
Before his marriage to (and subsequent collaborations with) Catherine L. Moore, Henry Kuttner was a frequent contributor to the pulp magazines that specialized in the weird, supernatural, horror, and science fiction genre. Beginning in 1936, with the minor classic "The Graveyard Rats," Kuttner launched a steady stream of short stories aimed at Weird Tales, Mystery Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and others. Writing for Weird Tales brought Kuttner into direct correspondence with that magazine's premier contributor. H. P. Lovecraft. Kuttner set several stories in Lovecraft's "Cthulhu Mythos" and several are presented in TERROR IN THE HOUSE "The Secret of Kralitz," "The Eater of Souls," "The Salem Horror," "The Jest of Droom-Avista," "The Frog," "The Invaders," and "The Bells of Horror." Given the short lengths of Kuttner's stories, he had to be prolific and he contributed reams of copy to the weird-menace (a sub-genre of horror where a seemingly supernatural plot is resolved with a pedestrian ending) pulps, Thrilling Mystery and Spice Mystery. It was his specialization for "spicy" or sexed-up stories that led Kuttner to write most (two stories and one novelette) of the first issue of Marvel Science Stories, arguably the first "spicy" science fiction pulp. TERROR IN THE HOUSE is the first volume in a set collecting many of Kuttner's earliest stories, most of which have never been reprinted. Table of Contents Preface by Richard Matheson Introduction by Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D. The Graveyard Rats, Weird Tales Mar 36 Bamboo Death, Thrilling Mystery Jun 36 The Devil Rides, Thrilling Mystery Sep 36 The Secret of Kralitz, Weird Tales Oct 36 Power of the Snake, Thrilling Mystery Nov 36 Coffins for Six, Thrilling Mystery Dec 36 It Walks by Night, Weird Tales Dec 36 Laughter of the Dead, Thrilling Mystery Dec 36 The Eater of Souls, Weird Tales Jan 37 Terror in the House, Thrilling Mystery Jan 37 The Faceless Fiend, Thrilling Mystery Jan 37 The Dweller in the Tomb, Thrilling Mystery Feb 37 I, the Vampire, Weird Tales Feb 37 Nightmare Woman, Thrilling Mystery Mar 37 The Salem Horror, Weird Tales May 37 My Brother, The Ghoul, Thrilling Mystery Jun 37 I Am the Wolf, Thrilling Mystery Jul 37 The Jest of Droom-Avista, Weird Tales Aug 37 Four Frightful Men, Thrilling Mystery Sep 37 When the Earth Lived, Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 37 Terror on the Stage, Thrilling Mystery Sep 37 Lord of the Lions, Thrilling Mystery Nov 37 The Bloodless Peril, Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 37 Invasion from the Fourth Dimension, Thrilling Mystery Jan 38 Messer Orsini's Hands, Spicy Mystery Jan 38 Worlds' End, Weird Tales Feb '38 The Graveyard Curse, Spicy Mystery Mar 38 The Unresting Dead, Thrilling Mystery Mar 38 The Shadow on the Screen, Weird Tales Mar 38 Hell s Archangel, Spicy Mystery Apr 38 My Name Is Death, Spicy Mystery May 38 Devil s Masquerade, Mystery Tales Jun 38 The Dark Heritage, Marvel Science Stories Aug 38 Dictator of the Americas, Marvel Science Stories Aug 38 The Disinherited, Astounding Science Fiction Aug 38 Hands Across the Void, Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 38 The Frog, Strange Stories Feb 39 The Invaders, Strange Stories Feb 39 The Bells of Horror, Strange Stories Apr 39 Beyond Annihilation, Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 39