Manly Wade Wellman’s Werewolves
Manly Wade Wellman wrote hundreds of fantasy and horror stories featuring monsters including werewolves. He wrote of them early in the pages of Weird Tales 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
Web of Mystery: Ace’s Spider Monsters
These comics spin a web of mystery around their readers! Spider monsters in Horror comics are not uncommon, and Ace Magazines was no different. Classic 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
Frank Belknap Long: Editor
At the end of the 1940s, Frank Belknap Long worked in comic books as well as Pulps. With the Pulps fading away in the 1950s, Read More
Top Ten Sword & Sorcery Comic Stories of the 1970s
In preparation for this weekend’s next session of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table, I am looking over my favorite comics, games Read More
Fantasy Writers Who Started in Retirement
Being in my late 50s, when my mind turns to morbid thought (and it often does) I think my best writing years are behind me. Read More
10 Story Fantasy: One-Shot Wonder
10 Story Fantasy appeared in Spring 1951. It was edited by Donald A. Wollheim, an editor who experimented with Science Fiction and Fantasy in various Read More
Sword & Sorcery Roundtable
Session #1 of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table podcast is live! Scott Oden, John R. Fultz and Jason M. Waltz. discuss Read More