Literature

British and Irish writers have created some of the most loved and revered horror tales ever known. From Dracula to Frankenstein to the ghost stories of MR James and Charles Dickens, our books are spooky. Here we cover the classics all the way to the modern day with interviews with authors and profiles of new books.

Charles Dickens’ Ghost Haunts Birmingham Each Christmas
The Fylde Witch author Chris Newton INTERVIEW
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
The Canterville Ghost: Oscar Wilde’s Gothic Parody
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Sax Rohmer’s Dr Fu Manchu
Travelling In Jonathan Harker’s Footsteps through Romania
10 Bram Stoker Dublin Must-See Locations
Varney the Vampire: The world’s first vampiric hero
Ov A Fantasy by Kevin Patrick McCann BOOK REVIEW
Dracula Society: Interview With Julia Kruk
Shadows of Pendle: Barry McCann author INTERVIEW
Convent Crescent BOOK REVIEW
Sheridan Le Fanu’s Ireland: 11 Historic Places to Visit
10 Ways David Pinner’s Ritual May Have Inspired The Wicker Man 1973
Dracul (2018) by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker BOOK REVIEW
Return To The Stones Brings Us Back to Milbury BOOK REVIEW
Real-life M.R. James Locations Every Fan Must Visit
The Tractate Middoth: Who Was Doctor Rant?
Why We Love Dracula: A History Of Vampire Films
Mary Shelley And The Birth of Frankenstein
A Morbid Curiosity: The Art of M.R. James
Rosemary Timperley, The Greatest Horror Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
The Spooky Isles Book of Horror: Grab Your Copy!
Edgar Allan Poe’s English Gothic Inspiration