The Strangest Northerns: Old Black Magic and Weird Tales
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
Tag: Dorothy McIlwraith
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949)
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949) was an SF anthology by Leo Marguiles and Oscar J. Friend. The way the editors open the book it Read More
Gordon Philip England: Canadian Weird Tales Writer
Weird Tales Author Gordon Philip England was a writer who lived in Quebec, Canada and contributed seven stories to Weird Tales. (He wasn’t the only Read More
Ray Bradbury in Weird Tales
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
Canadian Weird Tales Writers
Canadian Weird Tales writers sounds like a very small group. Weren’t Pulp writers a bunch of hacks in crappy apartments in New York City? Their Read More
H. P. Lovecraft’s The Mound, At Last….
A Story With a History “The Mound” by Zelia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft is one of the last Lovecraft Mythos stories to see print. Read More
Lovecraftian Stories You Might Have Missed
Notice the “Lovecraftian stories”, not “Cthulhu Mythos stories” of the title. If you have been at this Mythos thing as long as I have (actively Read More
The Strangest Northerns: “Pamola’s Caribou”
“Pamola’s Caribou” (Weird Tales, May 1948) was the last of seven stories by Roger S. Vreeland. Of its author I can find no real information Read More
The Strangest Northerns: White Death Trail
The White Death calls to the lonely trapper, the man on the trail. In this case, it called from the pages of a cowboy magazine… Read More
Giant Spiders in Weird Tales
Giant Spiders! The recent J. R. R. Tolkien movies (as well as Harry Potter films) have made giant spiders quite well known. If you are Read More