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2 episodes with hailey piper
2 episodes with hailey piper
2 episodes with hailey piper
2 episodes with hailey piper
2 episodes with hailey piper
Today I welcome Hailey Piper to the show to discuss Gothic Fantasy. Hailey knows this genre blend well, as the author of several books that do this work, including her new book ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT, and her upcoming 2025 release, A GAME IN YELLOW. We chat about elements that define this subgenre, our earliest interest in Gothic Fantasy, and we give some recommendations. All titles and links will be in show notes on my website at sheworeblackpodcast.com Thanks for listening!
Dive into the world of reimagined ghost stories with my latest Ghost Report! Featuring haunting tales from Gwendolyn Kiste, Johnny Compton, and Hailey Piper. Don't miss out on these spooky reads! Have you read a ghost story that gave you chills? #GhostReport #HorrorCommunity #stokercon
This is a very small horror book haul featuring the Boris Karloff Horror Anthology, Dead and Buried by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Fountain Society by Wes Craven, and The Worm and his Kings by Hailey Piper… with a special unboxing of D.L. Tillery's new poetry collection Thorns of My Heart. I'll talk a little bit about what I'm reading right now, what I just read, and about some reviews forthcoming. The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendoline Krist may just be my favourite book of the year so far and we'll just wait and see to see if it becomes the favourite book of 2024. Well, I don't have a whole bunch of photos from my little tiny vacation I do have one Sunset photo included in this video which may be of interest because it is for seconds of pure relaxation. heading out to the library book sale this weekend so there may be some more Acquisitions to come but in the meantime here is some contact information for DL Tillery ~ thank you so much for watching have a new key spooky day! D.L. Tillery, The Mistress of Horror - https://www.authordltillery.com/ Buy Thorns of my Heart now! https://rb.gy/jwfp26 Watch the trailer : • Thorns Of My Heart Official Book Trailer ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm decor is here! https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever ▹ Read books I wrote: https://amzn.to/3k20OY6 ▹ A list of horror books out each month: https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror ▹ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks to shop local! ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. If you prefer an alternative, try my Bookshop! Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ / typicalbooks I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all. ✮ Thank you! ✮
Duncan and Geordie are eager to present their interview with author Hailey Piper, writer of one of their recent faves: The Worm and His Kings. They discuss her writing process, the orgins of her interest in horror, the bold end to the novel, and something about kaiju chickens?
A fun chat with Hailey Piper all about her new book Cruel Angels Past Sundown, Splatter Westerns, angels, cannibals and swordplay. Plus – Dave’s students spy on him. ITUNES – SPOTIFY – STITCHER HOW TO SUPPORT THE SHOW! For all your shopping needs use our IndieBound link It doesn't cost you a cent and helps … Continue reading Angels & Cannibals With Hailey Piper
Welcome to our horror extravaganza! All month long, we're interviewing guests about horror and why they love it so. Up first is Hailey Piper, who has been dubbed one of the most important horror writers of our modern age. Hailey has a LOT of published work out there, so we talk about as much of it as we can fit into a 90-minute podcast with plenty of tangents. Hailey really knows her stuff so this is one for the horror nerds or anyone who wants to know more about why the heck we love horror so. As noted, Hailey has a lot of work out there, and we can't recommend it enough! Check out her website to get a comprehensive set of links for available works. Especially preorder A Light Most Hateful! Follow Hailey on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Tumblr. You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram BlueSky Hive Tumblr TikTok and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we're up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com And check out our new narrative horror podcast Decoded Horror Channel which includes Graveyard Orbit, Tales of the Sapphire Bay Hotel, and more! Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Check out our other projects! Learn more about Queer Spec at: QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Every week, we are highlighting a panel from TBRCon2023, looking back on the amazing variety of panels that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator/author Tim Meyer and authors Hailey Piper, Jonathan Janz, Chad Lutzke, Candace Nola and Zach Rosenberg for a TBRCon2023 panel on "The Rise of Indie Horror." SUPPORT THE SHOW: - Patreon (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more) - Merch shop (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs, notebooks and more) - Subscribe to the FanFiAddict YouTube channel, where this and every other episode of the show is available in full video - Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE PANELISTS: Tim Meyer is the author of Malignant Summer, The Switch House, Dead Daughters and more. Find Tim on Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. Hailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, No Gods for Drowning, The Worm and His Kings, Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing and more. Find Hailey on Twitter, Amazon and her personal website. Jonathan Janz is an author and screenwriter, having written Marla, The Siren and the Specter, The Dismembered and more, as well as screenwriting for Exorcist Road. Find Jonathan on Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. Chad Lutzke is the author of Three-Smile Mile, The Pale White, Places We Fear To Tread and more. Find Chad on Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. Candace Nola is an award-winning author, editor and reviewer. Her books include Bishop, Hank Flynn, Baker's Dozen and more. Find Candace on Twitter and Amazon. Zach Rosenberg is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Pressure, Autumn Bleeds into Winter and the forthcoming Hungers as Old as This Land. Find Zach on Twitter and Amazon. FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS: FanFiAddict Book Blog Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFX Outro: “Galactic Synthwave” by Divion --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sff-addicts/message
The third terrifying volume in the award-winning anthology series of original queer horror.Like the final girl in a slasher film, the LGBTQIA community knows first-hand what it's like to fight for its survival. Beaten and bloodied after an extended chase scene through modern-day politics and the courts, we think we've triumphed and conquered our oppressors. We breathe a little easier knowing our rainbow is ascending in the distance. But—like the indestructible slasher villain—our enemies rise up again and again, as if on a looping third-act jump scare. It's a seemingly never-ending return to battle as the pendulum of progress swings back.In this third volume of the award-winning anthology series, the darkest minds from both the LGBT+ and horror literary communities join forces to bring readers an all-new collection of terrifying tales from that line on the horizon where the dark rainbow rises.Stories by Chad Helder, Hailey Piper, Mathew L. Reyes, A.P. Thayer, J. Daniel Stone, Yah Yah Scholfield, Oliver Nash, Holly Lyn Walrath, Paul Tremblay, Carmilla Voiez, James Cato, Lucy A. Snyder, Maxwell I. Gold, Zachary Rosenberg, Matthew Blain-Hartung, Maryse Meijer, Vincent Kovar, CG Inglis, Craig Laurance Gidney, Dan Coxon, Kaitlin Tremblay, Michael Thomas Ford, Craig Brownlie, Amanda M. Blake, Sara Tantlinger, and Eric LaRocca. Edited by Vince A. Liaguno.Praise for Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet: “There is much to praise in Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet, a sharp, new gay-themed anthology. The 24 entries comprise a sophisticated collection of topnotch tales of terror, most of which could appear in any fright anthology without qualification and suggest the maturing of ‘gay horror' into a viable and solid genre indeed.”—Fangoria MagazinePraise for Unspeakable Horror 2: Abominations of Desire: “If Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadowsof the Closet helped to establish speculative fiction as a mature and important genre for queer fiction when it was published about a decade ago, then Unspeakable Horror 2: Abominations of Desire takes it to new heights and creates an expectation of excellence. Tightly written and edited, free of tropes and mundane writing, these stories propel the queer horror genre to scare us while making a statement about our world and accomplish it with the best of writing possible.”—Lambda Literary ReviewProudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"A psychedelic, propulsive stream-of-consciousness narrative that feels at times claustrophobic, at times conspiratorial, and at all times curiously suspenseful. Unlike anything I've ever read."— Nick Cutter, author of The Troop"Filled with frantic death energy. Entrancing, gruesome, and heartening too. hall's lyrical hospital saga shows that we are small inside the grandiose mortality machine."— Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth"the patient routine is a merciless, anxiety-charged, possible-apocalypse, possible-zombie thriller, long narrative poem about the body in maddening conversation with itself. luna rey hall takes us through the terrifying halls of a hospital in lockdown while deftly exploring an immensely personal journey through the shifting realities of an over-medicalized mind, a body snared in systems that do not understand or serve it. The tension between inner and outer worlds is relentless and the body horror hits all the worst/best buttons while raising philosophical questions of identity and power. What a torturously smart little book."— Joe Koch, author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands and ConvulsiveAshton is convinced they are dying. whether it be from cancer, heart disease, or a fungal infection, they know something bad is always about to happen. after a night of health-related panic attacks, & urged by a voice in their head, Ashton decides to check in to the ER again but when another patient is brought in with an unknown ailment that puts the entire hospital on lockdown, Ashton may be trapped in their worst nightmare.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scotty talks to author Zachary Rosenberg about what it means to write Jewish horror in a modern context, his interest in setting his fiction in different historical time periods, the importance of diverse representation in his work, influences from R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike to Laird Barron and Hailey Piper, and how H.P. Lovecraft is NOT the be-all-end-all for cosmic horror. We dive specifically into Zachary's short story "Wolves Within," his horror-western novella "Hungers as Old as This Land," and the just-released horror noir "The Long Shalom." To get your copy of "Hungers as Old as This Land," go to: https://brigidsgatepress.com/product/hungers-as-old-as-this-land To get "The Long Shalom," go to: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-long-shalom-zachary-rosenberg/20051241?ean=9798987925027 To read "Wolves Within," pick up "The Horror Collection: LGBTQIA+ Edition" from KJK Publishing at: https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Collection-Kevin-J-Kennedy/dp/B0C4MJ5DD1/ To read "The Mikvah," pick up "Unspeakable Horror 3: Dark rainbow Rising" from Crystal Lake Publishing at: https://www.crystallakepub.com/product/unspeakable-horror-3/ To read "The Gods That Drift With Us," pre-order "The Fiends in the Furrows III: Final Harvest" from Nosetouch Press at: https://www.nosetouchpress.com/project/the-fiends-in-the-furrows-iii-final-harvest/ To read Zachary's serialized story "The Blackest Heart," go to Diet Milk Magazine at: https://www.dietmilkmag.com To read "Savior in Steel," pick up your copy of Dark Matter Magazine: Issue 14 at: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Matter-Magazine-Issue-014/dp/1088098312/ This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Could you slip through a hole in reality? Aurelien interviews horror author Hailey Piper, author of QUEEN OF TEETH, THE WORM AND HIS KINGS, NO GODS FOR DROWNING and more. It's a far-ranging conversation about so many ways we experience horror. Listen for horror geekery about unreliable narrators, our fuzzy reality, takes on modern movies, hopeful hopelessness, splatter Westerns, and how to trick your loved ones into reading the horror you know they'll love. Listen to THE TURNING, Spooky & Strange ep 74: https://pod.link/1469388636/episode/25b72ed05e0c96a5b293f3cff3d4badf Read the horror of Hailey Piper: https://haileypiper.com/piper-books/ Pre-order CRUEL ANGELS PAST SUNDOWN: https://haileypiper.com/cruel-angels-past-sundown/ Look out for her upcoming stories in Unspeakable Horror vol 3, We're Here, Les Petits Morts, and more! Books Hailey Piper recommended: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle IT by Stephen King Mostly everything by Ramsey Campbell They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe -- -Theme: Magical Transition by Kevin McLeod -Additional music and sound effects from zapsplat.com -If you'd like to support the podcast or commission an episode, https://ko-fi.com/spookyaurelien
"The House of Shapes" was first published in Issue 003 of Dark Matter Magazine, May-Jun 2021. To purchase Issue 003, visit www.darkmattermagazine.shop. "Linghun" by Ai Jiang is a tale of haunting specters and the grief sick town that perpetuates them. "Linghun" is our first Dark Matter INK audiobook: now available now in our shop! CREDITS Written by Hailey Piper Performed by Piper Reese Sound Design and Editing by Alli Nesbit Produced by Phil McLaughlin
Author of the novella Corporate Body and the Shirley Jackson Award-winning story "Not the Man I Married," R.A. Busby spends her spare time running in the desert with her dog and finding weird things to write about. Buy Corporate Body here (or anywhere books or sold). Recommended in this episode: Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper UP NEXT: Get to know Mel and Lisa's reading styles! Buy Toil and Trouble here!
We choose a fluffy graphic novel that was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award. Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and drawn by Wendy Xu tells the story of a young witch named Nova who must help their friend Tam combat a demon hellbent on possessing them. Tam is a werewolf on the run from a villainous cult. With help from their grandmothers known as the Nans, family, and a little romance, this story holds a lot of power. It's also heavy on positive representation and just a wholesome time. We really enjoyed reading this one! Next month's book is No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper. We liked The Worm and His Kings so much we came back for another book! Twitter.Com/SharedPagesPod
This week we're incredibly excited to chat with Hailey Piper, the author of books like No Gods for Drowning and Queen of Teeth! We chat about her work, how she got into writing, her relationship to horror as a child and then dig into her Scarred for Life pick. And Terry was incredibly excited that she brought with her The Blob (1988), a movie that is grossly overlooked in the horror remake pantheon. She tells us why this was her pick and why it traumatized her and continues to scare her to this day! Terry shares his very fond memories of watching this growing up and his disappointment over the promise of the ending. Mary Beth brings a fresh take to it since this was her first time watching it! A great conversation about a fantastic movie.Follow Hailey at her website, Twitter and Instagram.Follow Mary Beth, Terry and the Podcast on Twitter.Support us on Patreon!If you want to support our podcast, please please take a moment to go rate us on Spotify and give us a rating and review on iTunes. It really helps us out with the algorithms. We also have a YouTube channel! If you want to join our community on Twitter, go here. Ask us about our Discord server. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"The news calls it a curse, but deep down, it's a mystery." Meet Aurelien in the skies tonight to talk about THE TURNING by Hailey Piper. Spoilers ahead for this surprisingly optimistic story of transformation and change. Read more from Hailey Piper: https://haileypiper.com/ Read more stories from OTHER TERRORS: AN INCLUSIVE ANTHOLOGY (2022): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60527041-other-terrors --- Interesting word of the episode: pterosaur noun any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane. --- Theme: Magical Transition by Kevin McLeod Additional music and sound effects from zapsplat.com
Author Hailey Piper joins us to talk about the newest Hellraiser film. We're looking at addiction, desire, sacrifice, cenobite design, the new puzzle box lore, and more.
Stokercon 2023 Guest of Honor, Cina Pelayo, joins me in the Tome Zone (thank you Brian McAuley for that) to discuss her new Epic Poetry Collection, CRIME SCENE. Though, in typical Terrifying Tomes fashion, we talk about Tattoos, Horror, how we are just huge fans of everyone working in the genre, and, of course, Hailey Piper's Shuntposting.This was an absolute blast.BUY CRIME SCENE HERE:https://rawdogscreaming.com/books/crime-scene/VISIT CINA'S WEBSITE HERE:http://www.cinapelayo.com/FOLLOW CINA ON TWITTER HERE:twitter.com/cinapelayoFOLLOW THE CURATOR ON TWITTER HERE:twitter.com/curatorofhorrortwitter.com/terrifyingtomesBECOME A PATRON HERE:patreon.com/terrifyingtomesofterror
Ep: 151 Hailey Piper and Sigurdardóttir are back to recommend books to you. Between the two of them you'll four novels to choose from. Plus, Brad has an announcement.Queer We Are podcasthttps://www.queerweare.comTo cover the cost of producing Queer Writers of Crime, some of the links below are affiliate links. At zero cost to you, Brad will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.Get a Kindle Paperwhite:https://amzn.to/3KCfUuOHailey Piper recommends:Waif by Samantha Kolesnik https://amzn.to/3Udni5OWe Are Here To Hurt Each Other by Paula Ashehttps://amzn.to/3S754B5Red X: A Novel by David Demchukhttps://amzn.to/3QNe25qLilja Sigurdardóttir recommends:Exquisite by Sarah Stovell https://amzn.to/3Sq1PVNBrad's Website: bradshreve.comSupport Requeered Tales re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.requeeredtales.comKindly give to The Trevor Project, a much-needed charity focusing not only suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth, but also helps to get answers and information to support them and connect with an international community of LGBTQ youth aged 13 - 24.https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
In this episode: roving bands of kids, a constant desire to know more, and the mistake of hiding powerful things under your bed.
An anthology of original horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award® winners Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason that showcases authors from historically excluded backgrounds telling terrifying tales of what it means to be, or merely to seem, “other” Offering new stories from some of the biggest names in horror as well as some of the hottest up-and-coming talents, Other Terrors will provide the ultimate reading experience for horror fans who want to examine fear of “the other.” Be they of a different culture, a different background, a different sexual orientation or gender identity, a different belief system, or a different skin color, some people simply aren't part of the community's majority—and are perceived as scary. Humans are almost instinctively inclined to fear what's different, and there are a multitude of individuals who have spent far too long on the outside looking in. And the thing about the outside is . . . it's much larger than you think. In Other Terrors, horror writers from a multitude of underrepresented backgrounds have created stories of everyday people, places, and things where something shifts, striking a deeper, much more primal, chord of fear. Are our eyes playing tricks on us, or is there something truly sinister lurking under the surface of what we thought we knew? And who among us is really the other, after all? CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Tananarive Due, Jennifer McMahon, S.A. Cosby, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Michael Thomas Ford, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Christina Sng, Denise Dumars, Usman T. Malik, Annie Neugebauer, Gabino Iglesias, Hailey Piper, Nathan Carson, Shanna Heath, Tracy Cross, Linda D. Addison, Maxwell I. Gold, Larissa Glasser, Eugen Bacon, Holly Lyn Walrath, Jonathan Lees, M. E. Bronstein, Michael Hanson VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. And VOX VOMITUS has been going “horribly wrong” in the best way possible for the past TWO YEARS! Host Jennifer Anne Gordon, award-winning gothic horror novelist and Co-Host Allison Martine, award-winning contemporary romance novelist have taken on the top and emerging new authors of the day, including Josh Malerman (BIRDBOX, PEARL), Paul Tremblay (THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, SURVIVOR SONG), May Cobb (MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES), Amanda Jayatissa (MY SWEET GIRL), Carol Goodman (THE STRANGER BEHIND YOU), Meghan Collins (THE FAMILY PLOT), and dozens more in the last year alone. Pantsers, plotters, and those in between have talked everything from the “vomit draft” to the publishing process, dream-cast movies that are already getting made, and celebrated wins as the author-guests continue to shine all over the globe. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.afictionalhubbard.com https://www.facebook.com/VoxVomituspodcast https://twitter.com/VoxVomitus #voxvomitus #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodcast #livepodcast #bookstagram #Jenniferannegordon #allisonmartinehubbard #allisonmartine #allisonhubbard #liveauthorinterview #voxvomituslivevideopodcast #Jennifergordon #VinceLiaguno #RenaMason #OtherTerrors #aninclusiveAnthology --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voxvomitus/support
Finally, she's here!After months of waiting for schedules and book releases to align, Hailey Piper is on the show. She's here to talk about both of her 2022 releases – each is a kidnapping experience. The novella Your Mind is a Terrible Thing takes us up into the void and into creepy inner space. Her forthcoming novel No Gods for Drowning transports us somewhere else entirely. Hailey lets me blather on about social commentary and metaphor before reminding me gently that sometimes it's ok to enjoy the story. We talk about concise world-building (how!!), zombie capitalism, police brutality, anxiety and body autonomy, and why Queer characters don't need an agenda to be worthy of inclusion.By the time this goes live Hailey has probably written another two books!! But for now, I'm just delighted to have her on the show to discuss these two.Enjoy!Your Mind is a Terrible Thing was released May 2022 by Off Limits Press; No Gods for Drowning is published September 7th, 2022 by Polis Books.Other books mentioned in the episode include: Crime Scene (forthcoming 2022), by Cynthia PelayoThe Possession of Natalie Glagow (2018), by Hailey PiperBenny Rose the Cannibal King (2020), by Hailey Piper Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show
Ep: 148 Hailey Piper and Brad discuss the horror genre and some similarities to mysteries. Podcast Website: www.queerwritersofcrime.comCheck out Queer Writers of Crime Guest's blog.To cover the cost of producing Queer Writers of Crime, some of the links below are affiliate links. At zero cost to you, Brad will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.Get a Kindle Paperwhite:https://amzn.to/3KCfUuOSee Hailey's recent blog post on the Queer Writer's of Crime Websitehttps://www.queerwritersofcrime.com/blog/writing-is-chaos-are-you-by-hailey-piper/No God's for Drowning by Hailey Piperhttps://amzn.to/3eosQtXHailey's websitehaileypiper.comHailey on Twitter @HaileyPiperSaysHailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, No Gods for Drowning, The Worm and His Kings, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, and other books. She is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, with dozens of short stories appearing in Pseudopod, Vastarien, Dark Matter Magazine, and elsewhere. She lives with her wife in Maryland, where their monstrous rituals are secret. Brad's Website: bradshreve.comSupport Requeered Tales re-publishing award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction — with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.requeeredtales.comKindly give to The Trevor Project, a much-needed charity focusing not only suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth, but also helps to get answers and information to support them and connect with an international community of LGBTQ youth aged 13 - 24.https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
The system is down! The system is down! Join the Abyss crew on the M.G. Yellowjacket as they listen to Hailey Piper's mission briefing regarding her Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing. They talk sci-fi horror, brain monsters, helpers that speak like Broadway managers, and whether you are anti- or pro- tentacles. Now watch out for those fleshy things and get on board! (Heavy spoilers start around the 45 minute mark) Buy Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing
This month we read Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell! A sci-fi space romance that's mostly romance with a tinge of politics. We really enjoyed this book as you can probably tell by how long this episode ran. Next months book is The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper. Make sure to follow along with our reading over at Twitter.Com/SharedPagesPod!
Welcome to another episode of Behind the Door, where we discuss the themes underpinning the writing in last week's story, and have a behind the scenes chat with the author who made it happen.In this episode we are interviewing with Hailey Piper, the author of S4E16 "Small Handiwork".Featuring:Hailey Piper - AuthorBrooks Bigley - HostMusic by JM ScherfArtwork by Cassie PertietAudio Production by Brooks BigleyPODCAST CREDITS• Jason Wilson - Executive Producer, Hosthttps://twitter.com/AudioTorment• JM Scherf - Music Composerhttps://twitter.com/JMScherfMusic• Michael Zenke - Head Writerhttps://twitter.com/Zonk• Graham Rowat - Associate Producerhttps://twitter.com/GrahamNY• Cassie Pertiet - Creative Directorhttps://twitter.com/CPertiet• Brooks Bigley - Communications Director, Behind the Door Hosthttps://twitter.com/brooks_bigley• Arthur Unk - Writer, Editorhttps://twitter.com/ArthurUnkTweets• Hail Scherf - Director of Videographyhttps://twitter.com/hailuncensored• Tori Miller - Community Managerhttps://twitter.com/jackalbot_snowswww.thegreyrooms.comDo you like what we have been doing so far? Please consider subscribing to our Patreon. Even just a dollar a month can help us reach our goals of world domination. It also allows us to create even more content exclusively for patrons as we continue to expand the Grey Rooms world. And you get ad-free episodes!www.patreon.com/ThegreyroomsYour monthly donations also pay for the authors who write our episodes and the actors who perform them. This allows for the world at large to hear and embrace our story. Thanks for being part of our community and supporting us! And did we mention ad-free episodes?!EXTRA STUFF• We ranked #9 on this Horror Audio Drama Podcasts listhttps://discoverpods.com/horror-podcasts-audio-drama-black-tapes/• We continue to rank on the Top 30 Thriller Book Podcasts listhttps://blog.feedspot.com/thriller_book_podcasts/• We continue to rank on the Top 15 Horror Story Podcasts listhttps://blog.feedspot.com/horror_story_podcasts/• Visit our new and improved website at www.thegreyrooms.com• Listen to us on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7p3D98H06RfUWkusfLIrUX• Watch us on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/thegreyroomsproductions• Like what we're doing? Please support us on Patreon for early access to episodes plus so much more bonus content at www.patreon.com/thegreyrooms• You can also make a one-time donation at http://paypal.me/thegreyroomspodcast• Buy our merch at the TeePublic link below!www.teepublic.com/stores/the-grey-rooms?ref_id=8845&utm_campaign=The%2BGrey%2BRooms&utm_medium=8845&utm_source=affiliateSOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS• Redditwww.reddit.com/r/thegreyrooms/• Facebook Pagewww.facebook.com/thegreyroomspod/• Facebook Group for Emotional Supportwww.facebook.com/groups/thegreyrooms• Instagramwww.instagram.com/thegreyroomspodcast/• Twitterhttps://twitter.com/GreyRoomsPod• Discordhttps://discord.gg/thegreyroomspodcastWe have a massive Discord community! Jump in and have a conversation with us and other fans about the podcast, or anything really. The Grey Rooms team is very active there. The Warden and Bob also drop in now and again to keep the fans screaming and yelling. For entertainment purposes, of course.Thank you for supporting our show!The Grey Rooms Productions ℗ 2022
“Villains get to be the most romantic, because they don't let morals stop them.” –Hailey Piper. We are so excited and happy to finally announce that Blythe is pregnant – congrats, Blythe!!! – but as such, she'll be taking some time off from the podcast. Don't worry, though, we have some great guest episodes planned for the future, starting with today's episode! I'm thrilled to welcome my dear friend Hailey Piper to the Sexy Books Podcast to discuss her horromance novel, Queen of Teeth: Within forty-eight hours, Yaya Betancourt will go from discovering teeth between her thighs to being hunted by one of the most powerful corporations in America. She assumes the vagina dentata is a side effect of a rare genetic condition caused by AlphaBeta Pharmaceutical, decades ago, when she and several thousand others were still in the womb. But, when ABP corporate goons upend her life, she realizes her secondary teeth might be evidence of a new experiment for which she's the most advanced test tube... a situation worsened when Yaya's condition sprouts horns, tentacles, and a mind of its own. On the run and transforming, Yaya may be either ABP's greatest success, or the deadliest failure science has ever created. This book is a little different from past selections, but no less romantic or erotic, trust me. Hailey and I delve deep into the allure of monster-fucking, the power of fantasy and giving yourself over to pleasure, transitions and finding yourself later in life. We also discuss the sentience of vaginas (and vagina-monsters), the tragic state of healthcare and bodily rights in the U.S., and our hopes for a hornier, horromance-filled future. As always, we discuss the entire novel, so spoilers abound! Also mentioned in this episode: Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole Nymph by Francesca Lia Block Spooky Smutty Stories by Claire Cray I also wanted to note that in this episode I mention having had vulvodynia and vaginismus - I've been treated for both (with a specialist and a pelvic floor physical therapist) and I have a totally pain-free, wonderful sex life now. If you're dealing with anything similar and have questions, I would be happy to answer them and provide as much help as I can. I've been through it all and I know how intimidating it can be to seek treatment, or to even know where to start. Use one of the methods below to send me an email or DM. Follow us on social media to stay updated on upcoming episodes, and send your questions and comments to: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SexyBooksPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexybookspodcast_/ Gmail: SexyBooksPodcast@gmail.com
Okay, so it wasn't really a “girls night out”—but it really did feel like one! In truth, Hailey Piper and Jessica Guess joined Mackenzie Kiera and me on Zoom (I was in my pajamas—I can't speak for the other ladies!) but this is one of the most fun conversations we've ever had on the show. It was a great time, filled with lots of laughs—and some deep reflections. We talked about some of our favorite reads from 2021—and we also wet pretty deep on the connections between the romance and horror genres. It's a fantastic conversation that got me really thinking for long after, and I think you'll really enjoy it. We last spoke to Hailey Piper in episode 54, and Jessica Guess in episode 60. If you want more of their personal and individual stories, feel free to check those conversations out! Also, thank you so much for your patience in waiting for new episodes. It's been a really rough year for me so far, with several illnesses (including cover) and physical set backs. We had to take an unintended hiatus but please know: we are planning a ton more exciting content for our 2022 season! Books Mentioned Red X Root Magic by Eden Royce Sometimes We're Cruel The Loving Dead by Amelia Beamer The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady Someone to Share my Nightmares With Sonora Taylor Night Bitch Rachel Yoder We Are Wolves anthology Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Spoiler Alert (book) The Forest by Lisa Quigley Immortals After Dark series - Kiss of the Demon King When Things Get Dark - Edited by Ellen Datlow Movies Mentioned Evil Dead Remake Lake Mungo Susperia Remake Malignant Candyman (remake) I Know What You Did Last Summer show
Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Hailey PiperStoryteller: Mary MurphyHost: Sadie HartmannFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.Story Summary: A scientist in a secret government lab has devoted her career to studying vicious lifeforms that crashed onto Earth years ago. Having recently ended a long-term relationship and now feeling socially isolated from her colleagues, she can't help projecting her loneliness onto the lab's specimens. But is the connection really only in her head? Or does she have more in common with these violent creatures than she ever imagined?Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik Producer: Meg WilliamsLead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee Creative Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette AndromedaResident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of DreamsArtwork: Jeanette Andromeda Score & Incidental Music: Nico VetteseMain Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico VetteseFinal Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCGet your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print. Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.comAudio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.
Hailey Piper, Joe Koch, Mae Murray, Sam Richard, and I talk about our favorite messy queer characters, ways to reduce the puritan policing of queer art, and the inspirations behind our stories for The Book of Queer Saints. This episode is spoiler free.
Welcome to season 4! This time around, Hailey Piper (@HaileyPiperSays) is leading the way with an appearance in support of her forthcoming novella, Your Mind is a Terrible Thing, which comes out May 7th, 2022! Hailey brings us some fantastic words to live by as an artist, and I hope we can all hold on to this throughout the coming year and beyond: "be brave: let it be weird." Things we mention in this episode: The 2021 Bram Stoker Award ballot Star Wars NaNoWriMo Off Limits Press Queen of Teeth, by Hailey Piper "Recitation of the First Feeding," by Hailey Piper in Unfortunate Elements of my Anatomy The Shape of Water Tales from the Hood This Appearing House, by Ally Malinenko The Fervor, The Hunger, and The Deep, by Alma Katsu HMHS Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic RMS Lusitania, not the sister ship to the Titanic Wrath Goddess Sing, by Maya Deane Stokercon No Gods for Drowning, by Hailey Piper Other Terrors, edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason Stephen Graham Jones S. A. Cosby The Book of Queer Saints, edited by Mae Murray Eric LaRocca Joe Koch Hailey's website and insta Laura Lockwood Stick around next time, when my guest will be none other than our own composer, Lillian Boyd!
For the episode numbered with Macgruger's passwords, we countdown our 2021 Favorite reads! I asked my homey and longest horror book nerd friend Judge Marc Rothenberg to join me. You might remember him from the best horror short stories episode to return and count down our top reads of the year. Featuring my favorite Retro reads, non-fiction, honorable mentions, and top ten. It features books from Rivers Solomon, Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Hailey Piper, Stephen King, John Shirley, C.Robert Cargill, and more. If you need it all written out head over to my blog... http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/2021/12/best-reads-of-2021-post-and-podcast.html •You can find my books here: Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW •And me here: Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/
Authors : Eric J. Guignard, Can Wiggins, Hailey Piper and Anthony Oliveira Narrators : Victoria Winnick, Kitty Sarkozy, Brian Lieberman and Dave Robison Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Feast for Small Pieces” was originally published in The Bronzeville Bee in 2019 and reprinted in the collection Unfortunate Elements […]
We're back with Part 2 of Episode 19! And for the next two movies, we're joined by two very special guests! Hailey Piper is the author of fabulous horror works such as Queen of Teeth, The Worm and His Kings and much more, and has cited Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as her favorite slasher. So we're delighted she came onto our show to discuss this fan-favorite franchise installment. For The Dream Master, we're joined by Steve Foxe, the author of several works in both comics and prose (including co-writing the horror thriller Party & Prey from Aftershock Comics) and co-editor of the horror magazine Razorblades. Steve is doing amazing work in the horror field, and we had a great time chatting with him about one of his favorite franchises. Please visit the websites of our special guests for more details on their work: www.haileypiper.com www.stevefoxe.com And as always, thanks for listening! TIMECODES: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors = 00:00:47 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master = 01:48:55 CW: the Elm Street movies include plot points and/or themes involving child endangerment, sexual assault and suicide, so those topics are likewise mentioned in our discussion.
Hailey Piper (author of Queen of Teeth) returned to GHOULISH to celebrate her story "Life Begins at Injection" which was published in my new anthology, Lost Contact. In today's episode, we discuss body horror, women in transformation, cruel ways the police utilize noise to attack protesters, and why more horror authors need to start writing about vagina dentata. Buy LOST CONTACT: https://perpetualpublishing.com/product/lost-contact/ Buy QUEEN OF TEETH: https://bookshop.org/a/3599/9781946335418 Join The Ghoulish Times: https://theghoulishtimes.substack.com/ Browse the books on our webstore: http://perpetualpublishing.com/shop/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pmmpublishing Theme song by Heathenish Kid
Welcome to Episode 505. This week we meet a female ship captain who falls for the heiress to an isolated seaside manor. But there's something sinister that lurks below the waves and stalks the halls by moonlight.COMING UPGood Evening: Thank-yous: 00:01:06Hailey Piper's An Invitation to Darkness as read by Heather Thomas: 00:03:35PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchHailey PiperHailey Piper on Twitter (@HaileyPiperSays)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Chapter 3 Podcast - For Readers of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Romance
As we head into spooky season, let's talk about where to start reading horror. Stephanie from the Books in the Freezer Podcast joined me to talk about her favorite genre. For exclusive bonus content and early access to episodes, consider joining the Chapter 3 Podcast Patreon Looking for a book mentioned in the episode? Check here! *Note that all links are affiliate links from which we earn a commission to support the podcast Books from On My Radar segment: Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray: https://amzn.to/3hEsMF2 The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer: https://amzn.to/3AlLWa8 Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki: https://amzn.to/2XCFGwz A Spindle Splintered by Alix E Harrow: https://amzn.to/3Esz4BC When Night Breaks by Janella Angeles: https://amzn.to/39dmBTM Slewfoot by Brom: https://amzn.to/39fOevr Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry: https://amzn.to/3EwaJur When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson: https://amzn.to/3hL6Qbw Other Books/Authors Mentioned House by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti: https://amzn.to/3zidITG The Oath by Frank Peretti: https://amzn.to/3tNvz3J My Best Friends Exorcism by Grady Hendrix: https://amzn.to/3AkJ3pT Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix: https://amzn.to/3lGgy02 The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix: https://amzn.to/3hIS7xP The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix: https://amzn.to/3zpl4o9 My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones: https://amzn.to/3nXDr1N Dracula by Bram Stoker: https://amzn.to/3lGgD3Q And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie: https://amzn.to/3nNkiiL Nightingale by Amy Lukavics: https://amzn.to/3lC0eNv The Ravenous by Amy Lukavics: https://amzn.to/2YYupXC Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant: https://amzn.to/3CnazE2 Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant: https://amzn.to/3nJWkow The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring: https://amzn.to/2XtaBLR Final Girls by Mira Grant: https://amzn.to/3lyzEVM The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch: https://amzn.to/2Xv40Qk The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay: https://amzn.to/3hGYAZU The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling: https://amzn.to/3zkum4Q Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: https://amzn.to/3hKL8o1 Lakewood by Megan Giddings: https://amzn.to/3nIaOFv Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark: https://amzn.to/3kmlAzj Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer: https://amzn.to/3ClP4mN Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: https://amzn.to/3zobJwW The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson: https://amzn.to/3zfL857 The River has Teeth by Erica Waters: https://amzn.to/2XD3IHN Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand: https://amzn.to/2XD3Oz9 Extasia by Claire Legrand: https://amzn.to/3EvbHHm Lost Boy by Christina Henry: https://amzn.to/3lyAodw Alice by Christina Henry: https://amzn.to/3kjOW1d The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry: https://amzn.to/3hJnmIW My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due: https://amzn.to/3EnkvPH The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig: https://amzn.to/2XENXjr Miriam Black series by Chuck Wendig: https://amzn.to/2XFenBA Burn the Dark by S.A. Hunt: https://amzn.to/2Xtw4nW The Worm and His Kings By Hailey Piper: https://amzn.to/3nOFd5f Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper: https://amzn.to/2Z9L4rp The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson: https://amzn.to/3lCHMV4 American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett: https://amzn.to/2ZcIt01 Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno Garcia: https://amzn.to/3CsdU4J The Gates by John Connolly: https://amzn.to/3lyBki2 Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado: https://amzn.to/3EDHxlw The Thief of Always by Clive Barker: https://amzn.to/2VTJQzk Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok @Chapter3Podcast and you can also find Bethany talking about books on YouTube @BeautifullyBookishBethany. You can now find episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6yRiktWbWRAFpByrVk-kg Interested in early access to episodes, private Discord channels and other perks? Consider joining the Chapter 3 Patreon! Or join our public Discord. A new episode will be available to download in two weeks! This episode was recorded using a Blue Yeti USB condenser microphone kit: https://amzn.to/342dnqx
Welcome to the world underneath, ghouls. Don't panic, Candace and Ariel are here to guide you out of the simulation with the help of author Hailey Piper; we're talking about John Carpenter's Reagan-era classic They Live (1988), along with Dark City (1998), a mind-bending noir we couldn't believe came out right before The Matrix. In this episode: Lovecraft (barely), monster fucking (of course), houseless protagonists, horror noobery, the merits of edgy teenager politics (maybe it really is all bullshit), meta alien Roger Ebert, and the way time is a flat circle. Also, this episode is especially fun because it's secretly a quadruple feature if you read Hailey's books Queen of Teeth and The Worm and His Kings. Tons of cosmic horror to go around, folks. Tear down the walls of your perception with us. It will only hurt for a minute. Hailey Piper is the author of horror books such as The Worm and His Kings, Queen of Teeth, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, and more. Once hailing from the haunted woods of New York, she now lives with her wife in Maryland. Find her at www.haileypiper.com or on Twitter via @HaileyPiperSays. A proud part of the Morbidly Beautiful Podcast Network. Our drive for intersectionality aligns well with the Morbidly Beautiful ethos. We love that MB is a nonprofit that gives back to the horror community, and are thrilled to be a part of the network! Show now also streaming on morbidlybeautiful.com! Movies Discussed: They Live (1988), Dark City (1998) Links: IG- instagram.com/nyfgpod Twitter- twitter.com/nyfgpod FB- facebook.com/nyfgpodcast/ Pod merch- https://society6.com/nyfgpod I am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland- https://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Your-Final-Girl/dp/0692966633 Bandcamp- arieldyer.bandcamp.com Show art by Brian Demarest: instagram.com/evilflynn
Last year's episode was so fun it was time to do it again! Three more episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark and three more amazing authors from the community. This time I am joined by Jessica Guess, Hailey Piper and Cassie Daley. We each discuss a different episode of the show and highlight some of their incredible work that you can go and buy right now! In fact, just click on the links below and stock up! Jessica Guess Amazon Canada Amazon US Shiver - Canada Shiver - US Hailey Piper Amazon Canada Amazon US Cassie Daley Cassie's Etsy Shop Rosie Paints With Ghosts Pre-Order Cassie's Patreon
I had the wonderful opportunity to talk with Hailey Piper where we discussed her books Queen of Teeth, The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, The Worm and his Kings, and a little of Benny Rose: The Cannibal King. We also discuss her challenges in writing Queen of Teeth, cosmic horror, her influences, Clive Barker, LGTBQ+, and middle-grade horror. Join my discord: https://discord.gg/RTvcHvWuXaTwitter: Jason_White74Intro music created by DudeAwesome from Freesound.[Freesound - “Scary Haunting Cinematic Style Mix Sound Effects.flac” by DudeAwesome](https://freesound.org/people/DudeAwesome/sounds/490055/
Today in the Abyss, we're gathering around the dinner table for a spoiler-filled discussion of Hailey Piper's cosmic horror short story, "Recitation of the First Feeding," from her collection, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy. We also talk about James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, Stephen King's Billy Summers, Star Wars: Light of the Jedi, Clarkson's Farm, Ed Piskor's Red Room from Fantagraphics, and Suburban Gothic by Brian Keene and Bryan Smith. (Recorded Aug. 8, 2021). Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring
This week in the Abyss, we're unburying a zombie apocalypse splatterpunk classic for our in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of Philip Nutman's Wet Work! Before we bite into the meat of this week's book, we talk a bit about Beau Johnson's Brand New Dark, David James Keaton's She Was Found In A Guitar Case, the latest issue of Vasterian, Unfortunate Elements of my Anatomy by Hailey Piper, M. Night Shyamalan's newest film, Old, Netflix's Katla and He-Man, and the video game, Lost in Vivio. (Recorded Aug. 1, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring
In this podcast Hailey Piper talks about Queen of Teeth, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, post-pandemic horror writing, and much more. About Hailey Piper Hailey Piper is the author of horror books The Worm and His Kings, Queen of Teeth, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, and The Possession of Natalie … Continue reading
In this podcast Hailey Piper talks about The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, making horror gay as fuck, and much more. About Hailey Piper Hailey Piper is the author of horror books The Worm and His Kings, Queen of Teeth, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, and … Continue reading
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We Make Books is a podcast for writers and publishers, by writers and publishers and we want to hear from our listeners! Hit us up on our social media, linked below, and send us your questions, comments, and concerns for us to address in future episodes. We hope you enjoy We Make Books! Twitter: @WMBCast | @KindofKaelyn | @BittyBittyZap Instagram: @WMBCast Patreon.com/WMBCast Mentioned in this episode: Unfettered Hexes Kickstarter Infomocracy Redbubble Shop dave-ring.com neonhemlock.com neonapothecary.com dave is @slickhop on Twitter and Instagram Neon Hemlock Press is @neonhemlock on Twitter and Instagram VOIDMERCH Neon Hemlock's Threadless shop Riddle's Tea Shoppe Hailey Piper Glitter + Ashes anthology Matthew Spencer, illustrator This is How We Lose the Time War Tracy Townsend Dancing Star Press Transcript (by TK) [Upbeat Ukulele Intro Music] Rekka: This is We Make Books, a podcast about writing publishing and everything in between. Rekka is a published Science Fiction and Fantasy author, and Kaelyn is a professional genre fiction editor. Together, they'll tackle the things you never knew you never knew about getting a book from concept to finished product, with explanations, examples, and a lot of laughter. Get your moleskin notebook ready. It's time for We Make Books. R: Let's see what happens if you drape the oracle cloth over top. dave: I have a thousand of those. R [laughing]: Yeah. Kaelyn: Speaking of SWAG. d: Does that help? R: Exhale. d: [wheezing] R: Yes. K: Yes! R: It's not just good for laying your cards out on. K: [laughing] d [overlapping]: [laughing] R: Okay! I'm gonna have to leave this in. d: [laughing] K [overlapping]: [laughing] R: dave, why don't you introduce yourself to start, and then we'll get going? d: My name's dave ring, I'm a writer and editor of speculative fiction. I'm also the managing editor and publisher over at Neon Hemlock Press. Which comes with a bevy of other, like graphic design layout, and - K: [laughing] d: - products, placements, whatever else I've come up with lately! K: Many, many other hats in different shapes and sizes. R: So the reason I wanted to have dave on the podcast was because it occurred to me that something that comes up pretty frequently, especially around conference season when we're meeting in person and around book launches as well, is that authors wanna know like ‘do I need a bookmark? How do I do a bookmark? What else can I do?' K: ‘Do I need swag?' R: Yeah, so swag. Swag - Kaelyn, I'm just gonna cut in to your definition and say that swag is an acronym for Stuff We All Get. So - K [overlapping]: [laughing] R: To that point, this is not going to be all free swag. K: Yes. R: Swag implies that it is free, that you'll pick it up as you visit the author's signing table, or that you'll get it in the mail for preordering, or some little bonus bit like that. The person that we are speaking to today has taken book tie-in items and - what would you wanna call it? I don't wanna say paraphernalia, but I love that word, so there. You've taken it to a whole new level. And a lot of it has to do with Kickstarter, would you blame Kickstarter for this? d: Maybe some of it. And I like paraphernalia, the word that I am often drawn to is ‘ephemera,' but I like both. Depending on the particular object, maybe one is more appropriate than the other. But I blame Kickstarter for a lot of things in terms - R [overlapping]: [laughing] d: - of connecting with a lot of the people who are buying the books that Neon Hemlock's been putting out. R: So it's hard to say ‘blame' in that sense. d: To [unintelligible] - blame. K: [laughing] d: Yeah. But some of that's been driven from that, and some of it's been driven from just sort of nerdish excitement over different things. And then because I'm the one in charge, no one says no to me, so - K [overlapping]: [laughing] d: I just keep having ideas and doing the thing! K: Let's talk about some of the different kinds of swag, of paraphernalia, of - oh I just lost the word now - ephemera! I didn't really know that book swag was a thing until I started going to conferences. Like obviously I've been to book signings and things, and there's like bookmarks and maybe a pencil or something that they give out. K: But then I'd get to these conferences and I was like ‘wow there's a lot of stuff that authors are handing out, or publishers' - like everything from those bookmarks, pins - enamel pins are a big thing. I've seen people that showed up with special printed editions of the book that they only had like 10 of them and they were just handing them out at the conferences and that was it. If you didn't get them there, you were never gonna get this. It's interesting that this is something that comes around books, because you think well the thing you get out of this is the book. Why does the book have accessories that come with it as well? But I think you kinda hit the nail on the head, this nerdy-dorkiness of like ‘I love this so much I want to be able to have it with me at all times, not just on my Kindle.' d: Book lovers are already in this spot where you can - maybe you've read the book on your Kindle, but you want to have the physical book as well. So there's already that feeling that people have, and then sometimes it sort of extends to further things. Like I remember Dancing Star has made a lot of beaded earrings that match the covers of their books and some other popular speculative books. Of course you don't need to wear a particular pair of earrings in order to enjoy a book, but there is something sort of satisfying about - R: When you really enjoy the book, and then suddenly you need the earrings. d: [chuckling] K: Look at anything from TV shows to movies to video games, like there's all sorts of things that we wear and little accoutrements that we have that's sort of like a signal nod-and-wink to somebody else that's like, ‘ah yes, I also like that thing.' I was wearing a pair of my Sailor Moon socks recently at a house party and I'd taken my shoes off, and somebody was like ‘is that Sailor Mercury on your socks?' I was like ‘it is, yes. Yes.' R: And that's how you know your people. K: Exactly. Yeah but it is this thing of like, that's one of the - it's a signal, it's a secret language of how we identify each other. R: And this is speaking from more like the fan side of why you would want to display these things, in whatever way they are meant to be displayed, whether they're earrings or whether they're a pin, whether they're a sticker, a patch, something. I know that when I first started thinking of swag, I was thinking of things I have to give away for free, that are going to keep me in mind in a potential reader who isn't ready to pick up the book or not in a position where they can buy the book. R: Like I meet someone in a coffee shop and we're waiting for our coffee and we end up talking and somehow it comes up that I'm a science fiction writer and they wanna know about it. If I carry bookmarks in my purse, it's a book-related item, and it can have the sales copy on the back of the bookmark, or a blurb from another author promoting the book. And then you have some of the cover art on the other side and the title and my name, and therefore they have everything they need to find me later. And, if nothing else, they've got a bookmark that maybe they'll hang on to, ‘cause the art's cool, and then later they find it and they go ‘oh yeah,' and it's kind of like putting my branding in front of them multiple times. Every time they come across it, it might be one step closer to them buying the book. R: So that's one thought I had and why I chose bookmarks, ‘cause 1) they're relatively cheap, paper is or at least was a relatively cheap material, and so if your swag is made of paper it's not a huge upfront investment. You can maybe get 500 bookmarks for $75 or something depending on your printer. Book swag seems to have really - K: Oh the game has been stepped up. R: Yeah. I remember Tracy Townsend giving out little plastic-covered notepads with a pen built in, neat little binder, and I still have it by my bed. So I can't imagine that that was anywhere near the price of a bookmark. There's gotta be a level at which we go ‘okay this cannot be free anymore.' And some of that is related to the publisher, like is the publisher funding some of this? R: This Is How We Lose the Time War had pins, and they were giving them away with proof of preorder, and you picked your side, red or blue, and you got the pin. But the publisher I believe, and I may be incorrect, it may have been self-funded, but - the impression I got was that the publisher was providing those. And so I'm curious, ‘cause dave, you charge for some things, and some things are thrown in the box when you send out something. So like between stickers, bookmarks, and whatever else, what's your thought process of where it becomes a merchandise item versus a promotional item? d: Hm. You're making me think I need to have a thought process. R: Sorry. [laughing] K: [laughing] d: No I mean anything that's more than a couple dollars to make usually is in the… either I bundle it with something else or it's charged for on its own. Maybe one thing that slightly is confusing is I have this thing called Club Serpentine, where folks sign up ahead of time for everything I published in a given year, and those folks I give all the swag to for free basically, so. But in other cases like these tarot altar cloth-slash-bandana, depending on your perspective, slash microphone dampener - K: [chuckling] d: - those, I'm gonna give those away to the authors in Unfettered Hexes but I'm gonna also sell them on the website. And then like, I made an oracle deck, which is similar to a tarot deck, for Unfettered Hexes, and we're using the interior illustrations from the anthology as part of that deck. So again I'm giving those away to the authors but everyone else is paying for them. And there's a, I'm calling it an oracle coin, but there's a coin that also goes inside that deck, that comes with the deck, but otherwise you can also buy it separately. d: So the writers or folks that are part of Club Serpentine are getting things for free as it were, but they've either written a story for me or they've invested. So it's not really for free, it's still being part of the project in some capacity. Whereas stickers for me maybe is where the line is drawn. Stickers, I just like making them, there's a website I pay attention to that every once in a while will list a 50-stickers-for-20-bucks, and so I just get those every time it comes up so that I can dish them out like candy. R: They are very much like candy, I have quite a few stickers from both Neon Hemlock and Neon Apothecary. d: We like stickers, yeah. [chuckling] Especially when they make the luminescent ones, we're like yeah we like that deal! We like those a lot. K: [laughing] d: Maybe Rekka's right and it's also like Kickstarter campaigns because with the most recent novella campaign, I was like ‘oh I wonder if I can incentivize folks to back us on the first day.' So I had what I was calling Launch Day Loot, which I commissioned this artist I work with a lot, Matt Spencer, to make a print of a character from each of the novellas, and so I'm sending that to everybody and I also used that print to make bookmarks as well, out of pretty paper. d: So I am slightly regretting this, because it means that I can't use my fulfillment center to do book shipment, it means I have to mail them all myself. So I'm surrounded by piles over here on my side. So those are the first time I actually thought, these are like swag in the traditional sense, like this is free stuff that I'm gonna give you if you buy it on a given day. Whereas the stickers nobody actually expects those, I just have been getting them and sending them to people. K: Nobody expects the book stickers. … Monty Python? No? Okay. d: [laughing] K [overlapping]: [laughing] d: It made me think of the ‘Nobody's gonna know.' ‘They're gonna know.' ‘No one's gonna know!' K [overlapping]: [laughing] ‘No they're totally gonna know!' So let me ask this then, this is a lot of work, this is a lot of effort. Why do you do it? Apart from [laughing] - R: That's a nice smile, dave. d: [laughing] K: Yeah for those listening at home, dave has a lovely smile on his face right now. Yeah it's - completely, for joy, for getting things out there that show people enjoy your books and what you publish, that I think is fantastic. I'm sure it's delightful to run into somebody who's got something, a sticker or a bookmark or something from one of your publications or something that you did a special run of, but - How do you think it benefits not just you as a publisher, but then also authors? There's like you, who you're gonna do it on behalf of what you're publishing, or authors, who might do it on their own behalf. Why would you recommend book swag? d: I don't know that I have a metric or anything that would say that they categorically increase sales by x percentile or anything like that. But there is a sort of impression that I have that, just folks get excited by stuff? And giving people something to be excited about feels nice. There's something especially about writing where it often doesn't have a physical form that often, so. Like yeah you have a cover you can point to sometimes. Short stories often don't have their own art. It's nice giving things physical shape. K: I agree. Yeah. d: Like I'm not making a fortune over here making bandanas, I haven't become a bandana empire quite yet - R: It'll happen. K: Give it time, give it time. d: Maybe next year. R: [laughing] K [overlapping]: [laughing] R: So what was your progression? Did you start with stickers and then you just sort of said ‘oh I could also do this, and then I can also do this, and I can also do this,' and now you have oracle decks and bandanas and coins. d: Honestly, Unfettered Hexes, this anthology has really fed all of my most rabbithole impulses. Because it's all related to witchery, it's really - like the accessories are great - Any time I think of one it's hard to say no to. We went for an enamel pin, more than 40 illustrations in the book - These tarot cloth, the oracle deck, the coin, I think I stopped there. Well I made stickers, too. And then I made these mini prints from the cover, so. Part of it is I can't get out of my own way, and I just keep making things. And part of that too, maybe because I've got the interest both in the editing side and in the design side, there's no one here to tell me otherwise. I just keep making up - R: But you are working with artists for pretty much every little item that you come up with. d [overlapping]: Yeah. I do the design part but I don't do the illustrations. R: Right. d: Yeah. R: So the oracle cloth in front of you has some line art illustration, the coin itself I assume needed to be 3D - d: Oh the coin I made actually though. R: Okay. d: But I designed that with someone who then 3D-ified it. R: Yes. d: That's the technical term. R: It is. [chuckling] Yes. So you say you don't get out of your own way. I do wonder, do you go to any sort of ledger and say ‘Can I do this, with the budget I have?' d: Oh no. R: [laughing] K [overlapping]: [laughing] d: No. R: That gets in the way of the joy. d [laughing]: Yeah I only work with feelings, I don't work with numbers. R: [chuckling] d: No but two-thirds of these ideas are during an active Kickstarter, and I'm saying I'll do it if I reach this goal. So there was some math there. We just barely hit the oracle deck stretch goal. Because we hit $12,000, and then I said we wouldn't do the deck unless we had $18,000 and then we did, so. Whereas before I had lots of little stretch goals. R: Yeah the oracle deck is not a small project, as you said. Lots and lots of illustrations. Now if you hadn't gone with the oracle deck, were you still going to have the interior illustrations or were those the same item? d: Well, no they were different. So Matt Spencer, who did the illustrations for the oracle deck, he was on board to do some interior illustrations, but it was probably going to be like a chapter heading, maybe a couple of spot illustrations here or there, like we had a few things worked out. R: Mhm. d: And then once we hit the oracle it was like hey, what if instead, we just use every single one of these. R: [laughing] d: And you don't do the other illustrations. K: Since we've mentioned it a few times here, can you explain what the oracle deck is in relation to, and why you ended up making these cards? d: Sure, so an oracle deck is like a tarot deck. Rather than being a set number of suits and major and minor arcana, it has however many cards you decide. So we made this deck to go alongside the stories from an anthology called Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness. K: A certain podcast co-host here may or may not have contributed to that. d: Yeah, and as my penultimate story in the anthology. R: I'm happy because I also love the world ‘penultimate.' K: [chuckling] d: I'm actually not 100% sure because after, you're technically the last story, but then there's a poem after you. So you're the penultimate… K: Entry? d: Entry? Mm, yeah… [thinking noises] R: Hmm… K: Contribution? d: But you have two illustrations, right? R: Yeah. d: You've got both your oracle card one and then a two page color illustration. R: Somebody's playing favorites here and I love it. K: [laughing] d: I - y'know, we could say that. But also, it's a really good story, and it perfectly hit one of the themes I really wanted from the book, which was basically friendship in space. [chuckling] K: [chuckling] d: It just nailed it perfectly, and so it was a perfect tie-in for the end of the anthology. So I couldn't resist making all these pictures of it. R: I appreciate your inability to resist your impulses. d: [laughing] R: It has served me well! d: [unintelligible] R: So the oracle cards, as you said there's - what is it, 23? 24 stories? d: Ah, don't make me say a number right now. I think we just totally made it up - R [overlapping]: Okay. I - d: We'll say 24. And then… yeah, 24 that are directly inspired by the stories themselves, two each for each of the story games that are in the book, four related to the characters on the cover, and then four related to different Neon Hemlock themes. I don't know if this is that interesting, sorry. K: It is! No, it is. d: [laughing] R: You broke my math brain, so I was trying to follow along and get the total. d: I told you, I don't do numbers. R [overlapping]: Yeah, okay - d: So if those don't add up to 40, just - R: 92! Got it! Okay. K: [laughing] d [laughing]: Just roll through it! R: Yeah. So you commissioned all this artwork. You had an artist create individual, unique pieces for you. You also have the cover, you also have two interior color illustrations. I have also seen chapter art designs, a textured placeholder page. I think you said this is like 200 pages longer? d: It's a beast, yeah. R: Compared to Glitter + Ashes - d [overlapping]: Glitter + Ashes, yeah. R: - it is. d: It's like 160 pages longer. K: Wow. R: But it really seems like a project that came out of great enthusiasm, which is delightful. d: Yeah, glee, even. It's just - [chuckling] So we'll see if - I don't even know if I can recreate this excitement with a future project, ‘cause it just has been really exciting. Although, my problem with making things is already going further with - I won't tell you the exact - K [overlapping]: Oh no. d: - nature of it. K: Oh no! [laughing] d: But the next one will involve 3D printed figures. K: Wow. R: Oh my gosh. d: So we're already going out to left field again. R: Yeah. K: Okay. R: You can't not outdo yourself. It's like every published book is a stamp in history, and you look back and you go ‘Pfft, that guy. [scoffing] I can beat that.' d: [chuckling] R: So given everything you've learned, having gone through these processes, for sourcing objects that are not typical - like, okay, a lot of authors could probably tell you where to go to find somebody who will make an enamel pin for you. But a bandana, for example, or oracle cards, a printed coin. You've obviously had to figure things out, do some research on your own, and get creative about things. d: I also had to marry a chandler. R: That's true! And we all appreciate that sacrifice. [chuckling] d: [laughing] R: I have a lot of Neon Apothecary candles around me just so you know. d: I just needed to make sure I could lock that down for future projects. K: [laughing] R: Yeah there are candles to coordinate with the stories in Glitter + Ashes, in the novella series that you put out. Aside from ‘there's no reason you can't do anything' - you can't use that as the answer - what advice do you have for somebody that's into all this left field kind of paraphernalia and ephemera, and wants to do something for a book? Either as a self-published author, an author that's promoting their work and it's all on them versus the publisher contributing to this, or to a small press, or even a Tor.com? What words of sage wisdom would you pull from your oracle cards to give them? d [laughing]: The new moon would tell us that - K [overlapping]: [laughing] d: Well, I think it's about scale, right? So I've definitely looked up different projects and then realized that they weren't feasible for me based off of my maybe modest scale. Depending on the project I'm looking to make like 100, 300, or 1,000 units of something, right? Which is small beans for a lot of projects. But, it's also far too many for some others. So like one writer, Hailey Piper, she just put out a horror novella. And her press did a limited-edit, handbound version that you could preorder at not a cheap price. d: But they only made those for those preorders, and then they're not gonna make any more. And that's something that, I know a local press in Baltimore that's since folded, but they handbound all of their special editions too. And that's something that is pretty special, and when you have it you know that you're only one of 20 that has one, so something like that could be an option for people. I think handcrafted things in small batches can be pretty meaningful. K: I have some experience with that, and yes. [laughing] d: Maybe you have to do it via raffle or some other way, maybe it's not a mass-produced thing. With the bandanas I had to price four or five of them, and the first three were like ‘what is this question you're asking? ‘Cause you're not really asking this very well.' [chuckling] K: [laughing] R [overlapping]: [laughing] d: And eventually I figured it out, and then took the price from one and brought it to the more ethical company and asked them if they'd match it and things like that. If anyone ever wants to reach out to me and hear about how I made a particular product I'm happy to talk people through it. With enamel pins, Juli Riddle of Riddle's Tea Shoppe walked me through that at every step of the way. The candles, again, the husband, so I cheated that. R: [chuckling] K [overlapping]: [laughing] d: And the coins I can talk to people, it's all just sort of been shots in the dark. Reaching out to people and then either asking dumb questions or having someone who already asked them tell me the way to do it so I can get through them. R: It's a lot more communicating with people who have done something similar figuring out how you would do this thing, as opposed to like pick your merchandise and upload your graphic. d: That's what I meant about scale, too. Like the minimum number of coins I can make is a thousand, you know? R: Yeah. K: Yeah. d: So you can't do that on a whim, right. So there's different mediums that are harder. Although it's funny, I realized I'm wearing my fictional show t-shirt that's based off of fictional bands in a novella that I published. K and R: [laughing] d: And I have that available through Threadless, which is sort of like halfway between those swag sites and a custom thing, where it feels kinda nice but it is an image that I uploaded and put on there. K: I mean I remember when I did vests. Just to buy the vests is expensive, but we ordered just one, because I just wanted to make sure this was not gonna look like garbage before I ordered 200 of them. And I had to convince the manufacturer to just make one. He's like ‘you know it's gonna cost like $50 to make this one vest, then plus you need to buy the vest?' I'm like ‘yeah that's fine, I'd rather spend $70 now and have it not look right than spend 5,000 down the road and it's terrible.' d: A lot of places now will give you a cheaper deal for - I can't think of the right word, it's not prototype, it's similar. R: Like a proof? d: Proof, thank you. Yeahyeahyeah. Like with coins they charge you for the molds either way. So those start already at like 300 or 400 bucks, depending on the kind of thing. Whereas at least with bandanas, they didn't do a proof for me there, but they can do a really nice mockup ‘cause it's only one color. And they will sort of make sure that you know that bandanas are not perfect squares, and - R [overlapping]: Yes. d: - and your image will be slightly off, those little kinds of things to make sure that you understand. K: Have there ever been any pitfalls you've come across, anything where you're just like ‘oh my God, this is not at all what I should've done here,' and can you look at things now and go like ‘ah yes, I have come across this problem before, I should go down a different path'? d: I mean… yeah? But also, even when you think you've got something figured out completely, like I just had a miscommunication with my printer where they didn't get my proof approvals, and two of my books are like three weeks late. So… things will happen either way, I think it's more getting a sense of timelines and knowing that you don't need something ready two weeks beforehand, you need it ready like a month and a half beforehand at least, so that then you're building in a little bit more buffer. Always build in more buffer. K: Anything that you've ordered or tried to design or something and got it and gone like ‘this is not at all what I wanted this to look like, or what I expected it to look like,' or? You seem like you're pretty methodical and thorough along the way. d: Oh, oh no. No no no. K: [laughing] d: I have a box full of ruined prints where they - even though I proofed an image that was fully spread, they sent me one that was with four inches of white space on every side. And then you just have to email them and say ‘this isn't like my proof' and so, even when you think you've got things figured out they still can kinda get screwed up. R: So you mentioned scale, and there are, just to name the ones that come to mind are CafePress and Redbubble, that you have the option to create one-offs, or to create a store without putting in any overhead other than the time to set it up. So that is an option, but it doesn't create that immediacy of like ‘I'm going to send this to you as a special treat,' or ‘this is part of our relationship as author and reader or publisher and reader,' so it allows you to create things without having to go through printers, without having to go through all the proofing processes. I mean you might wanna order one for yourself anyway just to make sure, ‘cause some of those shirts, the printing quality on them is better or worse depending on the fabric, but - K: Some of the fabric is better or worse too. [laughing] R: I mean there are options for people who don't have the ability to invest a little bit up front, or a lot up front. d: Well that was how I started using Threadless artist shops, because I had like three or four shirts from Void Merch - I don't know if y'all know them - and then I was like wait, they're making these on Threadless artist shops. And I commissioned like a metal band version of my logo for Neon Hemlock, and I was like I want this on a shirt! And like at this point I feel like 60% of my wardrobe is Neon Hemlock tank tops, so. I'm not only a client, I'm also the president. K: [laughing] R: Yeah. d: Yeah. R: Yeah so I mean there are ways to do this from small to large, you can put up a CafePress shop. I have actually, I forget who I saw recently was putting up merchandise online through one of these print on demand shops, and people were getting excited - oh it was Malka! Malka Older. Dr. Malka Older. She had Infomocracy related t-shirts and coffee mugs and all that kind of stuff and people were like ‘what! Where's the link?!' and getting excited about it on Twitter. I'm sure that resulted in a few sales. R: And then there's printing or having your own SWAG made, and you take it to a conference and you hand it out as part of rubbing elbows with the readers and the book-signing group kind of thing. And then there's Kickstarter rewards where you kinda have to - I don't know who started the stretch goals, but you gotta love them but you also kinda wanna hunt them down and throttle them. Because now people go ‘well this is exciting! But they're out of stretch goals, so I guess they're happy now and they don't want any more money for their campaign.' d: I think that's like a fundamental misunderstanding with Kickstarter though. Like I've had plenty of people, like I've sent them a link to a Kickstarter and be like ‘oh well you made your goals, so you don't need me to pre-order.' And it's like ‘but I'd still really like it if you did!' K: We could use more money. [chuckling] R: If you support this now, you won't forget to buy it later when it comes out. d: Well it also means you have the money to print it beforehand - R [overlapping]: Yeah. d: - which is pretty critical. R: Yeah, exactly. ‘Cause dave's books are very well produced, they are not POD one cover texture, they are not the typical POD interior pages either, like the paper quality is - dave is hand-selecting these things, and proofing them, and showing them to his friends in the morning writing Slack. K: [laughing] d: We do a lot of show and tell. R: We had show and tell this morning, it was great. d: I keep trying to see if people can see like, can you tell it's embossed? R: [laughing] K: [laughing] R: So there's lots of stages. I don't want anyone to feel pressured to generate oracle coins right out of the gate. d: But I'd buy them. R: But dave's ready to buy them, along with your band t-shirts. [chuckling] And if you want inspiration, just check out the Kickstarter stretch goals for Neon Hemlock, the tie-in merchandise for the anthologies that he does. And it's always nice and cozy to think of a publisher that is enjoying the stories as much as the readers will, and feeling inspired by them to create stuff, and then having the authority for that to be official stuff is also really cool. But yeah, an author, a publisher, small press - K: It's very doable. It just depends on how much you wanna do. R: How much you feel comfortable doing what you're excited to do, and if you're not excited by a thing I would say don't do it. K: Yeah. Definitely. ‘Cause it's not gonna get better once you start. R: And it's not cheaper if you don't love it. d [chuckling]: And like I said, if anyone ever has questions about how to get started and wants to reach out, I'm happy to at least give you the initial walk-through. K: Well along those lines, dave, where can everyone find you? d: Neon Hemlock's at neonhemlock.com, and also just neonhemlock all one word at all the socials. And then my personal Twitter would be, it's SlickHop. S-l-i-c-k-h-o-p. Oh and I'm at dave-ring.com. R: So thank you dave so much for coming on! d: Thanks for having me. R: And all those links will be in the show notes in the transcript and everything. K: Check out dave's upcoming projects, ‘cause Rekka is in a couple of them. R: That's not the only reason to do it though. There's a lot of people - I am - d: [laughing] K: Absolutely not the only reason. R: I am thrilled to be on this table of contents. It's a very good table of contents. K [overlapping]: [laughing] R: And the oracle deck I cannot wait to hold in my hand, I cannot wait to spill it out over this bandana which is actually an altar cloth, and flip that coin, and all the good stuff. I am really looking forward to seeing all these things that you've teased on camera in person, and I can't wait to see how you're gonna top it for the next anthology! d: Aaaaaah! Pressure! K [overlapping]: [laughing] R: Well with the 3D figures that you've already - d: These are secrets! No one tell anyone, that's a secret. R: Okay we won't tell anyone, we promise. d: [laughing] K: Everyone who listens to this, you're not allowed to tell anyone. d: Shhhhh. R: Forget everything you heard. Except the good advice. K: Yes. R: Alright. d: And maybe my website. R: Yes. dave-ring.com, neonhemlock.com, and, hey! neonapothecary.com while you're out there. d: True. R: Give that chandler his due. d and K: [laughing] R: We will have a new episode in two weeks, and in the meantime you can find us at @WMBcast, you can find us at Patreon.com/WMBcast, and you can leave a rating and review on your podcast apps because we basically exist to breathe those in and smell the scents and not be creepy about it at all. K: That's a candle we need. R: Rate us highly please, and we will talk to you next time. Thanks everyone for listening!
In the 100th episode of GHOULISH, Max Booth III is murdered with a poisoned egg—potentially by a previous guest of the podcast. Andrew Hilbert takes over hosting duties and investigates the crime by analyzing over 30 eulogies sent in following the news of Max's death. Did one of these psychotic sons of bitches kill him? Listen and find out. Featuring Jon Lovitz, Kelby Losack, Cynthia Pelayo, Todd Keisling, Miguel Villa, Zach Chapman, Josh Malerman, Jessica Leonard, Lucas Mangum, Joshua Chaplinsky, Jessica McHugh, Sarah Read, Stephen Graham Jones, Betty Rocksteady, W. P. Johnson, Alan Baxter, B.R. Yeager, John Baltisberger, John Wayne Comunale, Brian Asman, Danger Slater, Frank Edler, Zachary Ashford, Michael Allen Rose, Hailey Piper, David Leo Rice, Armand Rosamilia, Jay Wilburn, Tony McMillen, Jonathan Raab, Briana Morgan, Lisa Quigley, Bob Pastorella, Michael David Wilson, and Lori Michelle. Browse the books on our webstore. Support us on Patreon. "Ghoulish Theme Song" by Heathenish Kid
For episode 48 I have a conversation with a young and upcoming voice in the rising Queer horror movement. Of course, queer horror is nothing new Clive Barker and Poppy Z. Brite were out voices as far back as the 80s and 90s but exciting new things are happening in this space and Hailey has become a leader in the movement based on the strength of Her novella The Worm and His Kings which is an early favorite for a favorite read of the year already. Hailey Piper writes horror and dark fantasy and is a member of the Horror Writers Association. Her other titles include Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, and Benny Rose, the Cannibal King. Her short fiction appears in such places as Year's Best Hardcore Horror, The Arcanist, Flash Fiction Online, Daily Science Fiction, Tales to Terrify, Blood Bath Literary Zine, and lots of other spaces. In this conversation, we talk about Hailey's early and modern influences, her early books, and her new collection. Then we dive into a spoiler-free and spoiler-tastic look at The Worm and His Kings. Don't worry there is a warning but you can listen to most of the interview without concern of spoilers. If you want to support the podcast, please like and subscribe. Write reviews and share links to interviews. I don't ask for money but if you want to support my efforts my books are listed below and you get a book out of it. Thanks! •You can find my books here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/david-agranoff Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW •And me here: Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/
Hailey Piper is an American author. Her latest book is Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy.
Hailey and I talk about genre-smashing horror, galaxy brain conceptions of gender, and her fantastic new collection Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy. Note that there are spoilers for one story from the collection, "The Burning of the Blueberries", in the second half, but I provide a warning in advance and the rest of the episode is spoiler free. Buy Unfortunate Elements: https://bookshop.org/books/unfortunate-elements-of-my-anatomy/9781990082016
talks HELLRAISER with us. We discuss pleasure/pain, Barker's influence on LGBTQ writers, Kirsty's strong character arc, Jesus imagery, and why the Cenobites aren't demons.
"The Inheritance Thread" by Hailey Piper can be found in Volume 1, Issue 2 of Love Letters to Poe.
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