Amazing Stories November — Castle of Terror with Gnomes Cover Art
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Amazing Stories November — Castle of Terror with Gnomes Cover Art

This cover of Amazing Stories, November issue, illustrates E.J. Liston's 'Castle of Terror,' a fantasy-horror tale featuring a menacing medieval fortress perched on a rocky hillside. A lone male figure recoils in fear before a trio of sinister gnome-like creatures brandishing pitchforks and weapons in the foreground. The painting blends gothic fantasy with pulp horror energy, showcasing the magazine's mid-era shift toward weird fantasy alongside traditional science fiction.

Category: Magazine Cover
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Era: Pulp Era (1920s-1940s)
Decade: 1940s
Country: United States
Coolness: 6/10

This cover sits comfortably in the middle of the pulp energy scale — somewhere between a haunted hayride and a full monster rampage. The trio of menacing gnomes with weapons and a cowering hero give it genuine pulp charm without quite reaching exploding-space-station territory.

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THE RETURN OF THARN by HOWARD BROWNE Amazing STORIES NOVEMBER 25¢ It'll Chill Your Blood! CASTLE of TERROR By E. J. LISTON

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