The James Gang: Ghost Story Writers
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) is in my opinion the greatest of all the ghost story writers. The Cambridge don began a tradition of writing a Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
The Strangest Northerns: Quest of Qui
Quest of Qui appeared in Doc Savage Magazine, July 1935. It was #12 in the Bantam paperback series. It also received a junior hard cover Read More
Weird Westerns and Lee Winters
The creation of the new sub-genre of Weird Westerns is not a recent thing. The first Western is considered to be Owen Wister’s The Virginian Read More
Horror Stories You May Have Missed
I did a series of Sword & Sorcery tales that people might not have encountered. I got to thinking there are some pretty good horror Read More
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction
Let’s be honest. Most Science Fiction comics don’t rise above the level of the rickety Space Opera. Planet Comics was an old comic that tried Read More
Dinosaurs in the Pulps
Dinosaurs belong to the Pulps. If you’re like me you grew up with dinosaurs. Any show, any cartoon, any comic, any book with a dino Read More
The Silence (2019)
Just finished watching The Silence on Netflix. This movie is based on a Tim Lebbon novel from 2015. It is a nice mix of John Read More
Doc Savage: The Illustrations!
The colorful covers of Doc Savage Magazine are well known with their Pulp action and sinister mystery. The interior art is less so. These images Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Joe Staton (1948-)
Joe got his start at Charlton in 1971 (where he drew Space 1999 and E-Man) but became famous for drawing the Green Lantern comics. He Read More
Is That An Occult Detective Story?
It has been bothering me for some time in my study of the Ghostbreakers that some cases come very close to being occult detective story Read More