I couldn’t find out anything about Frank Quinton, except that there’s a Dr. Who fan who claims Quinton was his grandfather. David F. Case (1937 – February 3, 2018) was an American writer of short stories and novels. [1] Biography [ edit ] Simon Jay is a pseudonym for Colin James Alexander, who was born in Lincolnshire but moved to New Zealand as a boy. He was a doctor and surgeon who, when not publishing in the medical field, found time to produce two detective novels. Showing all translations. Never display translations Registered users can choose which translations are shown.

And an ostrich? In South America? Perhaps Brookes would have done better to investigate how that got there. Fengriffen and Other Gothic Tales (2015) - Contains the stories "Fengriffen," "Anachrona," "The Foreign Bride," "The Dead End" One to be approached with caution by animal-lovers. A man sadistically kills his pets before turning his eye on his wife. This is another one which is not a good story, being noteworthy mainly for its sadism, but it does provide a bit of variety and is very short. Nigel Kneale (1922-2006) was a British screenwriter, famous for creating the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass.

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Barbara Field Benziger (1918-1084) was an American writer who specialised in non-fiction about mental illness. In 1956, she survived the sinking of the ocean liner Andrea Doria.

A manicurist extracts deliberately protracted revenge on a man who wronged her mother. Incest, rotting fingers and a deformed baby also loom large. Never let it be said that Oscar Cook, whoever he was, did things by halves.I really liked this tale which begins with a guide on how to shrink a head the Jivaro Indian way and goes on to related the strange outcome of an unhealthy romantic attachment. A longer story which kept me riveted. The highlight of the collection would have to be the opening story 'The Hunter' by David Cass. As I read it, I could really picture this being made as an Amicus production in the 1960s with Cushing and Lee in the roles of Wetherby and Byron respectively. After reading all 37 Fontana Books of Horror and Ghost stories, I now embark on the 30 volume Pan Books of Horror (published between 1959 and 1989). Dulcie Gray (1915-2011) was a British singer and actress, on the stage, in movies and on television, who also wrote mystery novels, radio plays and short stories. She was a lepidopterist and Vice President of the British Butterfly Conservation Society. She had two stories in 7TH (SEVENTH) PAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES. This story was filmed as part of Season 2, Episode 9 of Night Gallery, Nov 17, 1971 starring John Astin. (Once again the character names were changed.)

Seabury Quinn was another big name author in Weird Tales with his stories of Dr Jules de Grandin. ‘The House of Horror’ (1926) features that Frenchman in an adventure with his good friend Dr Samuel Trowbridge. En route to a medical emergency, they are forced by bad weather to stop at a large, mysterious house where a handsome man asks for their help treating a beautiful young girl who seems ill. They soon realize they are prisoners of an evil doctor. Based on this sample I must agree with Brian Stableford who said that the Grandin stories were marred by stereotyped characters and poorly resolved plots. Having a tree fall on the villain at just the right moment is hardly fair play. De Grandin is really a poor man’s Poirot. Still, it’s kind of fun and if you’re reluctant to use crude Anglo-Saxon swear words it will provide you with a fine alternative vocabulary. Marbleu! Parbleu! cordieu! Par la moustache du diable! Nom d’un chat rouge! The latter phrases can be translated into English. Not one of my favourites. The central idea is good, but I thought it could have been presented a bit more powerfully. Waddell provided a couple of the most memorable contributions to the previous volume. Here he lets us walk in the shoes of an especially cold-blooded killer.

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COMMAND PERFORMANCE, by C. A. Cooper: A little old man falls in love with a young girl. A whimsical, old-fashioned ghost story with and a neat narrative if you can get through the philosophical waffle. 3/5 The eleventh volume in this series is another varied selection, this time perhaps with a little less of the squirm-inducing sadism that was such a stark element in the previous few volumes. Not that tasteless grizzly violence is absent. After all, you do get a brutally extended act of infanticide courtesy of regular contributor Dulcie Gray. In the meantime, here’s a brief overview of each of the 22 stories in this first, groundbreaking volume. THE BRINDLE BULL TERRIER, by Dulcie Gray: A pair of siblings are left with their teacher over the summer. Bread-and-butter horror in a simply-told tale of revenge. The ending is a little tame considering what happened elsewhere. 3/5 Dulcie dispenses with the gore to produce a rather more cerebral tale, with her female protagonist using all manner of subtle and not so subtle psychological tools to ultimately destroy the happily married couple across the street.

The Lurkers in the Abyss' by David A Riley - after a promising start, this somewhat surreal tale descends into an incoherent, sub-Lovecraftian mess by the end. Drivel. But I can live with that, for it is a fun tale, and one which saw Bertie add a new ingredient to the Pantheon recipe: bisexuality. Fengriffen and Other Stories (1971) – Contains the novel Fengriffen and the stories "Among the Wolves" and "Strange Roots" Kali’ (John D. Keefauver). A traveller in India takes on an unofficial guide to show him around; but he soon falls for her looks, as well as an aura that she exudes. These Pan books are to be praised for their being made up of some very different and original stories (far more so than their Fontana rivals). The very exoticism, eroticism, and mystery that the guide exudes, and which appeals to the traveller, is the very reason which draws you in here and makes for such an enjoyable read. It’s another well written piece.

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CLAIR DE LUNE, by Seabury Quinn: Jules de Grandin investigates the case of a young girl who's dying from hunger. A bit of a routine adventure for the detective, with a weak villain and stolid writing; not up to Quinn's usual standard. 3/5 Adobe James has become one of my favourites of the writers I know only from these collections. He favours lurid subject matter and a very dark sense of irony. This is the tale of a nymphomaniac ghost and the only man who might be able to handle her. Some volumes may have a higher percentage of great stories, but for me each collection is a treasure, the grab bag nature of which is half the fun. There’s another evil surgeon ‘Behind the Yellow Door’ in a low key tale from Flavia Richardson. Marcia Miles goes to be a companion to an eminent doctor and her daughter and gets an unpleasant surprise. All in all, medical reputations are not enhanced by this book.