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The blurb says that "pulp isn't dead", and I couldn't agree more. This is a great action-packed selection from the authors featured in this debut anthology issue, and a great job by the editors, Matthew X. Gomex and Cameron Mount. Well done, guys!I have been getting into a number of anthology magazines in the last couple of years - and I truly hope they all prosper and thrive. What I love about them is the exposure to a range of different authors, as well as the bite-sized stories, which are so
Thoroughly enjoyable new pulp stories - that's how I would like to describe this anthology. It contained the following stories (ratings in parentheses):1. 'Skin Deep' by Nicolas Ozment: 5/52. 'Dead Men Tell Tales' by Dave D'Alessio: 4/53. 'The Executioner's Daughter' by R.A. Gali: 2/54. 'Pension Plan' by Dusty Wallace: 3/55. 'Saturday Night Science' by Michael M.Jones: 5/56. 'Island of Skulls' by Matt Spencer: 3/57. 'The Waters So Dark' by Josh Reynolds: 4/58. 'Thicker than Water' by Rob Francis...
Broadswords and Blasters is a blast from the past in many ways - a two-fisted return to pulp fantasy and sci-fi, and it's jolly good fun. As ever with anthologies, some tales find favour more than others, and one or two definitely missed the spot for me. A bit too much wish-fulfilling sex here and there, and one story that if it was adapted into a roleplaying game would plausibly have the title Pincers & Penises. But hey. One of the stories is a two-parter, the second part being in issue 2, whic...
DISCLOSURE: My work has been paid for by, and published by, this periodical in a separate issue.The first issue of B&B is, as one would expect, very much an experimental venture. As such, there are parts that are a bit rough around the edges. The editing isn't always up to the standard of the later issues, with typos and misspellings noticeable in places. The signature emphasis on Weird Pulp and wild, original concepts isn't always as evident here as it will be later on. And while the stories ar...
Broadswords and Blasters aims to recapture the spirit of pulp fiction without the bigotries that haunt so much of the classics. They themselves aren't satisfied by their first issue, and it is shaky, but I can see what they hope to do with it. Most of the stories in this one are straight pulp-style adventures which are all right but nothing special; they might not be openly bigoted, but neither do they stand out and tend to be erased when it comes to people of color or LGBT people. What does sta...
