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379: Bending Genres, Defying Expectations, and Crafting Characters in a Horror Novel - Interview with Andy Marino

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The Challenge of the Cold Open

Horror by definition is that push pull between despair and hope, absolutely. And finding out that your situation is hopeless is really horrifying. But there has to be an interesting way to get there in a novel,. That's part of the challenge. It's like, it's got to be scary and gripping and propulsive, but it can't just be wall to wall terror"

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