Nonfiction The Future of Dark Fiction is Bright: On Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson Sept. 24, 2020 | Porter House ReviewA review of Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson, where I consider the horror genre’s comeback in today’s publishing landscape, and discover that I am a New Goth. Read Rereading Stephen King on the Eve of My MFA May 11, 2020 | The Masters ReviewAn essay about how reading Stephen King's On Writing when I was 16 made me realize I was a writer. Read Grady Hendrix on Paperbacks From Hell and Why Horror is a Women’s Genre October 30, 2017 | BookishMy interview with New York Times bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, about his Bram Stoker award-winning book Paperbacks From Hell. Read The Best Goosebumps TV Show Episodes Streaming on Netflix October 28, 2017 | Hypable I watched every episode of Goosebumps available on Netflix and chose the top ten.—Featured as main story on front page of Hypable for Halloween [October 31, 2017] Read Why I Spent My Summer Vacation Dressed Like Hermione Granger June 2, 2017 | Paste MagazineA feature article about my entry into the extremely geeky world of Harry Potter LARPing.—I appeared on WIRED’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast to discuss my experience at the LARP. [June 10, 2017] Read Being There: Robert Capa’s Photographs of Omaha Beach on D-Day June 2, 2017 | ArtstorMy article on how photographer Robert Capa stormed the beaches of Normandy with Allied forces, risking his life to capture D-Day on camera. Read William Blake: The Original Fan Artist April 13, 2017 | ArtstorMy article where I argue that Romantic poet and artist William Blake’s illustrations of scenes from Shakespeare, Dante, and Milton were early versions of “fan art.”—Received an honorable mention in the 87th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition in the Magazine Feature Article Category [August 2018] Read