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Jo Salazar on If We Survive the Night, a YA Zombie Reckoning

Jo Salazar on If We Survive the Night, a YA Zombie Reckoning

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.

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Crones and Cold Cases: Tracy Fahey on Queens of the Crone Age

Crones and Cold Cases: Tracy Fahey on Queens of the Crone Age

In this Tracy Fahey interview, the Irish author talks about Queens of the Crone Age, where the Cailleach listens to women’s stories, and Down We Go Together, her first book of crime and noir stories. She explains why she rewrote an ending to take the answer away and where her female body horror comes from. She also says why contemporary horror film keeps flattening the Hag into a villain, and what Irish folk horror can do instead.

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Trust No Angel: J. Todd Kingrea on Only Angels Have Blue Eyes

Trust No Angel: J. Todd Kingrea on Only Angels Have Blue Eyes

In this J. Todd Kingrea interview, the Virginia pastor and indie horror author talks about Only Angels Have Blue Eyes, a cult horror novel drawn from a true crime case. He explains building a cult leader’s theology from scratch and timing his heroine’s slow awakening, plus self-published horror, psychological horror without the gore, and the dying town of Black Rock in With A Blighted Touch.