Tag: Amazing Stories
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Art by Mikey Georgeson
Anyone familiar with the Richard Sharpe Shaver and the Shaver Mystery will, upon close inspection, recognize the above painting by Mikey Georgeson as a representation of Shaver’s claim that his welding torch had somehow become attuned to the evil underground mutants known as Deros (Shaver was a welder before he began writing for Amazing Stories magazine). This is…
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The Devil’s Generation: Bill’s Bookshelf No. 2
For the second installment of Bill’s Bookshelf, I’ve chosen another anthology, The Devil’s Generation (1973, Lancer Books, Inc.), edited by Vic Ghidalia. Each story involves kids, from an unborn baby to teenage punks and everything in between, but the book contains few, if any, actual stories about the devil. Satan was having a heyday in…
Bill Ectric
Algernon Blackwood, Amazing Stories, anthology, Anthony Boucher, August Derleth, Book Reviews, Clifford D. Simak, Henry Kuttner, Lancer Books, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Robert Silverberg, Rosemary’s Baby, The Devil’s Generation, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Vic Ghidalia, Weird Tales, William Castle, William S. Burroughs, writers, writing -
Enter Shavertron
Some of you know I like to lose myself in arcane archives, looking for unexplained mysteries and secret histories. Enter Shavertron, a website created by Richard Toronto, and a major influence on my novel-in-progress, Tamper. The following is a direct quote from one of Mr. Toronto’s many editorials: The original Shavertron was a fanzine devoted…