Joseph S. Pulver
Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (born 1955 Schenectady, New York) is a zine editor, author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror fiction, noir fiction / hardboiled, and dark fantasy genres. He lives in Germany.
Pulver started his publishing career in the early 1990s with a number of short stories published in various small press magazines, foremost among them Robert M. Price’s Crypt of Cthulhu. His tales cover subjects ranging from Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and Robert W. Chambers’ "King in Yellow."
Pulver’s professional debut came with the publication of his Lovecraftian novel, "Nightmare’s Disciple".
Pulver has also been the editor of Midnight Shambler and Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. He was also the co-editor for Crypt of Cthulhu, published by Mythos Books LLC working alongside Robert M. Price, Michael Cisco and David Wynn. Crypt of Cthulhu also published several poems and short stories by Joseph S. Pulver.
Pulver’s professional debut came with the publication of his Lovecraftian novel, "Nightmare’s Disciple".
Novels
- Nightmare's Disciple, Chaosium 1999
- Nightmare's Disciple, Speaking Volumes 2011
eBooks
- Blood Will Have Its Season, Speaking Volumes 2011
- Nightmare's Disciple, Speaking Volumes 2011
Collections
- Blood Will Have Its Season, edited by S.T. Joshi, Hippocampus Press 2009
- SIN & ashes, edited by S.T. Joshi, Hippocampus Press 2010
Audio
- "The Black Litany of Nug & Yeb" (read by Robert M. Price) on Strange Aeons, Stormclouds 2001
- "The Stormclouds of Their Return" (read by Joseph S. Pulver) on Strange Aeons, Stormclouds 2001
Chapbooks
- "Orchard Fruit" in E'CH PI EL, Rainfall Books 2007
- "The Ebb of Reason" in The Yellow Sign No.2, Rainfall Books 2007
- "The Guard Command" in The Nightmusic of Oakdeene & Others, Rainfall Books 2006
- "The Songs Cassilda Shall Sing, Where Flap the Tatters of the King" in The Yellow Sign No.1, Rainfall Books 2006
Translated works
En compaignie du Roi en jaune Aug ‘99:
- "A Line of Questions" (in French as "Une file ge questions" — translated by C. Thill)
- "Once My Beloved" (in French as "A mon bien-aime" — translated by C. Thill)
- "The Faces of She" (in French as "Les visages d-Elle" — translated by C. Thill)
The Book of Eibon edited by Robert M. Price [Notssuo Press Japan] 2008 [translation into Japanese]
Contributions
- Al-Azif
- Crypt of Cthulhu
- Cthulhu Codex
- Cthulhu Cultus
- dreams and nightmares
- frission
- Midnight Shambler
- Nightscapes
- Patricide
- Penny Dreadful
- Songs of Innocence
- Strange Aeons Magazine
- Tales of Lovecraftian Horror
- Terror Tales
- Whispers from the Shattered Forum
Zines
- Crypt of Cthulhu (co-editor)
- Midnight Shambler (editor)
- Tales of Lovecraftian Horror (editor)
