Manly Wade Wellman Part 4 (1950-1959)
If you missed Part3 (Late 1940s) Manly Wade Wellman’s career continued on in the Pulps, but slowly over the years he transitioned into the historical Read More
Category: Horror Fiction
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
The Monster Story
This pot begins: Originally I was going to start this with “The Monster Story begins with Frankenstein” but with a little more thought I realized Read More
Science Fiction Across the Genres
Science Fiction runs the gamut as it burns across the genres. You might think an SF story has to be robots, spaceships, time travel or Read More
Vampires From Space!
This post begins: Vampires from Space is not a new idea. Science Fiction has always felt a bond with Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) just as Read More
The Arthur W. Saha Year’s Best Fantasy
Arthur W. Saha (1923-1999) was editor for DAW’s Year’s Best Fantasy #7-14 (1981-1988). The previous editor had been Lin Carter, whose selections leaned towards Sword Read More
To Kiss or Kill? The War on Sentiment
Unless you’ve read L. Sprague de Camp’s biography of H.P. Lovecraft or Sam Moskowitz’s Under the Moons of Mars (1970), you might not know that Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Ghost River
“Ghost River” (Northwest Romances, Winter 1950-1951) by Tom O’Neill is a classic creepy Northern. O’Neill was a prolific Pulpster, who also wrote as E. L. Read More
Impossible Crimes: The Horror-Stained Mystery
Impossible Crimes are Mystery stories that appear to be supernatural but turn out to be explainable. These stories have a way of shoving people off Read More
Careful What You Wish For III: I Want a New Genre
One piece of advice most writing books make is that a new writer should familiarize themselves with their chosen genre so they don’t repeat worn Read More