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Post by dem on Jan 18, 2021 18:25:59 GMT
Leo Brett - The Frozen Tomb: Unliving and undying she waited in the casket of ice. Arctic Circle, 1963. Four action scientists engaged in a geological survey expedition drill a beautiful sleeper from a block of ice. "She's not wearing anything very suitable for the climate. She might have stepped out of the dining room of a medieval castle." This is not far from the truth. Several centuries ago, the woman was abducted by hairy giants and imprisoned in her icy tomb. These supernatural beings attack the camp during a snow blizzard, intent on returning her to frozen sleep. Great fun. Rev. Fanthorpe does (faux?) Norse mythology.
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Post by dem on Jan 18, 2021 18:40:39 GMT
Supernatural Stories #81 (Badger, Sept. 1963) Peter O'Flynn - Forgotten Country
R. L. Fanthorpe - Invisible Presence
Bron Fane - The Thing from Sheol
Neil Thanet - Return of the Hag
Robin Tate - Midnight GhoulBlurb The Thing from Sheol, by Bron Fane is the nerve-chilling saga of a thing from the next world which tore down the flimsy curtain of Reality.
R. Lionel Fanthorpe's Invisible Presence, is another in his long line of supernatural thrillers. This time he tells the story of an evil entity made a thousand times worse because it could never be seen.
Neil Thanes makes a welcome return with his terrifying story of witchcraft and black magic. This is the kind of authentic horror which makes the most hardened sceptic wonder whether there is something in it after all.
New author Robin Tate makes an exciting debut with his weird account of forbidden horror in forbidden places. Midnight Ghoul is not a story for the nervous.
Irish author Peter O'Flinn tells of a mysterious Forgotten Country and the weird fate of the man who travelled through it.All in all SN 81 is a satisfying collection of new mysteries designed for the discerning supernatural reader.[/color] Neil Thanet - Return of the Hag: Harmless old eccentric .... or the Devil Incarnate ... "People don't understand that financiers have to get to places faster. I mean our business is important, theirs is trivial." Speeding to a meeting to clinch the Belgrade deal, Lindsey Carter, hot-shot financier, almost runs down an old woman on a country road. Ugly old bag. Why doesn't she keep out of the way when he's in a hurry? "For a second he felt tempted to go back and put his boot in her teeth." The shaken pedestrian does not appreciate being sworn at and threatened. First she takes to supernaturally stalking him, then she moulds a wax effigy ... Robin Tate - Midnight Ghoul: A thing of indescribable horror creeping in the moonlit tomb Veteran poacher Jim Garrett, George Johnson, village bobby, and Vicar Tomlins join forces to confront the huge, evil-reeking corpse-eater ransacking the churchyard.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jan 18, 2021 19:08:33 GMT
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Post by dem on Jan 21, 2021 21:41:39 GMT
R. L. Fanthorpe - Invisible Presence: "For some completely unaccountable reason Miss O'Farrell appears to prefer your company to mine. This is a state of affairs I am no longer prepared to tolerate."
Harold Ambler, farmer and his gal, Sonia O'Farrell, the sober party in a family of drunks, are menaced by a Peeping Tom from beyond the grave. How did it come to this?
Vernon Blayne, the local squire, has designs on Sonia, who despises the bastard for a nasty piece of work he is. To remove obstacle Harold, Blayne slips poison in his whiskey, only for the "simple bumpkin" to switch glasses. "I'll destroy you after I'm dead" rages the Squire as he expires in agony.
A What was It?/ The Damned Thing situation arises until Fanthorpe checks the word count, introduces Rev. Garth Trelawney, toughnut Cornish exorcist, to swiftly conclude matters.
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Post by dem on Jan 25, 2021 13:40:34 GMT
Bron Fane - The Thing From Sheol: El Beyzak, despotic ruler of a walled oasis city, is forever looking to flesh out his harem. So when Abdul the slave trader arrives with exquisite new merchandise - a young English dancer abducted from a Riviera beach - it is another case of money no object, he simply must have her. As El Beyzak makes to examine the terrified prisoner, she bites hard on his finger. Furious, he has the Nubian guards drag her screaming to the torture chamber. "When next we meet I do not think you will be quite so ready to disobey me again," he scowls horribly. It is quite a departure from the Fanthorpe stories commented upon thus far, almost as if he were trying out something for Web Terror Stories, though, inevitably, we cut away from the action before anything too terrible transpires. We now learn that the captive is none other than Flora, granddaughter of 'Mac', irascible editor of The Daily Globe, star reporter - Val Stearman! No sooner has Mac confided his woes than Stearman and La Noire duly set off for Cairo their latest most dangerous mission to date. Assistance is at hand in the form of a fearless "parrot-faced desert ranger," but, even should they reach Flora before the inhuman masked brutes get to work, how are they to overcome El Beyzak's private army? Meanwhile, in the desert, something stirs beneath the sands. Perhaps this is one of the feature stories should have been allocated an entire issue as, after a more accomplished build-up than we're used to, Fanthorpe realises he's run out of pages, resulting in a multiple pile-up of an ending. All thirty-seven of the Val Stearman & la Noire adventures are available to read online via peltorro.com - with Rev. Fanthorpe's blessing.
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Post by dem on Feb 2, 2021 9:27:44 GMT
Peter O'Flinn - Forgotten Country: "Top o' the morning," shamrocks, shillelagh swinging, leprechauns, etc. Believe it or not, we are in Ireland, where cheery adventurer Brendan Casey, falls asleep against a fairy mound - and enters the realm of the little people just as their kingdom come under attack from the combined forces of evil. Smitten by the fairy Queen, Brendan leaps into the fray. Much swordplay ensues as Lionel does heroic fantasy. Extremely silly, but Supernatural Stories has made for a cheering comfort read during lock-downs.
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Post by dem on Feb 2, 2021 18:19:08 GMT
Supernatural Stories #83 (Badger, Nov. 1963) Trebor Thorpe - Traveller's Rest
Réné Rolant - The Reluctant Corpse
Leo Brett - The Clubmen
Olaf Trent - Roman Twilight
R. L. Fanthorpe - Psychic Circle
Bron Fane - The Man Who Knew
Peter O'Flinn - Land of Green Shadows“Roman Twilight" by Olaf Trent is the uncanny saga of strange barbarian gods who brought death and worse than death to the lands abandoned by the legions at the beginning of the Dark Ages.
Irish author Peter O'Flinn make a welcome return with "Land of Green Shadows", a macabre story of dark things that have their being in a bottomless marsh.
R. Lionel Fanthorpe's contribution "Psychic Circle" is an unnerving story of a séance that went horribly wrong.
"The Man Who Knew" by Bron Fane is another of his characteristic bold, fast-moving weird-thrillers. This is the story of a man whose life was irrevocably changed by his discovery of forbidden ancient secrets.
New French author Réné Rolant makes his debut with "The Reluctant Corpse" and poses the intriguing question of the effect of death on a really obstinate character.
S.N. Shorts 83 is a carefully balanced miscellany of thought-provoking stories of the Unexpected and the Unknown.Trebor Thorpe - Traveller's Rest: They paused in their journey to recall weird adventures ... Two hikers exchange strange stories in a country pub. (1.) Cambridge Uni lecturer Geoff Kenton versus Paul Hunter, Casanova of the campus, and the latest host body possessed by a 3,000 year old Priest of the temple Amon who lucked out on the elixir of life. Hunter smarms a lock of hair and photograph from each of his conquests to use against her in black magic rituals. Now young Sandra Hewitt has earned his displeasure. Can Geoff destroy the evil ancient before he takes another innocent life? (2.) Batley, Norfolk, "If you're a witch, then I'm a mongrel pup." Joe has several decades to regret his challenge to the late Mother Grizel who was indeed possessed of supernatural powers. First story builds nicely but, as so often, LF rushes the ending. Dog-man story not his finest moment.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 2, 2021 19:40:18 GMT
dark things that have their being in a bottomless marsh You may think they could just have used the word "live," but that just shows you do not understand "fancy-speak." |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Feb 2, 2021 21:30:53 GMT
dark things that have their being in a bottomless marsh You may think they could just have used the word "live," but that just shows you do not understand "fancy-speak." "Dwell" and "lurk" were also available. Was he trying to pad the word count for the blurb? |
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Post by helrunar on Feb 3, 2021 0:33:08 GMT
These are hilarious! Thanks, Kev.
I'm sitting here pondering the possible effects of death on a really obstinate character. LOL.
cheers, Steve
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Post by dem on Feb 6, 2021 18:07:53 GMT
Leo Brett - The Clubmen: Strange stories with the bitter tang of truth. Keyburn puts the willies up Rogers with the nasty tale of Carew Axon, whose remarkable figurines draw in the crowds at the Wedmore Galleries. The 'plastic pygmies' bear obscene and horrible resemblance to persons gone missing in mysterious circumstances. Now estranged wife Marta has discovered his terrible secret, Axon puts her under hypnotic trance, commands her to inject lover, George, with the serum!
Rogers responds with a story he calls 'Dream Murder.' Clyde Bransby, who can't abide the thought of anyone laughing at him, believes himself persecuted by the proprietor of Klinger's antique shop .... paranoia, extreme violence, bloody murder, etc.
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Post by dem on Feb 26, 2021 18:49:31 GMT
R. L. Fanthorpe - Psychic Circle: Henpecked, demoralised Henry finally gets even with his abominable other half, 'Madame Olga,' favoured medium of Kensington's most affluent spiritualist clique.
Bron Fane - The Man Who Knew: "It spoke of invisible hordes of evil spirit-beings. It told of the psychic conflict between good and evil that is fought in the real world. Our everyday world is only a kind of illusion in which we are confined by space and time. Reality is incalculably greater than our greatest dreams."
Andrew Burnett, the world famous antiquarian, develops an extreme persecution complex after translating an ancient Greek palimpsest. Gravely concerned, his daughter, Sally, seeks the aid of Val Stearman, hot shot Fleet Street reporter and all action occult detective. It's clear the sights, sounds and smells of the invisible world will most certainly destroy Burnett unless ...
La Noire takes charge.
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Post by bluetomb on Feb 27, 2021 13:17:27 GMT
R. L. Fanthorpe - Psychic Circle: Henpecked, demoralised Henry finally gets even with his abominable other half, 'Madame Olga,' favoured medium of Kensington's most affluent spiritualist clique. Bron Fane - The Man Who Knew: "It spoke of invisible hordes of evil spirit-beings. It told of the psychic conflict between good and evil that is fought in the real world. Our everyday world is only a kind of illusion in which we are confined by space and time. Reality is incalculably greater than our greatest dreams." Andrew Burnett, the world famous antiquarian, develops an extreme persecution complex after translating an ancient Greek palimpsest. Gravely concerned, his daughter, Sally, seeks the aid of Val Stearman, hot shot Fleet Street reporter and all action occult detective. It's clear the sights, sounds and smells of the invisible world will most certainly destroy Burnett unless ... La Noire takes charge. Psychic investigator saving a man from Plato's Allegory of the Cave is kind of a brilliant set up. |
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Post by kooshmeister on Mar 15, 2021 13:01:21 GMT
I've taken the liberty of adding four Badger Books releases to TV Tropes:
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Post by helrunar on Mar 15, 2021 14:54:13 GMT
"TV Tropes... the all-devouring pop-culture wiki." I'd never heard of it. Interesting!
I hope you don't get complaints from all the spoilers in your entries! I only looked at one about some slime that slurps people up... "Night of the Black Horror" or something the title was. I presume this was yet another of Fanthorpe's innumerable pseudonyms.
cheers, Hel
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