The Weird Tradition

Discussion focuses on the unique group of writers who created horror and dark fantasy fiction for Weird Tales, Unknown, Astounding, and other pulp magazines. Included are such leading lights as Robert E. Howard, Manly Wade Wellman, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Frank Belknap Long.

The Weird Tradition also hosts THE DEEP ONES reading group, which discusses a short story beginning on Wednesday each week. A listing of all discussions to date can be found here.

Join us as we delve into such topics as Lovecraft in the cinema, artists of the weird and macabre, related small press publications and magazines of the uncanny and the fantastique, contemporary writers who have utilized weird themes, and, of course, the original "Old Ones", including Poe, Machen, Blackwood and Dunsany.

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AngeheftetTHE DEEP ONES: "A Gentleman from Mexico" by Mark Samuels7 ungelesen / 7RandyStafford, März 7
AngeheftetTHE DEEP ONES: Winter 2024 Discussion Schedule3 ungelesen / 3semdetenebre, Dezember 23, 2023
AngeheftetWelcome to the Weird!75 ungelesen / 75PatrickMurtha, Juli 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2024 Planning THread18 ungelesen / 18paradoxosalpha, Gestern 9:49am
THE DEEP ONES: "When Death Wakes Me to Myself" by John Shirley1 ungelesen / 1semdetenebre, Freitag 4:26pm
THE DEEP ONES: "Remnants" by Fred Chappell4 ungelesen / 4RandyStafford, Mittwoch 6:57pm
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sound of a Door Opening" by Don Webb4 ungelesen / 4elenchus, Februar 29
THE DEEP ONES: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez5 ungelesen / 5semdetenebre, Februar 27
THE DEEP ONES: "The Human Chair" by Edogawa Ranpo4 ungelesen / 4WeeTurtle, Februar 26
True Detective: Night Country2 ungelesen / 2WeeTurtle, Februar 26
THE DEEP ONES: "Vine Terror" by Howard Wandrei3 ungelesen / 3RandyStafford, Februar 18
THE DEEP ONES: "The Quest of the Starstone" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore4 ungelesen / 4housefulofpaper, Februar 11
THE DEEP ONES: "The Horror from the Hills" by Frank Belknap Long4 ungelesen / 4RandyStafford, Februar 9
THE DEEP ONES: "Robin's Rath" by Margery Lawrence3 ungelesen / 3RandyStafford, Januar 24
THE DEEP ONES: "The Vegetable Man" by Luigi Ugolini3 ungelesen / 3RandyStafford, Januar 18
THE DEEP ONES: "The Heath Fire" by Algernon Blackwood11 ungelesen / 11housefulofpaper, Januar 15
THE DEEP ONES: "The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller" by Lord Dunsany13 ungelesen / 13JaneHara, Januar 11
THE DEEP ONES: "The House of the Sphinx" by Lord Dunsany37 ungelesen / 37paradoxosalpha, Januar 3
THE DEEP ONES: "My Sad Dead" by Mariana Enriquez9 ungelesen / 9semdetenebre, Januar 2
Deep Ones Advance Nomination Brainstorming Thread214 ungelesen / 214AndreasJ, Dezember 29, 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Winter 2024 Planning Thread22 ungelesen / 22paradoxosalpha, Dezember 21, 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Seed of the Gods" by Donald R. Burleson4 ungelesen / 4RandyStafford, Dezember 20, 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Hog" by William Hope Hodgson22 ungelesen / 22RandyStafford, Dezember 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Underground Economy" by John Langan7 ungelesen / 7AndreasJ, Dezember 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The River of Night's Dreaming" by Karl Edward Wagner39 ungelesen / 39AndreasJ, Dezember 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Buried in the Sky" by John Shirley5 ungelesen / 5paradoxosalpha, Dezember 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "In the Pines" by Karl Edward Wagner13 ungelesen / 13RandyStafford, Dezember 2023
The Beast in the Cave1 ungelesen / 1Angelbomb, Dezember 2023
Lovecraftian Games147 ungelesen / 147paradoxosalpha, November 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Wind Die You Die We Die" by William S. Burroughs7 ungelesen / 7paradoxosalpha, November 2023
Off Topic - Film/TV (2)170 ungelesen / 170tros, November 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Long Sheet" by William Sansom5 ungelesen / 5RandyStafford, November 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Quest of Iranon" by H. P. Lovecraft2 ungelesen / 2RandyStafford, November 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Electric King" by Lord Dunsany4 ungelesen / 4RandyStafford, November 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Dust of the Gods" by C. L. Moore5 ungelesen / 5AndreasJ, November 2023
Media Death Cult's Weird Tradition1 ungelesen / 1paradoxosalpha, Oktober 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Hollow of the Three Hills" by Nathaniel Hawthorne6 ungelesen / 6OrphaBlanda, Oktober 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link12 ungelesen / 12AndreasJ, Oktober 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Strange Discovery of Doctor Nosidy" by Ernest Richard Suffling4 ungelesen / 4RandyStafford, Oktober 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Renfrew's Course" by John Langan5 ungelesen / 5AndreasJ, September 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Familiars" by Micaela Morrissette4 ungelesen / 4paradoxosalpha, September 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Autumn 2023 Discussion ACTUAL Schedule7 ungelesen / 7paradoxosalpha, September 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Autumn 2023 Discussion Schedule26 ungelesen / 26paradoxosalpha, September 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Roman Remains" by Algernon Blackwood5 ungelesen / 5alaudacorax, September 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Well of Stars and Shadow" by Caitlín R. Kiernan6 ungelesen / 6RandyStafford, September 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Sea Magic" by Fritz Leiber2 ungelesen / 2AndreasJ, September 2023
Conan!198 ungelesen / 198JHemlock, August 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Crowd" by Ray Bradbury3 ungelesen / 3RandyStafford, August 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Golgotha Dancers" by Manly Wade Wellman2 ungelesen / 2RandyStafford, August 2023
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross70 ungelesen / 70paradoxosalpha, August 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Last Hieroglyph" by Clark Ashton Smith2 ungelesen / 2AndreasJ, August 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Old Garfield's Heart" by Robert E. Howard3 ungelesen / 3RandyStafford, Juli 2023
SILVER NITRATE by Silvia Moreno-Garcia3 ungelesen / 3semdetenebre, Juli 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Mr. Kempe" by Walter de la Mare5 ungelesen / 5semdetenebre, Juli 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Tree" by H. P. Lovecraft2 ungelesen / 2AndreasJ, Juli 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Hungry Stones" by Rabindranath Tagore3 ungelesen / 3RandyStafford, Juli 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Fall of Ashes" by Mark Valentine8 ungelesen / 8housefulofpaper, Juli 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Deep Ones" by James Wade4 ungelesen / 4semdetenebre, Juni 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Vile Game of Gunter and Landau" by Michael Cisco3 ungelesen / 3RandyStafford, Juni 2023
The DEEP ONES: Summer 2023 Discussion Schedule3 ungelesen / 3semdetenebre, Juni 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Summer 2023 Planning Thread17 ungelesen / 17paradoxosalpha, Juni 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "All Hallows" by Walter de la Mare5 ungelesen / 5papijoe, Juni 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Mainz Psalter" by Jean Ray6 ungelesen / 6papijoe, Juni 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Raiders of the Universes" by Donald Wandrei3 ungelesen / 3AndreasJ, Juni 2023
Small Press - Weird Volumes147 ungelesen / 147semdetenebre, Juni 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Horror at Red Hook" by H. P. Lovecraft8 ungelesen / 8RandyStafford, Mai 2023
News of the Weird172 ungelesen / 172paradoxosalpha, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Death of Pan" and "The Tomb of Pan" by Lord Dunsany12 ungelesen / 12paradoxosalpha, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Stealer of Souls" by Michael Moorcock20 ungelesen / 20paradoxosalpha, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Caterpillars" by E. F. Benson5 ungelesen / 5housefulofpaper, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sea Was Wet as Wet Can Be" by Gahan Wilson15 ungelesen / 15housefulofpaper, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Mermaid Astronaut" by Yoon Ha Lee4 ungelesen / 4housefulofpaper, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Black Boots" by Robert McCammon5 ungelesen / 5housefulofpaper, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "In Dark New England Days" by Sarah Orne Jewett4 ungelesen / 4housefulofpaper, Mai 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell33 ungelesen / 33dukedom_enough, April 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Withered Arm" by Thomas Hardy6 ungelesen / 6papijoe, April 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Laura Silver Bell" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu5 ungelesen / 5papijoe, April 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe10 ungelesen / 10semdetenebre, April 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Familiar" by China Mieville2 ungelesen / 2housefulofpaper, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Oram County Whoosit" by Steve Duffy3 ungelesen / 3housefulofpaper, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sadness of the Executioner" by Fritz Leiber14 ungelesen / 14semdetenebre, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2023 Discussion Schedule4 ungelesen / 4RandyStafford, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2023 Planning Thread26 ungelesen / 26paradoxosalpha, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Tainaron: Mail from Another City" by Leena Krohn7 ungelesen / 7AndreasJ, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "I, the Vampire" by Henry Kuttner5 ungelesen / 5housefulofpaper, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Casting the Runes" by M.R. James31 ungelesen / 31elenchus, März 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Winter 2023 Discussion Schedule10 ungelesen / 10AndreasJ, Februar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Thing in the Cellar" by David H. Keller8 ungelesen / 8RandyStafford, Februar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Other Gods" by H. P. Lovecraft7 ungelesen / 7housefulofpaper, Februar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes" by Marjorie Bowen8 ungelesen / 8papijoe, Januar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Motion Demon" by Stefan Grabiński7 ungelesen / 7housefulofpaper, Januar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Wolves of God" by Algernon Blackwood5 ungelesen / 5housefulofpaper, Januar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Child That Went with the Fairies" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu8 ungelesen / 8housefulofpaper, Januar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Lull" by Kelly Link8 ungelesen / 8housefulofpaper, Januar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Swan Maiden" by Barbara A. Barnett5 ungelesen / 5housefulofpaper, Januar 2023
Reading Lovecraft in Spanish: The Borgesian Key to Eldritchness3 ungelesen / 3papijoe, Januar 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Walker in the Night" by Jason C. Eckhardt6 ungelesen / 6papijoe, Dezember 2022
Winter 2023 Planning Thread25 ungelesen / 25paradoxosalpha, Dezember 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Buffalo Hunter" by Peter Straub4 ungelesen / 4semdetenebre, Dezember 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Something There Is" by Charles L. Grant4 ungelesen / 4semdetenebre, Dezember 2022
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