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Reviews and Essays, Seasonal

Book Tag – Halloween

October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

Books!... And HALLOWEEN

Tagged book reviews, Book tag, books, children's literature, Classic Stories, gothic, Halloween, horror, nostalgia, YALeave a comment
Reviews and Essays

Book Tag – Would You Rather? (Spooky Edition)

October 30, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

Books! Reading! Spooktober!

Tagged book reviews, Book tag, books, comic books, Ghosts, gothic, Halloween, horror, popular culture, supernatural, vampireLeave a comment
Reviews and Essays

Horror for Thought: The Horror Renaissance of the 2010s

October 26, 2018October 28, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

What makes horror movies so unique is their ability to explore what we, as a society, are dealing with at any given moment. Here's a glimpse at what the Horror Renaissance is telling us these days.

Tagged 2000s, 70s, 80s, 90s, feminism, film theory, horror, Horror movies, movie reviews, nostalgia, popular culture4 Comments
Reviews and Essays

Book Review: Halloween Party – Fear Street #8 (R.L. Stine)

October 24, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

So bad, it's good

Tagged 90s, Book Review, book reviews, books, Disability, Fear Street, horror, nostalgia, popular culture, R.L Stine, YALeave a comment
Seasonal, Stories and Poems

Jack

October 17, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

The knife was efficient; serrated on both sides. She liked the way it felt in her hand.

Tagged dark comedy, fiction, flash fiction, Halloween, horror, horror story, Short Story2 Comments
Reviews and Essays

Book Review: Stolen (Kelley Armstrong)

October 16, 2018October 17, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

I really, really disliked this book. Let me explain.

Tagged Book Review, book reviews, books, feminism, film theory, gender, horror, Kelley Armstrong, Stolen, supernatural, Werewolves, Witches, Women of the OtherworldLeave a comment
Stories and Poems

Word of the Day Prompt: Tergiversation

October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

100-word story Alice is leaving tonight.

Tagged abuse, cult, drabble, fiction, horror, micro fiction, Short Story, word prompt2 Comments
Reviews and Essays, Seasonal

Spooktober Podcast Essentials

October 15, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

Some Halloween-themed podcasts to get you in the Spooktober mood

Tagged Ghosts, Halloween, horror, Monsters, Mystery, podcasts2 Comments
Reviews and Essays

Book Review: The Agony House (Cherie Priest)

October 9, 2018October 16, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

A ghost story set against the backdrop of race and class relations in post-Katrina New Orleans

Tagged Agony House, Book Review, books, Cherie Priest, class, gentrification, Ghost Story, horror, paranormal, race, YA2 Comments
Reviews and Essays, Seasonal

Spooktober Book Essentials!

October 8, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax

If October Chills was a crash course that I was teaching, this would be my Required Reading List.

Tagged Book Review, books, Classic Stories, comic books, gothic, Halloween, horror, mystery stories, YA4 Comments

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