Horror author Matt Cowan examines the genre past and present
Paranormal super-sleuth Carnacki the Ghost Finder was the creation by William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki would recite details from each case to a group of friends who gathered at his house. During his investigations he’d employ pseudo-science along with arcane magic rituals, often mixing the two, to identify and combat these forces. Some cases turned out […]
Read More THE ADVENTURES OF CARNACKI THE GHOST FINDERRobert W. Chambers was born Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1865. He became a successful artist, selling work to several magazines and publications. He later turned to writing, publishing his first novel (In the Quarter) in 1887. Chambers wrote in multiple genres, but his biggest success was his weird fiction collected in “The King in Yellow” (1895). […]
Read More ROBERT W. CHAMBERSMarianne Halbert’s collection of stories, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE CREEPY, contains nine stories ranging from horror to sci-fi to crime. What stands out in each is how well-developed the characters are, a difficult task in the constraint of a short story. My personal favorites were “Invisible Fences“, “The House of Abandoned Characters” and “A […]
Read More WAKE UP AND SMELL THE CREEPY by Marianne HalbertI will be appearing at Bookmamma’s in Irvington on March 22nd, starting at 2:00 P.M. along with several other horror writers from James Ward Kirk. There will be readings by some of the writers, snacks and all sorts of horrific fun. If you can make it, I’d love to see you there. http://www.bookmamas.com/
Read More BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKMAMMA’SIf you’re a fan of Raven Bower’s Bailey Kane horror novels (if you aren’t, I have to assume it’s only because you haven’t read them yet), you’ll be excited to find she and her husband Lain have co-written some fantasy pieces for Hydra Publications. I already reviewed WEEPING DARK: BLEEDING EDGE, which received my highest […]
Read More Nymph’s Lair by Raven and Lain BowerW.F. HARVEY William Fryer Harvey was born in 1885, in Yorkshire, England to a well-to-do Quaker family. He was educated at Balliol College Oxford where he eventually obtained a medical degree. After traveling abroad to recover from bad health, he published his first book of short stories entitled MIDNIGHT HOUSE (1910). Serving as a surgeon-lieutenant […]
Read More W.F. HARVEYAlexander W. Drake was born in New Jersey in 1843. He was a successful wood engraver, art collector and director of the art department for Scribner’s and Century Magazine. Here we’ll be focusing on the three weird tales he wrote. These were collected by friends to memorialize him following his death in 1916. The collection […]
Read More ALEXANDER W. DRAKEToday is Ramsey Campbell’s birthday. He’s my favorite writer and reading his work inspired me to write my own horror tales. Born in 1946 in Liverpool, England, he now resides in Merseyside and is one of the most accomplished writers of weird/horror fiction alive. He published his first short story in 1962 at age 17. […]
Read More RAMSEY CAMPBELL NOVELSThis anthology contains my short story, “Christmas Wine”. It deals with the legend that claims water stored in stone jugs is transformed into wine between the hours of eleven and midnight on Christmas Eve. Being a story of mine, however, things go horribly wrong. http://www.amazon.com/Little-Town-Deathlehem-Anthology-Holiday/dp/0989026949/ref=la_B008BBVZV8_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388681822&sr=1-8
Read More O LITTLE TOWN OF DEATHLEHEM NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!My short story “Christmas Wine” is now available in O LITTLE TOWN OF DEATHLEHEM, an anthology of Christmas-themed horror stories. I’m proud to add to the old tradition of telling scary stories at Christmas time. http://www.amazon.com/Little-Town-Deathlehem-Catherine-Grant-ebook/dp/B00HHI05PS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1387856452&sr=8-3&keywords=matt+cowan
Read More “Christmas Wine” by Matt Cowan is now available!
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