The Bog

Paw&Claw Ink is spreading its inky tendrils into all things horror, not just our beloved creature features. This bog will grow to be rife with essays, reviews of horror books, movies, videogames (and more!), creative nonfiction and personal essays, and some positively haunting pieces of flash fiction.

The Bog welcomes external contributors and is always open for submissions. You can read our guidelines for external contributors and submit your own posts for consideration through our form!

All Bog posts edited by Adam Faulkes

The Terrifying Ordeal of Existing in a Body: An Exploration of Akira and Body Horror

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In December of 1982, Katsuhiro Ōtomo—under Kodansha—published the first chapter of Akira. The story of the post-World War III city of Neo-Tokyo in the year 2019, and a teenage biker gang—named bōsōzoku—operating within the city lead by the character Shōtarō Kaneda. Over the course of 120 chapters split over six volumes, one of the gang

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Reveiwing Horror Game Demos

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I’m a big fan of video games, I’m an even BIGGER fan of buying video games and barely playing them. So to combat this urge, and spare my bank account, I’ve evolved this habit of scouring Steam and itch.io for interesting looking free games and demos. To further encourage myself to actually play these games,

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Murder Husbands: a Queer Analysis of NBC Hannibal’s Season 3 Finale ‘Wrath of the Lamb’

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SPOILERS FOR NBC’S HANNIBAL AHEAD The NBC television series Hannibal is a horror-thriller show, heavily based on the novels: The Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. It centres around the character of Dr Hannibal Lecter, an acclaimed psychiatrist who also just so happens to be a murderous cannibal. The TV

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Anthology Announcement! Volume 4: Unearthly and Ungodly

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It’s time, once again, for another Paw&Claw Anthology! A week from today, on September 1st, submissions will open for the fourth volume of our anthology series—and gang, we’re really excited for this one. Unearthly and Ungodly: A ‘tome’ of the Eldritch, the Cosmic, the Old, and the Weird will be looking for submissions relating to…

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Beginner’s Guide to Analog Horror (Where to Start and What to Watch)

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So, now that you’ve heard me ramble on through my definition of analog horror you want me to give you some recommendations, is that it? Oh well twist my arm why don’t you. Here are six series to get you started watching analog horror. Blue Channel: Thalasin (2021) Watch it here Full disclosure, this recommendation

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Enter the Bog

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Welcome to the Bog We here at Paw&Claw Ink are delighted to announce the launch of our blog, The Bog! It’s been nearly two years since Paw&Claw Ink escaped into reality; since then, we’ve grown a lot in many ways, including growing our little two-person team to something slightly more substantial. We figured the best

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