Arts and Crafts with the Human Corpse
The human body is 14% bone. Human bones have been used to construct chapels and places of worship, most notably sites like the Sedlec Ossuary a Catholic chapel in the…
28 SFFH Books We’re Looking Forward to in February 2024
28 SFFH books coming in February 2024 that we are excited to read!
Black Pineapple: Tropigoth Occasions Upon Which to Get Weird
In 1988, dusty old artgrump Tim Burton gave us the gift that is Beetlejuice: the ultimate vehicle for Michael Keaton’s unhinged antics and Winona Ryder’s moody wraith act. The planned…
Ghosts vs. Ghosts and the Shift from Traditional Hauntings
Apparitions from the afterlife have a tried-and-true role in Western fiction. Usually, when a ghost appears, it’s with a rigid purpose: sometimes malevolent, sometimes in need of aid to get…
6 Time-Bending Horror Movies
Time might not be on your side in the world of horror. It’s enticing to picture traveling to a certain point in time, the future, or exploring a what if…
Puppets of the Digital Age
We associate puppets with theater or street performances: the stock characters of the Italian Commedia dell’arte, the Greek shadow play of Karagiozis, the traditional British Punch and Judy seaside shows….
Prayers in the NICU – Thoughts on Child Mortality & Parenthood
It’s 2003 and there’s a baby in the NICU, the neonatal intensive care unit, at Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. He is very small and there are sensors attached to his…
The Ghost in My Fifth Grade Class
Juan Carlos was always sick, but we didn’t know what that meant. He had a special breathing treatment machine in the school nurse’s office. It wasn’t like the inhalers some…
Saw X Deaths Ranked
Returning to form is often a wise choice when you take into consideration a prequel like Saw X (2023). Instead of going back to that nasty bathroom, we focus on…
Helle and Death
Helle and Death by Oskar Jensen is a striking resuscitation of what often feels like the age-old murder mystery. This novel adds to this great genre of literature by taking…