The Ballantine Fantasy Series by Per. J. Okerstrom
Late in the summer of 1968 the publishing team of Betty and Ian Ballantine recognized that the success of their edition of J. R. R. Read More
Link: Lord Baltimore, A Confessional
They say confession is good for the soul. I suppose it is not customary to admit when you are jealous. We like to pretend we Read More
Dracula’s Guest: The Short Fiction of Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker (1847-1912) won a place in literary history with one book, Dracula (1897). It was not his only novel, but it is his only Read More
The Dark Poets of Weird Tales
I would describe Marvin Kaye’s Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies (1988) as an anthology for people who hate Weird Tales. Despite his loving Read More
Link: The Great White Space: Adventure Mythos
Re-reading Cthulhu Mythos fiction is not something I am apt to do. After reading literally hundreds of stories, ranging from canon tales to fanzine pastiches, Read More
Link: June 6, 2016: Predictions and Predilictions
On Valentine’s Day of this year we had a weird moment when some smarty pointed out that the replicant Pris from Bladerunner (played by Darryl Read More
The Last Seance: Horror in the Mysteries of Agatha Christie
If you missed it: The Hound of Death: The Supernatural Stories of Agatha Christie A. Conan Doyle wrote during the hey-dey of the Spiritualist craze. Read More
Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Comics
In a previous post, we looked at the Pulp illustrations of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & Gray Mouser. This time we will look at the comic Read More
Link: Posthumous Collaborations: Dollars From the Grave
I was reading an old Tangent Online interview with Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton and I was struck by something. Here’s what they were talking Read More
The Lost Continent’s Monsters
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (1866-1944) was famous in the day (now largely forgotten) for a series of stories about a sailor named Captain Kettle. These Read More