“What is the whole literature of supernatural horror, but an essay to make Death itself exciting – wonder and strangeness to life’s very end?” Fritz Leiber once said.
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As you may have noted, we were down all day yesterday. After a number of rounds with our hosting company, it appears we’re back up and running again. Keep your fingers crossed. The good news is that you didn’t miss anything. It seems the horror genre is a...
[The following is an updated reprint of a column which originally appeared in the September 22, 2005, issue of Hellnotes.] Frankenstein is, without a doubt, one of the major classics of horror. This novel has inspired countless other novels and dozens of stage...
[The following is an updated reprint of a column which originally appeared in the June 30, 2005, issue of Hellnotes.] Oliver Onions was a master of the supernatural tale. His ghost stories were elegantly written and well plotted, and his characters were fully fleshed....