Vampires and werewolves, sea hags and witches, even the Jersey Devil

Dark currents flow beneath the surface… powerful, deadly… ancient. Monsters churn the deep waters of the soul.
 
PHILADELPHIA - May 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Dark currents flow beneath the surface… powerful, deadly… ancient. Monsters churn the deep waters of the soul.

From Robert Dunbar’s introduction to

VORTEX: Essays from a Sea of Nightmares


They say a basis in fact inspires most legends. They say it all the time, all those Wise Elders in all those old horror films, the high priests, the scientists, the gypsy fortune tellers. On this single issue they agree unanimously. Deep currents of tradition and superstition swirl through most classic works of horror fiction. They spring from deep within us, these nightmares, these folktales. They speak of our deepest needs, the ones we have all been taught since childhood never to put into words, because dreams reveal our other face, the one we keep hidden, the Hyde to mankind’s collective Jekyll. Our most primitive ancestors never died, the ones who killed with rocks and clubs and clawing hands. No, they remain within us still. And when we sleep, they speak.

Vampires and werewolves, sea hags and witches, even the Jersey Devil – the monsters teeming in our subconscious minds are with us always. VORTEX explores the origins of some of mankind’s oldest folklore and the influence of that lore on literature, film and popular culture.

A new book from the author of THE PINES and THE SHORE. Available from Amazon.
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