Saturday, December 18, 2021

Scary Story - Horror: A True Tale by John Harwood - 1861

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine  was very popular in its day. Edgar Allan Poe even lampooned some of its over-the-top stories in his  How...
Friday, November 26, 2021

Best Vampire Short Stories 1800-1849 Anthology Available in Hardback for the 1st Time

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  Just in time for the holidays, The Best Vampire Short Stories 1800-1850 is now available in for the first time in hardcover. You can buy...
Saturday, November 20, 2021

A BRIEF HISTORY OF VAMPIRES & WEREWOLVES IN IRELAND & THE UNITED KINGDOM (AND SOME OF EUROPE) on BOOK RIOT

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Annika Barranti Klein has recently given a good overview article on Book Riot regarding the history of werewolves and vampires in the UK and...
Sunday, November 14, 2021

The Unholy Compact Abjured by Charles Pigault-Lebrun (1753-1835)

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  The Unholy Compact Abjured  was published by French novelist Charles Pigault-Lebrun (1753-1835) in 1825. This is a very early vampire stor...
Friday, October 29, 2021

My Classic Werewolf Anthology of Scary Short Stories is Available for the First Time in Hardcover

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Just in time for Halloween, The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1850 is now available in hardcover. You buy it on Amazon for $18 with free...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Complete Text -- A Scary Halloween Ghost Story

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving I included “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in  Phantasmal: The Best Ghost Short Stories 1800-...