Comments on: STILL SCARY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

By: Gef

Gef — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:23:53 +0000

Thank you for a highly entertaining and enlighening round table. It’s nice to see some of my own suspicions and assertions backed up, as well to see others get knocked on their ass by such accomplished authors. I’m curious, however, if you’ve thrown in your two cents on these topics anywhere else on your blog, as your own insights seemed conspicuous by their absence.

And as if my to-be-read list and my wish list each doesn’t have enough names to become acquainted with, the “Who’s writing good horror today?” question has inundated me with authors to watch out for.

By: Jenn Davis

Jenn Davis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:05:45 +0000

Thanks for the great blog. The writer’s were wonderful, and I got new writers to add to my list. Thanks!
As a reader, I’ve read every genre out there, but ‘horror’ has always been there since I was 12 and picked up King and Koontz. As a 40 year old mom, the true definition of horror to me is not the amount of blood and gore (not that that’s a bad thing), but the taking of characters from their every day normal lives and giving them situations they have to deal with. Which is why well written zombie novels get me everytime. Where else can Joe or Jane be at work one moment and then have to deal with friends and neighbors who don’t stop trying to kill them. No reasoning, pleading or begging will help Joe/Jane. Just digging down to the depths of their souls and seeing what they are made of will. For good or bad.

Thanks Jonathan!

By: hagelrat

hagelrat — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:26:09 +0000

Excellent post, fascinating to see some of these authors comments. thanks.
Personally I agree with many of them, you know you are reading horror when you feel horror while you are reading. I also think horror is different for everyone because it is evoking a certain range of emotions and that response will change person to person.

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By: Betsy Allen

Betsy Allen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:50:57 +0000

Great blog, Jonathan! In the end, it has to be about writing compelling stories with interesting characters in an effort to reach readers of many sorts — not just about shoehorning a tale into a given genre. It’s very telling — and to my mind, encouraging — that each author had a rather different take on what constitutes horror. Genre lines are blurring, which presents more opportunities for writers to combine genre elements and for readers to switch up their reading choices.

By: Mark Savage

Mark Savage — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:45:14 +0000

Thank you for a fascinating discussion, Jonathan.

Incidentally, I once found Jonathan Carroll’s LAND OF LAUGHS (one of my favorite books) in the “Horror” section at Borders.

This was a good thing and a very bad thing — depending on your point of view.

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By: PS Gifford

PS Gifford — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:45:49 +0000

A thought provoking blog indeed.

Paul