Another great enabler of horror and fantastic fiction was Arkham House, whose original editions are now collectors items. If you can find "Arkham's Masters of H

Another great enabler of horror and fantastic fiction was Arkham House, whose original editions are now collectors items. If you can find "Arkham's Masters of Horror" there's a really interesting introduction about August Derleth and the others who formed a sort of cadre against the mainstream and saved each other's work from (total) obscurity.