Interviews

Dawn Shea on The Ups and Downs of Small Press Publishing in Horror

May 19th, 2021

It used to be that a writer had a one in a million shot of obtaining that coveted status—published author. It wasn't that the quality of their writing was bad or their story was subpar. No. It's simply that the market was (is) saturated, and getting your work in front of the right person at the right time was damn near impossible.

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Grit Lit Author William R. Soldan

May 5th, 2021

Photo courtesy of the author Much like a motorcyclist will effortlessly weave through standstill traffic, my favorite writers tend to be ones who curve between staunch genres to find their unique voice. Since his debut short story collection, In Just The Right Light (Unsolicited Press, 2019), William R. Soldan has propelled himself steadily through the exhaust, wielding a more contemplative, "lived in" literary-style than others tend to take with crime and noir.

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A Conversation with Joshua Mohr About Mortality, Cheery Nihilism, and His New Memoir 'Model Citizen'

April 29th, 2021

Photos courtesy of the authors In 2017, novelist Joshua Mohr released the memoir Sirens, about his years of substance abuse, getting clean, fatherhood, and the congenital heart defect which led to a series of strokes that almost killed him.

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Cynthia Pelayo: Writing in 2021 as a Badass Woman in Horror

April 28th, 2021

Author Photo courtesy of Cynthia Pelayo When I think about a badass woman in horror, there are many names that fit the bill, but Cynthia Pelayo is the first author that comes to mind. Don't get me wrong, she is very approachable and kind. That's not what I'm getting at. I've been following her work as a writer for some time now, and it's her dedication and work-ethic in the writing community that makes her stand out amongst the other fierce woman writing dark fiction.

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An Interview with Poet/Veteran J.B. Stevens

April 9th, 2021

Author photo courtesy of J.B. Stevens With April being National Poetry Month, I knew I wanted to interview J.B Stevens before I even read his debut poetry collection, war-memoir All the Violent Memories (Close to the Bone, U.K.). I got to know J.B. though the "First Cut" poetry collective we both belong to. While he’s just one example of the diverse angles that group brings to their verses, I knew J.B.’s military background would bring a particularly sharp edge to the form.

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Horror Author V. Castro: "Why Write About Werewolves When My Ancestors Revered Jaguars?"

April 2nd, 2021

Author photo courtesy of V. Castro Horror-author V. Castro lives in London, yet she maintains strong roots embedded in Latinx culture through stylish, terrifying prose soaked in the blood of ancestral myths. Often her stories are a kind of Pandora's box, reintroducing these spirits into modern settings to unbeknownst victims, who have just as much to learn as they do fear if they live long enough to tell the tale.

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Michael Clark on Marketing Your Book

March 30th, 2021

Michael Clark is the author of the The Patience of a Dead Man series, which are terror-inducing and relentlessly suspenseful reads that chill me to my core. Clark knows how to pen a cast of lovable characters — even the antagonist is someone you anticipate with horrifying delight.

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Craig Davidson: A Look Back on 2020

March 29th, 2021

Photo courtesy of the author My first Nick Cutter book was, The Deep. In my Goodreads review I wrote, "I don't even know what all to say right now.*Shell shocked*. This book is a mind bending, psychological, claustrophobic descent into the deep, dark (evil) abyss that lies at the bottom of the ocean.

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Blood in the Gears: A Craft Interview with Jeremy C. Shipp

March 17th, 2021

Photo courtesy of the author Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of The Atrocities, Bedfellow, and Cursed. Their shorter tales have appeared in over 60 publications, including Cemetery Dance and Apex Magazine. Jeremy lives in Southern California in a moderately haunted Farmhouse. Their twitter handle is @JeremyCShipp. Do you have a writing routine? Daily word/page count? A specific place where you write?

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Blood in the Gears: A Craft Interview with Gemma Amor

March 3rd, 2021

Photo courtesy of the author Gemma Amor is the Bram Stoker Award nominated author of Dear Laura, the collections Cruel Works of Nature and These Wounds We Make, the novel White Pines, and the upcoming novel Six Rooms. Her work has appeared on The NoSleep Podcast and the Shadows at the Doors podcast. Her most recent book is the novella Girl on Fire. She is also an accomplished artist and has created much of the artwork for her own book covers.

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