The exploration of serial killers in horror isn’t uncommon in the slightest. We have seen countless depictions of serial killers based on real-life people. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) was…
Thinking back, I’m positive that a large part of this has to do with the Dead Marshes in The Lord of the Rings and the ghosts lying in wait for Frodo just under the surface. But marshes aren’t the only wetland that have proven themself to be mysterious, dangerous, strange, or even harbor the dead.
Persephone is a goddess from ancient Greek myth who has taken on meaning as she moves through modern culture the way our ears have become the place to hang jewelry,…
Here it is, the amazing table of contents for our upcoming anthology Afterlives: the year’s best death stories, 2023.
On March 16, 1999, a Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO for short) called EverQuest was released into the world. Like thousands of people around the globe, I logged into the fantasy world of Norrath on that day and did not leave for several years. It was a world shaped by the usual Tolkien and D&D inspired ingredients—quests, elves, dwarves, ogres, trolls, monsters, good and evil, adventure!—but while I’ve played a lot of computer games in my life, no other game before or since has claimed as large a chunk of my heart, soul, and time as EverQuest did.
Hollywood seems to love melding death and comedy to create a viewer experience out of the ordinary. With supernatural classics like Ghostbusters and more contemporary takes on funereal hijinks like…
What is the sea but an abyss better left undisturbed? And still, we try to explore the depths of the oceans, fear mingling with fascination as we catalogue and photograph…
Strange houses are, and will always be, an incredibly important part of gothic and horror literature alike. They should come alive on the page, and take up just as much…
Finally—finally—the 1990s hit Northern Exposure (1990-1995) is available to stream. After years of multiple DVD releases, the entire six season run is on Prime (yes, with original music!). Of course…
