Category Archives: Authors

Thoughts on Lovecraft

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Annie Neugebauer

I recently read a collection of H.P. Lovecraft’s short stories. My version was the Penguin Classics edition The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories. It was my introduction to Lovecraft, whom I had long heard of and had on … Continue reading →

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What Ray Bradbury Meant to Me

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Annie Neugebauer

As a female horror writer, I sometimes think I was born the wrong gender about three decades too late. If you’re not very familiar with the horror genre in books, let me sum it up for you: popular contemporary horror … Continue reading →

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Halloween, Poe, and “The Call of the House of Usher”

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Annie Neugebauer

Happy Halloween! And for wiccans, blessed Samhain! I hope everyone has a fun, special, and safe holiday. What Halloween goodies have I got on the blog for you this year? Well, I’m a busy, busy bee getting ready for an … Continue reading →

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The Founding Fathers (and Mothers) of Horror Literature

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Annie Neugebauer

Originally posted on Wednesday, ‎August ‎31, ‎2011, ‏‎5:20:00 PM Great Grandpa Walpole Horace Walpole (1717 – 1797) “Posterity always degenerates till it becomes our ancestors.” – Horace Walpole The horror genre, like it or not, has its roots deeply in … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Mr. Poe.

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Annie Neugebauer

Originally posted on January 20, 2010 at 1:33 AM I’m writing this in the last technical minute of Edgar Allan Poe’s 201st birthday. It seems fitting to wish it at midnight. Ann Rice perhaps, I would say happy birthday to … Continue reading →

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