The Magic Glasses
Last time we looked at Robert Bloch’s “The Cheaters”, which featured a pair of glasses that only saw the truth in people’s minds. Bloch’s idea Read More
Category: Gothic
Devil’s Gulch, or How To Write a Weird Western
It’s not very often I talk about a book I am going to write before I write it. This one is unusual in that it Read More
The Gothic Heritage of the Ghostbreaker
The word “Gothic” is open to much misinterpretation these days. Most people associate it with a certain lifestyle that requires black clothing and white make-up. Read More
Werewolves of the Golden Age: 1950-1952
If you missed the last one… The opening years of the 1950s did not feature any new werewolf movie classics. This gap allowed the comics Read More
Werewolves of the Golden Age: 1930-1940s
We’ve done werewolves before. But it felt right to go back to the beginning and see what we had missed. Because we have done them Read More
Grimm Ghost Stories Tales of Heroic Fantasy
If you missed the last one… While Gold Key had their own Sword & Sorcery hero in Dagar the Invincible, the publishers liked to include Read More
Frankenstein’s Monster in Bronze Age Comics: 1975-1986
If you missed the last one…. The rest of the Bronze Age, 1975 to 1986, is a scattered and largely unimpressive collection. The Frankenstein boom Read More
Kill, Puppets, Kill!
Abraham Merritt was the king of the Fantasy writers in the 1920s. He didn’t even do the job full time. He worked on a newspaper Read More
The Terror Garden: The Orchid of Asia
The Terror Garden has many orchids in it. Stories like “The Orchid Terror” from 1911 are typical as it that classic “The Purple Terror” (1899) Read More
The Ghostbreakers: More Famous Fakes
In our last post, “Three Famous Fakes” we featured Arthur Conan Doyle, Grant Allen and Agatha Christie. This one offers three more ghosts that prove Read More