“The Multi-Dimensional Career of Weird Literature Editor and Book Designer David E. Schultz” by Katherine Kerestman

What a fabulous present for International Women’s Day! A great Lovecraftian scholar and a dear friend of mine, Bobby Dee, has a guest post in his legendary blog, “Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein”—“The Multi-Dimensional Career of Weird Literature Editor and Book Designer David E. Schultz” by Katherine Kerestman. Working with David on Lovecraftian Proceedings is a true honour.

I think I first learned of Lovecraft when I saw a paperback of his stories at a department store. The Colour out of Space from Lancer, with its ridiculous cover depicting a skull amid flames. It may be—I can’t remember—that I first heard of him when I read Bradbury’s “Pillar of Fire,” when in the future, all morbidness in life is gotten rid of. Cemeteries are destroyed, and the works of morbid writers are destroyed. He mentioned Poe, but the other authors he named . . . Lovecraft, Bierce, Derleth, Machen. Well, basically Bradbury was telling me “Go look for these authors’ works!” And so I did. Bierce puzzled me, because the book I found had stories about the civil war and a “devil’s dictionary.” But upon closer examination, there were some outré stories. Many years later, I prepared an annotated “unabridged” edition of The Devil’s Dictionary. ©