Yesterday I received my author copy of the Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature (and, to get the self-promotion out of… Read more The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature: On Academic Publishing

Yesterday I received my author copy of the Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature (and, to get the self-promotion out of… Read more The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature: On Academic Publishing
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British Association for American Studies Annual Conference, University of Sussex 25-27 April 2019 In celebration of the fiftieth birthday of… Read more CfP: Queerness and American Horror Fiction
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I have developed a sudden and severe addiction to the work of Keri Arthur, an Australian writer whose Riley Jenson… Read more Werewolves, Vampires and Clubbing: The Joy of Dark Fantasy Pulp
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Many moons ago, when I had just reached the legal drinking age and was introduced to the wonderful world of… Read more What Cheap Booze Taught Me About Literature