Category Archives: Horror

Been a crazy time at work lately, and things look to remain crazy for a couple more weeks! In the meantime, I’m catching up on some of my weird fiction blogging. One of the most remarkable and persistent aspects of … Continue reading →

Good ghost stories are hard to find these days.  Though there is much wonderful horror out there to read (and watch), in my opinion there are few authors that capture the ghostly sense of dread as well the early 20th … Continue reading →

I haven’t blogged about horror fiction for a while — work, travel and holidays have conspired against me!  This post is an attempt to catch up. A few years ago, I had a plan to do a blog post surveying … Continue reading →

It is time again for my yearly dose of creepy and classic horror stories for some chilling Halloween reading!  You can also read my previous editions: 2007, 2008, 2009, and my 2010 post on the true story of the “Lady … Continue reading →

It seems that ghost stories have been told since the beginning of speech itself, and have held a special place in the imagination of people for just as long.  It is hard to characterize what sets a “ghost story” apart … Continue reading →

Imagine that you were at an isolated weekend party, and people started to act aberrant, even evil.  You begin to suspect that one of the guests of the party is in fact a monster, corrupting the others.  What do you … Continue reading →

It didn’t take much for me to become a fan of Laird Barron’s writing.  I first encountered the horror author’s work in the wonderful anthology Haunted Legends, and Barron’s story The Redfield Girls stood out as a beautifully written and … Continue reading →

I have historically had a curious quirk about my fiction reading that I suspect a lot of people share: the more famous a work is, the less motivated I am to read it.  This may be the hipster within me … Continue reading →

When you read enough horror fiction, certain themes recur consistently in the wonderful chaos of ideas.  Among these, I was recently struck by how often the visual arts appear as the centerpiece of horror stories.  This primarily involves paintings, but … Continue reading →