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Critical Essays on Horror, Ghost Stories, & Weird Fiction

— from Mary Shelley to M. R. James —

by M. Grant Kellermeyer

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Aug 23, 2020
10 min

Algernon Blackwood's The Glamour Of the Snow: A Two-Minute Summary and a Literary Analysis

A wintry fantasia of Nature, Death, and the Sublime, “The Glamour of the Snow” features one of Blackwood’s most deceptively disturbing...

Apr 12, 2019
7 min

Algernon Blackwood's The Willows: A Two-Minute Summary and a Literary Analysis

Weird Fiction developed early in the Nineteenth Century with the bizarre supernatural annals of Hoffmann, Poe, and O’Brien, but the peak...

Jan 23, 2019
9 min

Algernon Blackwood's The Wendigo: A Two-Minute Summary and a Literary Analysis

Rivaled in popularity only by “The Willows” – and the contest is a close one – Blackwood’s “The Wendigo” pairs finely with its older...

Oct 30, 2018
3 min

Algernon Blackwood's The Empty House: A Literary Analysis

Blackwood’s most famous ghost story is also one of the most excellent examples of the haunted house genre. It is not a story about...

Apr 13, 2018
3 min

Algernon Blackwood's "The Listener": A Two-Minute Summary and a Literary Analysis

Among Blackwood’s most effective ghost stories are several tales of rooms inhabited by the prowling presence of their former occupants....

Jan 28, 2018
12 min

Algernon Blackwood's Cosmic, Terrifyingly Mystical Horror Stories

Most ardent readers of weird fiction will have at one point either read or desired to read “The Willows” or “The Wendigo.” Most ardent...

Apr 30, 2015
8 min

Algernon Blackwood's Best Horror Stories: Part Two - 7 Best Weird Tales

Last week we took a good look at seven of Algernon Blackwood’s best ghost stories (while unfortunately leaving out many contenders, so...

Apr 23, 2015
7 min

Algernon Blackwood’s Best Horror Stories: Part One – 7 Best Ghost Stories

Widely known for his weird fiction, Algernon Blackwood was also a masterful writer of ghost stories – indeed, one of the best...

Jan 28, 2014
7 min

7 Great Edwardian Ghost Story Writers

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

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GOTHIC NOVELS & NOVELLAS

MACABRE MASTERS BEST STORIES BY AUTHOR

STORY SUMMARIES & ANALYSES HORROR TROPE SPOTLIGHTS

FILM ADAPTATIONS NEW BOOK REVIEWS HOLIDAY STORIES