by Matt Cardin
Sadducismus Triumphatus (Glanvill), 19
Saki (1870–1916), 721–724
Beasts and Super-beasts, 721
The Chronicles of Clovis, 721
comparisons with, 723
death of, 30, 721
early life of, 721
“Esmé,” 722
“Gabriel-Ernest,” 722–723
his “careless cruelty,” 721
influences on, 723
innocent ruthlessness of Nature, 723
as inspirational, 723
“Louis,” 721–722
Milne, A. A., on, 721
“The Music on the Hill,” 723
“The Open Window,” 722
“The Penance,” 723
pen name of H. H. Munro, 721
practical jokes and, 721, 722
Reginald in Russia, 721
reputation of, 721
“Sredni Vashtar,” 766–768
suppressed homosexuality, 723
The Toys of Peace, 721
women of, 723
Salmonson, Jessica, 649
Sammon, Paul, 118
Samuels, Mark (1967–), 724–725
awards, 724
birthplace of, 724
The Face of Twilight, 724
horror genre and the Lovecraft tradition, 167, 724
influences on, 724
London setting of, 724
Machen, Arthur, and, 724
“The Man Who Collected Machen,” 725
mystical side of Christianity, 724
representative example of his work, 725
tribute to his work, 725, 843
Sandkings, 725–727
adaptations of, 725
awards to, 725
first publication of, 725
plot summary, 725–726
psychological horror and, 726
“The Sand-man” (Hoffmann), 727–729
excerpt from, 727
first publication of, 727
Freud, Sigmund, and, 728
origin of, 728
plot summary, 727–728
Sarban (1910–1989), 729–730
best-known work of, 729
“Capra,” 729
Discovery of Heretics: Unseen Writings, 730
The Doll Maker and Other Tales of the Uncanny, 729–730
The Gynarchs,” 730
“The Khan,” 729
“The King of the Lake,” 730
Nicholls, Peter, on, 729
“Number Fourteen,” 730
as a pseudonym, 729
Ringstones and Other Curious Tales, 729
The Sacrifice and Other Stories, 730
significance of his work, 729
The Sound of His Horn, 729
Wall, John William, 729
“Sardonicus,” 730–732
Castle, William, 731
del Toro, Guillermo, 731
film adaptation, 731
film adaptation of, 717
first publication of, 730
King, Stephen, on, 730
plot summary, 730–731
significance of, 731
Satyricon (Petronius), 6
Savory, Brett Alexander, 156
Sayers, Dorothy
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror, 87
Scanlon, Noel
Black Ashes, 146
Scarborough, Dorothy, 535
“Schalken the Painter” (Le Fanu), 732–733
adaptations of, 733
critical opinion of, 732
demon lover theme of, 733
first publication of, 732
full title of, 732
Ghost Stories for Christmas series, 733
Le Fanu, J. Sheridan, 732
plot summary, 732–733
The Purcell Papers and, 732
rewritten version of, 733
subtitle of, 732
Schauerromane (shudder-novels), 23
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 552
Schorer, Mark, 625
Schow, David J., 40, 763
Schulz, Bruno (1892–1942), 167, 344, 734–735
adaptations of, 734
awards to, 734
birthplace of, 734
magical realism, 734
murder of, 734
recurring characters in Schulz’s stories, 734–735
reputation of, 734
The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, 734
Sklepy Cynamonowe (Cinnamon Shops), 734
The Street of Crocodiles, 734
Schweitzer, Darrell (1952–), 154, 735–736
Awaiting Strange Gods, 735
awards to, 736
characters and themes of, 736
critical reputation of, 735
The Dream Quest of H.P. Lovecraft, 735
“Dunsanian restraint,” 736
“Goddess” series, 736
horror stories of, 735–736
Living with the Dead, 736
The Mask of the Sorcerer, 736
Weird Tales magazine, 735
Scientology, 369
Scithers, George H., 154
Scott, Sir Walter
The Bride of Lammermoor (Scott), 188
Maturin, Charles Robert, and, 595
“Wandering Willie’s Tale,” 67
“The Wild Huntsman,” 78
The Scream (Skipp and Spector), 765
“The Screaming Skull,” 736–737
Crawford, F. Marion, 736–737
film adaptation of, 737
plot summary, 737
Scream Press, 119
Second World War, 35, 36
secular apocalypses, 55
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, 64, 376
Seneca the Younger (L. Annaeus Seneca), 7
Serling, Rod, 117
The Shadow over Innsmouth (Crawford), 190
Shakespeare, William, 15–16, 148
Shakespearean horrors, 148–152
conclusion concerning, 152
Cymbeline, 151–152
Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures (Harsnett), 150–151
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 150
Hostel (2005), 149
Julius Caesar, 150
King Lear, 150
Macbeth, 151
Midsummer Night’s Dream, 150
Othello, 150
overview of, 148
Saw (2004), 149
Shakespearean horrors in the modern world, 149t
significance of Shakespeare, 148
The Tempest, 152
Titus Andronicus, 148–149
torture-porn, 149
The Winter’s Tale, 152
She (Rider), 738–739
adaptations of, 739
erotic imagery and behavior, 738–739
evolution of, 739
first appearance of, 738
full title of, 738
Haggard, H. Rider, 738
Jung, Carl, and, 738
plot summary, 738
popularity of, 738
presentation of the “Other,” 738
sequels to, 739
Shea, Michael (1946–2014), 739–741
Assault on Sunrise, 741
“The Autopsy,” 739, 740, 764
awards to, 740
Color out of Time, 739
Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales, 739
death of, 741
Fat Face, 739
“Growlimb,” 740
Lovecraft, H. P., 739
The Mines of Behemoth, 740
Nifft the Lean, 740
Polyphemus (collection), 739
A Quest for Symbilis, 740
The A’rak, 740
“tribute” anthology, 741
In Yana, The Touch of Undying, 740
Sheck, Laurie
A Monster’s Notes, 129
Shelley, Mary (1797–1851), 375, 741–745, 743–744
burial of, 745
death of, 745
death of her first child, 742
early life of, 742
Falkner, 744
family of, 742
“Female Gothic,” 742
Frankenstein, 26, 62, 63, 64, 68, 74, 103, 144, 337, 616, 742
full name of, 741
the grotesque, use of, 405
The Last Man, 53–55, 743–744
last years of her life, 745
“league of incest,” 742
literary output of, 743
Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men (1835–1839), 744
Lodore, 744
Matilda, 743
Moers, Ellen, on, 742
The Nightmare (painting), 343–344, 468
Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, 1843, 744–745
reputation of, 741
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 375, 741, 742, 743, 744
Valperga, 743
Villa Diodati ghost story competition, 68, 128, 741
See also the legacy of Frankenstein: from Gothic novel to cultural myth
Shiel, M. P. (1865–1947), 745–748
Arkham House collections of, 747
birthplace of, 745
Decadent fantasy, 747
Decadent movement, 746
Dr Krasinski’s Secret, 747
father of, 745
full name of, 745
Here Comes the Lady, 747
King, Stephen, on, 747
The Last Miracle, 747
The Lord of the Sea, 746
The Pale Ape and Other Pulses, 747
Poe, Edgar Allan, influence of, 746–747
“Premier and Maker,” 747
Prince Zaleski, 746
Prince Zaleski and Cummings King Monk, 747
The Purple Cloud, 747
Shapes in the Fire, 747
Thacker, Eugene, on, 747
“Vaila,” 747
“Xélucha,” 746, 747
Xélucha and Others, 747
The Shining (King), 748–749
autobiographical links in, 748
cinematic adaptation, 748–749
as a foundational text of modern horror fiction, 748
Freud, Sigmund, and, 748
King, Stephen, 748
plot of, 748
sequel of, 749
significance of, 749
Shirley Jackson Awards, 749–750
advisory board, 750
categories of, 749
date first presented, 749
effect of, 750
importance of, 750
jury of, 749–750
purpose of, 749
recipients of, 750
site of awards, 749
website and social media presence, 750
“A Short Trip Home” (Fitzgerald), 750–752
evocation of “home,” 751
first publication of, 750
Fitzgerald’s opinion of, 751
plot of, 750–751
rhetoric of romance, 751
surrealism, romance, and fantasy, 751
Tender Is the Night, 751
Turn of the Screw, comparison with, 751
Showalter, Elaine, 775
Shun-Liang Chao, 405
Siddons, Anne Rivers
The House Next Door, 421, 446–447
“Silent Snow, Secret Snow,” 752–753
adaptation of, 752
Aiken, Conrad, 752
The Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken, 752
first publication of, 752
Freud, Sigmund, 752
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural and, 752
opinions on, 752
plot of, 752
Silent Spring (Carson), 57
Silverberg, Robert
Thorns, 509
Simmons, Dan (1948–), 753–755
adaptations and, 755
awards to, 753, 754, 755
Carrion Comfort, 146, 753
date and place of birth, 753
education of, 753
Ellison, Harlan, on, 753
Fall of Hyperion, 754
first short story sales, 753
his career in education, 753
Joe Kurtz noir crime novels, 754
literary output of, 753, 754
reputation of, 754
research of, 754
“The River Styx Runs Upstream,” 753
Shrike character, 753
Song of Kali, 146–147, 754, 759–760
Sinclair, May, 68, 70
The Sinful Ones (Leiber), 37–38
Sinistrari, Ludovico Maria
De Daemonialitate et Incubis et Succubis, 466–467
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 13
Skipp, John, 40, 118, 765
Sleep No More, 88
Slender Man myth, 115
slipstream fiction, 166
Sloane, William
The Edge of Running Water (Sloane), 34
To Walk the Night (Sloane), 34
small press, specialty, and online horror, 153–157
Amazon Kindle, 156–157
Arkham House, 153
Ash-Tree Press, 155
Blatty, William Peter, 153
Borderlands Press, 153
Cemetery Dance Publications, 153
chapbooks and hand-stapled ephemera, 157
ChiZine Publications, 156
Dark Harvest, 153
Dark Regions, 153
digital publishing, 156
early history of, 153
eBook, 156, 157
EC comics, 153
electronic magazines, 156
eZines, 156
the Internet, 155–156
King, Stephen, and, 156
Leisure Books, 154
Lovecraft, H. P., 153
magazines, 153
Necronomicon Press, 155
Nightmare Magazine, 156
Night Shade Books, 155, 156
notable imprints (2009), 155
notable imprints (2010), 156
notable writers for, 153
Prime Press, 153
print-on-demand, 156
PS Publications, 156
PS Publishing, 155
Sarob Press, 155
small press consolidation, 153
specialty presses, 157
Tartarus Press, 155, 156
The 3rd Alternative, 155
timeline of, 154
Tor, 154, 157
Weirdbook, 153
Weird Tales, revival of, 154
Whispers, 153
www.Gothic.net, 156
Zebra, 154
small press and horror publishing, 40
small town horror, 398
smiledog, 114
Smith, Clark Ashton (1893–1961), 33, 207, 755–758
birthplace of, 755
censure of, 757
collections and anthologies of, 757
“The Coming of the White Worm,” 757
“The Dark Eidolon,” 757
death of, 757
“The Death of Ilalotha,” 757
education of, 755
“The Hashish Eater; or, The Apocalypse of Evil,” 756
Hyperborea, 757
Lovecraft, H. P., on, 756
“Necromancy in Naat,” 757
Necronomicon Press booklets, 757
period of hectic productivity, 756–757
“The Return of the Sorcerer,” 307
“The Seven Geases,” 757
significance of, 755
The Star Treader and Other Poems, 756
Sterling, George, and, 756
“The Testament of Athammaus,” 757
“Ubbo-Sathla,” 756, 757
“The Witchcraft of Ulua,” 757
“Xeethra,” 757
Zothique, “the world’s last continent,” 757
Some of Your Blood (Sturgeon), 39
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury), 758–759
Bradbury, Ray, 758, 759
as the culmination of the
dark carnival theme, 758
date published, 758
influence of, 759
plot summary, 758
as a turning point in Bradbury’s fiction, 759
Somtow, S. P.
Vampire Junction, 388
Song of Kali, 759–760
award to, 759
influence of Calcutta on, 760
plot summary, 759–760
success of, 760
The Songs of Maldoror (Les Chants de Maldoror), 760–762
death of Ducasse, 761
Ducasse, Isidore-Lucien, 760–761
film adaptations, 761
first Chant, 761
first printing of, 760
impact of, 761
influences on, 761
metamorphoses of, 761
original printer of the full texts of, 761
plot of, 760–761
publication of, 761
reprinting of, 761
textual appropriations in, 761
use of the word chants, 761
Sophocles
Oedipus the King, 107
Southern Gothic fiction, 365, 366, 404, 447, 453, 621, 644
Southey, Robert, 293
The Spanish Tragedy (Kyd), 16
Spector, Craig, 40, 765
The Light at the End, 118
speculative fiction, 411
Spiritualism, 28, 145, 762–763
advocates of, 762
belief of (most significant), 762
Dracula (Stoker), 763
The Haunting of Hill House (Jackson), 763
Hell House (Matheson), 763
influence on literature of horror and the supernatural, 762
Mr. Splitfoot ruse, 762
séances, 762
social and sexual violation and, 763
as a social movement, 762
as a source of psychological ambiguity, 763
strategies of, 762
Transcendentalism and, 762
The Turn of the Screw (James), 763
Victorian literary culture and, 762
splatterpunk, 763–766
American Psycho (Ellis), 764
“The Autopsy” (Shea), 764
Bloch, Robert, on, 764
Books of Blood, 233
critics on, 764–765
defining splatterpunk writers, 765
definition of, 40, 763
examples of splatterpunk, 765
Gothic literary tradition and, 75
inclusivity of, 765
Ketchum, Jack, 500, 502
Lansdale, Joe R., on, 765–766
Laymon, Richard, on, 766
Lee, Edward, 765
The Nightrunners (Lansdale), 765
religion, horror, and the supernatural, 147
Sammon, Paul, 118
Sammon, Paul M., 765
Schow, David J., 763
The Scream (Skipp and Spector), 765
Skipp, John, 118, 765
Spector, Craig, 118, 765
taboo topics, 765
writers of, 765
Spofford, H. P., 650
Spooner, Catherine, 472
Springhall, John, 170
“Sredni Vashtar” (Saki), 766–768
biographical similarities in, 766–767
plot of, 766, 767
transformation of the mundane by the supernatural, 767
A Stable for Nightmares, 86
Starrett, Vincent, 580
