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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

Sep 13, 20182 min read

Reviewing: Lou Yardley's Hellhound

The best part of reading Lou Yardley’s excellent werewolf novel, “Hellhound,” is a very basic, very underrated, very underappreciated...

Apr 27, 20184 min read

Reviewing: Andrew Struther's Dracula Incarnate -- Unearthing the Definitive Dracula

A little known secret about me is that I take great guilty pleasure – and unapologetic enjoyment – in reading about historical conspiracy...

Dec 22, 20162 min read

Reviewing: "The Man Behind the Glass" by Greg Howes

A Gothic novel set in the mid-Victorian era, Greg Howes' “The Man Behind the Glass” is a scintillating, engaging narrative that combines...

Mar 2, 20164 min read

Reviewing: The Assassination of Ambrose Bierce

When I made the decision to start Oldstyle Tales Press, I had only four books planned – The Best Victorian Ghost Stories, The Best...

Nov 4, 20154 min read

Reviewing: KAI, a Japanese Horror Novel

While Oldstyle Tales typically focuses on the classics of Western horror, we were thrilled to be able to review KAI, a thrilling novel...

Oct 20, 20153 min read

Reviewing: Nightscripts, An Anthology of Strange & Darksome Tales

In the preface to the inaugural edition of Nightscript, C. M. Muller invites us to join him “in an invigorating walk through the...