Not “according to rule” and “something more”—those are the watchwords of the literature of supernatural dread. Terror, Mystery, Wonder (1980)
To merit serious consideration, fiction of any sort must satisfy one pragmatic requirement (making due allowance for the time and place when it was written): Does it convince the reader? Terror, Mystery, Wonder (1980)
No wonder without fear, no fear without wonder—that’s the rule for the cosmic weird tale and also the compensation for the pains of fear, the jewel in the toad’s head. Terror, Mystery, Wonder (1980)