Tag Archives: horror

Magician’s Apprentice Chapter LXXI

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Brian Bixby

The story so far: Tollon has broken out of the prince’s prison, only to be wrestled to the floor by the Mistress of the Robes. She has her own agenda. Now read on . . . Just when I think my … Continue reading →

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The Halloween read: the horror of Adrian Ross

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Brian Bixby

It’s my custom around Halloween to dredge up and read a “moldy oldie,” a story of horror or the supernatural written many years ago, which is mostly forgotten today. This year, my choice was the two horror stories written by … Continue reading →

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Review: The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Brian Bixby

Having just read and reviewed The Werewolf of Paris, I decide to tackle its movie version, The Curse of the Werewolf, for my Halloween evening entertainment. In short, read the book. It’s interesting and unusual. The movie is a run-of-the-mill horror flick, … Continue reading →

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Horror for Halloween: The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Brian Bixby

One of the standard criticisms of supernatural horror literature is that it is unreal. Why this isn’t a criticism of all literature is a good question, but supernatural horror literature is condemned for presenting us with unreal horrors when so … Continue reading →

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Still among the living

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Brian Bixby

Well, I perpetrated short fiction again, this time with a horror theme. Presumed Dead is a short story I wrote in response to a challenge. It’s brought to you by the folks at Sci-Fi & Scary: Sci-Fi & Horror Reviews, News, and … Continue reading →

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Books of wonder: reviewing Ice and Picnic at Hanging Rock

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Brian Bixby

There are stupid ideas. And I had one. Why not review two genre-bending works of fiction, both by female British Commonwealth authors, both published in 1967? Won’t the comparisons be fun and informative? And so I sat down to read … Continue reading →

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Extreme emotional states in chapter 18 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Brian Bixby

Daphne Vane has never confronted a man pointing a gun at her before now. Then again, she just found out she’s one-quarter hell cat, not something that happens every day, either. Those two unprecedented events have an unprecedented outcome for … Continue reading →

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Daphne is beastly in chapter 16 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Brian Bixby

Daphne Vane literally had something happen to her for which there were no words. But even what could not be described still has devastating consequences. Daphne faces not just the ruin of her mission, but possibly the permanent loss of … Continue reading →

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Review: uncertain narrators in horror: novels by Hogg and Tryon

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Brian Bixby

We tend to think of the unreliable narrator as a 20th century development. The unreliable narrator rejects the apparent objectivity of the omniscient narrator so beloved by the Victorians, warning us that all knowledge is subjective, all stories told from … Continue reading →

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Movie reviews: many Cat People

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Back some time ago, I reviewed the Midwich Cuckoo films, an odd trilogy that consisted of the original Village of the Damned (1960), a remake with the same title in 1995, and an odd offshoot, Children of the Damned (1964). … Continue reading →

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