STORY REVIEW: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
Tim MatassaA Dutch man tries to outrun his creditors by flying a hot air balloon to the moon. Plus, bulging eyeballs and ugly aliens—but is it all a hoax?
Tag: Short Stories
STORY REVIEW: The Hand
Did a severed human hand commit murder all by itself? Plus, does the supernatural exist, or is anything we can’t explain just “inexplicable”?
STORY REVIEW: The Monkey’s Paw
Three wishes from a mummified monkey’s paw… what could go wrong?
STORY REVIEW: The Spectre Bridegroom
A case of mistaken identity causes chaos in this mistaken ghost story. Plus, spooky vibes, a clever ruse, and an engagement with the worms.
STORY REVIEW: Metzengerstein
Poe’s first story, about a boy and his horse. Except the boy is a sociopath, the horse is possessed, and there’s some real unhealthy obsession going on.
SHORT STORY REVIEW: The Book of Blood
A handsome young psychic enacts a bold–or stupid–plan in a house haunted by the worst kind of violent ghosts.
They don’t like it. And they want to tell their real stories–even if it means carving their own Book of Blood.