A new interview with me about my academic reading of the biblical book of Isaiah as a cosmic horror story has just been published at TheoFantastique:
Matt Cardin — “Gods and Monsters, Worms and Fire: A Horrific Reading of Isaiah”
The “Gods and Monsters” paper itself appears in my imminent next book, Dark Awakenings.
Topics broached in the interview include my reasons for tackling such a subject, the project’s relationship to my writing of the stories in Divinations of the Deep, the three-part test for deciding whether a text should be classified as horror, and the dismay that many conservative Christians may feel in response to a monstrous portrayal of deity.
Many thanks to my friend John Morehead, TheoFantastique’s ever-reliable creator, writer, and proprietor, for asking excellent questions.
The thanks goes to you for asking difficult questions in your academic study and connecting the dots between the biblical material and horror literature. Perhaps we should collaborate on a new Bible “translation,” the Lovecraft Horror Study Bible.
It’s scary how well you can read my mind, John. 😉