Comments on: American Supernatural Tales

By: Doug Bentin

Doug Bentin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:48:03 +0000

Clark Ashton Smith a 19th. century writer? His dates are January 13, 1893-August 14, 1961, and he is one of the Weird Tales “Big Three” (Lovecraft and Howard being the other two).
Certainly his style tended toward the fin de siecle, but he was as 20th. Century as I am.

By: John A. Karr

John A. Karr — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:21:45 +0000

This looks interesting, especially for us short-attention span adults. Can’t go wrong with Poe, Howard, and Wagner anyway

By: admin

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:23:00 +0000

Yeah, that’s one of maybe two or three books that a search for him at Amazon will turn up. For someone who’s been around writing so long, it’s a shame his stuff is so hard to find and/or not in print.

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:48:44 +0000

Mr. Klein just released a short story collection from Subterranean Press called Reassuring Tales and The Events at Poroth Farm is collected therein.

Troy

By: derek

derek — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:29:35 +0000

T. E. D. edited a “True Crime” magazine for awhile, and I believe he has a new book coming out (or recently released) by either CEMETERY DANCE or SUBTERRANEAN.

He’s a heck of a writer. His stuff shows up frequently in used bookstores and it’s well worth picking up.

By: Michael Padgett

Michael Padgett — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:22:49 +0000

T. E. D. Klein’s “The Events at Poroth Farm” isn’t exactly being rescued from obscurity here. In the 70s and early 80s it seemed as if Klein was going to be the Next Big Thing in horror fiction. He was, for a while, the editor of “The Twilight Zone” magazine, and his own fiction had made quite an impression, especially “Poroth” and “Petey”. “Poroth” eventually became the centerpiece of his long (and very good) novel, “The Ceremonies”, published in 1984. I don’t know whether it’s still available, but it’s certainly worth seeking out. The following year he published a collection of four novellas called “Dark Gods”. At least one other novel was announced, but never appeared. I honestly can’t recall seeing anything at all from or about him after that. Perhaps one of your other readers will let us know.