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Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
"The Decoy" by Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
"The Decoy" is a short story by Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson, first published in the 1921 collection, The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories. “John Burley sought to dispel the ugly superstition that clung to the unlovely house.”

Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
"By One, by Two, and by Three" by Adrian Ross
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
"By One, by Two, and By Three" is a short story by the British writer, Adrian Ross -- aka Stephen Hall (real name, Arthur Reed Ropes). The tale, which first appeared in the December 1887 edition of Temple Bar, concerns a curious character by the name of Angus Macbane, whose dislike of a wealthy uncle is expressed in the most unwholesome of ways.

Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
"Night and Silence" by Maurice Level
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
"Night and Silence" is a short story by the French author, Maurice Level. First appearing in Weird Tales in February 1932, the story was described as follows: “They seemed to personify Age, Night and Silence.”

Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
"The Dark Castle" by Marion Brandon
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
"The Dark Castle" is one of two short stories penned by the little-known author, Marion Brandon. First appearing in the September 1931 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, the story was described as follows: “The spirit of Archenfels broods ominously over the two stranded travelers in the deserted castle.”

Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
"The Silver Bullet" by P. A. Whitney
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
"The Silver Bullet" is a short story by the American author, P. A. Whitney. First published in the February 1935 issue of Weird Tales Magazine, the story was described as follows: “An eldritch tale of horror, of a terrible adventure on Loon Mountain, and a talisman that was potent in the old days against witches and warlocks.”

Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
"Out of the Sea" by A. C. Benson
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
"Out of the Sea" is a 1904 horror story by the English author, A. C. Benson. "It was a beast—a beast about the size of a goat. I never saw the like—yet I did not see it clear; I but felt the air blow, and caught a whiff of it—it was salt like the sea, but with a kind of dead smell behind."

Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
"The Sorcerer's Jewel" by Robert Bloch
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
"The Sorcerer's Jewel" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Robert Bloch, first published in the February 1939 edition of Strange Stories, under the pseudonym, Tarleton Fiske. “Those forms were spawned in the nightmares and dreams of the Pit."

Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
"The Dead Woman" by David H. Keller
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
"The Dead Woman" is a short story by American author, David H. Keller, first published in the April 1934 edition of Fantasy Magazine. “Eerie and flesh-crawling revelations form this shocking kaleidoscope of a mind crying NOT GUILTY.”

Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
"The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
"The Graveyard Rats" is a short story by American author, Henry Kuttner. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in March of 1936, tells of a cemetery caretaker, who, unfortunately, has been tasked with the extermination of a colony of monstrous rats.

Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
"The House That Remembered" by Jonathan Cruise
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
"The House That Remembered" is a short story by Jonathan Cruise, first published in The 27th Pan Book of Horror Stories in 1986. In the story, a young American couple inherit a decrepit country house in rural Ireland–a house with a questionable history.