Seabury Quinn was born on this date, January 1, in 1889. He passed away Christmas Eve, 1969. Quinn wrote for Weird Tales in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. He is best remembered for his occult detective Jules de Grandin.
I don’t have a review to mark the occasion. It’s been a while since I read any of his works. I’m traveling today, so I don’t know if I will get a chance to read anything he wrote today. If it doesn’t happen today, it may be a few days. The rest of the week is going to be pretty packed with work and other obligations.
I do want to read more Quinn this year. I have the Night Shade editions of the complete Jules de Grandin, as well as the Battered Silicon Dispatch edition and a collection of non-de Grandin stories from Ash-Tree Press. I’ll let you know what I think when I do read some.
Quinn is also somewhat remembered for the “Christmas” story, Roads. I have the Finlay illustrated edition somewhere in my library.
True. I was in a rush when I wrote that post and didn’t think about Roads. I did a post on it the first year I had this blog. I need to revisit it.