author
Carlisle Schnitzer
1911–2003
Best remembered for a single strange, memorable brush with pulp horror, this elusive writer is associated with one standout tale from the golden age of Weird Tales. The surviving record is sparse, which only adds to the mystery around his brief place in weird fiction.
1 Audiobook
The carnal god
by John R. (John Rawson) Speer, Carlisle Schnitzer
About the author
Carlisle Schnitzer, identified in available records as Carlisle Huebner Schnitzer (1911–2003), is a little-known American author linked to the pulp magazine world of the 1930s. What can be confirmed with confidence is his connection to "The Carnal God," a horror novelette credited to John R. Speer and Carlisle Schnitzer and published in the June 1937 issue of Weird Tales.
That story seems to be the work for which he is remembered today. It later entered the public-domain and digital-library world through Project Gutenberg, helping preserve his name for modern readers interested in classic weird fiction, occult horror, and the rich magazine culture of the pulp era.
Beyond that, dependable biographical detail is limited. No clearly verified author portrait turned up in the sources reviewed, and the small paper trail suggests a writer whose legacy rests less on a large body of work than on one atmospheric contribution to a beloved genre magazine.