Some of Cole’s Favorites:
Novels:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Short Stories:
“The Summer People” by Shirley Jackson
“The Stone Boy” by Gina Berriault
”The Outing” by James Baldwin
“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier
“The Wife’s Story” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“In the Hills, the Cities” by Clive Barker
“staircase” by Soren Narnia
“Some Days the Bees are Melancholic” by Melissa Goodrich and Dana Diehl
Nonfiction:
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
On Writing by Stephen King
Danse Macabre by Stephen King
Hunger by Roxane Gay
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Comics/Graphic Novels:
Berserk by Kentaro Miura
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Here by Richard McGuire
Flamer by Mike Curato
Scholarship:
Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry M. Benshoff
Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking by Tim Dean
Cruel Optimism by Lauren Berlant
Drama:
The Long Christmas Dinner
Equus
Sunday in the Park with George
Next to Normal
In the Heights
Hadestown
Films:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Psycho (1960)
黒猫 Kuroneko (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Watership Down (1978)
Clue (1985)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
The Imposter (2012)
Rift (2017)
Television:
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Survivor
Skins (UK)
Teen Wolf
Kids on the Slope
Sense8
Sex Education
Our Planet
Steven Universe Future
Midnight Mass
Games:
Alter Ego
Final Fantasy VI
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Jade Empire
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story
Gone Home
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
Life Is Strange
Oxenfree
Night in the Woods
Haven
Nonfiction:
You can find Cole’s pop culture and media essays on this site.
“In Bits and Pieces” in Glassworks (2022)
Fiction:
“My Husband Eats Flies” in Neon (2022) | tl;dr
“Restless” on Creepy (2024)
Games:
Walk with the Living (2022)
Walk with the Living II (2023)
The Black Cat:
CONTACT:
Send words my way: cbrayf@gmail.com