Category Archives: August Derleth

Reading for Halloween: A Treasury of American Horror Stories. Jeff Baker, October 30, 2022.

Posted on October 30, 2022 by jeffbaker307

A Treasury of Terror by Jeff Baker Every year around Halloween I post something involving a selection of spooky tales for the season of Jack O’Lanterns and soaring witches. This year, something different; an entire anthology. In fact, an influential … Continue reading →

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Sleuth Sayers Spreads the Word! Jeff Baker, November 3, 2021.

Posted on November 3, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Sleuth Sayers has done me the kindness of asking me to write a column for them about my recent story about Solar Pons, the local publicity I received for it and the background of Pons and his creator, August Derleth. … Continue reading →

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New Story in “The Necronomicon of Solar Pons!”

Posted on April 27, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Good News! I just got my copies of “The Necronomicon of Solar Pons” in the mail. Including my story “Solar Pons and the Testament In Ice,” the book is full of stories involving August Derleth’s version of Sherlock Holmes, Solar … Continue reading →

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