Victor LaValle
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Oct 23, 2026
Leigh BardugoGUEST
A lot of bad bargains in cosmic horror, I realized.
Leigh BardugoGUEST
You know, whether you're reading Laird Baron or, you know, the predecessor H.P. Lovecraft or you're reading Victor LaValle, like a lot of bad bargains being made by people and other people then being forced to pay for those bad bargains.
Gilbert CruzHOST
Yeah.
Gilbert CruzHOST
Don't ever make a deal.
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Gilbert CruzHOST
miss talking about that.
Gilbert CruzHOST
I've read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson so many times.
Gilbert CruzHOST
Victor LaValle came on like four years ago to talk in depth about it.
Gilbert CruzHOST
It is sort of like a classic text.
Becky SpratfordGUEST
It was totally.
Becky SpratfordGUEST
But it also meant the parents in our little friend groups took turns hosting us during the night because they just wanted the kids out.
Becky SpratfordGUEST
They didn't have help.
Becky SpratfordGUEST
Right.
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Becky SpratfordGUEST
100%.
Becky SpratfordGUEST
And I think all your readers should read I Was a Teenage Slasher by Steven because that really says everything he's saying because it's a story.
Becky SpratfordGUEST
Now, it's not a love story, but it is the story of a real friendship, like one that hits you at your heartstrings and you will cry at the end.
Becky SpratfordGUEST
It's the ending.
Priscilla Vance LederHOST
All right.
Priscilla Vance LederHOST
Welcome back to Bookmarked, uh, where we are talking about Lone Women by Victor LaValle with Jennifer Kabay.
Priscilla Vance LederHOST
And we've been, we've established that th- this is the story of, of, of, a lone Black woman establishing a ho- homestead in Montana and dealing with her family curse [laughs] in the form of a monster, which she brings with her-
Jennifer KabayGUEST
[laughs]
Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
I think it was like a one-two punch, really.
Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
I think it was Jordan Peele's Get Out and then Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom.
Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
I think both of those signaled to the world that horror is part of the contemporary, the current dialogue.
Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
We're, like all the other modes and genres as well, we're engaging people.
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Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
And he comes from comedy, of course, so he understands that mechanism really well.
Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
I think it was like a one-two punch, really.
Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
I think it was Jordan Peele's Get Out and then Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom.
Stephen Graham JonesGUEST
I think both of those... signaled to the world that horror is part of the contemporary, the current dialogue.
QuinnHOST
It adds complexity to the story and its characters, and adds nuance to the horrors that they face in this tale.
QuinnHOST
It refocuses the narrative to deconstruct Lovecraft's often problematic worldview, which we'll talk about more later, and it does so in a graceful, almost elegant way, while still maintaining the sense of cosmic dread and chaos that Lovecraft's work often evokes.
QuinnHOST
Going forward, keep in mind that this video will have spoilers for The Horror at Red Hook by H.P. Lovecraft and The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaVallee.
QuinnHOST
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QuinnHOST
Throughout many works of Lovecraft, there is mention of cults of foreigners and outsiders from all over the world.
QuinnHOST
The Call of Cthulhu mainly focuses on the Cthulhu cult.
QuinnHOST
Victor Lavallee in The Ballad of Black Tom takes inspiration from this.
AC WilsonHOST
The cognitive mechanics of why that works are just fascinating.
AC WilsonHOST
Let's look at The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle to see how that works.
AC WilsonHOST
It's 154 pages.
speaker_4HOST
This is such a powerful book.
Rachel A. RosenHOST
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Rachel A. RosenHOST
Victor LaValle, who's just an author that I love in general.
Rachel A. RosenHOST
And this is a, a direct kind of send-up of H.P. Lovecraft.
Rachel A. RosenHOST
It's based on the horror at Red Hook.
David HydeHOST
Today, we're gonna be chatting with two writers who are no strangers to the world of horror.
David HydeHOST
We're talking with novelist and comic book writer Victor LaValle, and novelist and comic book writer Matt Johnson about John Carpenter's seminal spooky film, The Thing.
David HydeHOST
Now, I don't wanna spoil this too much, but, um, before we started recording, Chris, you told me something, um, that I w- I was shocked by.
David HydeHOST
Um, because John Carpenter's The Thing is kind of a favorite for a lot of people who love horror movies.
David HydeHOST
If you are not familiar with, um, today's guests, well, reader, you are in for a treat.
David HydeHOST
These are two gentlemen who absolutely know a thing or two about the world of horror, because they have written actually horrific stories, and they are connoisseurs of the genre in a significant way.
David HydeHOST
Let's start with Victor LaValle.
David HydeHOST
You might know Victor as the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, or maybe one of his five novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women.
AC WilsonHOST
I mean, you have Tananarive Due, P. Djèlí Clark, Justina Ireland.
speaker_6HOST
Victor LaValle.
AC WilsonHOST
Yes, Victor LaValle.
AC WilsonHOST
These aren't just contributors.
AC WilsonHOST
They are the architects of the modern movement.
Daniel WillcocksHOST
Together, Maurice and Cheshire have edited the Black Horror Anthology, which features stories which recognize the legacy of black horror, its literary milestones, cultural roots, and innovative voices, while pushing the genre into new, daring territory.
Daniel WillcocksHOST
Contributors include Victor LaValle, Tanana Reeve-Dew, and P. J. Lee Clark.
Daniel WillcocksHOST
Welcome to the show, both of you.
Chesya BurkeGUEST
Thank you for having us.
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Maurice BroaddusGUEST
Yeah.
Maurice BroaddusGUEST
If there were no names on any of these stories that we had in front of us, it's like, hey, I recognize a Cheshire Burke story when I see one.
Maurice BroaddusGUEST
I recognize a Victor LaValle story when I see one.
Maurice BroaddusGUEST
I recognize a P. Jelly Clark or Sheree Renee Thompson.
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