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Michael Seidlinger
MICHAEL J SEIDLINGER is a Filipino American author of a number of books including My Pet Serial Killer and The Fun We’ve Had. He is an Editor-at-Large for Electric Literature, a member of The Accomplices, and founder of the indie press, Civil Coping Mechanisms (CCM). He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he never sleeps and is forever searching for the next best cup of coffee. You can find him online on Facebook, Twitter (@mjseidlinger), and Instagram (@michaelseidlinger).
You Can't Look Away: On Responsibility and Horror
What is the responsibility of the author - and the audience - in creating and consuming horror?
Ottessa Moshfegh on Dreams, Nightmares, and a Rediscovered Novel
The author of some of the darkest, most disturbing novels in years wants people to know: she's not April Ludgate.
Unreliable Narrators Who Break Every Rule We Thought We Knew
Some narrators go beyond unreliability and change our very conception of narrative storytelling.
Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead
A wide-ranging conversation with the author and filmmaker.
8 of the Most Genuinely Terrifying Novels Ever Written
"The following books exist as vessels of terror, and I present them to you unabashedly."
Stephen Chbosky on the Essence of Horror
The author and director explains why returning to horror was like returning to a first love.
