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Thirteen for Halloween: Horror Monsters and the Gorgon’s Isle
Why do horror monsters outlast the heroes sent to slay them? George Daniel Lea introduces his Thirteen for Halloween series with a personal look back at Ladybird myths, Knightmare, Jim Henson and Stephen King. He also explores why queer and neurodivergent readers so often side with the monsters in horror fiction.
Michal Polgár: The Last One Turns Off the Light
Slovak cosmic horror writer Michal Polgár goes back to Handlová, the coal town where he grew up, and to Dušičky, the November days Slovakia gives to its dead. From the miners’ memorials to an eighth-century grave he worked on as an archaeologist, he traces the roots of Mornec, book two of the Quiet Ends series.
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Incarnate by Alma Katsu Review: Dorian Gray Goes Viral
Alma Katsu’s Incarnate is a Dorian Gray retelling for the deepfake age, and this Incarnate review finds it her sharpest novel yet. A lonely effects artist builds the perfect influencer, then accepts help from a stranger who wants something back. Fast, smart techno horror from Titan Books that earns all five stars.
Thirteen for Halloween: Mr Hyde, the Monster Repression Made
Forget the hunched brute of the films. In this Thirteen for Halloween essay, George Daniel Lea goes back to Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and finds a plain, short man rather than a beast. His Jekyll and Hyde analysis lays the blame for the monster on Victorian repression, shame and class.
Savage Lake by Nick Medina Review: The Rules Won’t Save You
Nick Medina leaves Louisiana for the northern woods in Savage Lake, a dual timeline horror novel about a mother, her horror-mad son and a family lake with a long memory. My Savage Lake review explains why this Indigenous horror novel from Berkley, mixing cabin in the woods horror with Anishinaabe lore, is the best book Medina has written.
