A. W. Bernal: The Man Who Was Two Men
For A. W. Bernal, fame was localized. What I mean is for a short time, to a small audience he was very famous but after Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
The Strangest Northerns: More Sergeant Preston!
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon #8 (August-October 1953) from Dell Comics gave us a haunted cabin in “The Ghost in the Window”. This ten-pager was Read More
Lovecraftian Stories You Might Have Missed
Notice the “Lovecraftian stories”, not “Cthulhu Mythos stories” of the title. If you have been at this Mythos thing as long as I have (actively Read More
The Forgotten Comics: Dragonsword
“Dragonsword” was a three-part original tale of wizards and dragons. You’ve probably never heard of it. It is one of the forgotten comics that I Read More
John Dickson Carr and M. R. James
John Dickson Carr John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) belongs to the Golden Age of mystery writing. Though perhaps not as well known today as he once Read More
The Forgotten Comics: Space Voyagers
If you missed the last one… Here is the first in a series on forgotten comics, starting with “Space Voyagers” by Robert Kanigher and Alex Read More
“Bumheads!” Big Brain Aliens: A Gallery
M. D. Jackson wrote about big-brained aliens awhile back but I thought it would be fun to look at some of those covers that gave Read More
I Didn’t Know They Wrote Pulp!
I didn’t know they wrote Pulp! was one of the comments we have received from our first podcast. As discussed, many writers started in the Read More
Jules Verne in Amazing Stories
On the backs of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, the two giants of Science Fiction, Hugo Gernsback built Amazing Stories. These two pioneers of Read More
Dark Worlds Quarterly Podcast 1: Why Do You Write Pulp?
https://anchor.fm/darkworlds/episodes/Why-we-Write-Pulp-egjvev “Why Do You Write Pulp?” with G. W. Thomas and M. D. Jackson. A casual conversation on why and how we write the stuff Read More