The Seance Begins! Part 1
Seances and Spiritualism fiction began shortly after the movement swept the world in the 1840s. The flood of mediums who gave readings got a shot Read More
Seances and Spiritualism fiction began shortly after the movement swept the world in the 1840s. The flood of mediums who gave readings got a shot Read More
Ghostbreaker tales don’t always play fair. Take these three famous fakes for instance. They appear to be tales of the occult, with ghosts and mediums, Read More
“The Mystery of the Ghost Gold” is the lead novella in the collection The Long Arm of the Law (1948) by William Byron Mowery. The Read More
If you missed 1930…. Argosy in the 1930s had no problem with Science Fiction or Horror or more often “fake” Horror, where the truth proves Read More
Christmas Ghosts and Occult detectives are a part of both the Horror and Mystery genres. The reason for this was in the early days of Read More
Agatha Christie- Pulp writer! Dame Agatha started her career writing short stories for magazines. Many of these stories were reprinted in the Pulps and later Read More
“The Horror of Studley Grange” was one of a series from Stories From the Diary of a Doctor by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax. Read More
This piece is called “The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble” because that is exactly what it is. I start here and I ramble on to Read More
Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone (1868) has left Mystery and Horror fiction a legacy trope. This is the idea of the terrible revenge out of the Read More
Impossible Crimes are Mystery stories that appear to be supernatural but turn out to be explainable. These stories have a way of shoving people off Read More