Top Ten Ghostbreakers From Weird Tales
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The Fearless Vampire Killers of the Pulps
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) was a Roman Polanski comedy about vampire hunters in the Hammer tradition. The idea of a brave group of men Read More
The Ghostbreakers: The Living Ghost
If you missed the last one… Walter Archer Frost (1875-1964) is not a name that rings a bell with Mystery fans like Agatha Christie or Read More
Top Ten Most Prolific Authors in Weird Tales
The most prolific authors in Weird Tales are names you know. You don’t appear a hundred times and not get noticed. Still, the question remains, Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant
Meet The Judge Manly Wade Wellman’s first ghostbreakers have not fared as well as his two big stars: John Thunstone and Silver John. During Wellman’s Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Dr. John Dale
Dr. John Dale was a two story ghostbreaker from Weird Tales. The author was the unlikely Edmond Hamilton, who had made his career on alien Read More
Let’s Haunt a House: Young Ghostbreakers
A Long Tradition “Let’s Haunt a House” by Manly Wade Wellman is an interesting middle stop in a line that runs to this day. Boys’ Read More
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
The Curse of Jules de Grandin: Pierre d’Artois
The Curse of Jules de Grandin haunted one man: E. Hoffman Price (1898-1988) and his creation, Pierre d”Artois. The success of a character in a Read More
Creatures High and Low: The Monsters of Manly Wade Wellman
Manly Wade Wellman (1905-1986) started his writing career during the hey-days of the Pulps, finding himself at home both in the science fiction magazines (Astounding) Read More