Save the Edgar Allan Poe House!

As we entered the month tragic news emerged – according to The Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, as of July 2010 the city of Baltimore cut funding for the Poe house curator position as well as other expenses for the Poe House. The Poe house must become self-sufficient, but given the time frame the…

Loss of Sight

Last week operations were well, stalled, due to a wicked blizzard that made shoveling tragically unpleasant. This week we hope to post Wednesday as well as Sunday so that we can continue on with our planned routine, because what is life, or even death, without a routine? As we shoveled paths for ourselves through the…

Exorcism of Fear

Apologies my dreary followers as I was unable to post a blog last night. I was detained by the Undertaker’s unwieldy demands to move another corpse. Regardless now, I can sit and tell you briefly what I thought of the horror film The Rite. It is important to note that this film is based on…

The Rite is coming…

I was going to wait until Sunday to post the next blog, but I could not wait as I wanted to share this link. We at Burial Day Books consider that since we spend so much time ingrained in researching folklore, superstition, legend, as well as religion and how it pertains to horror themes, that…

Oh what horrors we will write!

There are many things I would like to do now that we have started this venture – publish books, articles, and blogs, but I think the most important first step is to clarify as simply as possible what it is I hope to do here. I am a fan of horror, of the macabre, of…