AS ABOVE, SO BELOW REVIEW

Finding myself in the mood for a horror movie tonight, I decided to watch AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. It’s about a young archeologist named Scarlett, who’s uncovered the location of the legendary The Philosopher’s Stone, which was said to have magical properties. To reach the stone’s location, Scarlett assembles a team to travel into the […]

Unearthed Treasures: Goodwill Finds II

I always love finding horror books that I might enjoy at Goodwill. It always feels like discovering a hidden treasure. I picked up these three on a recent trip. NIGHT THUNDER by Ruby Jean Jensen DYING INSIDE by Robert Silverberg (never heard of him before but the description on the back sounded interesting). STINGER by […]

J SHERIDAN LE FANU

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin in 1814, the grandnephew of playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. He attended law school but decided to take up journalism instead of practicing. He owned several newspapers for a time and often contributed stories to Dublin University Magazine, of which he eventually took charge. After his wife Susanna […]

SWAMP THING: A MURDER OF CROWS TRADE

When it comes to comic books, I’m a Marvel guy through-and-through. That being said, I’ve heard a lot of praise for DC’s horror line including Constantine, Animal Man and Swamp Thing, of which I recently happened upon in a trade paperback in a discount bin. So, I picked it up and gave it try. Here’s […]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was trained to be a doctor by Dr. Joseph Bell, who would serve as the inspiration for Doyle’s most popular creation, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was fascinated by the spiritualist movement, even participating in numerous paranormal investigations. He famously clashed with escape artist and […]

Raven Bower, What Are Some of Your Favorite Pieces of Fantasy Fiction?

I haven’t put together my own list of favorite fantasy books, but if I did, WEEPING DARK: BLEEDING EDGE by Raven and Lain Bower would be on it. I loved that book and will be among the first to return to its rich world of magic and adventure (reviewed here: https://horrordelve.com/2013/09/02/review-of-weeping-dark-bleeding-edge-by-raven-and-lain-bower/) when the next book […]

David T Wilbanks, What Are Some of Your Favorite Pieces of Fantasy Fiction?

When I decided to make February Sword and Sorcery Month here at Horror Delve, the first person I thought to request a list of favorites from was author David T. Wilbanks. He’s well-versed and passionate about. the genre and has even written some of his own (See my review of HELLFIGHTER here: https://horrordelve.com/2013/11/05/hellfighter-by-david-t-wilbanks-review/). He’s also one […]

THE GOLDEN CORD BY PAUL GENESSE REVIEW

THE GOLDEN CORD is the first book of THE IRON DRAGON series. It follows Drake Bloodstone, a young man haunted by the loss of his best friend, as he leads a pair of Drobin (Dwarf) warrior-priests through the dangerous Thorneclaw Forest. Drake agrees to help the Drobin when they arrive at his human village despite […]

Willie Meikle, What Are Some of Your Favorite Pieces of Fantasy Fiction?

To celebrate Sword and Sorcery month here at Horror Delve, I wanted to find out what were some of the best pieces of fantasy fiction? To do this, I asked a great group of modern writers to list some of their favorites. First up is Willie Meikle, a prolific writer with over 20 novels and […]

FAR AWAY AND NEVER BY RAMSEY CAMPBELL REVIEW

FAR AWAY AND NEVER collects the fantasy stories of Ramsey Campbell. Ramsey has gained his fame primarily as a horror writer, so it was a rare treat to see how he handled my second favorite genre of stories. A few years back I looked into buying a copy of this collection, originally published in 1996, […]