Tag: psychological horror

• Daddy’s Little Bird

  The exterior security gate slid shut behind me with its usual finality. I paused between the fences, noticing a hawk circling overhead, its presence serving as an unwanted and grim reminder. Deep within the high-security establishment, locked away, I imagined her head slightly tilted, watching, much like that predatory bird above me. The memory still…

  Peter

  March 10, 2025

  Stories

  horror, murder, psychological, psychological horror, short story, writing fiction

• The Story That Keeps On Giving

  Sometime back when I was in elementary school, let’s say 60 years ago, I read a story by Saki (aka HH Munro) titled “Sredni Vashtar”. The story has remained vivid in my mind for the six decades since I read it. It truly is the story that keeps on giving. Periodically, I ask myself, why?…

  cwhawes

  February 29, 2024

  Book Review

  characters, HH MUnro, psychological horror, Saki, short story review, Sredni Vashtar

• 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

• 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