Regarded as a pioneer of the modern ghost story, alongside M. R. James, Blackwood wrote fiction with a heavy undertow of horror and the supernatural.
Charles Brockden Brown: First American Gothic
Brockden Brown was the first authentic American voice, exploring the uniquely gothic fears of the supernatural in early, independent America.
Robert Bloch: Master of Psychological Terror.
Psycho, Star Trek, Lovecraft and Weird Tales: Bloch was the master of psychological horror in crime, fantasy and science fiction, pulp magazines and the movies.
Arthur Machen: Master of Supernatural Horror
Author ‘decadent horror’, Machen explored themes of paganism and mysticism, imagining dark secrets and ancient fears behind the closed doors of everyday society.
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