The Ormolu Clock and Other Timepieces
“The Ormolu Clock” by August Derleth appeared in Weird Tales for January 1950. It was one of his later ghost stories not connected to the Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
The Ghostbreakers: Dr. Drew, Stalker of the Unknown
Dr. Drew, Stalker of the Unknown, appeared in The Secret Files of Dr. Drew, an occult detective series created by Will Eisner, Marilyn Mercer and Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Lake of Madness
“The Lake of Madness” appeared as a text filler in Ibis the Invincible #5 (Fall 1946). This strange Northern was written by Joseph Millard, better Read More
The Other Other Mr. Wells: Basil Wells
Basil Eugene Wells (1912-2003) was a hobbyist SF writer, working at a zipper factory in Pennsylvania for thirty years as well as farming. He wrote Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed IX
If you missed the last one… Alaric the Witchborn “Born to Exile” by Phyllis Eisenstein (F&SF, August 1971) is the first tale of Alaric, a Read More
The Shadow of Fu Manchu in Weird Tales
Sax Rohmer (1883-1959) created Fu Manchu in 1911, with the first section of the serial appearing in October 1912. “The Zayat Kiss” opens the novel Read More
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales seems like a common occurrence but in 279 issues it only happened a handful to times. That handful gave Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Vengeance of the Vikings
“Vengeance of the Vikings” was a strange Northern that appeared in St. John’s Weird Horrors #7 (April 1953). (The cover of this comic by William Read More
Giant Spiders in the Pulps (Not Weird Tales)
Giant Spiders in the Pulps (Not Weird Tales) means we begin by saying what this piece is not about. Like the word “non-fiction”, we are Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Hyperboreans
In 1961, Ian Cameron published his first novel, The Lost Ones. In 1974 it would be re-released as The Island at the Top of the Read More