“The Mound” is one of the lesser-known H. P. Lovecraft stories, as it was ghostwritten for short-story author Zealia Bishop. The story is about an ethnographer (unnamed) that travels to Oklahoma to investigate stories about an ancient burial mound. After being given a talisman by a cringe-inducing Indian chief stereotype, the narrator unearths a cylinder [...]
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“The Jaunt” is an interesting and chilling tale of sci-fi horror by Stephen King, detailing the story of an average family waiting to transport to Mars from Earth, using an instantaneous method of teleporting know as “Jaunting.” Mark, the father, entertains his two children by telling them how Jaunting was invented and how it changed [...]
“The Horror in the Museum” is a story ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft – from what I’ve read, Lovecraft put less effort into his revisions than his regular stories, and it shows. This story, while not bad, is not up the standard Lovecraft fare such as “The Call of Cthulhu” or “The Rats in the [...]
“Black Box” by Joyce Carol Oates is a chilling tale of trauma, notable for its frustrating ambiguity and exploration of memory. The story (the title is actually a solid black rectangle, like a redaction) concerns a narrator remembering a visit to her Uncle Rebhorn when she was eleven years old. The visit turns out to [...]
“Sea Oak” by George Saunders is a darkly hilarious look at the American lower classes, with a dash of zombie horror mixed in. The story centers on an unnamed protagonist who works as a male stripper to support his Aunt Bernie, while his sister and cousin, Min and Jade, more or less neglect their kids [...]
“Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” is an odd story by Clive Barker about a woman who can change the shape of peoples’ bodies with her mind – kind of like a psychic, only much grosser and unpleasant. After accidentally killing her therapist and not-so-accidentally killing her husband, Jacqueline becomes a prostitute, giving men one [...]
Here’s a disturbing one for you: “Survivor Type” by Stephen King. In this chilling tale, a disgraced surgeon named Richard Pine finds himself shipwrecked on a deserted island after attempting to smuggle several kilos of heroin into the US. Writing in a diary, Pine details his sordid past and the lengths he must go to [...]
This blog will be a bit different: today, I’ll be reviewing a horror film, specifically The Woman in Black, which was recently released in theaters. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the Harry Potter franchise, the film tells the story of Arthur Kipps, a young lawyer, still despondent over the death of his wife, Stella. [...]
“The Boogeyman” is a chilling tale of childhood fear by Stephen King, where that well-known figure is all too real. Lester Billings is a man with a problem: he’s paranoid, and possibly schizophrenic, exemplified by his crippling fear of closets. It’s revealed through conversations with a psychiatrist that he believes his three children were murdered, [...]
H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Colour Out of Space” may be more sci-fi than supernatural, but it is still a tale of horror. The story concerns a meteorite that crashes onto the property of farmer Nahum Gardner, turning his crops inedible and his livestock to dust. As the meteorite cools, it shrinks, leaving behind globules of [...]
