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Who is the Unhinged Alaskan?
The Unhinged Alaskan is an author, an artist, and she might be a little bit Alaskan. She’s not sure yet, but she has the rest of her life to find out.
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What’s New With The Unhinged Alaskan?
The Unhinged Alaskan is always working on something, so here are weekly updates from the last month so you can stay up to date on what she’s working on!
News: April 28, 2020
The end of April signals the end of this particular Dead Author Dedication, with our last article surrounding the life and influence of Bram Stoker on the culture of horror. I brought in some interesting podcasts that are more than worth checking out for their quality horror stories, with a list of the ten scariest podcasts I could find, then a list of The Other Stories podcast episodes that I particularly favored. Another article about the Necronomicon which featured seven movies (including one franchise) that had a connection to the story-line of the movie.
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News: April 21, 2020
I’ve researched a lot of folklore this week and am really excited to show you what I’ve been researching and writing about; first is a dead author dedication segment that features the inspiration that Bram Stoker had for Van Helsing. Next up, I dove into the trend that has risen in Indonesia for volunteers roaming the streets as the pocong, a ghost trapped in the realm of the living who is waiting to be released. Then I spoke at length about the Necronomicon and the Evil Dead franchise and finally wrapped the week up with a look at the fairy tale behind Hansel and Gretel and the interesting adaptation that Gretel & Hansel (2020) pulled off.
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News: April 14, 2020
This week I’m bringing you the second installment of the Bram Stoker Dead Author Dedication, a critical look into the movie 1408 (2007) which was based on a Stephen King short story by the same name. I created an original fictional narrative based on the story of Bandage Man a ghost story out of Cannon Beach, Oregon. Finally this week I did some investigative research into the origins of the Necronomicon, but it proved to be a rabbit hole that one article couldn’t cover fully–so we’ll talk about that more later!
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News: April 07, 2020
Kicking off April with a new Dead Author Dedication, this month’s subject is Bram Stoker, author of the renowned Dracula and many other novels. Next up I wrote another piece highlighting a short horror film by ALTER, where I gave details of the kind of grief that people go through when they lose a child, […]
