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News October 28, 2018

Michael Bracken’s “Good Girls Don’t”

Michael Bracken, recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for lifetime achievement, is author of several books, including All White Girls, and more than 1,200 short stories published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Down & Out:The Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Espionage Magazine, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, The Best American Mystery Stories 2018, and many other anthologies and periodicals. He lives and writes in Texas.

News October 27, 2018

Thomas Dade’s “Revenge of the Dead Coat-Check Girl”

Stories from Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 3

Thomas Dade lives in Illinois with his wife, children, and two Newfoundland dogs. His first short story,“All for a Ride as far asTucson,” was published in Crimespree Magazine. He enjoys kayaking and hiking.

News October 26, 2018

Doug Lane’s “The Great Unknown”

Stories from Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 3

Doug Lane’s fiction has appeared in publications including Abyss & Apex, The Saturday Evening Post, Beyond Imagination and Sugar & Rice. His first story collection, Shady Acres & Darker Places, is due later this year from Midnight-To-Three Publishing. He lives in Houston, TX with his wife and their feline overlord. You can follow his exploits on Facebook at DougLaneWrites.

News October 25, 2018

Now in print: Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 3

At long last the print version of Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 3 is now available:
Print $6.99
Kindle $2.99

News September 11, 2018

Breaking Glass by Alec Cizak

Having survived her earlier ordeal in Down on the Street, Chelsea Farmer takes center page in Alec Cizak’s new novel, Breaking Glass. “She’s addicted to opiates. She participates in home invasions with her fellow junkies to feed her habit. As things get increasingly violent, Chelsea realizes she needs to escape before her friends do something one of them will be able to walk away from.”

Alec Cizak is a filmmaker, writer, and editor of Pulp Modern.

Breaking Glass by Alec Cizak
ABC Documentation, an imprint of Down & Out Books
232-page trade paperback
Print $14.95, Kindle $2.99 (99¢ with Print edition)
Down & Out Books website
No Moral Center website

News June 28, 2018

Coming soon

Editor Alec Cizak and I are busy working on the next Pulp Modern, and it’s nearly ready. Just a few more tweaks and it’ll be off for a print proof. I’ll start on the Kindle and Magzter versions while it’s in production. Should be out early in July. Having closely read every story I can state unequivocally it’ll be worth the wait. Check out that contributor list in the ad.

As Alec says, “Pulp is on the way!”

Opening Lines June 6, 2018

Alec Cizak’s Atomic Fuel

Writer and filmmaker Alec Cizak was interviewed for the article on POD/digital digests that appeared in The Digest Enthusiast book four. Book six presented his story, “Atomic Fuel,” with an illustration by Brad Foster. The story begins like this:

“Sal Bridgewater sang along to a Nirvana tune on the classic alternative station, assured his empty passenger seat he didn’t have a gun.”

In May 2017 Alec and I partnered on the revival of his fiction journal Pulp Modern. We are working on the third issue of the rivival now, due in late June/early July. Also in July, Down & Out Books will release his latest novel, Breaking Glass, which continues the lives of characters introduced in the earlier Down on the Street (D&O 2017). DOTS was outstanding, so I’m eagerly awaiting Breaking Glass.

News January 4, 2018

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 2

The new Pulp Modern is out in print and digital. Editor Alec Cizak selected the the images for the cover and interior spreads along with its 12 stories. My role was design and production, which includes converting the photos into photo-illustrations.

The new issue begins with eight crime stories and concludes with four in the fantasy, horror, and Science Fiction realm.

Contents
Alec Cizak From the Editor
Russell Thayer “Buzz Me Blues”
Jim Thomsen “Black Lab”
Tom Andes “After Midnight at the C’est La Vie Lounge”
Preston Lang “Eleven Irritated People”
John Teel “Second Chances”
Robert Petyo “Sacrifice”
Charles Roland “Quick Cash Now”
Emile C. Tepperman “No Living Witness” (Classic Pulp)
Matthew X. Gomez “A Long Journey’s End”
Marc E. Fitch “Tick-Tock in the House America Built”
Susan E. Abramski “Double Jeopardy”

The second run of Pulp Modern continues to set the standard for independent, underground genre fiction journals. Read what J.D. Graves, editor of the newly-hatched Econo Clash Review (due this Spring), wrote about it here.

$6.99 POD
$2.99 Kindle
132 pages, 5.5” x 8.5”
A joint production of Uncle B. Publications and Larque Press