Amy M. Green received her PhD in Literature from the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas where she specialized in Shakespeare and Henry James. Her current
research focuses on the representation of the female body in modem horror
films. Green’s articles appear in several publications including, The Journal o f
Popular Film and Television and Papers on Language and Literature.
Richard Logsdon has taught at College of Southern Nevada since 1975.
Currently, he is Senior Editor of the literary magazine, Red Rock Review. Along
with Todd Moffett and Tina Eliopulos, he edited, In the Shadow o f the Strip, a
collection of short stories about Las Vegas ( 2002, University of Nevada Press.).
He has had numerous short stories published, some in print, many online.
Fernando Angel Moreno teaches Literary Theory at the Universidad
Complutense (Madrid). He is the author of various essays on science fiction and
other popular genres, as well as a book, "Teona de la literatura de ciencia
ficcion" (Theory of Science Fiction Literature) (Vitoria: Portal ed., 2011) and is
also the co-editor of the on-line journal "Helice: Reflexiones sobre la ficcion
espectulativa."
Christine Photinos is an associate professor in the Department of Arts and
Humanities at National University, San Diego. She has published articles on
composition pedagogy; 19th century popular success novels; literary
representations of hobos; early 20th century recreational motoring; film noir and
detective noir; and the crime writer, Cornell Woolrich.
Alexandra Reuber is Professor of French and Director of the French Language
Program at Tulane University. She teaches French language, literature, and
culture and gives seminars in language pedagogy and methodology, folklore,
and comparative literature. Her research focuses on the development of gothic
and fantastic writing from the nineteenth century onward, and on the adaptation
and transformation of classical works in popular culture texts and films and their
use in the classroom. Recent publications include, “How to Use the Pop-Screen
in Literary Studies” (The Journal o f College Teaching and Learning 7.8 July
2010), “Narcissist Love and the Fear of Death: Poe’s Fall of the House of Usher
Re-evaluated” {Nineteenth Century Literature in English 14.2 September 2010),
and « A la recherche de l’identite dans Alto Solo » {Etudes Franqaises Vol. 46
no. 2 2010). Her current research focuses on the reimagination of Edgar Allan
Poe in popular fiction and on Stephen King's development of the nineteenthcentury gothic genre.
Daniel Ferreras Savoye is an associate professor of Language, Literature, and
Culture at West Virginia University. His work on the Fantastic, the detective
story, marginalized genres, and popular culture issues has appeared in French
Literature Series, Hispania, Politica, Lectura y signo, and Excavatio. He is also