Sunday, October 25, 2015

Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe as Read by Jeff Buckley

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Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe One of my favorite Poe poems is "Ulalume" published in 1848. It is his only poem centered around ...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Black Cat Song by Broadcast

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Recently I posted  Edgar Allan Poe's  haunting short story " The Black Cat " along with a photo of the house in Philadelphia...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Did Edgar Allan Poe Write a Werewolf Short 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 too...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

"The Black Cat" Scary Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe

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The Black Cat Years before the black raven was engrained into the minds of Americans as a reminder of lost love, another sable anim...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

Horror Book Heat Map

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Above is a heat map showing where my books sell in the United States, with a few caveats. The first is that it is where my physical book...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

First Use of Hell's Bells in Literature

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Thomas Moore (1779-1852) On a rainy day last weekend I was sitting around with nothing much to do and I started thinking about the orig...
Saturday, June 27, 2015

Middle Unearthed: The Best Fantasy Short Stories Interview with Andrew Barger

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Interview with Andrew Barger (June 22, 2015) Q:  As one of the ten best fantasy short stories for this period you picked one by Eli...
Saturday, May 2, 2015

Middle Unearthed: The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849 is Published!

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There has been amazing news in the book publishing world in 2015. It seems that every month we learn of another new book by a famous au...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

On Self-Destructing Books and the Permanency of Art

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Recently, James Patterson announced the sale of his new book that would self-destruct within 24 hours. The details were scant as to how...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

"The Field of Terror" Scary Short Story by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqae

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Baron Friedrich Heinrich Karl De la Motte Fouquâe (1777-1843) In 1827 the German author Baron Friedrich la Motte Fouquae published a f...