It's only a book ... it's only a book! Australian horror writers confront the fears of the contemporary world
- Written by: Ali Alizadeh, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University
ShutterstockFormative childhood experiences often explain our cultural tastes and tendencies as adults. My mature – or, some might say, immature – interest in the horror genre may very well be the result of the curiosity caused by the parental prohibition against watching a rented Betamax copy of The Exorcist when I was four or five...