UNUTTERABLE HORROR
This two-volume study has already attained iconic status, and may well go on to become the premiere resource for devotees of supernatural fiction
2009: Bedlam in Print
To those who claim the horror story/novel is dead—or the horror novel is worn out, or fiction in general is dead, or whatever—I’ve got this to say: you haven’t been paying attention
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output
QUEEN OF K’N-YAN
H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos have a strong following among Japanese writers, as demonstrated by this absorbing and provocative novel
XELUCHA AND OTHERS
A collection that proves the old truism that what seems innovative to one generation is insufferable to another—well, M.P. Shiel’s work isn’t insufferable, but it’s certainly irritating.
SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE
From one of the foremost horror scribes of all time comes perhaps the finest, most concise recounting of the genre I’ve ever encountered