Top Ten Monsters of William Hope Hodgson
The Top Ten Monsters of William Hope Hodgson are of particular interest to any fan of H. P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos. Much of Read More
The Top Ten Monsters of William Hope Hodgson are of particular interest to any fan of H. P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos. Much of Read More
Robert Bloch’s first comics appeared in unauthorized versions that “borrowed” the ideas from his stories without acknowledging where they came from. A perfect example of Read More
“The Valley Was Still” is a classic tale by Manly Wade Wellman from Weird Tales. It was filmed as “Still Valley” for Twilight Zone, shown Read More
Fritz Leiber’s appearances in Weird Tales are both surprising and disappointing. As an outer member of the Lovecraft Circle, it was only natural that Leiber Read More
Old Black Magic would not be out of place in Weird Tales. But what about Short Stories? The truth is both magazines were edited by Read More
Ray Bradbury began in Weird Tales like other Fantasy and Science Fiction writers in the 1940s. Like Fritz Leiber, Ray was a Dorothy McIlwraith contributor, Read More
Dorothy McIlwraith (1891-1976) inherited Weird Tales in 1940 when Farnsworth Wright left and died shortly afterwards. McIlwraith was a graduate of McGill University in Ontario. Read More
August Derleth takes a lotta crap. Some of it is deserved but some of it isn’t. Like when people say Derleth wouldn’t have been in Read More
Monsters are often warped versions of animals. Wolves, bears, tigers even lizards and birds are common choices, the more dangerous the animal the more likely. Read More
If you miss it: Part 1 (1927-1940). The early 1940s were busy for Manly as he wrote Pulps and comics. Wellman wrote comics for Fawcett, Read More