Fifty years on, Stephen King’s debut novel still retains its power to shock and disturb
Appearing in 1974, Carrie benefited from the groundswell of interest in literary horror that began with Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby.
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Appearing in 1974, Carrie benefited from the groundswell of interest in literary horror that began with Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby.
Weirdly, horror fiction is one of those places capable of provoking a sense of calm.
DiLouie is clearly a fan of both haunted house stories and found footage movies.
The Marigold is a quintessential urban horror tale; The Handyman Method relocates the terror to the suburbs.
The stories display a surface placidity that belies their deeper structure.
Failure is inevitable because perfection is unattainable.
What is apparent throughout Bad Cree is Johns's facility for dealing with the rocky and tumultuous terrain of familial memory.
Smith guides readers through almost six centuries in which the technology of the codex has remained relatively unchanged.
The U.S. Department of Justice called the ruling "a victory for authors, readers, and the free exchange of ideas."
"When I started in this business, there were literally hundreds of imprints, and some of them were run by people with extremely idiosyncratic tastes, one might say."