by leerozelle | Dec 10, 2023 | cosmic horror, horror short stories, the weird, weird fiction
Brian Lumley’s “A Dreamer’s Tale” follows a wanderer to the edges of a Lovecraftian dreamworld into the isolated village of Drearish, a town of dark streets and cultish townsfolk where a photophobic Shadow Man waits with vampiric intent. A strange...
by leerozelle | Dec 3, 2023 | ghost stories, horror short stories, the weird, weird fiction
Daphne du Maurier’s “Don’t Look Now” is a labyrinthine tale of Venice walkways, unbearable memories, tourist restaurants, and clairvoyant twins. A blind psychic trails a British couple claiming to see the ghost of their dead daughter. Hate to say it, but the movie’s...
by leerozelle | Nov 12, 2023 | horror short stories, the gothic, the weird, zombies
Chet Williamson’s “The Cairnwell Horror” goes deep into family lore—and the bowels of a hideous castle—to expose patrilineal monstrosities to young George. What daddy’s got hidden down in the dungeon…it’s baaad. A definite MEXICAN GOTHIC...
by leerozelle | Oct 22, 2023 | horror short stories, the weird, weird fiction
Clive Barker’s “In the Hills, the Cities” is the greatest work of body horror ever in part because the body in question is so huge. Villagers bind together to create giant humanoid beasts that fight in bloody, genocidal battle. Fascism at its most...
by leerozelle | Oct 15, 2023 | horror short stories, the weird, weird fiction
Kathe Koja’s “The Neglected Garden” is plant horror at its most dreadful, body horror at its most perverse. A scorned woman grows an attachment to the backyard fence and becomes an eyesore. How break-ups can develop one as a person … and a...
by leerozelle | Oct 8, 2023 | horror short stories, vampire stories, weird fiction
Richard Matheson’s “Blood Son” follows Jules, a child with vampire identity disorder and a thirst for the red stuff. From memorizing DRACULA to idolizing bats, Jules creeps tall for goths and other outcasts. Romero’s MARTIN in...
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