Cavemen (No Dinosaurs!)
In past posts I was largely interested in Cavemen & Dinosaurs (my phrase for the fantastic prehistoric, as best represented by Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Pellucidar Read More
In past posts I was largely interested in Cavemen & Dinosaurs (my phrase for the fantastic prehistoric, as best represented by Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Pellucidar Read More
If you missed the last one… “The Devil’s Ticket” (Weird Tales, September 1944) is that dusty old chestnut, a Deal-With-the-Devil tale. Robert Bloch gives it Read More
If you missed the last one… Selling to Harry Bates at Astounding, Burks returns to Horror fiction with the same editor (for 2c a word) Read More
contents INTRODUCTION OVERCOMING THE MONSTER: SF, F & H THE MONSTER STORY THE UNNAMEABLE: THE MONSTER AS EUPHEMISM THE VAMPIRE AS LOTHARIO THE WOMAN WITH Read More
If you missed the last one… 1927 sees Arthur J. Burks expanding his story types and his markets. We get straight adventure tales, flying stories Read More
Arthur Josephus Burks (1898-1974) is one of Pulp history’s most fascinating authors. Dubbed “The Million Word Man” because he wrote that many words in a Read More
If you missed the last one… “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” (Weird Tales, July 1943, also in The Mystery Companion, 1943) is in some ways Read More
If you missed the last one… We continue out look at Weird Tales stories that made it onto television with another episode of Boris Karloff’s Read More
Last time we looked at Robert Bloch’s “The Cheaters”, which featured a pair of glasses that only saw the truth in people’s minds. Bloch’s idea Read More
It’s not very often I talk about a book I am going to write before I write it. This one is unusual in that it Read More