Saturday, March 25, 2023

New Witch Story Anthology is On Sale Now - Witchcraft Classics: Best Witch Short Stories 1800-1849

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  Witchcraft Classics: Best Witch Short Stories 1800-1849 My latest scary anthology is now live and available for download or purchase. Hard...
Monday, March 6, 2023

Short Biography on Edgar Allan Poe and His Scary Life

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  Edgar Allan Poe:  An Appreciation by William Heath Robinson C aught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and fo...
Friday, March 3, 2023

New Scary Witch Book Cover Reveal - Witchcraft Classics: Best Witch Short Stories 1800-1849

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  Witchcraft Classics: Best Witch Short Stories 1800-1849 I am (witchy) excited to reveal the cover of the latest scary short story antholog...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

A Story of Werewolf by Catherine Crowe - Overview by Andrew Barger

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Catherine Crowe (1790-1872) Introduction to A Story of a Weir-Wolf Catherine Crowe arguably wrote the first werewolf short story by a female...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, Scary Short Story by Charles Dickens

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 When people think of Charles "Boz" Dickens (1812-1870) around Christmastime, they obviously think of "A Christmas Carol....
Friday, November 25, 2022

The Ghostly Visiter; or, The Mysterious Invalid - A Scary Short Story from 1833

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  On February 27, 1833 a horrific ghost story was published by the title  The Ghostly Visiter; or, The Mysterious Invalid . The scary story ...
Sunday, October 30, 2022

Best Vampire Short Stories 1800-1849 Anthology Interview with Andrew Barger

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  As Halloween approaches, it's time for scary short stories. Andrew answers questions about  The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849: A Clas...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Edgar Allan Poe Werewolf Story?

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) wrote scary stories in a number of supernatural genres. He did not invent the horror short story, but he took it...
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Adventure Near Granville Ghost Story

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  An Adventure Near Granville  is one of the best ghost stories you have never read and in my view is one of the Top 40 scary ghost stories ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Edgar Allan Poe's Premature Burial Scary Short Story

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  Edgar Allan Poe   Buried Alive! In the nineteenth century many had a fear of being buried alive. There were reports of people being in a n...