Saturday 16 October 2021
Free: One story every month
Saturday 9 October 2021
Issue Review: The Story-Teller, October 1924
The Story-Teller is a British pulp, described by Mike Ashley as "the best all-round all-fiction magazine of its day" in The age of the story-tellers, his survey of British fiction magazines. This issue, from 1924, is from around the middle of the magazine's run from 1907 to 1936. The editor was Newman Flower of Cassell and Co., the publishers.
There are big names in this issue - G.K. Chesterton with an instalment of Tales of the Long Bow and Sax Rohmer is represented by his occult detective Paul Harley while Frank Shaw (the British equivalent of the prodigious H. Bedford-Jones) contributes three stories under different names. The other stories are by authors less well-known today. There are no story illustrations and only a few pages of advertisements. Two of the stories were from American authors, only one of which was a reprint. A few poems and fillers complete the magazine. The issue I read was coverless, from a bound volume.
The Story-Teller, October 1924 |
Thursday 7 October 2021
Further Notes on James Corbett: a tribute to William Deeck
James Corbett fans, rejoice. A cornucopia of Corbett's books are now listed on
EBay and an autographed copy of The Merrivale Mystery sold yesterday for $261. They were the pride and joy of someone's collection; and if you
aren't careful that someone could soon be you.
Books by James Corbett listed on EBay |
Saturday 2 October 2021
Review: The Railroad Man's Magazine, June 1916
I’ve always wanted to read one of the Munsey-era Railroad Man issues. In its first incarnation it lasted 13 years before Frank Munsey decided to merge it into the Argosy in 1919. Like most pre-world war 1 magazines, early issues are quite hard to find. So I was happy to get my hands on a scanned copy of the June 1916 issue. Even if you aren’t a fan of railroad fiction, read on. Something may pique your interest.
The Railroad Man's Magazine, June 1916