THANA NIVEAU ARTICLE

Thana Niveau is an American horror writer who lives in England with her husband John Llewellyn Probert who is also a prominent writer of horror fiction. Thana has had two short story collections receive nominations for a British Fantasy Award in From Hell to Eternity (2013) and Octoberland (2019). Her haunted house novel House […]

THE 2019 HORROR DELVE HAUNT AWARDS

I wanted to highlight a few of the favorite things I came across while working on articles for Horror Delve this past year. The original publishing dates for these works are not a factor. Basically, if it was featured on the site during 2019, it’s eligible. I’m calling them The Horror Delve Haunt Awards. There’s […]

“LOVELY WEATHER FOR AN UNSEELIE SLEIGH RIDE TOGETHER” IS AVAILABLE IN A TREE LIGHTING IN DEATHLEHEM

My new short Christmas-themed horror story “Lovely Weather for an Unseelie Sleigh Ride Together” is now available in the anthology A Tree Lighting in Deathlehem from Grinning Skull Press. This will be my third appearance in the Deathlehem series of anthologies, so I’m excited to make a return visit. To add a bit of context, […]

CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY READING LIST VII (2019)

This is always one of my favorite posts to put together each year, so here for the seventh time is this year’s Christmas Horror Suggested Reading List. Each of these stories takes place during the festive Christmas season. After the list, I’ve included links to each previous year’s lists. Merry Christmas! The Stories: 1. “Markheim” […]

SIX MACABRE TALES BY MAURICE LEVEL

Born in 1875, Maurice Level was a French writer who had numerous stories published in newspapers or made into plays. He specialized in short, macabre thrillers (conte cruel-style specifically). Level died in 1926. None of these stories we’re looking at today contain any supernatural elements but rely more on grim, dramatic twists and human cruelties. […]

13 QUESTIONS WITH JOANNA PARYPINSKI

I first became aware of Joanna Parypinski when we each had stories appear in the anthology Indiana Science Fiction 2011 from James Ward Kirk Publishing. Since then, her writing career has really taken off, having stories published in numerous high profile publications (just check out her impressive author bio after the interview to see what […]

FANTASY CREATURE POLL

FEBRUARY FANTASY MONTH I’ve toyed with the notion of writing a fantasy short story from time-to-time but as yet haven’t produced one. I’m curious what readers of this site would like to see my protagonist pitted against. I’m sidelining Dragons for this poll as they are already so well-represented in countless other tales. Below is […]

THE CHANGELING (1980) STAFF PICKS PODCAST

I recently had the honor of appearing on the Staff Picks podcast with the great Mario Lanza. On each episode of Staff Picks, Mario brings on a guest to discuss underappreciated films with someone who loves them. Previous episodes have featured movies such as A Knight’s Tale, The Tourist Trap, The Village, Unfriended and Clash […]

The Booking By Ramsey Campbell

The Booking is a novella by Ramsey Campbell published in 2016 by Dark Regions Press as the third book of their Black Labrinth imprint. The story follows Kiefer, a young man who accepts a position at a bookstore called BOOKS ARE LIFE which is located in a remote section of the city. His desperate need […]

TERROR TALES OF THE SEASIDE REVIEW

Terror Tales of the Seaside is an anthology edited by Paul Finch, published by Gray Friar Press in 2013, that combines both fiction stories as well as classic myths and legends of the British seasides. I read this book while vacationing on a beach (sadly not in England, however) which set the perfect atmosphere for […]