Pulphouse Books

Blue Popcorn means sadness and loss and love. In the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, it also means very weird and entertaining sadness and loss and love.The ten stories in this volume range from a dweeby guy trying to win the affection of a beautiful woman, to a tale of a solo man in a future world looking for companionship, to a story about art and the crime it reveals.Running the gamut from science fiction to fantasy to psychological drama, these tales evoke strong emotion.Includes:"A Better Man Than You" by Jerry Oltion and Kent Patterson"Rose in Dreamland" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"Under the Blood-Red Maple" by Joslyn Chase"A Cherub by Any Other Name" by Annie Reed"Small Discrete Intervals from a Sample Size of One" by J. Steven York"A Night Under the Stars" by Lisa Silverthorne"Bravo and Jazz" by Ron Collins"The Man Who Married His Wife's Thigh" by Bonnie Elizabeth"Virtual Oracle" by Leigh Saunders"The Pearce Shootout" by Robert J. McCarter

Magic stories, by their very nature, create fictional worlds. Take a story with magic and twist it in a way that makes it a Pulphouse story, and you get fiction that sometimes shocks, sometimes challenges, and sometimes breaks your heart.From flying underwear trying to save the world to Mouse Riders trying to save their own world. From a made-up fantasy world to a magical cartoon character exploring his cartoon world. From a romance bound by two guns to a lawyer who represents the magical world in real court.These ten stories crafted by extremely talented writers take readers to magical worlds.Includes:"In the Empire of Underpants" by Robert Jeschonek"Coyote and the Amazing Herbal Formula" by Sabrina Chase"Hand Fast" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"The Reign to Come" by Kevin J. Anderson"A Magical Negro" by Ezekiel James Boston"This Magic Moment" by Lisa Silverthorne"Unnatural Law" by J. Steven York"PMS and a Hand Grenade" by Brenda Carre"Custard: A Romeo and Juliet Story (sort of)" by Dayle A. Dermatis"Queen of the Mouse Riders" by Annie Reed