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Killer

October 6, 2026

A compact science-fiction story involving murder, another world, and extraterrestrial life.

By Garth Brook “Where’s the server?” Professor Daniel Mercer turned from the passenger window. “What?” “The server,” Pieter van Rensburg said. “Where is it?” They had been arguing about evolution for the…

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The Death’s Head Meteor

September 29, 2026

A compact 1929 space-and-meteor pulp story by Neil R. Jones.

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Current Calls

September 26, 2026

The Outpost had a semi open call. RIght now we have the following recomendations Tales of the Shamrock and Thistle — Celtic myth, folklore, and Celtic-themed fantasy. Weird West — science fiction,…

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It’s Alive!!

September 24, 2026

The outpost is back. We are proud to be a part of the secon golden age or pulp. We will be running Pulp Classics- stories from the golden age of pulp. Astounding…

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Five Miles to Perdition: A Young Pete Story

September 22, 2026

A Young Pete Western-pulp story by Henry Herbert Knibbs.

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Carmilla – The Series | S1 E1 “Disorientation”
ByNicodim the Web Spinner October 8, 2026September 21, 2026

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Episode 1 of Marble Hornets, Season 1
ByNicodim the Web Spinner October 1, 2026September 21, 2026

A student examines tapes from an abandoned film project and encounters a disturbing entity stalking those connected to it.

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WHY ROMANIAN MYTHOLOGY IS SO WEIRD
ByNicodim the Web Spinner September 26, 2026September 26, 2026

An interesting video on Romanian folklore that came up in my feed. I would strongly disagre with her statement that at the end that the vampire doens’t exist in Romanian mythology as I would say the Strigoii is a vampire

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Reprogrammed
ByNicodim the Web Spinner September 24, 2026September 21, 2026

Retro-future science-fiction short about a roboticist building a sentient robot.

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The Devil’s School — Romanian Mythology in Brahm Stoker’s Dracula
ByNicodim the Web Spinner December 4, 2020

The Video is about the Solomoneri a school for Wizards in Romanian lore where students learn magic from Satan himself. The 10th Student never leaves. In the book Dracula this was a throwaway line as Van Helsing was giving an info dump on Dracula’s history. This is a good example of why Stoker is the…

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