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Hosts Alex Simmons and Chris Ryan welcome the award-winning author and editor, James Aquilone. Prepare to dive deep into the world of graphic novels, zombie detectives, and the art of successful Kickstarter campaigns. James Aquilone takes us on a journey from the unexpected success of his nearly 200-page color hardcover graphic novel, which garnered accolades such as the Stoker Awards and the Imagining Awards, to his passion for reviving classic horror and pulp fiction. We'll uncover the origins of his iconic Dead Detective Society, explore the challenges and triumphs of fundraising, and learn about the birth of Monstrous Books and the retro-inspired magazine Monstress. Have any questions or comments? Then please leave them in the Comments Section. Write: TTDSOnAir@gmail.com And follow us on ... @Tell The Damn Story www.Facebook.com/Tell The Damn Story Youtube.com/ Tell The Damn Story If you're enjoying these episodes, take a moment to help wet our whistle and just... Buy Me A Coffee!
Episode 103 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, the podcast about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it for ourselves, and staying healthy and sane in the process… features a conversation with the horror and horrific fantasy author Thom Carnell. “Thom Carnell is a writer whose fiction has been featured in Swank magazine (adult content), Carpe Noctem magazine, and in the horror anthology Bloody Carnival from Pill Hill Press. He is best known for his insightful interviews and profiles in Carpe Noctem, Fangoria magazine, and on Dread Central & Twitchfilm.com. His novels (No Flesh Shall Be Spared, No Flesh Shall Be Spared: Don’t Look Back, and the upcoming Monolith Records) and short story collections (Moonlight Serenades, A String of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Horror Book, Tales from the Lazaretto, and the upcoming Open Late) are available through Amazon.com and Crossroad Press. Carnell is a graduate of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and worked as a certified eye enucleist and a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist. He lives in Bellingham, WA.” — adapted from Thom’s website at https://www.thomcarnell.com. Our extensive talk explores the connection between horror and humor, the lingering creative influence of early trauma and exposure to mortality, marketing cross-genre work, building a community of readers, the perspective and experience that comes with age, and lots, lots more. Also, your host tries to run a giveaway, and makes an offer. This episode was recorded on June 24, 2024. The interview portion was recorded on January 24, 2024. Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode My latest work of fiction is “Reggie vs Kaiju Storm Dragon Squidbat.” Who was Esther Williams? What’s all this about bathing beauties? Fantasist Clive Barker is mentioned a few times in this episode. Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder comes up. Who is Jeffery Combs? Ike Quebec and Buddy Collette were American jazz saxophonists. Jazz big band composer Duke Ellington on keeping a band together (video clip). The Stoker Awards. Rodney Dangerfield was a well-loved genius among comedians. Horror author Jack Ketchum. Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including J. C. Hutchins, Zoë Kohen Ley, Jim Lewinson, Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, and Charles Anderson! I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron! One of the perks of being a patron Multiversalist is receiving the uncut, unedited edition of every podcast episode. This time around, patrons get to hear almost forty minutes of additional conversation between Thom Carnell and myself. There’s a lot of good stuff I had to “cut for time” for the public episode! Become a patron and hear the rest! Every month net earnings from my Multiversalist patron memberships is at least $100, I will donate 10% to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let’s go! This episode has extra content only available for patron members of the Multiversalists community! If you're a patron member at the Bronze level or above, please log in! Click here to learn more about the benefits of membership. This content is by Matthew Wayne Selznick and came from his website.
With special guest, Lynne Shaner! Eric talks Chengdu on YouTube. Plus, Wil Wheaton rips Larry David over his assault on Elmo, Apple TV continues to dominate sci fi, L.A. emerges as the only contender to host worldcon in 2026, the Stoker Awards have a scandal of their own, and Nolan Whyte is really on top of things with this year's Hugo voting. Christopher Priest gets poured a Cold One. The Wisconsin legislature is considering a bill to establish a film and TV promotion office. (Please, help make this happen!) Thomas Monday investigates the absurd claims of Jon Del Arroz in The Stupid Files. And, unfortunately, Past Eric gives a call on his temporal phone.
I had a second great conversation on Keepin It Real w/Caramel Podcast "As We Say 100" with Jennifer Anne Gordon. Jennifer and I spoke back in 2021. It was great to catch up with her to see what she has going on. Jennifer is very funny and amazing to speak with, and by the end of our conversation, we both decided we will have a comedy tour sponsored by our publicist, Mickey Mikkelson. Now, all about Jennifer Anne Gordon - Jennifer is an award-winning author and popular host of the Vox Vomitus podcast. Her novel Beautiful Frightening and Silent won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, Best Horror 2020 from Authors on the Air, and was a finalist for American Book Fest's Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. It also received the Platinum 5 Star Review from Reader's Choice as well as the Gold Seal from Book View. Her latest novel Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022, the Kindle Award for Best Novel of the Year (Reader's Choice), as well as the Gold Medal from Literary Titan. Jennifer is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association (where she serves on a jury for the Stoker Awards) and is the Agents and Editors chair of the New England Crime Bake Committee. Her upcoming collection, The Japanese Box and Other Stories, was published in August of 2023 (Last Waltz Publishing) she is also a featured essayist in Let Grief Speak by Diane Zinna (Columbia University Press 2024).Her personal essays on grief, trauma, and horror have been published in The Horror Tree, Ladies of Horror Fiction, The Nerd Daily, and Reader's Entertainment Magazine. The Japanese Box horror novel is the newest collection for Jennifer. A SYNOPSIS ABOUT THE BOOK: Simulacrum is a dark comedic tale about college life and love. It is the story of what happens when two sociopaths attend art exhibits, drink lemon vodka, and spar over everything and anything. Periods. Coloring books. Art. This is the story of our unnamed narrator... an origin story of a would-be, hopes to be, serial killer. The Japanese Box is a story that blends memoir, creative nonfiction, and the horror of a coming-of age story, and a coming of middle-aged story. Imagine growing up with a reflection that is often absent and a Japanese box that is filled with things that should never have been there. Memories. Violence. The Japanese Box is a love letter to anxiety, trauma, grief, and longing. It is a story of a child becoming an adult and all the ghosts and misfortunes that happen in order to survive. The Lithium Moon: Simone is an artist by day and an emotionally abused wife at night. She is a successful artist with a long history of schizoid effective disorder with bipolar tendencies. When her marriage goes from good to bad, she suffers her first miscarriage. The tragedy coincides with a wolf moon-trauma, and magic converge seems to converge in Simone's head. This story explores sadness, illness, hallucinations, full moons, and the creative process. What stage of grief is not a poem, or a song, but a dirge. Fantasy and facts, this poem walks a fine line between nightmares and memories. Grief stories and lovestories. Dogs and drama. Nightmares, and nevermore. The book is available worldwide in digital and paperback formats or at The Japanese Box and Other Stories: Gordon, Jennifer Anne: 9798986845135: Amazon.com: Books The Japanese Box and Other Stories: Gordon, Jennifer Anne: 9798986845135: Books - Amazon.ca - For more information you can visit her website at www.JenniferAnneGordon.com or you can go to any social media and follow Jennifer Anne Gordon. To request additional review copies or an interview with Jennifer Anne Gordon, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925. Thank you for listening to and supporting the podcast. If you want to be heard, email mscaramellucas@gmail.com or follow me on Instagram @mscaramellucas - TikTok @caramellucas - Facebook - Caramel Lucas --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caramel-lucas/message
Jennifer Anne Gordon is an award-winning author and popular host of the Vox Vomitus podcast. Her novel Beautiful, Frightening and Silent won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, Best Horror 2020 from Authors on the Air, and was a finalist for American Book Fest's Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. It also received the Platinum 5 Star Review from Reader's Choice as well as the Gold Seal from Book View. Her latest novel Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022, the Kindle Award for Best Novel of the Year (Reader's Choice), as well as the Gold Medal from Literary Titan. Jennifer is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association (where she serves on a jury for the Stoker Awards) and is the Agents and Editors chair of the New England Crime Bake Committee.Her upcoming collection The Japanese Box and Other Stories will be published in August 2023 (Last Waltz Publishing) she is also a featured essayist in Let Grief Speak by Diane Zinna (Columbia University Press 2024). Her personal essays on grief, trauma, and horror have been published in The Horror Tree, Ladies of Horror Fiction, The Nerd Daily, and Reader's Entertainment Magazine.For more information you can visit her web site:http://jenniferannegordon.comThe Japanese Box And other stories. The newest collection by Award-Winning and critically acclaimed Literary Horror author Jennifer Anne Gordon. Released and published by Last Waltz Publishing!The Douglas Coleman Show now offers audio and video promotional packages for music artists as well as video promotional packages for authors. We also offer advertising.Please see our website for complete details.http://douglascolemanshow.comIf you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below. https://ratethispodcast.com/douglascolemanshow Please help The Douglas Coleman Show continue to bring you high quality programs like this. Go to our Fundrazer page.https://fnd.us/e2CLX2?ref=sh_eCTqb8
Welcome to episode 601. We have a behemoth of an episode for you – the final tales of this year's Bram Stoker Awards. A lonely man discovers friendship in the most unlikely place. Armed with an unusual heirloom, a woman fights a plague of angels. A girl visits grandma in the nursing home of the future for a special performance. And finally, a woman finds love and heartbreak when she falls for a man of glass.COMING UPGood Evening: Contest, Stoker Awards: 00:01:06Anna Taborska's A Song for Barnaby Jones as read by Graeme Dunlop: 00:03:38J.A.W. McCarthy's The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body as read by Danielle Hewitt: 00:19:17Aaron Dries' Nona Doesn't Dance as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:53:24Mercedes M. Yardley's Fracture as read by Nicole Swanson: 01:22:51PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchBram Stoker AwardsDracula DailyDracula Daily | Pre-orderAnna TaborksaAnna Taborska on IMDBGraeme Dunlop on Twitter (@kibitzer)J.A.W. McCarthyJ.A.W. McCarthy on Twitter (@JAWMcCarthy)J.A.W. McCarthy on Instagram (@JAWMcCarthy)Aaron DriesAaron Dries on Twitter (@AaronDries)Aaron Dries on TikTok (@aarondries_writer)Krystal HammondKrystal Hammond on Twitter (@thekmhammond)Mercedes M. YardleyNicole SwansonOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegrePaul BelcherSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After attending StokerCon 2023, Nathaniel shares a little about the horror writing Bram Stoker awards. Then we dig into one of our favorite horror films of 2022, Ti West and Mia Goth's Pearl! Check out our website for merchandise, social media, and more! www.screamkingspodcast.com Check out our newest merchandise here: https://scream-kings-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Intro/Outro music: Apex by Simon Mathewson
Welcome to episode 539. This week, we have two runners-up from this year's Bram Stoker Awards. First, a down-on-her-luck woman finds a second chance at a mysterious house of ill-repute. Then, a horror author on a family outing runs afoul of the local livestock.COMING UPGood Evening: Flash Contest Closing, Stoker Awards: 00:01:06Carol Gyzander's The Yellow Crown as read by the author: 00:06:08Anna Taborska's Two Shakes of a Dead Lamb's Tail as read by Amanda Stribling: 00:31:26PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchFlash Fiction ContestStoker Awards Winners ListCarol GyzanderCarol Gyzander on Twitter (@CarolGyzander)Carol Gyzander on Instagram (@CarolGyzander)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ryan C. Bradley joins us to talk about his debut novel, SAINT'S BLOOD, guitars, and the Stoker Awards.
Legendary editor hits Philip Fracassi with tips for aspiring horror writersWe had a great conversation with legendary editor Ellen Datlow in which we discuss anthologies, tips for new writers when submitting a story, the nuts and bolts of creating a killer table of contents, and much more.Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty-five years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited more than a hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year.She's won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and was the recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for “outstanding contribution to the genre.” She was honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, as well as the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention.Datlow lives in New York and co-hosts the monthly Fantastic Fiction Reading Series at KGB Bar. More information can be found at www.datlow.com.
https://joshmalerman.com/ Josh Malerman is an American author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song "The Luck You Got" can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show "Shameless." His book Bird Box is also currently being filmed as a feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson. Bird Box was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. His books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards. VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. Host/Literary horror novelist Jennifer Anne Gordon with help from her co-host/author Allison Martine, chat with some of the best authors of the day. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.afictionalhubbard.com #voxvomitus #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodcast #livepodcast #horror #bookstagram #liveauthorinterview #voxvomituslivevideopodcast #Jennifergordon #allisonmartine #JenniferAnneGordon #AllisonMartineHubbard #AllisonHubbard #JoshMalerman #Goblin #BirdBox #HighStrung --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voxvomitus/support
In this episode, I chat with author Joe R. Lansdale about his new novel Born For Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard, Texas life, his creative family, political correctness, and martial arts. Join us; it's a fun episode!Joe R. Lansdale is the internationally bestselling author of more than fifty novels, including the popular, long-running Hap and Leonard series. Many of his cult classics have been adapted for television and film, most famously the films Bubba Ho-Tep and Cold in July and the Hap and Leonard series on Sundance TV and Netflix. Lansdale has written numerous screenplays and teleplays and has won the Edgar Award and ten Stoker Awards. He has also been designated a World Horror Grandmaster. Lansdale, like many of his characters, lives in East Texas, with his wife, Karen, and their pit bull, Nicky.Joe R. LansdaleBlood And Lemonade, Joe R. LansdaleThe Great Gatsby, F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451, Ray BradburyBooks by Flannery O'ConnorSupport the show (https://paypal.me/TheBookshopPodcast?locale.x=en_US)
Ellen Datlow has been editing sf/f/h short fiction for four decades. She was fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and SCIFICTION and currently acquires short stories and novellas for Tor.com and Nightfire. She has edited numerous anthologies for adults, young adults, and children, including The Best Horror of the Year annual series, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles. Forthcoming are When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson and the reprint anthology Body Shocks. She's won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor. Datlow was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for “outstanding contribution to the genre,” was honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, in acknowledgment of superior achievement over an entire career, and honored with the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention.Ellen DatlowKGB BarBody Shocks, Ellen Datlow, editorWhen Things Get Dark, stories inspired by Shirley Jackson, Ellen Datlow, editorEllen Datlow, Awards ListEllen Datlow, BooksTOR.COMWilliam GibsonElizabeth HandJonathan CarrollBruce Sterling on The Bookshop Podcast, episode 28 Support the show (https://paypal.me/TheBookshopPodcast?locale.x=en_US)
Josh Malerman makes his second appearance on the show to talk about writing his new novella collection, Goblin. With this format, he's been able to focus on exploring multiple tones and characterizing the setting itself through different characters while sticking to a central theme throughout the novellas. Malerman is a bestselling author who won international acclaim with his debut novel, Bird Box, which Netflix adapted into a film starring Sandra Bullock. In normal years, Josh also toured the country with his rock band, The High Strung. To preorder Goblin, follow the link below. From Amazon.com: Josh Malerman is an American author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song "The Luck You Got" can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show "Shameless." His book Bird Box is also currently being filmed as a feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson. Bird Box was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. His books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards. Whether you're traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today's publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon, as they gain unique insight and valuable advice from the most prolific and accomplished authors in the business. In this episode, you'll discover: What Clive Barker said about Goblin How to characterize your setting How different tones/perspective help add to a central theme Why Malerman works on one project at a time News on Amazon's new Vella Program Links: J. D. Barker - http://jdbarker.com/ J. Thorn - https://theauthorlife.com/ Zach Bohannon - https://zachbohannon.com/ Josh Malerman - https://joshmalerman.com/ Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas - https://mybook.to/Goblin Story Rubric - http://storyrubric.com Nonfic Rubric - http://nonficrubric.com The Career Author Summit 2021 - https://thecareerauthor.com/summit2021/ Proudly sponsored by Kobo Writing Life - https://kobowritinglife.com/ Music by Nicorus - https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep Voice Over by Rick Ganley - http://www.nhpr.com and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - http://www.millpondstudio.com Contact - https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/ *Full disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writersink/support
The Splatterpunk Awards Nominations, and the final ballot for the Stoker Awards, were both announced. Author and designer Todd Keisling joins Skip and Tom to go over the nominations. Plus Mr. Scott Reacts to the latest from Accept, Walt discusses the future of Iced Earth, Dan reacts to the new Justice League trailer, and Tom takes on Clarice.
Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song “The Luck You Got” can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show “Shameless.” His critically acclaimed novel, Bird Box has been adapted into a Netflix feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson and was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. The sequel novel, Malorie, was released earlier this year to roaring success, and his books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards.In this episode we go deep into:What it is to be an artist in today’s worldThe power of writing “the end” on your first novelJosh’s early writing journeyHow rough drafts can perform their own magicPacing yourself on larger projectsExperimenting with form and processHow consistency can aid the early writerThe different kinds of re-writesWhat it means to be a ProlificHow the act of writing is its own optimismRemaining humble under global attentionHelping others along their journeyEquality amongst artistsKeeping the momentum of a story alive for fourteen yearsGiving books for free and earning karmaWhy Josh writesJosh answers questions from Patrons:Faye Trask: How much say did you have when it came to turning Birdbox into a movie? Did you get to do anything neat like meet the actors or visit the set?Find out more about Josh:https://joshmalerman.com/https://www.instagram.com/joshmalerman/https://twitter.com/joshmalerman/https://www.facebook.com/JoshMalerman/Links from the show:https://www.danielwillcocks.comJosh Malerman’s This Is Horror interview: https://pod.link/599755380/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhpc2lzaG9ycm9yLmNvLnVrLz9wPTMxNTk3Malerman’s “Goblin”: https://books2read.com/u/b6Kvq0Malerman’s “Malorie”: https://books2read.com/u/me79aVMalerman’s “Bird Box”: https://books2read.com/u/mKywq5Get your Great Writers Share merchandise!https://www.danielwillcocks.com/merch/gwsGWS Press books:Collaboration for Authors: https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLnSpecial thanks to:Intro vocals: Persephone RoseShow theme: Karl HughesBecome a Patron of the show! Get exclusive bonus content, find your tribe, and... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In an attempt at getting Eric into the Halloween Spirit, Nic pulls up the 2020 Stoker Awards!
Authors on the Air presents this exclusive IN CONVERSATION interview with guest host author GABINO IGLESIAS (Coyote Songs) and JOSH MALERMAN (Bird Box). About Gabino: Gabino Iglesias is a writer, editor, journalist, and book reviewer living in Austin, Texas. He is the author of COYOTE SONGS, ZERO SAINTS (both from Broken River Books), and GUTMOUTH (Eraserhead Press). He is the book reviews editor at PANK Magazine, the TV/film editor at Entropy Magazine, and a columnist for LitReactor and CLASH Media. His nonfiction has appeared in places like The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the LA Times, El Nuevo Día, and other venues. About Josh: Josh Malerman is an American author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song "The Luck You Got" can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show "Shameless." His book Bird Box is also currently being filmed as a feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson. Bird Box was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. His books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards. @copyrighted. Listen on your favorite podcast app or check out all of our interviews on www.soundcloud.com/authorsontheair
Authors on the Air presents this exclusive IN CONVERSATION interview with guest host author GABINO IGLESIAS (Coyote Songs) and JOSH MALERMAN (Bird Box). About Gabino: Gabino Iglesias is a writer, editor, journalist, and book reviewer living in Austin, Texas. He is the author of COYOTE SONGS, ZERO SAINTS (both from Broken River Books), and GUTMOUTH (Eraserhead Press). He is the book reviews editor at PANK Magazine, the TV/film editor at Entropy Magazine, and a columnist for LitReactor and CLASH Media. His nonfiction has appeared in places like The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the LA Times, El Nuevo Día, and other venues. About Josh: Josh Malerman is an American author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song "The Luck You Got" can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show "Shameless." His book Bird Box is also currently being filmed as a feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson. Bird Box was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. His books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards. @copyrighted. Listen on your favorite podcast app or check out all of our interviews on www.soundcloud.com/authorsontheair
Authors on the Air presents this exclusive IN CONVERSATION interview with guest host author GABINO IGLESIAS (Coyote Songs) and JOSH MALERMAN (Bird Box). About Gabino: Gabino Iglesias is a writer, editor, journalist, and book reviewer living in Austin, Texas. He is the author of COYOTE SONGS, ZERO SAINTS (both from Broken River Books), and GUTMOUTH (Eraserhead Press). He is the book reviews editor at PANK Magazine, the TV/film editor at Entropy Magazine, and a columnist for LitReactor and CLASH Media. His nonfiction has appeared in places like The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the LA Times, El Nuevo Día, and other venues. About Josh: Josh Malerman is an American author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song "The Luck You Got" can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show "Shameless." His book Bird Box is also currently being filmed as a feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson. Bird Box was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. His books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards. @copyrighted. Listen on your favorite podcast app or check out all of our interviews on www.soundcloud.com/authorsontheair
Gustavo Reyes is flying home from Seattle with a surprise for his mom, but then, Elsie boards the plane and sits right next to him. Elsie is full of surprises.To download, right-click here and then click SaveJoin the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.Tim Pratt typically writes about love, monsters, secret societies, romance, trickster gods, terrible decisions, punching, metaphysics, nostalgia, entropy, magical anthropophagous cars, bridges to implausible realities, libraries, demonic thrift shops, cryptids, and breakfast foods, among other subjects. Most of his stories involve magic, or science, or science that could be mistaken for magic.And he's pretty good at this stuff. He won a Hugo Award for one of his stories a while back, and his short work has been nominated for World Fantasy, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Stoker Awards, too. His stories have appeared in the Best American Short Stories (Fancy!), the Year's Best Fantasy, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror – you get the idea.Go to timpratt.org to learn about more about his books and collections, or like I mentioned earlier, head over to patreon.com/timpratt to read more of his stories. Recently, in light of the Coronavirus and all the quarantines, Tim made the first year of stories on Patreon free for anyone to read. That's very cool, but you might as well toss him a buck a month to read all of his stories.Cast of characters:Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Gustavo ReyesAbigail Hilton as ElsieBria Burton as the airport gate agentMarshal Latham as the airplane pilotRelevant Links:"Dream Engine" by Tim Pratt on Journey Into (Part 1 and Part 2)The Nex by Tim Pratt at Audible.com (produced with full cast by Marshal Latham)"Impossible Dreams" by Tim Pratt on EscapepodRish Outfield's "Twilight Groan" PodcastOther Elsie Stories:"Happy Old Year" by Tim Pratt on Drabblecast"Ghostreaper" by Tim Pratt at NightmareMusic:Symmetry by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4790-symmetryLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Theme music: Liberator by Man In SpaceTo comment on this or any episode:Journey on over to the ForumsSend comments and/or recordings to journeyintopodcat@gmail.comTweet us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook hereComment directly to this post down below
Josh Malerman has a unique approach to storytelling and the creative process. During the process of selling the rights to the Bird Box movie, Malerman learned the ins-and-outs of the entertainment industry. He even started his own production company. Josh toured the country for six years with his band, The High Strung, but has since taken a break to write and enjoy life with his wife in Michigan.From Amazon.com:Josh Malerman is an American author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song "The Luck You Got" can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show "Shameless." His book Bird Box is also currently being filmed as a feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson. Bird Box was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. His books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards.Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins.Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouse, J. Thorn, as they gain unique insight and valuable advice from the most prolific and accomplished authors in the business.In this episode, you’ll discover:How Bird Box changed Malerman’s careerWhen to take calculated business risksWhy every author needs a support groupWhy you shouldn’t save your best story ideas for laterHow to be fluid with story structureWhen and why to restart a draftLinks:Josh Malerman - https://joshmalerman.com/ Bird Box (novel) - https://books2read.com/birdboxnovel Bird Box (official trailer) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2AsIXSh2xo The High Strung - https://thehighstrungmusic.com/ J. D. Barker - http://jdbarker.com/J. Thorn - https://theauthorlife.com/Music by Nicorus - https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep Voice Over by Rick Ganley - http://www.nhpr.com and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - http://www.millpondstudio.comContact - https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/ *Full disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nic and Eric talk books, the Stoker Awards and and we find out how little it takes to creep them out. Plus, reviews of films, The Addams Family and Ad Astra
David Rose spent his twenties armed in three different countries; thus bearing witness to every form of human depravity, draconian law, and unabated violence--now profitably converted into fiction. He holds a Master of Science in Philosophy of the Social Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 'Mulgara' is his latest novel will be released May 2019. John F.D. Taff is the author of more than 100 published short stories and six novels. His short story collection 'Little Deaths' was named the best horror fiction collection of 2012 by HorrorTalk. His collection of novellas, 'The End in All Beginnings', was published in 2014. Jack Ketchum called it “the best novella collection I’ve read in years,” and it was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection. His short story "A Winter's Tale" was a finalist for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction in this year's Stoker Awards. His fiction has appeared most recently in 'Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories', 'Behold: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, Shadows Over Main Street 2', and his latest short story collection 'Little Black Spots'. His epic novel 'The Fearing' will be released in 2019 by Grey Matter Press. Josh Malerman said “The Fearing isn’t only John Taff ’s best work to date, it’s the kind you put on the shelf reserved for the ones that really did something to you, emotionally, intellectually, physically.” He lives in the wilds of Illinois with one wife, two cats and three pugs. Follow him on Twitter @johnfdtaff or learn more at his blog johnfdtaff.com
The esteemed Ellen Datlow has chosen to speak with me for reasons yet unknown. I am humbled and honored. Her website states these achievements with more clarity than I ever could: "Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty-five years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited more than a hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year, Lovecraft’s Monsters, Fearful Symmetries, Nightmare Carnival, The Doll Collection, The Monstrous, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror, and Black Feathers. Forthcoming are Haunted Nights (with Lisa Morton), and Mad Hatters and March Hares (stories inspired by Alice’s Adventures in in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There). Award-Winning Editor of More Than 100 Anthologies Ellen Datlow has won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor. Ellen Datlow was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for “outstanding contribution to the genre,” was honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, in acknowledgment of superior achievement over an entire career, and honored with the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention." http://datlow.com/ Twitter: @EllenDatlow https://www.facebook.com/EllenDatlow https://www.birdscoffeecompany.com/coffees/legends-of-tabletop-legendary-brew Use Code Legends10 to get 10% off your order Theme music created by Brett Miller http://www.brettmillermusic.net/
Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty-five years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited more than ninety science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year, The Doll Collection, Black Feathers, and Mad Hatters and March Hares. Forthcoming are The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea and Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories. She's won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor. Datlow was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for "outstanding contribution to the genre," and has been honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association and by the World Fantasy Convention. She lives in New York and co-hosts the monthly Fantastic Fiction Reading Series at KGB Bar. More information can be found at www.datlow.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter as @EllenDatlow. Show Notes: The Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde Irving Stone The President's Lady Nancy Drew Note: At the 18:11 minute mark, Lisa's voice has a terrible echo; at the 20:04 minute mark, Mackenzie's voice echoes. The issue doesn't repeat throughout the rest of the episode, so bear with us! Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, coming November 2018 "Shit Happens", by Michael Marshall Smith, in The Devil and the Deep anthology "Haunt", by Siobhan Carroll, in The Devil and the Deep anthology Stephen Graham Jones "Broken Record" in The Devil and the Deep anthology Mongrels Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe Kirkus article that Ellen mentions: "How Ellen Datlow and the Authors of The Devil and the Deep Created Your Next Great Read" Jaws Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Sea Center Sir John Tenniel -- Alice in Wonderland illustrator Angela Slatter Genevieve Valentine Seanan McGuire Priya Sherma Yan Svankmajer's Alice (1988) Dreamchild (1985) Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
Brian and guest co-host Stephen Kozeniewski sit down with Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason -- the Sisters of Slaughter -- to discuss what it's like for twins to collaborate, their influences, their "sudden" success, the unique challenges facing a new generation of women in horror, the mentorship of Ronald Kelly, and much more. Then, back in the studio, Dave and Phoebe discuss the 2018 Splatterpunk Award nominees, the Stoker Awards final ballot, and Rob Zombie's plans to resurrect The Devil's Rejects.
Rajan and Devin sit down with esteemed editor, Ellen Datlow, to talk about editing, movies, horror, and doll heads. Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty-five years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited more than a hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year, Lovecraft’s Monsters, Fearful Symmetries, The Doll Collection,, The Monstrous, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror, Black Feathers, Haunted Nights (with Lisa Morton), and Mad Hatters and March Hares (stories inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There). Forthcoming are The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, and The Best of the Best (covering the first Ten volumes of the Best Horror of the Year series). She’s won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor. Datlow was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for “outstanding contribution to the genre,” was honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, in acknowledgment of superior achievement over an entire career, and honored with the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention. She lives in New York and co-hosts the monthly Fantastic Fiction Reading Series at KGB Bar. More information can be found at www.datlow.com, on Facebook, and on twitter as @EllenDatlow.
Our annual Stoker Awards special! The 2017 edition features Jason White in conversation with Best First Novel winner Tom Deady (Haven) and Monica S. Kuebler in conversation with Best YA Novel winner Maria Alexander (Snowed).
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Tom Deady is the author of Haven, which made the preliminary ballot of the 2017 Stoker Awards for Best First Novel. His second novel, Eternal Darkness, is available from Bloodshot Books. Tom has a Masters Degree in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University, and is a member of both the Horror Writers Association and the New England Horror Writers.
In this podcast Michaelbrent Collings talks about outlining stories, story ideas, the Stoker Awards and much more. About Michaelbrent Collings Michaelbrent Collings is a novelist and screenwriter. He has written numerous bestsellers, including Apparition, The Haunted, The Loon, Rising Fears, and the bestselling YA fantasy series The Billy Saga, beginning with Billy: Messenger of Powers. Show … Continue reading
Stoker Awards Special #6: Andrew Robertson interviews Michael Knost. The horror author, writer, editor, and columnist discusses mentorship, the horror writers community, inspirations, and winning the HWA Silver Hammer Award as a part of StokerCon 2016.
Stoker Awards Special #5: Andrew Robertson interviews John McIlveen.
Stoker Awards Special #4: Bill Snider interviews Nancy Kilpatrick.
Stoker Awards Special #3: Suzanne Church interviews Ellen Datlow.
Stoker Awards Special #2: Andrew Robertson interviews Patrick Frievald. Frievald discusses sharing the 2015 HWA Richard Laymon Award, being nominated for Superior Achievement in a Novel at StokerCon 2016, as well as being the social media moderator for the HWA on Facebook.
Stoker Awards Special #1: Bill Snider interviews Brad C. Hodson.
Last weekend, Desmond journeyed to Portland, Oregon, where he attended his first World Horror Convention and Stoker Awards Ceremony. This is two and a half hours of footage from said convention. The amazing personalities we meet along the way (in order of appearance) are: Derek M. Koch (from Monster Kid Radio), David Agranoff (author of Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich and co-author of Flesh Trade), Edward R. Morris (co-author of Flesh Trade), Victoria Price (daughter of Vincent Price), Jeff Strand (author and Stoker Awards emcee), James Beach (founder of Dark Discoveries magazine and now editing for Dark Regions Press), Lynne Hansen (young adult horror fiction author and director of He's Not Looking So Great and Chomp), Brian Keene (prolific author of The Rising and Ghoul and recipient of this year's Grandmaster Award), Jeff Burk (publisher of Deadite Press), Carlton Mellick III (bizarro fiction author of The Tick People and Adolf in Wonderland among many others), and White Jesus (known mainly for interrupting podcasts). There's songs as well! "Johnny Paranoid" by Sado-Nation, "Howling in the Streets" by Rat, "Face Down" by Monster Magnet, "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion, "Sick Bubble Gum" by Rob Zombie, and "Morgue than Words" by Wednesday 13. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!
Last weekend, Desmond journeyed to Portland, Oregon, where he attended his first World Horror Convention and Stoker Awards Ceremony. This is two and a half hours of footage from said convention. The amazing personalities we meet along the way (in order of appearance) are: Derek M. Koch (from Monster Kid Radio), David Agranoff (author of Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich and co-author of Flesh Trade), Edward R. Morris (co-author of Flesh Trade), Victoria Price (daughter of Vincent Price), Jeff Strand (author and Stoker Awards emcee), James Beach (founder of Dark Discoveries magazine and now editing for Dark Regions Press), Lynne Hansen (young adult horror fiction author and director of He's Not Looking So Great and Chomp), Brian Keene (prolific author of The Rising and Ghoul and recipient of this year's Grandmaster Award), Jeff Burk (publisher of Deadite Press), Carlton Mellick III (bizarro fiction author of The Tick People and Adolf in Wonderland among many others), and White Jesus (known mainly for interrupting podcasts). There's songs as well! "Johnny Paranoid" by Sado-Nation, "Howling in the Streets" by Rat, "Face Down" by Monster Magnet, "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion, "Sick Bubble Gum" by Rob Zombie, and "Morgue than Words" by Wednesday 13. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!
Last weekend, Desmond journeyed to Portland, Oregon, where he attended his first World Horror Convention and Stoker Awards Ceremony. This is two and a half hours of footage from said convention. The amazing personalities we meet along the way (in order of appearance) are: Derek M. Koch (from Monster Kid Radio), David Agranoff (author of Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich and co-author of Flesh Trade), Edward R. Morris (co-author of Flesh Trade), Victoria Price (daughter of Vincent Price), Jeff Strand (author and Stoker Awards emcee), James Beach (founder of Dark Discoveries magazine and now editing for Dark Regions Press), Lynne Hansen (young adult horror fiction author and director of He's Not Looking So Great and Chomp), Brian Keene (prolific author of The Rising and Ghoul and recipient of this year's Grandmaster Award), Jeff Burk (publisher of Deadite Press), Carlton Mellick III (bizarro fiction author of The Tick People and Adolf in Wonderland among many others), and White Jesus (known mainly for interrupting podcasts). There's songs as well! "Johnny Paranoid" by Sado-Nation, "Howling in the Streets" by Rat, "Face Down" by Monster Magnet, "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion, "Sick Bubble Gum" by Rob Zombie, and "Morgue than Words" by Wednesday 13. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!
Last weekend, Desmond journeyed to Portland, Oregon, where he attended his first World Horror Convention and Stoker Awards Ceremony. This is two and a half hours of footage from said convention. The amazing personalities we meet along the way (in order of appearance) are: Derek M. Koch (from Monster Kid Radio), David Agranoff (author of Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich and co-author of Flesh Trade), Edward R. Morris (co-author of Flesh Trade), Victoria Price (daughter of Vincent Price), Jeff Strand (author and Stoker Awards emcee), James Beach (founder of Dark Discoveries magazine and now editing for Dark Regions Press), Lynne Hansen (young adult horror fiction author and director of He's Not Looking So Great and Chomp), Brian Keene (prolific author of The Rising and Ghoul and recipient of this year's Grandmaster Award), Jeff Burk (publisher of Deadite Press), Carlton Mellick III (bizarro fiction author of The Tick People and Adolf in Wonderland among many others), and White Jesus (known mainly for interrupting podcasts). There's songs as well! "Johnny Paranoid" by Sado-Nation, "Howling in the Streets" by Rat, "Face Down" by Monster Magnet, "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion, "Sick Bubble Gum" by Rob Zombie, and "Morgue than Words" by Wednesday 13. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!
Coming up: The Stoker Awards 0:01:42 Fiction: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Piggy Class by Nicole Cushing, narrated by Renee Chambliss 0:04:05 Fiction: The Kindness of Strangers by Ray Banks, narrated by Ritchie Smith 0:29:00 Pleasant dreams 0:51:54 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Stoker Awards, Grim Hunt, What We've Been Reading
This week Gary's on the road again, traveling to the East Coast to attend the HWA's Stoker Awards weekend. He persuaded Ellen Datlow and Peter Straub to join us on the podcast to discuss horror, genre boundaries and related topics.