First published 2014
This collection gathers twenty-five stories from the golden age of weird fiction, drawing primarily from the 1930s era of Weird Tales magazine. The anthology spans the entire twentieth century and includes both celebrated and overlooked gems from masters like H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith alongside lesser-known writers. Tennessee Williams contributes "The Vengeance of Nitocris" while Darrell Schweitzer's "To Become a Sorcerer" earned a World Fantasy Award nomination. Stories range from Lovecraft's cosmic horror in "The Disinterment" to Howard's supernatural adventure "The Haunter of the Ring." Clark Ashton Smith appears twice with tales of ancient magic and death. The collection emphasizes rare stories that even dedicated readers may have missed, offering a curated journey through weird fiction's most fertile period when pulp magazines shaped the genre's DNA.
Genres: short-stories, 20th-century, fantasy, horror
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: cosmic-horror, supernatural
Period: 1930s, 20th-century
485 pages · ebook · Wildside Press
Content warnings: body-horror, gore, graphic-violence