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I'm not the person you're replying to, but Romance and ... Supernatural Thriller (not Horror). I've seen that attempted and the attempts...

There's an excellent series of essays about the life of medieval peasants by Bret Devereaux over on his blog, which I'm a big fan of.

I mean that depends whom you ask. The "dark age" is famously misrepresented in modern media. The peasants did not work more than us...

I did a creative writing major in college and my thesis was a collection of fantasy short stories. Small school with a big ego about its...

David Hartwell argued that horror isn’t a genre, but a mode in which you can write any gene. Thus mysteries that are horror and...

Horror is also an incredibly broad genre. It’s not all gore or gross out. You also have thrills, psychological horror, gothic, zombies...

I missed posting this the first time, but another point of interest for fans of Tolkien is the colophon at the end of the Project...

Thinking about this and some G K Chesterton quotes (e.g. “the poor object to being governed badly; the rich object to being governed at...

I finished reading The Roots of the Mountains, by William Morris, last night. It felt like a bit of a slog, probably because I was...

Same, I'd read that Read it, very nice - agree. I mean medieval and pretty much every society before it everywhere was pretty terrible...

Thank you, Bruce, I’ll try and keep it short. Let’s start with Joe Dredd, whose creator always said that he “was the warning, not the...

I think it’s always been a bit cruel, but I think he’s less sentimental about it. I think Sakai has realised more as he goes along how...

Just caught up with Usagi Yojimbo graphic novels, now that he has returned to Dark Horse (like the prodigal son). Both good stories, as...

I finished Hailey Piper’s All The Hearts You Eat, and it remained amazing throughout. It won’t be for everyone, but it does its thing so...

I finished re-reading Williams' Voice of the Whirlwind. Ten years ago, I think I was disappointed that it wasn't more like Hardwired. On...