Fantastic Adventures - The house that hate build
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Fantastic Adventures - The house that hate build
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1953, featuring the story The house that hate build by Peter Dakin. A huge weird looking face appeared in the distance watching how two men trying to rescue people who were buried. Date: 1953
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In the January 1953 issue of Fantastic Adventures, the cover art for the science fiction pulp magazine showcases the chilling and bizarre tale of "The House that Hate Built" by Peter Dakin. The haunting image depicts a huge, odd-looking face emerging from the distance, its expression a mixture of malevolence and curiosity, as two men in the foreground frantically work to rescue people buried beneath the ground. The face, with its sunken eyes and grotesque features, seems to loom ominously over the scene, as if taunting the hapless rescuers. The title of the story, "The House that Hate Built," is inscribed at the bottom of the cover, adding to the sense of forebodiness and unease. The cover art for this issue of Fantastic Adventures, created by an unknown artist, perfectly encapsulates the strange and unusual tales that could be found within its pages. With a blend of science fiction, horror, and the supernatural, the magazine offered readers a thrilling escape into the realms of the fantastical. Among the contributors to Fantastic Adventures during this period were notable science fiction authors such as Frank M. Robinson and Jack Vance. The image of the house that hate built and the face that watches from a distance is a striking example of the pulp fiction covers of the 1950s. With their bold colors, dramatic compositions, and intriguing themes, these covers were designed to grab the attention of readers and entice them to explore the stories within. Today, they serve as a reminder of a bygone era of science fiction and fantasy, when the imagination knew no bounds.
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