Vintage horror book covers

The Halloween Tree

We all had that book as kids — a book with such a terrifying book cover that we had to keep it under our beds or in another room between readings. As we got older, we (mostly) became able to tolerate even the scariest book covers, but one some…

Widow in White by Evelyn Bond • Vintage Gothic Romance

In spite of its title, Road to Nowhere has a conclusive ending. And a powerful one, at that. Christopher Pike’s 1993 novel puts its troubled protagonist behind the wheel and shadows her every move and thought as she drives along the California coast one fateful night. The path ahead of her is unclear, but one […]

See what your friends are reading

(Originally posted in 2011 over at After Dark In The Playing Fields) Perhaps a month or so ago whilst puttering around on the internet late at night, a memory, unbidden, came to mind. A book I had …

Admit it: you barely learned how to multiply fractions because you were up too late every school night reading Fear Street books. Yes, it’s absolutely shameful, but at least nobody can see how you…

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Hi Folks, Just a quick message here. I have no idea how much of my traffic comes from people just interested in cover scans, most of it I'm afraid. So I've started to scan my entire collection and you can view it over here at Tumblr! http://vintage-horror-paperbacks.tumblr.com/ Take care until next time and thanks for stopping by! Doug

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Florence Hurd: The Secret of Awen Castle

Bloodworm by John Halkin. #horror

If one browses a great deal of retro horror art (as I do), one is bound to stumble upon this common theme: wandering women in nightgowns. Apparently, many stories exist in which women find compelli…

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