Requests

My last entry is a biography of author Clyde Irvine. I wrote it in response to a request from last year. I would like everyone to know that I am available to write about authors, artists, and other types of people, as well as on topics of interest to fans and readers of weird fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and so. I would ask that people not use my work or what I write on my blog as free content for their own projects. I don't do what I do so that others can benefit monetarily from it. I understand that, people being people, some will take what I write here for their own purposes, without permission, credit, attribution, or citation, needless to say without compensation paid to me. I would ask that the best of you show some respect and consideration. I'm not anyone's employee. What I write hasn't just fallen out of the sky. I created it.

Please contact me with requests. Although I write for free on this blog, I would seek compensation for any writing I do outside of it. That seems reasonable enough, even if those who seek content for free might be shocked, offended, or insulted by such a request.

Copyright 2026 Terence E. Hanley

Read Weird Tales

After receiving a request from a reader, I have added a page to this blog called "Read Weird Tales." Click on the item on the right or here for a link. This new page includes links to websites on which you can read whole issues of Weird Tales in digital facsimile format. If anyone knows of similar websites, even if they include only one issue, please let me know, and I may add it to the list.

Thanks for reading.

Copyright 2018, 2023 Terence E. Hanley

Allison V. Harding-Revelations and Requests

So the Damp Man series by Allison V. Harding had antecedents in stories of water spirits, in "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall" by John Kendrick Bangs, and in pulp magazines, comic books, and movies. The movie The Ring (2002) may have been drawn from some of those same sources (and the emo girl in The Incredibles [2004] from the emo girl in The Ring). But what about Allison's other stories? Were there also inspirations for those? This is another place where a study of Allison V. Harding's complete stories would be revealing. 

Like I said, I have read only five of Allison's thirty-six stories: the Damp Man series, "Take the Z-Train," and "The Marmot." "The Marmot" tells the story of an animal that has burrowed under a person's skin. I'm almost sure I have read a similar story, possibly by Fritz Leiber, Jr., but I can't place it. Allison also wrote a story called "The Murderous Steam Shovel," which was published in Weird Tales in November 1945. I haven't read the story, but in reading the title I can't help but think of "Killdozer!" by Theodore Sturgeon from Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1944. Were there other, similarly inspired stories by Allison V. Harding? Maybe you can help by reading her stories in the original and comparing them to other tales of fantasy and science fiction that came before them. I look forward to hearing from anyone feeling up to the task.

Copyright 2015, 2023 Terence E. Hanley

Request for a Copy from Weird Tales

I'm doing some research on the author Vincent Hayes Gaddis and I wonder if anyone can provide a scan or a photocopy of Gaddis' item "Special News Bulletin" from Weird Tales, April 1939. I hope so. It would be a big help to me.

TH

Call for Requests

I have been writing this blog for over three months and in that time I have had more than 2,000 page views not only from the English-speaking world but also from Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Japan, Brazil, and Singapore. Despite the fact that the first incarnation of Weird Tales met its end almost sixty years ago, people all over the globe are still interested in the magazine, its writers, its artists, and its history. I enjoy researching and writing Tellers of Weird Tales. I hope I have given you, the readers, what you want. Now I'm offering you a chance to tell me what you want. If you would like me to write about a particular author, artist, issue, or other bit of history of "The Unique Magazine," let me know. I will do my best to find the information you want. Feel free to leave your requests in the form of a comment, or you can email me at:

info@hoosiercartoonists.com (No longer active as of March 21, 2023.)

Thanks for reading. I look forward to hearing from you.

Text copyright 2011, 2023 Terence E. Hanley