Went back and read the opening of @SGJ72 The Only Good Indians for a third time this morning and I can say without a doubt that it’s my favorite opening to any fiction I’ve read since the first time I read Daniel Woodrell’s Tomato Red two decades ago.
— 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒚 (@DavidJoy_Author) July 17, 2020
From the first page, you’re dreading the bad things you can feel are about to happen. With @SGJ72 though, the bad stuff is already happening, you’re caught in the middle, and he’s not letting you off the hook until the last words worm through your grey matter. #horror #novel pic.twitter.com/IdQkkOQ3vK
— Dale Elster (@DaleElster) July 17, 2020
Aspiring horror authors, read The Only Good Indians by @SGJ72 and take notes. See how it's 90% about building a profound and utterly grounded sense of character and setting? That's what makes the horror work.
— Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JasonKPargin) July 17, 2020