“A Town Called Purgatory”: Review & Interview Featuring Writer and Actor Dan DeLuca
When viewers think of films like From Dusk Till Dawn or the more recent Sinners, the draw of the horror Western genre is undeniable. There’s something that just fits—the lawless West, the isolation and barren landscapes, the constant danger that may be of this world or may… not. The blending inherent to the horror Western…
Keep ReadingAnswering the Questions of Modern Living in “Answer Only” by John Michael Flynn
Review by Tori Bissonette Answer Only opens with a bang—a gunshot to be precise. Our narrator, Ennis Railsback, a man as pretentious as his name would suggest, is murdered on the first page, in the first sentence even. The rest of the novel unfolds from beyond the mortal plane as Ennis reflects on the people…
Keep ReadingWhat I know about Kat Hausler’s “What I Know About July”
If I only had five words to tell you what I know about Kat Hausler’s What I Know About July they would be: You need to read it. Luckily, this is my review so I can use as many words as I like. So, let’s dig in a bit more, shall we? For those of…
Keep ReadingFind the Difference between Living and Surviving in Andrew Joseph White’s “The Spirit Bares Its Teeth”
I feel like it bears mentioning that I first read Andrew Joseph White’s The Spirit Bares Its Teeth immediately following the completion of a queer horror fiction course I taught at university. So, I came to this book with all of the tropes, criticisms, and “perverse” forms of rebellion swirling in my head. Truth be…
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