Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.

Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (born 1955 Schenectady, New York) is an author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror fiction, noir fiction / hardboiled, and dark fantasy genres. He lives in Germany.

Work as author

Pulver started his publishing career in the early 1990s with a number of short stories published in various American 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".

In addition to various American small press magazines (Hippocampus Press, Lovecraft eZine, Nemonymous, etc.). Pulver's work has been featured in numerous anthologies in the US, UK, France, and Japan. Some of these anthologies include: "Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror", "The Tindalos Mythos", "Spawn of the Green Abyss", "The Book of Eibon", Lin Carter's "Anton Zarnak: Supernatural Sleuth", and "Rehearsals For Oblivion".