Five Things I Like About Fantastic Story Quarterly
Fantastic Story Quarterly, then Fantastic Story Magazine, was published by Best Books Inc. from the Winter of 1950 to the Spring of 1955. It is Read More
Category: Weird Tales
The First Mythos Images
I came across Hannes Bok’s illustration for H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and this got me thinking, “Is this the very first interpretation Read More
Conan of Aquilonia
In 1967 Lancer began the tide of Sword & Sorcery publishing with the purple-edged paperbacks of Conan. These original volumes (and I chuckle as I Read More
The Ghostbreakers Mythos
Lovecraft’s circle shared mention of their separate creations in the pages of Weird Tales, name-dropping here and there a friend’s character or some other reference. Read More
Going to the Dogs – Two Beginnings
This post begins: It’s not often you get to see how a writer begins his or her career. The exception is in wonderful books like Read More
“Cry Witch!” by Fritz Leiber
Certain themes are explored fully by an author then never touched again. John Wyndham never wrote The Return of the Triffids nor Robert A. Heinlein Read More
“The Invisible Bond” – A Mystery and Its Solution
The Mystery: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle got her start as a comic book character. Created by the same man who gave us The Spirit, Read More
Dark Worlds Magazine
Dark Worlds Magazine was an effort to recapture the excitement of the old days of the pulp magazines. Magazines like Amazing Stories and Astounding Science Fiction and Weird Tales. It was Read More
Heralded by Blood and Other Tales
Jack Mackenzie’s collection of Dark Fantasy stories is now available from Rage Machine Books. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G8HHWC7 From the book’s introduction: If you ever feel that you Read More
Weird Tales Classics: “The Tree-Men of M’Bwa”
“The Tree-Men of M’Bwa” by Donald Wandrei is one of those wonderful Weird Tales gems that I love to happen upon. The story was published Read More