Weird Fiction (29 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. Boswell, Mutartis (illustrator). New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. Boswell, Mutartis (illustrator). New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. In.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. No. 20. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Cover art by Robert H. Knox. Includes "The Toad in the Study: M. R. James, H. P. Lovecraft and Forbidden Knowledge" by Simon MacCulloch; "Needing Burial: Horror and Reconciliation in Edward D. Hoch's "The Faceless Thing" by Mary Theresa Spoto; "New Wave Vampires" by James Anderson; "Bodies of teh Dead" by Ambrose Bierce; "David Park Barnitz: Poet at the End of teh Century (Part II)" by Gavin Callaghan. Laid in subscription reminder. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Cover art by Robert H. Knox. Includes "George Lippard: Revolutionary Horror Writer" by Gavin Callaghan; "Clive Barker's Cabal" by Bob Morrish; "Lovecraft on Long" by Peter Cannon; "Madness or Monster: Textual Ambiguity in Richard Matheson's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" by David A. Oakes; "The Fiction of Ambrose Bierce: A Bibliographical Survey" by S. T. Joshi. Book.

Condition: New. Boswell, Mutartis (illustrator). In.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. No. 10. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Cover art by Robert H. Knox. Includes "Hellish Contexts: A Study of Hjortsberg's 'Falling Angel" by Robert Singer; "T>E>D> Klein: Urban Horror" by S. T. Joshi; "How Much Dunsany Is Worth Reading?" by Darrell Schweitzer; "On Dunsany's 'Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men" by Donald R. Burleson; "The Dead Line: Horror and Tragedy" by Simon MacCulloch; "Bierce" by Howard Wandrei; "Correspondence"; "In St. Paul's Cathedral" by Lord Dunsany/. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. No. 7. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Cover art by Robert H. Knox. Includes "Arthur Jermyn Was a Yahoo: Swift and Modern Horror Fiction" by Dale J. Nelson; "Arthur Machen's "N" as Allegory of Reading" by Donald R. Burleson; "Romance of a Darksome Type" Versions of the Fantastic in the Novels of Joyce Carol Oates" by James Egan; "The Life and Work of Rod Serling" by S. T. Joshi; "Reviews". Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. No. 6. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Cover art by Robert H. Knox. Includes "The Forms of Things Unknown: Metaphysical and Domestic Horror in Ramsey Campbell's 'Incarnate' and 'Night of the Claw" by Michael A. Morrison; "Victorian Values in the Narration of 'Dracula" by Bette B. Roberts; "Sanctuary: Shirley Jackson's Domestic and Fantastic Parables" by James Egan; "The Occult Story" by Henry S. Whitehead; "No Ghosts Need Apply'? or, The Adventure of the Empty House's Empty House" by R. F. Fleissner; "Reviews". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 36 pages. Illustrated. Mark Gale "A Round Trip" / Steven West "Unsung Genre Heroes" / Martyn Blake "That Man" / D Maudlin "The Exam" / Simon Williams "The Burning Void" / Barry McCann "Jekyll And Hyse; The Developing Myth" / Terry Gay "Stephen's Law" / Alec Swanson / Upon The Castle" / C D Pollard "A - Z Of Weird Fiction" (SL#75).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. Finn Clark "Vampire Etiquette" / David Radcliffe "Evil Train" / C D Pollard "A - Z Of Weird Fiction" / Murray Ewing "Duihana" / Fred Read "Beauty Lies." / Steven West "The Count on Celluloid" / Vanda Ashante & Hertzian Chimaera "Vedaman, Devawoman" / Anthony Barker "Close Shave". (SL#75).

Lakewood: Centipede Press:, 2025. First edition, TPBO, Trade paperback, New, 440 pp. "Here you will explore galleries of monsters by Boleslaw Biegas and a re-assessment of his work. Speeding down the highway are creatures in Weird Wheels hot rods designed by Norman Saunders and Gary Hallgren. Richard Taylor's eerie Lovecraftian book cover landscapes could be primordial sites pointing toward the work of H.P. devotee Guillermo Del Toro, whose films are analyzed in an article by Danel Olson. From there a path can be found which leads to the origins of Cthulhu as explored by Will Murray. And under a specific type of light a trail opens to reveal a copy of The Necronomicon in the hands of Robert M. Price." First edition, TPBO, Trade paperback, New,

Condition: New. Boswell, Mutartis (illustrator). Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Trade paperback original. First edition (& 1st printing). Issue 9 (Winter, 2018). 416 pages: This issue features fiction by Caitl'n R. Kiernan, Laird Barron, Victor LaValle, Stephen Graham Jones, Scott Bradfield and others, and articles by Stefan Dziemianowicz (an illustrated history of Gnome Press), Adam Groves (on surrealist horror novels), John C. Tibbetts (on Marjorie Bowen), as well as verse and other essays and fiction. The feature of the issue is Chad Hensley's outstanding article on H.R. Giger-inspired Alien toys. The front and back cover, and inside covers, are by artist Colin Nitta''. Fine (as new) copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1928, 1ST EDITION THUS ,VG+/VG-, AS-IS, Used - minor bumping to corners; pages clean; binding very good. Jacket condition ,Dust jacket: worn, chipped and faded FOXED AT SPINE.Small blue cloth Gold gilt titl.es on Spine Cvr ,The story of the awakening of a London financier who, after long years spent in the amassing of a fortune, reverts to his early dream of becoming a great philanthropist. Sequel to the Education of Uncle Paul, and the bases for The Starlight Express play produced in 1915. Blackwood became "Uncle Paul" to children in his own family and those of his friends. He delighted in having the fun of the children without the responsibility. Blackwood was of the opinion that children, like animals, had not lost their instinctive closeness to nature or their innocence, both of which became dulled with age. A Prisoner in Fairyland reflects this youthful closeness to the natural, and supernatural, world ,

Manuscript. Manuscript copy from one of the more prolific pulp and screen writers of the mid century, Frank Gruber (1904-1969). Gruber began writing stories forWeird Tales,Shadow Magazine, The Spider,Black Mask,Dime Mystery,and others, publishing some 300 stories for over 40 magazines in the span of about 30 years. Once he caught on as a writer, he began turning his attention to novels, generally in the Western and Detective Fiction genres, publishing more than 60 in his lifetime. He also penned 65 screenplays, and numerous television scripts. This novel published as Dawn Ridersby Bantam in 1968, tells the tale of Sam Parker who is forced to lead a cattle drive to a new town run by a ruthless former Union officer. An excellent representation of the work, in manuscript form, of a versatile and influential writer across many literary and media genres. 11x8.5" sheets, mimeo'd copy, typed rectos only, 205pp. From the library of Frank Gruber label inside front cover, H.N. Swanson Inc. stamps to first blank and title sheet, Massey's Manuscript Service sheet at rear. Manuscript annotation noting the published title in pen on cover and title sheet. Brad bound in blue wrappers with title on front cover. Toning and soiling to wraps, pages clean. Very good. Laid in is a mimeo'd [2]pp outline dated 1958 which is partially torn with loss to edge of first page.

Manuscript. Typescript copy from one of the more prolific pulp and screen writers of the mid century, Frank Gruber (1904-1969). Gruber began writing stories forWeird Tales,Shadow Magazine, The Spider,Black Mask,Dime Mystery,and others, publishing some 300 stories for over 40 magazines in the span of about 30 years. Once he caught on as a writer, he began turning his attention to novels, generally in the Western and Detective Fiction genres, publishing more than 60 in his lifetime. He also penned 65 screenplays, and numerous television scripts. This novel, publishedby Rinehart in 1955, tells the story of Sam Bonner, a former Civil War drummer boy who unwillingly becomes an outlaw in the post-Civil War American West after being forced to work with the Morgan gang. An excellent representation of the work, in manuscript form, of a versatile and influential writer across many literary and media genres. 11x8.5" sheets, mimeo'd copy, typed rectos only, 210pp. Brad bound in red wraps with title and literary agency info of H.N. Swanson, Inc on front cover. From the library of Frank Gruber label attached to inside front cover. Wraps with toning, staining, and a light crease. Pages clean and very good.

Trade paperback original. First edition (& 1st printing). No 4 (November, 2013). 272 pages. Fine (as new) copy.

Trade paperback original. First edition (& 1st printing). No 3 (Fall 2012). 232 pages with new fiction, articles, essays and reviews, with eight page Bob Eggleton colour section. Fine (as new) copy.

Manuscript. Typed manuscript from one of the more prolific pulp and screen writers of the mid century, Frank Gruber (1904-1969). Gruber began writing stories forWeird Tales,Shadow Magazine, The Spider,Black Mask,Dime Mystery,and others, publishing some 300 stories for over 40 magazines in the span of about 30 years. Once he caught on as a writer, he began turning his attention to novels, generally in the Western and Detective Fiction genres, publishing more than 60 in his lifetime. He also penned 65 screenplays, and numerous television scripts. This novel, publishedby Rinehart in 1948, was adapted into the 1949 film Fighting Man of the Plains,starring Randolph Scott, with the screenplay by Gruber. An excellent representation of the work, in manuscript form, of a versatile and influential writer across many literary and media genres. 11x8.5" sheets, carbon copy, typed rectos only, 207pp. Brad bound in red wraps with title on front cover and literary agency stamp of H.N. Swanson, Inc. From the library of Frank Gruber label attached to inside front cover, "Typed by Massey's" label inside rear cover, H.N. Swanson stamp to title sheet and first page. Faint staining along upper margin of pages, wraps worn and soiled with a couple instances of red bleed through to first and last pages. Very good.

Manuscript. Manuscript copy from one of the more prolific pulp and screen writers of the mid century, Frank Gruber (1904-1969). Gruber began writing stories forWeird Tales,Shadow Magazine, The Spider,Black Mask,Dime Mystery,and others, publishing some 300 stories for over 40 magazines in the span of about 30 years. Once he caught on as a writer, he began turning his attention to novels, generally in the Western and Detective Fiction genres, publishing more than 60 in his lifetime. He also penned 65 screenplays, and numerous television scripts. This novel, published as Bitter Sageby Rinehart in 1954, was adapted into the 1956 film Tension at Table Rock,directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Richard Egan. Winston Miller wrote the screenplay based on Gruber's novel.An excellent representation of the work, in manuscript form, of a versatile and influential writer across many literary and media genres. 11x8.5" sheets, mimeo'd copy, typed rectos only, 222pp. From the library of Frank Gruber label inside front cover, H.N. Swanson Inc. stamps to front cover and title sheet, "to be published by Rinehart" in manuscript on title sheet. Brad bound in blue wrappers with title on front cover. Toning and soiling to wraps, pages clean. Very good.

Manuscript. Typed manuscript from one of the more prolific pulp and screen writers of the mid century, Frank Gruber (1904-1969). Gruber began writing stories forWeird Tales,Shadow Magazine, The Spider,Black Mask,Dime Mystery,and others, publishing some 300 stories for over 40 magazines in the span of about 30 years. Once he caught on as a writer, he began turning his attention to novels, generally in the Western and Detective Fiction genres, publishing more than 60 in his lifetime. He also penned 65 screenplays, and numerous television scripts. This novel, published asJohnny Vengeanceby Rinehart in 1954, is set just after the Civil War and tells the story of a child who grows up seeking revenge upon the 4 murderers of his parents, a commonplace story in the genre. An excellent representation of the work, in edited manuscript form, of a versatile and influential writer across many literary and media genres. 11x8.5" sheets, ribbon copy, typed rectos only, 163pp. Numerous hand corrections and changes in pencil throughout, published title in manuscript on title page. Brad bound in plain gray wrappers which show some smudging and wear. Sheets lightly toned and clean.