The Monsters of Jim Kjelgaard
Jim Kjelgaard will always have a place in the halls of Children’s Literature, with his many animal novels including Big Red (1945). But the author Read More
Tag: Weird Tales
Dark Worlds Quarterly 4 is here!
The fourth issue of DARK WORLDS QUARTERLY is here! It has been a very long and hard winter and we’ve been doing some much needed Read More
Can Occult Detectives Actually Be Scary 2?
I want to look at two stories that could argue either side of this debate: can occult detective stories actually be frightening? Ultimately, each reader Read More
More Than Just Silver Underwear: The History of Space Opera
The term “Space Opera”, used to define a certain branch of Science Fiction, was coined by Wilson Tucker in 1941. It was not meant to Read More
How To Be an Occult Detective
I’ve loved the Occult Detective since I was twelve. That was 1975 and Carl Kolchak was on the television. Mine was a black& white Kenwood. Read More
Etheridge & Peters: Supernatural Policemen
Thorp McClusky (1906-1975) was of that breed of Weird Tales writer who gained a small audience during the time of the magazine’s publication, but fell Read More
Tarzan Never Dies: The Bid for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Legacy
Raymond A. Palmer is a double-edged sword that many Science Fiction purists would like to forget. On the one hand he was one of two Read More
RAGE MACHINE BOOKS: THAT’S WHAT I LIKE!
Rage Machine Books publishes the kind of fiction that the big publishing houses won’t touch anymore. The kind of fiction you used to be able Read More