by leerozelle | Jan 28, 2024 | horror short stories, southern fiction, southern gothic, the gothic, the weird
THE STORY: “His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood” Ever read Lovecraft’s “The Hound”? The story “His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood” by Poppy Z. Brite is homage and perfection of this weird tale about a pair of foppish ghouls who dig up a strange fetish and pay...
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 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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