Weird Friction
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An anonymous, unreliable narrator sharing Weird Fiction and Occult Books. I post photos of books from my own growing collection. 📚
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I'm still proud to have received the ultimate endorsement in the genre of Weird Fiction. 😉
If you want a steady stream of the best weird fiction books from all eras,
@Weird_Friction
is a great follow!
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I'm going to try to share this sad story in a hopeful way. Last week my father was found deceased from an apparent suicide. I had not spoken to him in many years & was shocked to find my cat Harry from when I was a teenager still living in his house. He is at least 22 years old.
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I felt the need to post something here for my own sanity and to explain the appearance of a new 'library cat' in future photos without having to tell this story again. Ive been spending time up in Massachusetts sorting out his house and unfinished business so haven't been on here
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Thank you to everyone who commented with support the other day. I'd never have time to write back to everyone but I did read all the comments and appreciate each one. For everyone concerned for Harry's fate, he is safe living with us now and is recovering at his own pace, as am I
I'm going to try to share this sad story in a hopeful way. Last week my father was found deceased from an apparent suicide. I had not spoken to him in many years & was shocked to find my cat Harry from when I was a teenager still living in his house. He is at least 22 years old.
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My father struggled with severe mental health and drug and alcohol abuse issues. After the things I witnessed and experienced as a child I chose to "cut him off" when my own children were born.
If you are struggling please get help, he refused his whole life and this is very sad.
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Happy Birthday to American writer and poet, H.P. Lovecraft.
Born August 20, 1890.
Although he is widely regarded today as the most famous writer of the Weird Fiction genre, he died in obscurity never having had a proper book of his fiction published during his own lifetime.
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Happy Birthday to Robert E. Howard, one of the most famous and enduring writers of the pulp fiction era.
Born January 22, 1906
What is your favorite Howard story?
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Happy Birthday to poet, sculptor, and quite possibly my favorite Weird Fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith.
Born on this day January 13, 1893.
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Happy Birthday to Robert E. Howard, one of the most famous and enduring writers of the pulp-fiction era and considered by many to be the father of the Sword-and-Sorcery subgenre.
Born January 22, 1906
What is your favorite Howard story?
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This is Penny, my late father's dog. We found her living with Harry the cat while rummaging through my Dad's house for important documents last week.
She will be staying with us since she has been through a lot already and is happy here at our house with our other pets.
Thank you to everyone who commented with support the other day. I'd never have time to write back to everyone but I did read all the comments and appreciate each one. For everyone concerned for Harry's fate, he is safe living with us now and is recovering at his own pace, as am I
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On March 15, 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft died at the age of 46.
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A few good books about the philosophy behind Weird Fiction. 📚
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"The House of Souls" by Arthur Machen, published by Grant Richards in 1906.
The first edition of the original compilation of Arthur Machen's occult fiction, for which he is most well-remembered today.
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Happy birthday to Robert Bloch!
Born April 5, 1917.
A friend of H.P. Lovecraft, Bloch was an early adopter of Lovecraft's Mythos in his own tales.
He is most well-known today for writing "Psycho" which the famous Hitchcock film was based on.
What is your favorite Bloch story?
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Happy Birthday to H.P. Lovecraft, born on this day in 1890.
#HPLovecraft
#Lovecraft
#WeirdFiction
#BookTwitter
#BookWorm
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Happy Birthday to poet, sculptor, and quite possibly my personal favorite Weird Fiction writer, Clark Ashton Smith!
Born on this day January 13, 1893.
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Happy birthday to the multi-talented artist Edward Gorey, born February 22, 1925!
Here are some books from my collection that feature his surreal illustrations as cover art.
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft died March 15, 1937.
Here is his obituary:
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Happy Birthday to the biggest name in horror fiction, Edgar Allan Poe!
Born January 19, 1809.
What's your favorite Poe story?
#booktwitter
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Happy Birthday to English journalist, mystic, and prolific Weird Fiction writer Algernon Blackwood!
Born March 14th 1869.
What is your favorite Algernon Blackwood story?
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Happy birthday to English–American Weird Fantasy writer, Michael Moorcock.
Born December 18, 1939
He's also a successful musician, having written songs for and performed with occult rock band Blue Öyster Cult & others. Here are some of his books that I own (all from two series)
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Happy birthday to Robert Bloch!
Born April 5, 1917.
A friend of H.P. Lovecraft, Bloch was an early adopter of Lovecraft's Mythos in his own tales.
He is most well-known today for writing "Psycho" which the famous Hitchcock film was based on.
What's your favorite Bloch story?
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There's a "The King in Yellow" themed bar here in Connecticut. 👑
#WeirdFiction
#Lovecraftian
#RobertWChambers
#HPLovecraft
#HorrorFam
#NewEngland
#CT
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I'm going to try something new and see if anyone participates...
Share a photo of your favorite Weird Fiction/Occult Fiction book(s) from your own collection in this thread. It could be your personal favorite novel or anthology, or simply your most valuable or fascinating book.
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I have finally collected the full set of 80s/90s Doubleday anthologies edited by Marvin Kaye with matching cover art by Edward Gorey.
(I THINK this is the full set anyway)
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Happy Birthday to legendary Anglo-Irish Weird Fiction & Fantasy writer Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, AKA Lord Dunsany, born on this day in 1878.
Which is your favorite of his stories?
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Happy Birthday to legendary English Weird Fiction, Horror, and SciFi pioneer William Hope Hodgson, author of the novels "The Night Land" and "The House on the Borderland" along with numerous shorter tales.
Born November 15, 1877.
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It's here and in better condition than I imagined. 🖤
More photos to come later...
But for now I need to go buy some esoteric grass seed for my yard.
I'm not going to say what it is because it's bad luck but my all-time 'holy grail' book might be coming in the mail tomorrow.
Obviously it will be tomorrow's 'featured book' if it doesn't get held up in the mail.
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Happy birthday to the illustrious American horror and psychological mystery writer, Shirley Jackson.
Born December 14, 1916
Jackson wrote six novels and over two-hundred short stories over her lengthy writing career.
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It took a couple years and a lot of patience but I am happy to announce that I have finally collected the entirety of Manly Wade Wellman's "John the Balladeer" stories and novels in their first hardcover editions! 🎸
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RIP Marg-rat. She was "just a rat" but my kids are devastated and it's got me down too. She was their first rat and very trained and affectionate.
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I don't usually talk about real life here but my 9-year-old daughter has been very ill with a still unidentified stomach issue. She went to the ER earlier this week & has a follow up for more testing today. Please send any vibes, prayers, incantations or whatever your thing is 😔
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Happy birthday to Weird Fiction writer, anthologist, and co-founder of Arkham House Publishers, August Derleth.
Born February 24, 1909.
I will share a few of his books that I own in the thread.
What is your favorite Derleth story?
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"The Centaur" by Algernon Blackwood, published by Macmillan in 1912.
This story of a man's spiritual awakening after he meets a mysterious man and boy aboard a steamer ship touring the Greek Isles is considered one of Blackwood's most mystical works.
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Happy Birthday to English journalist, novelist, mystic, and prolific Weird Fiction short story writer Algernon Blackwood!
Born March 14th 1869.
What is your favorite Blackwood story?
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Happy birthday to American screenwriter, television producer, & television host, Rod Serling!
Born December 25, 1924.
He is best known today for his anthology television series 'The Twilight Zone' & 'The Night Gallery'.
He did a lot to bring the Weird Fiction genre to television
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Happy birthday to American illustrator and painter, Margaret Brundage!
Born December 9, 1900.
From 1933 to 1938 Brundage produced more covers for Weird Tales Magazine than any other artist and her artwork is still deeply associated with that period of Weird Fiction history today.
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Happy birthday to one of the most influential Weird Fiction writers of all time, the Welsh author and mystic Arthur Llewellyn Jones, also known as Arthur Machen.
Born March 3, 1863.
What is your favorite Machen story?
I will share some of my Machen books here in the thread...
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I'm not a writer but someone should write a Weird Horror story about the effects that handling and delivering numerous second-hand occult volumes to the home of an eccentric, reclusive, lovecraftian book collector has on the local postal workers.
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This came in the mail today.
Algernon Blackwood on a Churchman's Cigarettes promo card from the 1930s.
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Happy birthday to American Weird Fiction writer Fritz Leiber!
Born December 24, 1910.
Leiber coined the term "Sword & Sorcery" and is considered one of the founding fathers of that subgenre of fantasy.
He was also one of the first to use H.P. Lovecraft's Mythos in his own stories
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"The Wicker Man: A Novel of Religious Sexuality and Pagan Murder" by Robin Hardy & Anthony Shaffer, published by Crown in 1978.
A tie-in novel which expands upon the story of the classic 1973 film "The Wicker Man". It was written by the film's director & screenwriter.
More in 🧵
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Beautiful edition of
#Tolkien
's "Lord of the Rings" from 1965! Best ebay score in a while.
#fantasy
#books
#booklovers
#LordOfTheRings
#LOTR
#fantasyart
#hobbit
#BookTwitter
#BookWorm
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What does everyone think of the "Book of the New Sun" series by Gene Wolfe?
I collected these a couple years ago but haven't read them yet and am thinking about starting them.
They have been recommended to me numerous times but it seems like people either love them or hate them.
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On this day in 1918, the distinguished early Weird Fiction writer William Hope Hodgson was killed by the direct impact of an artillery shell while fighting in The Great War (WWI) at the Fourth Battle of Ypres.
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Seventy-six years ago yesterday, legendary Weird Fiction writer Arthur Machen departed our plain of existence. (December 15, 1947)
He is one of my favorite writers to read and collect.
#BookTwitter
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An 1889 guide on how to open a book without ruining the binding.📚
#BookTwitter
#BookLovers
#BookWorm
#BookClub
#Bibliophile
#WeirdFiction
#WeirdTales
#BookGiveaway
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I extend my gratitude to all those who have recently followed. This account is non-personal & anonymous, dedicated to sharing mostly vintage Weird Fiction, Cosmic Horror & Occult books. Occasionally, living writers send me their modern books, which I happily share free of charge.
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Weird Tales Magazine,
May 1942.
Cover art by Edmond Good
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They used to advertise books in interesting ways. Who read this one?
[Photos borrowed from The Vintage Books group on FB.]
#BookTwitter
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Happy birthday to English Weird Fiction Writer and Conservationist, Robert Aickman.
Born June 27, 1914.
Which is your favorite of what he called his "Strange Stories"?
(I will reshare some of my Aickman books in the thread.)
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Lord Byron's poem "Darkness" inspired Clark Ashton Smith's "Zothique" cycle which inspired Jack Vance's "The Dying Earth" series which inspired Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun" which inspired many more.
(This excerpt was spotted in the anthology "Future Lovecraft".)
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A segment of one of my miscellaneous old book shelves.
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"Pan's Garden: A Volume Of Nature Stories" by Algernon Blackwood, published by Macmillon in 1912.
A collection of British occultist and Weird Fiction writer Algernon Blackwood's Nature-oriented Supernatural Tales.
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Happy birthday to legendary pulp-era writer Manly Wade Wellman, born May 21, 1903! Wellman is best remembered today for his "John The Balladeer" series of Appalachian occult detective tales and in his own time was one of the most popular contributors to Weird Tales Magazine.
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Old mass market paperbacks always have wonderful art & as much as I'd like to collect them too, it feels like an additional hobby that I can't afford so "as a collector" I generally target 1st hardcover editions. Here are some vintage Weird Fiction related MMPBs I couldn't resist
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"The Color Out of Time" by Michael Shea, published by
@dawbooks
in 1984.
A meta-sequel to H.P. Lovecraft's story "The Colour Out of Space" is set around a New England reservoir, where strange modern happenings imply that Lovecraft's tale was indeed inspired by real events.
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Happy Birthday to American actor, art historian, and gourmet cook, Vincent Price! Born May 27, 1911.
I usually only share the birthdays of classic Weird Fiction writers but Price starred in more films based on classic Weird Fiction than anyone else in history so he deserves it.☠️
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I got my home library back in order this morning and I have an especially mysterious book that I plan to share here this afternoon.
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This is supposedly on it's way across the Atlantic to my house (in a crate of Transylvanian soil).
It's a first edition so for the 1/6 of the going rate that I got it for, I will believe it when I see actually see it.
🦇🦇🦇
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I've finally collected a nice set of the Arkham House H.P. Lovecraft corrected print editions from the 80s with matching cover art by Raymond Bayless.
These are hard to find correctly online these days as they share an ISBN with later 90/00s(?) printings with different jackets.
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Ever since I put the Egyptian Cat Idol from the antique shop in the Library Room, Bob has chosen to sleep on the shelf beneath it over all the more comfortable furniture in the house.
It's genuinely pretty weird...
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Everyone please send your good vibes, prayers, incantations or whatever your positive wishes are for Bob the Library Cat. He snuck out & appears to have been struck by a car last night. He should be okay but could use some positive energy today.
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Clark Ashton Smith is one of my favorite writers of all time so I've decided to read/reread one of his short stories per day in chronological order until I finish all 6 volumes of his collected fiction. This will give me a chance to catch all the more obscure tales I've missed.📖
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Happy birthday to English Weird Fiction Writer and Conservationist, Robert Aickman.
Born June 27, 1914.
Which is your favorite of Aickman's "Strange Stories"?
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"The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror" by Thomas Ligotti, published by Hippocampus Press in 2010.
A clothbound hardcover first edition copy, signed by Ligotti on the title page.
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"Tales of Edgar Allan Poe", Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg, published by Random House in 1944.
This unique collection of Poe's most popular stories features wonderful woodcut illustrations and a classic art-deco graphic design style.
#BookTwitter
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Harry is looking good! 😺
Thank you to everyone who commented with support the other day. I'd never have time to write back to everyone but I did read all the comments and appreciate each one. For everyone concerned for Harry's fate, he is safe living with us now and is recovering at his own pace, as am I
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"The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers, published by Buccaneer Books in 1976.
This edition is notable for including all ten of the stories which were printed in the original 1895 book. Most print editions available today only include the first four or five stories.
ToC in 🧵
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A shelf full of Cthulhu Mythos paperbacks.
...and few other tribute anthologies on the bottom shelf.
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This just came in the mail today.
It's a very nice copy of the 1949 "Memorial Edition" of A. Merritt's weird fantasy novel "The Ship of Ishtar" which is fully illustrated by Virgil Finlay. I'll be sharing this one here sometime this week.
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Happy birthday to Weird Fiction writer Frank Belknap Long, born on April 27, 1901.
Long was published often in Weird Tales and was one of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life closest friends.
Later in life, he enjoyed a successful mainstream writing career across a range of genres.
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50 years ago today, "The Wicker Man" was screened for the first time.
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Fountain With Owls by Ferdinando Noulian (1891–1984) |
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My small but growing Arthur Machen collection. Most of these are the Knopf US 1st editions. "The Great God Pan" is a modern reprint.
The bibliography from 1923 arrived today and I will share it here in more detail later this afternoon. 📚
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Happy birthday to English occultist, philosopher, ceremonial magician, poet & novelist, Aleister Crowley.
Born October 12, 1875.
Regardless of your opinion about him, there's no denying his major influence in the realms of occultism and occult fiction.
(It is also my birthday.)
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"The Black Arts" by Richard Cavendish, published by Putnam in 1967.
A first edition of the classic book that explores the history and folklore surrounding Black Magic and various forms of real-life Sorcery.
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Exciting book-mail today!
The first two volumes of Algernon Blackwood's collected short fiction from
@Hippocampus__
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There are four more volumes planned for the future.
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Omnibus collections of two of my favorite sword & sorcery anti-heroes. ⚔️
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