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Fantasy Fan, v. 1, issue 12, August 1934

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180  THE FANTASY FAN, August, 1934

FAMOUS FANTASY FICTION
by Emil Petaja

"Uncanny Stories" Macmillan Co. this splendid collection contains F. Marion Crawford's "For the Blood is Life" (considered one of the best vampire stories ever written) and Sinclair's "Where their Fire is not Quenched." Other of its stories are equally interesting. 

Algernon Blackwood is well known to lovers of fantasy. Of the books containg his short stories "Wolves of God" and "The dance of Death" are two of the best. "The Man Who Found Out" (in "wolves of God") I consider one of the best short stories I have ever read. Like Lovecraft, he merely hints at unmentionable things, leaving the reader with a vague sense of fear. 

"Visible and Invisible," E.F. Benson, Doubleday, Doran & Co. This is probably Benson's bets work of fantasy. Readers of "Weird Tales" will remember some of his splendid stories that have appeared in this magazine. 

Lord Dunsany's two delightful books, "A Dreamer's Tales" and "Book of Wonder" can now be had in the Modern Library list. After reading the dark tales of Lovecraft, Howard, etc., these are a refreshing change. 

Some of the other good collections of stories of ghosts, vampires, ghouls, etc. are "Physic Stories" French, "The White Ghost Book," "The Grey Ghost Book" Middleton, "Sinister Stories" Walker, "Stories of the Seen and Unseen" Oliphant. Frank Owen's two fantasies "The Wind that Tramps the World" and "The Purple Sea" -andBirch's "The Moon Terror" should be mentioned. A rare treat is Clark Ashton Smith's booklet "The Double Shadow." These tales range from the wild terror of Edgar Allen Poe, to the weird, imaginative beauty of Lord Dunsany. 

WITHIN THE CIRCLE
by F.Lee Baldwin

Richard F. Searight has had accepted by WT a short story titled "The Sealed Casket" and a poem "The Wizard's Death." 

Wright expects to reprint H.P. Lovecraft's: "Arthur Jermyn." 

Forrest Ackerman's foreign correspondence runs something like this: one Canada; one Philippine Islands; several New Zealand; four to five Great Britain; two Ireland; one Switzerland; one Hungarian. 

Here's a "new" words: Fantastiac. One who goes in fot the weird and grotesque in life; also one who likes weird fiction. 

R.H. Barlow is planning on issuing "The Shunned House" by H.P. Lovecraft sometime in the fall. 

Clark Ashton Smith is about 40 and has been a werd poet since boyhood. He is a protege of the late George Sterling and a fantastic painter of great power. He has translated "Bandelaire." 

Donald Wandrei is 25 and a U. of Minn. gradute. His sole occupation is fiction-writing - comes from St. Paul but lives in New York.

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180 THE FANTASY FAN, August, 1934 FAMOUS FANTASY FICTION by Emil Petaja "Uncanny Stories" Macmillan Co. this splendid collection contains F. Marion Crawford's "For the Blood is Life" (considered one of the best vampire stories ever written) and Sinclair's "Where their Fire is not Quenched." Other of its stories are equally interesting. Algernon Blackwood is well known to lovers of fantasy. Of the books containg his short stories "Wolves of God" and "The dance of Death" are two of the best. "The Man Who Found Out" (in "wolves of God") I consider one of the best short stories I have ever read. Like Lovecraft, he merely hints at unmentionable things, leaving the reader with a vague sense of fear. "Visible and Invisible," E.F. Benson, Doubleday, Doran & Co. This is probably Benson's bets work of fantasy. Readers of "Weird Tales" will remember some of his splendid stories that have appeared in this magazine. Lord Dunsany's two delightful books, "A Dreamer's Tales" and "Book of Wonder" can now be had in the Modern Library list. After reading the dark tales of Lovecraft, Howard, etc., these are a refreshing change. Some of the other good collections of stories of ghosts, vampires, ghouls, etc. are "Physic Stories" French, "The White Ghost Book," "The Grey Ghost Book" Middleton, "Sinister Stories" Walker, "Stories of the Seen and Unseen" Oliphant. Frank Owen's two fantasies "The Wind that Tramps the World" and "The Purple Sea" -andBirch's "The Moon Terror" should be mentioned. A rare treat is Clark Ashton Smith's booklet "The Double Shadow." These tales range from the wild terror of Edgar Allen Poe, to the weird, imaginative beauty of Lord Dunsany. WITHIN THE CIRCLE by F.Lee Baldwin Richard F. Searight has had accepted by WT a short story titled "The Sealed Casket" and a poem "The Wizard's Death." Wright expects to reprint H.P. Lovecraft's: "Arthur Jermyn." Forrest Ackerman's foreign correspondence runs something like this: one Canada; one Philippine Islands; several New Zealand; four to five Great Britain; two Ireland; one Switzerland; one Hungarian. Here's a "new" words: Fantastiac. One who goes in fot the weird and grotesque in life; also one who likes weird fiction. R.H. Barlow is planning on issuing "The Shunned House" by H.P. Lovecraft sometime in the fall. Clark Ashton Smith is about 40 and has been a werd poet since boyhood. He is a protege of the late George Sterling and a fantastic painter of great power. He has translated "Bandelaire." Donald Wandrei is 25 and a U. of Minn. gradute. His sole occupation is fiction-writing - comes from St. Paul but lives in New York.