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This Site is for essays on The New Pulp Heroes. It’s about time we catalog new characters appearing in books and anthologies. Since I do not have time to read everything being published, I will offer space here for legitimate creators of new pulp characters to send me their data, and I will post their essays. It is not my place to say what is, or what is not a new pulp hero, and the only changes I will make to essays will be editing and format. If you wish, include a jpeg of a book cover or b&w illustration if you have permission from the artist. By sending me your essays, you are giving me permission to promote and showcase this data. Essays should be up to 500 words, and include information on MC and back up characters, creator, title of books, and where the stories can be found. A paperback edition is now available for $12.00, plus $3.99 postage (US). The book will only be sold through us: Tom Johnson, 204 W. Custer St., Seymour, TX 76380. Send questions or data to fadingshadows40@gmail.com

Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Undertaker


The Undertaker
Creator: Nick Carr
Characters
Martin Gort
Wilkins
Edward White
Emil Lotana
Cytherea Lotana
Oceans

Small towns can produce the mysterious corpse every now and then, and someone has to have a knack for investigating them, whether they turn out to be explainable or supernatural. In Oskaloosa, that’s where Martin Gort, the local undertaker comes in. He has a penchant for solving hidden mysteries, whether it’s a haunted chair or a corpse with the head crushed in – and the only suspect is a nearby statue.
Martin Gort is the Funeral Director for Oskaloosa, Kansas, located two miles off a major highway, with a population of one thousand souls. His description is left up to the reader, but hints at the old western frontier’s black-clad, rather cadaverous characters of similar profession.
Wilkins is the train depot agent. He Loves to play checkers, and always seems to beat the local undertaker.
Edward White is the local sheriff. He can never quite solve the strange mysteries that pop up every now and then.
Emil Lotana is Gort’s assistant at the funeral home.
Cytherea Lotana is a cosmetic professional who prepares the deceased for burial.
Oceans is the town coroner.
There have been several interesting stories in this series.
The Buffalo   CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #11
The Bottle CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #12
The Bird* CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #14
The Corpse CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #15
The Black Coffin CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #16
The Devil’s Caretaker CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #18
The Devil’s Handmaidens  CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #19
Button, Button, Who’s Got The Button  CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #20
(Note: *A similar version of The Bird was published in Skull Duggery #2.) 

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