Manly Wade Wellman Part 1 (1927-1940)
In the later years of Manly Wade Wellman’s career, his success became largely associated with his horror writing, first from Weird Tales and later in Read More
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The Dog-Headed Ghoul
Edward Lucas White (May 11, 1866 – March 30, 1934) was a historical novelist who turned horror short story writer. He is best remembered for Read More
Munsey Covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs
Growing up in the 1970s, Edgar Rice Burroughs had wonderful artists like Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo and Roy G. Krenkel to illustrate his paperback covers. Read More
A. Merritt’s Fantasy Magazine
Getting your name on a magazine is a kudo few writers get. When you say Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine you know EQ was something back Read More
The Men Who Saved Sword & Sorcery
It’s easy to assume, while perusing through old Lancer paperbacks or any of the dozens of 1970s novels, that Sword & Sorcery was a roaring Read More
The Fiction of A. Merritt: The Moon Pool
Abraham Merritt was not a full-time pulp-slinger like many of the greats. He wrote in the early days of the Pulps, like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Read More
Leigh Brackett, Queen of Space
Leigh Brackett was one quarter of Space Opera’s Big Four (Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore. These four were actually two married couples who Read More
Jules de Grandin, Pulp Superstar Part 2
This one is just too big for Word Press so here the rest… 41. “Stealthy Death”(November 1930) 42. “The Wolf of St. Bonnot”(December 1930) 43. Read More
Jules de Grandin, Pulp Superstar
Who was the most popular author of Weird Tales in its four decades in publication, from 1923 to 1954 ? H. P. Lovecraft, the creator Read More
Brak the Barbarian: A History
The Barbarian Age was not a remote time after the fall of Rome but the years 1968 to 1981 or so. Beginning with the Lancer Read More