HORRORS OF THE 41ST MILLENNIUM: THE TYRANIDS.
the Tyranids not only reflect Lovecraft's more profound, cosmic horror, but also those that are intimate and human: they evoke phobic response to creatures that might cause us harm. Snakes, spiders,...
View ArticleFIVE THINGS I LEARNED WHILE EDITING ORPHANS OF BLISS AND THE ADDICTION HORROR...
I learned about the power of creative fiction to tell us a lie that speaks a larger truth, and in the end, storytelling itself has created a new high, one of understanding, insight, and compassion....
View ArticleExploring The Labyrinth: Urban Gothic
Keene’s execution (pun, I guess, intended) of that trope is pretty much flawless. The Tribe/Family/Creatures that inhabit the house of Urban Gothic are absolutely fucking terrifying and grotesque;...
View ArticleTHE LAST MAN STANDING IN THE THING: CARPENTER’S OTHER FINAL GIRL FLICK BY...
The Last Man Standing in The Thing: Carpenter’s Other Final Girl Flickby Rebecca Rowland John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) may be completely absent of women, but it successfully produces a final...
View ArticleSUBMISSION CALL: UNDER HER EYE, A BLACK SPOT BOOKS WOMEN-IN-HORROR POETRY...
Black Spot Books will publish its second Women in Horror Poetry Collection in November 2023 in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This collection is...
View ArticleThe Horror of Humanity: After Pride by george DANIEL lea
For those of us who made Pride -and for whom Pride is made-, there is no overnight on/off switch; we do not emerge from our rainbow-hued daze and revert to straight standards of respectability: we are...
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