This is an odd reference in one of C. L. Moore’s letters, about a story never published: Well, have just received my first flat rejection from Wright. A harmless little fable about a sorcerer king of antediluvian times, his mysterious witch-queen and a time-traveler with a startling resemblance to a certain Mr. Smith whom I … Continue reading “Tryst in Time” (1936) by C. L. Moore→| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
C. L. Moore is an extremely gifted young woman of 25—a fact as well as fiction writer. Her stories are rivaled (now that Bob Howard is dead) only by Klarkash-Ton’s, & contain a highly unique element of convincing unreality—which could be still better but for a certain stereotyped romanticism & occasional concession to the pulp … Continue reading “Tree of Life” (1936) by C. L. Moore→| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
Today I sent off a gory horror-tale to Kline for marketing, the first and only story I’ve had time to write since I got home. I don’t know if I’ll ever have time to write another.—C. L. Moore to R. H. barlow, 19 May [1936], MSS. Brown Digital Repository My own writing is practically at … Continue reading “Lost Paradise” (1936) by C. L. Moore→| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
Glad you liked “The Dark Land”. I made the drawing a long time ago, and wrote the story so I could bring it in, with the addition of a cadaverous head and a swirl of vagueness.—C. L. Moore to H. P. Lovecraft, 30 Jan 1936, Letters to C. L. Moore and Others 108 We don’t … Continue reading “The Dark Land” (1936) by C. L. Moore→| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
Was there ever such a duel in the whole universe as the one between Northwest Smith and the nameless being that fought him in that Martian room?—a gripping tale by the author of “Shambleau”—E…| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
And WT is publishing in July either the Smith story which Wright has entitled THE COLD GREY GOD, all about a lovely Venusian named Judai, or else a Jirel story we have been revising for months. He …| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
I’m so glad you liked Jirel and the BLACK GOD’S KISS. You know, I never can tell when a story’s good or not. It never fails to surprise me when people are complementary. Jirel was…| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
And speaking of Cabell, wait till you read my May story! I hadn’t realized until I read over the proof-sheets they sent me last week how closely it follows the Cabell-Dunsany phraseology. For…| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
JE: Did the success of “Shambleau” generate numerous requests for additional stories? CLM: No, not really. The editor of Weird Tales, Farnsworth Wright, simply told me that he would lik…| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
Salutations, lecteur. Aujourd’hui, je vais te parler de l’une des nouvelles de SF et de Weird Fiction les plus connues. Shambleau, de Catherine Lucille Moore Introduction Catherine Lucille Moore, o…| Les Chroniques du Chroniqueur
