Parasocial Delusion: Welcome to the Basement of Your Number One Fan

Month: August 2022

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The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe), René Magritte, 1929

Parasocial Delusion: Welcome to the Basement of Your Number One Fan

Parasocial Delusion: Welcome to the Basement of Your Number One Fan

Posted on by Meg Elison

Number One Fan author Meg Elison explores the parasocial paradox between creator and fan, and how easily it slips into a toxic–and even deadly–dynamic. […]

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August 30, 2022 Books
Into the Night: July 2022's Best Horror Short Fiction and Poetry - 864
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Into the Night: July 2022’s Best Horror Short Fiction and Poetry

Into the Night: July 2022’s Best Horror Short Fiction and Poetry

Posted on by Aigner Loren Wilson

Let us guide you through the dark corridors of the best short horror fiction and poetry the internet has to offer in our monthly series. […]

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August 29, 2022 Books
Tales from the Backlist: Necroscope's Focus on Consent Recontextualizes 80s Horror - 262

Tales from the Backlist: Necroscope’s Focus on Consent Recontextualizes 80s Horror

Tales from the Backlist: Necroscope’s Focus on Consent Recontextualizes 80s Horror

Posted on by Sam Reader

Brian Lumley’s classic Cold War vampire thriller approaches consent (both physical and mental) in a surprisingly modern way. […]

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August 16, 2022 Books
Beneath the Ground and Under the Skin: Three Contemporary Novels That Reimagine the Gothic - 766
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Beneath the Ground and Under the Skin: Three Contemporary Novels That Reimagine the Gothic

Beneath the Ground and Under the Skin: Three Contemporary Novels That Reimagine the Gothic

Posted on by Constance Cochran

How three contemporary novels–Mexican Gothic, Abigale Hall, and Leech–build new structures on traditional Gothic foundations. […]

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August 11, 2022 Books
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This Month in New Horror Books: August 2022

This Month in New Horror Books: August 2022

Posted on by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in August 2022, featuring new books from Gabino Iglesias, Megan Giddings, Gwendolyn Kiste, Adam Cesare, and more! […]

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August 1, 2022 Books