You don’t read a Pulphouse story expecting it to behave. This collection doesn’t even pretend to try. One of many creature-filled tales in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
About Run!! Creatures, Critters, and Pulphousers…
Take your wildest imagination, and you might just come up with a Pulphouser: a rare creature only found on the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine.
Add in some more strange creatures and critters, and you might just find yourself running—straight to your favorite chair to dive into the ten stories in this wacky volume!
So, welcome to the Pulphouse Zone, with an abundance of creatures and critters that only exist in Pulphouse.
Includes:
“Blackbeard’s Aliens” by Robert Jeschonek
“Vamp until Doomsday” by Stefon Mears
“The Injustice Collector” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Dog Steps” by Rob Vagle
“For the Love of Killer” by Mary Jo Rabe
“Dog People” by Robert J. McCarter
“The Poodles of Panama” by Kent Patterson
“The True Story of Stanley and Stella” by Johanna Rothman
“Starlings” by Jerry Oltion
“Brick Houses” by Annie Reed
About StoryBundle
Run!! Creatures, Critter, and Pulphousers… appears in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, a curated collection of indie fantasy tales featuring magical beasts, critters, and creatures of small kinds. StoryBundle is a pay-what-you-want platform supporting both authors and readers, with bonus books unlocked at higher tiers. This bundle was curated by award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Part of the bundle proceeds go to World Central Kitchen.
Curator's Note
I’ve mentioned throughout these introductions that the writers here have skewed or unusual perspectives. But nothing compares to the strangeness you’ll find in this anthology from Pulphouse: Fiction Magazine. Even the creature on the cover is slightly off. Maybe it’s the Pulphouser mentioned in the title. Or maybe it’s just one of those tiny critters with big jagged pointy teeth… – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
About Dean Wesley Smith
Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, with more than 30 million books sold, writer Dean Wesley Smith published far more than a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres.
At the moment he produces novels in several major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the Old West, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, a superhero series starring Poker Boy, a mystery series featuring the retired detectives of the Cold Poker Gang, and the Mary Jo Assassin series.
His monthly magazine, Smith’s Monthly, which consists of only his own fiction, premiered in October 2013 and offers readers more than 70,000 words per issue, including a new and original novel every month.
During his career, Dean also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, he wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.
He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of almost a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown.
Dean also worked as a fiction editor off and on, starting at Pulphouse Publishing, then at VB Tech Journal, then Pocket Books, and now at WMG Publishing, where he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch serve as series editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series.
For more information about Dean’s books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com.
You can find Run!! Creatures, Critters, and Pulphousers… in the Wee Beasties StoryBundle, a limited-time collection of animal-themed fantasy from indie pros and award-winners.
