When Folklore Meets Colonial Horror: Mathilda Zeller's It Looks Like You in the Dark

This week, I chat with Mathilda Zeller about her new horror It Looks Like You in the Dark.

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How Inupiat folklore, family history, and a troubling account of cultural appropriation inspired this chilling Arctic horror novel.The intersection of supernatural horror, colonialism, capitalism, and environmental destruction—and how the real monsters aren't always supernatural.The complicated relationships between mothers, daughters, and sisters, and the ways generational trauma shapes our identities.The tension between honoring Indigenous traditions, protecting ancestral land, and finding your own path forward.How Zeller's remarkable family history influenced her writing, her pen name, and her approach to storytelling.

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