Introducing Thrilling Adventure Yarns

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I’ve often spoken of discovering comics when my mother gaveme an issue of Superman (or maybe Action) when I was six. In short order,I began devouring larger-than-life heroes in earnest. Thankfully, DC and Marvelwere able to keep up with my growing appetite and it wasn’t long before myfather convinced me to add actual books to the diet.

By the time I got to summer camp, I was 10 or so, and hadbeen told of these earlier heroes – Doc Savage, The Shadow, and Conan amongthem – who lived in dime magazines called the pulps. Somewhere along the way, Ibegan buying Lancer’s set of Robert E, Howard’s adventures, fronted with thosegorgeous Frank Frazetta covers. Soon after, Pyramid began releasing reprints ofMaxwell Grant’s The Shadow (with those great Jim Steranko covers).

A local radio station ran a different old time radio dramaat 7 p.m. on weeknights and X Minus OneSaturday nights. I got to thrill to the exploits of The Shadow, the LoneRanger, and other series.

Ever since, the pulps have been a part of my life. When we were brainstorming ideas for Crazy 8 Press anthologies, I hit on the idea of honoring those stories much as the Michael Chabon-edited book, McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, did some years back.

Everyone I mentioned it to was very eager to jump in andthen, an old pal, Will Murray, keeper of the pulp flame with his pastiches,offered me an unpublished Lester Dent story. Dent, creator of Doc Savage, was aprolific author and here was a World War I aviator tale that would allow me todirectly connect my anthology with the era being honored.

The problem was, the Dent Estate needed to be paid. Idecided that was enough of a reason to go the Kickstarter route. I could thenafford the Dent story, a proper cover, a new logo, and bring on a few otherauthors. Thanks to Mike Friedman, who has had multiple Kickstarter successes, Ilearned the ropes and he helped set everything up.

And tonight, we launch. Between now and February 19, I and my peers will be shouting from our social media mountaintops, hoping to entice enough backers to make this a success. Go check out the story here and consider being a part of the fun. Thanks in advance for your support.

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4 thoughts on “Introducing Thrilling Adventure Yarns

  1. Hi Mr Greenberger, thanks for keeping the pulps alive! I just found out about Thrilling Adventure Yarns today so I unfortunately can’t donate, but will the book be available for purchase online or in stores some time in the near future? Thanks again!

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