A collection of stories. Some of them get a separate review from me.
Mel Anastasiou, The extra: amusing story about two 19 year old women in the 1930s, totally caught in their society. They are expected to get married and to get kids. Instead they are going to a very strange audition in the middle of the night and after that, escape to Hollywood.
Kathryn Yelinek, The Nix’s wife, interesting story, kept me captivated.
Susan Pieters, Spin doctor, once you’re through the story and realise the spin doctor is an elegant swindler, it’s amusing.
Leo X. Robertson, Snapshots, a realisation of life and a moving story once you realise what it is about.
I skipped the poems, that’s not for me. Cartoons are totally unreadable on an ereader. Some of those stories are part of a book, skipped those too.
The quality of the stories varies. Some of them are interesting and nice, some need work.

Disclaimer: I got this book in the Librarything Early Reviewers. ( )

This is an interesting collection of pulp fiction which could serve as a good introduction for some to the genre. The inclusion of many types of literature sets it apart from many standard anthologies.

This is collection of stories, poems and at least one extract from a longer work. It is an interesting amalgam of material but I did not find it interesting enough to want to seek out other issues.

It includes one of Robert Silverberg's stories and an interview with that author. ( )

[Disclaimer: I got this book via LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program]
Pulp Literature is a project which aims to bring a group of people who pay a small monthly amount of money so that the editors may build a quarterly magazine containing many different kinds of literature.
I admit I skipped all poetry - my command of English is not that good, and besides I don't even read Italian poetry. About the short stories, "The Pope of the Chimps" by Robert Silverberg is amusing (and well written, but this could have been taken for granted); "The Extra" by Mel Anastasiou is much too slow for me, and I found it difficult to understand what happened; "The Nix's Wife" by Kathryn Yelinek is a standard fantasy novel; "Spin Doctor" by Susan Pieters told me nothing, while I found "Snapshots" by Leo X Robinson the best story of the lot; I did not understand at all "Late Night Fun Facts on the No. 65" by JTF King and "The Raven" by Cheryl Wollner; "The Endless Drop" by Mathew Nielsen and Minna Hakkola is a comic strip which has an interesting idea but it is not really developed; "Allaigna's Song" suffers from being the second part of a three-episodes short stoty, which makes it difficult to follow the plot, at least for me.
In a nutshell, you may find some gems, but keep in mind that the level is unequal. ( )

Received free as part of the Early Reviewers group.

This was a fun collection of literature. There's a hodgepodge of short stories, a novella, flash fiction, poetry, and a comic.

The highlight for me was definitely the centerpiece Robert Silverberg story, "The Pope of the Chimps". Following this story there is an interview with Silverberg. The introduction by Pulp Literature publisher Jennifer Landels shows a deep connection she has with the author and his work. It's a very nice, personalizing touch versus the standard "here's a random story" many periodicals present.

The poetry was alright as well, but I feel the subject matter this book focused one doesn't entirely lend itself to poetry well. Or, perhaps more evenly stated, it takes a specific type of poetry to grab my interest when it's over speculative fiction-styled themes.

Other stand outs for me were "The Nix's Wife" for a more folklore feel and "Spin Doctor" for a good flash fiction, bite size read. In a short amount of time, both create interesting premises. "The Endless Drop" comics is an interesting start, but I feel it is constrained by its short length for the idea offered.

All in, this was a very interesting periodical that I didn't realize existed. For speculative/mystery fiction fans, it might be worth checking out an issue. I'm not sure if I'll ever subscribe, but if I find it in a store now and then, I'll definitely grab a copy. ( )