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Blog postThe War of the Worlds and Halloween:
Two great tastes that taste great together!
One of the few things that I love as much Halloween is H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.
I can't quite remember when I first became aware of those far flung Martian cylinders that were filled to the brim with towering tripods that dealt death and destruction as they spewed heat rays and poison gas across the width and breadth the Victorian British country si -
Blog postTales From the Crypt and The Vault of Horror Film Tie-ins.The Crypt and Vault Keepers are not amused.(And neither is Uncle Doug)
Tales From the Crypt Bantam Books. April 1972$0.75
The Vault of HorrorBantam BooksJuly 1973$0.95
Back during the early 1970s the British producers Amicus created for themselves a well earned reputation for producing Horror Anthology films. Three of these relied on the works of Robert Bloch. They were Torture Garden, Asylum and The House -
Blog postThe title says it all.......
Nothing But Lovecraft Paperback Cover Scans.
My Lovecraft collection!
Go HERE if you want to see scans of a goodly sized portion of my collection.
These are all my copies.
This collection covers four decades of the lovecraftian aesthetic.
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Blog postThe Scholastic Edgar Allan Poe Editions: Peddling Morbidity and Insanity to the kiddies for over Six Decades
I've never been able to decide if it was an act of inspired genius or just plain simple economics that were responsible for the material selected by Scholastic books for their grade school customers.
It might just have been that reprinted material was much cheaper than actually having to pay for new material.
What ever their reasons were, ten of thousands, -
Blog post“You are creating through your choices, even now. Choose wisely.” ― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
I apologize up front for posting such a stream of consciousness entry.
I’ve been slowly going through the submissions for about two weeks now. I’ve honestly been overwhelmed and awed.Overwhelmed by the massive response, we’ve received around 300 subs so far.Awed by the outstanding quality of the majority of the stories that I’ve read so far.
The quality of the writing and the stor -
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Blog postThe stories are starting to roll and so far I've recognized 6 name authors!
That's a pretty good start considering that submissions haven't been open for 24 hours yet!
I jokingly told David the other day that wouldn't it be grand if Stephen King tossed us a bone for old times sake.
Well this morning i peeked in my mail box before going to work and lo and behold!
There was a submission from "Stephen King"!
I didn't have ti -
Blog postHi,
We managed to get a piece of never before published cover art from none other than Mr. Stephen Fabian himself!!
The submissions portal is also now open!
We're on our way!
Mr. Fabians title is "Floralee"
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Blog postI'm honestly hoping that this is the start of something big. A week ago I would have believed anyone who would have told me that David and I would be reviving Weirdbook with Paul Ganley's blessing.
This is what happened.
I was sitting a work during lunch eating some mediocre micro-wave chili and musing that would it be nice if someone would bring back Weirdbook.
Then I thought "Shit! Paul's a publisher and world class writer, maybe I can talk him into this". -
Blog post(Here is a piece I wrote last year for "Weird Tales" now defunct website.)
I Wrote to a few authors associated with August Derleth stating my intention in writing an appreciation of Mr. Derleth in honor of his 106th birthday . I then asked them whether they would be so kind as to make a statement regarding their own thoughts on the man.
Here is an email reply that I received from Mr. Brian Lumley regarding August Derleth.
Dear Mr. Draa – in an -
Blog postHenry S. Whitehead: The Forgotten Master of Jumbee and VodounAnd he's back in print!
Although mostly forgotten, the Rev. Henry S. Whitehead was one of Weird Tales most popular writers between 1924 1933. Rev. Whitehead ,who was a Harvard Graduate, spent 8 years as acting archdeacon of the Virgin Islands for the Episcopalian Church. Towards the end of his short life Rev. Whitehead became a personal friend of HPL, who after traveling down to Florida to visit the Reverend described him so..... -
Blog postThis email arrived last week and I don’t make it a habit to answer such mails in a public forum. I am making an exception this time and have decided that it would be best to share this with every one out there. I’m posting this against the advice from several good friends. And the powers that be will most definitely frown upon this and accuse me panic mongering. It might even cost me my blog and potential future as a hack writer, but I’ve come to the simple conclusion that the needs of the many
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Blog postHey all,My deepest apologies that I've been away from here so long. I was busy beyond my wildest dreams my duties for Weird Tales Magazine. Halloween was my last day with WTs. I stepped down in order to spend time on my own writing.Here is my first published story...http://www.joomag.com/en/newsstand/far-horizons-tales-of-sci-fi-fantasy-and-horror-issue-6-september-2014/0638247001410837220
I've also been lax in my reading. So I'm going to double dip and reprint a piece that I wrote f -
Blog postAlfred Hitchcock’s Monster Museum Edited by Robert ArthurRandom House 1965Armada Lion 1973
My Random House 1965 hardback
The 1973 Armada paperback "sissy" edition
Contents:· Introduction: A Variety of Monsters · Alfred Hitchcock · in 1 &mi -
Blog postLeo Margulies' Weird Tales Anthologies
Weird TalesPyramid Books. May 1964$0.50
Worlds of the WeirdPramid Books , January1965$0.50 My copy
„Weird Tales“ Contents:9 • Introduction (Weird Tales) • (1964) • es -
Blog postThe Lurking Fear and other Stories By H. P. Lovecraft
Cry Horror (2nd Avon edition of “The Lurking Fear) Avon Books. 1958. $0.35 WDL UK Edition. 1956 2/6
Panther 1970 Beagle Books Arkham House Edition 1971
Ballantine 1973 Ballantine 1982
Wordsworth Editions 2013 The Lurking Fear • (1923) • shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft The Shunned House • (1928) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft In the Vault • (1925) • shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft Arthur Jermyn • (1939) • shortstory by H -
Blog postHey all,
I didn't get around to posting this earlier this week, here's my piece on Mr. Richard Matheson.
Photo source: The Examiner
The passing of a MasterRIP RICHARD MATHESONRichard Matheson passed away 2 days ago on the 23rd of June 2013. He was 87 years old.This is pretty much the end of an era when you consider that he was one of the last living writers to have contributed to Weird Tales Magazine during it’s origi -
Blog postRichard Matheson1926-2013The last of the greats has left us.And the world is a lesser place because of it.Thank you for that you have given us.
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Blog postTHE DISCIPLES OF CTHULHU
Edited by Edward P. Berglunf
DAW Books. August 1976
Cover Art by Karel Thole.
$1.50
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Blog postHey all,I’m sorry that I’ve been negligent and haven’t posted in two weeks. We’ve finally had some decent weather over here and I’ve been hard pressed trying to catch up on my gardening and I’ve also been busy trying to scan my entire paperback collection and posting it on Tumblr for those who only want pretty pictures. I’m working on a post for this coming weekend. And lastly I want to let you all know that I’ll also be a guest blogger over at “Black Gate Mag
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Blog postHi Folks,
Just a quick message here.
I have no idea how much of my traffic comes from people just interested in cover scans, most of it I'm afraid.
So I've started to scan my entire collection and you can view it over here at Tumblr!
http://vintage-horror-paperbacks.tumblr.com/
Take care until next time and thanks for stopping by!
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Blog postNine Horrors and a Dream
By Joseph Payne BrennanBallantine Books. 1962. $0.35
My Copy!
And I own four of the book advertised on the back cover!
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Blog postThe Boats of the Glen Carrig
By William Hope Hodgson
A neglected proto-Lovecraftian classic.
Ballantine Book. Adult Fantasy Series.
February 1971. $0.95
Cover art by Robert LoGrippo
My 1971 copy.
Vacations over and I loaded my parents on the plane this morning for their flight back to Ohio. So that means it’s time to get back to the blog. Oh yeah!
Since I’ve had so much "William Hope Hodgson" on the -
Blog postA Cavalcade of Robert Bloch Anthologies!
The man himself!
I’m going to do this a bit differently this time around. I’ve been so busy in the garden this week now that winter is finally over and my parents are arriving on Friday for a three week visit. Sadly, neither has left me any time to actually read an anthology this week and then prepare and article about it.
So what I’m doing for this weeks posting is presenting scans of all the Robert Bloch antholo -
Blog postI just found out that „Basil Copper“ passed away 4 days ago. He was 89 years old. Mr. Copper is most well-known for his horror stories and 52 “Mike Faraday” detective mystery novels. What many fans don’t realize is that he was also a journalist and newspaper editor for a large part of his professional life. Sadly, Mr. Copper isn’t as well-known as he deserves in the United States. Most of his novels and collections have been printed in America were released by the specialty publisher
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Blog postI Am Legend
By Richard Matheson
Corgi Books 1971
(Originally published in 1954.)
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Blog postDoc Savage: Madness from the Sea
By Kenneth Robinson (Lester Dent)
Bantam Books. 1974. $1.75
Originally published in Doc Savage Magazine April 1936
I’ve always had a weakness for the “Doc Savage” adventures. My love for which almost rivals my love of H.P. Lovecraft tales. So when I first bought this back 1974 I was almost beside myself with joy. After reading the back cover and paying for the book I rode home on my bike so quickly that I almost got myself killed! -
Blog post“Beware the Beasts”(A collection of stories as good as the cover is bad)Edited by Vic Ghidalia and Roger Elwood MacFadden-Bartell Books. 1970. $0.75 Cover art by Cover by “Jack Faragasso”
Cover Blurb:“They dared invade the beast’s realm and saw things no human should ever see. Some of them even came back-seemingly alive…”
Contents: 11 • In the Avu Observatory • (1894) • shortstory by H. G. Wells 19 • The Cats of Ulthar • (1920) • shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft 23 • Here, Daemos! • (19 -
Blog postMasters of Terror Volume 1
William Hope Hodgson
Corgi Books 1977
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Blog postA conversation with the great Murray Tinkelman
Mr. Tinkelman and his favorite cover!
Two weeks ago I had the great pleasure of speaking with Mr. Murray Tinkelman, the famous and award winning illustrator. This came about by my wanting to do something
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