Stories From the Borderland is a collaborative project between artist Michael Bukowski and myself. Beginning Dec. 2, 2015 and continuing each Wednesday for five weeks (skipping Christmas week when Michael has his own special plans), we will simultaneously showcase on our respective blogs one great Weird story that for varying reasons lacks the currency it deserves. I will post a short essay here about each story, while Michael will illustrate some…creature appearing in the story on his blog: https://yog-blogsoth.blogspot.com/

I am very excited to work with Michael again after our previous collaboration on the Dim Shores Press chapbook of my novella “after.” His artwork for both the cover and the interiors of that little volume won well-deserved praise and offered the perfect complement to the story. So here we go again…

Our first selection was once one of the best known of all Weird stories. A Weird Tales cover story that was anthologized dozens of times in its heyday, it became the uncredited basis for one of the most famous horror films of all time, and one of the first cinematic exemplars of genuine cosmic horror. If you think you know the name of the tale and its author, message me privately…