Pulp Fiction Omnibus Volume 01: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Weird & Bizarre Stories: A Compilation

by D. Vergara

Ready for your terrorised enjoyment! Relive the fears and thrilling excitement… or find new ones. It's all here in this collection of carefully curated short stories from the "Golden Age" of sci-fi and fantasy, and horror. "All Dave Miller wanted to do was commit suicide in peace. He tried, but the things that happened after he'd pulled the trigger were all wrong." And also, "six men face a creature impossible to fight, let alone kill..., a boy trying desperately trying not to think about that thing in his closet, a store owner who is disturbed when he sees a stranger hanging from a lamppost, but finds that other people consider the apparent lynching unremarkable, a society in which aging has been cured, individuals have indefinite lifespans, and population control is used to limit the population, two youngsters almost cause an interstellar incident when they try to keep alien visitors as pets." Read these stories and other glorious gems in the Pulp Fiction Omnibus Volume 01.

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 4, 2021

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Collection of short storys from the likes of Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K Dick, William W Stuart & Algernon Blackwood among others.

This is a great collection of stories with genre's from sci-fi, horror and downright bizzare. Each one punchy, pacy little numbers with a sting in their tails, like a series of Twilight episodes i really enjoyed this omnibus, probably the standout for me was the PKD tale "The Hanging Stranger" which is superb.

My only moan was there was no info about when or where these tales were first published, hey ho i could always look them up, but as moans go that is very petty. All in all this is an absolute corking volume and well worth a read.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is quite a collection, actually. Not a dull story in the bunch, although I do suspect that I didn't quite get "The Incredible Mrs. Mimms" by David C. Wright. Among the entries are some personal favorite writers: Vonnegut, Dick, Asimov.

I give this collection four stars instead of five because 1) "Isaac Asimov" was misspelled as "Isaak" and 2) there are no author bios or historical context of each story, no original publication erratta or notes from the editor. This appears to be little more than a $7 compendium put together by an editor who only had access to public domain works. With that said, the editor chose wisely. All of these stories are great.

[J.R. Santos · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know about calling it an Omnibus, but it is a solid little anthology.

For the Asimov story alone (Youth) it was worth it. Lots of great names in fiction.

I find it weird Isaac was misspelled as Isaak, but otherwise it's a good anthology that end with a ghost story by Algernon Blackwood.

[Jonathan Carnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun mix of authors and ideas, including some really striking and odd thoughts

[Tony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Old time fun.

Nice collection of stories. Nothing spectacular though the one by Asimov is the longest and most satisfying. Good for a gentle nostalgic read.