The Vampires’ Greatest Hits
In Richard Dalby’s Dracula’s Brood, Rare Vampire Stories by Friends and Contemporaries of Bram Stoker (1987) he lists the nine stories that are so familiar, Read More
In Richard Dalby’s Dracula’s Brood, Rare Vampire Stories by Friends and Contemporaries of Bram Stoker (1987) he lists the nine stories that are so familiar, Read More
It’s October (and Friday the 13th!) and spook season is upon us! All those creepy collections you like to drag out this time of year, Read More
One reader suggested I do a post on Dracula comics not by Marvel. (Thanks, Tim.) Like the word “nonfiction”, we are defining this by what Read More
DC Werewolves in the Bronze Age (not 3300 to 1200 BC but 1970 to 1986) reached a new pinnacle of style and thrills. Werewolves at Read More
“The Tomb From Beyond” by Carl Jacobi is that unusual item, a weird tale in a Science Fiction magazine. Hugo Gernsback published it in Wonder Read More
After the Edgar Allan Poe Post, I wanted to do More Horror Classics in Black & White. Warren and Skywald obliged nicely. Poe wasn’t the Read More
Last year I wrote about “Snake Gods and Were-Serpents” with stories like Frank Belknap Long’s “The Were-Snake” and A. Merritt’s “The Snake Mother”. Turns out Read More
Werewolves, like many monster icons, have changed over the centuries. Originally an evil being of dread, the lycanthrope has become something of a superhero in Read More
The Quintessential Monster Library might have an issue with our earlier Quintessential Ghost Story Library except it doesn’t really. The books and stories selected for Read More
The werewolves of Ace’s The Beyond are a mixed bag of hairy horrors. We get the traditional tale, usually attached to a love triangle. Occasionally Read More