Dead Languages

This is it spooky co-eds—the winners of the 2026 Dead Languages Drabble Contest! We read the top stories for this spooky Halloween episode. Stay safe and have a spooky holiday!

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You're in an abandoned house, your shotgun only has two shells, and something's moaning in the blackness of the corridor... WTF do you do?

This week the Goblin Professors discuss the ins and outs of survival horror, it's history, and what we love about the subgenre.

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It's time for all of you black-clad ghouls to blossom into your final form! This week, we bring a chill hang out episode to the spooky co-eds, where we list our top 5 2026 Halloween-season vibe flicks.

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Pink horror? Mantasy? Guy-fi? Weird Girl Lit? We talk with author CJ Subko about gendered genres and how they kinda suck.

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This week, we pay tribute to the Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest and their celebration of terrible opening lines. We reached out to the spooky coeds for them to submit their own terrible openers and even came up with a couple of our own!

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We continue our look into the HWA's many varied recent tragedies!

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has been in a constant state of disaster recently, much of it surrounding (now, former) executive director Maxwell I. Gold. In this two-parter, we go over the many recent controversies of the HWA.

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The spooky professors try out a new format this week!

Raise your hand if you've been rejected by THE DARK.

We read the August 2026 issue of famed horror magazine THE DARK to analyze what they publish and if it matches their submission guidelines!

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All writers are mentally ill, so it makes sense that all of our characters are too! We talk about sensitive and insensitive portrayals of mental illness in horror and associated tropes.

Sources

https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.160110

https://hcpl.net/blogs/post/mental-health-and-horror-a-complicated-history/

https://thetandemcollective.com/community/blog/mentalheathandhorrorfiction

https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/the-evolution-of-mental-illness-monstrosity-in-horror-films/

https://katiemariewriter.com/2024/08/07/from-madwomen-to-monsters-unpacking-mental-disorders-in-horror-writing/

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This week, PLMbo finishes up our deep dive into the history of horror!

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