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  • The Marvelous Miss Myrta

    The mind is a wonderful thing to waste. In an idle moment, for some unknown reason I found myself wondering whether the horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and the occultist Aleister Crowley ever got together or otherwise communicated with each other, since they were contemporaries. So, I looked it up online—and then, still being a writer…

    Garrett Dennis

    July 10, 2025
    cosmic horror, Stories
  • The Green Eyes of Bâst — Review

    Sax Rohmer, one of the pen names of Arthur Henry Ward (1883-1959), was an exceedingly popular fiction writer in his day. Today, though, he barely rates more than a footnote. Which is too bad, as he is a more than adequate read even today. And what’s more, his early books you can get free from…

    cwhawes

    July 3, 2025
    Book Review
    Book Review, Egyptian mythology, mad scientist, mystery fiction, occult fiction, pseudoscience, Sax Rohmer
  • Sister Mercy

    She was born mute, never spoke a word, but they said she could hear thoughts and feel sins. Her prayers grew darker, her eyes colder. One by one the other sisters vanished. When a priest finally entered her cell, he found it empty except for claw marks on the stone walls and a black veil…

    drawswithshadows

    June 26, 2025
    The Art of Horror
  • Creating A Horror Book Cover Using Canva or With Photoshop

    Creating A Horror Book Cover Using Canva or With Photoshop

    In an earlier post, I demonstrated designing a book cover using Canva. I do most of my cover design work in Photoshop, but Canva is a great tool that I use regularly to design as well, so this time, I thought it would be fun to try designing the same cover in both Photoshop and…

    bryceraffle

    June 19, 2025
    The Art of Horror, The Craft
    book cover, canva, design, horror, photoshop, software, tutorial, walkthrough
  • Membranes

    A relic of my steampunk days. Ignore the made-up vehicle and enjoy the chills… “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” ~ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet “Mr. Potter. Mr. Potter, you need to wake up. There are some people here to see you.” Lucius Potter opened his…

    Jack Tyler

    June 12, 2025
    Stories
  • THRILLSEEKING

    I haven’t really done a lot in terms of watching or writing horror in the last month. However, Sunday (for some reason) I recalled the movie Ronin, which I love dearly, and how I like Jean Reno’s cautious cool persona. This led me into trying to find a film he starred in I couldn’t remember…

    Will Mowass

    June 5, 2025
    Philosophy of Horror, The Craft
  • The Long Scream

    Detective Elliott Andrews walks through the heavy rain. He pulls up the collar of his leather jacket, trying to take the edge off the cold. He can’t help thinking that the city looks like something out of Blade Runner. As he passes a dark alley, something feels off. He stops and turns toward it, squinting…

    merchakandrea

    June 2, 2025
    horror of the mind, Occult Detective, Stories
  • Snow White: A Tale of Terror

    Last week, Dr. Thomas Davison regaled us with a tale of a truly spooky mirror. This week, I want to take a look at a tale that features perhaps the most famous mirror of all, the fairy tale Snow White. More specifically, I want to take a look at the Michael Cohn film Snow White:…

    David Lee Summers

    May 29, 2025
    horror movies, Stories, The Craft
    fairy tales, horror films, Michael Cohn, Sam Neill, Sigourney Weaver, Snow White, The Brothers Grimm
  • The Mirror

    The following short story, The Mirror, is part of a series from my soon-to-be-published new book of horror shorts, Unleashed Nightmares: From the Depths of My Soul. “The truth is, we all, as human beings, fear different things. I have never been overly fearful of the serial killer with the knife or axe. Or, overly…

    Dr. Thomas Davison, author

    May 22, 2025
    Stories
  • CREATIVE WRITING X: A New POV

    There have been several interesting and informative posts here of late regarding various aspects of creative writing, so I thought I’d share some thoughts in that vein this time around. Beyond the basics, there are two quotes that I especially like and now try to keep in mind when I write. They were not much…

    Garrett Dennis

    May 15, 2025
    Philosophy of Writing, Stories, The Craft
    writing fiction
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