Web Terror Stories - August, 1962. BDSM Theme Cover, stories and Illustrations. Bondage, Branding. Early John Jakes Pulp Story, "My Love, The Monster !"; early Marion Zimmer Bradley Tale, "Treason of the Blood

Holyoke, MA: Candar Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Uncredited. Holyoke, MA: Candar Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition of the August, 1962 issue of Web Terror Stories, Vol. 4, No. 1. 12mo, illustrated wraps, 112 pp. Uncredited interior illustrations as well, several being BDSM-oriented. Very small scale peripheral wear, bit of hinge creasing. Very Good Plus or better; a sharp copy. A classic [uncredited] BDSM cover from the pulp genre which generated a number of those from the thirties to the sixties graces this issue of the scarce Web Horror Stories title. Leslie Manette's "The Girl In the Iron Collar" is depicted in this cover painting, and indeed there she is, in iron collar and not a lot else, on a slab, looking none too happy, about to be branded by two cloaked and hooded gentlemen with demonic expressions. Must be Saturday night. This issue also includes a rather early story from John Jakes, "My Love, the Monsters"; Jakes did a significant amount of pulp writing before he became a successful novelist. Marion Zimmer Bradley, another successful novelist, also contributed to a number of pulps early in her career, and here offers "Treason of the Blood", a vampire story. Other stories herein: Gary Roberts' "Chains of the Conqueror"; Arthur P. Gordon's "Orbit of the Pain Masters"; Lawrence Frey's "Victim Wanted - Female"; Franz Rauch's "Miss Inquisitor"; and Cameron Pye's "Nightmare Hall". Several have BDSM-themed illustrations with them. A genre-representative and very scarce piece of... Americana. L63