T.E.D. Klein has become a legend in contemporary weird fiction, precisely because his output is so seemingly small. Known largely for a single novel (The Ceremonies, 1984) and a single short story collection (Dark Gods, 1985), Klein joins Ramsey Campbell and Thomas Ligotti as one of the pioneering writers of weird fiction in his time. But Klein has written numerous essays over the course of his long career. The history and theory of weird fiction has been a persistent interest, and his lengthy essay “Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories” is his answer to Lovecraft’s “Supernatural Horror in Literature.” Klein has also championed the work of a wide array of writers ranging from Arthur Machen to David J. Schow, and he has also written essays on such figures as Frank Belknap Long, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Aickman, and Donald Wandrei. H. P. Lovecraft—the subject of his honors thesis at Brown University—is of perennial fascination for Klein, and this volume includes many of his writings on the Providence writer, including his long introduction to Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (1986) and his recollections of the First World Fantasy Convention, which largely focused on Lovecraft. Klein wrote numerous pieces while editor of Twilight Zone (1981–85) as well as pungent editorials for Crime Beat magazine. He also wrote several searing articles in the 1970s exposing animal cruelty in films, leading the film industry to curtail this barbaric practice. As a book reviewer, he has dissected the works of Christopher Priest, Ruth Rendell, William Peter Blatty, and other writers. In this volume T.E.D. Klein reveals his skill as an essayist and reviewer, covering a remarkably wide range of topics with perspicacity and elegance. Table of Contents I. On Lovecraft Providence After Dark The United Amateur A Dreamer’s Tales Remembering Arkham House The Festival The Old Gent T.E.D. Klein: Master of Ceremonies II. On Other Authors Arthur Machen Ramsey Campbell: An Appreciation Slow An Afternoon with Aickman A Haunted House Frank Belknap Long Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories. Introduction to Dark Love Introduction to David Schow’s Seeing Red Whiskey, Popcorn, and Gold Gaspard de la Nuit A Connecticut Yankee The Ceremonies, edition: A Note from the Author A Conversation with T.E.D. Klein III. The Twilight Zone Stories from the Twilight Zone Twilight Zone Magazine The Most Terrifying Horror Stories The Book of Hieronymus Bosch Twilight Zone: The Movie Horrors! An Introduction to Writing Horror Fiction Standing Behind the Curtains: A Conversation with T.E.D. Klein IV. On Film They Kill Animals and They Call It Art Animals in Movies—The Abuse Gets Worse On Cutting Up Movie Classics How I Flopped as a Paramount Script Reader Annie Hall Star Wares Master of a Lost Art And Many Happy Returns T.E.D. Klein Interview V. On Other Topics Where Do We Go from Here? Charles Manson, B.M.O.C. The Joy of Losing Working for the Brown Daily Herald CrimeBeat Crime and Punishment A Higher Standard A Couple of Letters on . . . Antarctica! Quotation & Misquotation Silenced Voices Three Letters to Brown Spalding Gone Gray Lament of an Aging English Instructor Reassuring Words: An Interview with T.E.D. Klein VI. Reviews Legion by William Peter Blatty The Face That Must Die and Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell The Suburbs of Hell by Randolph Stow More Books The Glamour by Christopher Priest Collected Stories by Ruth Rendell The Terrors of Ice and Darkness by Christoph Ransmayr Bring Me Children by David Martin A Curate’s Egg Sci-Fi Entertainment A Swedish Podcast