Lucynka
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Of the blog “Lucynka Reviews Obscure Bullshit.” Girls don’t want boys, girls want feminist analyses of Cornell Woolrich stories. Currently also reviewing stories from the romance pulps.
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· Oct 25
The Best of All-Story Love: 1929
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It's here!!! THE BEST OF ALL-STORY LOVE: 1929, a first-of-its-kind anthology of #pulp #romance stories from that magazine's first year. It took long enough, but I'm ever so happy I can bring at least a fraction of this forgotten part of romance history to light. 💕 #romancelandia #booksky📚💙
Gonna start using the phrase "Happy Neppy New Yearr" from now on. #iykyk
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January 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Gonna start using the phrase "Happy Neppy New Yearr" from now on. #iykyk
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My gosh how useful that would be.
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
My gosh how useful that would be.
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Damn, what a good Public Domain Day this year. Finally legal to write a book about Nancy Drew recovering the Maltese Falcon after it’s theft by the notorious flapper known only as “Blondie.”
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Damn, what a good Public Domain Day this year. Finally legal to write a book about Nancy Drew recovering the Maltese Falcon after it’s theft by the notorious flapper known only as “Blondie.”
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It's been a long time since I posted a cover, so here's the August 30, 1930 issue (now in the public domain!) of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, with art by Modest Stein. If not the *actual* first LOVE STORY cover featuring kissing, then damn close to it! #pulp #romance #romancelandia
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 AM
It's been a long time since I posted a cover, so here's the August 30, 1930 issue (now in the public domain!) of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, with art by Modest Stein. If not the *actual* first LOVE STORY cover featuring kissing, then damn close to it! #pulp #romance #romancelandia
It's been a long time since I posted a cover, so here's the August 30, 1930 issue (now in the public domain!) of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, with art by Modest Stein. If not the *actual* first LOVE STORY cover featuring kissing, then damn close to it! #pulp #romance #romancelandia
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 AM
It's been a long time since I posted a cover, so here's the August 30, 1930 issue (now in the public domain!) of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, with art by Modest Stein. If not the *actual* first LOVE STORY cover featuring kissing, then damn close to it! #pulp #romance #romancelandia
"An ill father, a family business to run…and an unknown stalker threatening to kill him." I kind of want to read this just to find out WTF is up with Nick Chenault's life. 😂 (Also genuinely love the unusual setting!)
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
"An ill father, a family business to run…and an unknown stalker threatening to kill him." I kind of want to read this just to find out WTF is up with Nick Chenault's life. 😂 (Also genuinely love the unusual setting!)
Pro: 1930 issues of ALL-STORY LOVE just became available for viewing on HathiTrust! 😃
Con: They're missing Volume 4 (March 22 - May 3)! 😭
Looks like 2026 might be the year I finally get around to checking out microfilm from the Library of Congress. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Con: They're missing Volume 4 (March 22 - May 3)! 😭
Looks like 2026 might be the year I finally get around to checking out microfilm from the Library of Congress. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Pro: 1930 issues of ALL-STORY LOVE just became available for viewing on HathiTrust! 😃
Con: They're missing Volume 4 (March 22 - May 3)! 😭
Looks like 2026 might be the year I finally get around to checking out microfilm from the Library of Congress. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Con: They're missing Volume 4 (March 22 - May 3)! 😭
Looks like 2026 might be the year I finally get around to checking out microfilm from the Library of Congress. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
1/ You know, I did a round-up of blog posts from 2025, but no round-up of books published in 2025! To remedy that, a small thread of (what is now called) my En Prise Press releases. #pulp #mystery #mysteries #romance #romancelandia
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 AM
1/ You know, I did a round-up of blog posts from 2025, but no round-up of books published in 2025! To remedy that, a small thread of (what is now called) my En Prise Press releases. #pulp #mystery #mysteries #romance #romancelandia
Happy New Year! 🎉 In case you missed my round-up of blog posts from 2025…
Here's to more posts, more public domain releases, and hopefully getting comfortable with my brand-new newsletter in 2026! 😂 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
Here's to more posts, more public domain releases, and hopefully getting comfortable with my brand-new newsletter in 2026! 😂 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
Signing up to my newsletter (lucynka-staron.beehiiv.com /plug) will get you a round-up of December blog posts (and more), but what about my posts from the rest of the year? Strap in, we're doing a round-up of all formal reviews and vintage articles from 2025! #pulp #booksky #romancelandia 🧵 1/
January 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Happy New Year! 🎉 In case you missed my round-up of blog posts from 2025…
Here's to more posts, more public domain releases, and hopefully getting comfortable with my brand-new newsletter in 2026! 😂 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
Here's to more posts, more public domain releases, and hopefully getting comfortable with my brand-new newsletter in 2026! 😂 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
For the day crowd, who missed this small thread, and especially this post. 🧐💕
Sure, Ray Milland is handsome and all, but will no one talk about J. Carrol Naish and his pretty lashes and smokey eyes (and monocle!) and beautiful air of general smarminess???
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For the day crowd, who missed this small thread, and especially this post. 🧐💕
My first newsletter went out this morning (containing—among other things—the free #pulp short, "Her Friend, the Burglar," from 1922)! If by chance you missed it, you can still subscribe and get retroactive access to the story. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who has signed up so far! 🥰
Lucynka's Bullshit Round-Up
A monthly round-up of my Wordpress posts and updates about my public domain imprint, En Prise Press. (Also get access to free, digital-only stories, and perhaps some photos of my cat???)
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December 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My first newsletter went out this morning (containing—among other things—the free #pulp short, "Her Friend, the Burglar," from 1922)! If by chance you missed it, you can still subscribe and get retroactive access to the story. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who has signed up so far! 🥰
Rewatching HOTEL IMPERIAL (1939), and what I wouldn't give for a competent remake of this film, or else, like, a good book version of the story? #wwi
(I specify the 1939 version because it has—on paper, at least—a way more interesting heroine, who's out to solve a mystery and/or get REVENGE.)
(I specify the 1939 version because it has—on paper, at least—a way more interesting heroine, who's out to solve a mystery and/or get REVENGE.)
Hotel Imperial (1939): An absolute mess of a WWI drama, but the two leads are both so goddamn attractive I almost don’t even care?
“Maybe someday when the war’s all over, we’ll each of us know what the other is talking about.” My December ended up being busier than expected, but we’re still managing to be somewhat seasonally a…
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December 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Rewatching HOTEL IMPERIAL (1939), and what I wouldn't give for a competent remake of this film, or else, like, a good book version of the story? #wwi
(I specify the 1939 version because it has—on paper, at least—a way more interesting heroine, who's out to solve a mystery and/or get REVENGE.)
(I specify the 1939 version because it has—on paper, at least—a way more interesting heroine, who's out to solve a mystery and/or get REVENGE.)
So I belong to a couple pulp groups on FB, and every now and then a discussion question pops up, like, "Who's your favorite pulp writer?" or "What's the most iconic pulp cover?" and I'm always tempted to troll such posts with romance authors/stories/covers, but I suspect the joke would be lost.
December 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
So I belong to a couple pulp groups on FB, and every now and then a discussion question pops up, like, "Who's your favorite pulp writer?" or "What's the most iconic pulp cover?" and I'm always tempted to troll such posts with romance authors/stories/covers, but I suspect the joke would be lost.
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A friend (if we may term her that, ahem @lizbatty.bsky.social) dared me to read The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, one of this year's Dramione-with-the-serial-numbers-filed-off novels. I am three chapters in and barely holding on. I invite you to share my pain in the following posts.
December 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A friend (if we may term her that, ahem @lizbatty.bsky.social) dared me to read The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, one of this year's Dramione-with-the-serial-numbers-filed-off novels. I am three chapters in and barely holding on. I invite you to share my pain in the following posts.
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There's still time to sign up for my monthly newsletter! (And even if you wait until the new year, you'll still get retroactive access to this story! But don't you want to get it ASAP, on the 31st??? 😉) #pulp #romance #romancelandia
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Did you hear I now have a monthly newsletter? I do! The first official one goes out at the end of the December, and will come with an exclusive digital #pulp story, Parker Howard's "Her Friend, the Burglar," a cute little short from 1922! Sign up here:
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December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There's still time to sign up for my monthly newsletter! (And even if you wait until the new year, you'll still get retroactive access to this story! But don't you want to get it ASAP, on the 31st??? 😉) #pulp #romance #romancelandia
Subscribe here! lucynka-staron.beehiiv.com
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A hot take I can get behind (pun intended?).
December 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A hot take I can get behind (pun intended?).
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Anyway here is the most successful promo I've ever done for a book.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
FOUND IT
December 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Anyway here is the most successful promo I've ever done for a book.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
YOU DO NOT NEED AI.
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Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
Not that I LIKE having a three-day headache/migraine, but the sheer RELIEF upon it finally lifting really is remarkable if you've never experienced it. 😌
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Not that I LIKE having a three-day headache/migraine, but the sheer RELIEF upon it finally lifting really is remarkable if you've never experienced it. 😌
There's still time to sign up for my monthly newsletter! (And even if you wait until the new year, you'll still get retroactive access to this story! But don't you want to get it ASAP, on the 31st??? 😉) #pulp #romance #romancelandia
Subscribe here! lucynka-staron.beehiiv.com
Subscribe here! lucynka-staron.beehiiv.com
Did you hear I now have a monthly newsletter? I do! The first official one goes out at the end of the December, and will come with an exclusive digital #pulp story, Parker Howard's "Her Friend, the Burglar," a cute little short from 1922! Sign up here:
lucynka-staron.beehiiv.com
lucynka-staron.beehiiv.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There's still time to sign up for my monthly newsletter! (And even if you wait until the new year, you'll still get retroactive access to this story! But don't you want to get it ASAP, on the 31st??? 😉) #pulp #romance #romancelandia
Subscribe here! lucynka-staron.beehiiv.com
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It's Boxing Day! And in the spirit of role reversals, I would like to bring back this review of Cornell Woolrich's 1936 crime thriller, "Johnny On the Spot," wherein the HERO is kidnapped, and his young wife, the HEROINE, has to perform a rescue mission. It's equal parts sweet and brutal. 🖤 #pulp
“Johnny On the Spot” (or, Run Jean Run and “Bitch Better Have My Hunny”)
“They’re not going to have him!” Jean Donovan whispered into the night that surrounded her, eyes hard as mica and so big they seemed to cover her whole face. “They’re not—going—to—take—him away fr…
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December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's Boxing Day! And in the spirit of role reversals, I would like to bring back this review of Cornell Woolrich's 1936 crime thriller, "Johnny On the Spot," wherein the HERO is kidnapped, and his young wife, the HEROINE, has to perform a rescue mission. It's equal parts sweet and brutal. 🖤 #pulp
It's Boxing Day! And in the spirit of role reversals, I would like to bring back this review of Cornell Woolrich's 1936 crime thriller, "Johnny On the Spot," wherein the HERO is kidnapped, and his young wife, the HEROINE, has to perform a rescue mission. It's equal parts sweet and brutal. 🖤 #pulp
“Johnny On the Spot” (or, Run Jean Run and “Bitch Better Have My Hunny”)
“They’re not going to have him!” Jean Donovan whispered into the night that surrounded her, eyes hard as mica and so big they seemed to cover her whole face. “They’re not—going—to—take—him away fr…
lucynka.wordpress.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's Boxing Day! And in the spirit of role reversals, I would like to bring back this review of Cornell Woolrich's 1936 crime thriller, "Johnny On the Spot," wherein the HERO is kidnapped, and his young wife, the HEROINE, has to perform a rescue mission. It's equal parts sweet and brutal. 🖤 #pulp