Leah Rhyne is a Jersey girl who's lived in the South so long she's lost her accent...but never her attitude. After spending most of her childhood watching movies like Star Wars, Aliens, and A Nightmare On Elm Street, and reading books like Stephen King's The Shining or It, Leah now writes horror and science-fiction. She lives with her husband, daughter, and a small menagerie of pets.
The sinking feeling in my stomach as I read about Dan Mallory in the New Yorker can only be explained one way: I'd fallen for his lines, hook, line and sinker.
The movie "A Quiet Place" is a great example of taking stereotypical gender tropes in a horror flick and turning them upside down.
Can old books be timely? Pertinent? Even those that are out of print? One columnist tries to answer that question, one book at a time.
Want to give a friend a beta read? Want to actually be GOOD at it? Read on for some tips!