Lucynka
@lucynka.bsky.social
Of the blog “Lucynka Reviews Obscure Bullshit.” Girls don’t want boys, girls want feminist analyses of Cornell Woolrich stories. Currently also reviewing stories from the romance pulps.
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· Oct 25
The Best of All-Story Love: 1929
Amazon.com: The Best of All-Story Love: 1929 eBook : Staron, Lucynka: Kindle Store
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It's here!!! THE BEST OF ALL-STORY LOVE: 1929, a first-of-its-kind anthology of #pulp #romance stories from that magazine's first year. It took long enough, but I'm ever so happy I can bring at least a fraction of this forgotten part of romance history to light. 💕 #romancelandia #booksky📚💙
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There's a reason that I say that European pulps were better than American pulps. The American pulps gave you boring characters like the Moon Man and the Whirlwind and the Man in Purple. The European pulps gave you The Mysterious Doctor Funk. Q.E.D.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There's a reason that I say that European pulps were better than American pulps. The American pulps gave you boring characters like the Moon Man and the Whirlwind and the Man in Purple. The European pulps gave you The Mysterious Doctor Funk. Q.E.D.
Me, making more of those bad-good book decisions.
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Me, making more of those bad-good book decisions.
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It's December! Looking for a special holiday gift (either for someone else or yourself)? Into #romance and interested in the history of it? Then consider THE BEST OF ALL-STORY LOVE: 1929, an anthology of stories from the forgotten #pulp romance magazines of the early 20th century! #romancelandia
The Best of All-Story Love: 1929
Amazon.com: The Best of All-Story Love: 1929: 9798269287560: Staron, Lucynka: Books
www.amazon.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's December! Looking for a special holiday gift (either for someone else or yourself)? Into #romance and interested in the history of it? Then consider THE BEST OF ALL-STORY LOVE: 1929, an anthology of stories from the forgotten #pulp romance magazines of the early 20th century! #romancelandia
Already over 4K words for this review, and I still have a decent amount to go. Coming together really nicely, though! Hopefully I can finish it this week? 🤞 #TheSecretWhiteOfItAll
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Already over 4K words for this review, and I still have a decent amount to go. Coming together really nicely, though! Hopefully I can finish it this week? 🤞 #TheSecretWhiteOfItAll
It's December! Looking for a special holiday gift (either for someone else or yourself)? Into #romance and interested in the history of it? Then consider THE BEST OF ALL-STORY LOVE: 1929, an anthology of stories from the forgotten #pulp romance magazines of the early 20th century! #romancelandia
The Best of All-Story Love: 1929
Amazon.com: The Best of All-Story Love: 1929: 9798269287560: Staron, Lucynka: Books
www.amazon.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's December! Looking for a special holiday gift (either for someone else or yourself)? Into #romance and interested in the history of it? Then consider THE BEST OF ALL-STORY LOVE: 1929, an anthology of stories from the forgotten #pulp romance magazines of the early 20th century! #romancelandia
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Anyone who says "not your grandma's romance" has not one single solitary clue what their grandma was reading.
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Anyone who says "not your grandma's romance" has not one single solitary clue what their grandma was reading.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
I was not able to contribute an F+ review, like I wanted to, but at least I was able to contribute an F review? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (An honor, all the same!)
So safe to say we wouldn't recommend this one. https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/loves-magic-spell-by-glenna-finley/
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I was not able to contribute an F+ review, like I wanted to, but at least I was able to contribute an F review? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (An honor, all the same!)
Am considering that my lingering malaise/fogginess might actually be caffeine withdrawal, due to my increased coffee consumption over the course of three days, and my history of severe dependency (meaning it's REALLY easy for my body to slip back into that high-consumption state), pfffft.
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Am considering that my lingering malaise/fogginess might actually be caffeine withdrawal, due to my increased coffee consumption over the course of three days, and my history of severe dependency (meaning it's REALLY easy for my body to slip back into that high-consumption state), pfffft.
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Last chance to get the ebook for Beulah Poynter's IT LOOKED LIKE MURDER on sale! Back to full price tomorrow!
Poynter was an actress who later became big in the #pulp fiction genres of #mystery & #romance. This collects 5 loosely-connected proto-procedurals w/ romantic subplots for the first time!
Poynter was an actress who later became big in the #pulp fiction genres of #mystery & #romance. This collects 5 loosely-connected proto-procedurals w/ romantic subplots for the first time!
It Looked Like Murder: The Steele and Donovan Mysteries
It Looked Like Murder: The Steele and Donovan Mysteries - Kindle edition by Poynter, Beulah, Staron, Lucynka, Staron, Lucynka. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading It Looked Like Murder: The Steele and Donovan Mysteries.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I'm honored to have been featured by @smartbitches.bsky.social as a guest reviewer today! Remember that terrible, offensive (and offensively BORING) 1974 Glenna Finley Gothic abt plantation houses and voodoo? I didn't want to, either! Alas, "misery shared" and all that. 😂 #romance #romancelandia
Love’s Magic Spell by Glenna Finley | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm honored to have been featured by @smartbitches.bsky.social as a guest reviewer today! Remember that terrible, offensive (and offensively BORING) 1974 Glenna Finley Gothic abt plantation houses and voodoo? I didn't want to, either! Alas, "misery shared" and all that. 😂 #romance #romancelandia
"I just feel like Darien is the kind of guy who would have peaked in high school if he hadn't spent so much time selling pot under the bleachers."
Review: City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards
This is Popular On BookTok, and Ingrid feels very very lied to, because the only thing bigger than the plot holes are the red flags.
This is Popular On BookTok, and Ingrid feels very very lied to, because the only thing bigger than the plot holes are the red flags.
Review: City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards (2022)
House of Devils, #1 Heat Factor: I can’t really talk about heat factor in a book where the heroine feels like a child Character Chemistry: Helpless meets savior complex, maybe? Plot: Loren is a helpless, human child-woman who is first hunted and then rescued by Darien, who is just like, so naughty and strong, and together they try to stumble their way through a plot just rife with holes…
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December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"I just feel like Darien is the kind of guy who would have peaked in high school if he hadn't spent so much time selling pot under the bleachers."
Last chance to get the ebook for Beulah Poynter's IT LOOKED LIKE MURDER on sale! Back to full price tomorrow!
Poynter was an actress who later became big in the #pulp fiction genres of #mystery & #romance. This collects 5 loosely-connected proto-procedurals w/ romantic subplots for the first time!
Poynter was an actress who later became big in the #pulp fiction genres of #mystery & #romance. This collects 5 loosely-connected proto-procedurals w/ romantic subplots for the first time!
It Looked Like Murder: The Steele and Donovan Mysteries
It Looked Like Murder: The Steele and Donovan Mysteries - Kindle edition by Poynter, Beulah, Staron, Lucynka, Staron, Lucynka. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading It Looked Like Murder: The Steele and Donovan Mysteries.
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'm honored to have been featured by @smartbitches.bsky.social as a guest reviewer today! Remember that terrible, offensive (and offensively BORING) 1974 Glenna Finley Gothic abt plantation houses and voodoo? I didn't want to, either! Alas, "misery shared" and all that. 😂 #romance #romancelandia
Love’s Magic Spell by Glenna Finley | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
smartbitchestrashybooks.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm honored to have been featured by @smartbitches.bsky.social as a guest reviewer today! Remember that terrible, offensive (and offensively BORING) 1974 Glenna Finley Gothic abt plantation houses and voodoo? I didn't want to, either! Alas, "misery shared" and all that. 😂 #romance #romancelandia
Still too tired to write just yet (though getting better!), so here's a picture of Ellen Hogue (AKA: Eleanor Kerkhoff, née Stinchcomb), taken sometime in the 1930s. According to her granddaughter, who shared the photo online, it was taken by a friend who was testing lighting.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Still too tired to write just yet (though getting better!), so here's a picture of Ellen Hogue (AKA: Eleanor Kerkhoff, née Stinchcomb), taken sometime in the 1930s. According to her granddaughter, who shared the photo online, it was taken by a friend who was testing lighting.
I hate how fucking exhausted I am after the holidays. Like, I'm trying to write a little, and my ability to concentrate and form words is just GONE. (Which I rather expected, because it's always this way, but still, it's disappointing.)
Idk, maybe I should just content myself with reading today.
Idk, maybe I should just content myself with reading today.
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I hate how fucking exhausted I am after the holidays. Like, I'm trying to write a little, and my ability to concentrate and form words is just GONE. (Which I rather expected, because it's always this way, but still, it's disappointing.)
Idk, maybe I should just content myself with reading today.
Idk, maybe I should just content myself with reading today.
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No Thanksgiving covers to share, so instead I'll just bring this one back. #romancelandia
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
No Thanksgiving covers to share, so instead I'll just bring this one back. #romancelandia
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
No Thanksgiving covers to share, so instead I'll just bring this one back. #romancelandia
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
No Thanksgiving covers to share, so instead I'll just bring this one back. #romancelandia
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
LOVE BOOK was edited by Jane Littell, a popular #pulp #romance author & (coincidentally) a queer woman. One of her early stories can be found in my recent ALL-STORY LOVE anthology!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXBH8LR1
Me: I love kidnap romances!
Also me: No, not like that. (Nor that. Not that, either. Nope. No—)
Also me: No, not like that. (Nor that. Not that, either. Nope. No—)
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Me: I love kidnap romances!
Also me: No, not like that. (Nor that. Not that, either. Nope. No—)
Also me: No, not like that. (Nor that. Not that, either. Nope. No—)
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Sharing another old fave: Frances Lake (McKenna)'s "Tonight You're Mine!" (ALL-STORY LOVE, Feb. 1, 1940). Kind of like PERSUASION, if Anne had agreed to prostitute herself to Wentworth for a weekend. 👀 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
“Tonight You’re Mine!”: Kind of like Persuasion, if Wentworth had blackmailed Anne into spending a sexy weekend alone with him.
Her dark eyes narrowed speculatively as a cream-colored coupe swung into her driveway, stopped directly beneath her. A man got out, and before her eyes recognized him, her lurching heart told her …
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November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sharing another old fave: Frances Lake (McKenna)'s "Tonight You're Mine!" (ALL-STORY LOVE, Feb. 1, 1940). Kind of like PERSUASION, if Anne had agreed to prostitute herself to Wentworth for a weekend. 👀 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
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This is a 1000% cursed idea that I came up with late last night, and yet—I will stand by it. #romance #romancelandia
THE SHEIK, except Diana Mayo has an insufferable cartoon inner goddess, a la Anastasia Steele.
(Has someone written this fanfic? If not, WILL someone write this fanfic?)
(Has someone written this fanfic? If not, WILL someone write this fanfic?)
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is a 1000% cursed idea that I came up with late last night, and yet—I will stand by it. #romance #romancelandia
Sharing another old fave: Frances Lake (McKenna)'s "Tonight You're Mine!" (ALL-STORY LOVE, Feb. 1, 1940). Kind of like PERSUASION, if Anne had agreed to prostitute herself to Wentworth for a weekend. 👀 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
“Tonight You’re Mine!”: Kind of like Persuasion, if Wentworth had blackmailed Anne into spending a sexy weekend alone with him.
Her dark eyes narrowed speculatively as a cream-colored coupe swung into her driveway, stopped directly beneath her. A man got out, and before her eyes recognized him, her lurching heart told her …
lucynka.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sharing another old fave: Frances Lake (McKenna)'s "Tonight You're Mine!" (ALL-STORY LOVE, Feb. 1, 1940). Kind of like PERSUASION, if Anne had agreed to prostitute herself to Wentworth for a weekend. 👀 #pulp #romance #romancelandia
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
In hindsight, perhaps no other story demonstrates the…
This is a 1000% cursed idea that I came up with late last night, and yet—I will stand by it. #romance #romancelandia
THE SHEIK, except Diana Mayo has an insufferable cartoon inner goddess, a la Anastasia Steele.
(Has someone written this fanfic? If not, WILL someone write this fanfic?)
(Has someone written this fanfic? If not, WILL someone write this fanfic?)
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is a 1000% cursed idea that I came up with late last night, and yet—I will stand by it. #romance #romancelandia