Women don't get a lot of credit in any field that they may excel in, so why should the world of literature be any different? While, they get recognized by their peers, how many of you can name more than a handful of famous female horror authors off the top of your head? It's unfortunate that most can't, to say the least, but that's something that we plan to remedy here … [Read more...] about Celebrating the Female Writers of Horror
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From Traumatized to Terror Creator, the Life of Robert Bloch
His Youth and Education Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 5 in 1917, to two German Jews, Raphael Bloch and Stella Loeb who, despite their Jewish heritage, had the family attend a Methodist Church. When Bloch was only eight years of age, he attended a screening of Lon Chaney Sr.’s The Phantom of the Opera (1925) on his own, where he was traumatized by … [Read more...] about From Traumatized to Terror Creator, the Life of Robert Bloch
Shirley Jackson: Novels, Short Stories, and Other Works
The Lottery (1948) The Lottery is a short story that Shirley Jackson wrote in 1948—it was written within the month of its first publication. It appeared within the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker and describes a fictional account of a small town that participates in a lottery of sorts. This particular short story has often been described as "one of the most famous … [Read more...] about Shirley Jackson: Novels, Short Stories, and Other Works
The Best of the Other Stories Podcast
The eclectic nature of The Other Stories podcast is perhaps one of its most attractive qualities of this horror, sci-fi, and thriller fiction show. Their variety of authors and narrators along with stellar audio effects make this an immersive experience, but what really makes this podcast special is the agonizingly spooky and mysterious nature of these short stories. These … [Read more...] about The Best of the Other Stories Podcast
The Tormented and Tortured, Troublemaker—Shirley Jackson
Early Life Born December 14, 1916, in San Francisco, California--Shirley spent most of her childhood in North Burlingame, California. Shirley's maternal grandmother, a Christian Science faith healer lived with the Jacksons during Shirley's childhood—later she would bitterly recall a time when her little brother broke his arm and instead of taking him to the hospital, her … [Read more...] about The Tormented and Tortured, Troublemaker—Shirley Jackson