PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOTHIC
BELLINGHAM AUTHOR MARCUS JAMES EXPLORES QUEER IDENTITY, GRIEF, AND LOCAL HISTORY IN HIS LITERARY HORROR NOVELS
“Horror and gothic literature live in the space of grief. Grief is a powerful thing. The constant sense of loss and a refusal to give up the ghost—whether that ghost is metaphorical or literal. It is a bleakness and a pain that gives the darkness life and keeps the dead from moving on,” says author Marcus James.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARCUS JAMES, BENJAMIN CODY, AND UNSPLASH WRITTEN BY CRISTINA DEPTULA
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