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While at this year's StokerCon, Scott sat down with Nathaniel Darkish and N.J. Gallegos, two hosts of the Scream Kings podcast.  Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment  Ghosts, ghouls and dark horror always leaves me with something to say. Going to get me a three year domain and save 99% off my first year using GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode 698 and happy StokerCon! We have two tales for you this week. First, a strange child develops a special bond with the hermit in his garden. Then, a woman goes to extreme lengths to leave her abusive husband.COMING UPGood Evening: StokerCon 2025: 00:01:06Daniel Stride's The One Who Saw Too Much as read by Jesse Holt: 00:04:09[Trigger] Rachel Bolton's Stoker-nominated And She Had Been So Reasonable as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:32:03TRIGGER WARNINGSAnd She Had Been So Reasonable contains scenes of Self Harm and Domestic Abuse.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchStokerCon 2025Daniel StrideJesse HoltJesse Holt on XRachel BoltonRachel Bolton on BlueskyKrystal HammondKrystal Hammon on XOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jordan Rich chats about StokerCon 2025. Get all the news you need by listening to WBZ NewsRadio 1030 on the free #iHeartRadio app! Or ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

Mysterious Galaxy's annual summer bingo is in full swing and we are getting ready to throwdown!  Smack went to StokerCon and spent some time cat-sitting for Gabi by the beach, during which she read quite the spread of bingo books.  Highlights included an excellent historical horror novel about a Black woman with a mysterious trunk trying to survive in rural Montana, a Goose Girl retelling that perfectly blends fairy tale and horror, and a memoir about a woman's journey dealing with Complex PTSD that made Smack's list of best books of the year.  Meanwhile, Gabi details her mission to hunt down a title and author that she can't remember from an old book that she didn't even like and shares fun facts about deep sea beasties.  We close with a classic ITBR PSA, this time about taking heat seriously this summer - drink water and make smart choices! Books discussed this episode include: Capture the Sun (Starlight's Shadow #3) by Jessie Mihalik To Run with the Wild Hunt by Mallory Dunlin Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley Lone Women by Victor LaValle A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

In this episode, I welcome a local author, co-chair, and founder of our Horror Writers Association chapter and I got to work closely with Kristina on the Stokercon we hosted here in San Diego. It was at Stokercon when a copy of this book ended up in my bag of books. we talk about Kristina's origins in writing, horror, and how she ended up a part of the flagship con in the genre. The main focus however is her exciting new collection Shrouded Horror: Tales of Uncanny. •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/

Hey folks at the recent international gathering of horror writers Stokercon, I was a part of a panel on eco-horror and Climate Change moderated by Carol Gyzander. I think this wide ranging conversation will be fun for my listeners. You know me so let's introduce the other writers. Victoria Nations is a biologist with over 20 years working with Florida ecosystems and environmental regulations, and a horror writer whose weird stories often feature monsters and wild, liminal places." Bram Stoker Award finalist Carol Gyzander writes and edits horror and science fiction—and is certified as one of Al Gore's Climate Reality Leader Gillian King-Cargile is the author of several stories for adults and children. communications coordinator at Argonne National Laboratory, Gillian specializes in sharing information about supercomputing, environmental science, and bioscience. Danger Slater is the Wonderland Award-winning writer of I Will Rot Without You, Moonfellows, He Digs a Hole, and other dark weird horror. Chris Panatier has been a trial lawyer in environmental cases for two decades and is also the author of The Phlebotomist and several others from Angy Robot Books.

Pod People, we're giving you a double dose of film discussion this month, and next month, we'll have two creator interviews, because we are the honey badger of podcast, and we do what we want! In other words, scheduling.For our second dose of film goodness, we're discussing three short films by P. Patrick Hogan. We chat about Virtually and Killing Time, shorts that are available to watch on YouTube (go watch them before listening!), and we give y'all a little sneak peek into Quiet! Mom's Working!, a horror comedy short that's currently making the rounds at film festivals.Watch Virtually - https://youtu.be/-wEOUb1RkF0?si=h5lW1w6RNY6obp9AWatch Killing Time - https://youtu.be/UWVHu0q0nuE?si=VZSxeSwCm04_PrugOur discussion of Virtually begins at 24:29; our discussion of Killing Time begins at 38:58; and our special sneak peek of Quiet! Mom's Working! begins at 55:50.As a reminder, the Question of the Month is: What is your favorite Korean horror film?  Sound off on our socials or send us an email at horrorinthemargins@gmail.com to share your favorite!Other stuff we talk about during this episode:All things StokerCon - https://www.stokercon2024.com/ Midsummer Scream - https://midsummerscream.org/The 8 Show - Available to watch on Netflix I Saw the TV Glow - Go see it in theatres!Stay spooky, Pod People!Twitter - @HorrorMarginsFacebook - @HorrorInTheMarginsPodcastInstagram - @horrorinthemarginsTikTok - @horrorinthemarginsIf there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at horrorinthemargins@gmail.com. We're happy to consider your suggestions. Stay spooky, Pod People. Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from PixabayPodcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

The first episode of a podcast that celebrates the Sigler Junkies, recorded live with a chat room of said Junkies. As this is a live recording, you'll notice it's a bit less polished than the fiction podcast. But in true Sigler fashion, there's still some naughty language, lots of laughter, and general tomfoolery. In this episode, we talk about AI in writing and audiobook narration as Scott preps for a panel at StokerCon 2024. Links mentioned in this episode: Wondercraft audiobook parrot mode Bette Midler v Ford Motor Company Deep Cuts comes courtesy of GoDaddy Promo Codes. The coupon code CJCFOSSIG3 trims 99% off the 1st year of a 3-year domain. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's bend time, Pod People! This month, we discuss K-horror gem The Call, which centers around two women who can communicate through time via a cordless phone - similar to Frequency or Don't Let Go, but with some incredible twists we didn't see coming! We chat about manipulating the timeline, shifting alliances as the story unfolds, and THAT coda at the end of the film. We also reveal our full moon/truest selves in response to last month's interview with Brandon O'Brien, shoutout some exciting goings on at the upcoming StokerCon convention in San Diego,  and discuss your answers to April's Question of the Month. Get ready to add a ton of horror poetry collections to your bookshelves! Scroll to the bottom of the show notes for a full list of recommended dark verse.For May, the Question of the Month is: What is your favorite Korean horror film?  Sound off on our socials or send us an email at horrorinthemargins@gmail.com to share your favorite!Our discussion of The Call begins with behind-the-scenes trivia and first impressions at 21:26. Spoilers for the film begin at 37:05.Stuff we talk about during this episode:Our chat with Tiffany Morris, who is up for an Indigenous Voices Award - https://www.horrorinthemargins.com/2103702/14019467-creator-interview-tiffany-morrisAll things StokerCon; peep the website for details about authors that will be available at the Mass Author Signing, May 31 at 5:15 pm - https://www.stokercon2024.com/ Under Her Skin - Edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller Crush - Richard Silken I Am Not Your Final Girl - Claire C. HollandThe Gorelets Omnibus - Mike Arnzen Hysteria - Stephanie Wytovich Ripper - Carl J. Buchanan A Collection of Nightmares - Christina SngGoblin Market and Other Poems - Christina RossettiCan You Sign My Tentacle - Brandon O'Brien Saint of Witches - Avra Margariti Cradleland of Parasites and Love for Slaughter - Sara TantlingerInto the Forest and All the Way Through and Crime Scene - Cynthia PelayoHow to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend - Linda AddisonLady of the House and The Lies We Weave by Grace R. Reynolds Index of Haunted Houses - Adam O. Davis The Taste of Butter - Amanda Crum Under Her Eye - Edited by Lindy Ryan and Lee MurrayTwitter - @HorrorMarginsFacebook - @HorrorInTheMarginsPodcastInstagram - @horrorinthemarginsTikTok - @horrorinthemarginsIf there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at horrorinthemargins@gmail.com. We're happy to consider your suggestions. Stay spooky, Pod People. Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from PixabayPodcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

In this episode, Trevor is joined by Stoker Award-winning author Robert Ottone as they talk about bagels, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold, the importance of building community and attending StokerCon, as well as some writerly advice from Robert about dialogue, filling the well, and maintaining momentum as an author. Sit back, enjoy an intimate conversation with Robert, and don't forget to follow him at Spooky House Press, where you can find all news about Robert's newest, like his chapbook Transgressions--now available from Horrotica Publications. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidAgranoff San Diego's 2024 New Year's Reading Resolution Event Recorded live at Verbatim Books. (so the sound is not the best sorry) Join members of the San Diego Horror Writers Association in an event to promote reading in 2024 and kick off the countdown to StokerCon, the international gathering of the Horror Writers Association, being held this summer right here in San Diego! Featuring authors: David Agranoff author of The Last Night to Kills Nazis, Jon Cohn author of Slashtag, Dennis K. Crosby author Death's Despair Cody Goodfellow author of Vertical. Sorry Tiffany Brown Mok had to cancel we were bummed too. The panel about their favorite reads and shares some tips for increasing your reading habits!

Scotty talks to author N.J Gallegos about their overlapping experiences in Southern Colorado's the alien-infested San Luis Valley, N.J.'s experience as an emergency-room doctor and how that has informed her writing, the concept of "limits" in extreme horror, revenge in fiction, and they reminisce fondly about the unexpected Venn-diagram of horror fans and Swifties at this year's StokerCon. In the process, they discuss N.J.'s work--specifically her short story "Continuing Education" (from HellBound Books' "Anthology of Splatterpunk") and her outstanding upcoming novel "The Broken Heart," which will be available from September 19 from Winding Road Publishing. The find N.J. online, go to: https://njgallegos.com You can also follow N.J. on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/DrSpooky_ER To read NJ.'s story "Continuing Education" (and Scotty's story "Egg," if you want), order HellBound Books' "Anthology of Splatterpunk" here: https://www.amazon.com/HellBound-Books-Anthology-Splatterpunk-Publishing-ebook/dp/B0BZXJZXMN/ To read "Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires," click here: https://www.amazon.com/Only-You-Prevent-Forest-Fires/dp/B09ZDZTX77/ To pre-order "The Broken Heart," click here: https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Heart-N-J-Gallegos/dp/1960724177/ To order "It's Me, Hi, I'm the Zombie, It's Me," go to: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Me-Hi-Zombie-its/dp/B0CFZH2G9Z/ This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

So many books found their way home with me! Around 30 books, and tales of Apport Books (who celebrate 2 years this weekend!), the Allentown Rose Gardens, assorted book stores, a library sale and of course, StokerCon! Alongside Alex and Regina, who you know from The Bookubus and Reginas Haunted Library respectively, we explored panels, the dealers room, shared meals out in the picturesque Station Square area and then the banquet. A perfect horror-centric bookish week for sure! Also, for Canadian readers who are interested, I have a StokeCon souvenir anthology for the taking! Just comment 'StokerCon Giveaway' to be entered into the draw. Patreon bookworms can enter twice; once here on YouTube and once on Patreon. I'll draw on July 22 and announce the lucky winner! ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ 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 ▹ Music by ænorex: https://aenorex.com Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks Learn more with the welcome video ▹ https://youtu.be/DGXCa-Bz0o4 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 #booktube 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! ✮ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/typicalbooks/message

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

Pete returns to talk a bit about the 2012 mumblecore zombie apocalypse movie, The Battery before (much like the movie) veering off to talk less about zombies and movies, and a bit more about StokerCon

In this episode, James talks to Regina about her experience at the recent StokerCon in Pittsburgh, PA. About This Podcast:From the Office of Demonology & Regina's Haunted Library, Book Worms Horror Zine editors Regina Saint Claire and James Ippoliti offer tips on writing for the horror genre to help authors get published in the Book Worms Horror Zine. A great zine needs great fiction and since we are seeking great horror fiction for Book Worms, we created this podcast to give authors advice for writing and submitting.Buy Book Worms on our Etsy pageContact Us:Email (not for submissions): bookwormshorrorzine@gmail.comSubmit your short story (up to 1500 words) to:La Regina Studio, Grundy Commons, 925 Canal Street, Bristol, PA 19007Join us on social to chat Book Worms HorrorAnd for more Book Worms, check out our Instagram for behind-the-scenes of the show and to interact with us every single day.Regina's Haunted Library YouTube ChannelThe Office of Demonology YouTube Channel (James' Channel)The Real Demons of Pop Culture PodcastJames on TikTokMentioned in this episode:CreepyCrateAd06_26_23First Ad This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamesippoliti.substack.com

On today's episode, the crew welcomes guest Robert Ottone. We discussed everything from the upcoming conference Stokercon and Dorian Gray to The Breakfast Club meets Dracula.

Regina is away this week at StokerCon so there will be no episode. Make sure to get the premiere episode of Book Worms before it sells out. We will be back next week for our regular episodes of inspiration. About This Podcast:From the Office of Demonology & Regina's Haunted Library, Book Worms Horror Zine editors Regina Saint Claire and James Ippoliti offer tips on writing for the horror genre to help authors get published in the Book Worms Horror Zine. A great zine needs great fiction and since we are seeking great horror fiction for Book Worms, we created this podcast to give authors advice for writing and submitting.Buy Book Worms on our Etsy pageContact Us:Email (not for submissions): bookwormshorrorzine@gmail.comSubmit your short story (up to 1500 words) to:La Regina Studio, Grundy Commons, 925 Canal Street, Bristol, PA 19007Join us on social to chat Book Worms HorrorAnd for more Book Worms, check out our Instagram for behind-the-scenes of the show and to interact with us every single day.Regina's Haunted Library YouTube ChannelThe Office of Demonology YouTube Channel (James' Channel)The Real Demons of Pop Culture PodcastJames on TikTokMentioned in this episode:CreepyCrateAd06_26_23First Ad This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jamesippoliti.substack.com

This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares. First, host Susan Maguire talks to Summer Scares committee member Konrad Stump and librarian Rebecca Leannah (from the Racine, WI Public Library) about what kinds of programming they do around Summer Scares, what to tell patrons who think horror is not for them, the Wisconsin version of Tiger King. Then, Susan gets the skinny on the selections for this years' readers, first from author spokesperson Daniel Kraus and Summer Scares committee member Becky Spratford, then from Booklist's own Julia Smith. Spooky! And fun. This Thing Between Us, by Gus Moreno Rotters, by Daniel Kraus Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark Catherine House, by Elizabeth Thomas The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, by Daniel M. Lavery In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters Squad, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Lisa Sterle Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker, illus. by Wendy Xu Horror Writers Association's StokerCon 2023 in Pittsburgh The Living Dead, by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus Evil Whispers, by Owl Goingback “Spectrum of Horror: From Shivers to Terror,” by Susan Maguire and Becky Spratford Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Aron Ralston (127 Hours) The Martian, by Andy Weir Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illus. by Weshoyot Alvitre Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, illus. by Stephen Gammell A Small Zombie Problem, by K. G. Campbell, illus. by the author Booklistonline.com/webinars

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

Warren Hammond is known for his gritty, futuristic KOP series. By taking the best of classic detective noir, and reinventing it on a destitute colony world, Hammond has created these uniquely dark tales of murder, corruption and redemption. KOP Killer won the 2012 Colorado Book Award for best mystery. His last novel, Tides of Maritinia, was released in December of 2014. His first book independent of the KOP series, Tides is a spy novel set in a science fictional world. Josh bio: Joshua Viola is a 2021 Splatterpunk Award nominee, Colorado Book Award winner, and editor of the StokerCon™ 2021 Souvenir Anthology. He is the co-author of the Denver Moon series with Warren Hammond. Their graphic novel, Denver Moon: Metamorphosis, was included on the 2018 Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot. Viola edited the Denver Post #1 bestselling horror anthology Nightmares Unhinged, and co-edited Cyber World—named one of the best science fiction anthologies of 2016 by Barnes & Noble. His first novel, The Bane of Yoto, won the USA Best Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Awards, International Book Awards, and Independent Publishers Book Awards. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, including DOA III: Extreme Horror Anthology, Doorbells at Dusk and Classic Monsters Unleashed. In 2022, he became the creative director of comics and novelizations for Random Games' videogame franchise, Unioverse, a new series from the creators of Grand Theft Auto and Donkey Kong Country, and the writers of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Halo 4. When he isn't writing and editing, Viola dabbles in art. In 2020, he collaborated with his husband, Aaron Lovett, on AfterShock Comics' Miskatonic #1 Cover Alpha Comics variant. As a video game artist, he worked on Pirates of the Caribbean: Call of the Kraken, Smurfs' Grabber and TARGET: Terror. Viola is the owner and chief editor of Hex Publishers in Denver, Colorado. www.hexpublishers.com www.denvermoon.net www.unioverse.com www.joshuaviola.com www.warrenhammon.net For video versions of these podcasts, follow: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBP81nfbKnDRjs-Nar9LNe20138AiPyP8 Host: Mark Stevens: https://www.writermarkstevens.com/   Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com/ Outro Music by Dan-o-Songs: https://danosongs.com/

Trigger Warning - SAIn this episode, we are so very excited to visit with author EV Knight. Our hosts had the pleasure of meeting and hearing EV read from her latest release at this past StokerCon in Denver. EV Knight is the author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning debut novel, The Fourth Whore. She released her sophomore novel, Children of Demeter, as well as a novella, Partum, in 2021. This year, her novella Three Days in the Pink Tower published by Creature Publishing was released in July. She also has stories featured in several various anthologies this year. EV lives in one of America's most haunted cities—Savannah, GA. When not out searching for the ghosts of the past, EV can be found at home with her husband Matt, her beloved Chinese Crested Gozer Augustus, and their three naughty sphynx cats.EV shares with us the why of writing in the horror genre, what her creative process looks like, and her favorite part of writing. We wanted to know about her stellar work ethic and how she stays so amazingly productive.Three Days in the Pink Tower is based on the horrible real-world experience that EV had as a seventeen-year-old. She shares the details of that harrowing encounter and how it inspired and influenced her latest work and life.We talk about the power of women writers re-telling familiar horror tropes that revolve around women's bodies and trauma. Perhaps, EV has created a new type of final girl, where we get inside the mind of the final girl rather than simply witness her reacting.The novella uses the tarot as inspiration and character. EV shares her ideas about using tarot in the book and for storytelling in general.EV reads an expert from Three Days in the Pink Tower.Next up for EV is her retelling of Dracula from a female Renfield's perspective and a foray into screenwriting!EV Knight can be found here:https://evknightauthor.com/Buy Three Days in the Pink Tower here.Tarot for writing resources:Hillary Leftwich's Alchemy Writing WorkshopThe Magic of Tarot: Your Guide to Intuitive Readings, Rituals, and Spells by Sasha GrahamBrenda's WebsiteJoy's WebsiteNational Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673**When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission that will be used to continue to bring our audience great horror content. *Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the Podcasters.**When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.*Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the podcasters.

Danger Slater joins me to talk MOONFELLOWS, Stokercon, and literally EVERYTHING!!Buy MOONFELLOWS Here:https://perpetualpublishing.com/product/moonfellows/Follow Danger on Twitter Here:twitter.com/danger_slaterFollow The Curator on Twitter Here:twitter.com/curatorofhorrortwitter.com/terrifyingtomesBecome a Patron Here:patreon.com/terrifyingtomesofterror

In this episode of Destroy the Files, The friends talk about music including Cardi B, Heilung, The Dead South, and a song by the Decemberists called “The Mariner's Revenge.” There's something about bears, maybe, for a little while. Fuck, I don't know. They talk about Denver and StokerCon for a little bit. Apparently they're going to make a short film or something? I don't know, I kind of drifted off at that part. Brent reveals what a garbage person Rene Descartes was and then they get into a very important cultural discussion about stumps. Kate's got some fun facts that you'll need to know for the quiz on Friday. To file a grievance, email brentkelleybooks {a} gmail dirt com. If your tale of woe is compelling enough, I'll forward it to Brent and Kate. Speaking as a neutral party, they probably should have destroyed this podcast and not asked me to post it on the internet. I am so sorry. - Gunther --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The amazing Laurel Hightower joins me to talk about Stokercon, The Stanley Hotel, her book BELOW, and so much more!Purchase BELOW here:https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B09TNWMZ3P&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_6XBN83HPNS8B8WRC7B29Follow Laurel on Twitter here:twitter.com/hightowerlaurelFollow The Curator on Twitter here:twitter.com/curatorofhorrortwitter.com/terrifyingtomes

I sit down with Bram Stoker Award Winning Author Hailey Piper to discuss Stokercon, YOUR MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING, and so, so many more topics. Buy YOUR MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING here:https://tinyurl.com/YourMindIsWatch the Video Version here:https://youtu.be/K6aX2muVnhQFollow Hailey on Twitter here:twitter.com/haileypipersaysFollow The Curator on Twitter here:twitter.com/CuratorOfHorrortwitter.com/TerrifyingTomesSupport AFFLICTED: A Horror Thriller Audio Drama here:bit.ly/supportafflicted

This week, the guys rehash their recent road trip through Kansas on their way to Denver, Colorado for 2022's StokerCon. They talk about books they bought and authors they met and how the first StokerCon that Sley House has attended faired for them. (Spoiler Alert: It went well.) Oh, and next year, the guys have decided to fly.  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the island of escapism! In this week's episode the Abyss gang travels to The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe. Before their trip they take a look at Men, debrief Stokercon 2022, get Lovesickness with Junji Ito, explore Love, Death & Robots, and check out Elfquest.    Listen to The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories

We recorded this just a few days after we all got back from Stokercon 2022 in Denver, CO so we decided to talk about our experiences at the con.   The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at knowfearcast@gmail.com. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.   If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini.

Clay McLeod Chapman returns to discuss Stokercon and his Novel, WHISPER DOWN THE LANE.Buy WHISPER DOWN THE LANE here:https://tinyurl.com/ttotpodFollow Clay on Twitter here:twitter.com/claymcleodFollow The Curator on Twitter here:twitter.com/curatorofhorrortwitter.com/terrifyingtomesWatch the Video Version here:https://youtu.be/oM6h3ov0i1Y

Just in time for StokerCon 2022, we interview SA Barnes about her new novel, Dead Silence. We talk about the importance of literacy, and how to engage and draw young people to reading.  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk about new horror books that are out right now. These are from HWA authors, but first I add to the bookshelves with a few books I left out of the last shopping spree. Also, this is StokerCon weekend! Congratulations to everyone on the ballot! All social links and news: https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever If there is anything you think I ought to read, let me know. You can leave a voicemail here and I may play it on the show! https://www.speakpipe.com/TypicalBooks Books mentioned today are: Goblin by Josh Malerman The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stepehen King Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin The Woman in Black by Susan Hill One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve by M.Shaw The Mill by Cailyn Lloyd The Haunting of Kinnawe House by Steven Rigolosi Devilish Dust by Erik Dean Spare Parts by Aaron Deck About Horror - The Study and Craft by L. Marie Wood Werewolves, Dogmen, and Other Shapeshifters Stalking North America by Pamela K. Kinney Asylum Daughter by Natasha Sinclair Killer Be Killed by William Sterling Beyond the Creek by Nico Bell Bottled Spirits & Other Dark Tales ny Adrian Ludens Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror See them all at https://horror.org/newreleases/ 00:00 - Horror books for April and May 2022 00:09 - StokerCon and Bram Stoker Awards 2021 02:20 - Horror novels I picked up at Barnes & Noble 04:50 - New Books from Horror Writers Association authors ✮✮✮✮✮✮ Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel Typical Books. If you want more, head over to Patreon for extended and bonus shows! Typical Books is one of the Top 35 Canadian podcasts! Feedspot has a team of over 25 experts whose goal is to discover and rank popular blogs, podcasts, and youtube channels in several niche categories. If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer's perspective, I hope you enjoy this little podcast. Check out the Youtube version by searching Typical Books, or visit me at typicalbooks.com. Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com music used by permission of the artist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typicalbooks/message

Reading wrap ups here include my to-be-read or TBR, my haul, and everything bookish for the month. So, I am late getting this out, but I did record it earlier so it is accurate, though I have finished reading two novellas and The Killer Across the Table as of uploading. Loads of books but the highlight is the flip-book of Blucifer from the HWA StokerCon Anthology! 00:00 - Wrapup, haul and TBR 04:00 - StokerCon and Blucifer! 05:34 - Check out Pax Panic! 05:58 - typicalbooks.com 07:40 - By genres I mean subgenres of horror haha 07:50 - Thank you! Thank you for watching and have an ooky, spooky day! - Lydia Check out Pax Panic! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24I3zOq_LMvL28WZrcf51w ✮✮✮✮✮✮ Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks. If you want more, head over to Patreon for extended and bonus shows! Typical Books is one of the Top 35 Canadian podcasts! Feedspot has a team of over 25 experts whose goal is to discover and rank popular blogs, podcasts, and youtube channels in several niche categories. Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show! If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer's perspective, I hope you enjoy this little podcast. Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typicalbooks/message

Elle Turpitt, editor and co-runner of Divination Hollow Reviews, joins us this week for a spoiler-filled discussion about S.H. Cooper's short story, "A Key For Any Lock," from the charity horror anthology, We Are Wolves. Before we get to that, though, we take a look back at our Week In Horror and talk about Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, Michael's slow progress through Stephen Graham Jones's latest, the slasher story My Heart is a Chainsaw, Matt gives us a special report on this year's virtual StokerCon 2021 and Halloween novelizations, and Elle talks up Netflix's Son of Sam documentary. (Recorded May 30, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Elle Turpitt on Twitter: @elleturpitt Website: https://www.elleturpittediting.com/

This past weekend I attended #StokerCon and the Bram Stoker Awards. An ooky spooky time was had by all! There is a link to the awards in the video, and of course, new horror books coming out in June 2021! So if you need some horror reading recommendations, here we go ~ 0:00 Intro and Award Chat 3:33 New Books Out Now or Coming Soon Polygon #29 Catt Colborn The Vampire's Witch Damian Serbu NineStar Press Faces of Evil E. L. Jefferson E. L. Books The Mother Wound Jess Landry Independent Legions Publishing Sunshine and the Full Moon Jon Robinson Koehler Books Take Your Turn, Teddy Haley Newlin New Degree Press Petrified Women Jeremy Ray Infinite Ray Publishing You Will Be Consumed Nikolas P. Robinson Madness Heart Press Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires: 25th Anniversary Author Revised Edition Steven-Elliot Altman WordFire Press The Maker's Box David Barclay Aphotic Realm Lost Letters to a Lover's Carcass Ronald J. Murray JournalStone Master of Rods and Strings Jason Marc Harris Vernacular Books ✮✮✮✮✮✮ Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks. Typical Books is one of the Top 35 Canadian podcasts! Feedspot has a team of over 25 experts whose goal is to discover and rank popular blogs, podcasts, and youtube channels in several niche categories. Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show! If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer's perspective, I hope you enjoy this little podcast. Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typicalbooks/message

In our first episode/Part 1- we talk with Jeamus Wilkes about  his work with The Horror Writers Association as Co-Chairperson/Denver, his writing, and the upcoming StokerCon in Denver (via ZOOM this year) Jeamus Wilkes.                          http://www.jeamus.com Horror Writers Association      https://www.horror.orgStoker Convention.                     http://stokercon2021.com/Denver Horror Collective.          https://denverhorror.com/In Part 2 he reads some of his powerful non-fiction.Joy Yehle                                      https://www.joyyehle.comBrenda S. Tolian                          https://www.brendatolian.com/*Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the Podcasters.**When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.*Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the podcasters.

Tonight we’re chatting with Ellen Datlow and Kaaron Warren, authors of Tool Tales: Microfiction Inspired By Antique Tools. Multi-award winning creators Ellen Datlow and Kaaron Warren teamed up on Facebook a few years ago when Ellen posted photos of antique tools and Kaaron wrote microfiction pieces to accompany them, without either of them knowing what the tools were for.The publishers at IFWG would like you to know that if you would like to enter a drawing for a free print (or mobi/epub) copy tonight’s book, all you need to do is subscribe to the IFWG newsletter and fill out details for the drawing – just go to ifwgaustralia.com/treasures. About the authors:Shirley Jackson award-winner Kaaron Warren published her first short story in 1993 and has had fiction in print every year since. She was recently given the Peter McNamara Lifetime Achievement Award and was Guest of Honour at World Fantasy 2018, Stokercon 2019 and Geysercon 2019. Kaaron was a Fellow at the Museum for Australian Democracy, where she researched prime ministers, artists and serial killers. She’s judged the World Fantasy Awards and the Shirley Jackson Awards.She has published five multi-award winning novels (Slights, Walking the Tree, Mistification, The Grief Hole and Tide of Stone) and seven short story collections, including the multi-award winning Through Splintered Walls. She has won the ACT Writers and Publishers Award four times and twice been awarded the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Her most recent novella, Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat Press), was shortlisted for a Shirley Jackson Award and the Bram Stoker Award, winning the Aurealis Award.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 many anthologies for adults, young adults, and children, including The Best Horror of the Year series and Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles, and the reprint anthologies Edited By and Body Shocks. She’s won multiple Locus, Hugo, Stoker, International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Awards plus 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 was honored with the Life Achievement Award given 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 runs the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in the east village, NYC, with Matthew Kressel.

Tonight we’re chatting with Ellen Datlow and Kaaron Warren, authors of Tool Tales: Microfiction Inspired By Antique Tools. Multi-award winning creators Ellen Datlow and Kaaron Warren teamed up on Facebook a few years ago when Ellen posted photos of antique tools and Kaaron wrote microfiction pieces to accompany them, without either of them knowing what the tools were for.The publishers at IFWG would like you to know that if you would like to enter a drawing for a free print (or mobi/epub) copy tonight’s book, all you need to do is subscribe to the IFWG newsletter and fill out details for the drawing – just go to ifwgaustralia.com/treasures. About the authors:Shirley Jackson award-winner Kaaron Warren published her first short story in 1993 and has had fiction in print every year since. She was recently given the Peter McNamara Lifetime Achievement Award and was Guest of Honour at World Fantasy 2018, Stokercon 2019 and Geysercon 2019. Kaaron was a Fellow at the Museum for Australian Democracy, where she researched prime ministers, artists and serial killers. She’s judged the World Fantasy Awards and the Shirley Jackson Awards.She has published five multi-award winning novels (Slights, Walking the Tree, Mistification, The Grief Hole and Tide of Stone) and seven short story collections, including the multi-award winning Through Splintered Walls. She has won the ACT Writers and Publishers Award four times and twice been awarded the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Her most recent novella, Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat Press), was shortlisted for a Shirley Jackson Award and the Bram Stoker Award, winning the Aurealis Award.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 many anthologies for adults, young adults, and children, including The Best Horror of the Year series and Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles, and the reprint anthologies Edited By and Body Shocks. She’s won multiple Locus, Hugo, Stoker, International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Awards plus 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 was honored with the Life Achievement Award given 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 runs the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in the east village, NYC, with Matthew Kressel.

Welcome to Episode 472. We’re going to cool our heels again this week, but we’ve got two stories that are sure to make up for it. First, a man learns his wife is a witch… the hard way. Then, a woman digs deep to reclaim her memory after surviving a massacre. But she may not like who she uncovers.COMING UPGood Evening: Flash Contest, StokerCon 2021: 00:01:06O. D. Hegre’s Extermination as read by Danielle Hewitt: 00:04:52[Trigger] H. L. Fullerton’s Lend Me Hands, Idle and Sharp as read by Summer Brooks: 00:12:15TRIGGER WARNINGLend Me Hands, Idle and Sharp contains scenes of sexual violence.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchStokerCon2021H. L. Fullerton on Twitter (@ByHLFullerton)Summer Brooks at Slice of Sci-FiOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on Instagram Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tonight we’re chatting with Kaaron Warren, author of the book Slights, which is a re-release from IFWG coming out now.The publishers at IFWG would like you to know that if you would like to enter a drawing for a free print (or mobi/epub) copy tonight’s book, all you need to do is subscribe to the IFWG newsletter and fill out details for the drawing – just go to ifwgaustralia.com/treasures. When Stevie Searle almost dies in the accident that kills her mother, she doesn’t see a shining path or a golden light.Instead, she sees everyone she’s ever slighted, waiting to take a piece of her in a cold, dark room. The person whose place she took in the queue, the schoolmate she cheated off, the bus driver she didn’t pay? All waiting. All wanting to take their revenge when she finally crosses over.Stevie is fascinated by the dark room so she sends herself there again.And again.And Again.About Kaaron Warren Shirley Jackson award-winner Kaaron Warren published her first short story in 1993 and has had fiction in print every year since. She was recently given the Peter McNamara Lifetime Achievement Award and was Guest of Honour at World Fantasy 2018, Stokercon 2019 and Geysercon 2019. Kaaron was a Fellow at the Museum for Australian Democracy, where she researched prime ministers, artists and serial killers. She’s judged the World Fantasy Awards and the Shirley Jackson Awards.She has published five multi-award winning novels (Slights, Walking the Tree, Mistification, The Grief Hole and Tide of Stone) and seven short story collections, including the multi-award winning Through Splintered Walls. She has won the ACT Writers and Publishers Award four times and twice been awarded the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Her most recent novella, Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat Press), was shortlisted for a Shirley Jackson Award and the Bram Stoker Award, winning the Aurealis Award.

Tonight we’re chatting with Kaaron Warren, author of the book Slights, which is a re-release from IFWG coming out now.The publishers at IFWG would like you to know that if you would like to enter a drawing for a free print (or mobi/epub) copy tonight’s book, all you need to do is subscribe to the IFWG newsletter and fill out details for the drawing – just go to ifwgaustralia.com/treasures. When Stevie Searle almost dies in the accident that kills her mother, she doesn’t see a shining path or a golden light.Instead, she sees everyone she’s ever slighted, waiting to take a piece of her in a cold, dark room. The person whose place she took in the queue, the schoolmate she cheated off, the bus driver she didn’t pay? All waiting. All wanting to take their revenge when she finally crosses over.Stevie is fascinated by the dark room so she sends herself there again.And again.And Again.About Kaaron Warren Shirley Jackson award-winner Kaaron Warren published her first short story in 1993 and has had fiction in print every year since. She was recently given the Peter McNamara Lifetime Achievement Award and was Guest of Honour at World Fantasy 2018, Stokercon 2019 and Geysercon 2019. Kaaron was a Fellow at the Museum for Australian Democracy, where she researched prime ministers, artists and serial killers. She’s judged the World Fantasy Awards and the Shirley Jackson Awards.She has published five multi-award winning novels (Slights, Walking the Tree, Mistification, The Grief Hole and Tide of Stone) and seven short story collections, including the multi-award winning Through Splintered Walls. She has won the ACT Writers and Publishers Award four times and twice been awarded the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Her most recent novella, Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat Press), was shortlisted for a Shirley Jackson Award and the Bram Stoker Award, winning the Aurealis Award.

Today we talk a little about the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards that aired this past weekend from StokerCon and the Horror Writers Association. Purely my thoughts and reaction as I thoroughly enjoyed the awards this year! Read the winners and ballot here: https://horror.org/2018-bram-stoker-award-winners-nominees/ Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks. Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show! If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer's perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show. Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typicalbooks/message

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back talented author; Nicholas Diak!   Nicholas Diak is a pop culture scholar who specializes in Italian genre cinema, contemporary sword and sandal films, industrial music, 80s retroism, and H. P. Lovecraft studies. His first book, The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s, was published in late 2017 while his second book, co-edited with Michele Brittany, Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays is slated to be published later this year.   He has contributed essays to a variety of websites and journals, along with chapters to the academic books James Bond and Popular Culture: Essays on the Influence of the Fictional Superspy, Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre, Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series and a chapter in an upcoming untitled anthology on Westworld. Along with Michele Brittany, he is a co-creator and co-chair of the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference which is part of the Horror Writers Association's yearly StokerCon event.   Aside from writing, Nicholas enjoys cooking, retrogaming, pinup and tiki culture, and is a contributor to the Exotica Moderne lifestyle magazine. Along with Michele, he lives in Orange, CA with two cats, Algernon and Cecily.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning author; Kaaron Warren! Shirley Jackson award-winner Kaaron Warren published her first short story in 1993 and has had fiction in print every year since. She was recently given the Peter McNamara Lifetime Achievement Award and was Guest of Honour at World Fantasy 2018, Stokercon 2019 and Geysercon 2019. Kaaron was a Fellow at the Museum for Australian Democracy, where she researched prime ministers, artists and serial killers. She has published five multi-award winning novels (Slights, Walking the Tree, Mistification, The Grief Hole and Tide of Stone) and seven short story collections, including the multi-award winning Through Splintered Walls.. She has won the ACT Writers and Publishers Award four times and twice been awarded the Canberra Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Her most recent novel, Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat Press) is on the Preliminary Ballot for the Stoker Award and the Recommended Reading List for Locus.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back talented author; Nicholas Diak!   Nicholas Diak is a pop culture scholar who specializes in Italian genre cinema, contemporary sword and sandal films, industrial music, 80s retroism, and H. P. Lovecraft studies. His first book, The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s, was published in late 2017 while his second book, co-edited with Michele Brittany, Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays is slated to be published later this year.   He has contributed essays to a variety of websites and journals, along with chapters to the academic books James Bond and Popular Culture: Essays on the Influence of the Fictional Superspy, Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre, Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series and a chapter in an upcoming untitled anthology on Westworld. Along with Michele Brittany, he is a co-creator and co-chair of the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference which is part of the Horror Writers Association's yearly StokerCon event.   Aside from writing, Nicholas enjoys cooking, retrogaming, pinup and tiki culture, and is a contributor to the Exotica Moderne lifestyle magazine. Along with Michele, he lives in Orange, CA with two cats, Algernon and Cecily.

Hash it out with award-winning writer Kathe Koja as we discuss her love of immersive theater (and dissect her previous night's performance at StokerCon), why her groundbreaking debut novel The Cipher will always be The Funhole in her heart, what caused her to move into the YA world after her dark adult novels and why it's harder to write for a younger audience, how she accidentally wrote her Under the Poppy trilogy, the allure of writing historical novels, how being in the presence of Kate Wilhelm at Clarion changed her life, what she got out of her many collaborations with Barry Malzberg and others, plus much, much more.

Dare to eat donuts with a dozen horrific creators during the StokerCon Donut Spooktacular! Join us as Michael Bailey describes his novel inspired by a fire which turned his home to ashes in seven minutes, Geoffrey A. Landis shares about the Sherlock Holmes/Jack the Ripper horror story he published in the science fiction magazine Analog, Brian Keene explains why he chose last weekend to finally reappear at an HWA event, Wile E. Young tells why he thinks of the Road Runner whenever a story gets rejected, Anton Cancre reveals which guest that weekend earned most of his squee, Wesley Southard offers his schtick for selling books when stuck behind a dealers table at a con, Erik T. Johnson gives an unexpected (but perfectly logical) answer when asked about one of the perks of StokerCon, Patrick Freivald looks back on how his horror career began via a collaboration with his twin brother, Josh Malerman recounts how he replaced readings with full blown Bird Box interactive performances and the way an audience of 85-year-olds reacted, Asher Ellis shares how the Stonecoast MFA program made him a better writer, Kennikki Jones-Jones discusses her Final Frame award-winning short film Knock Knock, Eugene Johnson celebrates his Bram Stoker Award win that night for It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, and much, much more!

This week, after the news, we’ll cover the old drive-in classic, “Shutter” followed by our discussion of the short film, “The Smiling Man”, and our modern-horror feature film, “The Possession of Hannah Grace” Stick around here at the drive-in, it’s almost fully dark outside...   News Features: First photos and new plot details of Jordan Peele’s upcoming horror thriller Us have been released https://geektyrant.com/news/first-photos-and-new-plot-details-for-jordan-peeles-new-horror-thriller-us When urban legend becomes sort of real - The Russian Sleep Experiment is said to be in the works as a major motion picture https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/286639/familiarize-yourself-with-the-russian-sleep-experiment-soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture/ Doug Bradley - Our favorite Pinhead - has written the foreward for an upcoming book Scared Sacred: Idolatry, Religion & Worshipin the Horror Film to be released in 2019, http://dougbradley.com/scared-sacred Registrations are now available to attend StokerCon 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan May 2019 http://stoked rcon2019.org/ How about a “haunted house” experience so intense that no one has ever finished and has a waiting list of 24,000 people? McKamey Manor in San Diego, California https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/world-scariest-haunted-house-24-000-person-wait-list-article-1.1985328 and https://www.mckameymanor.com/ Drive-In Special: “Shutter (2007)” Horror Short: “The Smiling Man” (Youtube) Feature Presentation: “Birdbox” Closing And it looks like the sun is starting to come up, so we’re going to have to get going, the Drive-in is closing down for the weekend. Stop in during the week at http://www.horrorbulletin.com for news and horror updates, to comment on this podcast, or to contact us. I’m Kevin. And I’m Brian. And please pick up your snacks before you leave the drive in. Drive back in next weekend! Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

In this special Halloween episode, we are thrilled to bring you our second Tropisode! Today’s episode is all about Haunted Houses. As you know, with these episodes we invite a guest with some expertise on the trope we’re exploring. Today, we’re happy to welcome Kathryn E. McGee BACK to the show. Our listeners might remember Kathryn from LOTF 03, in which we talked about the highlights from StokerCon 2018. As you know, we met Kathryn in grad school. We’ve brought her back on the show today because during her time in our MFA program, she established herself as a Haunted House expert. We think you’ll find her expertise valuable!

Leslie S. Klinger is considered to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, H. P. Lovecraft, Frankenstein, and 19th-century genre fiction. Klinger is a long-time member of the Baker Street Irregulars, and served as the Series Editor for the Manuscript Series of The Baker Street Irregulars; he is currently the Series Editor for the BSI’s Biography Series. He served three terms as Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and on its National Board. He is also the Treasurer of the Horror Writers Association. He lectures frequently on Holmes, Dracula, Lovecraft, Frankenstein and their worlds, including frequent panels at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Bouchercon, NecronomiCon, StokerCon, World Horror Convention, World Fantasy Convention, VampireCon, Comicpalooza, WonderCon, and San Diego Comic-Con, and he frequently teaches courses on Holmes and Dracula at UCLA Extension. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Interview with John Palisano, Vice President of the Horror Writer's Association. His short fiction has appeared in many places. Check out: Dark Discoveries, Horror Library, Darkness On The Edge, Lovecraft eZine, Phobophobia, Terror Tales, Harvest Hill, Halloween Spirits, the Bram Stoker Award® nominated Chiral Mad, Midnight Walk, Halloween Tales, and many other publications. NERVES was his first novel. He is working hard on its sequel, as well as many other upcoming works. Show Notes: Horror University Bram Stoker Awards Pitch an idea for a panel for StokerCon 2019 HWA Into the Future: A panel moderated by Lisa Morton and featuring Brad C. Hodson, JG Faherty, John Palisano, Marge Simon How (Not) to Win a Bram Stoker Award:  A panel moderated by Rena Mason and featuring Patrick Freivald, Eric J. Guignard, Lisa Morton, John Palisano, Marge Simon Saw Friday the 13th Stranger Things Get Out "Literary Horror" Josh Malerman The Fisherman, by John Langan Stephen Graham Jones Paul Tremblay Kat Howard Stephen King The Green Mile The Shawshank Redemption Jeff Strand It movie The Shining by Stephen King Carrie by Stephen King Five Nights at Freddy's  Fantastic Tales Cemetery Dance Find John: Website Interview with Eric J. Guignard, a writer and editor of dark and speculative fiction, operating from the shadowy outskirts of Los Angeles. He’s won the Bram Stoker Award (the highest literary award of horror fiction), been a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award, and a multi-nominee of the Pushcart Prize. His stories and non-fiction have appeared in publications such as: Nightmare_Magazine, Black Static, Shock_Totem, Buzzy_Magazine, and Dark_Discoveries_Magazine. As editor, Eric’s published the anthologies, Dark_Tales_of_Lost_Civilizations,  After_Death…, and +Horror Library+ Volume 6 (April, 2017). Read his novella, Baggage_of_Eternal_Night (Journalstone), and watch for forthcoming works, including the novel, Crossbuck ’Bo (TBP 2017). Show Notes: Librarian's Day American Library Association Becky Spratford Overdrive Horror Writer's Association Twilight Zone A World of Horror Exploring Dark Short Horror Micheal Arnzen, PhD Steve Rasnic Tem Kaaron Warren Nisi Shawl Jeffrey Ford Find Eric: Website, Dark Moon Books Go UCR!

In this episode, Mackenzie and Lisa interview Paul Tremblay at StokerCon 2018. Paul is the author of Disappearance at Devil's Rock, the Bram Stoker Award-winning A Head Full of Ghosts, and the crime novels The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and his essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and numerous "year's best" anthologies. He has a master's degree in mathematics and lives in Boston with his wife and two children. Show Notes: Readercon Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Mark Haskell Smith Tod Goldberg Boskone Scares That Care Strange Weather by Joe Hill The Cabin at the End of the World, the new novel from Paul Tremblay coming June 26, 2018 Write or Die We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Picnic at Hanging Rock Lake Mungo The Snowtown Murders Stranger Things John Langan Bracken MacLeod Find Paul: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Website

(Transcript available) Hitori kakurenbo (一人隠れん坊 ) means playing hide and seek by yourself. It sounds silly, but it's actually a super creepy, Japanese urban myth that involves you all alone at night with nothing but a stuffed animal, some red thread, and a knife. Come listen to this month's Uncanny Japan where I talk about how to play hitori kakurenbo while my binaural mics pick up all the sounds of sitting beside a river at dusk. This month is the first time there's a transcript of the show. Podcast itself at the bottom of the page. Notes: The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting Shuo).  The whole album is just gorgeous as it everything else by FM3. Transcript Hey hey everyone, this is Terrie. I just got back from Rhode Island where I attended StokerCon. If you're new to the podcast or you didn't listen last month and maybe you just don't know, I was nominated for a Bram Stoker award from my collection The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales. Joe Hill indeed won the award and I'm totally OK with that because I met so many amazing people and had a great time. But, after returning to Japan, I find I'm in a kind of creepy mood. Maybe it was being around all those horror writers or maybe it was being in the haunted Biltmore Hotel, I'm not sure, but today's podcast is going to be a scary one, so be warned. Or better yet, wait until it's late at night when you're all alone and then listen to this with your headphones. Today I'm going to tell you about a Japanese urban myth called "hitori kakurembo." "Hitori" means alone or by yourself and "kakurembo" is hide and seek. So it sounds silly, right? Playing hide and seek by yourself, but it's not. It's some really messed up stuff. Real quick, I first heard about this back in 2007 and I wrote about it online in 2010. I'm pretty sure I was the first, if not one of the first people to ever write about this in English at the time, but some jerk stole my article, changed a few words and he got a whole bunch of attention and, well, anyway, just recently I checked and there's a whole bunch of stuff out there. Uh, YouTube videos, stories, everything about hirori kakurembo. So, if you're brave and you want to read more about this, there's always that. So let's get started. Here's how you play "hitori kakurembo" or hide and seek by yourself. What you'll need: You need a stuffed animal that has arms and legs. A heads up, it's probably a good idea to buy something that you'll want to dispose of, hopefully burn later. You don't want to use any kind of stuffed animal that has sentimental value or that you're particularly fond of. You'll need some rice, fingernail clippers, a needle and red thread, a knife or a box cutter or some instrument that is used for cutting, and lastly, a cup of salt water, although I've read that sake also works well. Before you start playing the game, there is some setup that needs to be taken care of. First, give your stuffed animal a name. For argument's sake, let's say you're using a teddy bear and his name is Cuddles. Slice Cuddles open right through the belly and remove all his stuffing, replacing it with rice and also some of your fingernail clippings. Use the needle and thread to sew, cuddles, back up, and if there is any more thread, instead of cutting it, just wrap it around the doll. Next, find a place where you want to hide and put the cup of salt water there. A closet is recommended, probably easier to get into then under a bed. Then you'll go to the bathroom and you'll fill the bathtub with some water. A sink will do in a pinch. It doesn't have to be full, but just enough to kind of submerge Cuddles. Make sure no one is home or coming home soon. Wait until it is 3:00 AM and now you're ready to start the game. You start by taking Cuddles into the bathroom and you say, well in Japanese it's, "Saisho no oni wa watashi dakara," which means in English basically, "For the first round, I'm it." And you say that three times. But instead of saying "I'm it," you say your name, so, "For the first round, Terry's it. For the first round, Terry's it. For the first round, Terry's it." Then, you drop Cuddles into the water and you leave the bathroom. You turn on the TV to a channel with static. Now, I don't own a TV and haven't for awhile, so I don't even know if they have stations with just static anymore, but back in 2007 they did. So you do that. So the TV's on, Cuddles is in the bathroom, you go, you turn out all the lights in the house. You're allowed to use a small flashlight. I'm guessing a lot of people use the flashlight on their cell phones. So, you're in the dark, you stand there with your eyes closed and you count to 10. After you reach 10, you return to the bathroom and using your little flashlight, you find Cuddles and the water and you say, "Cuddles mitsuketa," or, "Cuddles, I found you." And again you say it three times. You retrieve Cuddles from the water and you stab it through with your knife or your sharp instrument and you drop him back into the water. Next, you say, "Tsugi wa, Cuddles ga oni dakara." And you say that three times, you say it in English, which would be, "Next, Cuddles you're it." And then, you turn and you run out of the bathroom and you find your hiding place with the salt water. All the lights are still out, you turn your flashlight off, you get very quiet and you wait. Now this is when all kinds of weird things are supposed to happen, so you're just quiet, the house is, dark, the TV's on some kind of staticky channel, and theoretically Cuddles is looking for you. If you go online, you can find all kinds of stuff that people say happened ah, again, even YouTube videos now, recordings, the TV's supposed to turn off and on, it changes channels, you hear footsteps, you hear voices, uh, you name it, people have experienced it. It's kind of fun to look around and see what people are writing about. But anyway, you stay hidden, right? You don't want to come out at least not yet. So you stay there until you can't take it anymore or until there's a lull in whatever activity seems to be going on, and then you end the game. In order to end the game, you take your cup of salt water and you sip it, don't drink it, you sip it and you hold the water in your mouth. You take the cup and your flashlight and you leave your hiding place and you go and you hunt for Cuddles. The operative phrase here is, "hunt for Cuddles," because it's said that a lot of times he will not be where you left him in the bathtub, he'll be somewhere else. So let's assume that you find him and he's not poised with a knife ready to jump at you from, like the top shelf of something, so you find him. What you do is you quickly spit the water all over him and then you douse him some with what's left in the cup and you say, "Watashi no kachi," three times, which is, "I won, I won, I won," three times. The rules state that you have to finish the game within two hours, which is probably a good time, you don't want to let him out there wandering around for too long. And, after you find him and after you douse him with the water, uh, within the next day or two, you should probably burn Cuddles. I first fell in love with this urban myth over 10 years ago because kids would play it in real time on the Internet with each other and then other people could watch and kind of lurk and see what was going on. So they're doing this, the setup all together. They're showing pictures of which animals they're using, what names they're giving the animals, they're texting back and forth and showing their hiding places, using their phones to take photos, like, they'll reach out from the hiding place if they hear a noise and they'll take a photo in the dark, and recording or just recording things like the TV going nuts or sounds, and it's really, it's just so suspenseful and kind of cool to be a lurker and all that because I sure wasn't doing it. And the best part was invariably one of the people in the group would have forgotten to bring the salt water to his or her hiding place, and the whole group that's participating would start to worry about this person and then that person would suddenly, you know, like, they're, they're hearing sounds, there's someone coming, there's someone in the room, they can hear someone in the room, there's someone at the door, and then abruptly they'd stop texting...and just stop. They never texted again. It was done and the entire group would freak out and I'd freak out. Like I said, there's a lot online about hitori kakurembo these days, and being an urban myth, a bunch of new things have cropped up and evolved over the years. There's something about a chicken heart now, but basically I like the bare bones, what I just gave you, that's the original. And it's really just awesome. It's well honed, and it's a creepy game and it's perfectly suited for this Internet generation that we have here. So if you're brave, you can try it. And if you're just a little bit brave, you can go and you can read or watch YouTube videos. Thank you for listening. Sleep well and I will talk to you next month.

In this special BONUS episode, Mackenzie and Lisa interview Lisa Morton, president of the Horror Writer's Association and prolific writer, at StokerCon 2018.  Show Notes: Two co-chairs of StokerCon: Jim Chambers, Blood Angels, 2005 Blue Demon, 2004 Other movies by Lisa Morton, just for fun! Halloween expert The Halloween Encyclopedia by Lisa Morton Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton Reaktion Books The Samhanach, by Lisa Morton Haunted Nights, edited by Ellen Datlow and Lisa Morton Josh Malerman, S.P. Miskowski, Christopher Golden, Stephen King, Victor LaValle The Changeling, by Victor LaValle Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman StokerCon 2018 Souvenir Book Anthology edited by Michael Bailey Location of StokerCon 2019! The Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan Find Lisa Morton: http://www.lisamorton.com 

This special episode comes to you live from StokerCon 2018. Mackenzie and Lisa sat down with friend and fellow horror writer Kathryn E. McGee to talk about the highlights of the event. Show Notes: Paperbacks From Hell, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix  StokerCon 2018 Horror University Workshop DRILLING DOWN: GETTING HONEST WITH YOUR WRITING with Grady Hendrix "Summerland and Lost": Grady Hendrix’s dramatic spoke word presentation of the true story of the Fox sisters, key figures in the dawn of the Spiritualist movement. StokerCon 2018 Horror University Workshop WOMEN AND VIOLENCE: UNLEASHING YOUR FEMALE CHARACTERS’ DARK SIDES with Heather Herrman and Dr. Lauren Genovesi "The Debutante", a short story by Leonora Carrington Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier "Women In Horror Month" by moderated by Carol Gyzander with panelists Linda Addison, Meghan Arcuri-Moran, Amber Newberry, Kathleen Scheiner, Sara Tantlinger "Promoting Your Book to Libraries & Book Sellers" moderated by JG Faherty with panelists Grady Hendrix, J.H. Moncrieff, Becky Spratford, Jeff Strand Most libraries buy through Ingram and Baker & Taylor "Traditional v. Indie v. Hybrid Publishing" moderated by Kathleen Kaufman with panelists J.D. Barker, Rob E. Boley, Megan Hart, Jeff Menapace, Paul Tremblay "Shirley Jackson: Master of Horror" panel moderated by Jack Herringa with panelists Jennifer Barnes, Karen Bovenmyer, Nicole Cushing, Gwendolyn Kiste, and Paul Tremblay The Thing in the Labyrinth, a horror bookclub moderated by Kathryn E. McGee at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles

This weeks guest can commonly be found giving wedgies to teachers on the playground and he is often time heard giving lectures to turtles about bullseyesing womprats in his T-49 back at home. In fact, he isn't known for any of that stuff. Instead this weeks guest on Bizzong! is Nathan Carson who is really known for writing the snot out of a book called Starr Creek and drumming the snot outta drums for a band known as Witch Mountain.  Hit play like its a snare Zongers because it's time for the Bizzong! interview of Nathan Carson! Yay! Nathan Carson is a musician, writer, and Moth StorySlam Champion from Portland, OR. He is widely known as co-founder and drummer of the internationally touring doom metal band Witch Mountain, host of the FM radio show The Heavy Metal Sewing Circle, and the owner of the boutique music booking agency, Nanotear. Carson's byline can be found on hundreds of music and film-related articles in outlets such as the Willamette Week, SF Weekly, Orbitz, Noisey, Rue Morgue, Terrorizer, Metal Edge, etc. In recent years, Carson has turned his sights toward weird fiction, earning immediate accolades and publication via Word Horde, Stone Skin Press, Strange Aeons Magazine, Fedogan & Bremer, and Lazy Fascist Press, working with luminary editors such as Ross Lockhart, Molly Tanzer, Cameron Pierce, and Joe Pulver. He is also regularly found as a panelist, reader, or attendee on the convention circuit at HP Lovecraft Film Festival/Cthulhucon, NecronomiCon, StokerCon, ReaderCon, Bizarro Con, etc. Starr Creek (Lazy Fascist) is Carson's first standalone novella.  

On this episode we talk with Paul "Spats" Frechette about Knott's Scary Farm, Decayed Brigade and StokerCon! ​ Since we posted this episode late we are extending the time you have to rate us on iTunes and get your name in the hat for that Spooky Box of Crap! So rate us for a chance to win!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-fog/support

Andrew Robertson in conversation with author and HWA president Lisa Morton. On this special Halloween episode, Lisa takes us on a tour of the spookiest holiday of the year, including a spirited discussion about its traditions and popular misconceptions. Also: Updates on StokerCon 2017, upcoming HWA anthologies, and more. Happy Halloween from the Great Lakes Horror Company. It's the best day of the year!

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.

Geek Shock, Bigger, Longer, Uncut as we talk about Civil War (Spoilers start at 1:36:00), Red Light/Green Light, StokerCon, Star Wars extended Universe, Level Up Expo, Johnathan Coulton, Ghostbusters, Brain Dead, Deadpool, Limitless, Favorite MCU movies, Pacific Rim 2, Centipede: The Movie, Fruitville Panther, Supergirl Crosses Over, Transformers 5 gets a name, DC film shakeup, Darwyn Cooke, Buckaroo Smith, the Frequency of Riverdale, Time after Time and waaaay too much Human Centipede. WHEW! It's time for a Geek Shock!

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.

8/15/2015   In Episode 101, Rob, Ryan and Jose go through all the Clive Barker news that's accumulated since episode 99, and go through listener feedback as well! Show Notes Clive Barker News Waxwork Records LP of Nigthbreed is on sale NOW!!! $28.00 New Brazilian Limited Edition of The Hellbound Heart sold through Darkside Books  The Great and Secret Show available on Audible Join Clive Barker Society Today!!! Midian Unmade Signing!!! (Dark Delicacies held a signing of the upcoming release of Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed at their store,  August 1st at 2 pm . )  — $24.99 for an autographed copy. Del Howison Interview about Midian Unmade Paul Kane gives Update on Monsters!!! Retro Review: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (9.5/10) Retro Review: Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (6/10) Retro Review: Hellraiser Bloodline (6.5/10) Scarlet Gospels Deluxe Edition Update!!! — Earthling Century Guild Announces Clive Barker's Next Exhibit!!! Mark Miller to appear as Special Guest at StokerCon 2016!!! (May 7-10, Atlanta, GA) Leviathan Documentary Givaway Leviathan Screening in Australia  8/25/15 –SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA A Beautiful Darkness (Leviathan Soundtrack) News Headhunter Store, limited edition Hellraiser Busts New Clive Barker Painting (Cover Image) Also More Clive Barker Artwork on Ebay (Sketches) Barbie Wilde's new Short Story Collection Voices of the Damned (October 2015) with a cover by Clive Barker. Please check out our Episode 100 Podcast, Video and Blog Post Interview.     web www.clivebarkercast.com iTunes (Leave a review!), Podomatic, XBOX Music Store, Tune-In Radio, Stitcher, Doubletwist, Blackberry and Pocketcast. Facebook and Join the Occupy Midian group Twitter: @BarkerCast | @OccupyMidian forum: www.clivebarkerfans.com/forum Theme by Mark Buckle  

8/1/2015 It's a special celebration of our 100th Episode. In this one, Ryan, Jose, Rob, and our honorary Podcast Host David Anderson ask Clive Barker some questions, and he was kind enough to write us his responses. So to celebrate, we're sharing the video we sent Clive with our questions, our podcast discussion of the answers, and here in this post, the whole thing written in interview form. We're so proud to have reached our 100th episode! Hi Clive! First we'd like to thank you for all the wonderful work you've given us over the years, and to the team at Seraphim & Century Guild for allowing us a glimpse into your studio. People like Mark, Ben, Eric, Thomas and everyone else who works over there to bring your fantastic creations to the widest audience possible, for that they have our thanks!By now, the Scarlet Gospels are out, and the Clive Barker Podcast (@Barkercast) is very proud to have reached 100 episodes where we discuss with and entertain fellow fans of your work. Thank you for granting us this brief interview. So now, on with the questions: Ryan Danhauser: Jose and I were there, cheering for you at the L.A. screening of Nightbreed Directors cut. At that premiere, you mentioned that seeing the movie restored and the love for it after all these years, it was tempting to go back to directing again. We love all your different kinds of work, or we wouldn't be doing this podcast, but My question is, do you miss the collaborative art, like plays and movies? Clive Barker: Firstly, my sincerest gratitude that you were cheering for Nightbreed. Hearing the audience, quite frankly, erupt with applause when the credits rolled brought tears to my eyes and mended a hole that had been in my heart for 25 years. Yes, I do miss film very much, and I have every intention of returning to it someday. Truly though, what myself, Mark and Ben do at Seraphim are all collaborative efforts. So, when you ask if I miss the collaborative arts, the answer is no, because I am always collaborating.  Ryan Danhauser: We were very proud of the way Occupy Midian turned out, but I had serious doubts in the Hollywood system and that we would be successful. Knowing now that movie studios can actually listen to your readers / enthusiasts — If you could turn the fan movement toward something else (some other project that was unjustly handled or needs a second chance) what would it be? Clive Barker: You know, I found myself wondering that very thing. The honest answer is, while there are plenty of projects I've been associated with that I would love to get the opportunity to revisit or remaster, it would be greedy of me to ask for more than one miracle in a lifetime. So many people worked so hard to bring the Director's Cut of Nightbreed to fruition, and their tireless efforts to do so are appreciated beyond words. They achieved the impossible in assembling the version of Nightbreed that I wanted people to see 25 years ago, and to expect, or even desire, that kind of lightning to strike twice would be incredibly selfish of me. Nightbreed was the one that I dreamed to save for 25 years. Mark and Andrew Furtado and everyone at Scream Factory, and countless others, made that dream a reality. It's far, far more than I could have asked for, so I daren't ask for it again. My real hope, now that it has been proven with Nightbreed that such a large scale rescue can be achieved, is that other artists who have felt that their works have been compromised may now have a method of bringing their original visions to the world. José Armando Leitão: Once I heard you reminisce in conversation with Rick Kleffel from the Agony Column about your Irish paternal Grandmother Florence, and the tales she would tell you and your brother Roy, involving colorful characters like Liverpool's Spring-Heeled Jack, as she drank warm Guinness and ate tripe in milk & onions by the open fire. Would you say your grandmother's stories played a role in shaping your early love for the fantastic? Clive Barker: Very much so. Keep in mind that my Grandmother first told me the story that would eventually become The Forbidden, and then Candyman. She was a very dry storyteller, my grandmother. She told stories with the same tone in which most read a grocery list. There was no emotion when she told stories, no sweeping hand movements, no grandeur. But I learned from her that words, regardless of the way in which they are spoken, have a remarkable amount of impact. José Armando Leitão:Liverpool was described by Jung as a “dirty, sooty city” but also as “the pool of life”, being a port on the Mersey full of ships, and consequently sailors. I've heard that your paternal grandfather was a sailor, and sailed to the Far East. Is it true that he brought back some Japanese puzzle boxes from his travels, and that these influenced your ideas for Hellraiser's Lament Configuration box? Clive Barker: Yes, that is entirely true. I remember that puzzle box sitting on the mantle in my home in Liverpool.  Even after I had solved it, and seen that there was nothing inside, my imagination ran wild with the possibilities of what could have been in there. David Anderson: The one burning question I've had lately is about Scarlet Gospels. I was wondering why the book is now leaner and meaner than the massive Imajica sized tome it was at the penultimate stage. Is it because a lengthier stay in that dark hell would be too oppressive? Not that the novel feels short or anything, just wondering if that figured into the final book, and if it's ever painful for you to trim large sections of his written work. Clive Barker: I was never worried about oppressing my audience, because I know that my fans, and fans of fiction of this kind, are more than happy to wallow in the depths for a long time. But,  I've written a lot of long books, and really I didn't want this one to be overly long. I wanted it to be a short, sharp and effective kick to the gut. Rob Ridenour: I've been getting into more of your artwork this past year, and as I've studied it, what I love most about it is how the images you create have allowed my own personal imagination to grow and expand beyond what my normal eyes want to see in front of me. Is it satisfying for you as an artist to have the audience become a part of your art rather than just be a spectator? Clive Barker: I adore the fact that people find their own meanings in my art. When I paint, I myself rarely have any idea where it is going. By the time a painting is finished, I usually take a step back from it and ask myself, “Who is this? Where do they come from? What do they love, or fear? What turns them on?” I frequently show my paintings to friends before I have even figured out what they are myself, and I am always delighted to hear what they see in the painting. Any art, by the simple act of observing it, becomes your own. Different people see different things and their imaginations guide them to a solution that pleases them in one way or another. So, the short answer: Yes, I love when the audience uses my paintings as a catalyst to their own imagination. Rob Ridenour: In a lot of your stories objects always seem to have a magical quality to them like the box from Hellraiser or the carpet from Weaveworld. Why are objects given such power in your stories? Clive Barker: Because objects do have power. Think of the memories associated with objects in your very own home. Don't you own things that, just by the very act of looking at them, transport you into vivid memories of how, why, and when you acquired them? I know I do.  News since last Podcast: Waxwork Records LP of Nigthbreed is on sale NOW!!! Leviathan Shipping Update!!! (All Leviathan dvds ordered from 16.07.15-9.08.15, WILL NOT BE SHIPPED UNTIL 10th August, 2015) Join Clive Barker Society Today!!! Midian Unmade Signing!!! (Dark Delicacies will be holding a signing of the upcoming release of Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed at their store,  August 1st at 2 pm . ) Review – Leviathan: Extras (Disc 3) Paul Kane gives Update on Monsters!!! (According to the Alchemy Press newsletter, there are only a few hardbacks of Monsters left over from the launch) Retro Review: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (9.5/10) Scarlet Gospels Deluxe Edition Update!!! Century Guild Announces Clive Barker's Next Exhibit!!! Midian Unmade to be released this Tuesday!!! Del Howison Interview on the Making of Midan Unmade!!! Retro Review: Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (6/10) Mark Miller to appear as Special Guest at StokerCon 2016!!! (May 7-10) web www.clivebarkercast.com iTunes (Leave a review!), Podomatic, XBOX Music Store, Tune-In Radio, Stitcher, Doubletwist, Blackberry and Pocketcast. Facebook and Join the Occupy Midian group Twitter: @BarkerCast | @OccupyMidian forum: www.clivebarkerfans.com/forum Theme by Mark Buckle