Introduction Ever had that moment? The blank page. The blinking cursor. The sheer, weighty silence of a world that needs inventing from nothing. Where does a story even begin? For Philip Reeve, it wasn’t a grand plan. Wasn’t a map. It was a vibe. A single, glorious, ridiculous image that … Inside the Traction Era: Philip Reeve on 25 Years of Mortal Engines & New Novel Bridge of StormsRead more
You know that story about the art teacher who told the kid he couldn’t draw? Jim Butcher’s origin is kind of like that, but with more wizardry and a decades-long grudge against a hat. It all started with a stubborn student and a bet against himself. See, a young Butcher … Inside Jim Butcher’s Craft: Dresden Files, Character Grief, and the “Horrid” Cats of Cinder SpiresRead more
From the Driver’s Seat to the Drawing Board: The Everyday Horrors and Hopeful Monsters of Candy Corn Comics Mark Glover Let’s start at the very beginning. For our readers, please introduce yourself. Beyond the author bio, tell us a little about who you are when you’re not writing, what you … Candy Corn Comics: From the Driver’s Seat to the Drawing Board: The Everyday Horrors and Hopeful Monsters of Mark GloverRead more
The Groovy, Grim Reality of 1970 We think we know 1970. Bell-bottoms, big hair, rock ‘n’ roll. Grady Hendrix found the other version. The one where, as he puts it, the country felt like it was “breaking apart” in a “generational war.” His new novel, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, is set … Grady Hendrix on Witchcraft, Wayward Girls, and the Real Horror of 1970Read more
Johnny Compton Gets Real About Midnight Somewhere: Fears, Favourites, and Unkillable Characters Johnny Compton a Stoker Award-nominated author, sure, a creator of profoundly unsettling tales like The Spite House. But get him talking ,and you quickly find the man behind the monsters is, well, wonderfully human. Loud, he admits, a little self-conscious. … Johnny Compton Gets Real About Midnight Somewhere: Fears, Favorites, and Unkillable CharactersRead more
Zombies are overdone. Let’s be honest. They’re slow, they’re groany, and frankly, their pandemic etiquette is terrible. But werewolves? What if getting bitten by a werewolf wasn’t a ticket to a cool secret club, but just…a really bad Tuesday? Like, a contagious, really bad Tuesday. His book Moonsick asks the hard questions we all … Bark at the Moonsick, an interview with Tom O’DonnellRead more
The Horror in the Attic: On Spider Gods, Queer Stories, and the Monsters in Our Minds You’re staring up into the dark, dusty void of your attic and the image just… arrives. Fully formed. An ancient spider god lurking up there. It’s that simple, and that bizarre, for David-Jack Fletcher. … He Will Have The World, David-Jack Fletcher on Queer Horror, Mental Health & Writing Read more
The Wildman & The Wasteland: Kevin W K Moore on “Mortuous 28” and the Horror of Reality Sitting down for an interview with Kevin W K Moore is a lesson in contrasts. Here’s a guy who’s spent 69 days solo hiking across New Zealand, a man who lived in a … The Wildman & The Wasteland: Kevin W K Moore on “Mortuous 28” and the Horror of RealityRead more
Introduction It’s not the darkness in the woods that gets you. It’s the realization that the woods themselves are watching back. That’s the nightmare fuel Jack Finn trades in. When he isn’t writing, he’s out there, hiking, kayaking, walking with his dogs in the Pacific Northwest. And that’s where the … Where Nature Bites Back: A Horror Interview with Jack Finn on Werewolves, History & Human MonstersRead more
Embarking on a new story is a journey into the unknown, both for the characters and the author behind them. For Kody Boye, the acclaimed author known for tales of young people confronting unimaginable circumstances, that journey is deeply personal. In this candid interview, Boye pulls back the curtain on his … Inside the Mind of Kody Boye: Autism, Horror, and “What We Left Behind”Read more
What fuels a storyteller who dances with darkness? For author and creator Aidan Traynor, the drive is a profound fear of the mundane. He writes to escape life’s monotonous cycle, tapping into primitive fears to feel truly alive. When not crafting terrifying tales for his Nightcrawlers Dark Mysteries channel or … Aidan Traynor Joins The Nightcrawlers Members ClubRead more
Before the seductive vampire Jerry Dandrige ever cast a shadow over the quiet suburbs of Fright Night: Hellbound, he walked the lawless, pulsating streets of 1970s Manhattan. In Fright Night: Hellbound, author Michael Harbron takes us back to the beginning, revealing the origin story of one of horror’s most charismatic monsters. This … From Disco to Darkness: Michael Harbron on Unleashing Fright Night: HellboundRead more
From the academic analysis of fear to the heart-pounding creation of it, the journey of a writer is often as compelling as the stories they tell. In this edition of Five Minutes With…, we sit down with Kendall Phillips, a scholar who has spent his career dissecting the mechanics of horror … Kendall Phillips: From Analyzing Fear to Writing ItRead more
It’s a pleasure to introduce Amanda Casile, a writer and speech pathologist who crafts stories that linger in the mind long after the last page is turned. Having moved from the West Coast of Canada to the New York suburbs with her family, she now channels her experiences into speculative … Amanda Casile Follows a Broken Trail!Read more
Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jihyun Yun, a Korean American writer whose work crosses genre boundaries from award-winning poetry to young adult horror. Yun, who holds an MFA from New York University and has been supported by various grants and fellowships, has already established herself as a significant … Jihyun Yun on And the River Drags Her Down, Bone Magic and Family HauntingsRead more
