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Celebrate Mother’s Day with Women in Horror

From Rosemary’s Baby to Psycho, mothers — and terrifying depictions of everything motherhood — have long been a staple of the horror genre. And for good reason: mothers wield tremendous power. A mother can calm or cut, harm or heal, nurture or needle. Sometimes, she is the savior tucking us…
Lindy Ryan
May 10, 2024
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Poetry Isn’t Just for National Poetry Month

Along with April’s showers comes National Poetry Month, a month-long celebration that “celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters.” Since its inception in April 1996, National Poetry Month has grown to become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of poetry aficionados…
Lindy Ryan
April 30, 2024
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The Chill Quill: Romancing the Gothic

This is the first edition of The Chill Quill, a twice-monthly Horror, Suspense and Speculative Fiction column by Lindy Ryan. There’s something beautiful about the dark, isn’t there?  Characterized by dark atmospheres, grotesque characters and events, and powerful emotions that blur the line between love and hate, Gothic fiction has…
Lindy Ryan
February 20, 2024

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