The Ghostbreakers: Vampire Tower
Master of Mystery The Ghostbreakers bring you some autumnal awesomeness…”Vampire Tower”. John Dickson Carr’s style of Mystery is perfect for the Halloween season. He always Read More
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The Horror-Mystery Writers of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine
The Horror-Mystery writers of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine are names that we all recognize. Some are big Mystery writers, some Horror, and all are of Read More
Impossible Crimes: The Horror-Stained Mystery
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
John Dickson Carr and M. R. James
John Dickson Carr John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) belongs to the Golden Age of mystery writing. Though perhaps not as well known today as he once Read More
John Murray Reynolds, Forgotten Pulpster?
John Murray Reynolds (1901-1993) is a writer who was on my radar because I saw his name occasionally in Weird Tales or Planet Stories. I Read More
Impossible Crimes and John Dickson Carr
The Locked Room Mystery or Impossible Crime tale is the very oldest type of true Mystery tale if you consider Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders Read More
The Case of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1808-1849) is the father of the mystery story, the inventor of psychological horror, and an early writer of science fiction. His works Read More
Why I Read & Write Pulp
I’ve been spending a lot of time amongst the Pulps lately. And it begs the question: what is the appeal of these old, flaking, brown Read More