SF Signal's recent interview with Laird Barron is an enlightening one that's more than just a chat with a rapidly up-and-coming weird horror writer. Barron discusses several interesting trends in the horror industry, as well as his own views on literary horror and the possible threat of a backlash against horror exploring intellectual themes in traditional formats like the short story. With a sharp and somewhat irritated sense, he also zeroes in on horror's more troublesome aspects that may be clouding the genre today: sycophantic reviews, fragmented readerships, and what horror means to the masses, among other things.
Readers unfamiliar with Barron's genre insights and more renowned talents in weird fiction owe it to themselves to absorb this interview. And, after that, check out his latest collection, Occultation (which was previously reviewed here).
-Grim Blogger