{"id":4516,"date":"2017-05-17T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2017-05-18T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T22:15:11","slug":"legendary-spotlight-scary-or-romantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/legendary-spotlight-scary-or-romantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Spotlight: Scary or Romantic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To celebrate the expanded distribution of Legendary we are shining a spotlight on the anthology by asking out some of our contributors questions. As we continue\u00a0for the rest of the week, we hope you will continue to follow along and give this anthology some well-deserved attention.<\/p>\n

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Today we asked contributors:<\/p>\n

Do you prefer romantic or scary stories?<\/h2>\n

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I’m a sucker for both, personally, although I do love a good ghost\/supernatural tale. For me the best kind is one with a hint of romance in it – that’s why I love reading Bram Stoker.<\/p>\n

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Mostly what I want from a story these days is for it to get under my skin in the best way, and I think horror has been doing that more consistently than romance. Horror seems a little more forgiving a genre than romance can be. One false note in a romantic story can really kick you out of the moment, but if a horror story has been working so far, a rough patch can be papered over a little more easily with the adrenaline it’s got going.<\/p>\n

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I prefer a scary story. The horror genre speaks to my imagination more than any other genre. Having said that, I prefer a horror story that is also romantic. If monsters are great metaphors for the traumas and tragedies of life, then romance is the remedy. The hope for survival. That combination of light and dark, of highs and lows, seems\u00a0whole to me.<\/p>\n

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A mix. I really like suspense romance\u2014it\u2019s my comfort genre that I fallback to whenever I get stressed out. If you watch my Goodreads account, you can see when I\u2019m under massive amounts of stress because all I\u2019m reading is romances involving serial killers, usually rereads in fact. There\u2019s nothing like people afraid for their lives, who are also falling in love, to make me happy.<\/p>\n

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SCARY!!! It\u2019s sort of strange. Even though I write mostly stories with a romantic tilt, I don\u2019t read much romance. I like the scary, spooky, gothic stuff\u2014perhaps with just a touch of romance. I like being scared; it\u2019s my favorite form of escapism. Being scared momentarily erases all life\u2019s problems. Because of that, I\u2019m the one who goes first into haunted houses. I\u2019m the one who walks in cemeteries at night. I\u2019m the weirdo you should be afraid of \u2026 but I also give great hugs. Seriously.<\/p>\n

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If you’d like to learn more about the\u00a0Legendary<\/em> contributors, check out their individual interviews here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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\"\"Urban legends. We\u2019ve all heard them, we\u2019ve all told them. They fill the role that fairy tales once held\u2014morality tales meant to frighten us into sticking with the herd, obeying society\u2019s rules, and not taking any chances. In most urban legends, once someone transgresses, we know things won\u2019t end well for them.<\/p>\n

But what if the bright spark of romance also common to these stories refuses to be snuffed out? What if it bursts into a love that fights for its chance to burn? Can love triumph over evil? Forgive any trespass? Heal any wound?<\/p>\n

Set off into a dark wood with a young love that won\u2019t go quietly into the night. Bait a vengeful ghost to find family, and love. Ride along with a hitchhiker who won\u2019t vanish for long. Learn to love a touch that is not human. Find passion beneath the scars. Dive into five tales that speak to the heart of myth and find love that is nothing short of legend.<\/p>\n

Featuring new stories by Sara Dobie Bauer, Wendy Sparrow, T. R. North, Aisling Phillips, and Michael Leonberger.<\/p>\n

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