#seabury quinn

[weirdlookindog]

"It wasn't I reflected in that mirror. As I looked, the moonlight seemed to break and separate into a million little points of light"

Virgil Finlay (1914-1971) - Illustration from Seabury Quinn's 'Witch-House'

(Weird Tales - November, 1936)

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Pulp - Weird Tales (Mar1939)

Art by Virgil Finlay

Popular Fiction

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Jules de Grandin, Occult Detective - art by Vincent Di Fate (1976)

[tomoleary]

Virgil Finlay “Roads” by Seabury Quinn (1948) book cover

Source

[cantsayidont]

January 1937. In addition to the story represented by this Margaret Brundage cover, the novelette "Children of the Bat" by Seabury Quinn, this issue of WEIRD TALES features the short story "The Dead Moan Low" by Paul Ernst; "The Woman in Room 607" by Thorp McClusky"; the short story "City in the Sea" by Edgar Daniel Kramer; "The Thing on the Door-Step" and "The Disinterment" by H.P. Lovecraft; and the short stories "Fate Weaves a Web" by Alfred I. Tooke, "The Headless Miller of Kobold's Keep" by Irvin Ashkenazy, "The Eater of Souls" by Henry Kuttner, "The House on Fifth Avenue" by Durbin Lee Homer, and "The Eighth Green Man" by G.G. Pendarves. Many of the stories are illustrated by Virgil Finlay.

[kekwcomics]

WEIRD TALES Vol. 7. No. 2 (Popular Fiction, 1925).

RED ETHER!

Art: C. Barker Petri.

Lovecraft, Baudelaire, Seabury Quinn... !

[lyehub]

Today’s holiday antique show finds below the cut:

The jumping grasshopper is a Japanese tin toy from the 1950s. Depending on the complexity, condition, and number of moving parts, these toys can be quite valuable. This little guy is fairly simple but in decent shape — he’s probably worth about $20, I got him for a buck.

Clothes are self explanatory; I thought they were all either visually interesting, such as in the case of the two jackets, or just plain cute, such as in the case of the sweater vest.

The album is just the motion picture soundtrack for one of my favorite comedies of all time, The Producers (1967.)

Best find of the day was by far the Weird Tales magazine, but it wasn’t cheap. The man who owned the booth’s marketing tactic was to upcharge by about 40% and then act like he was cutting you a great deal when he sold it to you at market cost. But pulp mags are getting harder and harder to find, and this was for my own collection, not to sell, so I didn’t mind paying. This one was the 1949 July edition, with stories by Robert Bloch and I thiiiink Seabury Quinn? Less familiar with Quinn, but Bloch was the youngest member of the Lovecraft circle, although his pulp career really took off a little later on.

Last was a barf bag/marketing gimmick from the 1970 horror flick “Mark of the Devil.” Haven’t seen it, but I thought the concept was funny.

[gameraboy2]

"Glamour" by Seabury Quinn Avon Fantasy Reader #11 (1949) Cover by L. S.

[dwellerofthedark]

HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION Day 17: 'The Phantom Farmhouse' by Seabury Quinn

[witchyfashion]

A Retrospective Collection of Classic Occult and Supernatural Detective Stories by Some of the Field’s Greatest and Best-Known Weird Fiction Authors Since the gaslit nights at the end of the nineteenth century, the occult detective has been a beloved and recurring archetype. Mixing the best aspects of the detective tale and weird or supernatural fiction, and capitalizing in part on the massive popularity of Sherlock Holmes, these stories portrayed men and women pitted against surreal and horrifying foes, usually with little to defend them but their own savvy, experience, and know-how. From William Hope Hodgson’s Thomas Carnacki, to Seabury Quinn’s fearless Frenchman Jules de Grandin, to Jessica Salmonson’s Penelope Pettiweather, the occult detective has taken a variety of forms, investigated a wide array of supernatural and otherworldly cases, and entertained generations of readers. This new collection compiles thirty-one all-time classic occult detective stories as it traces the genre’s growth from its nineteenth-century origins to the late twentieth century, showcasing the work of acclaimed pioneers of weird tales alongside cult favorites and exciting modern talents.   So, step into the shadows, join us on this journey into the dark, and become a fighter of fear . . .

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[protestantfaceofanglicanism]

Extraordinary Seabury Quinn short story about a High-Church cathedral dean who gets caught in an impossible conflict, both outward and inward. Quinn knew as much about the Episcopal Church as did James Gould Cozzens.

[weirdlookindog]

"Alone in the empty dwelling she felt the presence of one of those things our reason tells us is not there, but which our nerves and senses proclaim beyond all possibility of denial"

A. R. Tilburne (1887-1965) - Illustration for Seabury Quinn's 'A Bargain With the Dead'

(Weird Tales - March 1943)

[karavansara]

Cimmerian September #3 - The Tower of the Elephant

The Weird Tales issue for March 1933 hits the readers with yet another installment of Otis Adelbert Kline’s Buccaneers of Venus (that by now has got me curious enough that I’ll probably read it in October), yet another novelette by Seabury Quinn featuring Jules de Grandin, and then two stories by Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. As luck would have it, The Tower of the Elephant and The…

[jedivoodoochile]

Alice from The Devil's Bride (a novel by Seabury Quinn, 1976) | amazing art by Stephen Fabian.

My note: This novel was originally published in six parts in "Weird Tales" and is Quinn's tour-de-force. Alice, a young, beautiful golden-haired bride-to-be is abducted under mysterious circumstances during her wedding rehearsal. Doctors and occult investigators, de Grandin and Towbridge take on the case and soon uncover a global plot involving Satanists, Bolsheviks, and other assorted nasties seeking to make Alice the literal bride of Satan! Enjoyably preposterous, this tale features, cults, violence, murder, copious female nudity and lots of racism. Overwritten, like nearly all of Quinn's work, it still maintains a breathless pace and never lags even if the logic does. Implausible as hell, the journey is the thing. Recommended for fans of the obscure and the just plain weird. If you are a fan of the kinds of stories "Weird Tales" ran in its heyday, this is a must-have.

[spokenrealms]

The Chapel of Mystic Horror

Step into a world of suspense and supernatural intrigue with “The Chapel of Mystic Horror,” a gripping story by Seabury Quinn. Expertly narrated by the talented Mike Vendetti, this audiobook will transport you to a haunted house filled with dark secrets and ancient evils. Join Dr. Trowbridge and the enigmatic Jules de Grandin as they unravel the mysteries of a Cypriote villa transplanted to…

[cantsayidont]

June 1938. Aside from its Margaret Brundage cover painting and the Seabury Quinn story advertised on the cover, this issue of WEIRD TALES features, in no particular order: the short story "Slave of the Flames" by Robert Bloch; the first installment of "The Black Drama" by Manly Wade Wellman (under the pseudonym Gans T. Field); "From the Beginning" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder, a pseudonym he shared with his brother); "Song of Death" by A.W. Calder; "The Doom That Came to Sarnath" by H.P. Lovecraft; "The Gray Champion" by Nathaniel Hawthorne; "Death Dallies Awhile" by Leslie F. Stone; the second installment of "Thunder in the Dawn" by Henry Kuttner; a Robert E. Howard poem; and various interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay.