I'm probably at the pulpish end of the spectrum that constitutes admirers of CAS. In 2011, learning that Marvin Kaye had bought
Weird Tales and intended to show more respect for its roots, I submitted a couple of stories. One was a new tale of Averoigne, which Kaye described as "excellent" and accepted along with another.
Early this month, Kaye abruptly and impersonally informed me and quite a few others that he was going "to pass" on our stories as a means of reducing his "huge fiction inventory." I have been a professional writer and editor from the age of 18 (and the author of 25 published novels under another pen-name) and have never come across similar disregard of a commitment in my life.
I have now issued my two stories as an independently published Kindle eBook,
Witchery: A Duo of Weird Tales. An introduction tells the full story of its
raison d'etre, and forms perhaps a story even more weird than the fiction!
I'd be pleased to hear any comments and criticisms about
Black Art in Vyones.