Hi, my name is Helen and I’m obsessed with tropes…

Discovering patterns is a thing of human nature. It is how we track the weather, do math, and even get to work every day. The more you are immersed in an activity the more that you pick up on patterns, usually these patterns help get from point A to point B in a more timely … Continue reading Hi, my name is Helen and I’m obsessed with tropes…

Stephen (the Fairy Tale) King

Its been forty years since Stephen King wrote The Shining and thirty-seven years since the movie was released, and yet it is still a cultural monument. There are so many reasons why this novel has done well, but I’m most interested in the Gothic aspects. Specifically the Gothic readability and horror/terror produced on the page. I think that The … Continue reading Stephen (the Fairy Tale) King