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
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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
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: Theodore Sturgeon Style
You can find strange Northerns in the oddest places. The July 1961 issue of Worlds of IF had a short two page article by Ted 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
The Strangest Northerns: The Ghoul of the North
“The Ghoul of the North” is a classic of the horror comics. You would think many strange Northerns would feature sasquatch (or Bigfoot) but “The Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Crimson Wraith from the North
“Crimson Wraith from the North” is a strange Northern that appeared in Baffling Mysteries #18 (November 1953). Uranium is the Arctic treasure once again. The Read More