Link: Cthulhu Christmas Classics: The Festival
I have been re-experiencing HP Lovecraft recently. I read pretty much everything he ever wrote back in the late 1980s when I was obsessed with Read More
Category: Pulp Magazines
The Dweller in the Tomb: Mythos Mimic II
“The Dweller in the Tomb” by Henry Kuttner is a Mythos mimic of another kind. In the last installment, Frederick Cowles’ “The House on the Read More
Frank Frazetta in Coo Coo Comics
Frank Frazetta in Coo Coo Comics may surprise you if you are only familiar with Frank’s Conan covers. Frazetta did cartooning work in Ned Pines’ Read More
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949)
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949) was an SF anthology by Leo Marguiles and Oscar J. Friend. The way the editors open the book it Read More
Have An Island Holiday: Weird Tales Style!
Have an island holiday: Weird Tales style! Here are seventeen wonderful isles to visit this year. Traveling this season could be a little dangerous so Read More
E. A. Grosser: Invisible Author II
E. A. Grosser is another invisible author. Unlike last time, when I wrote about Alexander Blade, a house name with no real substance, Grosser was Read More
The Time of Your Death
We are having the time of your death! Time has always been a focus for unusual tales, even before H. G. Wells’s masterpiece “The Time Read More
The Jamesian Break in Ghost Stories
Before the Break There was a Jamesian break in the ghost story model that happened around 1900. This really came home to me as I Read More
Let’s Haunt a House: Young Ghostbreakers
A Long Tradition “Let’s Haunt a House” by Manly Wade Wellman is an interesting middle stop in a line that runs to this day. Boys’ Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Creepers
William Merriam Rouse (1884-1937) was a prolific writer of Northern stories for the Pulps. For a time Rouse lived in Quebec, absorbing the language and Read More