Golden Age writer of over 100 stories Clark Ashton Smith enjoyed a reputation for fast-paced, evocative narratives in the thrilling forms of the golden age genre fiction: horror, science fiction, heroic fantasy and the macabre.
Henry Fuseli: Dark Gothic Fantasy
The early gothic found ghastly, thrilling form in the supernatural intimations of Henry Fusili. An artist of fierce intelligence we know him primarily as the creator of the famous Nightmare painting, but his influence can be seen in William Blake, Lovecraft, Frazetta and so many more.
Algernon Blackwood: Master of Supernatural Fiction
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.
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.