Critical Insights: Pulp Fiction of the 1920s and 1930s

From their origin at the end of the nineteenth century to their decline in the 1950s, “pulp” magazines entertained the masses with lurid stories in such genres as adventure, Western, romance, crime, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. notable publications, such as Weird Tales, also served as apprenticeships for many new writers, including h.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. howard, and Clark Ashton Smith.