“She knew better than to envision any further: the future was a room with a warp on the floor.” – Tiffany Morris, “Night in the Chrysalis”
Friday Links: What's More Horrifying Than A Death Foretold Edition
“…he asked him jokingly why they had to kill Santiago Nasar since there were so many other rich people who deserved dying first.” – Gabriel García Márquez, ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’
Do You Like Scary Movies?
“And if any of them knew horror, they’d know you let the dead rest.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘The Angel of Indian Lake’
Friday Links: Horror Poetry Edition
“Here the snow begins in your / postcards. // & black apples arrive / in the arms of a girl” – Joshua Marie Wilkinson, “The Book Of The Umbrella”
What Do You Like About Horror?
“Can’t I just like horror because it’s great? Does there have to be some big explanation?” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘My Heart Is A Chainsaw’
Friday Links: Th3 Night Jad3 Dani3ls Cam3 Hom3 3Dition
“If you stand there and watch the evil, keep it in check, like, then it can’t come across.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘The Angel of Indian Lake’
Liner Notes: if not a river
“I can learn to be blank / saying I to abyss / in darkness my delicate “I am” / not in echo” – Dan Beachy-Quick, ‘This Nest, Swift Passerine’
Friday Links: 2Read 2Series: Born To Raise Hell Edition
“Fifty thousand ancestors…each of them a final girl. But, that’s just it, isn’t it? They were plural, not singular…” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’
Liner Notes: i dreamed a knife like a song you can't whistle
“I dreamed the blacksnake rode the guitar / Down the river / I dreamed the clouds went by / The moon like dead fish / I dreamed I was dragging” – Frank Stanford, “The Singing Knives”
Friday Links: Let's Read A Series Edition
“‘You’re being paranoid,’ Jade tries to tell herself. But she doesn’t slow down any.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘My Heart Is A Chainsaw’