by a2 hosting admin account | Oct 4, 2007 | Columns & Editorials
[This is a slightly revised reprint of a column which originally appeared in the September 23, 2004, issue of Hellnotes.] Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio, the youngest of 10 children. In 1846, his family moved to Indiana, where he...
by a2 hosting admin account | Sep 10, 2007 | Columns & Editorials
Manly Wade Wellman was an American writer of horror fiction, much of it set in the Appalachian Mountains, as well as science fiction, mystery, adventure, juvenile fiction, biography, history, and true crime. He was an accomplished historian of the Civil War and the...
by a2 hosting admin account | Aug 6, 2007 | Columns & Editorials
[This is an expanded, updated reprint of a column which originally appeared in the July 22, 2004, issue of Hellnotes.] Though the Irish writer, Lord Dunsany, was known more for fantasy than horror, H.P. Lovecraft considered him to be one of the four modern masters of...
by a2 hosting admin account | Jul 6, 2007 | Columns & Editorials
Robert Aickman was an English writer best known for his “strange stories,” as he termed them, which were subtle and poetic and concentrated more on the emotions of horror rather than material terror. He also wrote longer fiction as well as non-fiction and...
by a2 hosting admin account | Jun 15, 2007 | Columns & Editorials
Lecter’s Last Revenge Written by: Shannon Riley According to critics, Thomas Harris’s latest novel, Hannibal Rising, is disappointing in many ways but primarily because it reveals too much of Hannibal’s motivations: “the trauma of his childhood...
by a2 hosting admin account | Jun 5, 2007 | Columns & Editorials
[This is a slightly revised reprint of a column which originally appeared in the August 26, 2004, issue of Hellnotes.] August William Derleth is well-known for his connection with H.P. Lovecraft, but he was also a prolific author in his own right, having published 150...
