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	Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soul of Wes Craven by Joseph Maddrey (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Craven (foreword) 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Corners of the Old Dominion: A Virginia Horrors Anthology by Joseph Maddrey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Rook (Editor), Brian Keene (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simply Eliot (Great Lives Book 15) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Beyond Fear: Reflections on Stephen King, Wes Craven, and George Romero's Living Dead 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adapting Stephen King: Volume 2, Night Shift from Short Stories to Screenplays 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of T.S. Eliot: A Study of the Literary Influences really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Quick, the Dead and the Revived: The Many Lives of the Western Film 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bloch Booking: A Review of Bill Gillard's "Psycho Century"

This year, I’ve been doing some research on horror author Robert Bloch for an upcoming project, so I was excited to see a recent announcement for UP Mississippi’s new book Psycho Century , which they’re promoting as “the first full literary biography of the writer who shaped modern horror from Lovecraft to King.”
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