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Your Body is a Haunted House: Hiron Ennes on the Discomfiting Tradition of Medical Horror
Your Body is a Haunted House: Hiron Ennes on the Discomfiting Tradition of Medical Horror
Leech author Hiron Ennes writes about the terrifying history of medicine and the peculiarly intimate horror of having a mortal body. […]
September 28, 2022 Books
Introducing The Shoemaker’s Magician, Cynthia Pelayo’s Follow-Up to Children of Chicago
Introducing The Shoemaker’s Magician, Cynthia Pelayo’s Follow-Up to Children of Chicago
Cynthia Pelayo introduces the cover of The Shoemaker’s Magician, the second book in her Chicago Saga that started with Children of Chicago. […]
September 22, 2022 Books, On Screen
Parasocial Delusion: Welcome to the Basement of Your Number One Fan
Parasocial Delusion: Welcome to the Basement of Your Number One Fan
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. […]
August 30, 2022 Books
The Long History (and Bright Future) of the Found Footage Horror Novel
The Long History (and Bright Future) of the Found Footage Horror Novel
The “found footage” horror story is a popular genre for filmmakers, but there’s more of it in the literary world than you’d think–Nightmare Fuel author Nina Nesseth explores this slippery subgenre. […]
July 28, 2022 Books, On Screen
Reclaiming the “F” Word: Why We Need Fat Positivity in Horror
Reclaiming the “F” Word: Why We Need Fat Positivity in Horror
Nico Bell and Sonora Taylor, editors of Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology, lay out why we need better fat representation in horror, and how to do it right. […]
June 23, 2022 Books, On Screen
5 Perfect Readalikes for Your Favorite Horror Movie Subgenres
5 Perfect Readalikes for Your Favorite Horror Movie Subgenres
Nightmare Fuel author Nina Nesseth suggests five novels to pair perfectly with five subgenres of horror movie, from The Bay to American Psycho. […]
June 15, 2022 Books, On Screen
A Genre for the Individual: Bethany Clift on Accidentally Writing a Horror Novel
A Genre for the Individual: Bethany Clift on Accidentally Writing a Horror Novel
Last One at the Party author Bethany Clift explores the indefinability of horror, her own formative experiences with fear, & realizing she’d written a horror novel. […]
October 21, 2021 Books
Broken Windows to the Soul: 5 Books Featuring Eye Horror
Broken Windows to the Soul: 5 Books Featuring Eye Horror
Eric LaRocca’s most recent novella asked the question “What have you done today to deserve your eyes?” Now he rounds up five horror books about all the horrible things that can happen to your delicate eyeballs. […]
September 7, 2021 Books
V. Castro on the Vision, Voice, and Authenticity of Chicana Horror
V. Castro on the Vision, Voice, and Authenticity of Chicana Horror
V. Castro, author of Queen of the Cicadas and Goddess of Filth, talks about her Chicana heritage, pride, and the power of owning your own experiences. […]
May 19, 2021 Books
The Entropy That Binds: Nick Harkaway on Magic and Darkness in Crime Fiction
The Entropy That Binds: Nick Harkaway on Magic and Darkness in Crime Fiction
Nick Harkaway’s Seven Demons (as Aidan Truhen) is a cri de coeur against the chaotic misery of living in what well may be the darkest timeline. […]
May 11, 2021 Books
When a Period is More Than Punctuation: Menstruation in Horror Fiction
When a Period is More Than Punctuation: Menstruation in Horror Fiction
The Unsuitable author Molly Pohlig examines menstruation as a turning point in her own novel, as well as Stephen King’s Carrie & Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love. […]
October 30, 2020 Books
Gabino Iglesias on the Three Books That Made Him a Horror Fan
Gabino Iglesias on the Three Books That Made Him a Horror Fan
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “The Song of the Lady Rose” author Gabino Iglesias writes about Lovecraft, Laymon, and Quiroga. […]
October 30, 2020 Books
Camilla Grudova on the Monstrousness of the Midcentury Woman
Camilla Grudova on the Monstrousness of the Midcentury Woman
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “Ghost Bread” author Camilla Grudova writes about the tragic fates of women in midcentury horror movies. […]
October 30, 2020 Books, On Screen
Damien Angelica Walters on Growing Up on Horror
Damien Angelica Walters on Growing Up on Horror
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “Tooth, Tongue, and Claw” author Damien Angelica Walters writes about the horror books and movies of her childhood. […]
October 29, 2020 Books, On Screen
Shaun Hamill on Finding Your Past in Your Fiction
Shaun Hamill on Finding Your Past in Your Fiction
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author series, “Music of the Abyss” author Shaun Hamill writes a requiem for a Walkman and explains how he found himself in his fiction. […]
October 22, 2020 Books
A Dark Mirror: How Horror and Crime Fiction Help Us Examine Ourselves
A Dark Mirror: How Horror and Crime Fiction Help Us Examine Ourselves
Author Gabino Iglesias argues that horror and crime fiction are uniquely suited to help us examine the thornier, darker sides of contemporary culture. […]
October 19, 2020 Books
Jessica Guess on Inherited Fear, Obeah, and Unforeseen Consequences
Jessica Guess on Inherited Fear, Obeah, and Unforeseen Consequences
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “Mama Tulu” author Jessica Guess writes about family influence, curses, and anger. […]
October 16, 2020 Books
Laird Barron on Influence, Inspiration, and What Goes Bump in the Night
Laird Barron on Influence, Inspiration, and What Goes Bump in the Night
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “Jōren Falls” author Laird Barron writes about the thorny issue of influence and inspiration. […]
October 15, 2020 Books
