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: Winter 2025 discussion schedule7 unread / 7AndreasJ, Yesterday 2:24pm
Pinned — THE DEEP ONES: "Night of the Piper" by Ann K. Schwader9 unread / 9AndreasJ, Friday 3:51am
Pinned — Welcome to the Weird!75 unread / 75PatrickMurtha, July 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Winter 2025 Planning Thread18 unread / 18paradoxosalpha, December 21
Conan!226 unread / 226paradoxosalpha, December 21
Deep Ones Discussions List4 unread / 4semdetenebre, December 20
THE DEEP ONES: "La Madre del Oro" by Jeffrey Ford4 unread / 4AndreasJ, December 18
THE DEEP ONES: "The Tarn" by Hugh Walpole7 unread / 7housefulofpaper, December 15
THE DEEP ONES: "Bringing Helena Back" by Sarah Monette4 unread / 4paradoxosalpha, December 12
THE DEEP ONES: "......Translation of the Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred" by John Brunner7 unread / 7RandyStafford, December 5
Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft and Other Comics118 unread / 118paradoxosalpha, December 5
THE DEEP ONES: "The Arimaspian Legacy" by Gene Wolfe5 unread / 5elenchus, December 5
Lovecraftian Games152 unread / 152paradoxosalpha, December 3
Weird Volumes11 unread / 11housefulofpaper, December 1
THE DEEP ONES: "Beyond Any Measure" by Karl Edward Wagner5 unread / 5paradoxosalpha, November 27
The Invention of Morel8 unread / 8paradoxosalpha, November 25
THE DEEP ONES: "Her Bounty to the Dead" by John Crowley4 unread / 4AndreasJ, November 13
Small Press - Weird Volumes148 unread / 148semdetenebre, November 12
THE DEEP ONES: "The Story of Obbok" by Darrell Schweitzer3 unread / 3AndreasJ, November 10
RIP Peter Straub18 unread / 18paradoxosalpha, November 5
THE DEEP ONES: "The Crowd" by Ray Bradbury4 unread / 4housefulofpaper, October 31
THE DEEP ONES: "The Emissary" by Ray Bradbury6 unread / 6GraceCollection, October 31
News of the Weird187 unread / 187RandyStafford, October 24
The Southern Reach15 unread / 15paradoxosalpha, October 24
THE DEEP ONES: "The Tree of Life" by C. L. Moore4 unread / 4AndreasJ, October 24
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched13 unread / 13semdetenebre, October 23
THE DEEP ONES: "The Weaver in the Vault" by Clark Ashton Smith3 unread / 3elenchus, October 14
Deep Ones Advance Nomination Brainstorming Thread217 unread / 217semdetenebre, October 11
THE DEEP ONES: "The Horn of Vapula" by Lewis Spence2 unread / 2paradoxosalpha, October 9
THE DEEP ONES: "Pretty Good Neighbor" by Jeffrey Ford5 unread / 5RandyStafford, September 25
The DEEP ONES: Fall 2024 Discussion Schedule4 unread / 4semdetenebre, September 24
The DEEP ONES: Fall 2024 Planning Thread17 unread / 17paradoxosalpha, September 22
THE DEEP ONES: "The Megalith Plague" by Don Webb6 unread / 6paradoxosalpha, September 18
THE DEEP ONES: "A Touch of Petulance" by Ray Bradbury5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, September 15
THE DEEP ONES: "The Least Trumps" by Elizabeth Hand3 unread / 3paradoxosalpha, September 11
THE DEEP ONES: "The Dead Will Cuckold You" by Clark Ashton Smith4 unread / 4paradoxosalpha, August 31
THE DEEP ONES: "Mariana" by Fritz Leiber7 unread / 7paradoxosalpha, August 22
THE DEEP ONES: "Liane the Wayfarer" by Jack Vance14 unread / 14RandyStafford, August 17
THE DEEP ONES: "The Desrick on Yandro" by Manly Wade Wellman4 unread / 4TheSundayNews, August 17
Bradbury Readalong - The October Country1 unread / 1LyndaInOregon, August 16
THE DEEP ONES: "Spawn" by P. Schuyler Miller4 unread / 4AndreasJ, August 12
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross75 unread / 75paradoxosalpha, August 11
THE DEEP ONES: "Out of the Aeons" by Hazel Heald and H.P. Lovecraft3 unread / 3housefulofpaper, August 1
THE DEEP ONES: "The Town of Cats" by Hagiwara Sakutaro3 unread / 3AndreasJ, July 18
Horror Homeroom4 unread / 4semdetenebre, July 16
THE DEEP ONES: "The Hell Screen" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa3 unread / 3AndreasJ, July 12
Aickman/McCauley Letters1 unread / 1semdetenebre, July 9
THE DEEP ONES: "The Stone of Cybele" by Aleister Crowley3 unread / 3paradoxosalpha, July 8
THE DEEP ONES: "The Wigwam and the Cabin Grayling; or, Murder Will Out" by William Gilmore Simms8 unread / 8housefulofpaper, July 7
THE DEEP ONES: "The Great God Pan" by M. John Harrison28 unread / 28paradoxosalpha, July 2
THE DEEP ONES: "Black Ships Seen South of Heaven" by Caitlin R. Kiernan13 unread / 13AndreasJ, June 30
Off Topic - Film/TV (2)172 unread / 172semdetenebre, June 25
THE DEEP ONES: Summer 2024 Discussion Schedule7 unread / 7semdetenebre, June 24
THE DEEP ONES: "The Peculiar Demesne of Archvicar Gerontion" by Russell Kirk6 unread / 6housefulofpaper, June 23
THE DEEP ONES: "Dust of the Gods" by C. L. Moore6 unread / 6housefulofpaper, June 23
THE DEEP ONES: Summer 2024 Planning Thread21 unread / 21paradoxosalpha, June 20
THE DEEP ONES: "Necrotic Cove" by Lois Gresh7 unread / 7AndreasJ, June 20
Manly Wade Wellman35 unread / 35semdetenebre, June 19
Robert Bloch - Valancourt Books2 unread / 2WeeTurtle, June 16
THE DEEP ONES: "The Little Angel's Exhumation" by Mariana Enriquez5 unread / 5RandyStafford, June 15
THE DEEP ONES: "The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner10 unread / 10WeeTurtle, June 14
M.R. James/Swan River Press - 'Friends and Spectres'1 unread / 1semdetenebre, June 6
THE DEEP ONES: "The Engine of Desire" by Livia Llewellyn4 unread / 4AndreasJ, June 6
Recent purchases354 unread / 354paradoxosalpha, June 3
THE DEEP ONES: "Roman Remains" by Algernon Blackwood18 unread / 18alaudacorax, May 27
THE DEEP ONES: "The Third Interne" by Idwal Jones8 unread / 8housefulofpaper, May 25
THE DEEP ONES: "Spawn of the Dark One" by Robert Bloch5 unread / 5paradoxosalpha, May 22
THE DEEP ONES: "The Man Who Never Grew Young" by Fritz Leiber4 unread / 4housefulofpaper, May 15
THE DEEP ONES: "Vulthoom" by Clark Ashton Smith3 unread / 3housefulofpaper, April 29
THE DEEP ONES: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce4 unread / 4housefulofpaper, April 24
THE DEEP ONES: "Señor Ligotti" by Bernardo Esquinca4 unread / 4semdetenebre, April 23
THE DEEP ONES: "The Human Chair" by Edogawa Ranpo6 unread / 6prosfilaes, April 8
THE DEEP ONES: "Ethan Brand" by Nathaniel Hawthorne2 unread / 2RandyStafford, April 4
THE DEEP ONES: "When Death Wakes Me to Myself" by John Shirley5 unread / 5housefulofpaper, April 1
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2024 Discussion Schedule3 unread / 3semdetenebre, March 20
THE DEEP ONES: Spring 2024 Planning THread21 unread / 21paradoxosalpha, March 19
THE DEEP ONES: "Remnants" by Fred Chappell4 unread / 4RandyStafford, March 13
THE DEEP ONES: "A Gentleman from Mexico" by Mark Samuels7 unread / 7RandyStafford, March 7
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sound of a Door Opening" by Don Webb4 unread / 4elenchus, February 29
THE DEEP ONES: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez5 unread / 5semdetenebre, February 27
True Detective: Night Country2 unread / 2WeeTurtle, February 26
THE DEEP ONES: "Vine Terror" by Howard Wandrei3 unread / 3RandyStafford, February 18
THE DEEP ONES: "The Quest of the Starstone" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore4 unread / 4housefulofpaper, February 11
THE DEEP ONES: "The Horror from the Hills" by Frank Belknap Long4 unread / 4RandyStafford, February 9
THE DEEP ONES: "Robin's Rath" by Margery Lawrence3 unread / 3RandyStafford, January 24
THE DEEP ONES: "The Vegetable Man" by Luigi Ugolini3 unread / 3RandyStafford, January 18
THE DEEP ONES: "The Heath Fire" by Algernon Blackwood11 unread / 11housefulofpaper, January 15
THE DEEP ONES: "The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller" by Lord Dunsany13 unread / 13JaneHara, January 11
THE DEEP ONES: "The House of the Sphinx" by Lord Dunsany37 unread / 37paradoxosalpha, January 3
THE DEEP ONES: "My Sad Dead" by Mariana Enriquez9 unread / 9semdetenebre, January 2
THE DEEP ONES: Winter 2024 Discussion Schedule3 unread / 3semdetenebre, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: Winter 2024 Planning Thread22 unread / 22paradoxosalpha, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Seed of the Gods" by Donald R. Burleson4 unread / 4RandyStafford, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Hog" by William Hope Hodgson22 unread / 22RandyStafford, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The Underground Economy" by John Langan7 unread / 7AndreasJ, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "The River of Night's Dreaming" by Karl Edward Wagner39 unread / 39AndreasJ, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Buried in the Sky" by John Shirley5 unread / 5paradoxosalpha, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "In the Pines" by Karl Edward Wagner13 unread / 13RandyStafford, December 2023
The Beast in the Cave1 unread / 1Angelbomb, December 2023
THE DEEP ONES: "Wind Die You Die We Die" by William S. Burroughs7 unread / 7paradoxosalpha, November 2023
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