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The zombie keeps the score

January 01, 2022 by Varya Clark in Books, MV Clark, The Splits, Zombies, Writing, Psychology

Reading The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk, I realised I might finally have found a way of explaining what The Splits is about.

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January 01, 2022 /Varya Clark
The Body Keeps the Score, zombies, zombie, literary horror, literary zombies, Bessel Van der Kolk, trauma, PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Attachment theory, John Bowlby, attachment trauma, evolution of the zombie, meaning of the zombie trope, mind-body relationship
Books, MV Clark, The Splits, Zombies, Writing, Psychology

On Being a Clive Barker Virgin

February 20, 2018 by Varya Clark in Books

If loving horror is an orientation, I’ve only just come out of the closet…

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February 20, 2018 /Varya Clark
Clive Barker, horror fans, The Hellbound Heart, The Forbidden, Books of Blood, classic horror, horror fiction, literary horror, Candyman, Hellraiser
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Zombies & fine writing - Colson Whitehead's Zone One

October 09, 2017 by Varya Clark in Books

When I first set out to write a zombie novel I decided not to read any to avoid accidentally copying them. The exception was Colson Whitehead's Zone One

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October 09, 2017 /Varya Clark
zombie, zombies, zombie novel review, Colson Whitehead, literary zombies, literary horror, horror fiction
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