Category: Podcast

TIH 020: Simon Bestwick on Writing Serials, Joel Lane and Plotting

August 20, 2014
3 mins to read

In this podcast we interview Simon Bestwick, author of The Faceless. We talk about Simon’s Black Mountain serial from Spectral Press, the writing process, comedy and horror, and Joel Lane. Apologies for the audio issues. No apologies for Simon’s strong Northern accent. Topics [02:37] Interview start [03:06] Black Mountain [05:35] Writing as the character ‘Simon Bestwick’ [11:20] …

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TIH 019: Looking back at Hannibal Season Two with Booked

July 1, 2014
3 mins to read

In this podcast we sit down with Robb Olson and Livius Nedin from the Booked Podcast and discuss Hannibal Season Two. If you head over to the This Is Horror website you’ll also see a slideshow of Mads Mikkelsen’s suits in Hannibal. Topics [02:10] Impressions of Season two of Hannibal [08:00] Hannibal the fighter [11:25] The …

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TIH 018: Ray Cluley on Water For Drowning, What Makes A Good Short Story and The Joy Of Writing

June 20, 2014
3 mins to read

In this podcast we talk to the award-winning author Ray Cluley about his forthcoming This Is Horror release, Water For Drowning, the award-winning ‘Shark! Shark!’, the short story form, mermaids and much more. Topics [00:46] Ray Cluley biography [03:27] Water For Drowning [06:00] Dan asks the important Mermaid questions [10:45] Short stories [16:40] Different markets and genres …

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TIH 017: Stephen Graham Jones on What You Can and Can’t Learn From Creative Writing, Slasher Movies and Self-Doubt

May 6, 2014
4 mins to read

In this podcast we interview the award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones. We talk about his latest novel Not For Nothing, his This Is Horror chapbook The Elvis Room, Richard Thomas’ forthcoming anthology The New Black, zombies, the slasher genre and much more. Topics [00:50] Stephen Graham Jones introduction and early career [03:50] What you can …