I am a terrible person. I deserve to die. To be tortured to death. Executed in the most inhumane manner possible. Reanimated, restored, and put through the entire process again, and again, ad infinitum. I deserve to suffer for all eternity. Why? No reason. What have I done? Nothing. So, why do I feel this […]
I sit on a park bench in the shade of a gum tree and watch my 15-month-old daughter hunt for lawn beetles. She learned to walk a few months back. Now, arms out for balance, she totters around happily. She lacks the dexterity to harm the insects. When she finds them, she squats down and
Sounds like a joke, right? It is a classic joke set-up. It uses three of the most popular horror tropes of all time: the stinky corpse that feeds on brains, the dehydrated bloodsucker, and the bipedal canine. It is not a joke: the title of this article is a warning to all horror writers: Beware
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