Allen Baird

Writing a book on ghost and horror stories in the Bible. Cursed by horror and Bible fans alike. Loves #Lovecraft, broods with Blake, mad keen for #Tolkien.

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

If you’re a #horrorfan what are the Twitter accounts you must absolutely follow?

#HorrorFamily #HorrorCommunity #ghoststories

[The Critical Drinker @TheCriticalDri2]

No thanks. Anyone who has this to say about classical literature doesn't deserve to be taken seriously:

“There’s an idea that Homer has to sound heroic and ancient,” Wilson told me, but that idea comes with a value system attached, one that includes “endorsing this very hierarchical kind of society as if that’s what heroism is.”

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

Batman is an attempt to create a superhero with no super powers. One that we can believe in. But here are 6 reasons why the attempt to make #Batman gritty and realistic is a complete failure (despite some great movies and comics).

https://t.co/5PVU3M5mmH

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

Do you like the stories of #HPLovecraft?

Do you love #Ireland?

Well, here's what the two have in common.

https://t.co/S1SHhRkoz5

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

I love Peter Jackson's #LOTR movies. But they are not perfect.

Here are some things he got wrong - both major and minor.

#Tolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower #TheHobbit

https://t.co/NUTmguXSbJ

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

If you're still looking for Christmas presents, maybe buy a novel by author and artist #MikeDuran.

Here's an interview I conducted with him. #horror #amreading #authorinterview

https://t.co/ETyJIqkC4a

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

Did you know that #cosmichorror has a theology to it? Of course it should, since it's about elder gods and secret cults after all! #Cthulhu is a high priest. Dagon is in the #Bible.

https://t.co/r6hYJQafl2

#cosmicism #HPLovecraft #religion

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

I'm a big fan of the switch in story plots.

I especially love stories where people think they have died and gone to heaven...but it turns out they're in that other place instead...

#storytellng #horrorstories #hell #heaven

https://t.co/f9W4ECeiaf

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

Have you ever heard about the #numinous? It's a mysterious feeling of fear and fascination at the same time. It's sometimes what you get when you cross #horror with #scifi. Some call it the basis for all genuine religion.

https://t.co/kmpJWGh09v

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

The writing is on the wall.

You have been weighed in the balances and found wanting.

Your days are numbered.

Read about the original story where these saying came from here.

#horror #bible #sayings #literature

https://t.co/anXIXvcGqI

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

For someone who writes about #SupernaturalHorror - and tries to write stories of supernatural dread - I have to confess that it is often my least favourite sub genre of #horror. Here are three reasons why.

#HorrorCommunity #HorrorFamily #horrorstories

https://t.co/Ynagt0O71t

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

Is an interest and appreciation of #horror against the message of Christianity?

Here's my attempt to show how the two are not only compatible, but how horror is contained and demanded by the #Bible.

#SundayThoughts #HorrorCommunity

https://t.co/cH0jrP5TD3

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

The poetry of #Tennyson isn't often compared to the #horror genre. But here I explore the parallels between Tennyson and #Lovecraft in their view of the vastness of our dark universe and what this means for human hope.

https://t.co/UPULG0b3Fi

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

The content of #ForbiddenKnowledge is a key theme of many #horrorstories, especially those in HP #Lovefraft.

But what does it mean? And are there any parallels in the #Bible?

https://t.co/HyedScV52A

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

I believe that #Dracula remains one of the greatest #horrorstories ever written.

But what is its central message? What is it all about?

Here's my short analysis of its core themes from religious and regional perspectives.

https://t.co/4xudw4VYQE

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

The so-called Rule of Three is one of the most used and useful devices in rhetoric and literature. Here I explain what it is and provide lots of examples from #Bible stories.

#storytelling #RuleOfThree #authortips

https://t.co/pgOhbrPUuT

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

Here's a #shortstory I wrote that a modern reworking of the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in the New Testament. Hell-fire and damnation are included.

#amwriting #bible #author #hell #horror

https://t.co/rut4S2rdV1

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

“Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!” He made no motion of stepping to meet me, but stood like a statue, as though his gesture of welcome had fixed him into stone.

#Dracula #vampires #Bible

https://t.co/ORKrzY92Dz

[Allen Baird @AllenRBairdPhD]

Angels are not what you have been told.

Forget cute cherubs , think more of scary inter-dimensional creatures that sometimes camouflage themselves as one of us.

#angels #eldritch #seraphim #cherubim

https://t.co/KcIRabpNNB