Podcast appearances and mentions of kristi petersen schoonover

Kristi Petersen Schoonover's stories have appeared in many publications, including Generation X-ed, Horror Library Volume 7, Lovecraftian Microfiction Volumes 6 & 7, Wicked Creatures, Crow & Cross Keys, Dancing in the Shadows: An Anne Rice Tribute Anthology, Dead Stars & Stone Arches, and others; work is forthcoming in Out of Time: True Paranormal Encounters. Her novel, Bad Apple, will get a 10th anniversary release this year, and her short story collection, The Shadows Behind, will be followed by a second collection in 2024. She is also currently curating the anthology Wicked Sick for Wicked Creative. She holds an MFA from Goddard College, has held three Norman Mailer Writers Colony residencies, is founding editor of the journal 34 Orchard, is a board member of the New England Horror Writers and is co-chair of the Horror Writers Association's Connecticut Chapter. She lives in the Connecticut woods, where she enjoys watching birds with her husband, Nathan.    From the time that Kristi was a child, she had full access to the library in her dad's den which contained  1970s thrillers like Jaws, Stepford Wives, Rosemary's Baby. We talk about Kristi's childhood, as she weathered her mother's illness and death and had to grow up quickly to take care of her siblings. Only later did she come to realize that her childhood “wasn't normal” - but growing up this way strengthened her multitasking abilities to resiliency in weathering destabilization (which came in handy during the pandemic).     Kristi is an experienced writer and literary magazine editor and this conversation is incredibly valuable for any writer who wants insight from both sides of the submission process. Keep up with her writing, literary journal and news at the links below:   Keep up with Kristi Website: https://kristipetersenschoonover.com/ Facebook & Instagram: @kpschoonover   Recent: “Floor Song Tango” in Out of Time: True Paranormal Encounters by Timber Press “Beware Burning Snow” in Siren's Call   Published:  The Shadows Behind This Poisoned Ground “A Bone to Pick” in Toasted Cheese Literary Journal  Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World   34 Orchard: https://34orchard.com/   Read Kristi's archive of work online: https://kristipetersenschoonover.com/where-to-read-me/   Recommendations:  Books: Jaws, Peter Benchley Stepford Wives, Ira Levin Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin The Sweet By and By, Jeanne Mackin Movies: Nope, Jordan Peele Get Out, Jordan Peele Midsommar, Ari Aster Hereditary, Ari Aster The Witch, Robert Eggers Fire of Love, Sara Dosa

Kristi Petersen Schoonover's short fiction has been featured in The Adirondack Review, Orca Lit, Barbaric Yawp, The Illuminata, Carpe Articulum Literary Review, Afternoon, I Like Monkeys, New Witch Magazine, MudRock: Stories & Tales, and many, many others; by far, however, her favorite short pieces are those she wrote specifically for anthologies as diverse as Unnatural Tales of the Jackalope, Generation X-ed, ForNever After, Dancing in the Shadows: An Anne Rice Tribute Anthology, Dead Stars & Stone Arches: A Collection of Utah Horror, Out of Time: True Paranormal Encounters, Ghastly Gastronomy, and Bugs. Where you can find Kristi online: Website Twitter LinkedIn

I rip back the comforter and there, on his left arm, I see it. His skin. His human skin is melting. It's literally dripping, puddling, soaking the sheets. Beneath the liquefying skin is a horror I'd never imagined. It's clear, like freshly-made ice cubes, and I can see the ghosts of his muscles twitching, his veins pulsing and the blood inside them quickening. A patch of skin near his elbow shrinks away like an accelerated film of thawing lake ice. “February Thaw" by Kristi Petersen Schoonover was published in Horror Library, Volume 7: https://amzn.to/3Nu7nMT Listen on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Mo1aRa Google, Apple, Spotify, and more: https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/don-t-fall-asleep-podcast Narrator - Spencer Dillehay: https://www.spencerdillehay.com/ More from Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover: Website: www.kristipetersenschoonover.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kpschoonover/ Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xM74Gy 34 Orchard Literary Magazine: www.34orchard.com The Shadows Behind: http://bit.ly/shadowsbehind Praise for Horror Library: "Excellent stories of the highest caliber." --Dread Central "Uniformly well-crafted and original." --Rue Morgue Magazine "Impactful tales that throw the rules of both reality and genre fiction out the window." --Fearnet (Chiller TV) Blood Bound Books - Summer Sale Artist for Don't Fall Asleep logo Andrej Bartulovic "Maggot Meister": https://www.facebook.com/AllThingsRot... #scarystories #mythology #dontfallasleep #darkfiction #shortstories #creepystories #audiobooks #scaryaudiobooks #horror #readhorror #listentohorror As Amazon affiliates, we may earn from qualifying purchases --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blood-bound-books2/support

Please join Marsha Casper Cook on June 16th at 4EST 3CST 2MT for a great discussion with Trish Wilson, Angela Yuriko Smith, Elaine Pascale, and Rebecca Rowland about a new Anthology honoring the late Anne Rice. A tribute to author Anne Rice, 19 authors show their love to the Queen of Horror with a collection of Gothic tales inspired by her legacy. A charity anthology with all proceeds to benefit the Animal Rescue of New Orleans in honor of Anne Rice, whose fondness for animals was well known. Edited by Elaine Pascale and Rebecca Rowland with a foreword by Lisa Kröger. Authors include C.W. Blackwell, Morgan Sylvia, Greg Herren, Holly Rae Garcia, Douglas Ford, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Gordon B. White, Tim Mendees, Stephanie Ellis, Scotty Milder, Holley Cornetto, Lamont A. Turner, KC Grifant, Lee Andrew Forman, Anthony S. Buoni, Trish Wilson, Angela Yuriko Smith, Christine Lajewski and E. F. Schraeder. Link to the book For more info on the show or if you'd like to be a guest please let us know Marsha Casper Cook's info  

 Its Halloween time again and friend-of-the-show Kristi is back to talk about the Haunted Mansion, and beyond.  Come and take a listen to the darker side of the park, and hear some fun ghost-oriented stories. (with apologies, the podcast this week is a little long at 41 minutes, but I think you will find its well worth your time!) These are the scenes from the Haunted Mansion that we discuss:  Kristi references a video of the haunted mansion with some alterations. You can see "The Haunted Mansion: Hatbox Ghost Edition" at Vimeo.com/26227940 Great Expectations is available at The Gutenberg Project , for free. Here are the Top 5 creepy things, in the Magic Kingdom, but not in the Haunted Mansion: #5 Platypuses with Eggs (Its a Small World) #4 Tiki Totems (Enchanted Tiki Room) #3 Pirate on the Ship (Pirates of the Caribbean) #2 Injun Joe's Cave (Tom Sawyer's Island) #1 Tiger's glowing eyes in Shirley Temple's (Jungle Cruise) Bad Apple, was just released by Vagabondage Press Books and is available everywhere in print and all e-book formats. You can find it here:http://bit.ly/BadAppleKPS. (Remember 50% of the proceeds are being donated to charity) Her newest scary story, "The Thing Inside," is in an anthology called Unnatural Tales of the Jackalope, available from Western Legends Press in both Paperback and Kindle on Amazon. If you want to see the book trailers for either of these, they're on Kristi's website here: http://kristipetersenschoonover.com/trailers/ A ghost story writer who still sleeps with the lights on, Kristi Petersen Schoonover’s fiction has appeared in countless magazines and anthologies. She holds an MFA from Goddard College, has received three Norman Mailer Writers Colony Residencies, is editor for Read Short Fiction, and hosts the Scary Scribes podcast for Paranormal, Eh? Radio Network in Canada. Her work Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole is a collection of ghost stories set in Disney Parks; her horror novel, Bad Apple, is now available from Vagabondage Press Books. She’s also a member of the New England Horror Writers Association. More info: www.kristipetersenschoonover.com.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

  Overview: I welcome back to the show Kristi Petersen Schoonover.  She's here to share a few not-so-well-known urban legends that include some ghost story-type elements.  Put on your headphones and have a listen! Notes: Maybe it is just a trick of the light, but who knows?  The stories are fun, in any case. Kristi Petersen Schoonover has been going to WDW since the 1970s, and her favorite ride of all time was If You Had Wings—but since that’s long gone, the Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain, and the Peoplemover top her list. Her collection, Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole, is a collection of ghost stories set in Disney Parks. Her novel, Bad Apple, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in December 2012, and her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies. She lives in the Connecticut woods with her husband, occult specialist Nathan Schoonover, and still sleeps with the lights on. www.kristipetersenschoonover.com ------ Thrill Ride, by Bruce Kimmel: http://a.co/bdCwtlc Escape from Tomorrow (all formats): http://a.co/gv2D4Yx Dark Discussions podcast episodes on Escape from Tomorrow:              Part 1: http://www.darkdiscussions.com/Pages/podcast_144.html             Part 2: http://www.darkdiscussions.com/Pages/podcast_145.html Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World: http://amzn.to/SkeletonsPrint 5 Disneyland Ghosts Caught on Video:  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

 Because we are getting close to Halloween, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite attractions in the Magic Kingdom: the Haunted Mansion. Joining me on this podcast is Kristi Petersen Schoonover who has her own blog http://kristipetersenschoonover.com which delves into the infamous Mansion and the stories behind the story, and more. Its a fun look at something that is appropriate for this time of year. Along the way, we discuss a site called http://davelandweb.com/ in which that Dave shows pictures of items in the Haunted Mansion. You can find her book at Amazon.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daves-disney-view/message

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. The party to end all parties. When the end of the world happens, why not go out in a bang. An afternoon all day rave. That's what the new film, These Final Hours, by Australian director/screenwriter Zak Hilditch seems to focus on; a quest by the lead character James (played by genre favorite, Nathan Phillips). He wants to get to this party after a meteor strikes Europe and a ball of fire is only twelve hours away to finish off Australia and the rest of the world. Not post-apocalyptic, but completely apocalyptic. James, a young man, depressed at the fate of himself and mankind, leaves his lover to head to his friend's end of the world party. Drink, drugs, sex ... a place to disappear into pleasure before death. But on his way he saves a young girl from a horrible end and suddenly he's put into a quandary: should he use his last hours alive essentially to pass the time or should he instead do something meaningful. Just maybe his own belief system has given him little choice. Part thriller, part human drama, These Final Hours asks more questions about not only one man's "journey" but essentially the human condition as a whole. Nathan Phillips (Wolf Creek, Chernobyl Diaries, Dying Breed) channels James and his story of the prodigal son and the existential passage to deliverance that ultimately the character seeks. Dark Discussions along with guest host, author Kristi Petersen Schoonover, discuss their thoughts on this intense thriller focusing on the end of the world. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. A film written and directed by a publicist? Is that possible? Well, yeah, especially when that person has written some pretty decent cult genre films prior, including 2008's slasher film, Sweatshop, listed as the best horror film of the year by the review website, Horrorphilia. Now in his directorial debut, Ted Geoghegan has put together the film, We Are Still Here, a supernatural bloodbath that has gotten great reviews from the Los Angeles Times, AV Club, Rex Reed, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, and the Village Voice. When middle aged couple Paul and Anne leave the city and move to a rural town in Massachusetts, they expect to escape the memories of the death of their adult son from a tragic car accident. But odd things begin to happen in their new home. The boiler seems to be overheating and leaving off an awful smell, and Anne begins to think she feels the presence of the ghost of their son in the house. However, is their something more involved with the oddities in their new life? The film takes place in 1979 which fits perfectly with the throwback experience to the B-films of the era including those from Europe. Refreshingly, the cast feels more realistic being middle aged and having none of the supermodel twenty-somethings cast as teenagers. With a brooding first two acts and a final act that heads straight down to grindhouse madness, We Are Still Here feels oddly fresh. Comparisons to Ti West's House of the Devil seem apt. Dark Discussions, with author Kristi Petersen Schoonover joining in, discuss their thoughts. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Some love him and some don't, but Guillermo Del Toro for the record does make films that folks seem to talk about. With his love of magical realism, dark fantasy, and comic book flair, his films seem to grab a large cult following if not the large audience both he and producers seem to expect. Not surprisingly there is a running joke that his name is attached to everything under the sun but with his type of imagination, it's not surprising. His 2006 film, Pan's Labyrinth, was one of those genre films that seemed to break the mold and get a critical response more positive than most. Being a period piece, the idea that the lead character may be an unreliable narrator, and the film's fantastical setting could just be something within a young girl's imagination gave it more a literary panache than the normal genre film. In some ways it was less a genre film than it was marketed as. Dark Discussions' co-host, Abe, chose this one as a potential topic for the podcast and our listeners agreed by voting for it in our user choice poll. Joining us is author Kristi Petersen Schoonover who, just as co-host Mike, had never seen the film until right before recording the episode. Now nine years since its release, here another take on what some say is Del Toro's best film. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Jurassic Park is now iconic. One of the very first examples of modern CGI, the film and its two follow ups amazed both young and old with bringing to life dinosaurs to the big screen in a way never seen before. But the two books in the series written by Michael Crichton were the start of it all and not only did they bring us dinosaurs, they brought us the technology on how it was all possible. Now twenty-five years since the publication of the book, the latest film in the franchise, Jurassic World, is upon us. One thing everyone had wanted to see within the series is the working theme park with live and active dinosaurs. Jurassic World, now years later since the original tragedy that occurred in the first film, is just that. A theme park and zoo combined, Jurassic World brings the experience of another time right to the feet of its patrons. But with modern technology, genetically enhanced dinosaurs are being made and unfortunately for everyone involved, playing God just may be a bit too dangerous. Starring Chris Pratt in a role that has made him a star, and Bryce Dallas Howard in a part that may finally be the breakout role that everyone has been waiting for, the film has become the largest grossing opening weekend film world wide ever. With its favorable reviews and audiences raving over the movie, Jurassic World has become an instant sensation and most likely the biggest film of the year. Hear your co-hosts with special guest author Kristi Petersen Schoonover discuss this summer blockbuster. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Michael Crichton, one of the top science fiction and techno-thriller authors of all time, known for creating the highly successful television series ER, was at the top of his game back in 1990, when he wrote Jurassic Park, one of the most popular novels at the end of the last century. With biogenetics and DNA testing growing at exponential rates, this cautionary tale, some say, not only began the discussion of whether it was right for man to play "God" but also brought it to the "dinner table" so to speak. The novel is about the company InGen owned by billionaire John Hammond. After finding the DNA of dinosaurs in blood left behind by ancient mosquitoes that were preserved in tree sap, his company is able to clone dinosaurs. Soon he imagines a giant theme park where folks could come to visit. Bringing in some leading scientists and mathematicians to view the soon-to-be opened park, something goes wrong that could jeopardized the concept never mind all their lives. The book became a blockbuster film and soon a sequel to the book was written along with two follow up films. Dark Discussions talks about this part of Michael Crichton's career, his relationship with director Stephen Spielberg, and the legacy of the franchise today. With the new film, Jurassic World, now out, what better time to discuss the original franchise. Special guest, author Kristi Petersen Schoonover, joins your co-hosts to talk about the two films. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Festival circuits have brought numerous independent and foreign films to the attention of both genre fans and in some cases distribution companies. Some movies that got incredible buzz in the past were You're Next, The Lords of Salem, and Red, White, and Blue to just name a handful. Last year there were two films that were overwhelmingly given fantastic reviews before the masses were even able to see them. One was the Australian film Babadook and the other was a small Michigan made film entitled It Follows. When Jamie, a young woman, decides to consummate her relationship with her boyfriend, she suddenly discovers that something or someone is following her. No matter where she goes, she isn't able to escape from the ever present "it". Soon she recruits her friends and sister to help her flee from this unwanted threat. Yet she begins to wonder if she will ever be safe again. Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, It Follows was to get a limited release on Friday the 13th in March 2015 but after it made over six figures in four theaters, the film's VOD release was dropped and eventually the film has expanded to over 1,600 theaters in the US alone. It Follows, one of the most highly anticipated horror films in years, is now reviewed by Dark Discussions. Will they agree with what author Kristi Petersen Schoonover says is "the best thing I've seen in years"? Listen and find out. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Ed Sanchez, one of the co-director's of The Blair Witch Project, has been quite prolific since that ridiculously huge indy hit. Though he hasn't gotten a wide release of his films since, he has directed a number of gems including Altered, Lovely Molly (which Dark Discussions states was the second best film of 2012), and a segment of V/H/S 2. Each was either written or co-written by Jamie Nash. As with Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett or Jim Mickle and Nick Damici, the two seem to be a pretty dang good team. Their new film, 2014's Exists, is actually the third film this year about a sasquatch, or better known as Bigfoot. Shot in the found footage style, the film is about a group of five young adults that head out in that oh so common cabin in the woods for fun and sun. But one of them brought a bunch of cameras along since the area of Texas they are in is known as a sighting of the mysterious and legendary monster. With a quick setup, a short intro, and some spooky music by composer Nima Fakhrara, the film becomes a nonstop ride that doesn't let up until the very end. Dark Discussions is joined by Kristi Petersen Schoonover, author of Bad Apple and Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole, to discuss this new film by the duo. Is it better than the prior two Bigfoot films from this year? Is it more than that and actually a top genre/horror film of the year? Your co-hosts discuss the movie and where it stands up against other Bigfoot films as well as genre cinema as a whole. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Episode 145 is a direct follow up to Episode 144. Unlike the prior recording, here we go into depth on the new guerrilla film, Escape From Tomorrow, which was filmed mostly on the sly in both Disney World and Disney Land. While hiding right out in the open from Disney security, director Randy Moore and his film's cast were able to get enough footage to create an entire horror film. Guest host Kristi Petersen Schoonover, the author of the ghost story collection Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole: Tales From Haunted Disney, joins Dark Discussions. With her expertise on all things Walt Disney, she lets us know the layouts of where everything is filmed both from researching the film but also her amazing knowledge of the parks themselves. Escape From Tomorrow seems like two films in one. The first half is a dark character study of a middle aged man sinking into a midlife crisis while the second half is a surreal film of either his mental breakdown or a supernatural happening that may be surrounding him. Some of your co-hosts think the film definitely has an art house feel to it, but the main thing is the film is more than its guerilla filmmaking gimmick. Either way, the film is available right now on Netflix and worth checking out so you can make your own judgment. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Part time co-host, author Kristi Petersen Schoonover, joins Dark Discussions on a two part episode about a very interesting film entitled Escape From Tomorrow. The film, directed by new talent Randy Moore, was able to film a majority of the movie within Walt Disney's amusement parks, something that has never been done before. Co-host Abe calls it guerilla film making. And yet the film is very much complete, and it is as far away from a rough cut that a movie can be. Kristi, the author of the ghost story collection Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole: Tales From Haunted Disney World, is not only an expert on Disney, the company, the films, and the amusement parks, but she brings an insight to a movie that she calls more a "magical fantasy" than the horror genre that it has been marketed as. With Kristi included, Dark Discussions answers listeners questions directly related to all that's Disney as well as the main topic. Things discussed include Disney villains, unintentional creepy protagonists, what makes Small World in some ways as scary as Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion, scary parts of Disney movies, among other things before we discuss Escape From Tomorrow, a film that everyone can watch right now on Netflix. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Australians, director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell, came roaring onto the film scene with the 2004 movie Saw. The film cost less than $2,000,000 USD to make and went on to gross over $100,000,000 USD. With Insidious, another low budget horror film from 2011, this collaboration resulted in another huge success. Now in 2013, off on his own, James Wan returns with The Conjuring, a film based off a case by real ghost hunters, Ed and Lorraine Warren, best known for their work on the Amityville, New York case. The Conjuring takes place in Rhode Island where a family moves into an old yet quaint farm house. Soon however things turn bad. Unexplained activity, the sudden passing of the family dog, and the eventual contact with a supernatural being causes them to seek out the Warrens. Immediately, the ghost hunters determine that everything is not right. Dark Discussions is joined by two guest hosts. Nate Schoonover, demonologist and occult researcher, seen on Arts and Entertainment, appears with his wife Kristi Petersen Schoonover, author of the fantastic dark novel, Bad Apple, and the horror collection, Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole (among others). They discuss the real Conjuring case and the Warrens with your co-hosts. And the movie itself? Hear two experts help analyze one of the biggest horror films of 2013. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

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Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. On April 26th, 1986, near Pripyat, Ukraine, a human error occurred which caused the Chernobyl nuclear power plant #4 to explode and release radiation into the atmosphere. At the time it was classified as the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history. The area was afterwards considered uninhabitable. Today, years later, nature has reclaimed the area where plants and animals now live as if it were the wilderness. Oren Peli, the creator of the Paranormal Activity film franchise, wrote and produced the 2012 film entitled Chernobyl Diaries. The film includes such up-and-coming stars as Olivia Taylor Dudley and Devin Kelley as well as being directed by visual effects expert Bradley Parker who has worked on such films as Fight Club and Let Me In. The film, Chernobyl Diaries, is where a group of six foreign tourists are taken to Pripyat on what the tour guide calls an extreme tour to see the site firsthand decades later and learn the history about the disaster. However, our guide and group of six tourists are suddenly left stranded when their vehicle appears sabotaged. The film was just released for home theaters. Dark Discussions co-hosts Mike and Phil are joined by special guest Kristi Petersen Schoonover to discuss this horror film and the history behind Chernobyl and the Cold War. Other topics include the use of tragedy as a backdrop for both historical and exploitation film; radiation and nuclear power; the failure of the film at the box office; and how remarkable the film portrays atmosphere. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

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My guests are: Author, Kristi Petersen Schoonover ("Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole") To hear this show: http://www.latalkradio.com/Sheena.php For more info: http://www.sheenametalexperience.com

Kristi’s short fiction has been featured in The Adirondack Review, Barbaric Yawp, The Illuminata, Chick Flicks, Afternoon, The Circle, Citizen Culture, I Like Monkeys, New Witch Magazine, MudRock – Stories & Tales, Waxing & Waning, Wrong World’s multi-media anthology, I’m Going to Tell You One More Time, and many, many others.Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World, a collection of ghost stories set in Disney Parks, is now available atwww.haunteddisneytales.com , Amazon and all the usual outlets under the imprint Admit One Literary Theme Park Press. Her short story, Doors, appears in Carpe Articulum Literary Review‘s Fall 2010 issue.She is the host of the Dead Letters paranormal fiction segment on The Ghostman & Demon Hunter Show, an editor for Read Short Fiction, and the recipient of Norman Mailer Writers Colony Winter 2010 and 2011 Residencies.Her horror novel Bad Apple is forthcoming from Vagabondage Books in late 2011.Download G&D 03-13-11

On this episode of the Ghostman and Demon Hunter Show we get ready for the holidays as we discuss the Krampus Run. In honor of Walt Disney’s birthday we talk with our very own Kristi Petersen Schoonover as she discusses her new book SKELETONS IN THE SWIMMIN’ HOLE – Tales from haunted Disney World.  http://kristipetersenschoonover.com/Then we are joined by our guest Darren Wayne Evens. Darren tells us all about how they found the famed two sided Ouija board, how he was introduced to the ZoZo Entity and what cool new things we can look forward to like the I Am ZoZo movie. Also for we play the music his upcoming movie for the first time ever right her on the G&D show. http://zozotheouijaspirit.blogspot.com/Download G&D 12-05-10 mp3

Tonight: fiction author, teacher, and radio personality.Kristi Petersen Schoonover! Kristi joins us to chat and discuss her latest book "Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World". Check her out at www.kristipetersenschoonover.com.