Horror author Matt Cowan examines the genre past and present
Tom 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, […]
Read More 13 QUESTIONS WITH TOM ENGLISHFor this poll, I’m looking for the scariest, horror-themed, obscure Marvel super villain. I know Galactus and Thanos would certainly be terrifying to encounter, but I’m looking for ones who fit solidly in a horror setting by either their look, origin or power. I’ve also left out the very well known villains such as Dracula, […]
Read More Who’s The Scariest, Obscure Marvel Comic Book Villain?This will be the fifth consecutive year that I’ve assembled a list of stories I feel capture the proper mood for Halloween. Below you’ll find links to each previous year’s list. I must say, I think this year’s may be the strongest to date. Enjoy and Happy Halloween! 2013 – https://horrordelve.com/2013/10/30/ten-scary-short-stories-for-halloween/ 2014 – https://horrordelve.com/2014/10/15/horror-delves-second-annual-halloween-reading-list/ 2015 […]
Read More HALLOWEEN READING LIST V (2017)I’m excited to announce that I will be contributing a recurring column to a new journal called Dark Infinity. The premiere issue of this periodical is due out this October. It’s going to be a special Deadly Planets issue with each story and column using that as its central theme. Future issues will offer a […]
Read More MATT COWAN’S THREAT WATCH COMING TO DARK INFINITYI first became aware of Kevin Lucia when he used to host his excellent Horror 101 segments on The Tales To Terrify podcast. I loved his indepth analysis of macabre literature from the past and present. I especially loved its focus on classic haunted house stories. I was even lucky enough to share Tales To […]
Read More THINGS SLIP THROUGH BY KEVIN LUCIA REVIEWWilliam Wymark Jacobs was born in London, England in 1863. He worked at The Post Office Savings Bank for many years while also writing a number of his stories. Much of his output was of the humorous variety, but he penned some chilling horror tales as well. Today he’s best remembered for the iconic horror […]
Read More Seven Macabre Tales By W.W. JacobsThe results of Horror Delve’s Scariest Haunted House Short Story Poll are in. Several classic authors received votes, including greats such as Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, H.R. Wakefield, Edith Wharton, E.F. Benson and A.M. Barrage to name a few, but ultimately it came down to two, “Thurnely Abbey” by Perceval Landon and “Again” by Ramsey […]
Read More THE SCARIEST HAUNTED HOUSE SHORT STORY POLL RESULTSBorn in 1866, H.G. Wells would grow up to become a true icon of science fiction due in large part to his classic novels The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and War of the Worlds (1898). He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times […]
Read More THE EERIE TALES OF H.G. WELLSA few times previously here at Horror Delve, I’ve mentioned my childhood love of adventure game books. First, I presented several of my favorite horror themed books from both the Choose Your Own Adventure and Which-Way series ( https://horrordelve.com/2014/04/05/horror-themed-adventure-game-books/ ). Later, I talked about some of my favorite fantasy themed ones, pulling from the Wizards, […]
Read More Be An Interplanetary Spy Adventure Game BooksHaunted house stories are my favorite, so I read them as often as I’m able. With this in mind, I was wondering which ones you would consider to be the scariest of all time. For the purposes of this poll, I’d like to stick to short stories (no novels). The Shining by Stephen King or […]
Read More THE SCARIEST HAUNTED HOUSE STORY POLL
