Saturday, June 14, 2014

Did Edgar Allan Poe Have a Favorite Ghost Story?

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Poe was a connoisseur of the supernatural. As the author of  Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life , I am sometimes ask...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Metamorphosis by Kafka and His Family

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To me, at least in his later years, Franz Kafka was our whiny man of literature. This is never so true as when he berated his family duri...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

What was the first out of body experience story?

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Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845) One of the first short stories in the English language to feature an out of body experience is  A Sin...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Ring Up 15% Off My Scary Books at Barnes & Noble This Weekend

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Score 15% off my scary books at Barnes & Noble through Sunday, May 4th by using coupon code:  MJ64ACYYD36YS  at checkout. A best b...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

New Poe Statue in Boston with Tell-Tale Heart Feature

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Any attention brought to Poe is much needed in this country, over two hundred years after the birth of one of its greatest and most myste...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Coldplay's New Album--Ghost Stories--Drops in May

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Coldplay's new album is called "Ghost Stories"and it drops in May. Let's hope some of the yet to be released songs dr...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

First Vampire Short Story Set in France - Pepopukin in Corsica

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Arthur Young (1741-1820) What was the first vampire short story with a setting in France? In the English language it appears to be ...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Commentary on The Black Vampyre Short Story

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There is a fine commentary on "The Black Vampyre" short story over at the Taliesin scary vampire blog:  http://taliesinttlg.bl...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Who was the First Englishman to Write a Vampire Short Story?

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The first Englishman to write a vampire story was John Polidori. He was a physician and traveled with Lord Byron as his personal doctor....
Friday, February 14, 2014

My Scary Short Story "Azra'eil & Fudgie" is Free This Weekend on Kindle

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My short story  Azra'eil & Fudgie  is free on Kindle through January 19, 2014. A little scary action on Valentine's Day, any...