{"id":21077,"date":"2026-01-05T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=21077"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:13:37","slug":"weird-tales-anthologies-from-sarnath-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2026\/01\/05\/weird-tales-anthologies-from-sarnath-press\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Weird Tales&#8217; anthologies from Sarnath Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of years, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/s-t-joshi\/\">S.T. Joshi<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/sarnath-press\/\">Sarnath Press<\/a> has been putting out weird-fiction collections from several lesser-known authors published in <em class=\"pulp-magazine\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/weird-tales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weird Tales<\/a><\/em> and other pulp magazines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/ooze-and-others.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21077]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-21383\" src=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/ooze-and-others-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ooze and Others\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/ooze-and-others-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/ooze-and-others-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/ooze-and-others-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/ooze-and-others.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>At present, there are almost a dozen volumes, with more in the works. Each volume has a nice introduction by Joshi on the author and their career. There is also bibliographic information on where the works originally appeared.<\/p>\n<p>So far, we have the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/anthony-m-rud\/\">Anthony M. Rud<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Ooze and Others<\/em> (July 2023)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/john-martin-leahy\/\">John Martin Leahy<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Draconda and Others<\/em> (March 2024)<\/li>\n<li>John Martin Leahy, <em>The Living Death and Drome<\/em> (April 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/dorothy-quick\/\">Dorothy Quick<\/a><\/strong>, <em>The Witch\u2019s Mark and Others<\/em> (May 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/robert-barbour-johnson\/\">Robert Barbour Johnson<\/a><\/strong>, <em>The Silver Coffin and Others<\/em> (May 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/everil-worrell\/\">Everil Worrell<\/a><\/strong>, <em>The Hollow Moon and Others<\/em> (September 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/eli-colter\/\">Eli Colter<\/a><\/strong> (<strong>May Eliza Frost<\/strong>), <em>The Last Horror and Others<\/em> (February 2025)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/w-elwyn-backus\/\">W. Elwyn Backus<\/a><\/strong>, <em>The Phantom Bus and Others<\/em> (April 2025)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/bassett-morgan\/\">Bassett Morgan<\/a><\/strong> (<strong>Grace Jones Morgan<\/strong>), <em>The Devils of Po Sung and Others<\/em> (May 2025)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/h-thompson-rich\/\">H. Thompson Rich<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Green Horror and Others<\/em> (August 2025)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/j-paul-suter\/\">J. Paul Suter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0, <em>Beyond the Door and Others<\/em> (September 2025)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/j-d-beresford\/\">J.D. Beresford<\/a><\/strong> , <em>Powers of the Air: The Complete Speculative Short Fiction<\/em> (October 2025).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have no idea what others might be coming. I have the first five volumes and will cover them here, and the others will be covered in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony M. Rud (1893-1942) was a pulp writer and editor. He was editor at <em class=\"pulp-magazine\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/adventure\/\">Adventure<\/a><\/em> from 1927-30, as well as an editor for <em class=\"pulp-magazine\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/detective-story-magazine\/\">Detective Story Magazine<\/a><\/em>. He wrote a wide range of pulp stories, including weird fiction, science fiction, and detective stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/silver-coffin-and-others.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21077]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-21382\" src=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/silver-coffin-and-others-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Silver Coffin and Others\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/silver-coffin-and-others-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/silver-coffin-and-others-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/silver-coffin-and-others-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/silver-coffin-and-others.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>One of his most notable works is \u201cOoze,\u201d which was cover featured on the first issue of <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em> and later reprinted in <em>The Moon Terror<\/em> book published by <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em>. It\u2019s an early, maybe first, example of the giant-amoeba-on-the-loose story. So Sarnath\u2019s <em>Ooze and Others: Best Weird Stories of Anthony M. Rud<\/em> reprints a dozen stories from <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em> and other pulps.<\/p>\n<p>One of his early <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/jigger-masters\/\">Jigger Masters<\/a><\/strong> stories from <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Green Book Magazine<\/em> is included. Jigger Masters is his detective series, which is now being reprinted by <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/steeger-books\/\">Steeger Books<\/a>, and I\u2019ve reviewed them here. Some of these do get a bit bizarre, which, for me, makes them more enjoyable than straight detective tales, though Masters isn\u2019t an occult detective by any stretch.<\/p>\n<p>John Martin Leahy (1886-1967) has his entire pulp output reprinted in two volumes from <a href=\"http:\/\/stjoshi.org\/sarnathpress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarnath Press<\/a>: <em>Draconda and Others<\/em> and <em>The Living Death and Drome<\/em>. Most of his works (three novels and four short stories) appeared in <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em>. And it doesn\u2019t seem he wrote anything beyond that.<\/p>\n<p>In the first volume, we get a nice overview of Leahy and his career. While a few works have been reprinted a few times, others have not. <em>Drome<\/em>, for instance, was serialized in <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">WT<\/em> and cover featured for the first installment. It was later reprinted by a small press, with new cover art created by Leahy himself. \u201cIn Amundsen\u2019s Tent\u201d has been reprinted several times, most likely due to its connection to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/h-p-lovecraft\/\">H.P. Lovecraft<\/a><\/strong> and inspiration for &#8220;At the Mountains of Madness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most of his stories are <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/lost-world-loar-race\/\">lost-world\/lost-race<\/a> works. <em>Draconda<\/em>, serialized in <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em> from 1923 through 1924, is set on Venus, where explorers find a race of humans with some connection with Earth. <em>The Living Death<\/em> was serialized in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/hugo-gernsback\/\">Hugo Gernsback<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s <em>Science and Invention<\/em> magazine, which was mainly a nonfiction magazine that did include some science fiction before he launched <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Amazing Stories<\/em>. This story is set in Antarctica. Here is found a lost civilization and a woman frozen in ice whom our heroes work to revive.<\/p>\n<p>And <em>Drome<\/em> is set under Mount Rainier, where a strange lost race is found. As for the others, two stories feature a detective, <strong>Guy Oxford<\/strong>, solving mysteries that seem to have a supernatural aspect but do not in the end. \u201cIn Amundsen\u2019s Tent\u201d is set in the Antarctic and hints at a strange supernatural presence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/last-horror-and-others.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21077]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-21381\" src=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/last-horror-and-others-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Last Horror and Others\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/last-horror-and-others-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/last-horror-and-others-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/last-horror-and-others-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2025\/11\/last-horror-and-others.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Dorothy Quick (1896-1962) is someone I had posted on for the collection from Sinister Cinema&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/armchair-fiction\/\">Armchair Fiction<\/a> in their Masters of Horror series. She is probably best known for her childhood friendship with <strong>Mark Twain<\/strong>, which led to a book, <em>Mark Twain and Me<\/em>, later made into a film.<\/p>\n<p>Sarnath Press\u2019s <em>The Witch\u2019s Mark and Others: Selected Weird Stories and Poems<\/em> reprints 18 stories, including all 15 of those in the Armchair Fiction volume, along with almost 30 poems, and a nice introduction by Joshi. Most of these pieces appeared in <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em>, but Quick did contribute to many other pulp magazines. As this collection is more complete and has a great intro by Joshi, this one is a bit better than the Armchair Fiction collection.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, Robert Barbour Johnson (1908-87) had a brief period of stories in <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em> and other pulps in the 1930s and 1940s. <em>The Silver Coffin and Others<\/em> is a reprint\/republication of <em>Far Below and Other Weird Stories<\/em>, published by <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/weird-house-press\/\">Weird House Press<\/a>, which is now out of print. I&#8217;m not sure why.<\/p>\n<p>Probably his most well-known work is \u201cFar Below,\u201d which tells of a special group of men who protect the subways of New York City from horrors far below. It\u2019s a sort of sequel to \u201cPickman\u2019s Model\u201d and is considered one of the best stories published in <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, early on, he started working for circuses and became an animal trainer. Later, in the late 1940s, he wrote a series of 16 stories on the circus for <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Blue Book<\/em>. I wonder if Steeger Books might reprint those? He also got involved in the ideas of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/tag\/charles-fort\/\">Charles Fort<\/a><\/strong> and joined the local Fortean Society. In this collection, we get some of his nonfiction articles, some related to Fort, others to weird fiction.<\/p>\n<p>All of these collections are excellent. I look forward to getting some of the rest of these volumes, and I am looking forward to further volumes. Check these out to move beyond just the Big Three of <em class=\"pulp-magazine\">Weird Tales<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of years, S.T. Joshi\u2019s Sarnath Press has been putting out weird-fiction collections from several lesser-known authors published in Weird Tales and other pulp magazines. At present, there are almost a dozen volumes, with more in the works. Each volume has a nice introduction by Joshi on the author and their career. 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