Created by Mona Williams (1905-91) When Tony Lopez comes to San Sebastián, California for dinner with his employers, he promptly disappears, in the 1978 horror novel This House is Burning. Private detective ALAN BONNER is soon dispatched to find Lopez, and is soon asking questions all over town, and his attention is soon drawn to … Continue reading Alan Bonner
Tag: Horror
Ed Gorman
Pseudonyms include Richard Driscoll, Chris Shea McCarrick, Daniel Ransom, E.J. Gorman, Edward Gorman Jr. & Robert David Chase (1941-2016) "Ed was a helluva writer, one of my favorites, and is sorely missed." -- Darren Heil If you're playing pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, good luck on pinning anything on Ed Gorman. He was a writer. Sure. That's the easy … Continue reading Ed Gorman
Robert Doverman
Created by Lamont A. Turner ROB DOVERMAN is a private eye who's appeared seemingly out of nowhere, in a splatter of short, bloody stories that aren't afraid to toss a little gore'n'horror into the mix. He has an office, but he had no luck hiring a hot babe secretary, and so makes do with Steve, … Continue reading Robert Doverman
Richard (“The Bleeding Shadows”)
Created by Joe R. Lansdale "I do a little detective stuff now and then for folks I know, folks that recommended me to others. I don't have a license. Black folks couldn't get a license to shit broken glass in this town. But I was pretty good at what I did. I learned it the … Continue reading Richard (“The Bleeding Shadows”)
Miles Huerdeen
Created by Bentley Little (1960--) Given the uber-popularity of television's The Walking Dead, it would be easy to slag The Walking off as a rip-off, except... horror writer Bentley Little's 2000 zombie novel not only predates the popular TV show and its myriad spin-offs and clones, but it actually also predates the comic book series by … Continue reading Miles Huerdeen
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts
Things That Go Bump in the Night, and the Eyes Who Go After Them Here there be monsters. And ghosts and vampires and demons and elves and fairies and zombies, woo-woo up the yin-yang and well, you get the idea. The following eyes go after some strange game. And sometimes it's the eyes themselves who have, … Continue reading I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts
Repairman Jack
Created by F. Paul Wilson "You know, sometimes I wish there was someone else around to handle these jobs." Got a problem? He can fix it. First introduced in the 1984 novel The Tomb, horror writer F. Paul Wilson's REPAIRMAN JACK is simply one hell of an an intriguing, compelling character. He's not a private eye, … Continue reading Repairman Jack