Interested in a forgotten part of #romancehistory? This might be the book for you! #pulp #romance #romancelandia

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Plugging this again: Did you know American #romance was *thriving* in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century? Would you like to read some of it??? Full intro and the first two stories available via the ebook sample! 👇 #pulp #pulpmagazines #romancelandia #romancehistory #booksky 📚💙

An Introduction To the Romance Pulps Welcome!  As there is precious little information out there on the romance pulps, and as I’ve accidentally become the closest thing to an expert on them that there probably is at the moment, I’ve s…

Plugging this once again: An introduction to the romance pulp magazines of the 1920s-1950s, an important-but-forgotten part of #romancehistory. ❤️ Many (specifically American) romance novels of the time exist SOLELY in these magazines! #romancelandia

Plugging this again (and probably not for the last time, as I'm quite proud of it, heh): A look at the romance pulp magazines of the 1920s-1950s, an important-but-forgotten part of #romancehistory. ❤️ #romancelandia

The November 30, 1935 cover of ALL-STORY LOVE, featuring an artist's paint palette, out of which a blonde white woman's head and neck is rather surreally emerging. The story "False Colors" by Mary Frances Morgan is advertised in the bottom right corner.

The January 23, 1937 cover of DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. A blonde woman (who looks remarkably like the ALL-STORY LOVE gal) looks anxiously off to the side while an elderly white man inspects a large ruby with a magnifying glass. The story "Red Hot Ice" by Franklin H. Martin is advertised in the bottom left corner, along with unspecified stories by Cornell Woolrich and Judson P. Philips.

Interesting! Looks like Mary Frances Morgan, who did a lot of ALL-STORY LOVE cover illustrations in the 1930s (in addition to writing some romance fiction), also probably did some work for other pulp genres, including DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. #romancelandia #romancehistory

Author Spotlight: Gertrude “Toki” Schalk A day late for Valentine’s Day, but nonetheless, in honor of both Valentine’s Day and Black History Month, I’m doing something a little different and giving you a post not about a particular story (th...

A day late, but hopefully worth the wait! In honor of both Valentine's Day and Black History Month, please enjoy this post on Gertrude "Toki" Schalk, an African-American author/journalist who wrote for romance pulp magazines in the 1930s and '40s. ❤️ #romancelandia #romancehistory

Part of the title illustration (by Clinton Spooner) to Vina Lawrence's "Carnival Girl" (LOVE NOVELS MAGAZINE, July 1944). It shows the hero leaning against a door, with his shirt unbuttoned to his solar plexus.

The cover of Loretta Chase's LORD PERFECT. It shows the hero leaning in a doorway, with his shirt unbuttoned all the way to his stomach..

An illustration (by Pagsilang Rey Isip) for Gertrude Schalk's "Gerry of the Chorus" (LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, October 3, 1931). It shows the hero and heroine kissing in a car. The pose is very "classic clinch," with her bent over his lap, showing off her legs, and him getting a handful of side boob.

The cover of Suzanne Enoch's BY LOVE UNDONE. It shows the hero and heroine on the ground in a pastoral glade of sorts. It's also a very "classic clinch" pose (he's shirtless and kissing her neck, she's showing off her legs with her head thrown back in ecstacy, etc.), but they seem a lot closer to actually having sex.

Pulp romance walked so modern romance could run, change my mind.

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#romancelandia #romancehistory Random theory re: the history of historical romance just came to me:

I've long-since noticed just how historical pulp romances feel (meaning, they trade in a lot of the tropes & beats we now associate w/ historicals). This, despite them being contemporaries.

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In a rainy scene, a serious-faced white woman stands in the foreground, looking directly at the viewer, wearing a pink trench coat and a purple hat, with a sign around her neck that reads, "ON STRIKE—this company UNFAIR TO GIRLS of"—and then the rest of the text is cut off and indecipherable. Behind her stands a white man in a beige trench coat and grey fedora, holding a closed umbrella, looking at the woman with (what I sincerely hope is an admiring) half-smile on his face.

OKAY, SO BEST ROMANCE COVER (pulp or not) EVER??? Discuss.

I know it's officially autumn, but in honor of #HotStrikeSummer, I MUST share this fabulous Depression-era cover. ❤️❤️❤️

ALL-STORY LOVE STORIES, September 21, 1935. (Artist unknown.) #pulp #romancelandia #romancehistory