NIGHTMARE ABBEY ISSUE #6 IS NOW AVAILABLE

The sixth issue of Nightmare Abbey (edited by Tom English of Dead Letter Press) is now available for purchase. I’ve posted about enough of these issues at this point you all know the drill. It’s filled to bursting with terrifying horror stories and columns by top notch writers of the macabre (See the Table of […]

CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY SUGGESTED READING LIST XI (2023)

Christmas is a time for ghosts, and not just those four (including Marley) who paid Ebenezer Scrooge a visit either. Countless other revenants choose the onset of winter’s frigid chill as their moment to exert uncanny influences upon the living. Examples of such unquiet souls are evidenced in many of these festive chillers below. THE […]

NIGHTMARE ABBEY ISSUE #4 IS NOW AVAILABLE!

I’m excited to announce issue #4 of Nightmare Abbey Magazine is now available, which likewise means the return of my Horror Delve column.This time I had the honor of interviewing screenwriter and bestselling author Paul Finch. In the interview Paul talks in-depth about his influences, his illustrious career, offers some great writing advice and much […]

HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST XI (2023)

Welcome back, my fellow horror fans! October is upon us yet again and that means it’s time for another installment of Horror Delve’s Halloween Suggested Reading List. The vast majority of this year’s tales involve Halloween in their narratives and the few which don’t, definitely still evoke the proper feel of the season. So, give […]

NINE DONALD WANDREI HORROR STORIES

Born in 1908, Donald Wandrei was an American writer, poet and editor. He went on to appear regularly in influential publications such as Weird Tales, Astounding Stories, Esquire and many more. He specialized in the science fiction, horror and fantasy genres. In 1939, he and August Derleth co-founded the small press publication Arkham House to […]

NIGHTMARE ABBEY #3 NOW AVAILABLE

Issue #3 of Nightmare Abbey Magazine is now available from Dead Letter Press. Edited by Tom English, it includes short stories by Steve Duffy, David Surface, John Llewellyn Probert, Helen Grant, Gary Fry, Ray Cluley, Ian Rogers, James Dorr, Gregory L. Norris, Darrell Schweitzer plus a few older classics by the likes of Perceval Landon, […]

SEVEN MORE EERIE A. M. BURRAGE STORIES

A few years back I covered six excellent, spooky short stories by A. M. Burrage here at Horrordelve. That post has long remained one of the site’s most popular posts ( https://horrordelve.com/2015/04/19/a-m-burrage-article/ ), so I decided it was high time to seek out some more. Having done so, my initial impression of him has been […]

EIGHT EERIE STORIES BY MARY ELIZABETH COUNSELMAN

Born in Alabama in 1911, Mary Elizabeth Counselman was a speculative fiction and poetry writer whose work appeared in numerous popular publications such as Weird Tales, The Saturday Evening Post and Colliers to name a few. She worked as a reporter for The Birmingham News later in life and had a deep appreciation for cats, […]

HORROR DELVE AND “DEAD HANDS CLAPPING” IN ISSUE 2 OF NIGHTMARE ABBEY

BIG NEWS! Issue #2 of Nightmare Abbey Magazine from Dead Letter Press is now available for purchase. My Horror Delve column makes a return appearance in its pages, this time finding me taking a look at dreams and nightmares in short horror fiction. Alongside my column, I also have a new short story published in […]

HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST X (2022)

Every year since I began Horror Delve back in 2013 I’ve posted a suggested reading list for Halloween. As with each of these lists, not all of the stories are set during Halloween, but they all do evoke the feel of the holiday at their core (at least in my opinion). We have now arrived […]