"Out of Story"

Articles on (mainly) supernatural horror
 

 

Gathered into the earth,
And out of story -
Gathered to that strange Fame -
That lonesome Glory
That 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