Manly Wade Wellman Part 6 (1970-2016)
If you missed Part 5… The 1970s saw Wellman finishing his Sherlock Holmes Versus the War of the Worlds series with his son, Wade, as Read More
Category: H. P. Lovecraft
Manly Wade Wellman Part 5 (1960-1979)
If you missed Part 4 and the other sections, check them out. They have been expanded with new letters, links and information. Manly Wade Wellman Read More
Sword & Sorcery Break & Enter
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More
Donald F. Glut in Mystery Comics Digest
Donald F. Glut in Mystery Comics Digest is a Halloween feast for classic monster lovers. The comic ran from March 1972 to October 1975, acting Read More
One-Shot Occult Detectives
One-shot occult detectives are more common than you know. The early comics all had to have one. After Siegel & Shuster created Dr. Occult, they Read More
The Many Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
“The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune” first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1929. It received an illustration by Hugh Rankin. (Rankin signed it DOAK because Read More
Thirteen Ghosts (From Weird Tales)
Thirteen Ghosts for your Halloween reading, from the pages of Weird Tales. (In honor of William Castle and Scooby-Doo.) By no means every ghost story Read More
The Terror Garden: Carl Jacobi Style
The Terror Garden has specimens by Carl Jacobi (1908-1997). They illustrate how long and productive Jacobi’s career was. Dating from 1932 to 1985, this Weird Read More
Yellow Peril in the SF Pulps
The Pulps did not invent the idea of “The Yellow Peril”. Science Fiction had been promoting this racist fear since at least 1880 and Last Read More
The Sapphire Siren & Portal Fantasy
“The Sapphire Siren” was an unusual tale from an author with an equally odd name, Nyctzin Dyalhis. The story appeared in Weird Tales, February 1934 Read More