by leerozelle | Nov 27, 2023 | ghost stories, southern fiction, southern gothic
Charles W. Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grapevine” sets the Uncle Remus stereotype on its ear with tales of plantation transmogrification, haunting, and body horror. Uncle Julius tells of Henry, a slave, who transforms into a plant-human hybrid. Grotesque and...
by leerozelle | Nov 19, 2023 | science fiction, speculative fiction
J.G. Ballard’s “The Object of the Attack” is among the rarest of stories out there that can be said to possess genius. A misinterpreted assassination plot, an astro-messiah, espionage, incarceration, and an Ames Room escape. This is a masterpiece of...
by leerozelle | Nov 12, 2023 | horror short stories, the gothic, the weird, zombies
Chet Williamson’s “The Cairnwell Horror” goes deep into family lore—and the bowels of a hideous castle—to expose patrilineal monstrosities to young George. What daddy’s got hidden down in the dungeon…it’s baaad. A definite MEXICAN GOTHIC...
by leerozelle | Nov 5, 2023 | southern fiction, southern gothic
Flannery O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” stretches disability and backwoods malevolence to the breaking point with dark humor and offhand pity. A one-armed man exploits a mentally disabled girl to get an old car. Bitter, brilliant Southern...
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