Category Archives: horror

Two Gothic Horrors: Arthur Machen’s The Great God Pan (1894) & Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1872)

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

Arthur Machen – The Great God Pan (1894) This novella is one of the foundational texts of the modern fantasy horror genre and weird literature. It influenced and has been praised by many authors, from Bram Stoker to Lovecraft to … Continue reading →

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Clark Ashton Smith – The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies (Review)

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Clark Ashton Smith was once one of the Big Three authors of fantasy and horror fiction at the Weird Tales magazine, alongside H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. And while Lovecraft and Howard and their works are still remembered … Continue reading →

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Bram Stoker – Dracula (1897) Review

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 From the very first chapter, Stoker lays on the atmosphere thick. It was a dark and stormy night, when Jonathan Harker made his way east to Dracula’s castle in Transylvania. Every sign along the road tells him that he … Continue reading →

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Dan Simmons – Song of Kali (1985) Review

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Set in the Indian city Kolkata, which used to be named Calcutta but the book was written before the name change in 2001 so the name Calcutta is used throughout, and anyway the Kolkata of this book isn’t really … Continue reading →

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