Pulp Literature Spring 2020 - Matthew Hughes, Mel Anastasiou & JM Landels
By Matthew Hughes, Mel Anastasiou & JM Landels
Release Date: 2020-04-15
Genre: Hard-Boiled Mysteries
In this issue:
The stunning Queen of Swords by cover artist Tais Teng guards the gates to this issueâs brave new worlds and words.
In âThe Bicolour Spiralâ by Matthew Hughes, the ever-popular Erm Kaslo explores hostile planets, tracks treasure hunters, and seeks stolen fortune. Mattâs futuristic Sam Spade leaves no bloodstained stone unturned in this space opera of mystery and murder.
Life itself spirals with being and absence in âWatershakersâ by Christi Nogle and âThe Birthday Partyâ by Melisa Gregorio as children witness the ephemeral made real â and the real made memory.
And words themselves whirl and twirl â and crack open secrets â as poets Patti Pangborn and Sarah Summerson explore the hidden spaces of family life.
Mike Carson, runner-up for the SiWC Storyteller Award, continues the exploration of memory and family in âDeep Waterâ, considering the limits of responsibility in fragile relationships.
Meanwhile, Rina Piccolo, in âDouble Flushâ, reminds us that being human sometimes just means looking out for number one.
Itâs buyer beware in âLife4Saleâ, an epistolary tale for the digital age by Raven Short Story Contest winner Michael Donoghue. And threads of desire and longing stitch lives together in âDannemora Sewing Classâ by runner-up MFC Feeley.
Two historical heroines return as we rejoin Toinette â âLa Bergereâ â at the gates of seventeenth-century Paris in part two of The Shepherdess by JM Landels, and Frankie Ray and her chum Connie brave the no-less-imposing gates of Monument Studios in part four of Mel Anastasiouâs The Extra.
Abandon the humdrum and enter these realms of wonder and adventure if you dare âŚ
Pulp Literature Spring 2020 - Matthew Hughes, Mel Anastasiou & JM Landels
By Matthew Hughes, Mel Anastasiou & JM Landels
Release Date: 2020-04-15
Genre: Hard-Boiled Mysteries