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Critical Editions of Classic Ghost Stories & Weird Fiction

— from Mary Shelley to M. R. James —

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Aug 25, 2019
17 min

Ambrose Bierce's Brutally Savage, Bitterly Mournful Horror Stories

“GHOST, n. The outward sign of an inward fear” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary He was the successor of Edgar Allan Poe and a...

Jan 14, 2019
22 min

E. T. A. Hoffmann's Freakishly Surreal, Reality-Bending Horror Stories

“I felt as a child feels when some fairy tale has been told it to conceal the truth it suspects.” – E. T. A. Hoffmann He was the...

Dec 7, 2018
30 min

J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Savagely Invasive, Unnervingly Intimae Ghost Stories

CREPUSCULAR (Adj.) : of, resembling, or relating to twilight; (of an animal) appearing or active in twilight. Synonyms: Half-light,...

Oct 23, 2018
23 min

Washington Irving's Wistfully Anxious, Nostalgic Ghost Stories

He was the greatest American writer of his time: he was a mentor to Poe, Longfellow, and Hawthorne, his country’s first professional...

Jun 21, 2018
14 min

Robert Louis Stevenson's Morally Schizophrenic, Existential Horror Stories

J. M. Barrie, the Scottish playwright and author of Peter Pan, once quipped that the initials “R.L.S.” are “the best beloved in recent...

Apr 22, 2018
14 min

Arthur Machen's Sexually Charged, Mystical Horror Stories

There are sacraments of evil as well as of good about us, and we live and move to my belief in an unknown world, a place where there are...

Mar 10, 2018
11 min

Bram Stoker's Savage Thrillers and White-Knuckle, Survivalist Horror Stories

Bram Stoker’s name has become synonymous with horror and the macabre, and with good reason. Frequently associated with nothing more than...

Mar 8, 2018
17 min

William Hope Hodgson's Savage, Otherworldly Thrillers and Hopeless Horror Stories

Although it was not until later in his career that H. P. Lovecraft stumbled upon the treasure trove of William Hope Hodgson’s fiction, it...

Mar 4, 2018
10 min

F. Marion Crawford's Gruesomely Visceral, In-Your-Face Horror Stories

Like so many of the great American horror writers of the nineteenth century, Francis Marion Crawford had a transatlantic education: he...

Feb 28, 2018
15 min

Robert W. Chambers' Surreally Decadent, Nightmarish Horror Stories

Few writers in the canon of horror fiction are more mystifying or frustrating than the unambitious genius of Robert W. Chambers....

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EXPLORE EACH OF OUR BLOG SERIES:

MACABRE MASTERS

STORY RANKINGS BY AUTHOR

STORY SUMMARIES AND ANALYSES

SPOOKY SPOTLIGHTS ON GENRES & TROPES

Ambrose Bierce's Brutally Savage, Bitterly Mournful Horror Stories

E. T. A. Hoffmann's Freakishly Surreal, Reality-Bending Horror Stories

J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Savagely Invasive, Unnervingly Intimae Ghost Stories

Washington Irving's Wistfully Anxious, Nostalgic Ghost Stories

Robert Louis Stevenson's Morally Schizophrenic, Existential Horror Stories

Arthur Machen's Sexually Charged, Mystical Horror Stories

Bram Stoker's Savage Thrillers and White-Knuckle, Survivalist Horror Stories

William Hope Hodgson's Savage, Otherworldly Thrillers and Hopeless Horror Stories

F. Marion Crawford's Gruesomely Visceral, In-Your-Face Horror Stories

Robert W. Chambers' Surreally Decadent, Nightmarish Horror Stories

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S U B S C R I B E:

EXPLORE EACH OF OUR BLOG SERIES: MACABRE MASTERS STORY RANKINGS BY AUTHOR STORY SUMMARIES AND ANALYSES SPOOKY SPOTLIGHTS ON GENRES & TROPES

Ambrose Bierce's Brutally Savage, Bitterly Mournful Horror Stories

E. T. A. Hoffmann's Freakishly Surreal, Reality-Bending Horror Stories

J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Savagely Invasive, Unnervingly Intimae Ghost Stories

Washington Irving's Wistfully Anxious, Nostalgic Ghost Stories

Robert Louis Stevenson's Morally Schizophrenic, Existential Horror Stories

Arthur Machen's Sexually Charged, Mystical Horror Stories

Bram Stoker's Savage Thrillers and White-Knuckle, Survivalist Horror Stories

William Hope Hodgson's Savage, Otherworldly Thrillers and Hopeless Horror Stories

F. Marion Crawford's Gruesomely Visceral, In-Your-Face Horror Stories

Robert W. Chambers' Surreally Decadent, Nightmarish Horror Stories

EXPLORE EACH OF OUR BLOG SERIES:

MACABRE MASTERS

STORY RANKINGS BY AUTHOR

STORY SUMMARIES AND ANALYSES

SPOOKY SPOTLIGHTS ON GENRES & TROPES