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30s Pulp Noir This was Ed's idea, and a pretty damn good one at that--to have the final issue of Hardluck pay tribute to our roots--the Pulp magazines from the 30s. Almost anything was fair game as long as it was noirish and captured the vibe of a 30s Pulp story. The only thing we were excluding were PI stories--we were afraid it might come off as too much of a pastiche if we were filled with those. We ended up with a collection of noir stories that would've made those old pulps proud, stories filled with high sea adventures, headhunters, deadly boxing matches, fixed horse races, mobsters, bank robbers, psychopaths, tribal vengeance, cons, crimes, and dames. I want to thank everyone who contributed, and everyone who submitted--this was yet another instance of us having to turn down some terrific stories. And of course, a big thanks to my intrepid co-editor, Ed Gorman, and a huge thanks to Jean-Pierre Jacquet for once again providing amazing illustrations, and allowing Hardluck to go out in style. Dave Zeltserman, 2008
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