This Month's Question: Why Horror?

As I mentioned the other week, my new feature called "The Question of the Month" over at FEARnet is a mix of "The Final Question" from Cemetery Dance magazine and also original content.  What I forgot to mention was that last month's column ran before my blog was launched, so I'm going to post that content here today to catch everyone up.

The feature has a simple premise: each month I'll ask a handful of horror/dark suspense authors to answer the same question and then I'll publish their...