Tag Archives: The Thing’s Incredible!

Hammett Takes on the Writing Racket, by John Locke

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Don

Mean Streets readers get a Christmas Treat this year from no less than the pulp authority John Locke, doing a deep-dive into the origins of Hammett’s career as a writer. John made a cool discovery in the forgotten trade magazines … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit | Tagged Albert S. Samuels, Alfred A. Knopf, Arthur J. Burks, Black Mask, Cap Shaw, Frank H. Spearman, John Locke, Matt Moring, Pinkerton's, Pulps, Rob Preston, Story World and Photodramatist, Terry Zobeck, The Thing's Incredible!, Western Advertising, Writer's Digest |

Rediscovered: Good Farny v. Bad Farny

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Don

Coming up for air after a long plunge into the edit on John Haefele’s magnum opus on Lovecraft, I thought of an observation from John Locke that I spotted awhile back. I guess the coverage of “The Shunned House” in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Farnsworth Wright, John D. Haefele, John Locke, Lovecraft, Morgan Holmes, Parkinson's disease, The Thing's Incredible!, Weird Tales |

Rediscovered: “Heavy Metal” — The Term

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Don

Last week I was half-reading/half-skimming John Locke’s new book The Thing’s Incredible! The Secret Origins of Weird Tales — life is short, so any clump of pages covering the ancestral background of Otis Adelbert Kline and company I let my … Continue reading →