"Out of Story"
Articles on (mainly) supernatural horror
Gathered into the earth,And out of story -Gathered to that strange Fame -That lonesome GloryThat hath no omen here - but Awe
-- Emily Dickinson
Contents
On August Derleth:
A COLLISION OF WORLD-VIEWS-- examining in some detail August Derleth's story "The Dweller in Darkness": is it Lovecraftian or not?
THE GHOSTS OF SAUK COUNTY-- an examination of two stories by August Derleth: psychological or supernatural horror?
TWO DEATHS-- looking at two of August Derleth's best horror stories, "Mr George" and "Mrs Manifold"
SOMEBODY POINTED EARTH-- August Derleth's contributions to science fiction as author and editor
INCIDENT ON A TRAIN-- how an event in a writer's life led to four acts of creation!
On Fritz Leiber:
FRITZ LEIBER -- IN MEMORIAM-- a brief look at the life and work of one of the greatest writers in the fields of horror, fantasy, and science fiction
THE GHOST STORIES OF FRITZ LEIBER-- a survey of Fritz Leiber's contributions to the ghost story genre
A TORRENT OF ELDRITCH TERRORS-- a look at Fritz Leiber's short story "The Death of Princes", with annotations
A UNIVERSE SHOT THROUGH WITH INVISIBLE FORCES-- is Leiber's Our Lady of Darkness a novel in the H P Lovecraft tradition?
THE ADDITION OF SECONDARY NARRATIVES:-- a look at the textual differences between Leiber's "The Pale Brown Thing" and Our Lady of Darkness
OUR LADY OF DARKNESS: ANNOTATIONS-- by Ro Pardoe, John Howard, and Others
On Arthur Machen:
THE SECRET AND THE SECRETS-- a look at Machen's theory of literature
A WORLD OF GREAT MAJESTY-- the pattern in Arthur Machen's carpet
INTERPENETRATIONS:Boundary imagery in the Works of Arthur Machen
On Other Authors:
LAVENDER AND LILAC -- a look at some old-time American domestic horror fiction by Mary Wilkins Freeman and August Derleth
THE VISION OF FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG-- a look at this West Midlands author's uncanny novels Cold Harbour and The House Under the Water
M R JAMES' NEW ENGLAND READING-- something of what Dr James read in his leisure hours, and why!
DISCLOSURES IN BLACK-- a look at the fiction of classic pulp author Carl Jacobi
Copyright (c) 2001 John Howard