All readings are posted on Blackboard under the tab “Readings.”

You must print the reading, read and annotate it, and bring it to class as per the syllabus weekly schedule. 

Readings were selected to represent a diversity of voices across race, gender, and culture. Horror is present across all of these intersecting identities! 

Week 1:  “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe and “A Change of Seasons” by Nathan Oates

Week 2:  Chapter 1 from Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films by Julian Hanich

Week 3:  “The Lake” by Tananarive Due

Week 4: Writing a paper = no new readings

Week 5: “Her Body, Himself: Gender in Slasher Films” by Carol J. Clover

Week 6: “The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado

Week 7: “The Comet” by W. E. B. DuBois

Week 8: Writing a paper = no new readings

Week 9: “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler

Week 10: “To the Kennels” by Pyun Hye-Young

Final weeks of class: Writing your own horror short story = no new readings