Jason V. Brock - Disorders of Magnitude: A Survey of Dark Fantasy

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Cosmic Introspection: Lovecrafts Attainment of Personal Value by Way of Infinite Insignificance was first published in Weird Fiction Review 2 (Fall 2011).

Forrest J Ackerman: Fan Zero was first published in Weird Fiction Review 4 (Fall 2013).

Gathering Darkness: In Appreciation of the Artists of Weird Tales was first published in Dark Discoveries 16 (Winter/Spring 2010).

Frank M. Robinson: First Fandom and Beyond was first published in Dark Discoveries 16 (Winter/Spring 2010).

Ray Bradbury: The Boy Who Never Grew Up was first published in Dark Discoveries 13 (Spring 2009).

Rod Serling: Articulating the American Nightmare was first published in Dark Discoveries 17 (Summer/Fall 2010).

A Howling at Owl Creek Bridge originally appeared online at She Never Slept, http://www.SheNeverSlept.com/, December 2009.

George Clayton Johnson: A Touch of Strange was first published in Dark Discoveries 14 (Summer 2009).

Lge dOr to Gtterdmmerung: How Bradbury, Serling, Beaumont, and The Group Shaped a Pop Future was first published in Dark Discoveries 14 (Summer 2009).

An End, a Middle, a Beginning: Richard Matheson and His Impact portions first printed in Like a Dead Man Walking and Other Shadow Tales (Centipede Press, 2013).

Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan was first published in Logans Run (Centipede Press, 2014).

The Horror of It All! EC and the Beginnings of Modern Media HOOHAH! was first published in Dark Discoveries 16 (Winter/Spring 2010).

Madly Yours, Al Feldstein was first published in Dark Discoveries 16 (Winter/Spring 2010).

Riding the Dark Wave: Dystopian Science Fiction and Its Significance was first published in Dark Discoveries 17 (Summer/Fall 2010).

Terrible Beauty: Slasher Film Connections to Conservatism, Pornography, and Misogyny was first published in Butcher Knives & Body Counts (Dark Scribe Press, 2011).

King of the Dead: George A. Romero was first published in Nameless Digest 2 (Fall/Winter 2012).

Dan OBannon: Not Gone, Not Forgotten portions originally appeared online at Fangoria Online, http://www.Fangoria.com/, December 2009; other portions were printed in Nameless Digest 2 (Fall/Winter 2012) and Dark Discoveries 15 (Fall 2009).

H. R. Giger: A Darkness Faster Than Light was first printed in Dark Discoveries 15 (Fall 2009).

The Doctor Is In: F. Paul Wilson was first printed in Dark Discoveries 18 (Winter/Spring 2011).

Seasons in Hell was first printed in Dark Discoveries 16 (Winter/Spring 2010).

Kris Kuksi: Dark Horizons in the Realm of the Senses portions were printed in Dark Discoveries 15 (Fall 2009), and Nameless Digest 2 (Fall/Winter 2012).

Darren G. Davis: On the Run in the Digital Age of Comic Books was first printed in Dark Discoveries 16 (Winter/Spring 2010).

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Cosmic Chaos on the Silver Screen was first printed in Dark Discoveries 15 (Fall 2009).

S. T. Joshi: Champion of the Weird Tale was first printed in Dark Discoveries 15 (Fall 2009).

Chris Alexander: Cinephilia, Music, and All the Rest of It was first printed in Dark Discoveries 19 (Fall 2011).

Bruce Campbell: From The Evil Dead to Burn Notice and Beyond was first printed in Dark Discoveries (Fall 2011).

The Inner World of William F. Nolan was first printed in Like a Dead Man Walking and Other Shadow Tales (Centipede Press, 2013).

The Mammoth Book of Body Horror was first printed in Nameless Digest 1 (Spring/Summer 2012).

Two of a Kind: Artists Lee-Anne Raymond and Demetrios Vakras was first printed in Nameless Digest 1 (Spring/Summer 2012).

John Shirley: The Tao of Identity was first printed in Dark Discoveries 17 (Summer/Fall 2010).

Ray Harryhausen: A Note on the Passage of Giants originally appeared online at The Teeming Brain, http://www.TeemingBrain.com/, August 2013.

Introduction, William F. Nolan and Ray Bradbury: Reflections, and Kneeling at the Dandelion Shrine: An Appreciation were first printed in Nolan on Bradbury (Hippocampus Press, 2013).

APPENDIX A

Note: The following list is not intended to be definitive; these particular works have had personal resonance for the author and are recommended for further consideration. Periodicals are marked with an asterisk (*).

1. Allen, Tom, and Gagne, Paul. The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh
2. Amazing Stories*
3. Ballard, J. G. Crash
4. Beaumont, Charles. The Hunger and Other Stories
5. Benchley, Peter. Jaws
6. Benson, Jim, and Skelton, Scott. Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour
7. Benton, Mike. Horror Comics: The Illustrated History
8. Blatty, William Peter. The Exorcist
9. Bradbury, Ray. Dark Carnival
10. Brock, Jason V. A Darke Phantastique: Encounters with the Uncanny and Other Magical Things
11. Brock, Jason V, and Nolan, William F. The Bleeding Edge: Dark Barriers, Dark Frontiers
12. Brock, Jason V, and Nolan, William F. The Devils Coattails: More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier
13. Brothers Grimm. Grimms Fairy Tales
14. Brottman, Mikita. Meat Is Murder!
15. Burroughs, William S. Naked Lunch
16. Corman, Roger. How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime
17. Cumbow, Robert. Order in the Universe
18. Daniel, Lucy. Defining Moments in Books
19. Danielewski, Mark. House of Leaves
20. Dark Discoveries*
21. Dean, Roger. Dragons Dream
22. Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
23. Ellison, Harlan. The Essential Ellison
24. Engel, Joel. Rod Serling: The Dreams and Nightmares of Life in the Twilight Zone
25. Etchison, Dennis. The Dark Country
26. Famous Monsters of Filmland*
27. Fangoria*
28. Folklore: Greek, Roman, Nordic, Sumerian, Native American, and South American
29. Frank, Alan. Monsters and Vampires
30. Fuchs, Ernst. Das Graphische Werk
31. Fujiwara, Chris. Defining Moments in Movies
32. Gemstone EC Comics Reissues
33. Giger, H. R. H. R. Gigers Necronomicon I & II
34. Ginsberg, Allen. Howl
35. Handling, Piers. The Shape of Rage
36. Harris, Thomas. Red Dragon
37. Harris, Thomas. The Silence of the Lambs
38. Hunter, Jack. Inside Teradome
39. Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House
40. Jones, Stephen. The Illustrated Dinosaur Movie Guide
41. Joshi, S. T. Lovecraft: A Life
42. Joshi, S. T. Unutterable Horror I & II
43. Kerekes, David, and Slater, David. Killing for Culture
44. Koch, Howard. The Panic Broadcast
45. Kuksi, Kris. Kris Kuksi: Divination and Delusion
46. Lawler, Donald. Approaches to Science Fiction
47. Liaguno, Vince. Butcher Knives & Body Counts
48. Lipton, Laurie. The Drawings of Laurie Lipton
49. Lovecraft, H. P. Supernatural Horror in Literature