HOLES FOR FACES BY Ramsey Campbell

I’ve made no secret of my love for Ramsey Campbell’s work. His are the first stories I read in any anthology in which he’s featured, and I’ve consumed more of his novels than any other writer. His collection of stories, ALONE WITH THE HORRORS, would be my “trapped on a deserted island” book choice for […]

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, […]

H. R. WAKEFIELD

Herbert Russell Wakefield was born in 1888 in Kent, England. He was educated at Marlborough College and later University College, Oxford where he took second-class honors in modern history. He served in the British army during World War I, eventually attaining the rank of captain. He went on to become chief editor for book publisher […]

THE SHAPES OF MIDNIGHT BY JOSEPH PAYNE BRENNAN

Joseph Payne Brennan was born in Connecticut, New York in 1918. He worked at the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University for more than 40 years and sold numerous stories to Weird Tales magazine and other publications. Some of his story collections include NINE HORRORS AND A DREAM (1958), SCREAMS AT MIDNIGHT (1963), STORIES OF […]

FRITZ LEIBER’S FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER

We’re going to stray from horror this time in favor of some sword and sorcery tales by the great Fritz Leiber (1910-1992). He wrote in multiple genres including science fiction and horror (some of which were covered here: https://horrordelve.com/2014/05/17/fritz-leiber-horror-stories/), but for now we will look at a few of his Fafhrd (the Barbarian) and The […]

Good Bye, Lawrence.

Very saddened to learn that Lawrence Santoro passed away last night. I never met him in person but was able to interact with him when my short stories was accepted to be read on the Tales To Terrify podcast he hosted. He was so kind and friendly during all our interactions that I felt I’d […]

QUIET HOUSES BY SIMON KURT UNSWORTH

So many stories from Simon Kurt Unsworth’s first collection LOST PLACES (2010) (https://horrordelve.com/2013/12/14/lost-places-by-simon-kurt-unsworth/) stuck with me; it made my decision to buy his new book, QUIET HOUSES, an easy one. QUIET HOUSES (2011) follows paranormal investigator Richard Nakata as he investigates a series of haunted locations after taking out an ad asking for people who’ve […]

Abraham Merritt

Abraham Merritt worked as an editor for The American Weekly magazine, making enough money to travel the world, bringing back weapons and artifacts from exotic locals. He wrote fiction on the side, producing short stories and novels in the fantasy, science-fiction and horror genres. His stories were adventurous, mysterious and the strange. Two of his […]

13 Haunting Tales by E.F. Benson

Edward Frederic Benson, the son the Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in 1867, in Wokingham, Berkshire. He attended Marlborough and King’s College, Cambridge and spent three years studying archeology abroad in Greece and Egypt. He enjoyed immediate success with his first society novel, DODO (1893) and ended up writing over a hundred published pieces in […]