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Samantha Allen
Shakespeare and Reality Televison Really Aren’t That Different
Samantha Allen’s Reality TV Twist on
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Samantha Allen on Writing the Sasquatch Slasher Novel the World Needs Right Now
“Bigfoot is on bumper stickers, postcards, and store signs—a presence as ubiquitous as the gray clouds hanging overhead.”
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Samantha Allen
| June 28, 2022
The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV
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Black Christmas
to
Love Island
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Samantha Allen
| December 3, 2021
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