Weird Tales Classics: “The Tree-Men of M’Bwa”
“The Tree-Men of M’Bwa” by Donald Wandrei is one of those wonderful Weird Tales gems that I love to happen upon. The story was published Read More
Category: Horror Fiction
The Curse of the Monolith
Howard purists may hate every word I am about to say. While I will always agree that Robert E. Howard’s stories were the best of Read More
The Children of Dracula – Part Two: The Door of the Unreal
Hollywood changes everything. A series of successful films and the commonly-held view of things changes. ‘Vampires turning to ash in sunlight’ is a good example. Read More
The Children of Dracula – Part One: Brood of the Witch-Queen
In “The Supernatural Horror in Literature” H. P. Lovecraft selects three novels as the offspring of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: “…Dracula evoked many similar novels of Read More
The Vampire As Lothario
This post begins: I love vampires. I hate Anne Rice. Not the person Anne Rice. I don’t know her. But the institution of Anne Rice. Read More
“The Tomb of Sarah” and Seabury Quinn
This post begins: The Jules De Grandin stories by Seabury Quinn were not innovative so much as reactionary. Anyone familiar with the Horror and Mystery Read More
The Flaxman Low Twelve-Step Plot
Flaxman Low was one of the first “periodical” occult detectives. By that, I mean, a psychic investigator who was featured in a magazine as a Read More
Weird Tales & Robot Science Fiction
Hugo Gernsback launched Amazing Stories in April 1926. This was a big deal for “scientifiction” as Hugo called it. An all-Science Fiction magazine! This would Read More
Why Ghosts Must be Scary
Ghosts, as a monster of interest to horror fans, have fallen on hard times. Films, cartoons and comic books like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Read More
Can Occult Detectives Actually Be Scary 1?
M. R. James, undoubtedly the finest ghost story writer in the English language, disparaged the occult detective story. This is very odd for James was Read More