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There is perhaps no more cursed writer of horror in the English canon than the elegant Edwardian, W. W. Jacobs. World renowned for one...

Feb 25, 20156 min read

Dickens is widely renowned in popular culture as a writer of grade-A ghost stories. “Could you name some?” a person – not particularly...

Nov 20, 20147 min read

While the weird tale and horror fiction existed in Britain long before the Edwardian Era (fl. 1895 - 1919), this period was certainly the...

Jan 28, 20147 min read

"There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.." Or so the carol tells us. To most Americans,...

Dec 23, 20138 min read

Famous for his charismatic whit, irony, and satire, Charles Dickens’ ghost stories often typified the Victorian supernatural aesthetic –...

Oct 18, 20134 min read

Now, as to what the devil all of this means. The sign posts of Gothic fiction direct us to suspect several possibilities. There are...

Oct 14, 20138 min read

Is Abortion the Underlying Issue in Edith Wharton’s “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell”? Edith Wharton has long been tied with Henry James – another...

Oct 14, 20134 min read