Horror author Matt Cowan examines the genre past and present
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 […]
Read More ELEVEN TERRIFYING TALES FROM JO KAPLANWelcome back, my fellow horror fans! October is upon us yet again and that means it’s time for another installment of Horror Delve’s Halloween Suggested Reading List. The vast majority of this year’s tales involve Halloween in their narratives and the few which don’t, definitely still evoke the proper feel of the season. So, give […]
Read More HALLOWEEN SUGGESTED READING LIST XI (2023)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)Ray Cluley is a horror/speculative fiction writer from Wales who has won a British Fantasy Award for Short Fiction (“Shark! Shark’) and has had both a novella (“Water For Drowning”) and a short story collection (Probably Monsters) short listed for major awards as well. He’s also had several of his stories appear in Best Of […]
Read More SEVEN RAY CLULEY HORROR STORIESHailing from the U.K., Anna Taborska studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University. Afterward, she worked in the fields of public relations, journalism and advertising. The move she made to filmmaking and television proved a successful one, seeing her direct and work on a wide variety of films, documentaries and television productions. Her one-hour television drama […]
Read More TEN TERRIFYING TALES BY ANNA TABORSKAI 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 […]
Read More FOUR FREE AUDIO HORROR STORIESWith Halloween just around the corner, I feel it’s time to start setting the atmosphere with some free audio readings of chilling, supernatural tales presented by a few of my favorite podcasts. “The Phantom Coach” by Amelia B. Edwards via Tale To Terrify – Discover what happens when a soldier hitches a ride on an […]
Read More MORE FREE HORROR AUDIO TALESLooking to listen to some free Christmas horror stories? The excellent Tales To Terrify Podcast read two of my favorites a few years back on episode #50. “Smee” (1931) by A.M. Burrage and “Number Ninety” (1895) by B.M. Croker are both absolute classics which were featured on last years Annual Christmas Horror Stories Reading List […]
Read More Free Christmas Horror Story ReadingsI consider “The Beast With Five Fingers” by W.F. Harvey one of the greatest horror stories of all time. You can listen this classic story read to you on the most recent Tales To Terrify Podcast (episode #202). http://talestoterrify.com/tales-to-terrify-202-harvey/ W.F. Harvey Articles at Horror Delve: https://horrordelve.com/2014/01/19/w-f-harvey/ https://horrordelve.com/2015/05/06/more-w-f-harvey/
Read More THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS AUDIO READINGOne of the podcasts I listen to every week is Tales To Terrify. It’s free to download, and gets you at least one great horror audio story per episode. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and was honored to have a story of my own, “The Collective of Blaque Reach”, read on episode #90. […]
Read More “The Derelict” by William Hope Hodgson On Tales To Terrify Podcast
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