Sunday, April 10, 2016

Dunsany and Machen on Their Publishers

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For some years now, I have had in my head the idea that when Dunsany was approached in 1946 by August Derleth about Arkham House publishing ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Faulkner's Vampire Screenplay

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I bought the Winter 2002 (#42) issue of Oxford American when it had just come out, and as I was packing my book collection to move. Most of...
Sunday, March 20, 2016

New Evidence on the Posthumous Editing of Robert E. Howard’s ALMURIC

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In the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales , under the heading “Coming Next Month,” there was an announcement by editor Farnsworth Wrigh...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

With Hide So Tough . . .

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A few months ago I came across an interesting quotation: Breathes there a man with hide so tough Who says two sexes aren't enough? I...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

"We Care" --Hah!

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This happened last year, but I just happened on the photographs I'd saved so I thought I'd share them here.  Most of the stuff I sen...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

All the Wonders We Seek: Some Bibliographical Notes

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Félix Martí-Ibáñez's collection All the Wonders We Seek: Thirteen Tales of Surprise and Prodigy was published by Clarkson N. Potte...
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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Best College Verse, with a dash of Lovecraftians

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The beginning of the Depression was not the best time to launch a new series collecting the best verse by college students. Yet Harper &...
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