The Ghost Story Anthologies of Dorothy Scarborough
A Scholar From Texas Dorothy Scarborough was born in Texas in 1878. She attended Baylor College then the University of Chicago before going onto Oxford. Read More
Tag: Arthur Machen
Christmas Ghosts: Occult Detectives
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
The Weird Tales Reprint Story
The Reprint The Weird Tales Reprint story was a controversial part of the Unique Magazine’s history. Reprints in Pulp magazines were not uncommon. Hugo Gernsback Read More
The Angels of Mons
The Angels of Mons, despite denials by the author of “The Phantom Bowmen”, considered a real supernatural phenomenon by some even today. How could a Read More
The Quintessential Online Ghost Story Collection
I’ve been wanting a quick source for scanned ghost story collections, thus the Quintessential Online Ghost Story Collection. I know there are some wonderful books Read More
Link: Do You Believe in Ghosts?
“Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I’m afraid of them.” Thus is the modern attitude toward all things ghostly, as stated by the Marquise Read More
Robert E. Howard’s Bran Mak Morn in the Comics
Robert E. Howard created Bran Mak Morn from flint and blood. The tragic chief of the Picts fights a losing battle against the Romans. Even Read More
The Day of the Animals: Nature Horror of the 1970s
I’d love to tell you that Arthur Machen’s horror classic, The Terror (1917) was responsible for all those “Killer” movies of the 1970s. I’d love Read More
Link: Cosmic Mojo – Part 1
Critics of horror fiction have labeled Lovecraft’s brand of storytelling “cosmic” horror to differentiate it from the regular legions of werewolves and murderers that filled Read More
Elliott O’Donnell: Ghost Hunter and Author
It is hard to imagine how big a writer Elliott O’Donnell was in his day. He is practically forgotten today outside of scholarly circles. This Read More