This Is Splatterpunk: The John Skipp Primer

If you want to understand what makes splatterpunk so different from the horror that came both before and after, your best bet is to read the authors who pioneered the form. It wasn't just the visceral intensity of their literary assaults on convention. All the key writers - Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, David J. Schow, and John Skipp and Craig Spector - were ferocious stylists, with original voices that completely stood out from the crowd.

In THIS IS SPLATTERPUNK: THE J...