Fantastic writing! Thank you for teaching something very real – truth, resonance, writing from the gut about deeply personal fears and experiences. I am reblogging this too, you deserve the highest praise.
Zombie Salmon (the Horror Continues)
When Horror writers think of Horror as Literature, we think foremost of Lovecraft; Lovecraft is so intimately and unequivocally ours…Unlike Poe, who having been repeatedly devoured by Critics of Olde (who in turn we resolutely believe did not “get” us), seems hopelessly ensnared in academic debate even as he rises as proof that Horror is indeed Literary. Lovecraft is accessible to our imaginations.
Lovecraft is indeed different. Lovecraft is us.
He is the traditionally rejected writer dedicated to his own vision of monsters. He is the rebellious outsider, the flawed character in his own story, a rich man made poor, a lonely man made so by his own inability to navigate society. He is the one who said, “I told you so,” the one who showed up his critics and enemies by outlasting them all, and becoming one of the foremost and most immortal of Horror writers. Lovecraft is our…
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I so appreciate the vote of confidence! Thank you for the repost, K.D.!
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KC, it is my pleasure and you are welcome and you deserve so much more. 🙂
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