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Post by dem on Sept 1, 2012 10:54:16 GMT
Ha! Exemplary detective work on Mr. Anderson's part. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Maybe we should try compile a top ten (hundred?) Peter Haining literary hoaxes. there's a silver cloud to Mr. Anderson's earlier revelation regarding the aurthorship and publication history of The Vow on Halloween, namely that the story is not - as Peter Haining claims in Hallowe'en Hauntings (William Kimber, 1984) - the work of Dorothy Macardle, but Llyllian Huntley Harris, and it first appeared in Weird Tales (the infamous "banned"-on-account-of- The Loved Dead May-July 1924 issue at that), making it an ideal candidate for Cauldron Brewer's wonderful Weird Tales by Women Writers. |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Sept 1, 2012 20:43:15 GMT
there's a silver cloud to Mr. Anderson's earlier revelation regarding the aurthorship and publication history of The Vow on Halloween, namely that the story is not - as Peter Haining claims in Hallowe'en Hauntings (William Kimber, 1984) - the work of Dorothy Macardle, but Llyllian Huntley Harris, and it first appeared in Weird Tales (the infamous "banned"-on-account-of- The Loved Dead May-July 1924 issue at that), making it an ideal candidate for Cauldron Brewer's wonderful Weird Tales by Women Writers. Now, that's just bizarre--but, on the other hand, yay (and at this point, I think it's as much your WTbWW as mine)! False attribution or no, I was all excited about tracking down a copy of Hallowe'en Hauntings until I saw what it's going for now. Matt was truly lucky to get it for a fiver back in '09. And another scarce one from Facsimile Dust Jackets Those jackets are outstanding. I think I've said that before, but it bears saying again. |
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Post by dem on Sept 24, 2016 8:51:47 GMT
Clifford Ball - The Werewolf Howls: ( Weird Tales, Nov. 1941).  Mont SudburyMonsieur Etienne Delacroix, master of Château Doré, charges his three beloved son's with the task of destroying the ferocious wolf that did so hideously for his sheep (if we are to concern ourselves with trifles, poor little Marguerite D'Estourie was likewise torn to pieces in a related incident, but the livestock remain our priority). M. Delacroix gives the order that the people of the town remain locked indoors after sunset - defy his curfew at your peril! - and, to pacify superstitious imbeciles, has agreed that his sons will be provided with silver bullets, lest the village idiots are correct in their insistence that the killer is - and I can hardly bring myself to type so lunatic a fancy! - a werewolf! M. Delacroix dismisses the boys on their mission and repairs to his wife's grave to offer prayers for their safety. Of course, the thing about lycanthropy is the afflicted party is often completely unaware of their condition ....
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Post by helrunar on Sept 24, 2016 19:59:30 GMT
Another beautiful thread!
Any info as to whether the Lycanthia reprint ever happened?
The H. Warner Munn title is intriguing, as well...
cheers, H.
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Post by bobby on Sept 25, 2016 15:21:31 GMT
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Post by dem on Sept 25, 2016 15:30:38 GMT
Another beautiful thread! Any info as to whether the Lycanthia reprint ever happened? The H. Warner Munn title is intriguing, as well... cheers, H. Can't help with Lycanthia, but The Werewolf Of Ponkert is reprinted in perhaps the finest anthology on the lycanthrope theme, Brian J. Frost's masterly Book Of The Werewolf. The following examples of short werewolf fiction from the comics didn't quite make the cut for that one ... Jim Hendryx - Call Of The Werewolf: ( Adventures Into Darkness #11, Sept. 1953). It is the night of the full moon. The wolf pack have been at the sheep of late, and now Pa's vigilantes wait in ambush at Elbow Pass. A blood-curdling howl in the night. "Aaaaa-roooooo-oooh!" Jody Gehrmer feels a change come upon him .... Tomorrow's dreaded dental appointment will be a cinch after this night's adventures. Anon - Return Of The Werewolf: ( Chamber Of Chills #5, Feb. 1952). A series of grisly murders on the moors. The villagers suspect the famously cursed Wellington family includes a monster among their number, so Inspector Wilson and his assistant, Hawkins, place their house under midnight surveillance, "to see if any strange creature ventured forth from its foreboding walls to wreak horrible death ....." One does. This is a bit more like it! Anon - Terror Under The Full Moon: ( Chamber Of Chills #6, March 1952). It's imperative John gets out of the cabin again tonight, but Betty can take his suspicious absences no longer and threatens to follow him, see where he gets to, and leave their little boy home alone! The argument eats away crucial seconds until ... "You wanted me to stay! Well, I will! Now you can see what your hatred and distrust has done to me. I've gone away so many nights to spare the child - to even spare you. I've tried to find a cure for this thing .... But now you can see what I am. GRAHHHH!" Anon - The Monster Beast!: ( Chamber Of Chills #7, April 1952). If the monster strikes again tonight, at least John is prepared - his gun is loaded with silver bullets. Sure enough. "GRAGHH! GRAGHH! GRAGHH!" All black and hairy she may be, but even as he shoots her down, John has to admit this is one good looking specimen. Hey, wait! That's no werewolf, that's ... my ... |
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Post by helrunar on Sept 25, 2016 17:51:12 GMT
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Post by helrunar on Sept 25, 2016 18:36:29 GMT
Curious... neither of the two stories you mention are to be found in the editions of Chamber of Chills 5 and 6 scanned on that site. How... uncanny! Why... it's as if the stories had vanished off the face of the Earth... never to have been known... never even to have seen the light of day!
Just another terrifying secret that lurks for the unwary within that nighted nave of necromancy... that sinister sanctuary of suave saturnalia ... that insidious adytum of all that is unholy... THE... VAULT ... OF ... EEEEEEEEEEE .... VILLL...
*sound of crazed cachinnations echoing over windswept moors fade into distance*
H.
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Post by dem on Sept 25, 2016 19:48:08 GMT
Curious... neither of the two stories you mention are to be found in the editions of Chamber of Chills 5 and 6 scanned on that site. How... uncanny! Why... it's as if the stories had vanished off the face of the Earth... never to have been known... never even to have seen the light of day! Just another terrifying secret that lurks for the unwary within that nighted nave of necromancy... that sinister sanctuary of suave saturnalia ... that insidious adytum of all that is unholy... THE... VAULT ... OF ... EEEEEEEEEEE .... VILLL... *sound of crazed cachinnations echoing over windswept moors fade into distance* H. They are still there when I look! Return Of The Werewolf is on p. 32 of Chamber of Chills #5 Terror Under The Full Moon is on p. 18 of Chamber of Chills #6. |
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Post by helrunar on Sept 25, 2016 21:54:39 GMT
Thanks Demonik! I didn't realize they were prose pieces and I missed them when I was flipping through.
I've been having a lot of fun looking through the scans. Interesting to see that the lead story in the very first issue, "The Hag of the Old Hills," seems to involve a witch a lot like "Old Nancy," the gracious, generous hostess of The Witch's Tale radio series from the 1930s, including her lovesome black kitty, Satan.
It's a heartwarming tale of justice down through the centuries... until some interfering busybody from the church gets involved, alas...
cheers, H.
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Post by cromagnonman on Sept 25, 2016 22:49:10 GMT
Another beautiful thread! Any info as to whether the Lycanthia reprint ever happened? The H. Warner Munn title is intriguing, as well... cheers, H. You might like to know that "The Werewolf of Ponkert" and all its sequels were finally collected together last year and published by Altus Press in a volume entitled TALES OF THE WEREWOLF CLAN. (Not to be confused with a two volume 70s Grant hardcover of the same name which omitted the original Weird Tales stories, I believe). |
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Post by helrunar on Sept 26, 2016 1:30:08 GMT
Thanks again, Cromagnonman. I'm trying to remember just what I've read by H. Warner Munn. I happened to re-read a post I made to the Not at Night thread earlier today while browsing the boards; I'd forgotten that a story by him was one of two I was unable to get through in that volume. It appeared to be a re-boot of the original Poe tale "The Pit and the Pendulum."
cheers, H.
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Post by dem on Sept 28, 2016 6:42:35 GMT
 Virgil Finlay, Lupa. : ( Weird Tales, January 1941). Lupe Dzarkas was a tender, lovable woman - but what was that shape of horror that was found dead on the couch in her room?. If you like your heroine's all tragic and doomed, you'll love Lupe Dzarka, a charming young Transylvanian shacked up in a New York boarding house. Or, at least, she was. We join the chief of police as he shares his wild theories as to how Lupe came to disappear and why there is a a snow-white wolf hound lying dead under her duvet. Short of seeping through the keyhole, the girl could not have passed from the room unseen and she was never one to keep a pet. Animals hated her on sight, and boyfriend Ralph Evans once had the devil's own job rescuing her from the massed ranks of every dog in the neighbourhood. Anon - The Werewolves: ( Out Of The Night #3, June-July 1952). Manfred the werewolf driving through the Catskills an hour before sundown. He's seeking a place far from the road so no passing automobile will hear the screams of the mutilated when the transformation is upon him. This lonely inn looks just the ticket - and the pale, cadaverous, evil-looking proprietor will be his first meal! Anon - Werewolves Of The Steppes: ( Out Of The Night #11, Oct-Nov. 1953). No matter the bitter conditions, French progress through Russia has been even more of a cakewalk than anticipated, but now Bonaparte's spies urge caution. The word is a pack of patriotic werewolves are abroad! The Emperor is incredulous! Is this the best the Muscovites can offer? The Tsar has another thing coming if he thinks fairy-tales will frighten away Napoleon's all-conquering armies! Brooke Byrne - The Werewolf's Howl: ( Weird Tales, Dec. 1934). "Yet remember - If you fire at a werewolf with a silver bullet, and miss, your soul is forfeit to the undead!" Ever since his arrival in the village, young doctor Gradnov has been a regular visitor to Schloss Martheim where the frail old Baron Konrad welcomes him as a chess partner. Now the hand of death is almost upon him, the Baron confides the terrible secrets of his past. It all began at University where he incurred the enmity of a student, Ivan, who boasted of selling his soul to the Devil ..... |
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