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Post by severance on Jan 26, 2008 13:06:40 GMT
John H. Knox - The Cyclops' Eye and Other Stories - Pulpville Press POD, 2006 Colonel Crum in Death is a Little Man - Victims see their death in miniature when eerie murder magic is invoked! ( from Thrilling Mystery, November 1940) The Cyclops' Eye - The Trailer-Detective probes the baffling mystery of the Cave of Snakes when men are lured to their deaths. ( from Thrilling Mystery, January 1941) The Devil's Lottery - The Trailer-Detective fights the unknown when he challenges the master of the silent death! ( from Thrilling Mystery, March 1941The Death Elves - The Trailer-Detective travels into the grim realm of the "Little People" and meets a murder challenge that comes from the pages of an age-old fairy tale! ( from Thrilling Mystery, May 1941) The Dead in Armor - Weird occultism challenges the keen brain of Colonel Crum, Scientist Detective, when men are turned into statues! ( from Thrilling Mystery, July 1941) |
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Post by dem bones on Jan 26, 2008 21:49:55 GMT
Great to see some new activity here Sev, and I'm sure you'll have a good time with Knox! The Weird Menace (Jewel Of Opar, 1972)  Neal MacDonald, jnr.
John H. Knox - Man Out Of Hell ( Dime Mystery, March 1934) Bill Zeigler was a brave man. But it takes more than courage to battle such a being as tracked him during those dark hours when each new dawn brought its own fresh horror of burning flesh and disappearing men!John H. Knox - Frozen Energy ( Dime Mystery, March 1934) If he could move an arm - an eyelid - he could let them know in time! But the evil potion of frozen life had done its ghastly work too well! It's been too long since I read these but the lengthy Man Out Of Hell is shudder pulp platinum, up there with even the mighty The Mole Men Want Your Eyes, Labyrinth Of Monsters and Revelry In Hell. There is a scene toward the climax where the aforementioned Bill Zeigler locates the hoods' secret lair and conceals himself in a steel coffin. Bad move; the robot-monster makers fire up the furnace ..... The booklet was issued to commemorate Pulpcon #1 in June 1972 - a bloody strange choice but a welcome one! |
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Post by johnpelan on Feb 10, 2008 15:37:03 GMT
Ah, what I would give to have that volume... *sighs*.
Knox is one of the very best of the "weird menace" authors. The Colonel Crum tales are a bit more sedate than his usual work, but still fun. For lovers of Knox at his best, Midnight House is working on what will probably be a two volume set collecting his best work from Dime Mystery, Thrilling Mystery, Horror Stories, and Terror Tales.
Cheers,
John
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