Colson Whitehead
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“Some people have anxiety dreams about performing in front of an audience and their naked or they forgot their materials for a big presentation, I have zombie dreams.
There are different theories about why people are afraid of zombies. For me, being a misanthropic and paranoid sort, zombies tap into a big fear of mine, which is that in any instant, everyone you know could become the kind of monster you sadly, secretly always suspected they were. A switch goes off, suddenly the whole world is changed and all of your private fears have been revealed.”
— Author Colson Whitehead’s latest novel Zone One chronicles the plight of a group of zombie exterminators during the invasion of the undead in New York City.
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Amy Bruni
“I’m not scared of a whole lot, other than normal life stuff—relationships and what not. Those are scarier than ghosts. I’m more afraid of people than anything.
Once we were investigating an old prison. It was a huge complex of empty buildings and we had a cleared a few, but someplace that big always has a few squatters and people hanging around. I was in a tunnel by myself and I kind of got lost in there. I found a manhole cover and lifted it up so I could get out. When I got through the opening, I ended up in basically a boiler room that was a squatter’s house. There was a man there and I looked at him and he looked at me and we had this mutual understanding I was going to leave. It was so terrifying. People are so much more terrifying than ghosts. Things like that are why we tell people not to go investigating by themselves or without permission.”
— Amy Bruni is the star of Syfy’s Ghost Hunters, a series of paranormal investigations around the world. This season’s Halloween special will air Monday, October 31 at 7PM-1AM/ET.
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