Horror author Matt Cowan examines the genre past and present
Basil Copper was a British author born in 1924. He worked as a journalist and newspaper editor before becoming a full time writer in 1970, penning several novels featuring the August Derleth super-sleuth, Solar Pons, many Mike Faraday detective novels, and of particular interest here, a slew of horror short stories and novels. His love […]
Read More Ten Terrifying Tales By Basil CopperAnother in the long list of authors I consider among my favorites would include the late Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990). I first became a fan after reading his story “The Calamander Chest” in an anthology. My love for it has since led me to seek out many more of his superb tales. I covered his […]
Read More MORE JOSEPH PAYNE BRENNANBorn in England in 1872, Elliott O’Donnell lived quite the extraordinary life, possessing probably the most interesting bio of anyone featured here at Horror Delve. Among other things, he served in the British army during WWI, sailed on SS Elbe, was a schoolmaster, actor, a police officer in America during the Chicago Railway Strike of […]
Read More ELLIOTT O’DONNELLClark Ashton Smith was an painter, poet, sculpture and writer born in 1893 in California. He had several horror, fantasy and science fiction stories published in Weird Tales and other pulp magazines of the time. This led to his developing a thriving correspondence with both H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. I particularly love Smith’s […]
Read More 13 FANTASY AND HORROR TALES BY CLARK ASHTON SMITHI primarily asked for books this past birthday and Christmas, and I received quite a few of the ones I requested. Today I thought I’d share some of them with you as many of them will likely be featured here at Horror Delve in the future. Some may not receive full reviews but will have […]
Read More THINGS TO COMEI’ve featured the great Fritz Leiber here a few times before, both with his horror ( https://horrordelve.com/2014/05/17/fritz-leiber-horror-stories/ ) and with his Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser fantasy stories ( https://horrordelve.com/2014/08/02/fritz-leibers-fafhrd-and-the-gray-mouser/ ). He’s easily among my favorite writers in either genre. Today we’re going to look at some more of his horror contributions. THE STORIES: 1. […]
Read More MORE FRITZ LEIBER HORROR STORIESIf you’re in need of some great Christmas Horror this time of year, there are several outstanding podcasts you can download and enjoy for free from iTunes. Here are a few of my favorites. HYPNOGORIA: I couldn’t possibly link to all of Jim’s podcasts that explore the spooky side of Christmas but all are fantastic. […]
Read More A GIFT OF CHRISTMAS TERROR FOR YOU!When I saw this novella in a stack of discounted books awhile back, I was intrigued by its premise. Seeing it was authored by Susan Hill, who wrote WOMAN IN BLACK, which has been adapted to film more than once, intrigued me even more. THE MAN IN THE PICTURE (2008) is primarily told to the protagonist by […]
Read More THE MAN IN THE PICTURE BY SUSAN HILL REVIEWWilliam F. Nolan is an American horror, science fiction, fantasy and crime writer who’s produced a massive quantity of brilliant tales during his long career. He was born in 1928 and is probably best known as the co-author of Logan’s Run (1967) with George Clayton Johnson, which was adapted to the big screen in 1976. […]
Read More WILLIAM F. NOLANTom English is a man of many talents. Alongside working his full time job as a chemist, he’s also an editor, writes his own uncanny tales, and is the publisher of Dead Letter Press (where he published my first short story, “The Collective of Blaque Reach”). He also shares my love of classic horror fiction, […]
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