1970-1990s / Gore / Horror
Fleuve Noir: GORE
by Fair warning, kids: this is not safe for work. This art is graphic and rated R (for nudity, blood, disturbing violence, and then some). Don’t …
Category: Series
1970-1990s / Archway / P - T / Point Thriller / Scholastic / YA Horror
Christopher Pike
Christopher Pike is the pen name of Kevin McFadden, an American author of thrillers and science fiction. He is best known for his young adult …
1900-1930s / Conan the Barbarian / F - J / Fantasy / Horror / Weird Tales
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author and poet. He was born in Peaster, Texas, a small town …
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 …
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 / Archway / P - T / Point Thriller / Scholastic / YA Horror
R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine is an American author of children’s mystery, suspense, and horror. Generally thought of as the “Stephen King of children’s fiction,” Stine has …
1970-1990s / A - E / Point Thriller / Scholastic / YA Horror
Carol Ellis
Carol Ellis is an American author of young adult and children’s fiction. Her first novel, My Secret Admirer, was published in 1989 by Scholastic as …
1970-1990s / Fantasy / K - O / Raven
Raven: Swordsmistress of Chaos
The Raven series was originally published in the UK by Corgi in the late 1970s. The covers and general tone of the books seem to be intended to …
1900-1930s / 1940-1960s / F - J / Pyramid / The Shadow
The Shadow
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” Americans have known the answer to this question since the early 1930s, when the iconic …