Pulp Noir

About This Group

The exciting Pulp Noir Writing Challenge 2012 has now launched. To find out more and take part please read here There are monthly prizes to be won, in addition to a prize for the overall winner!!!

As of 25 October 2011 this group is being relaunched. Unfortunately, to get going, a backlog of works awaiting moderation have been deleted. Apologies if your work was. It was nothing personal but simply an attempt to start all over again. Please stay tuned for some exciting challenges and competitions to come.

Pulp Noir is a seedy joint for all your hardboiled, downbeat and plot driven fictional tales; where the twists are gut-wrenching and the excitement leaves you breathless. From all your pulpy crime to noir horror, dollar sci-fi to chear erotica and all points in between, this is the place for all your darkest thrills, spills, chills and kills!

We want the writers who are committed, so you must be prepared to engage in the group.

This is world of small time crooks, anti-heroes, cynical cops, world weary private eyes, seductive femme fatales, dark locations, smoky bars, rain soaked city streets, flesh eating zombies, unbelievable monsters, aliens from other worlds, distant planets, strange supernatural occurances, boys-own tales of heroism, evil wizards, dangerous dragons, shady cowboys, thrilling adventures, exciting explorations into lost worlds, bad sex and anything else you care to throw into this seedy underbelly of life!

We are looking for complete stand-alone fictional short stories of between 250 and 750 words (no poetry please). We don’t want literary prose or stories without exciting twists.

Gives us plenty of thrills, spills, chills and kills and we’ll all be happy.

Read here for a definition of pulp fiction and read here for a definition of pulp noir

Just remember your stories should be downbeat, thrilling, gut wrenching, exciting, amazing, creative and fun! Leave us breathless and gagging for more!

See the group rules and join this group here