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The Tao of Horror

By Mark Matthews

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Thanks to Nightworms for letting me blab for a bit about horror on their blog.  

And I’m gonna blab about the Nightworms catchphrase: “where horror is our happy place.”

How the hell can horror be a happy place? Because in a sense, I hate horror—the trauma, the unjust suffering,...

Filling the Soul Hole

Part 1: Sorrow

As an avid reader of horror, you may worry that you have been desensitized towards certain deeply felt emotions. You’ve read it all. Guts festoon the trees of your dreamscapes. You’ve made a cozy nest for the hideous monsters lurking in your basement. Any small children that cross your path are likely demon-possessed. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’ve seen it all. You worry that you have lost the ability to empathize. You have an empty spot in the center of your heart where your soul used to be. You...