At Horror DNA: Fulci’s Inferno: Faith in the FIlms of a Horror and Giallo Auteur
You can read my review at Horror DNA. Short version: 4.5 / 5 Continue reading At Horror DNA: Fulci’s Inferno: Faith in the FIlms of a Horror and Giallo Auteur
Category: Reading
At Horror DNA: Of Beasts
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Recent Reading: William H. Gass
Omensetter’s Luck (1966)William H. Gass is often regarded as one of the pioneers of American postmodern literature, alongside Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover, and William Gaddis, among others. Omensetter’s Luck was Gass’s first novel, and the manuscript was stolen from his desk, so he re-wrote the entire thing from memory. Plot’s not the thing here, and … Continue reading Recent Reading: William H. Gass
Sugarman: Primera Edición
Written by Jamie VaydaColoring and riso printing by J.T. Yost The story opens in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where Mustard, a chimpanzee boxer and fifth-generation chimp entertainer, crushes a much larger human opponent and is rewarded with a cigarette and a beer. Outside the ring, the Chimp Farm where Mustard performs is under protest, facing lawsuits, … Continue reading Sugarman: Primera Edición
At Horror DNA: Scared by the Bible
In his introduction, Brandon Grafius recalls being ten years old and attempting his first cover-to-cover read of the Bible. He found himself not shocked by the dull stretches but by the strange, violent, and uncanny bits never mentioned in Sunday school. That early discovery stayed with him, eventually inspiring his work on a PhD in … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Scared by the Bible
Recent Reading: I Spit on Your Celluloid and Shattenfroh
If you’re interested in a genre-heavy lineage of women behind the camera, I Spit on Your Celluloid is a rich, wide-ranging resource. It spans from silent cinema to today, covering international, art, and micro-budget horror, with a range that eclipses many genre surveys. A few layout quirks aside, it’s an excellent guide for discovering new … Continue reading Recent Reading: I Spit on Your Celluloid and Shattenfroh
At Horror DNA: Anoxia
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At Horror DNA: Beyond the Planet of the Vampires
My review for this experimental poem/horror novel is over at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Beyond the Planet of the Vampires
The Mid-Year Book Freakout 2025
You can read last year’s here. Best Book You’ve Read So Far in 2025 For fiction, I’d have to go with Antkind. Wonderfully weird and full of surprises—stop-motion filmmaking, one of my favorite interests, is just one of the many splinters lodged in its surreal, obsessive heart. If you’re not already a fan of Kaufman’s … Continue reading The Mid-Year Book Freakout 2025
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