I "PORTRAITS IN MOONLIGHT" CARL JACOBI. The second volume of the series "The Giants of the Weird." 
are now accepting pre-orders for the second anthology with "Selected Stories" by Carl Richard Jacobi, PORTRAITS IN MOONLIGHT, volume edited by Louis Musolino that has other sixteen outstanding unpublished short stories by the great master of the American weird. The book, lavishly illustrated with reproductions of vintage covers and drawings by pulp-magazines original, is ready to go to press, and as for the exit precedentre, will have a limited edition, which will be determined by the number of bookings received. This unique opportunity, therefore, to enrich its library of classics weird!
Given the nature and volume of specialty, as is characteristic of all the issues branded Dagon Press, the anthology will be made available for a short period, and there are no reprints. This offers readers and fans a wonderful opportunity to have an exclusive unique book, destined to become a treasure for collezionsti and a source of pride for those who can own it!
The stories presented in MOONLIGHT portraits reveal extraordinary capacity and reach of one of the greatest writers of fantasy literature of the pulp era. As a true master of the genre, Carl Jacobi had a highly evocative prose style, able to open up entire worlds to the imagination of readers. In this second volume are united in strictly chronological order, some of his best stories, atmosphere and variety ranging from horror and the macabre, the fantastic science fiction, though they are all covered by that particular sense of wonder that was the hallmark of the author. "Carl Jacobi," writes one of the world's leading experts of pulp literature, "is a clever writer whose stories of the supernatural, carefully constructed, are often worthy to be compared with those of HP Lovecraft" (see Lee Server, Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers , Checkmark Books, 2002, p. 155). And Lovecraft himself considered his talent "phenomenal" to the point of congratulating him in a letter, referring to the ability of narrative Jacobi, wrote that "... your versatility is certainly greater than mine. "
(Nell’introduzione al libro della Dagon Press, Carl Jacobi ci racconta le sue esperienze con Weird Tales. )
I racconti contenuti in questa antologia sono i migliori esempi della diversità di stili e di tematiche che appartennero a Carl Jacobi. Il suo aplomb narrativo, tipico e inconfondibile, è proprio della tradizione classica di Weird Tales , la rivista che pubblicò la gran parte dei suoi racconti. E i sedici capolavori qui riuniti, molti dei quali pubblicati sul mitico magazine, spiccano per qualità e atmosfera: da “Matthew South & Co.”, suggestiva psychological horror story that plays with the theme of "double" to "Witches in Maize," where acting by two grim magic scarecrow in "The Barrier Singleton," with its eerie landscape and left, and the horrors of witchcraft that open to the worlds beyond of the barrier. Without forgetting the "Portrait Moonlight," the story that gives the title to this collection, a supernatural fantasy reminiscent of Wilde and Hawthorne, and "Strange happenings at the Tavern of the Galloping Horse," with its exotic tale that revolves around the ruins of an ancient inn, home of old legends and superstitions, and its weird tower that evokes a past of piracy and witchcraft, whose horrors are reflected in the present. Here, then, the disturbing profile of the looming "Elcar Special", a mysterious car which changes the personalities of the men who lead it, and the spectral shape of the grotesque "Cocomacaque. And then there's the bizarre "theory LaPrell, one of the classical Jacobi, whose base is one of the favorite themes of the author: the existence of parallel universes and other dimensions that intersect with our world . And yet
stories, dipped into shadow and mystery. No one, after reading the "bad things to Carver House, forget the next atmosphere, dark and claustrophobic, Carver House, with its unpleasant things. In that dismal scenario, the County of Carver, Jacobi sets her tales weird. Here, his characters move in strange towns and lonely, desolate countryside or in misty hills, the places where everything rests on an unfortunate sense of suspense and menace. And where even the rural banality behind a wall crumbling follies and horrors may lurk timeless ... And here, once again, the shadow of Lovecraft is revealed behind such stories as "The Aquarium", which bring to mind the typical narrative situations and concerns of the Master of Providence, or "The Port of the Raven "with the horrendous sacrifices to a god-toad perpetrated on stone altars, the blasphemous grimoires and the dark mysteries of the past resurface to enthrall the present ...
PORTRAITS MOONLIGHT collects sixteen extraordinary stories that take us beyond the known horizons. E 'anthology unique and destined to become, like the other collection of Jacobi published by Dagon Press, REVELATIONS IN BLACK (already a rarity for collectors!) A true classic among Italian publications of fantastic literature. Every single story, remember, is preceded by an illuminating introduction by the curator Louis Musolino, which reveals the segreti dietro le storie o particolari inediti della vita dello scrittore. Come speciale appendice, è poi inclusa una dettagliata bibliografia e cronologia delle opere di Carl Jacobi, unica nel suo genere (non solo in Italia) per esaustività e completezza.
Il volume, che ha 290 pagine, ha un costo di 25 euro più spese di spedizione, e può essere preordinato entro il 15 ottobre 2010 scrivendo presso l’indirizzo email di redazione:
studilovecraft@yahoo.it
Subito dopo questa data il libro sarà stampato e spedito, e solo chi lo avrà preordinato avrà la sicurezza to grab a copy. The print run, as written in the beginning, it will be determined on the basis of the reservations came, and only a minimum amount of copies will be available for those who require it in the volume below. Hurry up then, and do not miss this opportunity!
VOLUMES COMING : In late September, as mentioned in another post, also published the first volume of "The Art of Tales of Dracula", with three blacks and great classic novels of Frank Graegorius, a true pioneer of the Italian horror writers, which will be read to younger fans a real discovery, and for older readers a recovery operation must. At this exit will be followed later this year, the publications of Luckundoo and Other Stories, with all the best horror stories, fantastic and strange as a master of Edward Lucas White, and therefore a true gift, Lovecraft Black & White, a patina illustratissimo and large-format volume, edited by Umberto Sisia soon we will reveal the secrets of this publication, which promises to be epic! Meanwhile, the curious can follow the progress of the project opened specifically for this blog: http://www.lovecraftblackandwhite.blogspot.com/
But other big and juicy news are in the pipeline, including projects in the pipeline and we anticipate that one, we are sure will please any lover of literature and a lover of weird and wonderful: Clark Ashton Smith will publish it Grimoire THE BLACK. Fantastic Notebooks: 1926-1961 (still provisional title) which is the full translation, annotated and expanded for the occasion of THE BLACK BOOK OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH , one of the rarest and most sought after books of the legendary publisher Arkham House. A cult book ever published in Italy, and never even reprinted in America! Stay tuned then
on these channels ... And as always, happy weird!
