Art by M. Isip
Art by M. Isip

Frank Belknap Long – Part One: 1920-1939

Art by Frank R. Paul
Art by Frank R. Paul

Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) had a career that spanned seven decades. He began in the pages of Weird Tales, and was actually H. P. Lovecraft’s closest friend. Decades later he would write an affectionate biography of HPL, Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Night Side (1975).

After Weird Tales, Frank branched out from terror tales to straight Science Fiction, first for Hugo Gernsback but more for F. Orlin Tremaine at Astounding. Later when John W. Campbell took over, Frank was able to make the transition to Campbell’s new form of SF. But Frank didn’t restrict himself to any market. He was a working writer and wrote for Thrilling Wonder, Startling Stories, as well as Campbell’s Astounding and Unknown.

 

1920

“Dr. Whitlock’s Price”

1921

“The Eye Above the Mantle”

“In the Tomb of Semenses”

1924

Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch

“The Desert Lich” (Weird Tales, November 1924)

Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch

“Death Waters” (Weird Tales, December 1924)

1925

Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch

“The Ocean Leech” (Weird Tales, January 1925) (reprinted Weird Tales, June 1937)

Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch

“Men Who Walked Upon the Air” (Weird Tales, May 1925)

Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch

“The Devil-God” (Weird Tales, June 1925)

Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch

“The Were-Snake” (Weird Tales, September 1925)(reprinted in Avon Fantasy Reader 7, 1948)

Art by Andrew Brosnatch
Art by Andrew Brosnatch

“The Sea Thing” (Weird Tales, December 1925)

1926

Art by G. O. Olinick
Art by G. O. Olinick

“The Dog-Eared God” (Weird Tales, November 1926)

A Man from Genoa and Other Poems (1926)

Photos by Unknown Artist

Photos by Unknown Artist
Photos by Unknown Artist

“The Man Who Died Twice” (Ghost Stories, January 1927)

1927

“Advice” (poem)(Weird Tales, June 1927)

Art by Hugh Rankin
Art by Hugh Rankin

“The Man With a Thousand Legs” (Weird Tales, August 1927) (reprinted in Avon Fantasy Reader 8, 1948)

“The White People” (poem) (Weird Tales, November 1927)

1928

Art by Hugh Rankin
Art by Hugh Rankin

“The Space-Eaters” (Weird Tales, July 1928)

Art by Hugh Rankin
Art by Hugh Rankin

“You Can’t Kill a Ghost” (Weird Tales, August 1928)

1929

Art by C. C. Senf
Art by C. C. Senf

“The Hounds of Tindalos” (Weird Tales, March 1929)

1930

Art by C. C. Senf
Art by C. C. Senf

“The Red Fetish” (Weird Tales, January 1930)

“The Horror on Dagoth World” (poem) (Weird Tales, February 1930)

Art by C. C. Senf
Art by C. C. Senf

“On Icy Kinarth” (poem) (Weird Tales, April 1930)

Art by Frank R. Paul
Art by Frank R. Paul

“The Thought Materializer” (Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930)

Art by Hugh Rankin as DOAK
Art by Hugh Rankin as DOAK

“The Black Druid” (Weird Tales, July 1930)

Art by Hugh Rankin as DOAK
Art by Hugh Rankin as DOAK

“A Visit From Egypt” (Weird Tales, September 1930)

1931

Art by C. C. Senf
Art by C. C. Senf

“The Horror From the Hills” (Weird Tales, JanuaryMarch 1931)
“The Rajah’s Grandmother” (Oriental Stories, February-March 1931)
“The Pearl Robber” (Oriental Stories, April-May-June 1931)

1932

Art by Joseph Doolin
Art by Joseph Doolin

“The Malignant Invader” (Weird Tales, January 1932)
“The Horror in the Hold” (Weird Tales, February 1932)

Art by T. Wyatt Nelson
Art by T. Wyatt Nelson

“The Brain-Eaters” (Weird Tales, June 1932)

Art by Amos Sewell
Art by Amos Sewell

“In the Lair of the Space Monsters” (Strange Tales, October 1932)

1933

“The Black, Dead Thing” (Weird Tales, October 1933)(aka “Second Night Out”)

1934

Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown

“Murder For Three” (Detective Story, January 25, 1934)

“Cigarette Characterization #4” (Fantasy Magazine, July 1934)

Art by Edward Gorey
Art by Edward Gorey

“The Dark Beasts” (Marvel Tales, July-August 1934)

Art by H. R. Hammond
Art by H. R. Hammond

“The Beast-Helper” (Weird Tales, August 1934)

Art by Howard V. Brown
Art by Howard V. Brown

“The Last Men” (Astounding Stories, August 1934)

Art by Elliott Dold Jr.
Art by Elliott Dold Jr.

“The Vapor Death” (Astounding Stories, October 1934)(reprinted as “The Robot Empire” in Avon Science Fiction Reader 3, 1952)

Art by Elliott Dold Jr.
Art by Elliott Dold Jr.

“The Lost Planet” (Astounding Stories, November 1934)

1935

Art by Clay Ferguson Jr.
Art by Clay Ferguson Jr.

“The Challenge From Beyond” (Fantasy Magazine, 1935) (with H. P. Lovecraft, C. L. Moore, A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard)

Art by M. Marchioni
Art by M. Marchioni

“Green Glory” (Astounding Stories, January 1935)(reprinted in Avon Science Fiction Reader 1, 1951)

Art by Ruth
Art by Ruth

“The Body Masters” (Weird Tales, February 1935)(reprinted as “The Love Slave and the Scientists” in Avon Fantasy Reader 13, 1950)

Art by Elliott Dold Jr.
Art by Elliott Dold Jr.

“The Great Cold” (Astounding Stories, February 1935)

Art by M. Marchioni
Art by M. Marchioni

“The Blue Earthman” (Astounding Stories, April 1935)

Art by Charles Schneeman
Art by Charles Schneeman

“Exiles of the Stratosphere” (Astounding Stories, July 1935)

Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown

“Sky Rock” (Astounding Stories, September 1935)

Art by M. Marchioni
Art by M. Marchioni

“The Lichen From Eros” (Astounding Stories, November 1935)

Art by Hunt
Art by Hunt

The Goblin Tower (1935)

1936

Art by Charles Schneeman
Art by Charles Schneeman

“Cones” (Astounding Stories, February 1936)

Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown

“Black Demons Dance” (Thrilling Mystery, February 1936)

Art by M. Marchioni
Art by M. Marchioni

“The Roaring Blot” (Astounding Stories, March 1936)

Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown

“Harvest of Death” (Thrilling Mystery, May 1936)

Art by M. Marchioni
Art by M. Marchioni

“Red Storm on Jupiter” (Astounding Stories, May 1936)

“Horror at Cut-Off Cove” (Thrilling Mystery, October 1936)

Art by Flatos
Art by Flatos

“The Flame Midget” (Astounding Stories, December 1936)

1937

Art by Hannes Bok
Art by Hannes Bok

“Invaders from the Outer Suns” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1937)

“The Infants From Hell” (Thrilling Mystery, March 1937)

Art by H. W. Wesso
Art by H. W. Wesso

“Spawn of the Red Giants” (Astounding Stories, May 1937)

“The Snake God Kills” (Thrilling Mystery, May 1937)

Art by M. Marchioni
Art by M. Marchioni

“The Black Vortex” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1937)

Art by Charles Schneeman
Art by Charles Schneeman

“Temporary Warp” (Astounding Stories, August 1937)

Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown

“Carnival of Crawling Doom” (Thrilling Mystery, November 1937)

1938

Art by H. W. Wesso
Art by H. W. Wesso

“We, the Invisible” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1938)

Art by H. W. Wesso
Art by H. W. Wesso

“Mind Out of Time” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1938)

1939

Art by Edd Cartier
Art by Edd Cartier

“Dark Vision” (Unknown, March 1939)

Art by Virgil Finlay
Art by Virgil Finlay

“The Creeper in Darkness” (Strange Stories, April 1939)

Art by H. W. Wesso
Art by H. W. Wesso

“White Barrier” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1939)

Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown

“The Elemental” (Unknown, July 1939)

Art by Virgil Finlay
Art by Virgil Finlay

“Giants in the Sky” (Weird Tales, August 1939)

Art by M. Marchioni
Art by M. Marchioni

“The Dweller in Outer Darkness” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1939)

Art by Charles Schneeman
Art by Charles Schneeman

“Flame of Life” (Science Fiction, October 1939)
“The Corpse’s Alibi” (Detective and Murder Mysteries, November 1939)

Art by Hannes Bok
Art by Hannes Bok

“Escape From Tomorrow” (Weird Tales, December 1939)

Art by M. Isip
Art by M. Isip

“Johnny On the Spot” (Unknown, December 1939)

“The Courtship of the Vampire” (Mystery Novels and Short Stories, December 1939)

 

Next Time: Part Two: The 1940s

 

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2 Comments Posted

  1. What a delight this posting was!

    If I may append to the credits:
    “Dark Vision” (UNKNOWN, 3/1939) illustration by Edd Cartier
    “Creeper in Darkness” (STRANGE STORIES. 4/1939) by Virgil Finlay

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