"pulpsmith" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1985, Everett Franklin Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, volume 2, page 897:",
          "text": "[…] a pulpsmith, one might expect the short adventure novels written for such secondary markets as Startling Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories to carry his mark, but Moore's epic and romantic sensibility is clearly present.",
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          "ref": "2017, Stephen King, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, page 839:",
          "text": "I've read the word unmanned plenty of times — it's a favorite of the pulpsmiths and sob-sisters — but this was the first time I'd ever actually felt that way.",
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          "ref": "2023, Stu Horvath, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition, page 135:",
          "text": "More seriously, Masks also has trouble navigating the inherent pitfalls of playing through a story modeled after the work of pulpsmiths during the 1920s. There is an obvious gender imbalance, a good portion of the villains are clichéd dark-skinned foreigners, and there are some tasteless depictions of sex rituals.",
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