Much like Shirley Jackson before her Jamie Alvey delights in what she fears. Alvey’s start in the world of horror began much like many others; she loved scary stories as a child. With a horror fan mother and a cinephile father, she was raised on a steady diet of varied media and grew to be a reader, writer, and actress. Alvey’s child and teen years were marked by isolation, depression, and uncertainty due to intense bullying, and as a result she further retreated into the world of film and fiction. This led to her writing her own short stories, which by her own admissions were poor Twilight...
