Horror Maven Katherine Kerestman Pays Homage to Lovecraft in her New Collection of Weird Tales,
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“Life can be pleasurable, exciting, adventure-filled, and horrific. It ends in death, though—always,” Katherine explains of her fascination with the horror genre.
“There are times, when we are forced to face the inevitable: pain, fear, loss, and death. It is the natural order of things. Sometimes these dire things occur out of nature or chance—but unfortunately, sometimes they are the result of malignant human agency. People, I have found, tend to be scarier than the most horrible monsters, demons, or deities dreamt up by horror writers. The evil among us will sacrifice their fellow earthlings in a heartbeat, if they think there is something in it for them.
“Horror stories oblige us to take time from the business of life to examine the darkness that dwells within our species and our world—in a very pleasurable way, for those of us who enjoy things that go bump in the night.”
