@Weird_Friction

An anonymous, unreliable narrator sharing photos of vintage supernatural and occult fiction books from my own growing collection. 📚

 New England
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For anyone new here: This account is dedicated to sharing photos of mystical vintage books, primarily weird fiction and occult literature from the late 19th and early-20th centuries. I post book photos here, along with short, informative captions, as my own collection grows. 📚 – at Litchfield, CT
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Weird Friction@Weird_FrictionOct 25
When I shared "Harvest Home" here about a week ago, many people recommended I pick up a copy Thomas Tryon's first novel "The Other". I am happy to announce that I have acquired a very clean first printing, which I will share here in the next week or two.
Weird Friction@Weird_FrictionOct 16
“Harvest Home” by Thomas Tryon, published by Knopf in 1973. A New England-set folk horror novel about a family from New York City who move to an idyllic town in the rural Northwest Hills of Connecticut, only to discover that it is controlled by a sinister pagan harvest cult. 1/3
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“Randalls Round” by Eleanor Scott, published by Ash-Tree Press in 1996. A limited small-press reprint of Scott’s only collection of supernatural stories, the book was originally published by Ernest Benn in 1929. This edition includes a new introduction by Richard Dalby. 1/2
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Yesterday's 'featured book' 💀
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“Who Knocks?: Twenty Masterpieces of the Spectral for the Connoisseur” edited by August Derleth, published by Rinehart & Company in 1946. The second volume in a trilogy of classic horror fiction anthologies edited by August Derleth with artwork by Lee Brown Coye. 1/3
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“Randalls Round” by Eleanor Scott, published by Ash-Tree Press in 1996. A limited small-press reprint of Scott’s only collection of supernatural stories, the book was originally published by Ernest Benn in 1929. This edition includes a new introduction by Richard Dalby. 1/2
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The nine stories, inspired by the author’s dreams, are often compared to the weird fiction of M.R. James. The title story follows an Oxford student drawn into a Hallows Eve harvest ritual while staying in a rural village and is regarded as an early example of folk horror. 2/2
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When I shared "Harvest Home" here about a week ago, many people recommended I pick up a copy Thomas Tryon's first novel "The Other". I am happy to announce that I have acquired a very clean first printing, which I will share here in the next week or two.
Weird Friction@Weird_FrictionOct 16
“Harvest Home” by Thomas Tryon, published by Knopf in 1973. A New England-set folk horror novel about a family from New York City who move to an idyllic town in the rural Northwest Hills of Connecticut, only to discover that it is controlled by a sinister pagan harvest cult. 1/3
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“Supernatural Cats” edited by Claire Necker, published by Doubleday in 1972. An anthology of stories, poems, and folktales about supernatural, psychic, ghostly, or otherwise unusual cats. The contents are grouped into sections with short introductory essays by the editor. 1/3
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“Who Knocks?: Twenty Masterpieces of the Spectral for the Connoisseur” edited by August Derleth, published by Rinehart & Company in 1946. The second volume in a trilogy of classic horror fiction anthologies edited by August Derleth with artwork by Lee Brown Coye. 1/3
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This book was followed by a third matching anthology from Rinehart & Company, “The Night Side” in 1947. Derleth and Coye would go on to collaborate on numerous Arkham House books over the years. 3/3
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In case you missed it, here is my recent photo post for "Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur” (1944):
Weird Friction@Weird_FrictionSep 4
“Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur,” edited by August Derleth, published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1944. Derleth’s first mainstream horror anthology. The twenty stories mix older weird fiction with then-recent work from the "Weird Tales" circle. 1/3
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Weird Friction@Weird_FrictionOct 22
“A Coven of Vampires” by Brian Lumley, published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1998. A collection of thirteen of Lumley's vampire-themed short stories, ranging from the more traditional blood-drinkers to weirder, more Lovecraftian interpretations of the concept. 1/2
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“Supernatural Cats” edited by Claire Necker, published by Doubleday in 1972. An anthology of stories, poems, and folktales about supernatural, psychic, ghostly, or otherwise unusual cats. The contents are grouped into sections with short introductory essays by the editor. 1/3
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The stories included range from traditional European and Asian folktales to the weird fiction and horror of the early twentieth-century. This first edition features surreal cat cover art by Margo Herr. 2/3
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Here is the editor's introduction: 3/3
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“A Coven of Vampires” by Brian Lumley, published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1998. A collection of thirteen of Lumley's vampire-themed short stories, ranging from the more traditional blood-drinkers to weirder, more Lovecraftian interpretations of the concept. 1/2
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Most of these stories originally appeared in magazines and anthologies between the early 1970s and the early 1990s. Although Lumley is well-known for the "Necroscope" series of vampire novels, the stories in this collection are all unrelated, standalone vampire tales. 2/2
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Yesterday's other 'featured book' 📖
Weird Friction@Weird_FrictionOct 20
“The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny” edited by Montague Summers, published by Victor Gollancz in 1931. 1/2
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“13 Plays of Ghosts and the Supernatural” selected by Marvin Kaye, published by GuildAmerica in 1990. An anthology of thirteen dramatic works dealing with ghosts and the supernatural. This edition features cover art by Edward Gorey and an introduction by José Ferrer. 1/3
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Happy birthday to American writer Edmond Hamilton, born October 21, 1904. He began his career in Weird Tales, where his first story “The Monster-God of Mamurth” appeared in 1926. He went on to become one of the magazine’s most frequent contributors with 79 story contributions.
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