The Horror of Clowns, Analog, and Public Access Icons
Clowns have always occupied a strange place in horror — not just because they’re meant to be funny, but because they’re meant to perform joy on command. When that performance breaks down, what’s left is something unstable, uncanny, and quietly threatening.
My short story “Giggles in the Glitch” appears in the Fear of Clowns anthology, and it sits at the intersection of clown horror and technological unease. This is a story about nostalgia, mis-remembered childhood, and obtaining artifacts that link us to those moments...for better or worse.
Rather than leaning into spectacle, Giggles in the Glitch explores clowns as a kind of corrupted interface — a mask designed to reassure that instead exposes the seams underneath. It’s a performance gone wrong, and very much rooted in my ongoing fascination with clowns as symbols of hazy childhood memories and hidden malfunction.
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This story was an early step in what’s become a longer arc of clown-related horror work, one that eventually led to projects like Evil Clown and Taken by the Killer Clowns from Deep Space. Looking back, Giggles in the Glitch feels like a signal flare — a warning laugh echoing before things got bigger, stranger, and more overtly cosmic.
Giggles in the Glitch
You can find my story, Giggles in the Glitch, in the Fear of Clowns Anthology from Kangas Kahn Publishing