Horror author Matt Cowan examines the genre past and present
Steve Duffy is a modern master of the horror story. Hailing from the U.K., he’s fast become a favorite of mine. He’s produced several story collections and appears regularly in various Year’s Best anthologies. His short story “Rag-and-Bone Men” (see below) won The International Horror Guild award in 2000. He also won the Shirley Jackson […]
Read More 10 TERRIFYING STEVE DUFFY STORIESIssue #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, […]
Read More NIGHTMARE ABBEY #3 NOW AVAILABLEA 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 […]
Read More SEVEN MORE EERIE A. M. BURRAGE STORIESMy friend, Jay Rothermel, recently presented this series of questions online and since I’m running way behind on stuff this month, I thought I’d post my answers here for this month’s Horror Delve entry. Short horror fiction I think underrated: “Clairvoyance” by D. K. Broster (1932) – I challenge anyone to read it. It starts […]
Read More MY TEN SHORT HORROR FICTION QUIZ ANSWERSBorn 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, […]
Read More EIGHT EERIE STORIES BY MARY ELIZABETH COUNSELMANJust as Horror Delve’s Annual Halloween Suggested Reading List hit its tenth iteration this past October, it’s now time for the Christmas Reading List to follow suit. Putting this annual list together never fails to get me in the mood for the festive season. This year’s selection of stories skews more toward the recent than […]
Read More CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY 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 […]
Read More HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST X (2022)Born in Kent England in 1873, Walter de la Mare worked in The London Office of the Standard Oil company, but it was his poetry and fiction writing for which he is still remembered today. His works have been favorably cited by such titans of the genre as H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell and Reggie Oliver. […]
Read More WALTER DE LA MARE ARTICLEI love horror stories which are set on or near the sea. I likewise love the Terror Tales series of anthologies which are edited by Paul Finch. So, it should come as no surprise I really loved Terror Tales of the Ocean published in 2015 by Gray Friar Press. This anthology contains thirteen tales of […]
Read More TERROR TALES OF THE OCEAN REVIEWAn annual highlight of my year has arrived once again! I always love putting together these suggested reading lists for the Christmas season. I find there’s just something extra-special about a well-crafted tale of supernatural horror that’s set during the most festive time of year. The List (Listed By Publication Date Order): 1. “The Guard-Ship […]
Read More CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY READING LIST IX (2021)
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