Posted inData+Errata

Goreletter 6.02 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 6, #2 was e-mailed to subscribers on 10/20/10 @ 1:44am est. It contains extra material not available here on the weblog version, including a haiku contest exclusive to subscribers. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, e-mail me for a replacement or review the archives at gorelets.com. Subscribe today...it's free and you can always unsubscribe if it terrorizes you too much. Issues are mailed only a few times per year, so your inbox won't suffocate. Happy Halloween, -- Michael A. Arnzen
October 20, 2010Posted inData+Errata
Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews

Philosophies of Horror: Matt Cardin and Thomas Ligotti

The horror genre seems to attract two dominant personality types: those who love the emotional thrill of fear and shock for its own sake, and deep thinkers who enjoy musing over the alternative possibilities promised by the Unknown. On the latter score, some authors approach the ideas of life, death, and the great beyond with impressive sophistication and scholarly research that often supersedes their fictional imaginings. Stephen King's non-fiction titles (Danse Macabre, On Writing) are seminal works of criticism. Anne Rice's musings on the church are followed by many. Dean Koontz wrote the book on Writing Popular Fiction. China Mieville…
October 20, 2010Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews4 Comments

"Capital punishment. The criminal is killed because the crime has spent all the capacity for living a man has. He has experienced everything if he has killed. He can die. Murder drains a man." -- Albert Camus (died 1960)

The Last Drop