Ep 31 Ep 31 Dell Abyss Horror Paperbacks 1990sEp 31
Show Notes Launched in February 1991 by editor Jeanne Cavelos, the Dell Abyss imprint was a deliberate antidote to the fading, cliché-ridden 1980s horror boom. Instead of haunted houses, ancient burial grounds, or killer toys, Abyss championed visceral, boundary-pushing, highly psychological “splatterpunk” and literary dark fiction. It focused heavily on internal trauma, transgressive themes, and the monstrosities of
Ep 27 Book to Movie: Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Show Notes In this episode, Matt Kelland and I discuss the 1967 novel Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin and its subsequent movie adaptation by director Roman Polanski one year later in 1968. It was Polanski’s first American film (he also adapted the novel to the screen). Matt and I examine the background of the novel,
Paperback Cover of the Week: The Cipher by Kathe Koja
Kathe Koja is a writer’s writer. Her first novel, Cipher, won the Bram Stoker Award and earned high praise from fellow writers and critics. Locus magazine called the novel, “Disturbing, unique, and unforgettable”. And, indeed, that’s just what it is. No one writes horror like Kathe Koja. She takes familiar horror tropes and turns them on
