Rob E. Boley
Ooh. Great question, Olusola. THANKS! I guess the answer is two-fold.
First, I've always loved horror. Growing up, my dad, my sister, and I watched horror movies as often as we could. I think there's a wonderful magic in embracing the monstrous, the terrible. My wife and I have been watching Dragula lately on Netflix and one of the contestants said something about how so often in horror, the monsters represent "the other" or "the different." There's something very empowering about embracing that otherness and finding joy where others might find filth or disgust. To put it more succinctly, I've always found a wicked delight in horror.
Second, when it comes to the actual writing process, I've found writing horror to be a wonderful distraction for my restless mind. I tend toward being slightly anxious, so if left to my own devices, I'll often worry about terrible things happening to me, or more frequently, my loves ones. So when I'm writing a horror story, I can focus instead on thinking of wonderfully terrible things happening to my characters.
First, I've always loved horror. Growing up, my dad, my sister, and I watched horror movies as often as we could. I think there's a wonderful magic in embracing the monstrous, the terrible. My wife and I have been watching Dragula lately on Netflix and one of the contestants said something about how so often in horror, the monsters represent "the other" or "the different." There's something very empowering about embracing that otherness and finding joy where others might find filth or disgust. To put it more succinctly, I've always found a wicked delight in horror.
Second, when it comes to the actual writing process, I've found writing horror to be a wonderful distraction for my restless mind. I tend toward being slightly anxious, so if left to my own devices, I'll often worry about terrible things happening to me, or more frequently, my loves ones. So when I'm writing a horror story, I can focus instead on thinking of wonderfully terrible things happening to my characters.
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Rob E. Boley:
I recently discovered your work through reading the compilation Best New Werewolf Tales. The book is filled with some impressive stories, yours included, by some of today's heavy hitters and up-and-comers in horror fiction. How did your work come about to be showcased in this compilation? Did you already have the story written or did you write it specifically for this book?
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