[The following is a reprint of a column which originally appeared in the February 24, 2005, issue of Hellnotes.]
Frank Belknap Long, Jr., had a long and prolific writing career, penning hundreds of stories and a number of novels in the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy (or scientifantasy, as Long himself put it). He […]

[The following is an updated reprint of a column which originally appeared in the January 27, 2005, issue of Hellnotes. Editor’s Note: This is Ron’s 50th column on Old Masters of Horror. If you have any appreciation for the roots of the genre, you’ve undoubtedly enjoyed each and every one of his columns. We just […]

Richard Marsh is best known for the 1897 novel The Beetle, which gave him the distinction of writing a book which surpassed Bram Stoker’s Dracula in popularity at the time. He had two distinct periods in his literary career, differentiated not only by the name he published under but also by the type of material […]

[The following is an updated reprint of a column which originally appeared in the December 16, 2004, issue of Hellnotes.]
Joseph Thomas Sheridan LeFanu is called by some the father of the modern ghost story, and he was widely read during the Victorian era. His most notable short story is the vampire tale “Carmilla,” which influenced […]

Henry S. Whitehead is known for his voodoo tales and other stories set in the West Indies. He was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines in the 1920s and 1930s, especially Weird Tales.
Henry St. Clair Whitehead was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on March 5, 1882, and he lived mostly in New England. He […]