Tag: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

  • This Week at StokerCon:

    This Week at StokerCon:

    Celebrating the Genre of Poe and Shelley. Of the same generation but an ocean apart, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) and Mary Shelley (1797-1851) spawned a genre that horror writers and fans celebrate each year at StokerCon. Billing itself as “an all-inclusive event where writers of all of the many subgenres the horror world may convene…

  • Now on the TEDx Channel:

    Now on the TEDx Channel:

    The Resilience of Frankenstein. [The following is a transcript of my TEDx talk on Mary Shelley and resilience, presented in Rea Auditorium, Sewickley PA, May 11. 2024. The video is currently streaming on the TEDx Channel.] It occurs to me that when I think about resilience, I think everything I’ve learned comes from a novel…