On Writing Horror

I've added a copy of the Horrow Writers Association handbook  On Writing Horror, edited by Mort Castle,  to the shelf- it gets an honorary membership because Jeanne Cavelos, the editor of the imprint.

Her essay, Innovation in Horror, looks at the how the genre has a tendency to become somewhat predictable - the Stephen King school of horror- and how the potential to be more than that is there for the genre.

And she knows of what she speaks- bringing Kathe Koja to the public as the first book from the line- The Cipher- is evidence of this.

Rich Kleffel has a terrific interview with Cavelos on his blog, The Agony Column- well worth reading.