Be Scared of Everything - by Peter Counter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A collection of literary horror essays. Combining cultural criticism and memoir, the book is a fun, accessible, spooky, and affecting reflection on the virtues of fear, frailty, and insignificance"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>"A</b><b>n incredible voice in horror"<b>--<i>Tor Nightfire</i></b></b></p><br><p><b>Horror essays that read like Chuck Klosterman filtered through H.P. Lovecraft.</b></p><br><p>Slinging ectoplasm, tombstones, and chainsaws with aplomb, <i>Be Scared of Everything</i><br> is a frighteningly smart celebration of horror culture that will appeal<br> to both horror aficionados and casual fans. Combining pop culture <br>criticism and narrative memoir, Counter's essays consider and <br>deconstruct film, TV, video games, true crime, and his own horrific <br>encounters to find importance in the occult, pathos in Ouija boards, <br>poetry in madness, and beauty in annihilation.</p><br><p>Comprehensive in scope, these essays examine popular horror media including <i>Silent Hill</i>, <i>Hannibal</i>, <i>Hereditary</i>, the <i>Alien</i> films, <i>Jaws</i>, <i>The X-Files</i>, <i>The Terror</i>, <i>The Southern Reach Trilogy</i>, <i>Interview with the Vampire</i>, <i>Misery</i>, <i>Gerald's Game</i>, <i>The Sixth Sense</i>, <i>Scream</i>, <i>Halloween</i>, <i>The Blair Witch Project</i>, <i>The Babadook</i>, <br> the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Slenderman stories, alongside topics like <br>nuclear physics, cannibalism, blood, Metallica, ritual magic, <br>nightmares, and animatronic haunted houses.</p><br><p>This is a book that shows us everything is terrifying--from Pokemon to<br> PTSD--and that horror can be just as honest, vulnerable, and funny as it<br> is scary.</p><br><p>"<i>Be Scared of Everything</i> is a heady mix of memoir and critical<br> essays. Discerning, unafraid to examine larger questions without easy <br>answers, the collection is also warm and entertaining."<b>--Paul Tremblay</b></p><br><p>"Counter's brilliant essay collection <i>Be Scared of Everything</i> is a poetic and deeply thoughtful exploration of all the ways that horror permeates our everyday life."<b><b>--<i>Rue Morgue</i></b></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><i>Be Scared of Everything</i> is a collection of his writings, covering his family's relationship with his mother's Ouija board, the legacy of Lovecraft, essays on his personal relationship with trauma and horror, misanthropy in cosmic horror, and numerous other topics. Counter's memoir-focused work is the clear standout here, though, his essays unflinching and accessible, his voice ringing out when he talks about his family and his personal life. The collection as a whole is an excellent way to get acquainted with an incredible voice in horror, one who manages to be keen, well-read, conscientious, and heartfelt all at once.<b>--<i>Tor Nightfire</i></b></p>--Sam Reader "Tor Nightfire"<br><br><p><i>Be Scared of Everything</i> is a comfy little hideout for fans of horror, sci-fi, the unsettling and the supernatural from prolific pop culture, tech writer, and media critic Peter Counter. A delightful trip into a safe space of nostalgia and vulnerability, it's like a guided tour back in time.<b>--Librairie Drawn & Quarterly</b></p>-- "Drawn & Quarterly"<br><br><p><i>Be Scared of Everything</i> is a command directed at <i>everyone: </i>punks, normies, horror film fans, UFO abductees, telemarketers, pet necromancers, you, no one will leave this book in their current form who permits the devious, curious, always-illuminating Peter Counter over their mental threshold.<b>--Meredith Graves</b></p>-- "Meredith Graves"<br><br><p>"Why are we scared? How is this thing scary? Is Hannibal Lecter actually sort of good for society?... <em>Be Scared of Everything</em> is almost like an open mic night on horror topics. It's the kind of set that makes you silently nod without realizing it and laugh despite the bluntness of it. Deep down, you even know what being said makes sense.<strong>--<em>Fangoria</em></strong></p>-- "Fangoria"<br><br><p>Counter's brilliant essay collection <i>Be Scared of Everything</i> is a poetic and deeply thoughtful exploration of all the ways that horror permeates our everyday life, in ways both mundane and profound.<b>--<i>Rue Morgue</i></b></p>-- "Rue Morgue"<br><br><p>Horror often falls prey to gruesome machismo, but <em>Be Scared of Everything</em> returns sensitivity and compassion to the genre. The un- or near-dead prove fine instructors on how to live.<b>--<i>Canadian Notes & Queries</i></b></p>-- "Canadian Notes & Queries"<br><br><p>I must say I adored <i>Be Scared of Everything</i> a lot more than I expected. I was looking forward to essays about horror movies but got essays that have changed how I look at horror and have given me a language to discuss what the genre means to me. For that, I am enormously grateful. I'd recommend this to anyone who feels the pull to the dark.<b>--A Universe in Words</b></p>--Juli Rahel "A Universe in Words"<br><br><p>Orwell wrote model essays: articulate without being overdone or impenetrable, and thoughtfully engaged with each subject so that the topic becomes interesting to any reader, even those who weren't particularly invested at the start. That's the kind of worthy writing I found here, in [<i>Be Scared of Everything</i>].<b>--Alex Boyd</b></p>-- "Alex Boyd"<br><br><p>Peter Counter's <i>Be Scared of Everything</i> is a heady mix of memoir and critical essays. Discerning, unafraid to examine larger questions without easy answers, the collection is also warm and entertaining. The link between the essays and personal reflections on horror is empathy, which is why so many of us continue to be drawn to the genre.<b>--Paul Tremblay, author of <i>A Head Full of Ghosts</i> and <i>The Cabin at the End of the World </i></b></p>-- "Paul Tremblay"<br><br><p>Peter Counter's writing on horror is thoughtful, lively, and strangely touching. From classic movie monsters, to personal demons, to a genuinely surprising (and funny) analysis of <i>Frasier</i>, <i>Be Scared of Everything</i> faces horror's thrills, problems, and paradoxes, with shades of Noel Carroll, Eugene Thacker, and Stephen King circa <i>Danse Macabre</i>.<b>--John Semley, author of <i>Hater: On the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability</i></b></p>-- "John Semley"<br><br><p>The essays in <em>Be Scared of Everything</em> are the best body horror amalgam of criticism and biography.<b>--The Bookshelf</b></p>--Andrew Hood "The Bookshelf"<br>
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