Horror has always been a genre that rests heavily on its tropes, from the suspicious stranger to the abandoned cabin in the woods. Unfortunately, it has also at times relied on a toxic trope that can damage more than it entertains: that of the mentally ill psychopath. I’m currently crowdfunding the anthology Out of theContinue reading “Guest Post by Dan Coxon – The Sickness and the Cure: Mental Health in Horror”
Category Archives: Interview
Interview with Tej Turner
I spoke to Tej about his new book: Bloodsworn “Everyone from Jalard knew what a bloodoath was. Legendary characters in the tales people told to their children often made such pacts with the gods. By drawing one’s own blood whilst speaking a vow, people became ‘Bloodsworn’. And in every tale where the oath was broken, theContinue reading “Interview with Tej Turner”
Interview with Loren Rhoads
Tell us about your book (what’s the sales pitch?) In the first full-length collection of her edgy, award-winning short stories, Loren Rhoads punctures the boundaries between horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction in a maelstrom of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. Ghosts, succubi, vampires, the Wild Hunt, and the worst predator in the woods stalk theseContinue reading “Interview with Loren Rhoads”
Interview with A A Abbott
Tell us about your book (what’s the sales pitch?) Emily is running from the man who’s stolen her childhood. Young DJ Jack rescues her from the streets when he sees a woman in trouble. He doesn’t know Emily’s only 15, and already trapped in a web of lies. It’s a story of love, lies andContinue reading “Interview with A A Abbott”
Only the Broken Remain review & interview with the author
Dan Coxon – Only the Broken Remain (out 12 November, Black Shuck Books) Tell us about your book (what’s the sales pitch?) Only the Broken Remain is a collection of fourteen weird horror stories, populated by the lost and the downtrodden, the forgotten and the estranged. Some are new, some have previously been published inContinue reading “Only the Broken Remain review & interview with the author”
Interview with Rexx Deane
Tell us about your book (what’s the sales pitch?) A tsunami on a space station.An explosion with no trace of the bomber.Cyber-security expert Sebastian knows evidence doesn’t magically disappear, yet when he and his colleague Aryx, a disabled ex-marine, travel the galaxy to find the cause, there seems to be no other explanation.Can they unravelContinue reading “Interview with Rexx Deane”
Interview with M E Rodman
Tell us about your book (what’s the sales pitch?) Mad princes, forbidden magic, and a plot to take control of an Empire. A dark and twisted LGBT+ epic fantasy. If you could be a character in the book who would you be and why? I think it would have to be Gift, the main character’sContinue reading “Interview with M E Rodman”
Interview with David Gullen
Tell us about your book (what’s the sales pitch?) Tim Wassiter, P.I. is a new-age detective. His ex-partner mocks him and the old lady down the road just wants him to find her missing cat. But Tim knows magic works and he can use it to solve crime. Now Tim has his first real client,Continue reading “Interview with David Gullen”
Interview with Steven Max Russo author of The Dead Don’t Sleep, Thieves
Tell us about your book (what’s the sales pitch?) The Dead Don’t Sleep is a gritty, crime thriller about Frank Thompson, a recent widower and aging Vietnam veteran who is down from Maine visiting his nephew, Bill, and his family in New Jersey. While at a trap range, he and his nephew have a chanceContinue reading “Interview with Steven Max Russo author of The Dead Don’t Sleep, Thieves”
Discoverability Signal Boost
You’ve published a book and you want to get the word out. You want your book to be discovered by readers. You want your book to sell. There’s a lot of books out there. So you need a signal boost. If that’s you then mail me an interview for this here blog about your book.Continue reading “Discoverability Signal Boost”
