Henry Kuttner’s Fan Letters to Weird Tales
Henry Kuttner wrote fan letters to Weird Tales for eight years before he transitioned from fan to professional. Kuttner would sell his first story to Read More
Tag: Conan
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 9: The Crawler
If you missed the last one… The Crawler from “Red Nails” (Weird Tales, July August-September October1936) is a creepier addition to an already creepy story. Read More
Undead and Unleashed!
Undead and Unleashed! Marvel in the Bronze Age gathered the undead and unliving monsters of Robert E. Howard (and pastichers like L. Sprague de Camp Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 8: The Dragon
If you missed last time… The Dragon from “Red Nails” is one of the more unusual monsters of the Hyborian Age. Like the giant snake Read More
The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble
This piece is called “The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble” because that is exactly what it is. I start here and I ramble on to Read More
Pulp Snow Monsters
New pulp snow monsters are hard to find because I’ve written about so many related creatures already. I wrote about the monsters of the Antarctic Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 5: Thak the Apeman
In case you missed the last monster… “Rogues in the House” (Weird Tales, January 1934) was the seventh Conan story Howard sold. It is set Read More
Snake Gods & Were-Serpents
Snake gods and were-serpents are the rarest of creatures! Finding Pulp stories with snakes in them is not hard. Finding weird tales or even Science Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 3: The Tower Spider
If you missed last time…. The gigantic spider, through the works of both Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien, has become a standard Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You May Have Missed VI
All the stories I selected this time came from magazines first, ones that occasionally published good Sword & Sorcery. You can find them if you Read More