Melanie Roussel
The First Ghost Story
This is an ancient mould for ghost stories future writers will use for many and various hauntings.
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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
- Apr 13, 2020
- 3 min
Review: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
This is a classic story combining dark fantasy, horror and coming of age.
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Melanie Roussel
- Aug 26, 2019
- 4 min
Killgrave, Allison & Mind Control
George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic example, but it turns up in pop culture a lot in the 1950s.
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Melanie Roussel
- Aug 20, 2019
- 3 min
Why we should still read H. P. Lovecraft
Lovecraft experienced episodes of parasomnia ‘night terrors’ from the tender age of six.
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Melanie Roussel
- Jul 29, 2019
- 2 min
Review: Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Only days before a massive exhibition is due to open at the New York Museum of Natural History, there is a brutal series of murders.
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
Zombies
Zombies have survived as long as they have is they're a useful stand-in for our fears. As our fears have changed, so have our zombies.
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 25, 2019
- 2 min
Varney the Vampire
John William Polidori was working off a lot of mythology. Legends of vampires go back to the ancient Greek myths of Ambrogio and Selena.
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
The Return of the Obra Dinn
The Return of the Obra Dinn - an Insurance Adventure with Minimal Colour.
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 13, 2019
- 3 min
Light Yagami from Death Note
With great power comes great responsibility. Light Yagami from Death Note runs with this philosophy with tremendous fervour, however,...
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 11, 2019
- 3 min
The Duality of Jekyll and Hyde
The central theme of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is duality and it's one of the most famous examples of the explorations of this theme.
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
Creepypasta
They play on fears we've held as long as humanities been alive.
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Melanie Roussel
- Feb 11, 2019
- 4 min
The Use and Abuse of Cthulhu
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.
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Melanie Roussel
- Jan 14, 2019
- 4 min
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Review)
If you ever wondered what a Black Mirror episode would look like if it threw all caution to the wind and went full-blown meta?
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 26, 2018
- 4 min
Why are kids evil?
The kids are evil. You brought them into the world. They will take you out.
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 1, 2018
- 4 min
The Turn of the Screw vs The Haunting of Hill House
It is repulsive, but it's also beautifully written, engaging and well worth the read.
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