Tuesday, July 12, 2022

LINK: Deeper Cut: Houdini & Weird Tales

The blog Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein by Bobby Derie has an extremely well-researched deep dive into Houdini's involvement with Weird Tales magazine. I learned a lot from this. It includes extensive quotes from H.P. Lovecraft's letters in which he talks about working with Houdini, like this: 

I’m hearin’ damn near every day from Henneberger–the owner of the outfit [Weird Tales]–& just had a special delivery order to collaborate on an Egyptian horror with this bimbo Houdini.

-H. P. Lovecraft to James F. Morton, 19 Feb 1924, Letters to James F. Morton 67


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Thanks to Ash Adams for the tip.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 12, 2022 at 7:59 AM

    Another angle to explore! Checking out the link now…

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  2. Joe M NotaroJuly 15, 2022 at 12:19 PM

    Having covered some of this material on my blog and book, “The Zanetti Mystery plus candidates for ghost-writing the story”, I was very interested in a “Deeper Cut: Houdini & Weird Tales”. And I can tell you I was not disappointed. It was well-researched and went into much more detail. Bravo! And thank you to the author for acknowledging my HarryHoudiniCircumstantialEvidence.com blog and articles on the subject.

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    1. greyirishJuly 15, 2022 at 1:31 PM

      Thanks for your kind words, and your articles. They were a big help, since I'm more familiar with the WEIRD TALES/Lovecraft side of things than the Houdini side.

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