Category: Asides
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Dr. Frankenstein, bad dad…
I just reread Mary Shelley’s gothic horror masterwork, Frankenstein, which inspired more thoughts about her monster, his creator, and the genre Shelley helped shape. Read them here.
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An inside-out fairy tale…
I have been on a Shirley Jackson kick lately. Read my essay about her best novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
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Haunted houses to visit…
I’ve posted a reading list of great haunted house stories on my project blog, Noir Femme. Check it out! And have a haunted Halloween…
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The Haunting of Hill House: a love story?
Is Shirley Jackson’s masterpiece, The Haunting of Hill House, really a love story? Check out my essay.
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Everyone is creative…
It really bothers me when people say they aren’t creative. Everyone is, in some fashion. I am just as guilty every time I say I am tone deaf or that I have two left feet and that no one could ever possibly teach me how to sing or dance. I wish, more than anything, that…
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But is she alive?
Just posted a new essay: But is she alive? Gillian Flynn and the “unlikable” female character
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Update on going analog…
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to eschew my electronic tasks list, calendar, and notepad in favor of a pen-and-paper system, i.e., a notebook. I was inspired by Austin Kleon’s suggestion to go analog to improve creativity. So far, it’s been working well, other than the small inconvenience that the notebook I chose is…
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Gothic horror: We’re all mad here | Noir Femme
I try to define gothic fiction and why I love it so much: Gothic horror: We’re all mad here | Noir Femme
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Inspired by Austin Kleon…
I’ve decided to go analog and carry a notebook with me for recording my to-do lists, ideas, upcoming events, monthly goals, and the like, instead of relying on my phone or tablet. (See my last post.) Sure, it’s one more thing I have to cart around, but I carry a backpack purse anyway. I’ve noticed…
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A Kinder, Gentler Apocalypse: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
I discuss a less brutal and, I think, more realistic approach to the post-apocalyptic novel in this essay.
Shannon Turlington 