We’re talking about the mythmakers again this week with a chat about romance’s sister genre, horror! We’re joined by NEA fellow, Bram Stoker Award winner and bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones, and librarian and horror expert Becky Spratford. We talk about Stephen’s lifelong love of horror, the way horror reflects the world, the rules of horror and how romance and horror are actually two sides of the same coin. Happy spooky season, book lovers.
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Horror Fiction, Film, and Television mentioned in this episode
SHOW notes
We are joined by two guests today, horror author Stephen Graham Jones and librarian Becky Spratford. Stephen’s newest book is Off the Reservation. You might also enjoy the book Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, which was edited by Becky and contains an essay by Stephen.
I tried to find the article about the fish in the tanker trunk and failed, but looks like transporting fish via truck has other horrors to offer us.
The Summer Scares Program is now part of iRead, a national summer reading program. Maybe you’d enjoy the Books in the Freezer podcast, a reference to this classic scene from Friends.
What are: slashers, extreme horror, and cosmic horror.
Jordan Peele, John Krasinski, and David Gordon Green are three men who moved from comedy to horror.
Just like they create a best romance list every year, the librarians at the New York Public Library’s also publish a Best Horror List.
Hitchcock on suspense vs surprise.
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