Horror author Matt Cowan examines the genre past and present
If you’re a fan of Raven Bower’s Bailey Kane horror novels (if you aren’t, I have to assume it’s only because you haven’t read them yet), you’ll be excited to find she and her husband Lain have co-written some fantasy pieces for Hydra Publications. I already reviewed WEEPING DARK: BLEEDING EDGE, which received my highest […]
Read More Nymph’s Lair by Raven and Lain BowerW.F. HARVEY William Fryer Harvey was born in 1885, in Yorkshire, England to a well-to-do Quaker family. He was educated at Balliol College Oxford where he eventually obtained a medical degree. After traveling abroad to recover from bad health, he published his first book of short stories entitled MIDNIGHT HOUSE (1910). Serving as a surgeon-lieutenant […]
Read More W.F. HARVEYAlexander W. Drake was born in New Jersey in 1843. He was a successful wood engraver, art collector and director of the art department for Scribner’s and Century Magazine. Here we’ll be focusing on the three weird tales he wrote. These were collected by friends to memorialize him following his death in 1916. The collection […]
Read More ALEXANDER W. DRAKEToday is Ramsey Campbell’s birthday. He’s my favorite writer and reading his work inspired me to write my own horror tales. Born in 1946 in Liverpool, England, he now resides in Merseyside and is one of the most accomplished writers of weird/horror fiction alive. He published his first short story in 1962 at age 17. […]
Read More RAMSEY CAMPBELL NOVELSThis anthology contains my short story, “Christmas Wine”. It deals with the legend that claims water stored in stone jugs is transformed into wine between the hours of eleven and midnight on Christmas Eve. Being a story of mine, however, things go horribly wrong. http://www.amazon.com/Little-Town-Deathlehem-Anthology-Holiday/dp/0989026949/ref=la_B008BBVZV8_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388681822&sr=1-8
Read More O LITTLE TOWN OF DEATHLEHEM NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!My short story “Christmas Wine” is now available in O LITTLE TOWN OF DEATHLEHEM, an anthology of Christmas-themed horror stories. I’m proud to add to the old tradition of telling scary stories at Christmas time. http://www.amazon.com/Little-Town-Deathlehem-Catherine-Grant-ebook/dp/B00HHI05PS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1387856452&sr=8-3&keywords=matt+cowan
Read More “Christmas Wine” by Matt Cowan is now available!The past six years when I was writing for Vintage Horror, I would make a list of Christmas-themed horror stories to review during the holidays. With Vintage Horror gone, I intend to continue that tradition here. If you’re looking for more, I reposted a former VH one here near the end of November. http://mattcowanhorror.com/2013/11/28/christmas-ghost-stories-reviving-a-dead-tradition/ If […]
Read More CHRISTMAS HORROR STORIES LIST 2013My short story “Numen” has been selected as one o two from the anthology CELLAR DOOR VOLUME II WORDS OF BEAUTY, TALES OF TERROR to win The Editor’s Choice Award. It’s now available on Amazon in both Paperback and Kindle formats.
Read More “NUMEN” WINS EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDLOST PLACES is a collection of short stories by Simon Kurt Unsworth published by Ash-Tree Press. Each of the 18 stories it contains are well worth a read. His characters are interesting, his plots imaginative, and he possesses a knack for creating stories that hook you from the start. Whenever planning our family vacations, I’m […]
Read More LOST PLACES by Simon Kurt UnsworthManly Wade Wellman was born in Portuguese West Africa in 1903. He eventually moved to America and settled in North Carolina. He started out as a reporter before quitting to write full time. He wrote in several genres’ including horror, science fiction, adventure, crime, comic books, and mainstream novels. Wellman won the Ellery Queen Mystery […]
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