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It may seem strange, in a world with so much natural horror, to seek to explore and even celebrate horror that extends even further...

Mar 19, 20186 min read

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

Excerpted from the Introduction to our best-selling title: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA: ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED (Available HERE) DRACULA IN...

Jul 16, 20149 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

As the proliferation of podcasts like A Podcast to the Curious, the H.P. Podcraft, the Edgar Allan Poe-cast, and the Yog-Sothoth Podcast...

Nov 8, 20134 min read