Another one bites the (f*!&in) dust.
First, it was Kathe Koja, who hasn't written anything adult since Kink, and then the short story collection Extremities in 1999. Then Anne Rice went the way of Christ in 2005. Poppy Z. Brite left her excellent punk-horror style behind with 1999's The Lazarus Heart, and even Alice Hoffman mostly writes kids/teen books these days, although, thankfully she has a new book out this week that I can't wait to get my hands on. But ultimately, I am left to feel like one of those people that is doomed to (author)relationship failure. I must be doing SOMETHING to make these women not want to write for me anymore! It's too coincidental to be otherwise...
Now, I'm all for personal growth, especially of the creative and spiritual kind, but this is just getting ridiculous. We are losing our great (modern) female horror/fiction writers to children and God. All that are left are Caitlin Kiernan, Christa Faust and Shelley Jackson. What was once a stream of creativity into my life is now a trickle...
Anyway, I feel a bit lost. The only thing left to do is go back and read the classics like Shirley Jackson, Mary Shelley, and Sylvia Plath, and HOPE that someone will come out soon who can invoke the kind of passion that these great writers did, the way that only great female horror/fiction writers can.
In the meantime, if any of you have any suggestions, I'm all ears.
I'll be waiting....
Now, I'm all for personal growth, especially of the creative and spiritual kind, but this is just getting ridiculous. We are losing our great (modern) female horror/fiction writers to children and God. All that are left are Caitlin Kiernan, Christa Faust and Shelley Jackson. What was once a stream of creativity into my life is now a trickle...
Anyway, I feel a bit lost. The only thing left to do is go back and read the classics like Shirley Jackson, Mary Shelley, and Sylvia Plath, and HOPE that someone will come out soon who can invoke the kind of passion that these great writers did, the way that only great female horror/fiction writers can.
In the meantime, if any of you have any suggestions, I'm all ears.
I'll be waiting....