James Warren Speaks! (2008)
Sunday, May 4, 2008, The Abington Free Library was privileged to have Mr. Jim Warren give a lecture on his years as the publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland. To those who grew up in the…
Category: Pulp
Special Mission Lady Chaplin (1966)
Special Mission Lady Chaplin: with the weather finally improving where I live, it’s time to break out some old spy movies and enjoy the scenery. Everyone knows the man named Bond, but there were plenty…
Return of the Dead: REBORN (A Dead Man Adventure) by Kate Danley, Phoef Sutton, and Lisa Klink
Reborn by Kate Danley, Phoef Sutton, and Lisa Klink (47North, 2014) Reborn is the conclusion to the second season of The Dead Man series. Series creator Lee Goldberg talks about its genesis on his blog: “About six…
Don’t Touch Me I’m a Real Live Wire: CORROSION by Jon Bassoff
Corrosion by John Bassoff (Dark Fuse, 2013) Corrosion by Jon Bassoff is an impressive first novel (at least under his own name). I’m not sure I’d agree with Desmind Reddick at Dread Media and say…
The List of Karl Edward Wagner
Here are the titles in KEW’s infamous list. All 3 lists were Published in Twilight Zone Magazine from June to August 1983. 13 Best Supernatural Horror Novels 1. Hell! Said the Duchess by MIchael Arlen…
Dolly Deadly: BURN WITCH BURN by A. Merritt
Burn Witch Burn by A. Merritt (Benediction Classics, 2011) #9-“Best known for his lost-race fantasy novels, this time Merritt is equally brilliant at modern horror, in tale of murderous dolls animated by the souls of…
Mass Fear: THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE by Hanns Ewers
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Hanns Ewers #7 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Hanns Ewers. The first of the Frank Braun trilogy. Braun hypnotizes a peasant girl into believing she has had a heavenly visitation, the isolated village…
Plant Attack: DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham
Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Rosetta Books, 2010) From KEW’s 13 Best Science Fiction Horror Novels: #13 The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham “Mankind is stricken blind and carnivorous ambulatory plants…
The Lists of Karl Concludes: ALRAUNE by Hanns Ewers
Alraune by Hans Ewers, translated by Guy Endore (Birchgrove Press, 2013) #3 Alraune by Hanns Heinz Ewers. The second of the Frank Braun trilogy, this one concerning the creation of a soulless woman whose birth…
From the List of Karl: VAMPIRE by Hans Ewers
#8 Vampire by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Third and most obviously political of the Frank Braun triology. Braun tours the Unites States before its entry in World War I