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Meet the Writer: Wesley Southard

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Wesley Southard is the two-time Splatterpunk Award-Winning and Imadjinn Award-Winning author of nearly a dozen books. His work has been optioned for film and has also been published in Italian and Spanish. He lives with his wife and his son in Pennsylvania. Visit him online at www.wesleysouthardhorror.com. What first attracted you to horror writing? Well, …

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Meet the Writer: Paula D. Ashe

Paula D. Ashe is a writer of dark fiction. She lives in the Midwest with her family. What attracted you to horror writing? Honestly, that’s difficult to answer. I think it was a mix of things. I’ve always been drawn to the dark, the fantastic, the weird. I think I always enjoyed “weird” stuff as …

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TIH 489: Jordan Harper on Everybody Knows, James Ellroy, and Black-Bag PR

TIH 489 Jordan Harper on Everybody Knows, James Ellroy, and Black-Bag PR

In this podcast, Jordan Harper talks about Everybody Knows, James Ellroy, Black-Bag PR, and much more. About Jordan Harper Jordan Harper was born and educated in Missouri. He now lives in Los Angeles where he works as a writer and producer for television. His best-known books are She Rides Shotgun and Everybody Knows. In Hollywood, he is best …

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Meet the Writer: Tim McGregor

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Tim McGregor is the author of Wasps in the Ice Cream, Taboo in Four Colors, and Lure. A former screenwriter and active HWA member, Tim lives in Toronto with his wife and kids. And a ghost too, but we don’t talk about her. What first attracted you to horror writing? I was crazy about monsters since …

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TIH 481: Dean Koontz on The House at the End of the World, Odd Thomas, and Spiritual Experiences

TIH 481 Dean Koontz on The House at the End of the World, Odd Thomas, and Spiritual Experiences

In this podcast, Dean Koontz talks about The House at the End of the World, Odd Thomas, spiritual experiences, and much more. About Dean Koontz Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Ray Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers …

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Meet the Writer: Nat Cassidy

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Nat Cassidy writes horror for the page, stage, and screen. You’ve probably heard enough about him thanks to his long-winded and self-fellating answers below, so let’s just wrap this up, yeah? He lives in New York with his wife, the actor Kelley Rae O’Donnell. What first attracted you to horror writing? I had been assured …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 2 January 2023

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado: Bloody Disgusting with the twelve best international horror films of 2022 The Lineup presents a look at emerging horror fiction trends Certified Forgotten examines the coming-of-age experience in Bones …

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Meet the Writer: Beau Johnson

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Beau Johnson is the author of the Bishop Rider Books. They include A Better Kind of Hate, The Big Machine Eats, All of Them To Burn, Brand New Dark, and Old Man Rider. This one time, at band camp on Twitter, the world’s least favorite/most racist Vampire Slayer tried to sick her followers on him. …

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Meet the Writer: Nicholas Kaufmann

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Nicholas Kaufmann is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated, Thriller Award-nominated, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated, and Dragon Award-nominated author of numerous works of horror and dark fantasy, including the bestsellers 100 Fathoms Below (written with Steven L. Kent) and The Hungry Earth. His short fiction has appeared in Cemetery Dance, Black Static, Nightmare Magazine, Interzone, and others. In …

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TIH 468: Paul Tremblay on Unreliable Narrators, Writing Without Outlining, and Anxiety in Fiction

TIH 468: Paul Tremblay on Unreliable Narrators, Writing Without Outlining, and Anxiety in Fiction

In this podcast, Paul Tremblay talks about unreliable narrators, writing without an outline, anxiety in fiction, and much more. About Paul Tremblay Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of The Pallbearers Club, Survivor Song, The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at …

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