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Mini-Interviews with the 'Tragedy Queens' Authors
March 8th, 2018
Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath is a new anthology coming out from CLASH Books. It is distinctive in that it is filled with predominantly female voices. This is no accident. The book's editor, Leza Cantoral, had the goal from the start of creating an anthology that would represent powerful feminine voices. She chose two muses that had served her well in her own writings for this task. In the spirit of representing female voices, here is Leza herself, telling the story of how this anthology came to be:
Read Interview →Jeremy Robert Johnson on Binge-Writing, Charity, and Hotel Waffle Makers
February 2nd, 2018
Author photo via Jeremy Robert Johnson is the author of the critically-acclaimed cult novel Skullcrack City and the collection Entropy in Bloom. His fiction has been praised by the Washington Post and authors such as David Wong and Jack Ketchum. Recently he was kind enough to answer some questions about his latest novella, In the River.
Read Interview →Tiffany Scandal on 'Nasty!', A Collection Of Essays From Fierce Women
January 19th, 2018
From body positivity to sexual empowerment to overcoming adversity and beyond, Nasty! is a collection of bold essays and recollections from King Shot Press, written by fierce women who are not ashamed of who they are or what they do. And it kicks ass.
Read Interview →An Interview with Author-Editor Dan Coxon
December 27th, 2017
Dan Coxon is an award-winning editor, author, copy-editor and proofreader. In 2016 he won Best Anthology at the Saboteur Awards, for Being Dad: Short Stories About Fatherhood. He runs his own editorial company, Momus Editorial, and has worked for numerous publishers and authors in the past, including Urbane Publications, Unsung Stories, Influx Press and Dodo Ink.
Read Interview →A Murder Reverberates: Eryk Pruitt on the Valentine’s Day Murders
December 19th, 2017
On February 12, 1971, a twenty-year-old nursing student, Patricia Mann, and her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, Jesse McBane, left a Valentine’s Dance in Durham, North Carolina to park down a secluded lovers’ lane. Two weeks later, their bodies were found tied to a tree deep within the woods. Their murders remain unsolved.
Read Interview →Interview: Literary Agent Mark Gottlieb
December 18th, 2017
Bio: Mark Gottlieb has ranked #1 among Agents on Publishers Marketplace in Overall Deals and other individual categories. Using that same initiative and insight for identifying talented writers, he is actively building his own client list of authors. Mark is excited to work directly with authors, helping to manage and grow their careers with all of the unique resources that are available at book publishing’s leading literary agency, Trident Media Group.
Read Interview →Turtle Power: Interview with Nick Gregorio, Debut Author of 'Good Grief'
December 11th, 2017
Thirty years ago this month, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made the jump from comic books to television. The animated series debuted December 28, 1987. In the three decades since its debut, the Turtles have managed something that most in pop-culture can only dream of: longevity.
Read Interview →The Savage: An Interview with Frank Bill
November 13th, 2017
I first published Frank Bill in the BEAT to a PULP webzine back in 2009, and have had the pleasure to do so a few more times in the years that followed. From the start, I was taken with the intensity of Frank’s characters; individuals living on the fringe of society, who, often through no fault of their own, are reduced to primitive survival. He doesn’t pass judgment on these creations; instead he props them up, warts and all, showcasing the driving powers behind desperation. His latest, The Savage, continues this raw vision.
Read Interview →Owen King Talks 'Sleeping Beauties' and Collaborating With His Father
September 26th, 2017
Owen King first came onto the scene with his 2005 collection, We’re All in This Together. He released his first novel, Double Feature, eight years later, but he wouldn’t embrace the genre his father so successfully mastered until his 2015 graphic novel, Intro to Alien Invasion. I’ve always been a fan of Owen’s work. His ability to blend humor and heart remains impressive with each new work published. Today his new novel, Sleeping Beauties, hits the shelves, a massive horror epic penned with his father.
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