The Passage of Dilvish
Roger Zelazny’s Dilvish the Damned had two distinct periods of development, separated by a twelve year hiatus. The first explosion of story writing was in Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
Denny O’Neil: Sword & Sorcery Champion
It was sad news to hear that Denny O’Neil passed away. He is always remembered as the guy who wrote that Green Lantern comic where Read More
Telling the Very Small Story
Sometimes people ask how can you write a story in only 100 words? Is it really a story or more like a joke, mostly punchline? Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Horseman of Hel
“The Horseman of Hel” by Gail Kimberly (1927-2011) is a strange Nothern. Nothing about it is like what readers expect in a tale of Canada Read More
Fredric Brown’s “Arena” (1944)
This post begins: The June 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction had a cornerstone tale of Science Fiction with Fredric Brown’s “Arena”. Rather foolishly it Read More
Detective Illustrations
Detective illustrations have a charm all their own. It is hard to imagine a time long gone when images came to readers not from a Read More
Horror Science Fiction Anthologies
Fans of Science Fiction and Horror are not always the same people. The spectrum between Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror is wide. As a result Read More
The Casebook of Lucius Leffing (1973)
Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990) created The Casebook of Lucius Leffing in a spirit of another age. Which is fitting, since Leffing himself suffers from the Read More
The Case of Professor Zoff
The popularity of Dr. Occult and later Dr. Thirteen made occult detective characters another “must have” feature of early comics, along with the jungle lord Read More
Kings of the Sci-Fi Pseudonyms
In Science Fiction, it was quite acceptable to write prolifically and sell stories under a number of nom de plums. This was a practical necessity Read More