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Choosing Horror: Playing Emily Carroll’s Webcomics

by Eve Golden Woods | Apr 27, 2015 | Comics, Essays, Video Games

The best horror comes from the tense intermingling of expectation and inevitability. We know that something bad will happen. We anticipate it, waiting for the moment of revelation, when the narrative strips itself bare and shows us its hideous underbelly. (more…)

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