“Famous Fantastic Mysteries,” Vol. 3, No. 6 (February, 1942). Cover art by Virgil Finlay for Francis Stevens’ book-length novel, “The Citadel of Fear.”
“The stupendous fantasy of the Aztec hounds turned loose on the modern world.”
“The stories of Francis Stevens are unique in the records of great Fantasy. There is in them a power to evoke the very essence of all that is strange and weird and at the same time make live both the real and supernatural characters. You will find in this marvelous, colorful adventure qualities possessed only by the most famous fantastic mysteries of all time.”
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Two adventurers, an American and an Irishman, discover a lost city in the Mexican jungle. One is taken over by an evil god while the other falls in love with a woman from Tlapallan in the wilds of Mexico. Back in the states, the possessed man begins to use magic to mutate civilians. The other walks away, but the pair must duel in the end.
Originally published in 1918, “The Citadel of Fear” is a fun pulp novel that weaves elements of various genres, from Aztec mythology and lost world adventure to gothic horror. The author, Francis Stevens (pen name of Gertrude Barrows) has been called “the most gifted woman writer of science fiction and science fantasy between Mary Shelley and C. L. Moore.”
[Source: Goodreads at www.goodreads.com/book/show/957430.The_Citadel_of_Fear]
“Famous Fantastic Mysteries,” Vol. 3, No. 6 (February, 1942). Cover art by Virgil Finlay for Francis Stevens’ book-length novel, “The Citadel of Fear.”
“The stupendous fantasy of the Aztec hounds turned loose on the modern world.”
“The stories of Francis Stevens are unique in the records of great Fantasy. There is in them a power to evoke the very essence of all that is strange and weird and at the same time make live both the real and supernatural characters. You will find in this marvelous, colorful adventure qualities possessed only by the most famous fantastic mysteries of all time.”
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Two adventurers, an American and an Irishman, discover a lost city in the Mexican jungle. One is taken over by an evil god while the other falls in love with a woman from Tlapallan in the wilds of Mexico. Back in the states, the possessed man begins to use magic to mutate civilians. The other walks away, but the pair must duel in the end.
Originally published in 1918, “The Citadel of Fear” is a fun pulp novel that weaves elements of various genres, from Aztec mythology and lost world adventure to gothic horror. The author, Francis Stevens (pen name of Gertrude Barrows) has been called “the most gifted woman writer of science fiction and science fantasy between Mary Shelley and C. L. Moore.”
[Source: Goodreads at www.goodreads.com/book/show/957430.The_Citadel_of_Fear]