Toil_AndTrouble OP t1_itvp4zy wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:28 PM

Reply to comment by ilovebeaker in We’re the authors of TOIL AND TROUBLE and MONSTER, SHE WROTE, and we love writing about horror history and the occult, especially through a feminist lens. AMA! by Toil_AndTrouble

MRA: I'm so happy to hear you loved MSW! I do think different people gravitate to different types of horror. There's a perception that Horror means one thing, like slasher or zombie movies, but there are so many subgenres of horror that I think anyone can find a niche. I've always been into supernatural stories. I still prefer to read horror rather than watch it; there's something about viewing a scary or violent image that is more intense for me.

ilovebeaker t1_itzmteq wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:59 PM

> I still prefer to read horror rather than watch it; there's something about viewing a scary or violent image that is more intense for me.

I completely agree; I feel as though I could read anything and not quite be as affected as watching it on screen. Though I have a scene from Hokuloa Road (read recently) burned into my brain...