I really enjoyed Dark Memories- very creepy!
Tristi- Have you read Steven Peck's A Short Stay in Hell? This is a very Mormon existential horror novel written by a BYU professor. I highly recommend it! It shows the capability of the genre well beyond the visceral.
BethAugust 13, 2013
WOW!! I'll be reading a few of these authors just to help me overcome MY Chicken-ness. I'm with you on the not wanting be to scared or offend the spirit. Glad to see the other side of this. I know God wants us to be learned. He wants us to be prepared and ready to fight his battles. These insights have truly helped me and I WILL be picking up these books to read! Thank you!!
kelly nelsonAugust 9, 2013
Great article, Tristi! Loved the insights presented by those you interviewed.
bob taylorAugust 8, 2013
after reading the statement on media from lds.org, i offer this thought from a talk by Michael Ballam- what he calls the 4 "E"s - he made it in connection with music, but i think it applies to all media, not just music: entertain, educate, enlighten, edify - what does this particular book-song-movie-(you pick whatever thing you are thinking about) do for me- how does it leave me (me, not anyone else, we are all different) feeling after being exposed to it- am i better? how much better? really great stuff hits all 4 items, and down the scale from there. i have nothing against pure entertainment, but i doubt that anything is strictly just one of these categories, but not many make all 4- if a thing does make all 4, then it has staying power and will be worth watching over an over, and be jus as impressive as when you first watched it, maybe more so.
Maria HoaglandAugust 8, 2013
Loved this article--an interesting topic, well questioned and week written. Reading about what their books are--and aren't--has made me want to go check them out! Thanks.
RosalynAugust 8, 2013
Tristi--thank you for this interview! Like you, I'm usually too squeamish to read horror novels, but I am interested in the psychological element of horror (sometimes). Michaelbrent is my cousin, which leaves me feeling somewhat torn, since I'd like to support his writing, but I'm scared of the stuff he writes! (I did read his recent mystery, Blood Relations, which managed a nice balance between mystery and outright horror. That's something, right?) This interview helps me understand better why these authors are drawn to horror like they are.
Allison MerrillAugust 8, 2013
I don't read horror novels or watch horror movies, either. I'm just not interested, that's all.
BradenAugust 8, 2013
What a thoughtful interview, Tristi! I'm so glad you did that. I was fascinated by that. Lots of good things to think about.
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MjdAugust 14, 2013
I really enjoyed Dark Memories- very creepy! Tristi- Have you read Steven Peck's A Short Stay in Hell? This is a very Mormon existential horror novel written by a BYU professor. I highly recommend it! It shows the capability of the genre well beyond the visceral.
BethAugust 13, 2013
WOW!! I'll be reading a few of these authors just to help me overcome MY Chicken-ness. I'm with you on the not wanting be to scared or offend the spirit. Glad to see the other side of this. I know God wants us to be learned. He wants us to be prepared and ready to fight his battles. These insights have truly helped me and I WILL be picking up these books to read! Thank you!!
kelly nelsonAugust 9, 2013
Great article, Tristi! Loved the insights presented by those you interviewed.
bob taylorAugust 8, 2013
after reading the statement on media from lds.org, i offer this thought from a talk by Michael Ballam- what he calls the 4 "E"s - he made it in connection with music, but i think it applies to all media, not just music: entertain, educate, enlighten, edify - what does this particular book-song-movie-(you pick whatever thing you are thinking about) do for me- how does it leave me (me, not anyone else, we are all different) feeling after being exposed to it- am i better? how much better? really great stuff hits all 4 items, and down the scale from there. i have nothing against pure entertainment, but i doubt that anything is strictly just one of these categories, but not many make all 4- if a thing does make all 4, then it has staying power and will be worth watching over an over, and be jus as impressive as when you first watched it, maybe more so.
Maria HoaglandAugust 8, 2013
Loved this article--an interesting topic, well questioned and week written. Reading about what their books are--and aren't--has made me want to go check them out! Thanks.
RosalynAugust 8, 2013
Tristi--thank you for this interview! Like you, I'm usually too squeamish to read horror novels, but I am interested in the psychological element of horror (sometimes). Michaelbrent is my cousin, which leaves me feeling somewhat torn, since I'd like to support his writing, but I'm scared of the stuff he writes! (I did read his recent mystery, Blood Relations, which managed a nice balance between mystery and outright horror. That's something, right?) This interview helps me understand better why these authors are drawn to horror like they are.
Allison MerrillAugust 8, 2013
I don't read horror novels or watch horror movies, either. I'm just not interested, that's all.
BradenAugust 8, 2013
What a thoughtful interview, Tristi! I'm so glad you did that. I was fascinated by that. Lots of good things to think about.
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