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"We had been respectable, ordinary people until the comet"
Carmen Maria Machado (LitHub and also Conjunctions, 12/04/2024), "Endlings": "Lorraine patted my mother's arm and assured her that she believed her. The comet had been rustling up quite a lot of supernatural activity where you least expected it." Related: Kim Masters, Ashley Cullins (THR, 12/13/2017), "War Over 'The Conjuring': The Disturbing Claims Behind a Billion-Dollar Franchise" and movies based on cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren, e.g. on Fanfare: Annabelle; The Conjuring; The Amityville Horror; The Conjuring 2; and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Also, personal ghost stories by other contributors to Conjunctions. And La Llorona (1960), a classic ghost story relevant to "Endlings" and in this version reviewed on Cinema Cats. CW: children are harmed in La Llorona stories and in the nonfiction article about The Conjuring.
A Spooky Season List of Lists, plus a List
At GoodReads, Cybil lists The 78 Most Popular Horror Novels of the Past Five Years. At LitHub, Drew Broussard suggests a spooky season starter kit for the genre-curious. At CrimeReads, Kelley Armstrong describes 7 Great Haunted House Novels Written by Women. On her blog Jump Scares, Emily Hughes tracks 2024's New Horror Books (and several previous years too). Meanwhile on r/horrorlit, recent threads ask "What are we all reading this spooky season?"; "What's a horror book you like that not many know of?"; and what are some "Horror novellas you could knock out in one sitting?" For film suggestions, see also "It is less than 100 days until Halloween ..." and especially DirtyOldTown's "Pre-Halloween Guide to Streaming 2024." Incidentally, Women in Translation Month is long over, but ... [more inside]
new short stories by Kelly Robson and Marissa Lingen
Two short fantasy stories about journeys, meant to provide care, that go in unexpected directions. "Median" by Kelly Robson (published March 2024 in Reactor (formerly Tor.com)): a horror story in which "a professional caregiver’s commute takes an unsettling detour when car trouble forces her to pull over on the highway, where she begins receiving distressing phone calls from strangers…" (Via Jason Sanford who said it "left me completely unsettled.") And "A Pilgrimage to the God of High Places" by Marissa Lingen (published May 2024 in Beneath Ceaseless Skies): "When I had taken leave from the Archives to go on this pilgrimage, no one had expected that a pilgrimage to the god of high places would cure me. Friends expressed shock that I would even try."
"It is less than 100 days until Halloween ..."
On her blog Monstrumology, Louise writes about "How I Watch 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days": "This challenge was created by Spooky Sarah Says and you can find the full guidelines for the challenge on her blog, but the basic idea is this: watch 100 horror movies that you've never seen before in 92 days, starting on August 1 and ending on October 31. Sounds easy, right? Well, yes, in theory." The challenge guidelines also link to resources like a welcoming Discord and lists of gateway / family-friendly and not-tagged-as-horror films that count for the challenge. [more inside]
Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful, but Inside It’s Even Worse
It’s Solstice 2023, the dark nights are at their peak (at least in the northern hemisphere) and The Magnus Protocol has crowdfunded and is forthcoming. Anyway, here’s another roundup of weird audio dramas! They may help you spend time while doing chores, or coping with personal, global, or holiday stress, or simply ease the pain of living in this terrible world with stories about even more terrible worlds. Most of the series are audio dramas with paranormal elements, but anthologies, fantasy, and science fiction are included. [more inside]
Skulls of your enemies, but planted with succulents
What is cozy horror? At the Mary Sue Julia Glassman explains the subgenre and offers examples, notably Over the Garden Wall. [more inside]
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