernatural Stories in 1963. Along with the story is an article by his son, going over his father’s writing career. Many of his works are Lovecraftian, and many have been reprinted in recent years. I have ordered one of his trilogies and look forward to that and will probably get the 2 collections from Ramble House and the 2 from Wildside Press. Other classic pulp stories include another from E.C. Tubb, “Episode,” from Nebula Science Fiction in 1965. Explorers to Mars find that things don’t quite go the way they hoped. From other British authors, we get Shelley Smith‘s “I’ll Wait for You,” a strange tale dealing with a missing boy and a strange picture. Ernest Dudley‘s “Mr. Walker Sees the Show,” a mystery tale set in a theater. For New Pulp, we get several pieces. From Jack Halliday we get “Halo in Gold,” one of his Howard Miller capers, where Miller helps a little old lady find something. “Maneater” by Terry Wijesuriya is a story about a jungle-cat hunt in Ceylon. We get a weird tale set at a Renaissance fair in “The Dragon Lady and I” by Teel James Glenn. “He Died Smiling” from Michael A. Wexler is a crime tale and a sequel to his story from Pulp Adventures #36. In Don E. Smith Jr.‘s “The Intervention of Professor Omega,” we get Professor Omega, the son of early French sf character Doctor Omega (who I have posted on here), who helps the Star Marshall Guide in the far future. And C. Dan Castro gives us “The Night Is More Richly Colored Than The Day.” James Reasoner again provides several reviews. It’s another good issue. The mix of genres and story types means there is always something to enjoy, and hopefully spur you to look further into some of these authors. I look forward to the next one, which is scheduled to come out in November with a salute to King Kong! Should be great.