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
Category: Weird Tales
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 House on the Marsh: Mythos Mimic
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun by G. W. Thomas, a mandala of Cthulhu Mythos fiction featuring a Read More
Link: The Adventures of Santa Claus
Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Pere Noel. Whatever you call him, he is a busy guy. Every year he has to make billions of Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Wolf-Woman
“The Wolf-Woman” by Bassett Morgan is a strange Northern that uses several Pulp cliches, the body frozen in the ice and the wolf-siren who runs Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Silver Knife
“The Silver Knife” was a strange Northern that appeared in Weird Tales, January 1932. It was the first of three stories by Ralph Allen Lang Read More
Demon Child – Alex Nino Mythos
“Demon Child” was Alex Nino’s chance to really do a good Mythos monster piece. It appeared in The House of Mystery #253 (July-August 1977), one Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Phantom Cougar
“The Phantom Cougar” by W. Bertram Sinclair is a typical false monster tale for a magazine that published few real supernatural tales. The Popular Magazine, Read More
Gordon Philip England: Canadian Weird Tales Writer
Weird Tales Author Gordon Philip England was a writer who lived in Quebec, Canada and contributed seven stories to Weird Tales. (He wasn’t the only Read More
D. D. Sharp: One Hit-Wonder?
Drury Dubose Sharp (1886-1960) is remembered for one story “The Eternal Man”, his second he sold. It appeared in Science Wonder Stories, August 1929. He Read More