Seabury Quinn

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognisable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn. Quinn’s short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades. Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero. The first volume, The Horror on the Links, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from “The Horror on the Links” (1925) to “The Chapel of Mystic Horror” (1928), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg.

A facsimile reprint of a rare early issue of the legendary Weird Tales -- the pulp magazine that defined American horror and fantasy fiction for generation. This special reprint features the debut of "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs," ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for escape artist Harry Houdini. Also included are macabre tales by Otis Adelbert Kline, Henry S. Whitehead, and C. M. Eddy Jr., plus the eerie "Hypnos" and part two of the occult detective serial Ebenezer's Casket. From haunted mansions and strange experiments to resurrected corpses, psychic visions, and supernatural pacts, these stories reveal the raw creative energy of early 20th-century horror and fantasy. With more than thirty chilling tales and vignettes, this mammoth oversized issue offers a thrilling journey into the weird imagination of a bygone literary era.

Pledged to the Dead, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Drawing upon the original Christian legends that coalesced over centuries into the familiar, jolly form of Saint Nicholas, pulp fiction pioneer Seabury Quinn weaves a spellbinding new origin for this most beloved of children's icons in his classic novella Roads." I have not tried to paint the portrait of a man, but merely to present a personality and hazard a guess as to the motivation that makes Santa Claus the wondrous figure he is - a figure who more than any other exemplifies the beauty of selflessness." - Seabury Quinn

Durante la passeggiata di una tarda serata invernale, il giovane Ned Minton si ritrova per le ombrose strade del Vieux Carre, il vecchio quartiere francese di New Orleans. D'improvviso, un fiore cade ai suoi piedi. Ned lo raccoglie, solleva lo sguardo e incontra il dolce sorriso di una bellissima ragazza dalla pelle candida come la luna di quella sera. Lei gli chiede di riportarle quel fiore sul balcone dal quale caduto. Ned accetta, la incontra, le parla, la bacia. E da quel momento la sua vita subisce un'impensabile svolta. Ora vincolato ad un obbligo, ad una fatidica promessa che costretto a mantenere. Altrimenti morir . Ma prima vedr morire in una maniera terribile coloro che lo amano. Per sua fortuna, per , qualche sera pi tardi, lo sventurato Ned avr modo di incontrare il formidabile Jules de Grandin. Un'altra emozionante indagine per il primo vero indagatore dell'incubo. Una ennesima escalation di oscuri misteri, affascinanti aneddoti e imprevedibili colpi di scena. Jules de Grandin il padrone del genere investigatore privato dell'occulto. De Grandin e suo compagno, il Dott. Trowbridge, vivono ad Harrisonville, nello stato di New York, una strana citt infestata da mostri, scienziati malvagi, e da ogni tipo di strani fenomeni soprannaturali. Le storie di De Grandin apparvero solamente su Weird Tales, dove furono molto popolari, rivaleggiando con quelle di Conan the Cimmerian (di Robert E. Howard) e dei Cthulhu Mythos (di H. P. Lovecraft). Luca Martina nasce a Capua, antica e storica citt della provincia di Caserta, il 26 Luglio del 1979. Laureatosi cum laude in Conservazione dei Beni Culturali, continua gli studi sino a conseguire l'abilitazione all'insegnamento in Storia dell'Arte. Si inoltre impegnato nel campo della critica d'arte e del turismo culturale. Sin da ragazzo il suo tempo libero stato colmato da romanzi, fumetti, film e videogames che privilegiavano l'avventura. Per diverso tempo ha praticato - sia come Master sia come giocatore - i cosiddetti Giochi di Ruolo. Tutto quello che suscita atmosfere di un passato dal sapore medievale ed epico, creato da uomini di valore e capaci di gesta eroiche, e permeato dall'aura immaginifica e fantastica della magia, ha difatti sempre attratto il suo interesse giovanile. Da qui la nascita della Saga della Lama delle Lacrime, romanzo d'esordio dell'autore, giunto adesso al terzo volume. (La Nascita di Aythu)Ma tra i suoi interessi attuali compaiono inoltre lo studio appassionato e letture delle opere di Edgar Allan Poe, H. P Lovecraft, Stephen King, Dan Brown, Glen Cooper, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, che hanno fatto nascere in lui la passione per un altro genere: la letteratura del mistero, del paranormale e del thriller. La collana "Letture in Penombra" nasce da questa passione; storia, mistero, paura, oscurit , realt diverse e conoscenze alternative sono alla base della serie di racconti e romanzi brevi che costituiranno tale raccolta. Opere pubblicate sinora: La Lama delle Lacrime - Volume 1 Prigione per un'Anima Link: https: //amzn.to/2YlTffuLa Lama delle Lacrime - Volume 2 Sogni Oscuri Link: https: //amzn.to/2JDqVlaLa Lama delle Lacrime - Volume 3 La Nascita di Aythu Link: https: //amzn.to/2YnMWIjCollana Letture in Penombra 1. - Wahya Link: https: //amzn.to/2TyKMSqCollana Letture in Penombra 2. - Il volto nel ghiaccio Link: https: //amzn.to/2mOWFJwCollana Letture in Penombra 3. - La vendetta che giunse dal mare Link: https: //amzn.to/2mShlQVCollana Letture in Penombra 4. - Una promessa da mantenere Per maggiori informazioni, per dialogare con l'autore e per unirsi alla community: &n

"Hercule Poirot meets Fox Mulder . . . gruesomely effective. "—Kirkus Reviews 22 collected tales of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn. Quinn’s short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades. Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin series collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero. The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel” (1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.

The second of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn. Quinn's short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales's original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin's knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades. Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero. The second volume, The Devil's Rosary, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from "The Black Master" (1929) to "The Wolf of St. Bonnot" (1930), as well as a foreword by Stefan Dziemianowicz.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn. Quinn’s short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades. Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero. The first volume, The Horror on the Links, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from “The Horror on the Links” (1925) to “The Chapel of Mystic Horror” (1928), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg.

This early work by Seabury Quinn was originally published in 1923 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Phantom Farmhouse' is a short story containing a lycanthropic mystery. Seabury Grandin Quinn was born in Washington D. C. in 1889. In 1910, he graduated from law school, and was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. Quinn's stories were incredibly popular, and between the twenties and fifties he appeared in 'Weird Tales' magazine more times than both Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology, this genre features bizarre, fantastical, and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders, werewolves, lake monsters, or dinosaurs, the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.

The tale of a lover who was pledged to a sweetheart who had been in her grave for more than a century, and of the striking death that menaced him -- a story of Jules de Grandin. Seabury Quinn was a contemporary of Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith. Mary Elizabeth Counselman was a friend of Quinn's and wrote a tribute to him after he died. "Good-bye for eternity " we heard her sob. . . .

The tale of a lover who was pledged to a sweetheart who had been in her grave for more than a century, and of the striking death that menaced him -- a story of Jules de Grandin. Seabury Quinn was a contemporary of Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith. Mary Elizabeth Counselman was a friend of Quinn's and wrote a tribute to him after he died. "Good-bye for eternity " we heard her sob. . . .