Literature Pick #68

The Salesman
by Waldo T. Boyd
A short science fiction tale from the March 1953 issue of IF: Worlds of Science Fiction.

George Morland painting

The Old Water Mill
by George Morland (1763-1804)
1790, oil on canvas, 39.49" x 49.13"
English artist who was born in London

Jan Siberechts painting

A Pastoral Landscape
by Jan Siberechts (1627–1703)
1684, Oil on Canvas, 26" x 29"
Flemish Baroque landscape painter

Literature Pick #67

Zehru of Xollar
by Hal K. Wells (1899-1979; birthplace: Little Hocking, Ohio)
An exciting action-packed science fiction short story from the February 1932 issue of Astounding Stories.

 

Jean-Jacques Bachelier painting

Les Quatre parties du monde
(translation: Four Parts of the World)
Jean-Jacques Bachelier (1724–1806)
1760, oil on canvas, French artist

Literature Pick #66

Cold Ghost
by Chester S. Geier
From the November 1948 issue of Amazing Stories comes this excellent ghost story.

Salvator Rosa painting

Rocky Landscape with a Huntsman and Warriors
by Salvator Rosa (1615–1673)
circa 1670, oil on canvas, 55.9" x 75.6"
Baroque Artist from Italy

Literature Pick #65

The Mummy's Foot
by Théophile Gautier
A fantastical horror short story from 1840 and translated by Lafcadio Hearn in 1908.

Thomas Daniell painting

Temple, Fountain and Cave in Sezincote Park 
by Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840)
1819, oil on canvas, 39.9" x 50"
English landscape painter

Literature Pick #64

Doom of the House of Duryea
by Earl Peirce, Jr.
A macabre horror short story from the October 1936 issue of Weird Tales.

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem painting

An Italianate Landscape.
by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620-1683)
1654, oil on canvas, 20.9" x 25.2"
Dutch Golden Age painter born in Haarlem, North Holland

 

Tropical Landscape by Frederic Edwin Church

Tropical Landscape
by Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
circa 1855, oil on canvas, 11" × 16.3"
Hudson River School painter

Sebastian Vrancx painting

Orpheus and the Beasts
by Sebastian Vrancx (1573–1647)
Circa 1595, oil on panel, 21.7" x 27.2"
Flemish Baroque painter and etcher of the Antwerp school

Literature Pick #63

A Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne (1828-1905)
A science fiction classic from a legendary author, first published in 1864 with the first English translation coming in 1871.

Jakob Philipp Hackert painting

Villa of Maecenas and Waterfalls in Tivoli
by Jakob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807)
1783, Oil on Canvas, 47.8" x 66.5"
Landscape Painter from Prenzlau, Brandenburg