Category Archives: Horror

What Ray Bradbury Meant to Me

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Annie Neugebauer

As a female horror writer, I sometimes think I was born the wrong gender about three decades too late. If you’re not very familiar with the horror genre in books, let me sum it up for you: popular contemporary horror … Continue reading →

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Halloween, Poe, and “The Call of the House of Usher”

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Annie Neugebauer

Happy Halloween! And for wiccans, blessed Samhain! I hope everyone has a fun, special, and safe holiday. What Halloween goodies have I got on the blog for you this year? Well, I’m a busy, busy bee getting ready for an … Continue reading →

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Top Fears

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Annie Neugebauer

My good friend Febe Moss’s post about her fears has inspired me to make a blog post about my own fears. I do, after all, confront these things every day as a horror writer. But I’m putting a twist on … Continue reading →

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Types of Monsters

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Annie Neugebauer

“That truth is that monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win.”– Stephen King, Introduction to The Shining (Simon and Schuster edition, 2002) (I made that sign. Isn’t it cute?) Ah, October. … Continue reading →

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The Founding Fathers (and Mothers) of Horror Literature

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Annie Neugebauer

Originally posted on Wednesday, ‎August ‎31, ‎2011, ‏‎5:20:00 PM Great Grandpa Walpole Horace Walpole (1717 – 1797) “Posterity always degenerates till it becomes our ancestors.” – Horace Walpole The horror genre, like it or not, has its roots deeply in … Continue reading →

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