UNEARTHED TREASURES 4: HALF PRICE BOOKS FINDS

Hit Half Price Books today to take advantage of their 20% off everything sale. I’m pretty happy with what I found. HORROR BOOKS: OLD FEARS BY JOHN WOOLEY and RON WOLFE (1982) – Terrible cover art, but the description on the back about childhood fears of things under your bed coming to life sounds fantastic. […]

A.C. Benson

Arthur Christopher Benson was born in England in 1862 to an Archbishop of Canterbury. Although he and his siblings endured a tumultuous upbringing, their family still produced a surprising number of successful writers. His brother Robert Hugh, his sister Maggie and the most successful of them, Edward Frederic all had works published. You can find […]

MORE W.F. HARVEY

I previously wrote an article looking at William Fryer Harvey where I gave a little of his background and looked at some of stories. That post can be found here: https://horrordelve.com/2014/01/19/w-f-harvey/. Seeing as I consider “The Beast With Five Fingers” an absolute masterpiece of the genre, I wanted to check out a few more of […]

A. M. Burrage Article

Alfred McLelland Burrage was born in 1889, in Middlesex, England. His father and uncle were both successful writers, which may account for his early writing skill. He published his first story at the age 15. Later he fought for his country during World War I, joining in 1917. He was evacuated in April of 1918, […]

UNEARTHED TREASURES III: MORE GOODWILL FINDS

I made another trip to scour my local Goodwill’s book section today and am happy to say I had success once again. FOUNDATIONS OF FEAR: AN EXPLORATION OF HORROR ANTHOLOGY Edited by David G. Hartwell – I really don’t need anymore anthologies or story collections. I have a bookshelf full of them, but it appears […]

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 […]

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 […]

GHOST GLEAMS: TALES OF THE UNCANNY BY WILLIAM J. WINTLE (1921) REVIEW

GHOST GLEAMS: TALES OF THE UNCANNY is a collection of short stories by William J. Wintle which was published by Heath Cranton in 1921. Born in 1861, Wintle distinguished himself as a versatile writer before becoming an Oblate for the Abbey of Caldey Island near Whales. It was there that he wrote these tales, specifically […]

Ramsey Campbell Novellas and Novelettes

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) […]

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton Review

Edith 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 […]