Pulp Science Fiction
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The Island
In the beginning only a few believed. Crusoe believed; he could not help himself for it was his theory in the end. In fact he worked out its location: it sat on the map inside the RAM of the BRUTE below The Center. For ten years he fed the BRUTE data on tides and temps… Continue reading
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Asteroids in the Arcade
THEY are good – too good, so good this might end here and now. My heart beats faster. My breathing quickens. My body arches over the controls wringing every atom from the hyperdrive. I’ve lost two ships while lurking in the thick of the Belt, and now clear of the swarming debris, I see the… Continue reading
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PATRICIA SAVAGE, BRONZE GODDESS OF PULP’S GOLDEN AGE
Some bear it better than others. We Savages, I think carry it poorly.” —Patricia Savage 1948 Of the many Doc Savage stories published by Street & Smith during the magazine’s sixteen-year run, “I Died Yesterday” is the only story told from Patricia Savage’s point of view. Who is Patricia Savage? She is the bronze goddess… Continue reading
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Henry Kuttner’s Galloway Gallagher
“Are you a technician or a driveling idiot?” — “The Proud Robot” (1943) The story goes that science-fiction writer, Henry Kuttner, named his inebriated and gifted scientist “Gallagher” while writing “The Time Locker” then mistakenly called him “Galloway” when writing its sequel. And after realizing his error, Kuttner combined the names giving “Galloway Gallagher” his… Continue reading
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The Thang: A Sci-Fi Lullaby
May 26, 2017. In a brittle issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from November 1952, I stumbled across a short story entitled “Bem” by sci-fi author Charles T. Webb. His story so amused me that I decided to write my own using “Bem” as one inspiration and the 1897 UFO crash in Aurora,… Continue reading
MARTIAN DEATH RAY 