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, […]

DEAD LAKE BY MURPHY EDWARDS REVIEW

Dead Lake is the first book in a series by Murphy Edwards centered around Vivid Valley Lake, a quiet, vacation community where families spend their days relaxing on the water, and criminals plunder its delicate eco-system for their own goals. It’s also a place of secrets, secrets dark enough to trigger an ancient curse to […]

UNEARTHED TREASURES III: MORE GOODWILL FINDS

I made another trip to scour my local Goodwill’s book section today and am happy to say I had success once again. FOUNDATIONS OF FEAR: AN EXPLORATION OF HORROR ANTHOLOGY Edited by David G. Hartwell – I really don’t need anymore anthologies or story collections. I have a bookshelf full of them, but it appears […]

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW REVIEW

Finding myself in the mood for a horror movie tonight, I decided to watch AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. It’s about a young archeologist named Scarlett, who’s uncovered the location of the legendary The Philosopher’s Stone, which was said to have magical properties. To reach the stone’s location, Scarlett assembles a team to travel into the […]

Unearthed Treasures: Goodwill Finds II

I always love finding horror books that I might enjoy at Goodwill. It always feels like discovering a hidden treasure. I picked up these three on a recent trip. NIGHT THUNDER by Ruby Jean Jensen DYING INSIDE by Robert Silverberg (never heard of him before but the description on the back sounded interesting). STINGER by […]

J SHERIDAN LE FANU

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin in 1814, the grandnephew of playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. He attended law school but decided to take up journalism instead of practicing. He owned several newspapers for a time and often contributed stories to Dublin University Magazine, of which he eventually took charge. After his wife Susanna […]

SWAMP THING: A MURDER OF CROWS TRADE

When it comes to comic books, I’m a Marvel guy through-and-through. That being said, I’ve heard a lot of praise for DC’s horror line including Constantine, Animal Man and Swamp Thing, of which I recently happened upon in a trade paperback in a discount bin. So, I picked it up and gave it try. Here’s […]