How Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender Is the Flesh Warps Your Brain with Language
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How Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender Is the Flesh Warps Your Brain with Language
How Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender Is the Flesh Warps Your Brain with Language
Agustina Bazterrica’s acclaimed dystopian novel masterfully uses the artificially neutral language of fascism to immerse the reader in the same moral dilemma as its characters. […]
October 24, 2022 Books
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
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
Paul Tremblay on Putting Story First, Writing Atmosphere, and His New Novel
Paul Tremblay on Putting Story First, Writing Atmosphere, and His New Novel
Survivor Song author Paul Tremblay talks about his relationship to horror, his least favorite horror subgenre, and his new book in this exclusive interview. […]
June 14, 2021 Books
Angela Carter’s ‘The Lady of the House of Love’ is the Vampire Story to End All Vampire Stories
Angela Carter’s ‘The Lady of the House of Love’ is the Vampire Story to End All Vampire Stories
How Angela Carter captured the entirety of vampire fiction and the violent clash of antiquity and modernity in a single short story. […]
May 24, 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 Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
From final girls to femme fatales, The Science of Women in Horror is a great dissection of tropes and traditions in horror movies. […]
February 23, 2021 Books, On Screen
Does She Make You Scream? Introducing the Murder Babe, the Final Girl’s Opposite Number
Does She Make You Scream? Introducing the Murder Babe, the Final Girl’s Opposite Number
We all know about horror’s Final Girl, but where’s the love for the Murder Babe? From Buffy Summers to Akasha to Ginger Fitzgerald, here are our favorites. […]
February 19, 2021 On Screen
Color in Horror: The Grim Rainbow of American Gothic Fiction
Color in Horror: The Grim Rainbow of American Gothic Fiction
How does a non-visual form of storytelling make a visual phenomenon both vibrant and disturbing? Chelsea Davis explores the use of color in horror fiction in this essay series. […]
January 26, 2021 Books, On Screen
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
