Terror in the House: The Early Kuttner, Volume One
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Before his marriage to (and subsequent collaborations with) Catherine L. Moore, Henry Kuttner was a frequent contributor to the pulp magazines that specialized in the weird, supernatural, horror, and science fiction genre. Beginning in 1936, with the minor classic "The Graveyard Rats," Kuttner launched a steady stream of short stories aimed at Weird Tales, Mystery Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and others. Writing for Weird Tales brought Kuttner into direct correspondence with that magazine"s premier contributor. H. P. Lovecraft. Kuttner set several stories in Lovecraft"s "Cthulhu Mythos" and several are presented in TERROR IN THE HOUSE including: "The Secret of Kralitz," "The Eater of Souls," "The Salem Horror," "The Jest of Droom-Avista," "The Frog," "The Invaders," and "The Bells of Horror." Given the short lengths of Kuttner"s stories, he had to be prolific and he contributed reams of copy to the weird-menace (a sub-genre of horror where a seemingly supernatural plot is resolved with a pedestrian ending) pulps, Thrilling Mystery and Spice Mystery. It was his specialization for "spicy" or sexed-up stories that led Kuttner to write most (two stories and one novelette) of the first issue of Marvel Science Stories, arguably the first "spicy" science fiction pulp. TERROR IN THE HOUSE is the first volume in a set collecting many of Kuttner"s earliest stories, most of which have never been reprinted. Table of Contents Preface by Richard Matheson Introduction by Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D. The Graveyard Rats, Weird Tales Mar 36Bamboo Death, Thrilling Mystery Jun 36The Devil Rides, Thrilling Mystery Sep 36The Secret of Kralitz, Weird Tales Oct 36Power of the Snake, Thrilling Mystery Nov 36Coffins for Six, Thrilling Mystery Dec 36It Walks by Night, Weird Tales Dec 36Laughter of the Dead, Thrilling Mystery Dec 36The Eater of Souls, Weird Tales Jan 37Terror in the House, Thrilling Mystery Jan 37The Faceless Fiend, Thrilling Mystery Jan 37The Dweller in the Tomb, Thrilling Mystery Feb 37I, the Vampire, Weird Tales Feb 37Nightmare Woman, Thrilling Mystery Mar 37The Salem Horror, Weird Tales May 37My Brother, The Ghoul, Thrilling Mystery Jun 37I Am the Wolf, Thrilling Mystery Jul 37The Jest of Droom-Avista, Weird Tales Aug 37Four Frightful Men, Thrilling Mystery Sep 37When the Earth Lived, Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 37Terror on the Stage, Thrilling Mystery Sep 37Lord of the Lions, Thrilling Mystery Nov 37The Bloodless Peril, Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 37Invasion from the Fourth Dimension, Thrilling Mystery Jan 38Messer Orsini"s Hands, Spicy Mystery Jan 38Worlds" End, Weird Tales Feb "38The Graveyard Curse, Spicy Mystery Mar 38The Unresting Dead, Thrilling Mystery Mar 38The Shadow on the Screen, Weird Tales Mar 38Hell s Archangel, Spicy Mystery Apr 38My Name Is Death, Spicy Mystery May 38Devil s Masquerade, Mystery Tales Jun 38The Dark Heritage, Marvel Science Stories Aug 38Dictator of the Americas, Marvel Science Stories Aug 38The Disinherited, Astounding Science Fiction Aug 38Hands Across the Void, Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 38The Frog, Strange Stories Feb 39The Invaders, Strange Stories Feb 39The Bells of Horror, Strange Stories Apr 39Beyond Annihilation, Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 39