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The best recent science fiction and horror – A roundup from The Guardian

Posted on 20th November 2015 by firekrank

Just to keep your reading list growing, here’s a round-up from The Guardian on the latest and greatest publications in science fiction and horror.

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The Cinematic History of Fake Blood

Posted on 11th November 2015 by firekrank

Claret, the red stuff, gore, ichor, life fluid, strawberry jam, protesters free-bleeding at the gates of parliament. It seems like blood is everywhere. Pertinent given the conversations that I have been having with Sam regarding the Books of Blood project on … Continue reading →

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Gothic Doubling and the Double, Gothically by Katherine Bowers

Posted on 11th November 2015 by firekrank

Over on the Facebook site, Bill has shared this very interesting article about the Double as a Gothic trope. Written by Katherine Bowers, ‘Gothic Doubling and the Double, Gothically’ looks at Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Double (1846) and how it has been reproduced … Continue reading →

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Wilderness, National Parks and Hybrid Wolves

Posted on 5th November 2015 by firekrank

My good friend Karen Graham (who I met at the inaugural OGOM conference) sent me this very interesting article, ‘Coydogs and Lynxcats and Pizzlies, Oh My’. Though the title is a little ridiculous, it is an interesting look at science’s … Continue reading →

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Fear Itself on the BBC

Posted on 5th November 2015 by firekrank

Though I haven’t caught up with it yet, I am very excited to watch the BBC’s programme ‘Fear Itself’ (2015) at some point this week. It describes itself as a journey through 100 years of horror film and the blurb … Continue reading →

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Chris Riddell’s Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright

Posted on 5th November 2015 by firekrank

I have been lucky enough to finish reading Chris Riddell’s latest book in the Goth Girl series, Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright (2015). The series follows the adventures of Ada Goth, the daughter of the renowned poet Lord Goth who is ‘mad, … Continue reading →

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Britain’s Medieval Vampires – Review

Posted on 4th November 2015 by firekrank

Last night I caught up with ‘Britain’s Medieval Vampires’ on Channel 4. The programme looked at a number of ‘deviant’ burials which had occurred in the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain and related them to a 12th-century text, the ‘Life and … Continue reading →

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Octavia Butler’s ‘Fledgling’ and Queer Black Vampire Mythology

Posted on 4th November 2015 by firekrank

For my sins, I have not read Octavia Butler’s Fledgling (2005). However this article ‘Fledgling and Queer Black Vampire Mythology’, part of Autostraddle’s ‘Hidden Gems of Queer Lit’ series, makes me think I may need to get hold of a copy,

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Shakespeare’s Vampires

Posted on 4th November 2015 by firekrank

My two worlds collide in this article: ‘Shakespeare’s Vampire: Hubris in Coriolanus, Meyer’s Twilight, and Stoker’s Dracula’ by Patrick Gray.

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The Man Who Brought Zombies to America

Posted on 3rd November 2015 by firekrank

Following on from the article ‘The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies’, there is this thoughtful biography of William Seabrook by Roger Luckhurst. Seabrook helped introduce the figure of the zombie into Western popular culture following his travels to Haiti where … Continue reading →

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