Kevin Cooney is an independent scholar specializing in the environmental, class, and religious themes present in science fiction and horror. He was a co-winner of the 2022 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Nonfiction Publication for the anthology
Worlds Apart: World Building in Fantasy and Science Fiction and shortlisted for the 2023 British Fantasy Award for the anthology
Follow Me: Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 2019, Kevin also presented “Gothic Kaiju: The Vengeful Landscape of Daimajin” at the EcoGothic Conference II at the University of Roehampton, London. He has previously published work for
Diabolique Magazine and
Horror Homeroom, exploring numerous films, including
Halloween III,
Jaws,
Godzilla Minus One,
Poltergeist, and
Near Dark, among many others. His work can be found at
https://linktr.ee/kcooney.
