Bring back paperback trash
THIS LIT MAG IS CALLED PULP BECAUSE IT'S BASED OFF OF PULP NOVELS. PULP NOVELS WERE LOW BROW LITERATURE IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900S. PRINTED ON CHEAP PULP PAPER, THEY WERE THE WORKING PERSON’S BOOK COMPARED TO THE "HIGH CLASS" LIT OF THE DAY.
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THEY WERE THE SUCCESSORS OF PENNY DREADFULS AND DIME NOVELS AND PREDECESSORS OF CHEAP PAPERBACKS, BUT THEY POPULARIZED MANY GENRES WE STILL READ TODAY. WESTERNS, SCI-FI, NOIRE, HARD BOILED DETECTIVE, MYSTERY, HORROR, ROMANCE, AND QUEER NOVELLAS WERE ALL POPULAR PULP GENRES OF THE DAY.
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WHILE THEY FELL OUT OF STYLE IN THE 50'S, THEIR LEGACY LIVES ON IN THE GENRES AND STORIES AUTHORS CONTINUE TO TELL TODAY. THE DECADES OF TOILING IN OBSCURITY IS THE REASON WE HAVE THE RECOGNITION IN ROMANCE, HORROR, AND QUEER LITERATURE.
NSFW art is real art
WHILE THE WORK WAS TASTELESS AT BEST AND DOWNRIGHT SOFT CORE PORN AT WORST, IT STILL PROVIDED AN ESCAPE FROM THE HIGH FLATULENT, BUTTONED UP,
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CONSERVATIVE'S ASS LITERARY PUBLISHER'S WORLD.
WE CELEBRATE THE STRIVES THAT PULP MADE TO BAD WORKS OF WRITING, TO CHEAP SELLING PAPERBACKS,
AND TO SHOVING IT TO THE MAN.
THAT IS WHAT THIS LIT MAG IS. IT'S NOT THE NEW YORKER. IT'S NOT THE PARIS REVIEW. HELL, THIS SHIT ISN'T FANCY AT ALL. IT'S PULP.
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WE LOVE THE WEIRD, THE WORKING PERSON'S PLIGHT. YOU GOT SEX. LOVE IT. GAY AND TRANS CHARACTERS? THE MORE THE MERRIER. VIOLENCE? SOUNDS FUCKING FANTASTIC. LANGUAGE? HELL YEAH, DUDE. DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT.
There’s no bad jgenre, ust bad publishers
GENRE IS MADE UP. JUST GET FUNKY WITH IT. LOVE IS REAL AND GOD IS DEAD. LETS ALL WRITE UNTIL THEY TELL US WE CAN'T.
The literaryworld is a classist nightmare. Start your own lit mag.
PULP PULP FOR PRESIDENT FOR PRESIDENT
‘24 ‘24
MAKE THE LIT WORLD TRASHY
Finnialla
Finnialla (finn-all-uh) is a screenwriter, poet, and artist whose work is currently on fire. You should probably put it out.
They went and graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a bachelor’s in fine art in Screenwriting with a minor in Film and Television. Their academic achievements include earning the titles of Magna Cum Laude and Deans List all four years. Extracurricular achievements include acting as president of the school's slam poetry club for two years and being cast as a writer/punchup artist on a multi-major original sitcom filmed in the Fall of 2022.
They have been published in multiple indie magazines and have won accolades for their original television pilots. They are also staff members at both The Incognito Press and Outlander Zine. They started Pulp in 2024.
When they aren’t writing, you can usually find them making zines, screaming in the woods, collecting pins, hanging out in local trash cans, and attending protests.
If you want to reach out, you can check out their totally killer website, (finnall-uh.org), or hop on Twitter to see what random crap they’ve decided to write out into the ether, (@finn.all.uh)
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