Last time, we explored the career of Marcus Mortlake as a prober of paranormal activity. This time, we will venture a little further back in time to uncover the horrific childhood trauma that helped shape our tweed-clad hero. What is the mysterious Erl-king? There’s a...

The fragility of our existence is what draws most of us to horror. And it’s the reason we created campfire stories and urban legends. They are an entertaining and memorable way to package our cautionary tales. “Be careful where you go, and who you allow close.”...

Monsters can look like anything. So, if they show up on your doorstep and you let them in, you can never be sure what you’ve welcomed inside. Bloody Mary is one of my favorite urban legends. Slumber parties just aren’t complete until you’ve tried to summon a homicidal...

I’ve read a thousand stories where people claimed that they’ve “received a sign”. And, upon following it, things seemed to pan out. They’d find the corpse of that poor girl who went missing decades ago. Or uncover a hidden secret. Or even escape a serial killer just...

We comfort ourselves with the thought that we will always be able to see danger coming. It’s a pretty lie. When I was younger, I loved to jump on branches. There was just something satisfying in the way they cracked. One day, I was walking with a friend through a...

There are mysteries in this world that we’re better off leaving unexamined. Unfortunately for us, we humans suck at letting things go. I learned to read with a secret motive; I wanted to know what was in all those books adults kept putting on the highest shelves....

I once had a nightly routine. After a long walk home through dimly lit woodlands, I would check my apartment for intruders. In my defense, that area was a great place to hide a body and the locks were flimsy. I couldn’t relax until I had looked everywhere. And yet, I...

Witches are such a big part of the history of horror. They can be good or bad, their powers can be nearly limitless, and they can fit into any timeline in history. Along with vampires and werewolves, they’re really some of the most fun and malleable things to work...

I have always been fascinated by the macabre. By the things that go bump in the night. What other people call nightmares, I call playgrounds. I can’t count the number of hours I spent huddled up in my room at night, turning page after page, equally thrilled and scared...

Well, here we are, plunging into the third part of Marcus Mortlake’s adventures. Having faced werewolves and ghosts, Mortlake is now pitted against the powers of the blood-drinking undead. One of whom is an ex-girlfriend, which makes things a little awkward for many...