Haunted by Books by Mark Valentine (2015, Tartarus Press) Haunted by Books is an excellent collection of essays by weird literature expert Mark Valentine. I can’t recommend this collection enough if you have an interest…
Every since finishing the lists of Karl Edward Wagner’s best horror novels, I’ve been itching to go through it and find some common themes. Fortunately, I’ve put together a table of all the novels
Here are the titles in KEW’s infamous list. All 3 lists were Published in Twilight Zone Magazine from June to August 1983. 13 Best Supernatural Horror Novels 1. Hell! Said the Duchess by MIchael Arlen…
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Hanns Ewers #7 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Hanns Ewers. The first of the Frank Braun trilogy. Braun hypnotizes a peasant girl into believing she has had a heavenly visitation, the isolated village…
The Death Guard by Phillip George Chadwick (RoC, 1992) A future history, supposedly written in the 1970’s, detailing the destruction of civilization through global war after Britain develops a synthetic life-form into the perfect soldier….
The Black Corridor by Michael Moorcock #8 The Black Corridor by Michael Moorcock. As civilization plunges toward destruction, a few people escape in a starship bearing mankind’s last hope. The rest in suspend animation, one man remains awake to pilot the…
Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Rosetta Books, 2010) From KEW’s 13 Best Science Fiction Horror Novels: #13 The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham “Mankind is stricken blind and carnivorous ambulatory plants…
The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr (Langtail Press, 2011) #2 The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr. Carr liked to introduce elements of the supernatural into his detective novels, usually with terrifying effect. Made into a film, but…
Alraune by Hans Ewers, translated by Guy Endore (Birchgrove Press, 2013) #3 Alraune by Hanns Heinz Ewers. The second of the Frank Braun trilogy, this one concerning the creation of a soulless woman whose birth…
#8 Vampire by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Third and most obviously political of the Frank Braun triology. Braun tours the Unites States before its entry in World War I
