Category Archives: Horwitz Publications

Pulp Friday: Kings Cross Black Magic

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

Today’s Pulp Friday is a great example of exploitative pulp dressed up as quasi-serious sociological inquiry, Kings Cross Black Magic by the wonderfully named, Attila Zohar. It’s also one of the more unusual pieces of pulp fiction produced in the sixties and seventies … Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Horwitz Publications, Pulp, Pulp fiction set in Asia, Pulp Friday, True crime, Vintage pulp paperback covers

Tagged , , , ,

Pulp Friday: Sinquake

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

“Mike Brand’s most sinister adversary – Cyn Boudin, high priestess with a lust for power.”  Today’s Pulp Friday offering is a wonderful piece of forgotten Australian pulp, Sinquake by Gene Janes. Sinquake was produced by little known local pulp publisher … Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Australian pulp fiction, Horwitz Publications, Pulp Friday, Pulp paperback cover art, Vintage pulp paperback covers

Tagged , , , , , ,

Pulp Friday: witches, warlocks and drums of the dark gods

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Andrew Nette| 3 Comments

“A Horrifying excursion into a world ruled by the prince of darkness” We don’t do Halloween in Australia, but it’s as good an opportunity as any to post some of the terrific occult pulp paperbacks covers I’ve collected over the … Continue reading →

→ 3 Comments

Posted in Horwitz Publications, Monarch Books, New English Library, Pan Books, Pulp fiction in the 70s and 80s, Pulp Friday, Pulp paperback cover art, Scripts Publications, Vintage pulp paperback covers

Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Pulp Friday: Model School

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Andrew Nette| 3 Comments

“The King’s Cross vice world taught her the other side of the profession.” Today’s Pulp Friday offering is a wonderful example of local pulp fiction from the early sixties, Model School by Christine James, released by Horwitz Publications in 1965. … Continue reading →

→ 3 Comments

Posted in Australian pulp fiction, Horwitz Publications, Kings Cross pulp, Pulp, Pulp Friday, Pulp paperback cover art, Vintage pulp paperback covers

Tagged , , ,

Interview: Australian pulp fiction historian Toni Johnson Woods

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Andrew Nette| 7 Comments

Dr Toni Johnson Woods is someone I’ve been keen to interview on this blog for a while now. A Research Fellow at University of Queensland, she is passionate about Australian books. Not just capital ‘L’ literature, but the local mass … Continue reading →

→ 7 Comments

Posted in Australian crime fiction, Australian pulp fiction, Carter Brown, Horwitz Publications, Larry Kent, Pulp, Toni Johnson Woods, Vintage pulp paperback covers

Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,