Tag: ghost story

• 10 Favorite Tales of Terror

  It is a human trait to have favorites. Shoot, it may even be a trait of living things. After all, my cat has her favorite toys, food, and places to sleep. And so it is with fiction. We all have our favorite stories. Today I am going to share with you 10 of my favorite…

  cwhawes

  March 30, 2023

  Horror Favorites

  abhumans, aliens, cosmic horror, Cthulhu Mythos, demons, ghost story, monsters, occult detectives, political horror, psychological horror, vampires

• Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories

  There’s something about the long, dark nights just as autumn turns into full-fledged winter that seems especially suited to spooky tales. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons the Victorians were especially fond of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve. Of course, one of the most famous ghost stories of Christmas is none other than A…

  David Lee Summers

  December 25, 2022

  History of Horror

  Charles Dickens, Christmas, ghost story, J. Sheridan LeFanu

• Fear Is Always With Us

  A week and a half ago, Jack Tyler opened our discussion by talking about fear. The fear we choose to enjoy. In this post, I’d like to personalize Jack’s post: the fear I choose. In his classic essay, Supernatural Horror In Literature, HP Lovecraft noted that “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear,…

  cwhawes

  November 25, 2022

  Philosophy of Horror

  cosmic horror, cryptids, fear, ghost story, occult detectives, psychological horror