MATT COWAN’S HORROR DELVE IN NIGHTMARE ABBEY MAGAZINE

I’m excited to announce that I (Matt Cowan) will be writing a regular column for a new horror publication called NIGHTMARE ABBEY, edited by Tom English and published by Dead Letter Press. My column will be titled MATT COWAN’S HORROR DELVE. I’ll be free to write about any horror-related subject which catches my fancy, but […]

TERROR TALES OF WALES REVIEW

Continuing my recent trend of reading my way through various volumes of the Terror Tales series of anthologies edited by Paul Finch, I now bring forth yet another review, this time in the form of Terror Tales of Wales (2014). There were two predominant themes I noticed in this one. Several of the stories centered […]

THE 2020 HORROR DELVE HAUNT AWARDS

It’s time to award recipients of The 2020 Horror Delve Haunt Awards to my favorite works of literature reviewed during the year. I won’t go into much detail about the winners but will link to the article where they were covered if you want to read more. Favorite Novel Reviewed This Year: * The Wise […]

Terror Tales of Cornwall Review

I’ve often before mentioned my love for the Terror Tale series of horror anthologies edited by Paul Finch. I’ve already posted reviews of three other volumes here – each focusing on a different part of the U.K. – Terror Tales of the Seaside ( https://horrordelve.com/2018/05/07/terror-tales-of-the-seaside-review/ ), Terror Tales of the Lake District ( https://horrordelve.com/2019/04/08/terror-tales-of-the-lake-district-anthology-review/ ), […]

UNEARTHED TREASURES 8: FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, CINCINNATI

While on vacation in Cincinnati with my lovely wife, I visited a large, used book warehouse called The Friends of the Library where I found several interesting books to bring back home. ECHOES OF TERROR by Mike Jarvis and John Spencer (Chartwell Books, 1980) – This oversized, hardback anthology collects eleven classic horror stories by […]

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 […]

ANTHOLOGY FILMS: FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, my love for anthologies should have become pretty obvious. This primarily manifests itself in the form of book, but I also love a good anthology horror movies as well. Although they seem to have fallen out of favor these days, that doesn’t stop me from […]

REVISED AND EXPANDED “HERE HE COMES A WANDERING” TO BE PUBLISHED

Back in 2009, my short story “Here He Comes A Wandering” won The Pod of Horror Christmas Horror Story Competition and was read by the show’s fantastic host Mark Justice near the end of episode #58. I recently sent it to the editors at Grinning Skull Press for consideration for the third and final iteration […]

My Top 10 Favorite Horror Anthologies

The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories by Peter Haining The Dark Descent edited by David G. Hartwell The Penguin Book of Horror Stories edited by J.A. Cuddon Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural edited by Marvin Kaye The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories edited by Peter Haining 100 Wild Little Weird Tales edited […]