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Susan Pieters

‘Cipher’ by Susan Pieters

30 June 2026 Sierra Louie 0

Out of the Blue From Pulp Literature Issue 50, read an excerpt of ‘Cipher’ by founding editor Susan Pieters below. Want to know how this story […]

Throwback Thursday: ‘The Map According to Me’

2 April 2026 PULP Literature 0

Lost and Found In ‘The Map According to Me’, Susan Pieters reminds us that, in the generation gap, being the centre of it all might […]

Throwback Thursday: ‘Cannery Row’

28 August 2025 PULP Literature 0

A Different Lens Susan Pieters is a fourth-generation Californian who took warm weather for granted until she moved to Vancouver.  Now that she’s a Canadian, […]

Throwback Thursday: Channel W by Susan Pieters

22 May 2025 PULP Literature 0

As we launch our Spring 2025 issue, here’s a glimpse back to ‘Falling’ by AY Dorsey from our first spring of publication, Issue 2, Spring 2014.

Throwback Thursday: ‘A Parable of Things that Crawl and Fly’

17 April 2025 PULP Literature 0

Reconstitutional Matters In the winter of 2020 we were delighted to publish the SF myth, ‘A Parable of Things that Crawl and Fly’ by Graham […]

Throwback Thursday: ‘Madame Sylvie’s Three Rules’ by Susan Pieters

10 April 2025 PULP Literature 0

Guidelines For the first twenty five issues of Pulp Literature we were lucky enough to have a different short story from founding editor Susan Pieters in […]

Throwback Thursday: ‘The Wishing Well’ by Susan Pieters

24 October 2024 PULP Literature 0

Wish for a Midsummer’s Night Two fairies work their magic beside a wishing well in the dark of night … for good or ill?  Enjoy […]

Throwback Thursday: ‘Take This Cup’ by Susan Pieters

27 June 2024 PULP Literature 0

God of the Hills In ‘Take This Cup’ by Susan Pieters, a young girl learns where her true power lies. As Sue tells us, “This […]

Throwback Thursday: ‘A Discussion of Keats’s Negative Capability’ by Susan Pieters

20 June 2024 PULP Literature 0

Smoke and Ash Sit with your doubts. Question your assumptions. Remain open and curious. All good advice in theory, but perhaps a bit hard to […]

Throwback Thursday: ‘Family AGM’ by Susan Pieters

9 May 2024 PULP Literature 0

Unhappy in Its Own Way With ‘Family AGM’, author Susan Pieters was inspired by the tedium of the grant-writing process to consider what it would […]

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