David Henry – New Pulp Tales

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

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

The Circle of the Bear – Part Two: The Cave

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Featured, Weird Fiction Circle of the Bear, David Henry, Jonathan Sparks, Weird Fiction

This is part two of a four part series. Click here for the beginning of the adventure Ned Bowles made me strip. I was buck naked in front of him and five other guys, while

The Circle of the Bear – Part One: The Mound

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Featured, Weird Fiction Circle of the Bear, David Henry, Jonathan Sparks, Weird Fiction

The field I was standing in was scrubby and overgrown, at the top of a broad, low mound. It was at the corner of a pine plantation, and I had convinced the owner to let

The Swarming in the Dark IX – Paper Goblins

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Featured, Sword and Sorcery David Henry, Fantasy, Orsog, Swarming in the Dark, Sword and Sorcery

For previous installments, click here. *** Trapped underground, Orsog held the dark at bay with only a guttering torch. He stood in the doorway with his back to an empty chamber, and a horde of

The Swarming in the Dark VIII – Hordes and Desperation

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Featured, Sword and Sorcery David Henry, Fantasy, Orsog, Swarming in the Dark, Sword and Sorcery

When the Goblin War began, it had been a single unarmed clan that raided a merchant caravan. Now almost a dozen clans lined the rim of the bowl-shaped valley, armed and armored in the spoils

The Swarming in the Dark VII – A Lure for Evil

February 16, 2022February 17, 2022 Featured, Sword and Sorcery David Henry, Fantasy, Orsog, Swarming in the Dark, Sword and Sorcery

The earth trembled beneath the hooves of the Asentic cavalry as they spilled into the valley, Markos at their head. The gods condemn Nikephoros, that cursed prefect for giving him this command. He probably thought