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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
So, What the Heck Did You Think It Was Made Of? This piece is a condensed history dedicated to a sub-genre of fantasy called “Sword Read More
The notion that a monster should prove to be a fraud is a fairly recent idea. The warriors gathered around the scop reciting Beowulf would Read More