PHANTASMS Peter Bell Sarob Press 2016 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi For those who love atmospheric, elegantly told British ghost stories in the tradition of MR James, there is arguably no living writer who can compete with Peter Bell as an author of...
The Parts We Play Stephen Volk 2016 PS Publishing Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Widely known as a successful screenwriter (Ghostwatch, Gothic, The Awakening) Stephen Volk is also a very fine author of horror/dark fiction, whose stories have been appearing, during the...
Dark Tales Shirley Jackson Penguin Classics October 6, 2016 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) is rightly famous for her gothic novels (The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle) and the cult short story “The...
The Stuff of Dreams: The Weird Stories of Edward Lucas White Edward Lucas White (Edited by S.T. Joshi) Dover Publications 2016 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi The supernatural stories of Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) represent a classic body of work in horror and dark...
Seize The Night Edited by Christopher Golden Gallery Books October 6, 2015 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Do you want to know a little secret? I’m sick and tired of vampire stories. I’ve had my share during the years and now I’m fed up with those...