Pulp is Fun

When the going gets hard at the magazine, I consistently turn to the weird in my off time. I’m back to Spacesuits and Sixguns, a fun pulp magazine, looking this time at a flash fiction piece by Rhonda Eudaly called “Immense Dimension of Your Monster.” Inspired by something from the author’s spam folder, the piece is a short, funny take on monster creation:

According to Dr. Frank Stein, founder of this competition, “the hardest part comes when entering the second round. Many of the creations don’t understand the torches and pitchforks are merely diagnostic tools to gage quality of workmanship.”