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Main Fiction: "The Eagle of Kuwahi" by C. Hall Thompson, first published in Indian Stories, Winter, 1950. Narrator: Daniel Schwartz. Referenced Content: The Robert E. Howard United Press Association. "On came the greedy suckling pigs; those white men who'd do any wrong for a tiny pebble of yellow gold. With them as silent, wary protectors came the Blue Coats . . . and only Ruhaya and his father Tsahuni, the Cherokee's fearless Eagle of Kuwahi, were prepared for the supreme sacrifice."

Main Fiction: "A Voice From the Fog" by Ben Ames Williams, first published in All-Story Magazine, September 15 1917. Narrator: Nobilis Reed. (Warning: this site contains adult themes and subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.) There came a sort of a gurgle—Rimbel said that gurgling was the worst—and then Radimon again: "Help—Gipper!" "And then nothing more for a while—and then the noise of a man swimming, and a paddle rattling in a canoe, and after a bit the noise of a man paddling away."

Main Fiction: "The Game of Rat and Dragon" by Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), first published in Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1955. Narrator: Steven Howell. "Only partners could fight this deadliest of wars—and the one way to dissolve the partnership was to be personally dissolved!"

Main Fiction: "Live Bait" by E. Hoffman Price, first published in Alibi, April 1934. Narrator: Steven Howell. "They made the cover of the building with only a second to spare. A drumming rattle of bullets followed—splintering the door and the glass around them." References: How to Write Science Fiction with Joe Haldeman - http://joehaldeman.eventbrite.co.uk/  

Main Fiction: "When Caverns Yawned" by Captain S. P. Meek, first published in Astounding Stories, May 1931. Narrator: Josh Roseman. "I could kill you as you stand there; you into nothingness; but I do not choose to do so—yet. Other attempts I have made you have frustrated, but this time I shall succeed. I will institute a reign of terror which will bring your rich, foolish country to its knees. Listen, while I give you a taste of my power. The city of Charleston is about to be destroyed."

Main Fiction: "There's Hicks In All Trades" by Tom Thursday, first published in All Sports, February 1940. Narrator: Joe Sammarco. "Oakie Dokey dances to the center of the ring and tries to knock down Calithumpian’s left guard. This is a major error on Oakie Dokey’s part. Silo lets go his straight right and it lands plum on the chinola of Herr Dokey. He falls over, frontwards, flat on his beak, which is a pretty sure sign that a boxer has lost interest in the business at hand. He is out as far as Long Island, if you know what I mean. If you don’t, write a letter to the papers." Website recommendation: AllPulp.

Main Fiction: "Flying Suitors" by Arthur J. Burks, first published in Flying Stories, May 1929. Narrator: Josie. "Loops, spins, nose dives, falling leafs, Immelmanns, wing-overs, and—well, I don't begin to know 'em all, and maybe there weren't any names for most of the things "Bugs" Snelling was doing. I knew, as did the other three, that the flyer over that field was Bugs Snelling. No one else ever did the stunts he did." Also this week: Pulp Serenade, a pulp blog by Cullen Gallagher A Showcase of Matthew Wayne Selznick’s “Pilgrimage” Kickstarter Project  

Main Fiction: "Gods of the North" by Robert E. Howard, first published in Fantasy Fan, March 1934. Narrator: Scott Couchman. Across the red drifts and mail-clad forms, two figures glared at each other. In that utter desolation only they moved. The frosty sky was over them, the white illimitable plain around them, the dead men at their feet. Slowly through the corpses they came, as ghosts might come to a tryst through the shambles of a dead world. In the brooding silence they stood face to face.

Main Fiction: "Kroom, Son of the Sea" by Valentine Wood, first published in Top-Notch, June 15 1930. Valentine Wood was a pseudonym possibly used in this case by author Walker A. Tompkins. Narrator: Bob Hoe. "He was spending the remaining hours of his boyhood sharpening and resharpening the obsidian knife that he, in common with all the grown men of the Fish People, wore thrust through the belt of the sharkskin loincloth that was his sole article of clothing. On the morrow he was to take his first term of duty as chief sentry on the Sentry Rock, above the submerged opening of the great Intake." Also in this episode: A brief interview with Pulp Fiction aficionado, Jason Carney

Main Fiction: "Love of Life" by Jack London, first published in Love of Life and Other Stories, 1907. Narrator: Kevin Hayden. "Throughout the night he heard the cough of the sick wolf, and now and then the squawking of the caribou calves.  There was life all around him, but it was strong life, very much alive and well, and he knew the sick wolf clung to the sick man’s trail in the hope that the man would die first."  

Main Fiction: "Bread Overhead" by Fritz Leiber, first published in Galaxy, February 1958. Narrator: Mike Wood.

Host Introduction: Dave Robison Main Fiction: "Golden Lure" by George Goodchild, first published in Top-Notch Magazine, April 15, 1922 Narrator: Scott Couchman

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