By Jacob Cordas — Pulp stories are deceptively simple. They are stories that when summarized sound like so many other things we’ve seen before: a hard boiled detective needs to solve the mystery that is too close for comfort, a woman gets revenge on the men who wronged her, a monster attacks a city whose citizens must bond together to stop it. But when reduced down to this, it ignores the beauty of pulp. The familiarity is not a negative but a benefit. Knowing the beats makes each detail stand out so much more strongly. The voice of the author(s) comes through louder and clearer in all the ways they are able to play with these prepackaged toys.