Ancient History Wrote:
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> ... after Whitehead's death, R. H. Barlow collected
> his correspondence from Lovecraft, Robert E.
> Howard, etc. with the plans of publishing the lot
> as Caneviniana (after Whitehead's protagonist
> Canevin), but he had only cut eight pages of
> stencils by the time he abandoned the project, and
> the "Letters of Henry S. Whitehead" were
> eventually published as just those eight pages.
>
> A bit scarce to find now, but I scanned the pages
> a while back and you can read them here:
>
> [
imgur.com]
>
Interesting. Thank you for sharing those.
Hespire Wrote:
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> As far as his work goes, I remember they shared just
> a couple qualities with M. R. James' ghost
> stories, namely in the mundane and
> quaintly-detailed setting turning increasingly
> weird and sinister, much like that horrible god
> slowly growing out of a man's body in one of
> Whitehead's tales!
I would love to read that one. Reminds me of the film
The Manitou (1978), about an American Indian spirit manifestation growing on the neck of a woman.
> Suggestions for the best of his stories would be
> useful ...
Here is a list of the stories from
Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales and
West India Lights. Perhaps it will stir some recollections.
Jumbee (1926)
Cassius (1931)
Black Tancrède (1929)
The Shadows (1927)
Sweet Grass (1929)
The Black Beast (1931)
Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope (1932)
The Tree-Man (1931)
Passing of a God (1931)
Mrs. Lorriquer (1932)
Hill Drums (1931)
The Projection of Armand Dubois (1926)
The Lips (1929)
The Fireplace (1925)
Black Terror (1931)
West India Lights (1927)
"Williamson" (1946)
The Shut Room (1930)
The Left Eye (1927)
Tea Leaves (1924)
The Trap (1932)
The Napier Limousine (1933)
The Ravel Pavane (1946)
Sea Change (1925)
The People of Pan (1929)
The Chadbourne Episode (1933)
Scar-Tissue (1946)
"—In Case of Disaster Only" (1946)
Bothon (1946)
The Great Circle (1932)
Obi in the Caribbean (1927)
He wrote more:
ISFDB