BLACK INFINITY #6: INSIDIOUS INSECTS

Black Infinity issue #6 is now out and available for purchase under $10. This one is especially exciting for me because I make two appearances in it. There’s a new installment of my retro-movie review column Matt Cowan’s Threat Watch – this one focusing on films involving insects or spiders or other such scuttling things, […]

BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE BY RALPH ADAMS CRAM

I recently read a post by fellow horror blogger Jay Rothermel ( https://jayrothermel.blogspot.com/search?q=Ralph+Adams+cram ) where he looked at a couple stories by Ralph Adams Cram, and it got me thinking about my own love of Cram’s stories. Several years back I posted about the stories Cram included in his collection Black Spirits and White back […]

CHILLED TO THE BONE ANTHOLOGY REVIEW

Chilled to the Bone (1991) was an anthology edited by Robert T. Garcia which was published by Mayfair Games in conjunction with the horror role playing game CHILL. The game itself was published by Pacesetter Ltd. in 1984 as a modern horror game where the players work for a secret society known as S.A.V.E., which […]

THE WISE FRIEND BY RAMSEY CAMPBELL REVIEW

I rarely ever pre-order books. I make an exception, however, whenever there’s a new one by Ramsey Campbell. Ramsey’s most recent release is his novel The Wise Friend published by Flame Tree Press. Patrick Semple is a divorced teacher who shares custody of his teenaged son. He also has a strained, yet cordial relationship with […]

FOUR FREE AUDIO HORROR STORIES

I listen to a lot of podcasts – several of them regularly provide readings of excellent horror stories. Periodically, I like to post links to some of my favorite episodes. Each of the stories listed below are free, professionally produced, and are ones I particularly loved. 1. “Dream House” by Orrin Grey (2016) – Read […]

TEN STRANGE ROBERT AICKMAN TALES

Robert Aickman was a British writer, editor and conservationist born in 1914. He described his own stories as ‘Strange Tales’ and they display a distinctive style all his own. He also edited the first eight volumes of the Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories. In 1979 he won the World Fantasy Award for his short […]

SIXTEEN EERIE TALES BY STEVE RASNIC TEM

Steve Rasnic Tem is an award winning American, speculative fiction writer of novels and more than 430 short stories. The novella The Man On The Ceiling, which he cowrote with his late wife Melanie, won the World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and International Horror Guild awards in 2001. Steve has won many awards for his solo […]

TERROR TALES OF THE COTSWOLDS ANTHOLOGY REVIEW

TERROR TALES OF THE COTSWOLDS ANTHOLOGY REVIEW Recently, I’ve become hooked on the Terror Tales of… series of anthologies edited by Paul Finch. I previously posted reviews of both Terror Tales of the Seaside ( https://horrordelve.com/2018/05/07/terror-tales-of-the-seaside-review/ ) and Terror Tales of the Lake District ( https://horrordelve.com/2019/04/08/terror-tales-of-the-lake-district-anthology-review/ ). With the trip I’d scheduled to visit England […]

BEFORE YOU BLOW OUT THE CANDLE ANTHOLOGY REVIEW

Before You Blow Out the Candle (2020) is an anthology of ten stories edited by Marc Damian Lawler. These stories range from the chillingly creepy, as with “A Troublesome History” and “Steepe Holm”, to more lighthearted ghost stories, as with both of Lawler’s “The Ghost’s of St. James’ Cemetery” story contributions, to the Twilight Zone-ish […]

CREATURES OF THE POOL BY RAMSEY CAMPBELL REVIEW

Creatures Of The Pool (published in 2010) follows Gavin Meadows, a man who gives tours through Liverpool highlighting the macabre histories of the area including the noting of locations associated with a Jack the Ripper suspect, Spring Heel Jack and places where notable historical figures reportedly went mad, etc. In recent days, Gavin’s usually upbeat […]