The Supernatural Mystery – A Quintessential Library
Mystery fiction and Horror fiction are fruit from the same tree. The Gothics of the 1760-1820s spawned many different varieties of tales. Some were actually Read More
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The Underwater City in the Golden Age
The concept of the underwater city, usually a futuristic deal under a glass dome, is as old as Science Fiction. John Wilkins, in Mathematicall Magick Read More
Atlantis: The Pulp Years – Part 1: 1910-1920s
Atlantis flourished during The Pulp Years, 1923-1954. In L. Sprague de Camp’s Lost Continents (1954) he discusses the romantic novels of the 1880-90s, then follows Read More
Old Time Radio Ghost Stories
Here are more Old Time Radio Ghost Stories for your Yuletide pleasure. This time I stuck to actual radio performance (no readings). The stars are Read More
Startling Stories and A. Merritt
If you missed the last one… Startling Stories and A. Merritt had a similar relationship as did the Ray A. Palmer Pulps. Since Startling published Read More
Tomahawk and the Dinosaurs
Tomahawk and the Dinosaurs? The brave frontiersman met dinosaurs eight times in his lengthy career in the Old West. The character began as a back-up Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Dr. Thirteen, Skeptic!
Doctor Terence Thirteen is a long-lasting DC character with several careers. This post is about the first one. Dr. 13’s first appearance was in Star Read More
The Quintessential Monster Library
The Quintessential Monster Library might have an issue with our earlier Quintessential Ghost Story Library except it doesn’t really. The books and stories selected for Read More
The Big Five in the Comics
The Big Five The Big Five of the Storytellers were all authors of adventure fiction but they were also writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy or Read More
The Quintessential Online Ghost Story Collection
I’ve been wanting a quick source for scanned ghost story collections, thus the Quintessential Online Ghost Story Collection. I know there are some wonderful books Read More