HORROR DELVE’S SECOND ANNUAL HALLOWEEN READING LIST

Hope everyone’s enjoying October’s monthlong trek toward Halloween. The leaves have started changing color, lurid specters have escaped their basement storage box dungeons to mingle among the living again, and Horror Delve’s Second Annual Halloween Reading List has emerged from the darkness. The stories on this list aren’t necessarily set during Halloween, but they are […]

Matt Cowan’s Top Sixteen Supernatural-Themed TV Series

I’m a fan of TV and probably watch a lot more of it than I should. My favorite shows tend to fall into the supernatural horror genre. While a few on my list of favorites below aren’t horror (LOST), they all deal with the supernatural in some way. As with all lists, most will disagree […]

Bob Freeman’s Top Ten Occult Detectives

Horror Delve is proud to be a part of horror author and occult detective expert, Bob Freeman’s blog tour. Check out his novel, SHADOWS OVER SOMERSET. A bit about Bob from his website http://authorbobfreeman.wordpress.com/about-bob-freeman/ : Bob Freeman is an author, artist, and paranormal adventurer whose previous novels include Shadows Over Somerset, Keepers of the Dead, […]

CHRISTMAS HORROR STORIES LIST 2013

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 […]

CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES: REVIVING A DEAD TRADITION

If you were to ask most people to explain why the classic Christmas song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams includes the line “There’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago,” they may mumble something about Charles Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1843) or […]

My Favorite H.P. Lovecraft Stories

I’ve generally avoided writing articles on H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe due to the prolific amount of coverage already available for them online. However, I’m a fan of Lovecraft, so I thought I’d list some favorites of mine here. 1.”The Music of Erich Zann” (1922) – A man becomes enthralled by the bizarre music […]

TEN SCARY SHORT STORIES FOR HALLOWEEN

Looking for some atmospheric horror stories to enjoy this Halloween? Here’s a few I think fit the bill. Several of these can be found for free online. 1. “Feet Foremost” by L.P. Hartley (1948) – A group assembles at newly-renovated Low Threshold Hall for a housewarming. There they encounter the malicious ghost of an ill-treated […]

MY TOP TEN FAVORITE RAMSEY CAMPBELL SHORT STORIES

My favorite writer of all time is Ramsey Campbell. He’s won multiple awards in his career, including: World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, as well as The Horror Writers’ Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Living Legend Award of International Horror Guild 2007. Most of the stories on […]

My Ten Favorite 80’s Fantasy-Adventure Films

My love of the fantasy genre began in the early 80’s. I was around 11 or so, and our local channel 4 would show the occasional Hawk The Slayer or Conan the Destroyer feature. They fired my imagination, leaving me wanting more. Keep this in mind as you read this list. Many of them are […]

My Top 10 Favorite Horror Anthologies

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories by Peter Haining The Dark Descent edited by David G. Hartwell The Penguin Book of Horror Stories edited by J.A. Cuddon Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural edited by Marvin Kaye The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories edited by Peter Haining 100 Wild Little Weird Tales edited […]