A WRITER’S TALE
It’s a shame this book is currently so difficult to get a hold of, as it’s truly one of the finest-ever books about writing and publishing
WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES
This heavily illustrated volume is the first-ever English language book devoted to the making and reception of Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 classic HAXAN
WHO’S WHO IN HORROR AND FANTASY FICTION
This mini-encyclopedia is fairly obscure, but remains one of my favorite genre resources
WES CRAVEN’S LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT: THE MAKING OF A CULT CLASSIC
A solid, readable account of the making and reception of the original LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT as told to author David Szulkin
WAR EAGLES: THE UNMAKING OF AN EPIC
The “Greatest movie never made?” Not quite, but the 1939 production WAR EAGLES is an intriguing piece of film history
DREAM SPECTRES: EXTREME UKIYO-E
A lively, user-friendly study of ukiyo-e (“images from the floating world”) woodblock printed art from 18th and 19th Century Japan
THE DOYLE DIARY
Here’s a truly amazing artifact for the ages, a sumptuous reproduction of a sketchbook kept by Charles Altamont Doyle, father of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle
DONALD CAMMELL: A LIFE ON THE WILD SIDE
The first and likely only biography we’ll ever see of the late Donald Cammell
DISPATCHES FROM ARMAGEDDON: MAKING THE MOVIE MEGIDDO
A “Devilish Diary” by the British actor Michael York about his experience playing the Devil in the Christian feature MEGIDDO: THE OMEGA CODE 2
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
This eminently readable slice of history alternates the accounts of Daniel Burnham, the director of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Herman Mudgett, a.k.a. H.H. Holmes, the serial killer who haunted the event