4 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“Sometimes the things in our heads are far worse than anything they could put in books or on film.”

— C.K. Webb

5 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“Hope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.”

— Dante

6 Days Til Halloween

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Virgil Finlay

“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

The Covers of Fantastic Universe

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Edmund Emshwiller

It’s a new year and I don’t know about you but I feel like looking to the future. From 1953 to 1960, Fantastic Universe did just that. It was one of the many sci-fi magazines to be published in the 50s. While it was never as financially successful as some of the other magazines of the age, it has since been acclaimed for the quality of its writing and for its covers!

Here, to get 2022 off to a good start, are a few of the covers of Fantastic Universe:

by Virgil Finlay

by Alex Schomburg

by Ed Moritz

by Frank Kelly Freas

by Leo Margulies

by Virgil Finlay

The Covers of If

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

1957, by Edmund Emshwiller

If was science fiction magazine that was published from 1952 to 1974, by Quinn Publications. Though If was never more than a modest success as far as sales went, it still published work from authors like Harlan Ellison, Robert A. Heinlin, and Larry Niven. It also featured some of the best covers in the business. Here are a few of the covers of If magazine: