Between now and Halloween, my next book will be released from Sequart. The title is MUSINGS ON MONSTERS: OBSERVATIONS ON THE WORLD OF CLASSIC HORROR. The anthology is co-edited by me and Lou Tambone, and you can find more information here.
As children, we fall in love with monsters, and age often fails to dim that freakish fascination. As adults, we examine our youthful passions with a cold eye, but the awful truth remains: we are eternally “Monster Kids.” Musings on Monsters, from the editors of Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica and From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer, gathers together a murderer’s row of writers to open the crypt of our childhoods and shine a ray of moonlight on all the creatures, creeps, and crazies of those bygone days of classic horror.
So beware, for such fiends as Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Mummy, Godzilla, the Cat People, Barnabas Collins, zombies, and even the Devil himself lurk within these pages, scrutinized by experts in the field of monsterism and laid out on the slab for thorough reflections on their supernatural powers to mesmerize children and adults alike. Join us, won’t you? Don’t be afraid – your ghoulish guides through this nightmarish landscape are at your side… unless, of course, you step off the path.
Cover by Leah Battle
Here’s the Table of Contents:
I Was a Grade-School Monster Kid – Growing Up Ghoulish with Classic Creeps: A Foreword
By Jim Beard
It Was a Graveyard Smash: An Introduction
By Rich Handley
The Search for Monsters
By Joe Bongiorno
A New World of Gods and Monsters: Universal Studios and the First Shared Cinematic Universe
By Joseph Berenato
Boris and Bela: The Best of Fiends
By Greg Cox
The Tragic Heroism of Larry Talbot, the Wolf Man
By Robert B. Nejman
What’s So Special About the Creature from the Black Lagoon?
By Lou Tambone
Frankenstein: Defining Monstrosity
By Kelli A. Fitzpatrick
Kharis: The Unsung Legend of Mummy Fiction
By Frank Schildiner
A Monstrous Regiment of Draculas
By Charles R. Rutledge
The Devil Has All the Best Films: Silver-Screen Satans and Boob-Tube Beelzebubs
By Joe Bongiorno
Continuity of Terror: The Horror Comics of Warren Publishing
By Samuel Agro
Modern Mythology on a Micro-Budget: Reinventing Classic Monsters on Dark Shadows
By Ross Johnson
I Like the Dark: An Exploration of the Monstrous Feminine in Val Lewton’s Cat People Duology
By Corinna Bechko
Godzilla vs. Continuity: Toho’s Shōwa-Era Shared Film Universe
By Rich Handley
Hippie Freaks in Monstrous Clothing: The Addams Family vs. The Munsters
By Robert Jeschonek
Dracula Gets Hammered
By Glenn Greenberg
Hosts with the Ghosts: Horror Hosts in Comics and Television, 1940–1969
By Matthew Sunrich
The Plague of the Plague of the Zombies
By Robert Smith?
Rock Until You Drop: The Enduring Legacy of Classic Monsters in The Monster Squad
By Greg Mitchell
Your Monster and You: An Afterword
By Lou Tambone