Monthly Archives: August 2013

Titles of Interest: Bewitched Again

August 7th, 2013 | Posted in Books, horror, Titles of Interest, Western esotericism, Wicca, Witchcraft

This title of interest is Bewitched Again: Supernaturally Powerful Women on Television, 1996-2011 (McFarland, 2013) by Julie D. O’Reilly. Starting in 1996, U.S. television saw an influx of superhuman female characters who could materialize objects like Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, defeat evil like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and have premonitions like Charmed’s Phoebe. The extraordinary […]

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Title of Interest: The Descent

August 7th, 2013 | Posted in Books, horror, Titles of Interest

This post begins a new feature for TheoFantastique, promotion of various volumes that probe facets of the fantastic in more depth. We being with The Descent by James Marriott (Columbia University Press, 2013). The story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, The Descent (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries […]

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JFA Needs Book Reviewers

August 7th, 2013 | Posted in fantasy, horror, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, science fiction

If you enjoy the academic exploration of the fantastic and write on the topic, I would encourage you to subscribe to the mailing list for the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. In addition to discussion threads among members, the group periodically sends an email with a list of titles needing review for the […]

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“Ultraviolet’s” Vampires and the ‘War on Terror’

August 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Gothic horror, horror, horror studies, vampire

The current edition of Gothic Studies is available, Volume 15, No. 1 (May 2013), published by Manchester University Press. It focuses on vampires and the undead in popular culture, and several essays caught my eye for download in PDF for later reading. I recently finished reading the first of them, and it is David McWilliam’s […]

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Mormons and Fantastic Roleplaying

August 2nd, 2013 | Posted in cosplay, fantasy role playing games, Mormonism, video games

The last two days I have been attending Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City. Sunstone is an annual gathering of more progressive Mormons who explore various facets of what it means to be a Mormon wrestling seriously with troubling historical, doctrinal, and social issues. I often find the conference very interesting in my research in […]

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Call for Papers: Vampires and Humor

August 1st, 2013 | Posted in call for papers, vampire

Call for Papers: Vampires and Humor (or Humor in Vampire Literature, Movies, and Music) Abstracts due: October 15 to Gilpin_vicky@hotmail.com Vampires and humor can be an interesting topic because the author can break down his or her analysis based on a variety of parameters. What is so special about vampires and humor? What does humor […]

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