The Cases of Jules De Grandin – Part 5
This post is brought to you by Strange Adventures by G. W. Thomas. This companion collection to Strange Detectives features occult detectives in the Old Read More
Category: Horror Fiction
Link: Cosmic Mojo – Part 2
The authors of cosmic creepiness mentioned in the previous piece, “Cosmic Mojo Part 1”, were English, for Lovecraft was an anglophile of the first order. 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
The Abominations of Yondo
This post begins: The triple-decker Fantasy novels of the 20th Century, most cast in the semblance of J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterworks, bear little fruit Read More
How To Become a Mythos Icon
Doing some research for this blog I was struck by a fact — if you want your Mythos baddie to become iconic, to have thousands Read More
Pulp Cover Vampires
When people think of garish Horror and Suspense Pulp cover art they often arrive at the idea that there are many that have vampires on Read More
Ancient Terrors: The Ghost Stories of Greece and Rome
The creation of the Gothic Novel is accredited to Horace Walpole in 1764 with the writing of The Castle of Otranto. This book inspired an Read More
Link: August Derleth: Hack or Hero?
August Derleth has been the whipping boy for HPL fans since 1939, when he created Arkham House with Donald Wandrei, a publishing concern specifically created Read More
An Interview with D. K. Latta
D. K. Latta is a Canadian writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror as well as superheroes. His work began appearing in 1995 with “Ancient Read More
Fredric Brown’s The Ghost Breakers
Guess how excited I got when I stumbled across “The Ghost Breakers” by Fredric Brown in 5 Detective Novels (Summer 1952), a reprint Pulp. Originally Read More