The Ghostbreakers: The Attleborough Poltergeist
“The Attleborough Poltergeist” is a ghostbreaking tale from Science fiction writer, Richard Cowper. It appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980. Cowper often appeared Read More
Author: G. W. Thomas
Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli
Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli is a very different thing than Walt Disney’s. I love that old cartoon but when I finally read the original stories as Read More
The Ruum Stories of Arthur Porges
The Short Story Man Arthur Porges (1915-2006) is perhaps best remembered for the story “The Ruum” (Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1953) This is an Read More
Favorite Sword & Sorcery From Epic Illustrated
Here are my favorite Sword & Sorcery comics from Marvel’s Epic Illustrated. The full-sized magazine ran for 34 issues from Spring 1980 to February 1986. Read More
Micro-Fiction: It’s All About the Title
What is your title?–Pericles I never knew that when I wrote “Writing Flash Fiction” for Fiction Factor that it would become something of a standard Read More
Johnny Peril, Occult Adventurer
Howard Purcell (1918-1981) created Johnny Peril almost by accident. “Just a Story” was a strip that had no real continuing character until Johnny stumbled along. Read More
Sword & Sorcery in The Rook
The Rook was a Warren character who got his start in Eerie before moving onto his own magazine in October 1979. While Dane’s adventures are Read More
George B. Beattie: A Brief Glimpse
George B. Beattie was an English writer of Science Fiction. He produced only four stories for Hugo Gernsback. We know very little about GBB, though Read More
Leopard Girl’s Dread Domain
“Leopard Girl’s Dread Domain” caught my eye because it has a jungle girl in it. I’ve seen plenty of jungle girls but not usually in Read More
Manly Wade Wellman’s Werewolves
Manly Wade Wellman wrote hundreds of fantasy and horror stories featuring monsters including werewolves. He wrote of them early in the pages of Weird Tales Read More