Supernatural Sherlock II
The last time Supernatural Sherlock showed up it was The House of Secrets #112 (October 1973). DC double-dipped with The House of Mystery #271 (August Read More
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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
Release the Hounds! The Demon Dogs of Weird Tales
Weird Tales featured many themes such as vampires, werewolves, plant monsters, cats, the undead and, of course, ghosts. One of the animal themes was dogs, Read More
The Last Seance: Horror in the Mysteries of Agatha Christie
If you missed it: The Hound of Death: The Supernatural Stories of Agatha Christie A. Conan Doyle wrote during the hey-dey of the Spiritualist craze. Read More
A Crash Course in Creating Monsters
Ready to start designing monsters? Take a deep breathe and….go! I like to draw my monsters when I’m designing. Not everybody has the skill, but Read More
Who Was the First Ghostbreaker? A Conversation with Christopher Lyons
G. W. Thomas: Who do you consider the first Ghostbreaker? Christopher Lyons: Bill Murray? But seriously, folks. Samuel Warren began to lay down some of Read More
The Genuine Article: Detective Comics
Comics based on famous detective characters are not uncommon. Sherlock Holmes alone has dozens in many languages. But what is rarer, and the focus of Read More
The Hound of Death: The Supernatural Works of Agatha Christie
THE INVISIBLE WORLD It is natural for readers of supernatural fiction to wonder what beliefs an author might hold. Do they believe in ghosts? Vampires? Read More
Sherlock Holmes: The Reluctant Ghostbreaker
When one speaks of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, visions of foggy London streets, hansom cabs, the Diogenes Club and the dim-witted bobbies from Scotland Read More