Yellow Peril in the SF Pulps
The Pulps did not invent the idea of “The Yellow Peril”. Science Fiction had been promoting this racist fear since at least 1880 and Last Read More
Tag: Sax Rohmer
The Last Seance: Horror in the Mysteries of Agatha Christie
If you missed it: The Hound of Death: The Supernatural Stories of Agatha Christie A. Conan Doyle wrote during the hey-dey of the Spiritualist craze. Read More
Elliott O’Donnell: Ghost Hunter and Author
It is hard to imagine how big a writer Elliott O’Donnell was in his day. He is practically forgotten today outside of scholarly circles. This Read More
Link: Hawk Carse
The author of “Hawk Carse” was one of the Age of Wonder’s great mysteries. Who was Anthony Gilmore? The answer turned out to be Harry Read More
The Cases of Jules de Grandin – Part 3
With six stories under his belt, Seabury Quinn settled in to write a long series and keep the pot boiling. One of his techniques that Read More
Link: The Door to Infinity: Mythos Without Lovecraft
I got my start in the Mythos business by playing Call of Cthulhu, a role-playing game in which private detectives, soldiers, dilettantes and hobos face Read More
Link: The Hundred Year Test
Can you name one sports record from 1917? Football, baseball, hockey, anything? And to make it harder, a record that stands to this day? I Read More
In Search of a Classic: The Mummy
The Mummy as a monster was created out of ignorance. The mystique of evil Egyptian sorceries was the vagaries of human curiosity. Hieroglyphics were not Read More
A Sax Rohmer Gallery
Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) (1883-1959) was as flamboyant a portrayal of an author as you could hope to find. A man of mystery, Read More
The Case of the Dream Detective: Moris Klaw
Sax Rohmer (born Arthur Sarsfield Ward) will be remembered forever as the creator of Dr. Fu Manchu, and the sub-genre of the suspense field that Read More