This brings Will Barbee and April Bell together to find and determine what the box contains and what it's ties are with someone or something called, The Child Of Night. But, as the Professor departs from the plane, ready to deliver a possibly groundbreaking speach shedding light on the mysteries that connect the natural with the supernatural, all with a mysterious ancient box in tow, he collapses dead on the spot. Wile awaiting the landing of his former Archaelogy Professor, newspaper journalist, Will Barbee meets the beautiful and alluring April Bell, an associate journalist, there also to write a story on the return expedition.
It will be black and white in the dead of night
The success and popularity from Wolves of Darkness inspired Jack Williamson to revisit his theme with a different cast of characters and new story with, Darker Than You Think, first appearing in the December 1940 edition of Unknown magazine, later expanded and published in novel form in 1948. Strange Tales was a competitor to the better known Weird Tales magazine of sci-fi and fantasy stories. Wolves of Darkness by Jack Williamson first appeared in the 1932 January edition of Strange Tales magazine. It contained very entertaining short stories by many of the best authors who contributed to the pulp era magazines of the '30's. I first became aware of this book after reading the precursor novella, Wolves of Darkness, in a fantasy anthology titled, Echoes Of Valor III, edited by Karl Edward Wagner. Though, it would be better defined as a book of lycanthropy and witchcraft. I held out on purchasing Darker Than You Think for years until I could find the one with the cover pictured above A naked red-haired witch riding a huge golden sabre-toothed tiger against a backdrop of brilliantly hued blues and greens. Seeing this, I knew right away that April Bell was a huge Rock 'n' Roll fan, making it quite obvious that she's been ceremoniously singing along to some of her favorite songs!
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