“The Invisible Bond” – A Mystery and Its Solution
The Mystery: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle got her start as a comic book character. Created by the same man who gave us The Spirit, Read More
Category: Horror Fiction
Dark Worlds Magazine
Dark Worlds Magazine was an effort to recapture the excitement of the old days of the pulp magazines. Magazines like Amazing Stories and Astounding Science Fiction and Weird Tales. It was Read More
Heralded by Blood and Other Tales
Jack Mackenzie’s collection of Dark Fantasy stories is now available from Rage Machine Books. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G8HHWC7 From the book’s introduction: If you ever feel that you Read More
J. Sheridan Le Fanu & the Critics: Seen Through Other Eyes
If you read anything by Jack Sullivan or Mike Ashley you will see that today J. Sheridan Le Fanu has fans. Horror fans. He has Read More
Weird Tales Classics: “The Tree-Men of M’Bwa”
“The Tree-Men of M’Bwa” by Donald Wandrei is one of those wonderful Weird Tales gems that I love to happen upon. The story was published Read More
The Curse of the Monolith
Howard purists may hate every word I am about to say. While I will always agree that Robert E. Howard’s stories were the best of Read More
The Children of Dracula – Part Two: The Door of the Unreal
Hollywood changes everything. A series of successful films and the commonly-held view of things changes. ‘Vampires turning to ash in sunlight’ is a good example. Read More
The Children of Dracula – Part One: Brood of the Witch-Queen
In “The Supernatural Horror in Literature” H. P. Lovecraft selects three novels as the offspring of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: “…Dracula evoked many similar novels of Read More
The Vampire As Lothario
This post begins: I love vampires. I hate Anne Rice. Not the person Anne Rice. I don’t know her. But the institution of Anne Rice. Read More
“The Tomb of Sarah” and Seabury Quinn
This post begins: The Jules De Grandin stories by Seabury Quinn were not innovative so much as reactionary. Anyone familiar with the Horror and Mystery Read More