‘Beware the Cat’: The First English Horror Novel
In the first English horror novel, Beware the Cat, William Baldwin satirizes and mocks the Catholic Church’s naïve superstitions and alleged pagan practices.
Dan Copp
Dan Copp is a freelance writer and former journalist who has written multiple articles and is the author of Fascist Lizards from Outer Space: The Politics, Literary Influences and Cultural History of Kenneth Johnson's V. He was named Gatehouse Journalist of the Year in 2017 and has taught writing at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He lives in Thibodaux with his wife and young daughter.
Faulkner Bares His Fangs: Vampirism in ‘Sanctuary’
William Faulkner’s unproduced film script, ‘Dreadful Hollow’, was not his only foray into the fantastical, as 1931’s Sanctuary tells its twisted form of vampirism.