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Book Citation
Emily Anctil’s essay “Not a Bedtime Story: Investigating Textual Interactions Between the Horror Genre and Children’s Picture Books” from Horror Literature From Gothic to Post-modern: Critical Essays has been referenced in Children’s Literature Association Quarterly Fall 2020 Vol 45 No 3.
McFarland Book Sale
McFarland is doing their yearly October sale for their horror books. If you use the code “HORROR” (without the quotation marks) you will receive 40% off the order from now until Friday, October 16. There are numerous horror books I am a part of that you can purchase: Horror in Space, Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern, and Uncovering Stranger Things. If you want to support my academic endeavors, purchasing copies of Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern benefits me greatly.
New Episode of the H. P. Lovecast Podcast
New episode of the H. P. Lovecast Podcast is now online. In this episode Michele and I talk about two short stories from the Swords Against Cthulhu anthology: “Modu” by Mark Sims and “The Sword of Lomar” by Jason Scott Aiken. The episode has been added to the podcast appearance index.
General Neo-Peplum News
The book, Xena: Their Courage Changed Our World was recently published by AUSXIP Publishing. The large book is a collection of essays from the Xena fandom and the impact of the show on their lives. The book can be ordered from the AUSXIP web store or Amazon in a variety of formats: e-copy, soft cover, hard cover.
Per Deadline, Netflix looks to be developing a live action Conan the Barbarian series.
Paul A J Lewis has written an article at The Film Magazine called “Loincloths, Muscles, Sorcery and the Rock of Uranus: A Journey Into the Realm of the Italian Peplum (c.1958-1965).“
Screen Rant ranks the 10 best gladiator films.
- Spartacus (1960)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Gladiator (2000)
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
- Barabbas (1961)
- Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
- Cabiria (1914)
- Centurion (2010)
- The Eagle (2011)
- The Arena (1974)
Article at Deutsche Welle called “What Hollywood got wrong about the gladiators of ancient Rome.”