by leerozelle | Oct 22, 2023 | horror short stories, the weird, weird fiction
Clive Barker’s “In the Hills, the Cities” is the greatest work of body horror ever in part because the body in question is so huge. Villagers bind together to create giant humanoid beasts that fight in bloody, genocidal battle. Fascism at its most...
by leerozelle | Oct 15, 2023 | horror short stories, the weird, weird fiction
Kathe Koja’s “The Neglected Garden” is plant horror at its most dreadful, body horror at its most perverse. A scorned woman grows an attachment to the backyard fence and becomes an eyesore. How break-ups can develop one as a person … and a...
by leerozelle | Oct 8, 2023 | horror short stories, vampire stories, weird fiction
Richard Matheson’s “Blood Son” follows Jules, a child with vampire identity disorder and a thirst for the red stuff. From memorizing DRACULA to idolizing bats, Jules creeps tall for goths and other outcasts. Romero’s MARTIN in...
by leerozelle | Oct 1, 2023 | horror short stories
Rebecca Harding Davis’ “Life in the Iron Mills” provokes the reader with industrial horrors. Mill worker Hugh Wolfe creates a sculpture from pig iron that shocks and terrifies heartless ownership. In turns poignant, grotesque, and...
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