An Overview of Classic Horror Novels Written by Women
How does a horror novel become a classic? First of all, it has to be good, or at least unusually compelling. But quality alone doesn’t […]
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Plague, Inc.
Plague Inc. is a fairly addictive strategy game in which you play the role of an emerging, evolving pandemic disease. It’s available for iOS, Android, […]
What’s Weird Fiction?
Weird fiction can refer to a couple of different types of literature, depending on who’s discussing which books and stories. Classic Weird Fiction “Classic” weird […]
The Intersection of Science Fiction and Horror
Science fiction and horror share many of the same genre roots; science fictional motifs wind through horror like strands of DNA, and horror’s tentacles have […]
The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow (first published in 1895) is a collection of short stories written by author Robert W. Chambers. Most of the tales in […]
On Dark Fantasy
In the 1990s, dark fantasy became regarded as being “code” for horror. Why? Major publishers who flooded the market with awful, horrible, no-good novels in […]
Meeting Chuck Palahniuk
I met Chuck Palahniuk at this past weekend’s Bram Stoker Awards convention in sunny Burbank, CA. Palahniuk’s phenomenal short story “Guts” was up for the […]