Horror author Matt Cowan examines the genre past and present
Last year to honor my favorite writer’s birthday I took a look at several of his novels. This year we’re going to check out a few of his novellas and a novelette. Campbell is a master at creating the feeling of increasing unease and dread that mounts with each turned page. 1. “Needing Ghosts” (1990) […]
Read More Ramsey Campbell Novellas and NovelettesThe WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,900 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. Click here to […]
Read More 2014 in reviewMy haul of books from this Christmas. Lots of great reading ahead! Hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas!
Read More Merry Christmas 2014!Appalachian Winter Hauntings is a collection of eleven holiday-themed short stories all centered around the Appalachian Mountains. Edited by Michael Knost and Mark Justice, it was originally published by Woodland Press in 2009. These tales tend toward the somber side with most of the primary characters dealing with heavy loss. All are well written and […]
Read More APPALACHIAN WINTER HAUNTINGS REVIEWIt’s time for the 2nd Annual Christmas Horror Story list! I think we have a pretty strong batch here, spanning from 1890 to 1977. I think I’ve found a particularly strong batch of eerie Christmas stories for you this year, but if you’re looking for more, I posted two separate lists last year, which you […]
Read More Christmas Horror Story Reading List 2014I’ve never been a big fan of zombie stories which may explain why I waited so long to pick up this novella by Mark Justice and David T. Wilbanks. I’ve read enough other pieces from both men individually to know how talented they are, but still I waited because of my bias against zombie stories. […]
Read More DEAD EARTH: THE GREEN DAWN BY MARK JUSTICE AND DAVID T. WILBANKS REVIEWI sent the great David T. Wilbanks my list of top twenty favorite horror books, which he has kindly posted on his website. Check it out by following the link below: http://davoortwilbo.blogspot.com/
Read More Matt Cowan’s Top Twenty Horror Books ListEdith Wharton (originally Edith Jones) was born in 1872 in New York City, New York to an upper class family. Her marriage to Edward Wharton was an unhappy one that ended in divorce in1913. She enjoyed mainstream success as a writer, publishing THE HOUSE OF MIRTH in 1902, ETHAN FROME in 1911, and became the […]
Read More The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton ReviewI love a good haunted house tale. They’re my favorite type of story. Add that to the fact I’ve also been a collector of Marvel Comics for over 25 years, and you’d think the two would have mixed numerous times. Alas, this has not been the case, so I set out to make a list […]
Read More The Top Seven Haunted Houses in The Marvel Universe (Plus One DC) by Matt CowanHappy Halloween! I hope everyone is enjoying a terrifying day filled with spectral frights. To that end, I’m offering up a short story of my own. “The Shadow Man of Moon Spine Bridge” was originally published in the anthology INDIANA HORROR 2012 by James Ward Kirk Fiction. It’s about a man returning to his childhood […]
Read More “The Shadow Man of Moon Spine Bridge” by Matt Cowan
