New Pulp Tales – Serialized Fiction from Modern Authors

The Lovecraft Adaptations in Cabinet of Curiosities

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Column, Featured, Pulp Spotlight Arkham, Cabinet of Curiosities, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Masters of Horror, Miskatonic University, Night Gallery, Pickman's Model, Rod Serling, Stuart Gordon, The Dreams in the Witch House

My wife and I recently had a baby, so my television time is limited these days, but I made sure to check out the H.P. Lovecraft adaptations in Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.

The Dreams in the Witch House

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight David Henry, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, The Dreams in the Witch House, Weird Fiction, Weird Tales

The second Lovecraft adaptation in the Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a horror anthology due to come out on Netflix later this month, has its roots in the world of genuine science. In late

Del Toro’s Model

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight David Henry, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, Pickman's Model, Weird Fiction, Weird Tales

Spooky season is upon us, and with it a slew of new ghosts and goblins on the big and small screens. Among them is Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a horror anthology set to

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing IV – The Thing

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight At the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Shoggoth, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Nothing reveals an artist’s talent quite like telling a story which has been told before. Lovecraft began a theme of alien Antarctic horror, and Campbell spun those elements into a new narrative. The Thing from

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing III – The Thing from Another World

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight At the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Where John Carpenter fans might find Who Goes There? familiar, like coming home after a long absence, its 1951 adaptation is more like viewing the story through a funhouse mirror: anything recognizable is distorted, and

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing II – Who Goes There?

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight At the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing, Who Goes There?

In his long journey home, Odysseus was forced to pass between the fearsome monster, Scylla, and the vast, ship-swallowing whirlpool, Charybdis. A similar danger confronts anyone tasked with describing the origins of John W. Campbell’s

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing I – At the Mountains of Madness

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight At the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing

While magazines made of literal pulp are long gone, the spirit of the pulps is like a good movie monster–it just refuses to die. H. P. Lovecraft in particular has had a long undeath, spawning

Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep

August 24, 2022August 23, 2022 Column, Featured, Pulp Spotlight #detective, mystery, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

It's once again time to cast our gaze back to one of the greats of yesteryear. Today I'll be looking at one of the fathers of the Hardboiled Detective sub-genre: Raymond Chandler (along with one

The Circle of the Bear – Part Four: Enter the Circle

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 Featured, Weird Fiction Circle of the Bear, David Henry, Jonathan Sparks, Weird Fiction

This is the final part in a four part series. Here are parts one, two, and three. The coals from the first fire had never died. Ned Bowles kindled a new flame from them while

The Circle of the Bear – Part Three: The Hunt

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Featured, Weird Fiction Circle of the Bear, David Henry, Jonathan Sparks, Weird Fiction

This is part three of a four part series. Click here and here for parts one and two. After all the drums, the skins, the grease from the effigy pot, and the rank incense, I