THE EERIE TALES OF H.G. WELLS

Born in 1866, H.G. Wells would grow up to become a true icon of science fiction due in large part to his classic novels The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and War of the Worlds (1898). He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times […]

THE SCARIEST HAUNTED HOUSE STORY POLL

Haunted house stories are my favorite, so I read them as often as I’m able. With this in mind, I was wondering which ones you would consider to be the scariest of all time. For the purposes of this poll, I’d like to stick to short stories (no novels). The Shining by Stephen King or […]

SHUDDERS ANTHOLOGY REVIEW

“TEN STRANGE JOURNEYS INTO THE UNKNOWN Great tales of suspense and terror written by masters of the macabre… Heart-trembling reports from the uncanny world of witches, warlocks, and demons… Ten stories of unexplained events and unholy beings, calculated to give you the SHUDDERS.” This is how TEN TALES CALCULATED TO GIVE YOU SHUDDERS, an anthology […]

A BOTANICAL NIGHTMARE REVIEW

A BOTANICAL NIGHTMARE: SIX SUCCULENT TALES OF VAMPIRIC VEGETATION edited by Tom English, is an anthology of classic horror stories published by Dead Letter Press. As the subtitle suggests, each story is themed around bloodthirsty plants. With publication dates ranging from 1881 to 1919, the tales complement each other nicely. Adventure, horror, drama and romance […]