NAME: Maya Barbara
SECRET UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: Nestled somewhere between two major cities in West and Middle Tennessee
NERD SPECIALIZATION(S): horror, literary fiction, narrative essays, comics, anime/manga, vampires, movies, hyperspecific pop culture moments that is special to gay women specifically, pop music
MY PET PEEVES IN NERD-DOM ARE: gatekeepers, poorly written plot twists, unearned quips, mean horror movies, acting like genres were just born out of tiktok
VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, ZOMBIES, ALIENS OR ROBOTS: Vampires, duh.
RIGHT NOW I'M READING:
Beneath the Trees Where No One Sees: Rites of Spring by Patrick Hovarth
Pure Innocent Fun by Ira Madison II
...AND A COUPLE BOOKS I RECENTLY FINISHED ARE:
Aggregated Discontent by Harron Walker
The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.
The Grimmorie Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis
NEXT TWO ON QUEUE ARE:
I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
WHEN THE WEATHER SUCKS OUTSIDE I'M MOST LIKELY TO BE... in bed, rotting away with either a movie or a book.
MY FAVORITE SUPERHERO AND SUPER-VILLAIN ARE: Batman and Magneto
IF I WERE A SUPERHERO/VILLAIN, MY POWER WOULD BE: telepathy because Jean Grey is iconic.
THE BEST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Across the Spider Verse
THE WORST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Thor: Love and Thunder (UGH!)
I JUST WATCHED XXXX AND IT WAS AWESOME: I just watched Love Bites (1988), a softcore gay romcom created by porn vets, and it was awesome.
I JUST WATCHED XXXX AND IT WAS TERRIBLE: I just watched Prom Night (1980) and it was terrible because no one died for an HOUR.
EVERYONE SHOULD SEE XXXX BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE: Everyone should see Interview With The Vampire (2022) before it’s too late.
BEST SCIENCE/SPECULATIVE FICTION SHOW OF THE PAST 10 YEARS: It’s going to be Interview With The Vampire (2022) I fear.
NAME A BOOK YOU *NEED* A MOVIE OF (OR VICE VERSA): YELLOWFACE BY R.F. KUANG. I’m DYING for a A24/Neon level adaptation of it! It’s tailor made for it!
Welcome Maya!