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The vintage pulp paperback morgue - Horror and Dark Fantasy

Josh Midura


    • Sep 10, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 9 EPISODES


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    Episode 9: Pulp compilation special #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 44:57


    Featuring short segments on Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Guy n. Smith, , The Devil in Connecticut and more pulp delights. The horror Paperback podcast

    Ep. 8: Pulp Arcanum Christmas Special 2020 - YA Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 36:04


    Fire up the Yule log for an array of Xmas related pulp fiction content: Batman Returns (1992) Novelization, and an obscure ‘90s YA Horror from Zebra books “My true love gave to me.”

    Ep. 7: Pulp Halloween Special - Pranks (1983), Halloween novelization (2018) Horror paperback

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 29:20


    A horrendous Halloween episode with a blitzkrieg of horror paperback fiction reviews: "Pranks” (1983), Halloween movie novelization (2018), and Halloween Party (1990) by R.L. Stine. Plus, an excerpt from the novelization of Young Frankenstein (1974, Ballantine).

    Ep. 6: Snowman (Dell, 1978) Norman Bogner - Yeti Horror paperback

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 121:45


    Winter episode - Main paperback review on a ‘70s Yeti horror tale set in the Sierra mountains with guest Sean McDonough ( Indie horror writer) https://www.amazon.com/Sean-McDonough/e/B07SJWGX6M/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 Plus a discussion with pulp aficionado Eric Gimlin on his massive collection of vintage paperbacks and comic books. Topics: Golden age comics, weird tales, page turner bookstore, marvel Star Wars, Warren publications, horror magazines, Novelizations and much more pulp content.

    Ep. 5: Christmas Babies (1991, pocket books) - evil elf horror paperback

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 40:25


    A Yuletide festival of green-eyed horror elf babies. Early ‘90s Horror paperback review. Plus a slew of Christmas horror book plots: Black Christmas , My true love gave to me, and Santa claws.

    Ep. 4: Dead To The World (1988, Leisure) J.N. Williamson - Horror paperback

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 75:57


    Dead to society, dead to my EX, dead to the world -- An '80s Horror paperback review from prolific Horror writer J.N. Williamson. Plus, an excerpt on an upcoming halloween paperback 'Pranks' 1988. In the realm of Horror comics, DC's anthology The Witching Hour terrified young readers. I'll read a column from the editor's section called 'Witch-ful thinking.' Roger Walker (youtube: slasherpepper) joins the Skull session for our featured review.

    Ep. 3: Water Baby (1987, Zebra) Patricia Wallace - Horror paperback

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 95:00


    An aquatic terror haunts the pristine blue shores of the California coastline. Will the mermaid skeleton give birth to a vengeful water baby? Plus, a skull session w/ a fellow vintage horror paperback fan Chris from Minnesota . Bonus segment: a Twilight Zone article (June 1989) on the launching of horror literary publication "Pulphouse ". Topics: paperbacks from hell, book collecting, book stores, William w. Johnstone, occult books, native American horror, The Amityville Curse, and plenty more pulp interests.

    Ep. 2 Satyr (1981, Playboy press) Linda Crockett Gray - Horror paperback

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 82:27


    No woman was safe when Playboy press unleashed the Satyr on Horror paperback bookshelves. Bonus Segment: Rod Serling introduction reading from his 1960s anthology "Rod serling's triple W: witches, warlocks, and werewolves" '80s Vintage pulp horror book review.

    Episode 1: The Nest (1980, Zebra) Gregory A. Douglas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 103:16


    It's an insect invasion on the first episode of Pulp Arcanum - The horror paperback about predatory cochroches ravaging a small cape cod island. The Nest (1980) Gregory A. Douglas - Zebra books.

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