The Vampire As Lothario
This post begins: I love vampires. I hate Anne Rice. Not the person Anne Rice. I don’t know her. But the institution of Anne Rice. Read More
Cormac Mac Art: The Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan served up a monthly dose of Conan the Cimmerian along with secondary tales of Robert E. Howard’s other characters such Read More
Lost in Space is Found — Again!
by D.K. Latta For a family lost somewhere in deep space, the Robinson family keep finding their way back to our screens! There have been Read More
“The Tomb of Sarah” and Seabury Quinn
This post begins: The Jules De Grandin stories by Seabury Quinn were not innovative so much as reactionary. Anyone familiar with the Horror and Mystery Read More
Edmond Hamilton’s “The Hidden World”
“The Hidden World” (Science Wonder Quarterly, Fall 1929) by Edmond Hamilton was one of seven stories he wrote for Hugo Gernsback before 1930. I Read More
The Granddaddy of Masked Heroes: Jimmy Dale — The Gray Seal
By D. K. Latta Superhero movies and TV shows are big box office these days, with their roots in comic books. While comic book superheroes Read More
The Flaxman Low Twelve-Step Plot
Flaxman Low was one of the first “periodical” occult detectives. By that, I mean, a psychic investigator who was featured in a magazine as a Read More
Harlan Ellison dies at age 84
Whether you loved him or hated him, no one can deny that he was a giant of literature, SF, Fantasy or otherwise. Iconic and controversial, Read More
The Lord Of Batmanor
C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner were known in the Science Fiction world as the perfect husband-wife team. Kuttner could fall into bed late at Read More
Weird Tales & Robot Science Fiction
Hugo Gernsback launched Amazing Stories in April 1926. This was a big deal for “scientifiction” as Hugo called it. An all-Science Fiction magazine! This would Read More