Started as a multi-genre fiction digest magazine in 2011, Pulp Modern has since become a publication specializing in horror, both on page and now on the silver screen!
Cizak founded the notorious crime fiction blog All Due Respect in 2010 and quickly saw the need for similar markets for all the pulp fiction genres, markets not beholden to the more Puritanical standards of the majors. Pulp Modern was designed to provide a venue for writers looking to take risks the larger, corporate-minded publications couldn’t for fear of losing money.
While many in publishing view social media status as the primary determiner of value in fiction, Pulp Modern allows the contributing writers to let the work speak for itself. We pride ourselves on producing independent publications and movies that can compete with the majors while avoiding the pitfalls the corporate culture surrounding the majors creates.
Nietzsche once wrote, “Only the day after tomorrow belongs to me.” Writers and filmmakers interested in telling good stories that speak to all of humanity must operate under a similar assumption; the entertainment Pulp Modern produces will survive the modern age and thrive in the future, when newer generations rebel against the current regime of bland, corporate-approved Puritanism disguised as basic manners.
2021 marked the 10th Anniversary of the publication of the very first issue of Pulp Modern. Just imagine how much the world has changed in 10 short years! To celebrate, we published two themed issues in 2021. We have since shifted to all horror as we evolve to a digest magazine and accompanying anthology film format. The first film, Die Laughing, is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
