He published 23 issues of Macabre over a span of almost 20 years. He followed up with one of his most celebrated stories, a novelette entitled “Slime,” which appeared in the March 1953 issue, featuring his story on the cover with art by Virgil Finlay. He appeared in Weird Tales regularly until that incarnation of the magazine ceased publication in 1954.īrennan published his own magazines beginning in 1955, Essence and Macabre, the latter geared toward keeping the spirit of Weird Tales alive. He sold his first horror story “The Green Parrot” to Dorothy McIlwraith at Weird Tales in 1952. Brennan wrote 26 western stories for the pulps before he changed gears and came into his own as an author of supernatural horror in the early 1950s. He had focused primarily on poetry up to that point, but soon branched out into the world of fiction.
His first professional sale was a poem to the Christian Science Monitor Home Forum in 1940. He worked at the Yale University Library before and after the war, where he remained employed until his retirement in 1985. He received four battle stars, one of them for his participation in the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive on the Western Front during December 1944 and January 1945. A guide to his papers at the John Hay Library at Brown University include military documents from 1943 to 1946 showing he was transferred to Europe and received commendations from General George Patton. He served three years in the Army during World War II. He attended the Junior College of Commerce, but his father became ill and passed away during his sophomore year, so he left school to support his mother and sister. He graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven and lived most of his life in Connecticut. P.Joseph Payne Brennan (Decem– January 28, 1990), was an American writer of westerns, horror, and poetry. The Feaster from Afar and Other Ghastly Visitants ( 2008).The Possible Suspects ( unknown) Novels.The Case of the Mystified Vendor ( unknown).Translation: Wandersonin joutomaa ( 1994).Translation: Juniper Hillin kummitus ( 1994).Observations on Lorimer Street ( 1984).Variant: The Nursing Home Horror ( 1990).The Apple Orchard Murder Case ( 1975).
The Dead of Winter Apparition ( 1975).
The Adventures of Lucius Leffing ( 1990) The Chronicles of Lucius Leffing ( 1977) Never display translations Registered users can choose which translations are shown.
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