A PEEK INSIDE NIGHTMARE ABBEY 10

NIGHTMARE ABBEY MAGAZINE has risen yet again to gleefully haunt those areas of your mind which crave the macabre. Every guest room has been filled by returning favorites as well as some new initiates. One of those new to The Abbey happens to be a personal favorite of mine in the form of legendary horror […]

TEN HAUNTING TALES BY HELEN GRANT

In celebration of Women In Horror Month this year, I want to shine the spotlight on a modern day virtuoso of the genre, Helen Grant. Helen is a horror author from Scotland who writes Gothic novels and short supernatural stories. She’s had stories published in Weird Tales, Supernatural Tales, All Hallows and Nightmare Abbey, to […]

AN INTERVIEW WITH RAMSEY CAMPBELL ABOUT INCARNATE

Back in 2014 I reviewed a handful of Ramsey Campbell novels I’d read and combined them into a single post ( https://horrordelve.com/2014/01/04/284/ ). Incarnate was among them, listed as my favorite Campbell novel. That’s why I’m thrilled to announce some exciting news. Incarnate has been rereleased by Flame Tree Press as part of their ongoing […]

MAYNARD’S HOUSE (1980) BY HERMAN RAUCHER REVIEW

I picked up Maynard’s House several years back from a second hand book store based solely off its cool cover art and intriguing back-cover blurb. It languished unread on my bookshelf, alongside many others, until I finally decided to give it a shot this winter – and man is this a perfect winter read. Maynard’s […]

THE RETURN OF RYRE THE SWORDSMAN!

I’d already been a huge fan of Ramsey Campbell’s horror tales long before I learned he’d written a series of sword and sorcery stories. I was thrilled when I finally got my hands on his collection which assembled them all together. The adventures Ramsey wrote involving his titular hero Ryre the Swordsman did not disappoint […]

“The Carolers” – A Christmas Horror Story By Matt Cowan

CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY SUGGESTED READING LIST XIII (2025)

We’ve now reached Horror Delve’s Thirteenth Annual Christmas Horror Story Suggested Reading List. Seeking out these festive terror tales every year has added so much to my love of the season. In regards to this year’s list, I’ve not previously read anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald before, so finding one that’s a Christmas ghost story […]

EIGHT GHOSTLY TALES BY FREDERICK COWLES

Born in Cambridge, England in 1900, Frederick Cowles served as head librarian in Lancashire. He also wrote travelogues, as well as books about folklore, children’s books, and 61 short ghost stories, many of which were published in three collections of his work: THE HORROR OF ABBOT’S GRANGE, THE NIGHT WIND HOWLS and FEAR WALKS THE […]

NIGHTMARE ABBEY ISSUE 9 IS NOW AVAILABLE

The latest issue of Nightmare Abbey Magazine edited by Tom English is now available for purchase! Featuring 11 brand new horror tales by world class authors, iconic production stills and dynamic artwork by Allen Koszowski throughout. There are also three special features – including my own column. It’s a feast for both the mind and […]

HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST XIII (2025)

“The Thirteenth Door of Halloween” You find yourself once again treading quietly as possible through the brooding confines of Horror Delve Manor – that towering edifice which looms bleak and forbidding atop the high hill at the edge of town. It’s no place for respite but rather somewhere haunters go to be themselves haunted. Some […]