Influences: A Tiered System
10/31/2024 11:33 pm CST Dear Reader, Here are my influences in some strange order that might be meaningful. This is not a reflection of the quality of the artists' work, but rather a slipshod attempt at analyzing how much influence I think they have on my writing/storytelling. It's a real who's who and what's what. A list of influences pretty obvious for anybody who grew up in the '80s and '90s and who is clearly a pretty cool guy. S Tier Stephen King (I will forever live in your shadow.) Chuck Palahniuk David Lynch Strange encounters with things just beyond your periphery Kurt Cobain PJ Harvey A Tier Edgar Allan Poe The Twilight Zone (and others like it, think The Outer Limits ) Horror Comics (especially Junji Ito) Regina Spektor H.P. Lovecraft (ewww though, right?) Forces beyond my understanding B Tier Ari Aster Any Horror Anthology Film (especially Southbound ) House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The ever-consuming void that l...