CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY SUGGESTED READING LIST XIII (2025)

We’ve now reached Horror Delve’s Thirteenth Annual Christmas Horror Story Suggested Reading List. Seeking out these festive terror tales every year has added so much to my love of the season. In regards to this year’s list, I’ve not previously read anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald before, so finding one that’s a Christmas ghost story […]

EIGHT GHOSTLY TALES BY FREDERICK COWLES

Born in Cambridge, England in 1900, Frederick Cowles served as head librarian in Lancashire. He also wrote travelogues, as well as books about folklore, children’s books, and 61 short ghost stories, many of which were published in three collections of his work: THE HORROR OF ABBOT’S GRANGE, THE NIGHT WIND HOWLS and FEAR WALKS THE […]

HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST XIII (2025)

“The Thirteenth Door of Halloween” You find yourself once again treading quietly as possible through the brooding confines of Horror Delve Manor – that towering edifice which looms bleak and forbidding atop the high hill at the edge of town. It’s no place for respite but rather somewhere haunters go to be themselves haunted. Some […]

A REVIEW OF RAMSEY CAMPBELL’S AN ECHO OF CHILDREN

First off, Ramsey Campbell is my favorite author. Secondly, haunted house stories are my favorite sub-genre of horror. So, add together the fact that a potentially haunted house is a key element of Ramsey’s newest novel, An Echo of Children, and my excitement should be obvious. The haunting of this house isn’t of your usual […]

FIVE QUIET HORROR STORIES BY CHARLES L. GRANT

Born in 1964, Charles L. Grant was a prolific American author of speculative novels and short stories from Newark, New Jersey. He won a World Fantasy Award for his novella Nightmare Seasons and also won two Nebula Awards (1976 and 1978). He edited the award winning Shadows anthology series which ran for 11 volumes and […]

EIGHT MORE MAGNIFICENT HORROR STORIES BY GARY MCMAHON

Hailing from the UK, Gary McMahon is a modern horror writer who I count among my favorites. I previously looked at six of his stories in a post here a few years back. You can find more information about him there ( https://horrordelve.com/2017/06/04/gary-mcmahon/ ). THE STORIES (Published by order of publication): “Straw Babies” (2012) – […]

ELEVEN TERRIFYING TALES FROM JO KAPLAN

I first encountered Jo Kaplan when she was publishing under her maiden name of Joanna Parypinski. I was lucky enough to have a story of mine appear alongside two of hers in the Indiana Science Fiction 2011 anthology. I’ve read a lot more by her since then. Her ability to craft some of the most […]

CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY SUGGESTED READING LIST XII (2024)

Welcome to The Twelfth Annual Christmas Horror Story Suggested Reading List. Twelve years is a pretty long time and I’ve loved seeking out a new batch of spooky, festive tales to share with you each season. This year I’ve had to dive in extra-deep as, alongside this list, I also had to draw upon the […]

NIGHTMARE ABBEY ISSUE 7 IS NOW AVAILABLE

I’m always excited to receive my contributor copies when a new issue of Nightmare Abbey Magazine becomes available, but this time editor/publisher Tom English has really outdone himself. Just check out that Table of Contents! All the names are big time, heavy hitters. I’ve been a fan of Gary McMahon for ages and whenever I […]

HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST XII (2024)

Greetings from the ghoul-haunted halls of Horror Delve. The twelfth annual Halloween Suggested Reading List now looms before us. As with each year’s list, these stories don’t necessarily take place during Halloween but do evoke the feel of the season and are, of course, very spooky. I hope reading them helps increase your enjoyment of […]