pulp fiction – Page 3 – The Salon at Elfland

I’ll be featured in the 2nd issue of Anvil: Iron Age Magazine. Updates are to come, but I expect publication in Fall 2023.

For now, I would direct you to their 1st issue. It’s been fully funded, but you can still use the Indiegogo page to purchase the 1st issue or reach out to campaign directly. Publication for issues one is expected in July 2023.

Anvil promises to be an aggregator of indie IPs, especially drawing from the tradition of pulp fiction and comics. If this is the kind of writing you’re interested in, check out their website for more info.

I haven’t written much about my love of pulp, but when it comes to short stories, I draw much of my inspiration from the greats: Robert Howard, H.P Lovecraft, C.L Moore.

For this latest piece, I tapped into my inner C. L. Moore and wrote a female fantasy hero. But unlike Moore’s Jirel, I lean into the gross-out horror of 18th Century medicine. I want to see Amélia Mitre become a modern pulp hero worthy of my heroes.

Some exciting things are happening for me this year and I’m proud to share it with you. Further details are to come.

Update 07/24/2023: You can preorder Anvil: Iron Age Magazine Issue 2 here.

And, if you don’t already know, my short story, Egg, can be read in Cirsova 14, Spring 2023.

Above: Interior of an Ironworks. Godfrey Sykes (1825 – 1866) British Painter. Oil on Canvas. Housed at the Yale Center for British Art.

It’s been little over a week now since the release of Cirsova Issue #14 Spring 2023. It contains thrilling adventure stories, including my own SciFi short, Egg. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, may I suggest you do?

Egg is my first published work, and while I still despise the title, I can’t help but feel there’s some symbolism in it. It’s a small thing, but this short little pulp is the culmination of years of practice and patience. I’ve wanted to be a writer since I can remember and that dream has always been in the abstract. As small as this little fleck of concrete is, it’s still concrete. That’s good enough for me, for now.

Friends and family have been asking me how I feel about finally being published and I’ve had a really hard time explaining it. I’m proud because any small triumph is worthy of some admiration, but at the same time I feel driven. Its like a fire was lit. I have more to say, more to write, more joy to bring. I tell stories because I love telling stories, publication is just the physical proof of that passion.

I’ve been turned down before, rejected, forgotten, ridiculed even. It took a lot of time to gain back the courage to send anything out for consideration. Then, one day, it struck me: “what’s the worse that can happen, they say no?”

As terrible and heartbreaking as “no” can be, it should never be taken personal. It’s a challenge, a call to the writer’s adventure.

I’d like to extend a hearty thank you to Cirsova and all those who keep the wonderful world of pulps alive. I’ve been supported by family and friends, all of whom were more excited about my story than me. Finally, I give praise and glory to God, who let me know I was on the right track with a stupid title like Egg.

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