The short story, it's not a step on the way to becoming a novelist. Stephen Graham Jones novelistshortstep Change image and share on social
I figure anytime you put an adjective before 'writer,' it's a way of dismissing the writer. Stephen Graham Jones adjectiveanytimedismiss Change image and share on social
If you keep having to dip into the story's past to explain the present, then there's a good chance your real story's in the past, and you're just using the present as a vehicle to deliver us there. Stephen Graham Jones chancedeliverdip Change image and share on social
You always want to read something that everybody says has gone too far, don't you? That's supposed to not just be charting our decline, but embodying it? Stephen Graham Jones chartdeclineembody Change image and share on social
We watch a romantic comedy because we want to cry, say, or an action movie so we can participate in heroics. Horror's different. It can hit you with a moment of revulsion so hard you might want to erase the last five minutes of your life, please. Stephen Graham Jones actioncomedycry share on social
When Ellen Datlow was running the fiction at 'Omni' in the late '80s and into the '90s, I had a subscription. It was one of two subscriptions I'd saved for, the other being 'Spider-Man.' And they each opened my mind and my heart in wonderful ways. Stephen Graham Jones 80s90sdatlow share on social
There's no purer feeling in the world than being scared. Stephen Graham Jones feltpurescare Change image and share on social
Jeans and sneakers are definitely best for the haunted house. They usually won't let you in with a mask, even. It makes sense. They need to be able to tell who the rubes are. And, sneakers are good because the ground's uneven, and you're running and falling and stepping on the slower of your friends. Stephen Graham Jones fallfriendgood share on social
The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately. Stephen Graham Jones controldramaescalate Change image and share on social
When I was twelve, Uncle Randall looked up long enough to see that I was a reader as well, so he walked me down his hall to a linen-closet door and opened it up onto a wall of paperbacks. There were books behind books, as deep in as I could reach. He told me to take three, and when I was done, bring them back and take three more. Stephen Graham Jones backbookbring share on social