tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968133997049426550.post2628134410657718177..comments2023-11-24T04:51:29.264-08:00Comments on Savage Tales: Weird War Tales #16: "The Conquerors"The Old Warriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694031284754651490noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968133997049426550.post-78600703547635397892010-05-03T20:49:21.430-07:002010-05-03T20:49:21.430-07:00Please, who is "Chthon" and where was Jo...Please, who is "Chthon" and where was Joe L. Hensley's story pub'd? Such fascinating tidbits--I must know more!<br />Thanks,=linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629902628221566685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968133997049426550.post-45393040979361844472010-01-20T16:59:06.776-08:002010-01-20T16:59:06.776-08:00Joe L. Hensley wrote the short story "And Not...Joe L. Hensley wrote the short story "And Not Quite Human" about twenty years before that Weird War Tales story, and it featured the same plot of extraterrestrial invaders unleashing vampires unwittingly, right down to the idea of the fires resulting from the invasion destroying the stakes.PB210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968133997049426550.post-89193640031674506432010-01-18T00:49:22.119-08:002010-01-18T00:49:22.119-08:00Thanks for posting Weird War Tales#16's "...Thanks for posting Weird War Tales#16's "The Conquerors". They actually stole that plot (extraterrestrial invaders conquer Earth then unwittingly face Earth's vampires) from a prose short story reprinted in Weird Vampire Tales. <br /><br />This raises the question; how come other planets did not have vampires? (On Earth-616 Chthon played a part in the emergence of vampires.)<br /><br />http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/bibliography/publications/anthologies/201/weird-vampire-tales-:-30-blood-chilling-stories-from-the-weird-fiction-pulpsPB210noreply@blogger.com