Fright School

Zefyr Lisowski is a poet, essayist, educator, and author of two poetry collections, Blood Boxand Girl Work, along with the forthcoming essay collection Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love releasing October 7th 2025 from Harper Perennial.   Joshua Napier from Fright School had the opportunity to catch up with Zefyr about her new essay collection and the impact of the horror genre in her life. In this wide ranging interview, they discuss Zefyr’s writing influences, the Queer relationship to horror films, the theme of “gay escape” in SCREAM, the trouble with werewolves as trans metaphor, and the incomparable work of the late artist Greer Lankton.   Preorder Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/uncanny-valley-girls-zefyr-lisowski?variant=43555228287010 Follow Zefyr on Instagram @zefrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr  For more information and details of upcoming events visit: https://zefyrlisowski.com/ Learn more about your ad c