Colbey Emmerson-Reid
The Grottesche Designs of H.G. Wells (or, Cripping Style).
An essay is presented on related to neoclassical pattern design grottesche which was featured in the science fiction novel
Zombie Aesthetics, Part 1: Vituperation
Colbey Emmerson Reid reads zombie cinema as an allegory of democracy, citizenship, agency, fascism, and the political limits of the Western action hero.
Born Again
Colbey Emmerson Reid reads The Descent as a feminist resurrection narrative in which trauma, monstrosity, repetition, and rebirth unsettle Christian allegory.
Hot Abstinence
Colbey Emmerson Reid reads Twilight as a Gothic theology of erotic abstinence, sacrifice, subjectivity, and the unexpectedly sensual force of Puritanism.