Carl Jacobi, Master of the Weird Tale – Part II
If you missed Part 1… The 1950s saw the passing of the Pulps and Weird Tales in particular. Because of this Carl Jacobi’s work becomes Read More
Tag: Short Stories
Carl Jacobi, Master of the Weird Tale – Part 1
Carl Jacobi (1908-1997) has been called a Weird Tales also-ran but that is to miss so much about this fascinating writer. He was very much Read More
John W. Jakes – Part 2: The Magazine and Paperback Years
If you miss Part 1… John Jakes, after five years in the Pulps, moved on to writing for magazines and novels. His story output slowed Read More
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
Frank Belknap Long: Editor
At the end of the 1940s, Frank Belknap Long worked in comic books as well as Pulps. With the Pulps fading away in the 1950s, Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 4 (1950-1959)
If you missed Part3 (Late 1940s) Manly Wade Wellman’s career continued on in the Pulps, but slowly over the years he transitioned into the historical Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Ghost River
“Ghost River” (Northwest Romances, Winter 1950-1951) by Tom O’Neill is a classic creepy Northern. O’Neill was a prolific Pulpster, who also wrote as E. L. 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
Weird Tales Covers That Weren’t
Dorothy McIlwraith (1891-1976) inherited Weird Tales in 1940 when Farnsworth Wright left and died shortly afterwards. McIlwraith was a graduate of McGill University in Ontario. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Keith Edgar
Keith Edgar was a writer of adventure novels and stories in the 1940s. We don’t really know much else about him. He wrote seven novels Read More