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INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL LEONBERGER ABOUT “THE HOOK”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I think the original \u201cHook\u201d is just a classic story, up there with \u201cLittle Red Riding Hood\u201d in terms of frightening tales we tell children to keep them in line. It\u2019s also the basis for the entire slasher movie genre as far as I\u2019m concerned, so I saw this as an opportunity to play in that sandbox.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.94″ background_color=”#f4f4f4″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n MICHAEL LEONBERGER’S GUEST POST “WORRY WART”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n There are no safe nights. No innocuous shadows. No corners not full of dread and threat and horror, ready to strike at a moment\u2019s notice, ready to smash the placid facade of normalcy, ready to remind you that death is real and that it is coming and that no one is safe.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.94″ background_color=”#f4f4f4″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n MICHAEL LEONBERGER ON HIS FAVOURITE URBAN LEGEND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n My favorite urban legend is probably the hook story. It is effectively simple (teen A likes teen B, they go to lover\u2019s lane, they are attacked by maniac, natch). I remember it really scaring me as a kid, because it must have been true\u2026right? That, and it speaks to<\/span> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.94″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.94″ background_layout=”light” background_color=”#f4f4f4″]<\/p>\n MICHAEL LEONBERGER ON COMBINING URBAN LEGENDS AND ROMANCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n I didn\u2019t find it tricky because I think horror and romance are good companions. That\u2019s the full spectrum of life: the horror of death\u2019s certainty, and the romance of being alive. That, but also on a more intimate level, there isn\u2019t anything scarier than the first time you fall in love. The anxieties of teenage romance are basically life and death to those experiencing them. Throwing a psychotic killer into the mix only seems natural.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.94″ background_color=”#f4f4f4″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n MICHAEL LEONBERGER ON SCARY OR ROMANTIC STORIES?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”HR 30%” _builder_version=”3.0.73″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” saved_tabs=”all” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” global_module=”3593″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.94″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want to read “The Hook” and the other four stories in\u00a0Legendary<\/em>?<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Legendary Cover” saved_tabs=”all” src=”http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Legendary200x300.jpg” alt=”Legendary” title_text=”Legendary” show_in_lightbox=”off” url=”http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/books\/triskaidekaphilia\/legendary\/” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” align=”right” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” show_bottom_space=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.94″ global_module=”4152″ \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Legendary Buy Links” _builder_version=”3.0.92″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”left” saved_tabs=”all” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” global_module=”4153″]<\/p>\n Available Now<\/strong><\/p>\n Amazon (US<\/a>) (CA<\/a>) (UK<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nthe fact that seclusion is both romantic and terrifying. That is why, at its heart of heart, something like Friday the 13th works. That<\/span>
\nrumination that there is nothing quite so enchanting as being alone in the woods at night with someone you love. But better to be alone with a romantic partner than a violent killer. Unfortunately, the hapless heroes of every hook story don\u2019t get the former without the latter. Which is honest, because quiet dark means either is possible. Who knows if tonight\u2019s darkness will bring you a dream or a nightmare?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/killer-820017_1920.jpg\")
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