The List of Karl Edward Wagner
Here are the titles in KEW’s infamous list. All 3 lists were Published in Twilight Zone Magazine from June to August 1983. 13 Best Supernatural Horror Novels 1. Hell! Said the Duchess by MIchael Arlen…
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Dolly Deadly: BURN WITCH BURN by A. Merritt
Burn Witch Burn by A. Merritt (Benediction Classics, 2011) #9-“Best known for his lost-race fantasy novels, this time Merritt is equally brilliant at modern horror, in tale of murderous dolls animated by the souls of…
Mass Fear: THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE by Hanns Ewers
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Hanns Ewers #7 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Hanns Ewers. The first of the Frank Braun trilogy. Braun hypnotizes a peasant girl into believing she has had a heavenly visitation, the isolated village…
Manufactured Destruction: THE DEATH GUARD by Philip George Chadwick
The Death Guard by Phillip George Chadwick (RoC, 1992) A future history, supposedly written in the 1970’s, detailing the destruction of civilization through global war after Britain develops a synthetic life-form into the perfect soldier….
Future Insanity: THE BLACK CORRIDOR by Michael Moorcock
The Black Corridor by Michael Moorcock #8 The Black Corridor by Michael Moorcock. As civilization plunges toward destruction, a few people escape in a starship bearing mankind’s last hope. The rest in suspend animation, one man remains awake to pilot the…
Plant Attack: DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham
Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Rosetta Books, 2010) From KEW’s 13 Best Science Fiction Horror Novels: #13 The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham “Mankind is stricken blind and carnivorous ambulatory plants…
Devil on the Main Line: THE BURNING COURT by John Dickson Carr
The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr (Langtail Press, 2011) #2 The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr. Carr liked to introduce elements of the supernatural into his detective novels, usually with terrifying effect. Made into a film, but…
The Afterlife and Discontents: SECONDS by David Ely
Seconds by David Ely (Harper, 2013) Seconds, by David Ely, was first published in 1963. In 1966 it was made into a movie starring Rock Hudson. I viewed the movie version and read the book…
The Lists of Karl Concludes: ALRAUNE by Hanns Ewers
Alraune by Hans Ewers, translated by Guy Endore (Birchgrove Press, 2013) #3 Alraune by Hanns Heinz Ewers. The second of the Frank Braun trilogy, this one concerning the creation of a soulless woman whose birth…
From the List of Karl: VAMPIRE by Hans Ewers
#8 Vampire by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Third and most obviously political of the Frank Braun triology. Braun tours the Unites States before its entry in World War I