FREE READING OF “CHRISTMAS WINE” SHORT STORY

This past week I was honored to have legendary podcaster and literary historian Jim Moon perform a reading of my short story “Christmas Wine” on his Great Library of Dreams podcast. I’ve long been a fan Jim’s podcasts, so it was extra-cool to hear him read a story of mine. As for the story itself, […]

CHRISTMAS READING LIST VIII (2020)

Night has fallen. The tree is trimmed and glimmering its vibrant lights. You’ve warmed yourself a healthy dose of mulled wine as you sit before the warmth of the crackling fireplace. The scene is set. Now, it’s time for the telling of some eerie, festive ghost stories once again. (Listed in publication order) The Stories: […]

MORE GUY DE MAUPASSANT MACABRE TALES

A few years back I took a look at six short horror stories by legendary French author Guy de Maupassant (1850 – 1892). That post is available by clicking this link: https://horrordelve.com/2014/06/05/guy-de-maupassant/ . Since it’s been awhile, I decided it was high time to return to more works by him. The Stories: 1. “The Hand” […]

IT WILL JUST BE US BY JO KAPLAN REVIEW

It Will Just Be Us, a horror novel by Jo Kaplan (who has also published stories and novels under her maiden name of Joanna Parypinski), presents us with a chilling, supernatural mystery which also brings light to the family dynamics of those who live inside the haunted manor. The story of Wakefield Manor, a sprawling […]

13 QUESTIONS WITH MARC DAMIAN LAWLER

Hailing from the U.K., Marc Damian Lawler is a writer, an editor, an R. Chetwynd Hayes enthusiast and more. I first discovered him when Jim Moon cited an anthology Marc edited titled Before You Blow Out The Candle on his Hypnogoria podcast ( https://hypnogoria.libsyn.com/hypnogoria-136-before-you-out-the-candle ). Having enjoyed a story from it that Jim read during […]

HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST VIII (2020)

The Halloween tradition continues! What follows is Horror Delve’s Eighth Annual Suggested Reading List for Halloween. Not all of these stories (listed by their publication date) take place on Halloween, but each evokes the proper feel for the season. Happy Reading and Happy Halloween! The List: 1. “Apparition” or “A Ghost” by Guy de Maupassant […]

RAMSEY CAMPBELL SHORT STORIES LIST VII

I love reading anything by Ramsey Campbell – be it in long form or short – as a result his work gets covered here a lot. This being the case, I’ve run out of unique titles for the articles where I recount a bunch of his short stories, so from here on I’ll just be […]

BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE BY RALPH ADAMS CRAM

I recently read a post by fellow horror blogger Jay Rothermel ( https://jayrothermel.blogspot.com/search?q=Ralph+Adams+cram ) where he looked at a couple stories by Ralph Adams Cram, and it got me thinking about my own love of Cram’s stories. Several years back I posted about the stories Cram included in his collection Black Spirits and White back […]

FOUR FREE AUDIO HORROR STORIES

I listen to a lot of podcasts – several of them regularly provide readings of excellent horror stories. Periodically, I like to post links to some of my favorite episodes. Each of the stories listed below are free, professionally produced, and are ones I particularly loved. 1. “Dream House” by Orrin Grey (2016) – Read […]

SIXTEEN EERIE TALES BY STEVE RASNIC TEM

Steve Rasnic Tem is an award winning American, speculative fiction writer of novels and more than 430 short stories. The novella The Man On The Ceiling, which he cowrote with his late wife Melanie, won the World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and International Horror Guild awards in 2001. Steve has won many awards for his solo […]