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Robert Albert Bloch (/ b l ɒ k /; April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television.
"That Hell-Bound Train" is a dark fantasy short story by American writer Robert Bloch. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in September 1958. Plot summary
The Best of Robert Bloch is a collection of speculative fiction short stories by American author Robert Bloch. It was first published in paperback by Del Rey/Ballantine in November 1977 [1] [2] as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. [1] The book has been translated into German. [1]
Psycho is a 1959 horror novel by American writer Robert Bloch. The novel tells the story of Norman Bates, a caretaker at an isolated motel who struggles under his domineering mother and becomes embroiled in a series of murders. The novel is considered Bloch's most enduring work and one of the most influential horror novels of the 20th century. [2]
The log-like creatures in Bloch's story were identified as shoggoths. Gaming company Chaosium, the creators and publishers of the Call of Cthulhu horror role-playing game, which is based on the works of Lovecraft and other Mythos authors, used the creatures in the Call of Cthulhu bestiary as depicted by Bloch, but identified them as the progeny of Shub-Niggurath (so-called Dark Young) in order ...
The Early Fears is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert Bloch.It was released in 1994 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 2,400 copies, of which 100 were signed by the author.
It inspired Milwaukee writer Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho," which was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock into the 1960 shock-horror movie that transformed the genre. Gein also inspired other horror ...
De Vermis Mysteriis, or Mysteries of the Worm, is a fictional grimoire created by Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos.