Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Slime Monsters!
Golden Age slime monsters in the comics take their inspiration from the very first story to appear in Weird Tales (March 1923). “Ooze” by Anthony Read More
Category: Horror
Christmas Ghosts: Occult Detectives
Christmas Ghosts and Occult detectives are a part of both the Horror and Mystery genres. The reason for this was in the early days of Read More
Christmas Ghosts: Algernon Blackwood Style
If you missed M. R. James last time… Last time I spoke to the English ghost story as a Christmas treat. M. R. James Read More
Christmas Ghosts: M. R. James Style
The Christmas ghost story tradition is one of England’s finest gifts to the world. Imagine the family gathered in Dickensian fashion, with plum pudding and Read More
Robert Silverberg – Monster Writer
Robert Silverberg – Monster Writer! Well, for one short year, Bob was a monster writer. By this, I mean, he wrote SF specifically with a Read More
The Ghostbreakers: The Case of the Hungry Ghost
“The Case of the Hungry Ghost” was a three-parter from Dell’s Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #188-190 (May-July 1956). The strip was written by Carl Read More
The Temple of the Monster
Enter the Temple of Doom The Temple of the Monster is a classic trope that can be found in many different types of Pulp stories. Read More
Henry Kuttner Part 2 – 1940-1941
If you missed The 1930s… Henry Kuttner married Catherine Lucille Moore in 1940. (The Internet is light on exact dates. Henry doesn’t mention being married Read More
Weird Warriors
Weird Warriors always have my vote. If you are going to tell a war story, why not a weird one? I suppose this is because Read More
Henry Kuttner Part 1 – 1936-1939
Henry Kuttner was a prolific and fascinating writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Growing up in California, he was one of the first big Read More