I would highly, highly recommend seeing 'Paranormal Activity' with a friend or, better yet, a group. Stephen Graham Jones activityfriendgroup 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
We tell ourselves zombie stories to remind us we shouldn't live beyond the natural boundaries of life - or seek a third stage of life in this world. Stephen Graham Jones boundarylifelive 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
Hannibal Lecter stole Leatherface's mask and ported the slasher conventions into the thriller for the early '90s. Stephen Graham Jones 90sconventionearly Change image and share on social
Every time I lock my people in a spacecraft or land them on an asteroid, the blood wells up again, and I'm writing horror. Horror's my default setting. It's also where I prefer to write. Stephen Graham Jones asteroidblooddefault Change image and share on social
In 1984, when 'Nightmare on Elm Street' came out, not only was I twelve and couldn't get into an R movie, but I lived twenty miles from a theater. So my first experience of it was on VHS. Stephen Graham Jones elmexperiencelive Change image and share on social
You come out of your MFA program with a cogent clutch of stories, trying to get an agent interested, and she or he admits these are quality, sure, but this agent actually needs something the publisher can make money on. So you get kind of bullied by the market into writing a novel. Stephen Graham Jones admitagentbully share on social
With slow-moving zombies, what always comes at stake is our humanity. Stephen Graham Jones humanitymoveslow Change image and share on social
Most zombie stories, the problems they solve are not the actual zombies. The problems they solve are the human interactions. Stephen Graham Jones actualhumaninteraction Change image and share on social