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Watch me celebrate darkness in the bright light of day. I am comfy living in these contradictions.
My new collection of dark tales from Washington state, Rain Shadows, gets a soft launch in about 10 days in Stamford CT at the world’s premiere horror event, StokerCon.
It’s going to be warm and muggy, and yet I’m packing black because, cliche as that sounds, it’s the uniform of the horror community (black tee, black jeans, black shoes).
But all is not as doom and gloom as it might sound.
In the bright light of summer, hanging out with horror creatives (writers, artists, performers) strikes me as a great time.
These folks are “shadow engineers,” after all. They… [Read more of this and other great stuff FREE at the Rhymes With Camera Substack ]
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