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CLASSIC HORROR BLOG

Literary Essays on Classic Horror, Ghost Stories, & Weird Fiction

— from Mary Shelley to M. R. James —

by M. Grant Kellermeyer

Oct 28, 202322 min read

Halloween Rediscovered in Over the Garden Wall: Healing Grief & Fear by Blessing Our Inner Darkness

In this third and final entry in our Over the Garden Wall trilogy, we’ll be taking a deep look into the holiday which the series is built...

Oct 11, 202318 min read

Over the Garden Wall's Many Vintage Visual, Musical, & Literary Influences - A Detailed Analysis

Although Oldstyle Tales primarily focuses on the elegant horrors found in classic literature, today we'll be grafting a 21st century...

Oct 24, 20189 min read

8 Essential Ghost Story Collections to Start Your Own Haunting Library this Halloween

Anthologies are the sampler flights of literature. When I go to a restaurant with its own microbrewery, I always get the sampler flight:...

Oct 5, 20164 min read

31 Classic Horror Stories Every Fan Should Read in October: A Literary Advent Calender for Halloween

Why should Christmas have all the fun? Oldstyle Tales proudly presents a literary advent calendar for your favorite season. Each day has...

Oct 21, 20157 min read

The Seven Archetypal Horror Stories You Should Read this Halloween (and 31 Suggested Stories)

With Hallowe’en – that most atmospheric and imaginative of all holidays – brewing on the horizon, I thought it might be fitting to take a...

Nov 2, 201320 min read

"Two Islands" - A Ghost Story for Halloween

THREE MILES SOUTH of Berne, Indiana a very conventional bridge fills the gap caused by the yellow arm of the Wabash River that curls...

Oct 31, 201320 min read

A Ghost Story for Hallowe'en: Two Islands

Three miles south of Berne, Indiana a very conventional bridge fills the gap caused by the yellow arm of the Wabash River that curls...