Pulp Empire

Living Legends now available on all digital platforms!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:41 +0000

Just days ahead of the print edition, Metahuman Press is proud to announce the debut of Living Legends Book I: Old Soldiers for all digital platforms. Written by Ye Olde Webmaster himself, Nicholas Ahlhelm, Living Legends revives over a dozen classic Golden Age comic characters.

The story follows the exploits of a group of heroes shot through time by a mysterious force only to emerge in the modern day Times Square. These heroes are forced to find their way through a strange new world while also investigating the mysteries of their disappearance, their powers and fight a dark force that seeks to manipulate them in the days ahead.

Living Legends Book I: Old Soldiers is now available for the digital introductory price of $2.99. With over 200 pages of super-powered action, pulp and super powered fiction fans cannot go wrong here. Click below to be taken directly to your preferred e-book provider! Print fans, don’t worry. A print edition will be available later this week!

Pick up a copy now at:

Amazon for Kindle | Barnes & Noble Nook | Smashwords | DriveThruFiction (PDF)

You better watch out! Doc Claus is coming to town!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:11:24 +0000

Pulp Empire is proud to announce our first original character anthology is in the works for November of this year! Any authors interested in contributing to the Jolly Ol’ Adventurer should contact Pulp Empire at submissions@pulpempire.com. Include ‘Doc Claus’ in your subject line and we will send out the Doc Claus overview document. From there, we will ask for a short story outline. The book will feature 6 stories of 10,000 words each.

So if you are interested in writing the adventures of Nick and his Holiday Patrol, don’t delay! Request the series overview and get your proposals in!

Two anthologies filled, three still need your stories!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Fri, 04 May 2012 23:36:06 +0000

Pulp Empire and Metahuman Press are now closing submissions on I Was a Teenaged Superhuman and Supernatural West. I Was a Teenaged Superhuman will feature tales from David Perlmutter, Caine Door, Mark Oldfield, Wayne Ligon, Hunter Lambright & Travis Hiltz. Supernatural West will have stories from Lance Stahlberg, Terry Alexander, Viktor Kowalski, Teel James Glenn, Hunter Lambright & Shane Cashman.

We still have several openings in the other three of our announced anthologies. Any writer interested in publishing with Pulp Empire should send a proposal for a 10000 word story to submissions@pulpempire.com. If a writer has never written for Pulp Empire or Metahuman Press before, they should also include a writing sample. Deadlines listed below are for the final story.

Volume 1 of Modern Gods has a final story deadline of July 15 and will feature characters from any pantheon. It has one final slot open for your submissions.

Modern Gods volume 2 will feature gods of the Greek pantheon only. It has a final story deadline of September 30. Three open slots for stories are still available.

Spy World features modern set tales of agents of international espionage. The stories for this tale should be grounded in reality, but the more stylized reality of spies like Jason Bourne, James Bond, or Sydney Bristow. Fast, hard plots should be in store here, but try to keep any stories to a PG-13 level of sex and language. Please no superheroes, aliens or the like in proposals. The final story deadline is August 15. We still need four stories for this book so please get those submissions in if you are interested.

Keep reading, folks! We have two new books shipping within the next few weeks plus plans to announce more books in this space very soon!

Pulp Empire announces three new pulp anthologies open for proposals!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:31:06 +0000

Pulp Empire is proud to announce an open proposal call for our next three pulp anthologies! Like our last announced book, Presidential Pulp, we are looking for potential writers for these anthologies to send us a two to four paragraph synopsis of their 10,000 word story. If you have written a story for Pulp Empire before, that is all that needs to be sent. If you haven’t worked with us before, also attach a past short story so we can get an example of your work.

We will accept proposals for each of these anthologies over the next month (with a planned final deadline of May 15). Once we have six stories selected for each of the books, we will then announce the books closed. However, if response is strong enough, we may schedule sequel volumes.

Modern Gods will feature tales of ancient gods from Norse, Roman, Greek, Celtic or Egyptian mythology as they either are reborn or come to visit the modern world. However they get here, their adventures should promise lots of adventure around the world. Two volumes are already planned for this title. The first volume features characters from any pantheon, while volume two will exclusively feature Greek characters. The final story deadline for Volume 1 is July 15. Volume 2 has a final story deadline of September 30.

Supernatural West is an anthology that combines classic western pulp tales with elements of the supernatural. Whether those elements are vampires, werewolves, zombies or demons—or something straight out of the mind of H.P. Lovecraft—is up to the individual writers. Again, we want fast-paced tales for this one. The final story deadline is August 31.

In addition, Metahuman Press also has its first anthology in the works under the same rules. I Was a Teenage Superhero tells tales of exactly that: teenage superheroes. We want stories of teenagers learning to use their powers, told from a first person perspective. All stories should be set in the time period between the 1940s and the present day and obviously feature only original creations or public domain heroes. The final story deadline is September 15.

All proposals should be emailed to submissions@pulpempire.com.

Remember, we will accept stories for these books on a first come, first serve basis, so if you’re interested in any of these books, get your proposals written!

We will be announcing new books very soon to close out the year’s releases at Pulp Empire and Metahuman Press!

Pulp Empire introduces Presidential Pulp!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:16:39 +0000

Pulp Empire is proud to announce that their fifth planned anthology of 2012 will be Presidential Pulp, an anthology that presents American Presidents as pulp adventure heroes. Whether it is a gun-sling Abe Lincoln, a secret agent George Washington or an alien-fighting Dwight Eisenhower, we want submissions that combine real life Presidents with great pulp tales.

Pulp Empire is now actively making a call to writers interested in working on Presidential Pulp. Right now, we are looking for two to three paragraph proposals for pulp stories in the 10,000 to 15,000 word range. Any writer interested should immediately send their proposal (as a linked .doc or .rtf file) and a short bio to submissions@pulpempire.com.

The deadline for proposal submissions is April 15 and the final deadline for stories is June 15, so get your proposals in soon. We are looking for a total of five to six stories to fill the final collection and will accept proposals until the anthology is filled.

Pulp Empire announces Martian Holiday Sale!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:20:55 +0000

Heroes of Mars is now available in print at Amazon and Createspace. And to tie-in with the original Martian hero’s first appearance on the silver screen on Friday, March 9, the book is now available at a special discount!

Use discount code Z43EJGX2 at Createspace and you can get the book for $2 off! That is only $9 for five great new stories and a fascinating essay by 2012 Pulp Ark best author Teel James Glenn!

But as a special thank you to all our fans buying Heroes of Mars in print, that discount will also extend to all our Createspace published titles from Metahuman Press/Pulp Empire. With the same discount code Z43EJGX2, you can also get deals on the following three titles:

Invasion by Mark Oldfield, the first in the modern super-powered fiction line from Metahuman Press, for $2.00 off!

The Heroes & Heretics anthology for $4.00 off!

Pulp Empire’s bestselling title ever, Pirates & Swashbucklers, for a whopping $5.00 off!

Our books also continue to be available at a very reasonable price for digital readers through Amazon, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble. Check out the Metahuman Press home page for links to them all!

This sale is for a limited time only, so get the books at a great discount while you still can!

Pulp Empire congratulates Teel James Glenn, 2012 Pulp Ark Best Author!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:21:06 +0000

We here at Pulp Empire extend our deepest congratulations to regular contributor and renaissance man Teel James Glenn, the 2012 winner for Best Author from the Pulp Ark awards!

Pulp Ark is of course the new annual Pulp convention that takes place in Batesville, Arkansas this coming April! Pro Se Pulp has more details about the show!

Teel has been a regular contributor to the Pulp Empire anthologies since Volume Two! You can find his writing in Pulp Empire Volumes Two, Four and Five, Pirates & Swashbucklers and the recent Heroes of Mars!

Congratulations, Teel, and we hope to see more of your tales in upcoming Pulp Empire volumes!

Heroes of Mars is now available!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:51:11 +0000

Pulp Empire’s newest anthology is now available in print and ebook editions!

Heroes of Mars tells five new stories set on the savage world of Mars! Great new tales by Geoff Gander, Evan Dicken, Mark Brandon Allen, Travis Hiltz and J.M. Stewart, plus an essay by Teel James Glenn!

Print copies are now available for a mere $11.00 from Createspace!

E-book editions are also available for Kindle (through Amazon), Smashwords and Barnes & Noble (for Nook) at only $2.99!

An Amazon print edition will be available later in the week! Stay tuned to the site for details!

Heroes & Heretics now on sale at Amazon!

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:32:11 +0000

Amazon is now offering a solid discount on the cover price of our Heroes & Heretics anthology. We have no idea how long the sale price will last, but currently you can get the book for over four dollars off its regular price of $16!

Click the link below to pick up a copy!

A Word of Protest

Nicholas Ahlhelm — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:01:24 +0000

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