Category: Ghost Stories
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Possession as we know it seldom involves consent… or does it? If you think of The Conjuring, or Evil Dead, something is unleashed and takes possession of the victims, whether they know they invited it or not. It’s actually the start of plenty of good horror stories.
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Ferris Island, Washington is not a real place, but it might as well be. The inhabitants are normal folk just like you and me…except that the place where they live has some strange hidden corners and a very unusual history.
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Horror and sci fi author Jean marie Bauhaus talks all things spooky, The Exorcist, ghosts and Halloween for Scaring Myself Silly, a series of blog interviews that share a love for horror.
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My second guest of the Scaring Myself Silly series is author Bryan Pirolli. Bryan talks Halloween, the Jersey Devil and the allure of the paranormal.
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If you’re a horror fan in the 21st century, the chances are that you’ve heard of Mike Flanagan, and you’ll have heard of at least one of these series by now. This is my top 5 starting least to most loved and until I see Carrie, it’s staying this way. What’s yours?
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Interview With The Occult Detective. Daniel Muldoon Talks Ghosts, Mysteries And Unexpected Journeys.
Daniel Muldoon is an Occult Detective. He is the star of his own series of Gothic thrillers set in 1890s Liverpool. We caught him to talk all things horror, mystery and the occult.
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It just had to be Liverpool. Modern horror stories in books and on screen are set in Victorian England, circulating around London (Ripper street, Whitechapel, Penny Dreadful etc) or isolated mansions in fictional villages and towns modelled on the home counties of southern England. While the classics explore the South West (Hardy) and industrial towns…
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Inspired by classic Egyptian horror stories such as Lot 249 and The Ring Of Thoth, I published The Shade In The Sands And Other Stories last year. It is a collection of short Gothic stories centred around the historical phenomenon of Victorian and Edwardian Egyptomania. You can read a sample of The Shade In The…
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A British character is drinking coffee in your Edwardian novel? It’s not as unrealistic as you think.
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Below is a quick guide to the main differences between Gothic horror and horror, but scroll down to find a more in-depth overview of the genres. Feature Horror Gothic horror Main goal To shock, terrify or disgust the audience. To create an atmosphere of dread and unease. Too unsettle. Source of fear Overt physical threat…
