Recently: 24 October
24 October 2023
Links
- The lost history of America’s traveling ghost shows.
- Looking back at 100 years of Disney surrealism.
- Jeffrey Eugenides on the babysitter who inspired The Virgin Suicides.
- Recently I’ve been learning about the “Gutenberg Parenthesis” theory, of possible interest to others interested in digital folklore and/or theories of communication.
- Mason Currey is writing about creative block for the month of #blocktober, starting with writer George Gissing and the notion that “power doesn’t answer to the will.” He concludes: “sometimes what we experience as a “block” is … actually just what the creative process feels like.”
Reading/Watching/Listening
- I heartily recommended Isabel Cañas’s first novel, The Hacienda, not too long ago and now I’m recommending her second: Vampires of El Norte. Mexican-set historical horror that’s consistently great.
- Since ’tis the season, I made my way through Lucy A. Synder’s story collection Halloween Season. Good for an October romp.
- I’m not sure if I need to tell the people who read stuff I write to watch The Fall of the House of Usher, but, for what it’s worth, I liked it quite a bit.
- I also liked Trick ’r Treat, which is several years old but I hadn’t seen it before. Another good October romp.
- If, like me, you collect vicarious morbid obsessions with people who do weird things, you might already know about extreme haunted houses and, in particular, McKamey Manor—and if, like me, you’ve long been convinced that dude should not be doing anything he’s doing, the new documentary on Hulu, Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House, is here for you.
- And if you want more recommendations, Guillermo del Toro is also here for you.