Brenda Cooper and Glen Hiemstra
Author, speaker, and tech executive Brenda Cooper talks to Glen Hiemstra, founder of futurist.com, about some of the concepts behind her series, so far composed of The Silver Ship and the Sea and...
View ArticleStephen King’s Next Epic: Under the Dome
Details have finally started emerging about Stephen King’s next novel, Under the Dome, which is complete at 1120 pages and set to publish November 10. The official plot synopsis runs like so: On an...
View ArticleReading Stephen King may be hazardous to your health
I am about 200 pages away from finishing Under the Dome. Reading the book has made me extremely uncomfortable, and not in the way you might think. Perhaps the following anecdote will give you some...
View ArticleThe Great Stephen King Reread: It
This is the big one, folks. Stephen King’s un-Google-able book, It, took four years to write, and It remains his biggest book weighing in at a hefty four pounds. It’s his most ambitious book, one of...
View ArticleThe Great Stephen King Reread: Round-Up
The Great Stephen King Reread comes to a momentary conclusion. At this point, I’ve learned one thing: Stephen King writes. A lot. I’ve read 17 novels, 3 short story collections, and 2 collections of...
View ArticleRevisiting Stephen King’s It
This is the big one, folks. Stephen King’s un-Google-able book, It, took four years to write, and It remains his biggest book weighing in at a hefty four pounds. It’s his most ambitious book, one of...
View ArticleWe’ll All Float On, Anyway: Stephen King’s IT
First thing first: IT is terrifying. People in my theater shrieked, gasped, applauded, hid—I think it’s one of the most reactive crowds I’ve ever been in, and it was great. And that’s all before we get...
View ArticleThe Losers’ Club, ’90s Edition: Looking Back at the First Adaptation of It
The new film adaptation of Stephen King’s It is already breaking records, with a massive opening weekend following a wave of positive early reviews. The story of seven childhood friends who are brought...
View ArticleSometimes, Horror is the Only Fiction That Understands You
“I don’t trust people who look back on high school with fondness; too many of them were part of the overclass, those who were taunters instead of tauntees. […] They are also the ones most likely to...
View ArticleMovies We’re Looking Forward to in 2019!
Like every new year, 2019 promises a number of endings and new beginnings—specifically in the form of SFF movies! We have a number of questions regarding the upcoming releases: What fresh horrors will...
View ArticleWatch the First Trailer for It: Chapter Two
Warner Bros has released the first trailer for It: Chapter Two, and hoo boy, it looks just as creepy as its predecessor. The Losers’ Club is all grown up—and now they’re Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy,...
View ArticleThe Final Trailer for IT Chapter Two Is Here
Those lucky enough to be at San Diego Comic-Con were treated to a sneak peek at the new IT Chapter Two trailer on Wednesday night, and word on the street said it was scary as hell. Now, the clip has...
View ArticleWhat Stephen King’s It Taught Me About the Shape of Stories
I remember reading IT over a weekend. Can this possibly be true? Have I tangled IT up with some of my other fevered reading experiences? I remember sitting on my middle school bus with my knees pressed...
View ArticleIT: Chapter Two Delivers Scares, But Wants to Make You Feel Things
IT: Chapter II has danced into theaters, with the weight of the phenomenal IT: Chapter I, Stephen King fandom, and an outpouring of thinkpieces about the book all hung about its frilled grease-painted...
View ArticleWhen Horror Becomes Strength: Queer Armor in Stephen King’s IT
I grew up terrified. When I was 12, I wasn’t particularly afraid of clowns or monsters or troubled ghosts, but as puberty hit at the start of middle school, I was terrified of myself. I was a gay boy...
View ArticleA Teenager Develops Telekinesis in the First Trailer for I Am Not Okay With This
What if Carrie had been given a supportive Stranger Things-esque friend group, access to a guidance counselor, and a diary? That seems to be the premise of Netflix’s new series, I Am Not Okay With...
View ArticleStephen King’s It Taught Me About the Shape of Stories
I remember reading IT over a weekend. Can this possibly be true? Have I tangled IT up with some of my other fevered reading experiences? I remember sitting on my middle school bus with my knees pressed...
View ArticleHorror as Strength: Queer Armor in Stephen King’s IT
I grew up terrified. When I was 12, I wasn’t particularly afraid of clowns or monsters or troubled ghosts, but as puberty hit at the start of middle school, I was terrified of myself. I was a gay boy...
View ArticleIt Prequel Series Welcome to Derry Is In Development at HBO Max
Has the obsession with origin stories finally gone too far? The latest somewhat baffling backstory in the works is Welcome to Derry, a prequel to It: Part One that’s in development at HBO Max. As...
View ArticleFinding Comfort in the Horror of Stephen King’s Maine
Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists. — Stephen King I know very few people who get Maine. Most people enjoy it, they appreciate...
View ArticleWhat Stephen King’s It Taught Me About the Shape of Stories
I remember reading IT over a weekend. Can this possibly be true? Have I tangled IT up with some of my other fevered reading experiences? I remember sitting on my middle school bus with my knees pressed...
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