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So, folks…I’ve been pretty lazy in my necessary duties as a staffer at the Liberal Dead. I don’t really pull my weight and even though I’m not doing this for pay or anything like that, I do feel consequences whenever I don’t pitch in. And it’s not because of my editors or anything—no, every single person at Liberal Dead is a great person who understands that I’m a busy man. I still feel like I have an obligation, however, to present my corner of weirdo horror cinema to you, the reader. As a result, it’s time for me to make it up to you. Simple sex won’t suffice. We’re going straight-out clusterfuck on this one. I present unto you as many reviews as I can do in one weekend, in one big, snappy package. I hope it’s enough.

Once upon a time, there was a man named Paul Kener. He was a director who was also a nature person, and he decided that he had a nature film in him. He started on what would become Wendigo. Then, something started to itch at him. It was a dreadful itch. He really wanted to have a scene in the movie where a monster kills a guy. So he shot it. Then, he decided he really liked how that turned out. So what would become Wendigo became Wendigo, and thus would begin a fantastic albeit obscure movie career. He went on to make a second movie, Savage Water, this time about a mysterious murderer who wipes out a party of whitewater rafters. Then, as spontaneously as his career began, it ended. Two whole films were made. He was never heard from again, though there are hushed legends that ride on shallow winds.

In September, 2009, a Young Adult horror novel was published to great acclaim and a few awards. The title was The Monstrumologist , and we Loved it! This is not your everyday Ya novel – plenty of gore and gruesomeness for everyone. Now, Rick Yancey, author of The Monstrumologist, is back with his second novel about the adventures of Dr. Pellinore Warthrop and his young assistant, William James Henry, and their search for more monsters among us. This time it's the dreaded and dreadful Wendigo.

Dread Central recently had a chat with author Rick Yancey about monsters, reincarnation, and what horrors await in future Warthrop/Henry books.

DC: Hello, Rick, and thank you for taking time to talk monsters with Dread Central. Your second Ya novel, The Curse of the Wendigo, has just been published to rave reviews as was your first novel, The Monstrumologist (review here). Did you see all of this acclaim coming?...