The Ghostbreakers: Haunted Hall
“Haunted Hall” by Donald Honig is from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 1961. What could be better for Hallowe’en than a ghost story? Honig plays Read More
Category: Weird Tales
The Interplanetary Graveyard: The Sargasso of Space
If you missed the last one… In previous posts we have talked about exiles and castaways in space, but where do all those ships end Read More
The Sword & Sorcery of Gardner F. Fox
The Sword & Sorcery of Gardner F. Fox begins in the 1950s with the creation of the first true S&S comic book hero, Crom the Read More
The Dead Planet
If you missed the last one… Our survey of old Science Fiction themes continuous with the Dead Planet. This idea is a world that was Read More
Monster Genre III: A Ramble
Time is a fine polisher. Take for example Charles L. Grant’s words from 1983 and the Introduction to Shadows 6: “There are Critters and there Read More
Sword & Sorcery in Odd Places 1: Coven 13
Sword & Sorcery can show up in some odd places. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when I find heroic fantasy in the pages of Read More
Snow Beasts! Yeti, Bigfoot and Sasquatch in Comics – Part I
Snow Beasts! They have many names: Yeti, Bigfoot or Sasquatch, depending on where you are. I called them YiBS in a previous post. I mentioned Read More
Carl Jacobi, Master of the Weird Tale – Part II
If you missed Part 1… The 1950s saw the passing of the Pulps and Weird Tales in particular. Because of this Carl Jacobi’s work becomes Read More
The Lovecraftian Tom Sutton at Charlton
Tom Sutton has great range from space heroes to terror tales. His most Lovecraftian examples of his great Horror art came in the early to Read More
1939 Was the Year of the Robot!
1939 was the Year of the Robot! So many stories, comics, movies from 1939 to 1942 were influenced by the World’s Fair, and one exhibit, Read More