Less the Horror Than the Grace: A Book Talk About Appalachian Horror and Religion
Explore why horror stories draw readers and how religion shapes them through an Appalachian folk horror novel reworking the Medusa myth, set amid a 1920 Tennessee snake handling church and suffrage vote.
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