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Rich Ristow’s new novelette, Into The Cruel Sea, is about a young woman named Beth who is dealing with several issues.  She has an abusive father, a checked-out mother and a boyfriend Wade, who recently killed his parents before walking into the sea and disappearing.  Wade was always obsessed with the water, even claiming fish spoke to him.  By brutally slaying his parents, he was transformed into something as much fish as man.  He now wants Beth to join him by repeating the ritual.

I've just posted The Last Man On Earth on the Reel Relics site.  This film was released in 1964 and stars Vincent Price as Dr. Robert Morgan, a man who's left mostly alone after a world-wide plague.  Except for the zombie-like vampires that hunt him!  Like the Charlton Heston classic (?) The Omega Man, The Last Man On Earth was based on the story I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.  Matheson actually helped write the script for this film, though unhappy with the result, he was credited as Logan Swanson.

Visit Reel Relics and click on the horror link for this, and other, horror films.

I mentioned a horror film offshoot to this site some time ago, but recently decided to incorporate the horror movies into a site with all types of classic movies.  Reel Relics is now available for your viewing pleasure, though not quite completely finished.  In addition to the films that have been available here, I just added Horror Express starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing!  Just visit the site and click on the Horror link for a listing of available movies.

One of my favorite things to do while on vacation is read horror stories.  If I can find ones themed to the locale we are in, all the better.  This year we stayed at Myrtle Beach.  Seeing the ocean everyday made me select tales on the high seas.  The following take place in such settings. 

SAILING THE DARK SEAS:

Leslie Poles Hartley was born in Whittlesea, Cambridge in the United Kingdom in 1895.  He joined the British Army in 1919, but was sent home after a short stint due to medical problems.  He started his writing career as a fiction reviewer for several magazines, which he continued at for thirty years.  His first published book was a collection of short stories titled Night Fears (1924).  He also published other short story collections of the supernatural, such as

Alfred McLelland Burrage was born in 1889, in Middlesex, England.  His father and uncle were both successful writers, which may account for his early writing skill.  He published his first story at the age of 15.  He fought for his country during World War I, joining in 1917.  He was evacuated in April of 1918, due to trench foot.  Burrage wrote a book about his experiences in the war titled, War Is War (1930).  He published it under the name ‘Ex-Private X’ because he said “were it otherwise I could not tell the truth about myself and others”.  He used the pseudonym for some of his other works as well.  He also published some young adult books under the name Frank Lelland.  Some of his stories have been adapted for both television and radio.  Probably his most famous tale ‘The Waxworks’ was adapted for the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959).  The radio show Suspense aired three versions of it, and The Price of Fear also adapted it, starring legendary actor Vincent Price.  His short story ‘Playmates’ was adapted for the television show The Schaefer Century Theater in 1952, which featured the television debut of actress Natalie Wood.  He died in 1956.

It's time for a redesign!  Over the next few days I'll be changing the look here at VintageHorror.com.  I haven't liked the white text on black background look for sometime, and though the dark colors might fit the theme, I'll be changing to a white background soon.

I hope to have another episode of Vintage Horror Radio up soon, and plan to make some changes to that podcast as well.  This site has been on the back burner for a bit, but soon I'll be spending more time here.

Look for more old time horror radio, more interesting articles on horror's past, and just more in general!