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JOHN BRAXTON SPARKS:A PHILOSOPHY OF HORROR

JOHN BRAXTON SPARKS:A PHILOSOPHY OF HORROR. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. GRADUATE OF MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY M.A. IN EDUCATION FROM GEOEGRETOWN COLLEGE CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT AT MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY PROFFESSIONAL SPEAKER AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL, “Lost: A Haunting in Appalachia”

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JOHN BRAXTON SPARKS:A PHILOSOPHY OF HORROR

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  1. JOHN BRAXTON SPARKS:A PHILOSOPHY OF HORROR

  2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR • GRADUATE OF MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY • M.A. IN EDUCATION FROM GEOEGRETOWN COLLEGE • CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT AT MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY • PROFFESSIONAL SPEAKER • AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL, “Lost: A Haunting in Appalachia” • Winner of AHW contest for the year of 2007, 2008, 2009 • Writing Workshop designer • LOST: A HAUNTING IN APPALACHIA: WINNER OF 2009 HORROR BOOK OF THE YEAR FROM “NEW FICTION.ORG” OPTIONED FOR “GREENLIGHT” SCREENWARITING FROM WB • NewFiction.Org- ”…Add a pinch of John Saul, and the atmosphere of Mr. Poe, and you get the writing style of John Braxton Sparks.” •  ”At 28, this young author may do for Eastern Kentucky, what Mr. King has already done for Maine” -Featuredwriters.org • “…Read this with the lights on” -Bookwise.org

  3. THE PHILOSPHY OF HORROR! • How can we be frightened by what we know doesn’t exist? • Why is anyone interested in horror? • Isn’t being “frightened” an unpleasant experience?

  4. THE MONSTER AS A METAPHOR! • Are these creatures real? • Vampires-lust, sex, forbidden passion, • Werewolves- coming of age, not fitting in, insecurities, • Ghosts- spirituality, moving on, letting go

  5. Humanity as a monster • Horror allows us to: • Explore the dark at a safe distance! • Come to term with consequences • Answer the question what if” • Embrace the Dark while still being safe in the light. • Rage • Jealousy • Lust • Hatred • Envy • Gluttony • “The Darkness is always with you. It lives inside you!”-Edgar Allen Poe

  6. HALLOWEEN: • ALL HALLOW’S EVE • SAMHAIN • TRICK-OR-TREAT • HONOR THE DEAD • VEIL BETWEEN LIVING AND THE DEAD THINS • TRADITIONS-JACK O’ LANTERN • TRICK OR’ TREATING

  7. TRADITIONS • Celtic tradition • People “left” food to appease entities • Two days before “all-Soul’s Day”

  8. Horror and fear • Can the unknown hurt us? • Does what we believe give us power? • Are you sure about what you are “sure” of? • Horror makes us question things we are taking for granted: • “the theory of “general good” • Exploration of the unknown • Realizations of painful truths

  9. Additional philosophies • NOEL CARROL • “THE PHILOSOPHY OF HORROR, (OR PARADOXES OF THE HEART) • http://www.scribd.com/doc/19370821/CARROLL-Philosophy-of-Horror

  10. Contact the presenter: • www.johnbraxtonsparks.wordpress.com • johnbsparks@yahoo.com • Phone (606) 207-4869

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