They rise in green robes roaring from the green hells of the sea, Where fallen skies and evil hues and eyeless creatures be. — Chesterton: Lepanto. Today's story is The Black Kiss, by Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner. It appeared in the June 1937 issue of Weird Tales on pages 678 to 690. Although Robert Bloch is credited, "The Black Kiss" was written entirely by Henry Kuttner. Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917, Chicago, Illinois – September 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror, and a relatively small amount of science fiction. He was a protégé of H. P. Lovecraft, who was the first to seriously encourage his talent. He is best as the writer of Psycho (1959), the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. He won the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America (1970) and was a member of that organization and of Science Fiction Writers of America, the Writers Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Count Dracula Society. In 2008, The Library of America selected Bloch's essay "The Shambles of Ed Gein" (1962) for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime. Bloch was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter and a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915, Los Angeles, California – February 3, 1958, Los Angeles, California) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. He contributed several stories to Lovecraft's Cthulu Mythos, adding a few lesser-known deities to the Mythos pantheon. Kuttner wrote under a plethora of pseudonyms which many believe prevented him from garnering the fame that he should have had. Links Reaper: reaper.fm LibSyn: libsyn.com "Mesmerizing Galaxy" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . If there's a story you'd like me to narrate, or a genre you'd like me to include more of, please let me know using the Contact Form .
