STEAL ME BY HELEN GRANT REVIEW

When a bookstore unexpectedly opens in a small Scottish village, the locals flock to its doors. After all, it isn’t every day a new business chooses to set up shop in a place so remote, and particularly not one so opulent. The store is called LEGENDS, and its arrival brings mystery and turmoil with it. […]

JOHN LINWOOD GRANT TALKS ABOUT AIN’T NO WITCH: THE WANDERINGS OF MAMMA LUCY

NOTE: This interview with John Linwood Grant was conducted back in 2024 but somehow got moved into an alternate file at some point. I am re-posting it now to remedy that issue. The book is still available and the links are still good. John Linwood Grant has been featured several times here at Horror Delve […]

SEVEN FEARFUL STORIES BY CARL JACOBI

Carl Jacobi was a prominent American writer of horror, fantasy and crime fiction known for his works which appeared in magazines such as Weird Tales, Ghost Stories, Planet Tales and Startling Tales, just to name a few. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1908. Alongside his fiction writing, he also worked as a reporter […]

BAD THINGS HAPPEN HERE BY MARK MORRIS REVIEW

Having written and edited over fifty books from novels – to short story collections – to anthologies, while collecting two British Fantasy Awards and a slew of Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominations along the way, Mark Morris has certainly established himself as a force in the field of horror fiction. When I was asked […]

EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION: A PRIMER TO RAMSEY CAMPBELL REVIEW

Modern Masters #6 Presents: Exploring Dark Fiction: A Primer To Ramsey Campbell was published in 2021 by Dark Moon Books. Edited by Eric J. Guignard, it presents a selection of Ramsey Campbell’s stories, each of which includes commentary by Michael Arnzen, PHD. There’s also an interview with the man himself, along with an essay he […]

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 […]