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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 17, 2021 16:35:20 GMT
So while Mr Brewer is deciding on the cover illo for Vol I, I'll press on with ten titles to consider for vol 2, pretty sure that Mr. B. will have already sidelined at least one of the following - the selection from the March 1928 issue - for Vol 2 proper. Self-imposed restrictions - which nobody else should observe - nothing featured in the 'Not At Night's (which admittedly limits the choice somewhat). This is not an attempt at a 'best of,' just a bunch of stories I like. ... John Martin Leahy - In Amundsen's Tent: (Jan. 1928) G. G. Pendarves - The Eighth Green Man: (March 1928) These two for sure. Whitehead and Quinn will be in there, too--maybe a different de Grandin story (though you picked a strong contender), and probably a different Whitehead story. |
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Post by dem bones on Aug 17, 2021 21:25:44 GMT
A few more, mostly the all-essential smaller fry, to consider for Vol 2.
Everil Worrell - Leonora (Jan. 1927)
Bassett Morgan - The Wolf-Woman (Sept. 1927)
Manly Wade Wellman - Back to the Beast (Nov. 1927)
Elliot O'Donnell - The Ghost-Table (Feb., 1928)
Percy B. Prior - The Tree-Man Ghost (March 1928)
Captain George Fielding Eliot - The Justice of the Czar: (August 1928).
M. J. Cain - The Tryst in the Tomb: (Nov. 1928)
Have suddenly realised that the book I've been waiting for all my life is a Vault-compiled 'Best of Weird Tales in the 'twenties' omnibus.
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Post by helrunar on Aug 17, 2021 22:20:03 GMT
Bassett Morgan, "The Wolf Woman"--could that involve a mad scientist, brain transplant, and an insanely jealous she-wolf?? Could it?
cheers, H.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 17, 2021 22:41:23 GMT
Bassett Morgan, "The Wolf Woman"--could that involve a mad scientist, brain transplant, and an insanely jealous she-wolf?? Could it? Shockingly, no. But it’s also on my list. |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 28, 2021 16:12:25 GMT
My first slate of nominations for the hypothetical 1927-1930 volume, listed in chronological order:
Joseph McCord — “The Girdle” (February 1927)
Bassett Morgan - “The Wolf-Woman” (September 1927)
Greye La Spina — “The Dead Wagon” (September 1927)
Donald Wandrei — “The Red Brain” (October 1927)
Manly Wade Wellman — “Back to the Beast” (November 1927)
Arthur J. Burks — “Bells of Oceana” (December 1927)
Everil Worrell — “The Canal” (December 1927)
John Martin Leahy — “In Amundsen’s Tent” (January 1928)
H. P. Lovecraft — “The Call of Cthulhu” (February 1928)
G. G. Pendarves — “The Eighth Green Man” (March 1928)
Eli Colter — “The Curse of a Song” (March 1928)
Seabury Quinn — “The Chapel of Mystic Horror” (December 1928)
Henry S. Whitehead — “The People of Pan” (March 1929)
Frank Belknap Long — “The Hounds of Tindalos” (March 1929)
Robert E. Howard — “The Shadow Kingdom” (August 1929)
Arlton Eadie — “Warning Wings” (September 1929)
Flavia Richardson (Christine Campbell Thomson) — “The Gray Lady” (October 1929)
Kelsey Percival Kitchel — “The Mummy” (November 1929)
Clark Ashton Smith — “The End of the Story” (May 1930)
Val Lewton — “The Bagheeta” (July 1930)
There are some famous names and titles there, along with more obscure ones. Some overlap with Dem's selections, too.
Looking over the issues from this period did make me wonder: are the Surgeon of Souls stories by Ivan Brodsky (Victor Rousseau) worth tracking down?
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Post by dem bones on Aug 28, 2021 17:11:20 GMT
My first slate of nominations for the hypothetical 1927-1930 volume, listed in chronological order: There are some famous names and titles there, along with more obscure ones. Some overlap with Dem's selections, too. Now there's an inspired selection! There would have been even more of a crossover had it not been for personal self-imposed "nothing selected by CCT" ruling. Bells of Oceana and The Girdle for sure. Other omissions for same reason include Pickman's Model, Seabury Quinn's The House of Horror, Paul S. Powers' Monsters of the Pit and stories by Flavia Richardson and Oscar Cook. I went for Everill Worrell's Leonora over The Canal purely as the far less celebrated of the two. Don't think I've read The Dead Wagon or The Curse of Song. Yet. Looking over the issues from this period did make me wonder: are the Surgeon of Souls stories by Ivan Brodsky (Victor Rousseau) worth tracking down? Not sure I've sampled any! Will try put that right, too. Have read some of his 'Dr. Martinus' stories and seem to have liked them (it was a while ago). |
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