by A.J. Klein | Jan 7, 2017 | Horror Genre
Last year I shared the list of horror movies I planned to watch in 2016 (and kept adding to it as I found others). This year I figured I’d do the same to keep myself on-track. This year’s list includes any from last year’s that I didn’t end up...
by A.J. Klein | May 12, 2016 | Horror Genre, Short Stories, Works in Progress
Today I joked to a friend that if I really wanted to hurt my characters, I’d write romance instead of horror. This came after he expressed concern over how many characters I killed off in the course of a story I’m working on (taking a break from the...
by A.J. Klein | Jan 27, 2016 | Horror Genre
Yesterday I shared the horror novels that made my reading list for 2016. Today I thought I’d share some of the horror movies that I plan to watch as well. Many of these are films I’ve been wanting to watch for the first time, though some are favorites I...
by A.J. Klein | Mar 2, 2013 | Horror Genre
I’d like to talk a little bit about the background of my first horror novel today. On its most basic level, it’s a ghost story — based on an urban legend from my college town, but a ghost story nonetheless. Ghost stories appeal to me in large part...
by A.J. Klein | Oct 11, 2012 | Horror Genre
I went to a family party this weekend and ran into an old family friend. It turns out he wants to write books, so we chatted a bit. And I mentioned a spooky abandoned hospital that I desperately want to visit for research, but which isn’t open for public tours....
by A.J. Klein | Sep 4, 2012 | Horror Genre
Before I start using this blog to yap about my projects and writing process, I thought it was fitting to share a bit of my background with the horror genre as a whole and why I chose to pursue it. In the Beginning My interest in horror and the supernatural began as...