Haunts: Tales of Unexpected Horror and the Supernatural
by Haunts launched its first issue in 1984 on the leading edge of the venerable heyday of small press horror magazines. The premier issue was a …
1970-1990s / A - E / Dark Fantasy / Horror
Clive Barker
Clive Barker is a British fantasist, author, director, and artist who hit the horror scene in the mid-1980s with six short story collections called the …
Avon Horror
Avon Publications started in 1941 by publishing comics and digest magazines, and was one of the first American companies to publish paperback books following the …
Conan the Cimmerian
Conan of Cimmeria is the creation of pulp author Robert E. Howard. Conan was introduced to the world in a short story called “The Phoenix …
1940-1960s / Dell / Fantasy / Horror / K - O / The Twilight Zone
Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter. He is primarily known for his work on the seminal …
Gallery Updates
I started Realms of Night just over four years ago, in June 2015, to share my love for horror and fantasy paperbacks. Now here we …
1970-1990s / F - J / Horror
Charlee Jacob
Nell Anne “Charlee” Jacob (June 6, 1952 – July 14, 2019) was laid to rest Saturday, July 27 in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving, …
Twilight: Where Darkness Begins
In the early 1980s, Dell launched the Twilight series with the tag line “Where Darkness Begins” as a counterpoint to Bantam’s popular Dark Forces series. …
1970-1990s / Horror / K - O
T. Chris Martindale
T. Chris Martindale is an author of horror novels about whom I’ve been able to find precious little online. His most well-known novels appeared between …
1970-1990s / Horror / P - T
Bernard Taylor
Bernard Taylor is a British author and playwright who landed on the horror scene in 1976 with his debut novel The Godsend, published in the …