Horror

A Night in the Night Vale

July 29, 2014

A genial yet sonorous voice echoes over the radio in a quiet desert community as we all casually avert our gaze from the shadowy horrors lurking…
Appall To Appeal: the Nature of Sexual Violence Against Women in Game of Thrones

July 23, 2014

Warnings: spoilers for Game of Thrones (up to mid season 4); discussions of sexual violence, rape. I cannot count the number of times a Game…
Of Mice, Men, and Monsters: Beyond Science and into the Psyche

May 29, 2014

I finished Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation in two days, because over the single night that I was reading it, I was afraid of what my imagination…
Entering the World of Horror – A Class Discussion with Michael Rowe

March 11, 2014

On Thursday, March 6th, author Michael Rowe transformed a stifling, windowless lecture room in Sid Smith into a haunting Northern Ontario town—the setting of two…
Liminality & SpecFic: Welcome to The Spectatorial

September 8, 2013

“I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am…