THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: Karswell’s Night Gallery #8

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Karswell’s Night Gallery #8

ODD SCIENCE FICTION by Frank Belknap Long. Featuring 3 tales of crawling cosmic terror, written in a dimension we should hope to never know. Long was best remembered for his horror and sci-fi short stories, including early contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos.

Belmont Books Future Series 1964 / Cover Art by ???

5 comments:

Mr. Karswell said...: In case anyone new to The Horrors of it All is wondering what these "Karswell's Night Gallery" posts are all about, the focus here is to display the wonderfully weird, artistically amazing, yet foolishly forgotten craft of classic painted paperback cover art. Sometimes the cover imagery is the best thing about an old book... you never know what treasures you can unearth digging around in an dusty old used bookstore.; 11/29/2007
Unknown said...: I really need to read more of Frank Belknap Long's work. The only one of his stories I can think of off the top of my head is the Hounds Of Tindalos.; 11/29/2007
Anonymous said...: TRIPPY ART!! THE OLD PAINTED PAPERBACKS DO HAVE MORE APPEAL THAN TODAY'S CRAPPY PHOTO COVERS.

I'VE HEARD OF LONG'S MYTHOS STUFF BUT NEVER READ ANYTHING. WHAT DO YOU RECCOMEND?; 11/29/2007
Mr. Karswell said...: Hounds Of Tindalos is a fantastic collection, and highly reccomended to anyone interested in getting familiar with Long's best short story work.; 11/29/2007
Anonymous said...: ***In case anyone new to The Horrors of it All is wondering what these "Karswell's Night Gallery" posts are all about***

I was wondering! Thanks for explaining!; 11/30/2007

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