The Strangest Northerns: Frozen Hell
“Frozen Hell” is a very strange Northern. I discovered the author, Victor Rousseau (Emmanuel) (1879-?) through Science Fiction and Horror. He was the headliner for Read More
Category: Adventure
The Strangest Northerns: The Valley of the Beasts
“The Valley of the Beasts” is our last Algernon Blackwood Canadian story. It appeared in The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories (1921). As Read More
The Strangest Northerns: First Hate
Algernon Blackwood has a special place in the annals of the strange Northerns. He wrote “The Wendigo”, one of his two most famous stories (The Read More
The Strangest Notherns: Mysterious Adventures
Story Comics produced Mysterious Adventures #1 (March 1951), which featured “The Horrible Fangs of Professor Prome”. The artist and author are not known. This rather Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Hand of Fate Style
The Hand of Fate #18 (June 1953) featured a one-page Northern called “A Hand of Fate Mystery #22”. The author and artist are not known. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Marvel Tales Style
Marvel Tales #117 (August 1953) offered us a strange Northern called “Terror in the North”. The author is not known but the classic artwork is Read More
Omha Abides
Omha Abides was a novel I had never noticed before. I stumbled across a copy at a used bookstore and had to have it. The Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902) wrote two strange Northerns for the same book: The Chase of Saint-Castin: and other Stories of the French in the New Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Haunted Island
“The Haunted Island” is a different kind of Northern by Algernon Blackwood. It’s not set in the far north or in a fishing vessel off Read More
Beyond the Farthest Star: The Comic
If you missed the last one… Beyond the Farthest Star (1942) is not Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most famous book. In fact, it is a bit Read More