Be Scared of Everything: Horror Essays

This initially comes off as a semi random collection of essays and short pieces covering various aspects of the horror genre. Zombies, vampires, Lovecraft are all present and correct. It's a fun read on those terms, but the further you get into it, the more you realise there is a throughline connecting all these seemingly disparate pieces, an underlying narrative that ties the whole thing together. The whole thing finishes up as a disquisition on horror as a coping mechanism, a consideration of how fictional evil works in a world full of real horrors. Interesting stuff, and should be appreciated by all fans of the genre.