Simon Gosden - Out Of The Woodwork

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Simon Gosden (ed.) - Out Of The Woodwork

Simon Gosden

Out of the Woodwork 1 (Simon Gosden, 1986)

Simon Gosden - Editorial

Dallas Goffin - The Cross of Carl; An Appreciation
A little known genre piece written about the horrors of the First World War by one Walter Owen.
John Lee - Comment: First Ghostly Step
Ever been influenced by a book? of course you have. John Lee recounts how one book in particular shaped his reading habits.
Richard Dalby - Obituaries. Two Successful Editors of Fifty Years Ago: Sir Charles Birkin and Christine Campbell Thomson
Two of Britains most successful horror anthology editors who died recently within a few weeks of each other
Simon Gosden - Brian Lumley. A Bibliography of the Cthulhu Tales
Brian Lumley is one of the Lovecraftian devotees who ingeniously manages to update the Cthulhu Mythos. This is a listing compiled from 'Brian Lumley: A New Bibliography' by Leigh Blackmore.
Brian Lumley - de Marigny's Clock
The first UK publication of this short featuring Titus Crow occultist adventurer. A Cthulhu tale
Stella Hender - Lord Dunsany and the Space Shuttle
Did a friend of Jorkens predict the Shuttle?
Simon Gosden & Terry Jeeves - Reviews:
A selection of contemporary books that Terry and I have read and on the whole enjoyed.
Simon Gosden - Clive Barker for collectors
Some things you ought to know about the books of Britain's hottest horror writer.
Mike Ashley - The Derleth-Blackwood Correspondence
An interesting and illuminating article first published In the 'Derleth Society Newsletter', 1983, about the communications that these two authors had. First UK Publication.

Out of the Woodwork No.2. (Simon Gosden, 1987)

Simon Gosden - Editorial

John Lee - Guy Boothby. The Dr.Nikola Books.
Guy Boothby's Dr. Nikola is one of the great genre characters.
Sydney J Bounds - Worst Enemy.
One of two short pieces of fiction which grace the pages of OotW #2.
Dallas Clive Goffin - That which is not Dead can Eternal Lie: Lovecraft's Last Half Century
In the fiftieth year after Lovecraft died Dallas looks carefully at the state of Lovecraft's work today.
Mike Ashley - First Frights
Mike looks at the problem of finding an authors first published work and comes up with some surprising facts!
Ken Lake - Opening Gates and Closing Minds?
Ken puts forward a powerful argument against liking fantasy and then finds a book that destroys it. Whats the book?
Brian Stableford - Beyond Repair
A lovely yarn in the 'Weird Tales' mould, of a man and a woman ....
Simon Gosden - Woodwork Profile: Seabury Quinn
A brief look at this quite remarkable character, with bibliography.
Richard Dalby - Obituary. Rolf Brandt (1906-1986)
An illustrator of note who died recently.
Woodwords Letters in the Woodwork
from Simon MacCulloch, Dallas Goffin, Rosemary Pardoe, David Cowperthwaite, Ian Rundell and Mike Mason
Richard Dalby - Jean Ray: A centenary
This little known Belgium horror writer's centenary is marked by this informative article.
Simon Gosden - Reviews.

I'm not even sure how long Out Of The Woodwork! lasted, I just picked up issues 1 and 2 (same cover, but green) for a quid in a secondhand bookshop a couple of years back, and, for all I know, that could be the entire run. Dated 1986 and 1987 respectively, the artwork is sometimes amusingly ropey but these booklets more than make up for it in quality written submissions. Highlights include new articles by Mike Ashley, Richard Dalby (sadly commemorating the deaths of Christine Campbell Thomson and Charles Birkin who passed away within weeks of each other in 1985), Dallas Goffin (on a little known Walter Owen story "about the horrors of the first world war"). Plenty for Cthulhu Mythos fans to get excited about too, and a neat, albeit brief, introduction to the weird tales of Seabury Quinn. As an added treat, original fiction by Brian Lumley (a Titus Crow story), Sydney J. Bounds and Brian Stableford.

Excellent work from the Fantastic Literature man. Were there any more of these?

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Have just trawled my collection - I have a lot of re-reading and dusting to do! - and all I have is the two issues. Was on Simon's mailing list for a looonnggg time so I'm sure this was it or I would have bought them!

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Thanks, phantom. I thought that was most likely the case. Such a shame, as it's an enjoyable and informative read and Simon roped in a marvellous bunch of contributors. I really adored the nightmarish illustrations, too, like the bat on the back of #2. Truly a once seen, never forgotten image!