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Sezin Koehler

Eclectic writings on social justice, pop-culture, horror, flash fiction, and more.

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  • CALL FOR PITCHES—Bill & Ted University: The (Social) Sciences Behind Their Excellent Adventures
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  • Zuzu’s Petals: An Eclectic Blog
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Category: Horror

A bookshelf filled with carnival history books. Movie Review: “Nightmare Alley” Whitewashes American Carnival Culture
Horror · Movies · Social Justice

Movie Review: “Nightmare Alley” Whitewashes American Carnival Culture

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Sezin Koehler

Nightmare Alley promotes a racist Hollywood version of history that erases the contributions (and suffering) of POC across the carnival board.

Book Review: Exquisitely Demented Tales Feature in Paula Ashe’s “We Are Here To Hurt Each Other”
Books · Healing Power of Horror · Horror · Trauma

Book Review: Exquisitely Demented Tales Feature in Paula Ashe’s “We Are Here To Hurt Each Other”

April 16, 2022April 19, 2022 Sezin Koehler

Paula Ashe’s WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER is the exquisitely demented lovechild of Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs, Clive Barker, and VC Andrews.

Zuzu Grimm’s The Legitimate Rape
Flash Fiction · Horror · Politics · Social Justice · Trauma

Zuzu Grimm’s The Legitimate Rape

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Sezin Koehler

Another disturbing piece of flash fiction I wrote in 2012 about the Republican notion of “legitimate rape,” seen through to a terrible conclusion.

Fiction · Horror · Zuzu Grimm

Zuzu Grimm’s The Rape Babies

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Sezin Koehler

A disturbing short story written back in 2012 that sees forced pregnancy through to horrific generational conclusions. Newly, tragically, relevant in 2021.

Cursed By the Doll Who Inspired Chucky: A True Key West Horror Story
Creative Nonfiction · Florida · Horror · Travel

Cursed By the Doll Who Inspired Chucky: A True Key West Horror Story

October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 Sezin Koehler

A hybrid, lyrical, southern gothic piece of nonfiction that is longform Key West travelogue and its creepy little-known history, culminating in my chilling encounter with Robert the Doll.

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