"Clyde Griffiths -- An American Weenie --

A Retro Review

of

An American Tragedy

(c) 1925

by

Theodore Dreiser"

(c) 2013

by

Jordan S. Bassior

Introduction:  Since this isn't speculative fiction, the whole review is going here rather than on Fantastic Worlds.  But do read Fantastic Worlds anyway, it's always fun!

Setting:  The American  ( Read more... )

"The Venus of Azombeii"
(c) 1931

byClark Ashton Smith
The statuette was not more than twelve inches in height, and represented a female figure that somehow reminded me of the Medicean Venus, despite many differences of feature and proportion. It was wrought of a black wood, almost as heavy as marble; and the unknown artist had certainly made the most ( Read more... )