HEIDI RUBY MILLER

ARTICLES My article "New Pulp" is in the July 2019 issue of The Writer magazine. It is based on a class I taught in Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction MFA program and features quotes from Matt Betts , Maurice Broaddus , Christopher Paul Carey , Mike Chomko , John Edward Lawson , and Lee Murray about the resurgence of this popular fiction genre. Here's an excerpt: Pulp fiction is having a moment. And I don’t mean the Tarantino movie from the ‘90s – that was having a moment since Jules gave away his wallet. I’m talking about the adventure stories of old with those provocative covers and dime-store price tags that are enjoying a renaissance thanks to the subgenre “new pulp.” It’s clear that to understand new pulp, we need to know a little about “old” pulp. The term comes from the paper it was printed on – that cheap, thin stuff that began to disintegrate as soon as you cracked open the cover. Pulp was popular as magazines, novels, and novellas dur...

DOCUMENTARIES I was honored to discuss pulp artist Gloria Stoll Karn on the documentary VISIBLE produced by Pittsburgh's PBS station WQED . Below are a few photos from the filming and video of the clip about Gloria and the entire documentary , which highlights the stories of five women artists in Pittsburgh. Thanks to Mike Chomko , Director of PulpFest and producers Anne Casper and Andrew Holman for this opportunity to contribute to such a lovely project. You'll notice my segment was filmed at Seton Hill University , of course. GLORIA STOLL KARN CLIP FULL DOCUMENTARY

NEWS Since all the special edition hardcovers of Man of War are almost sold out, Meteor House has the paperback on sale at $5 off for the next two weeks and they've released the e-book on Kindle and Nook !

VIDEOS I interviewed Chuck Welch at PulpFest in Pittsburgh about why he likes Doc Savage.

WEBSITES I was delighted to see some of the students from my New Pulp class at Seton Hill University created their own project called New Pulp Tales . It offers weekly flash fiction in all the favorite pulp genres. Editors are Jeremiah Dylan Cook , E.C. Skowronski , and Ralph Weld .