"A Rendezvous in Averoigne" is the second story in Clark Ashton Smith's Averoigne series, first published in the April-May 1931 edition of Weird Tales. "An unusual host was the Sieur du Malinbois—a strange story of the undead."
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"The Phantom Woman" | A Traditional Ghost Story
"The Phantom Woman", which is generally regarded as a traditional British ghost story, first appeared in Bob Holland’s 1904 collection, Twenty-Five Ghost Stories. The tale tells of a man and his inexplicable attraction to a mysterious lady glimpsed in the window of an old house.
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"Lead Soldiers" by Robert Barbour Johnson
"Lead Soldiers" is a short story by Robert Barbour Johnson, first published in the December 1935 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange doom closed round the Dictator who sought to achieve his destiny through a bloody war."
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Win the Books That Built HorrorBabble – Lovecraft, Smith, Howard
ENTER THE RAFFLE FROM £2: https://raffall.com/398734/enter-raffle-to-win-the-books-that-built-horrorbabble-hosted-by-horrorbabble
This Halloween, one winner will receive a rare trio of vintage Panther paperbacks, each showcasing the masters of Weird Tales horror fiction:
Clark Ashton Smith’s Out of Space and Time: Volume 1 (1974)
H. P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror (1963)
Robert E. Howard’s Skull-Face Omnibus: Volume 1: Skull-Face and Others (1976)
These are the very stories that helped shape the heart and soul of HorrorBabble. This is an opportunity to own physical relics of the weird fiction tradition, curated, complete, and haunted by decades of literary dread. If the winner wishes me to do so, I will sign the books.
Original UK Panther editions
International shipping included
Enter from as little as £2
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"Red Shadows" by Robert E. Howard
"Red Shadows" is a Solomon Kane story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the August 1928 edition of Weird Tales. Described as follows: "Thrilling adventures and blood-freezing perils—red shadows on black trails—savage witchcraft and the Black God."
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