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Tag: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

J. Sheridan Le Fanu & the Critics: Seen Through Other Eyes

August 2, 2018 GW Thomas 0

If you read anything by Jack Sullivan or Mike Ashley you will see that today J. Sheridan Le Fanu has fans. Horror fans. He has been acknowledged as the first man to make a living writing horror stories. He was the linchpin between the clunky old Gothics of Radcliffe and Read More

Can Occult Detectives Actually Be Scary 1?

January 27, 2018 GW Thomas 0

M. R. James, undoubtedly the finest ghost story writer in the English language, disparaged the occult detective story. This is very odd for James was inspired by, promoted the works of, and virtually single-handedly resurrected the fame of J. Sheridan Le Fanu, the man who invented the occult detective (even Read More