Forbes Rydell was a pseudonym for crime-fiction author Deloris Stanton Forbes (1923-2013) and Helen B. Rydell. The two collaborated on four ...

It's another investigative Paperback Warrior episode! In this feature, Eric delves into the murky life and career of crime-fiction, scie...

Paperback Library published the Dark Shadows paperback novels that tied to the television show. The series was authored by goth king Willia...

On this spook-filled episode, Eric takes listeners through the darkened hallways and staircases of gothic-romance novels. His feature today ...

I’ve been making my way through the literary work of William Ross , evident with seven of the author’s novels reviewed right here on the blo...

William Ross used combinations of his name, as well as pseudonyms like Marilyn Ross, Clarissa Ross, Dan Roberts, and Ellen Randolph to writ...

Those of you familiar with our goth reviews will recognize the name William Ross , a Canadian author that wrote hundreds of novels in the ge...

Paul Hugo Little (1915-1987) authored novels in genres like historical-fiction, romance, erotica, gothics , and crime-fiction. Supposedly, L...

The Secret of Mallet Castle was originally published with a horrific juvenile cover by Arcadia House in 1966 under William Ross's popu...

We keep reading and reviewing the robust body of literary work by the talented author Jon Messmann . From men's action-adventure titles ...

Hilda Lawrence (1906-1976) was a pseudonym for Hildegarde Kronmiller Lawrence, a mid-20th century author that wrote four novels in the 1940s...

Paperback Library published 33 Dark Shadows novels from 1966 through 1972. These gothic paperbacks were based on the American soap opera th...

Author Jon Messmann cut his teeth writing for the Golden Age of Comics before moving into full-length novels. At the height of men's ac...

Our coverage of beautiful women running from scary places continues with The Haiti Circle , a 1976 gothic paperback with the name Marilyn R...

On Episode 97, Eric and Tom collaborate for a comprehensive feature on Jon Messmann , the prolific author and creator of The Trailsman seri...

British novelist Anne Arundel (1910-1993) utilized pseudonyms like Anne Buxton and Katherine Troy to author romantic suspense novels. Her bi...

According to the internet, New York native Irving Greenfield was a youthful runaway, a Korean War veteran, a merchant seaman, professor, and...

Norman Firth (1920-1949), known as the “Prince of Pulp Pedlars”, was a British author that contributed to small publishers like Bear Hudson,...

We've talked a great deal about prolific author Norman Daniels , but haven't posted a single review for his wife's work. Dorothy...

Based on a small sample size, the Gothics that I've read from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s have teased a supernatural element. ...