CONJURE HOUSE BY GARY FRY

CONJURE HOUSE (DarkFuse in 2013), a novel by Gray Fry, centers around scientist Anthony Mallinson who returns to his hometown of Deepvale following the savage murder of his parents. He brings his wife and young son with him to the neighborhood where his younger brother Simon disappeared many years before after entering the abandoned lakeside […]

THE INNOCENTS (1961) MOVIE REVIEW

With a screenplay penned by none other than Truman Capote, this film adaptation of Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw (1898) still holds up today. The story centers around Miss Giddons, who’s been hired as the new governess of Bly House. The place is owned by the uncle of two children who’ve lost their […]

“The Derelict” by William Hope Hodgson On Tales To Terrify Podcast

One of the podcasts I listen to every week is Tales To Terrify. It’s free to download, and gets you at least one great horror audio story per episode. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and was honored to have a story of my own, “The Collective of Blaque Reach”, read on episode #90. […]

“AT LORN HALL” BY RAMSEY CAMPBELL

If anyone is interested in sampling a fantastic short story by Ramsey Campbell for free, I’ve attached a link to one published by Nightmare Magazine. The link will take to their site where you can either read the text of the story or download the podcast and have it read to you. I think this […]

13 MORE GREAT SHORT STORIES BY RAMSEY CAMPBELL

I’ve already written several previous articles examining the works my favorite writer Ramsey Campbell, but since few things in life bring me so much joy, I think it’s time to look at some more. The header artwork above appears in the collection TOLD BY THE DEAD (for the “Dead Letters” story) and is credited to […]

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. […]

MAY-DELAY!!

I just wanted to let the followers of Horror Delve know that there will likely be less posts than normal this month as I recover from arm surgery. I hope to get one more out for this month, and hopefully everything will return to normal for June.

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, […]