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Escapism! Losing myself in books and TV shows and movies. As an update, current read: The Fall (book 2 of The Strain Trilogy) by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro current watch: FROM on Epix Give me more. What are YOU reading and/or watching? Christina Bergling https://linktr.ee/chrstnabergling Like my writing? Check out my books! Followers…
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I have already shared my thoughts on our culture’s current fixation and mainstreaming of the horror genre. A natural extension of this is our culture’s near obsession with all things apocalyptic. The horror and apocalypse genres easily blur and mingle, mostly because the apocalypse is the worst thing that most people can imagine. The apocalypse,…
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I remember when zombies were Romero. I remember when vampires were Anne Rice. I remember when werewolves were barely on the radar. Nothing sparkled in the sun; no tweens lusted over the dark creatures. I remember when being a horror lover made you a goth in high school or a gore whore as an adult.…
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The apocalypse has gone mainstream. The end of the world manifested in a myriad of scenarios has infiltrated the many forms of the media—books, movies, cable and network television. Right now, it is simply everywhere. Where zombies used to be at the fringe of horror, they are now their own genre and pop culture phenomena.…
Fiery Pen 