Jo Salazar’s If We Survive the Night started out as The Dead Weight, released by the author herself, and arrives from Sourcebooks Fire in 2026. In this interview, the YA zombie writer talks about building a protagonist you follow but never trust, writing institutional damage without a diagnosis, and why Quinn will never get the redemption arc readers keep waiting for.
Sally-Anne Martyn: Folk Horror and Me
Sally-Anne Martyn: Folk Horror and Me I was born in 1973, the same year one of the best folk horror films of all time was released. I watched horror from a very young age, I don’t know why, I was just always drawn to it. Horror doesn’t really scare me, it thrills me. … Sally-Anne Martyn: Folk Horror and MeRead more


