Live research update with Holly & Jan – “Puritans and the
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Date: 2022-11-11

It is good to see people interest in H.P. L. and Arkham House, I remember in 1949 their wasn't but a puny few books sold, they dint,t  have only but 4 books forue sell. The slime sucking  dismembered hissed by Derleth’s daughter who was 'Unborn" a freak of nature we used as a 'Carnival "Geek" in 1950's when I had the " Freak 10 & One Carnival working for  Belle City Amusements. 
She ate Rats, Chickens, and often Bit Off the Fingers of young Children that stuck their fingers into the Chicken-Wire Cage.  
Arkham House was founded by writers August Derleth and Donald Wandrei in 1939 with the publication of its first book, Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s The Outsider and Others.  Wisconsin is where I lived  In 1944, after Arkham House had sold out of the first four books it published, Aughist Derleth, managing editor, commissioned artist Frank Utpatel to design a house colophon, which first appeared on Donald Wandrei’s "The Eye and the Finger Fucking Frog Face mother of blasphemy monster. Price $0.50 (50 Cents) + shipping.

Lovecraft’s horror fiction became iconic to the publishing house, the name “Arkham House” deriving from the author’s widely-used fictional New England city. (@^@)    (0^0) ~$^$~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Detzel Tattoo Parlour in Milwaukee often had H.P.L. books in his Tattoo Studio also. He is dead since 1969 when I graduate ZEIS SCHOOL of TATTOOING, in Racine Wisconsin, and was Benefactoeied by DIETZEL with All His Tattoo "Flash" in 1971 and worked at OKLAHOMA & ARKANSAS, TRAVELING CARNY, CHICAGO & MILWAUKEE “TATTOO JOHNNY” from 1969!”TRAIN at ROCKFORD SCHOOL OF TATTOOING, MILT ZEIS & PROF. PERCY WATERS: WORKED with "MAC” Buddy MacFall, 600 West Belmont, CHICAGO,"TATS"-THOMAS, GREG MAY, CHICAGO ED PROCHASZKA, Lake Geneva, WI, OWNED SHOP on PARK AVENUE,HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, ARKANSAS (Just 5 Blocks From BILL CLINTON'S HOME at 1011 PARK AVE.) (NOW OWNED by REDBEARD) when ELVIS DIED! OFFICAL TAT-2-R-Tist of the OUTLAWS, GIPSYS, ROAD BARONS, and “RED & WHITE” in 1969-1984, RETIRED from TATTOOING in 1986, after being BURGLARIZED by SPEED FREAKS sent by Lyle Tuttle Tattooing , Old School, 

 With the death of Aughist Derleth in 1971, Wandrei continued to offer time and advice to Arkham House, but refused to become managing editor.
 Aughist Derleth was instead succeeded by James (Potatoe Headd) Turner in 1974. Turner expedited and preed Arkham House publications to include science-fiction and fantasy writers, such as Ray Bradbury.
 Turner was eventually dismissed by Derleth’s daughter, April, in 2002 for taking the publisher too far from its roots in horror fiction.