The Replacement owes a lot to Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery,” because I knew I wanted that same kind of creepy-town vibe, but it also draws a lot from punk music and Victorian culture and my abject terror of water I can’t see the bottom of. I think my influences function in sort of the same way. I try not to be messy about it (much), but I save everything, and everything seems interesting and fun and like it might come in handy someday. What was it that sparked the idea for this book?įirst, I need to put this out there: I am a huge pack-rat. Sometimes it’s easy to identify an author’s influences, but I must admit, I’m drawing a blank here. 1) The Replacement is one of the most original stories that I’ve read in recent years.
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