The Weird Tradition

Discussion focuses on the unique group of writers who created horror and dark fantasy fiction for Weird Tales, Unknown, Astounding, and other pulp magazines. Included are such leading lights as Robert E. Howard, Manly Wade Wellman, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Frank Belknap Long.

The Weird Tradition also hosts THE DEEP ONES reading group, which discusses a short story beginning on Wednesday each week. A listing of all discussions to date can be found here.

Join us as we delve into such topics as Lovecraft in the cinema, artists of the weird and macabre, related small press publications and magazines of the uncanny and the fantastique, contemporary writers who have utilized weird themes, and, of course, the original "Old Ones", including Poe, Machen, Blackwood and Dunsany.

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Pinned — THE DEEP ONES: "The Mainz Psalter" by Jean Ray4 unread / 4AndreasJ, Yesterday 11:53am
Pinned — THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2023 Discussion Schedule4 unread / 4RandyStafford, March 27
Pinned — Welcome to the Weird!68 unread / 68paradoxosalpha, May 20
THE DEEP ONES: "The Horror at Red Hook" by H. P. Lovecraft8 unread / 8RandyStafford, Monday 7:24pm
News of the Weird172 unread / 172paradoxosalpha, Monday 3:48pm
THE DEEP ONES: "All Hallows" by Walter de la Mare3 unread / 3KentonSem, Sunday 10:12am
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross69 unread / 69djryan, May 17
THE DEEP ONES: "The Death of Pan" and "The Tomb of Pan" by Lord Dunsany12 unread / 12paradoxosalpha, May 11
THE DEEP ONES: "The Stealer of Souls" by Michael Moorcock20 unread / 20paradoxosalpha, May 10
THE DEEP ONES: "Caterpillars" by E. F. Benson5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, May 9
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sea Was Wet as Wet Can Be" by Gahan Wilson15 unread / 15housefulofpaper, May 1
THE DEEP ONES: "The Mermaid Astronaut" by Yoon Ha Lee4 unread / 4housefulofpaper, May 1
THE DEEP ONES: "Black Boots" by Robert McCammon5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, May 1
THE DEEP ONES: "In Dark New England Days" by Sarah Orne Jewett4 unread / 4housefulofpaper, May 1
THE DEEP ONES: "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell33 unread / 33dukedom_enough, April 29
THE DEEP ONES: "The Withered Arm" by Thomas Hardy6 unread / 6papijoe, April 27
Small Press - Weird Volumes146 unread / 146SolerSystem, April 26
THE DEEP ONES: "Laura Silver Bell" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu5 unread / 5papijoe, April 18
THE DEEP ONES: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe10 unread / 10KentonSem, April 13
THE DEEP ONES: "Familiar" by China Mieville2 unread / 2housefulofpaper, March 31
THE DEEP ONES: "The Oram County Whoosit" by Steve Duffy3 unread / 3housefulofpaper, March 31
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sadness of the Executioner" by Fritz Leiber14 unread / 14KentonSem, March 28
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2023 Planning Thread26 unread / 26paradoxosalpha, March 27
THE DEEP ONES: "Tainaron: Mail from Another City" by Leena Krohn7 unread / 7AndreasJ, March 20
THE DEEP ONES: "I, the Vampire" by Henry Kuttner5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, March 17
THE DEEP ONES: "Casting the Runes" by M.R. James31 unread / 31elenchus, March 6
THE DEEP ONES: Winter 2023 Discussion Schedule10 unread / 10AndreasJ, February 17
THE DEEP ONES: "The Thing in the Cellar" by David H. Keller8 unread / 8RandyStafford, February 9
THE DEEP ONES: "The Other Gods" by H. P. Lovecraft7 unread / 7housefulofpaper, February 9
Off Topic - Film/TV (2)168 unread / 168KentonSem, February 8
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes" by Marjorie Bowen8 unread / 8papijoe, January 29
THE DEEP ONES: "The Motion Demon" by Stefan Grabiński7 unread / 7housefulofpaper, January 29
THE DEEP ONES: "The Wolves of God" by Algernon Blackwood5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, January 22
Lovecraftian Games144 unread / 144paradoxosalpha, January 18
THE DEEP ONES: "The Child That Went with the Fairies" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu8 unread / 8housefulofpaper, January 15
THE DEEP ONES: "Lull" by Kelly Link8 unread / 8housefulofpaper, January 15
THE DEEP ONES: "Swan Maiden" by Barbara A. Barnett5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, January 15
Reading Lovecraft in Spanish: The Borgesian Key to Eldritchness3 unread / 3papijoe, January 5
Deep Ones Advance Nomination Brainstorming Thread206 unread / 206paradoxosalpha, December 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Walker in the Night" by Jason C. Eckhardt6 unread / 6papijoe, December 2022
Winter 2023 Planning Thread25 unread / 25paradoxosalpha, December 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Buffalo Hunter" by Peter Straub4 unread / 4KentonSem, December 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Something There Is" by Charles L. Grant4 unread / 4KentonSem, December 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Late Shift" by Dennis Etchison9 unread / 9RandyStafford, November 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Lake" by Ray Bradbury7 unread / 7housefulofpaper, November 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Lorelei of the Red Mist" by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury7 unread / 7RandyStafford, November 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Tower of Moab" by L. A. Lewis6 unread / 6housefulofpaper, November 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Tenants of Broussac" by Seabury Quinn8 unread / 8paradoxosalpha, November 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Evil Clergyman" by H. P. Lovecraft5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, November 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Charnel God" by Clark Ashton Smith16 unread / 16paradoxosalpha, October 2022
Joining the group3 unread / 3MGBookman, October 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "A Victim of Higher Space" by Algernon Blackwood13 unread / 13papijoe, October 2022
Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft and Other Comics117 unread / 117paradoxosalpha, October 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells7 unread / 7RandyStafford, October 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Omphale" by Théophile Gautier5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, October 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Violence, Child of Trust" by Michael Cisco9 unread / 9housefulofpaper, October 2022
THE DEEP ONES: Autumn 2022 Discussion Schedule4 unread / 4paradoxosalpha, October 2022
RIP Peter Straub17 unread / 17KentonSem, October 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Cold Flame" by Joan Aiken8 unread / 8KentonSem, September 2022
THE DEEP ONES: Autumn 2022 Planning Thread33 unread / 33paradoxosalpha, September 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Morag-of-the-Cave" by Margery Lawrence9 unread / 9KentonSem, September 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Aleph" by Jorge Luis Borges10 unread / 10papijoe, September 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "A Vintage from Atlantis" by Clark Ashton Smith8 unread / 8housefulofpaper, September 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H. P. Lovecraft9 unread / 9alaudacorax, August 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker14 unread / 14housefulofpaper, August 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Bethmoora" by Lord Dunsany4 unread / 4RandyStafford, August 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Dream of Akinosuke" by Lacfadio Hearn9 unread / 9pgmcc, August 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Death of Halpin Frayser" by Ambrose Bierce7 unread / 7RandyStafford, August 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Augusta Prima" by Karin Tidbeck32 unread / 32KentonSem, July 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Man-Size in Marble" by E. Nesbit7 unread / 7housefulofpaper, July 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Devil in Manuscript" by Nathaniel Hawthorne11 unread / 11housefulofpaper, July 2022
The Valley Was Still – Low Lying Places in Weird Tales1 unread / 1KentonSem, July 2022
THE DEEP ONES: Summer 2022 Discussion Schedule7 unread / 7paradoxosalpha, July 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Starfish" by Karen Tidbeck5 unread / 5AndreasJ, June 2022
THE DEEP ONES: Summer 2022 Planning Thread26 unread / 26paradoxosalpha, June 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Black Bargain" by Robert Bloch10 unread / 10paradoxosalpha, June 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Reading in Bed" by Joan Aiken3 unread / 3housefulofpaper, June 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Shift" by Nalo Hopkinson7 unread / 7housefulofpaper, June 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Jeroboam Henley's Debt" by Charles R. Saunders5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, June 2022
Meet the Judge1 unread / 1KentonSem, May 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Roaring Tower" by Stella Gibbons8 unread / 8housefulofpaper, May 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Oath of Hul Jok" by Nictzin Dyalhis8 unread / 8RandyStafford, May 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Herbert West - Reanimator" by H. P. Lovecraft14 unread / 14AndreasJ, May 2022
“The Oath”?2 unread / 2KentonSem, May 2022
Cocteau Goes Lovecraftian4 unread / 4elenchus, May 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Doom That Came to Sarnath" by H. P. Lovecraft5 unread / 5elenchus, May 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Red Bungalow" by Bithia Mary Croker8 unread / 8AndreasJ, May 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "After Moreau" by Jeffrey Ford7 unread / 7elenchus, April 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Friends of the Friends" by Henry James5 unread / 5KentonSem, April 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Mines of Falun" by E. T. A. Hoffmann10 unread / 10elenchus, April 2022
The Call of Cthulhu for beginning readers5 unread / 5paradoxosalpha, April 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "Clockatrice" by Tanith Lee12 unread / 12AndreasJ, April 2022
Sword & Planet141 unread / 141JalenV, April 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Cage" by Jeff VanderMeer4 unread / 4RandyStafford, March 2022
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2022 Discussion Schedule6 unread / 6AndreasJ, March 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Man Who Went Too Far" by E. F. Benson24 unread / 24housefulofpaper, March 2022
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2022 Planning Thread19 unread / 19paradoxosalpha, March 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The End of the Garden" by Michal Ajvaz4 unread / 4RandyStafford, March 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "The Enemy" by Isaac Bashevis Singer4 unread / 4housefulofpaper, March 2022
THE DEEP ONES: "A View from a Hill" by M. R. James8 unread / 8housefulofpaper, March 2022
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