John Polidori Archives - Dark Worlds Quarterly

The Vampires’ Greatest Hits

October 24, 2023 G. W. Thomas 0

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

The Quintessential Monster Library

June 12, 2022 G. W. Thomas 1

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 Monster Story

October 17, 2020 G. W. Thomas 0

Origins Originally I was going to start this with “The Monster Story begins with Frankenstein” but with a little more thought I realized something. It Read More

Robots Before the Pulps

January 5, 2020 G. W. Thomas 0

The robot is an icon of Science Fiction, alongside the spaceship, the alien and the time machine. Of all these familiar themes, the robot is Read More