The Ghostbreakers: The Attleborough Poltergeist
“The Attleborough Poltergeist” is a ghostbreaking tale from Science fiction writer, Richard Cowper. It appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980. Cowper often appeared Read More
Category: Science fiction
The Ruum Stories of Arthur Porges
The Short Story Man Arthur Porges (1915-2006) is perhaps best remembered for the story “The Ruum” (Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1953) This is an Read More
Micro-Fiction: It’s All About the Title
What is your title?–Pericles I never knew that when I wrote “Writing Flash Fiction” for Fiction Factor that it would become something of a standard Read More
Johnny Peril, Occult Adventurer
Howard Purcell (1918-1981) created Johnny Peril almost by accident. “Just a Story” was a strip that had no real continuing character until Johnny stumbled along. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: A Relic of the Pleistocene
“A Relic of the Pleistocene” (Collier’s Weekly, January 12, 1901) by Jack London is an odd tale of the Northern trails. Inspired by the discovery Read More
Sword & Sorcery in The Rook
The Rook was a Warren character who got his start in Eerie before moving onto his own magazine in October 1979. While Dane’s adventures are Read More
George B. Beattie: A Brief Glimpse
George B. Beattie was an English writer of Science Fiction. He produced only four stories for Hugo Gernsback. We know very little about GBB, though Read More
Edgar Rice Conan Verne in Seven Pages
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne and maybe just a dash of H. Rider Haggard, and all in seven pages. Ace Magazines published Read More
Abner J. Gelula: Scientifictionist
Abner J. Gelula (1906-1985) was one of the early scientific hobbyists who wrote occasional “Scientifiction” stories. According to his “Meet the Author” he was based Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 6 (1970-2016)
If you missed Part 5… The 1970s saw Wellman finishing his Sherlock Holmes Versus the War of the Worlds series with his son, Wade, as Read More