“The Hound” was written by H.P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. “The Hound” contains the first mention of Lovecraft’s fictional text the Necronomicon. Lovecraft noted the story was inspired on September 16, 1922, after he had toured the Flatbush Reformed Church in Brooklyn with his friend […]
Dweller of the Dark Presents “The Sleeper” by Edgar Allan Poe A heart beats in a rat covered tomb, bells ring out from an abandoned church, a black cat screams in the shadows, and a raven screeches, “Nevermore” as we return to the ghostly grave of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe, the master of […]
The master of terror and the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, editor, and literary critic. He’s best known for his poetry and short stories. Poe is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature, and he was one of the country’s earliest practitioners of the […]
Hellish houses moan, mad drivers duel for the road, a looming disease turns humanity into the undead, and a man shrinks from his world, as we honor the great Richard Matheson. Richard Matheson was a screenwriter, novelist and most certainly a master of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. He worked often with Rod Serling on […]
There’s an argument that had there been no August Derleth, there would be no H.P. Lovecraft. It was Derleth who devoted his life to promoting the genius that was H.P. Lovecraft. August Derleth was a writer, anthologist, and editor, best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. August Derleth […]
A horrifying haunted house tries to drag your soul into its pits of Hell. A vampire virus wipes out the world leaving a single legendary man. And something nightmarish rides on your plane’s wing at twenty thousand feet. These are just some of the terrifying creations of the late great Richard Matheson. Check out one […]
“The Masque of Death is Not Red” is a brief story by Jeffrey LeBlanc. This is his first science fiction horror story written in 2019. The story has received great reviews and is pending for approval with some legendary literary journals. The brief, original short story will be published in the future anthology “Fire, Lightning, […]
“Tangled is the Web” was a short story first written by Jeffrey LeBlanc in July 2015. A main character, Max Faucheaux, went on to further adventures in the novella “War with Werewolves”. The novella was submitted in 2017 to Lycan Valley Publishers for final review by the Canadian publisher. “War with Werewolves” later was published […]
Tonight, we’ll be reading the short story that created a mythos. “The Wings of the Seraph” was written in 2015 and first placed in the anthology “Wolves, Wings, & Other Things” published by Cloven Hoof Publishers. What was to be a simple story became a complex novel. The novel is listed on Amazon and on […]
There are writers that write horror stories. Then there are those who write to horrify, to un-nerve and to terrify you. On occasion we might, if the moon is full, tickle the funny bone and give a skull a grin. But we always want to leave a lasting spine-tingling chill and foreboding, of all things […]
Welcome…to Dweller of the Dark! We are a channel honoring the yellowed, and blackened bones of many prominent authors. We will be digging up several obscure, strange, and forgotten authors who influenced many of the great horror, science fiction, and fantasy writer’s today. Comment below if you like. If you have authors that you’d like […]
Welcome…to Dweller of the Dark! We are a channel honoring the yellowed, and blackened bones of many prominent authors. We will be digging up several obscure, strange, and forgotten authors who influenced many of the great horror, science fiction, and fantasy writer’s today. Comment below if you like. If you have authors that you’d like […]
Welcome…to Dweller of the Dark! We are a channel honoring the yellowed, and blackened bones of many prominent authors. We will be digging up several obscure, strange, and forgotten authors who influenced many of the great horror, science fiction, and fantasy writer’s today. Comment below if you like. If you have authors that you’d like […]
Welcome to Dweller of the Dark! We are a channel honoring the yellowed and blackened bones of many prominent authors. We will be digging up several obscure, strange, and forgotten authors who influenced many of the great horror, science fiction, and fantasy writer’s today. Comment below if you like. If you have authors that you’d […]
Welcome to Dweller of the Dark! We are a channel honoring the yellowed and blackened bones of many prominent authors. We will be digging up several obscure, strange, and forgotten authors who influenced many of the great horror, science fiction, and fantasy writer’s today. Comment below if you like. If you have authors that you’d […]
Jeffrey LeBlanc 