![]() After grounding the story so firmly in realistic, earthy characters, how can anything-even water monsters and vengeful apparitions-be unreal? Read more “Michael McDowell – Blackwater: The Complete Saga (1983)” Updated: October 9, 2022Ĭategories: Essential Reading, Reviews Tags: horror, Michael McDowell, Southern Gothic Queer Theory: Edgar Allan Poe – The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) This is a quiet, creeping horror that doesn’t exactly feel supernatural. But other times, always when you least expect it, it is very much a horror novel. Though categorized as a southern gothic and shelved in the horror section (when it’s not out-of-print) it often feels closer to Harper Lee or John Steinbeck than Stephen King. ![]() When I was almost done, I considered calling in sick because I was afraid I might die in a car crash before finding out how the story ends. Blackwater makes you utterly desperate to find out what happens next, as if your life depends upon it. ![]()
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