These stories, despite their astronomic setting, are not really science fiction, at least not hard SF. (If you are looking for scientific rigor, look elsewhere.) These are Weird Fiction stories set in space.

Last year DMR Books produced the Centennial Edition of A. Merritt’s fantasy classic The Ship of Ishtar. This edition included the author’s preferred text, plenty of illustrations, and supplementary material, some of it previously unpublished, making it a dream come true for longtime Merritt fans. Now Merritt’s novel Dwellers in the Mirage will get the same treatment!

During the first decade of his literary career, Edgar Rice Burroughs was a man on fire, creating not just Tarzan and John Carter, but also many novels now (unjustly) forgotten. Toward the end of his life, with zero effs to give, ERB wrote some very interesting tales that one wouldn’t expect. Let’s look at a few of them.

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born exactly one hundred and fifty years ago today. While being a scion of a moderately wealthy family, he lived the life of a working man until he became a wildly successful author. He wrote adventures for the working man. Because of that, he became an American icon and his legacy lives on over a century after his birth.

Michael Wm. Kaluta has spent well over a half-century illustrating the timeless tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is time to give him his due.