Marvin Kaye (1938=2021) was born on this date, March 10. In observance, I’m going to look at some (but not all) of his anthologies.  I’ll not be discussing his tenure as editor of H. P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror or Weird Tales. I’m furthermore going to limit most of my remarks to mostly the anthologies that had Science Fiction Book Club editions in the 1980s and 1990s.

Kaye’s first anthology was a paperback book with the title of Fiends and Creatures in 1975. It was quickly followed by a second paperback anthology entitled Brother Theodore’s Chamber of Horrors, also in 1975.

Then nothing until 1981, when Ghosts was published. Continue reading →