New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig, and Anthony Carboni, another guy, discuss the The Twilight Zone (2019) - AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE. You might’ve heard we were also a podcast about Thor Ragnarok or John Wick. We’re not sure why. People say a lot of things. You definitely shouldn’t check the episode archives if you were looking to prove such rumors true. You can tell we aren’t hiding something because we’re telling you specifically that we have nothing to hide.
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Lifelong writer and storyteller Jen Giacalone interviews creatives from across disciplines, from authors and actors to songwriters and filmmakers, about the art of storytelling.
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly discussion about the business and craft of writing words for a living, hosted by Kameron Hurley. Whether you're a novelist, copywriter, screenwriter, game writer, or chronic content marketer, there's sure to be some profane wisdom here for you.
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An AudioHopper Podcast about Horror Writing, hosted by Philip Fracassi. Produced by AudioHopper and Book and Film Globe.
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Emmy-winning writer and producer Gavin Purcell talks to interesting people about the subjects they’re currently obsessed with outside of their everyday lives. Then, an expert in that subject matter joins the conversation to answer all their questions. Way Too Interested is a podcast about curiosity, discovery, creativity, and, most importantly, pursuing those little things that get stuck in your brain & end up being way more fascinating than you ever expected. Learn more at WayTooInterested. ...
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The Churn is SYFY WIRE's episode by episode breakdown of Amazon Prime's The Expanse featuring the talents of Ana Marie Cox and Dan Drezner who dissect the intricate plots of the show and analyze them through the lens of political science.
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Kessel Fun is a community created podcast broadcasting from a galaxy not too far, far away. Each episode highlights various speculations and theories discussed in SWS, as well as news, information, and fun from the entire Star Wars universe!
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HORROR, HORROR EVERYWHERE: AUTHORS CHUCK WENDIG AND CLAY McCLEOD CHAPMAN VISIT THE SALON!
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In our first episode back after a lengthy unplanned hiatus, we're pleased to present this fun interview with horror/scifi madmen, Clay McLeod Chapman and Chuck Wendig. We talk about the new prevalence of horror, how it's expanding to cross into different genres, and we learn the meaning of the term "Stingjet"!…
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GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 33. With Special Guest S.B. Divya!
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE THIRTY-THREE: S.B. Divya joins the podcast to talk about her new book LOKA, her writing process, dealing with long Covid as a writer, and much…
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GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 32. With Special Guest Chuck Wendig!
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE THIRTY-TWO: Chuck Wendig stops by to talk about choosing projects, managing time, and much more. Listen below or Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podb…
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Nick Roth's "Hanky Panky" is, depending on how you view it, a single-location horror comedy, an alien invasion movie on an extreme budget, or both. Writer-director Nick Roth sits down with Jen to talk about the ins and outs of how he got it made, and the challenges of casting when one of your leads is a napkin. Check out the film for free on Tubi h…
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GEEK GIRLS STORY SALON - with special guest STAR TREK: PICARD'S MICHELLE HURD
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Actor, activist and the heart and soul behind Star Trek: Picard's Raffi Musiker, Michelle Hurd has a lot to say about a lot of things, and a lot of stories to tell that are good for the soul. She talks about her activism, kindness as an ethos, some of her incredible family stories, and representation in popular culture. We laugh, we cry, it's bette…
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COME AT ME, CROW - TALKING WITH KIRA JANE BUXTON, AUTHOR OF "HOLLOW KINGDOM" AND CROW BEHAVIORAL SCHOLAR DR. KAELI SWIFT
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Self-described nature nerd, "Hollow Kingdom" author joins us to talk about her fantastical, magical, poignant book about a zombie apocalypse told from the POV of a domesticated crow. She's joined by Dr. Kaeli Swift, science communicator and scholar of crow behavior. We talk about the book, how it's informed by science and nature, and how art and na…
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GEEK GIRLS STORY SALON with guest ADRIENNE WILKINSON ("Xena", "The Force Unleashed" "Star Trek")
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Many of us saw Adrienne Wilkinson for the first time as Livia/Eve in "Xena: Warrior Princess" in the 90s, but since then, she's become a queen of mocap games, most notably "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed", and has appeared in the Star Trek series "Star Trek: Renegades", among many other roles. We chat about the craft of acting and her experience wi…
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Actor Cara Gee talks about life on the set of "The Expanse" and her upcoming role in Netflix's "Sweet Tooth." We learn about how she accessed her inner grit to embody Drummer, and the secret to how she made her scene with Shohreh Aghdashloo so incredible. Follow her on x at https://twitter.com/CaraGeeeee And don't forget to to check her out in Seas…
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GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 31. With Special Guest James L. Sutter!
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE THIRTY-ONE: James L. Sutter joins the show to talk about his upcoming novel The Ghost of Us out 6/11, his long and winding career from a metal…
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GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 30. With Special Guest Gwenda Bond!
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE THIRTY: Gwenda Bond joins the show to talk about her new novel “The Frame-Up,” writing in multiple-genres for different audiences, and much mo…
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GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 29. With Special Guest Melissa Olson!
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE TWENTY NINE: Melissa Olson joins the show to talk about writing for comics and her story in the fifth issue of Project: Cryptid from Ahoy Comi…
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Top-tier guest and friend of the show Ana K. Wrenn returns to put your host in the hot seat to discuss her own new book "Art of the Chase," a romantic thriller that's as sneakily jam-packed with learning as the Geek Girls Story Salon itself. To get your own copy of "Art of the Chase," go here: https://a.co/d/fB14BUI And of course, to get on the mai…
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GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 28. With Special Guest Tobias Buckell!
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE TWENTY EIGHT: Tobias Buckell joins the show to talk about the long road to releasing his new book A STRANGER IN THE CITADEL, balancing work an…
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WRANGLING BUTTERFLIES - A CHAT WITH BELINDA BROMILOW OF HULU'S "THE GREAT"
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To say that Jen was excited to talk to Belinda Bromilow, Aunt Elizabeth in Hulu’s “The Great,” is putting it very mildly. Elizabeth is one of the most complicated, mercurial and dare we say iconic characters in a series packed with them, and Jen and Belinda get into some of the nooks and crannies of how one finds their way into that type of charact…
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PLANTI-INTELLECTUALISM - CHATTING WITH STEPH MARTIN, CO-HOST OF THE PLANTY PLANTY ZOO ZOO PODCAST
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Self described plant-mom Steph and her "proper zoo nerd" partner Connor have created a podcast that makes learning about nature fun by bringing new species of plants and animals to their audience with each episode as part of a fantasy zoo and botanical garden. Steph and Jen talk about how intellectual gatekeeping can discourage everyday people from…
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MISTRESSES OF THE UNIVERSE - AZA Comics' Jazmin Truesdale talks about her world of superheroines
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You may have seen Jazmin Truesdale on any one of a few dozen Comicon panels or local news pieces, talking about her creation, the AZA Universe, which is populated by superpowered women maintaining peace in the galaxy and offers up some pretty flawless representation in the comics world, which is changing, but has been a traditionally male playgroun…
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GET TO WORK HURLEY: Episode 27. With Special Guest Mur Lafferty!
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE TWENTY SEVEN: Mur Lafferty stops by to talk about her new book CHAOS TERMINAL and much more. Listen below or Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean,…
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ELEMENTS OF STYLE - TALKING PERSPECTIVE IN ART WITH COMIC ARTIST & CREATOR TYLER CROOK
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Comic artist and creator Tyler Crook is behind some of the most gorgeous, instantly recognizable comics and graphic novels of today. We get down in the weeds with what defines an artist's style, why perspective is more important than technique, and why there should be more reprints of comics in black and white. We also talk a lot about how his coll…
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HORROR IS LIFE-AFFIRMING: A CHAT WITH "HARROW COUNTY" COMIC WRITER CULLEN BUNN
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Cullen Bunn is the brilliant mind behind the amazing Southern Gothic horror comic "Harrow County," as well as "The Last Book You'll Ever Read," and some of the best Venomverse comics ever made. We talk about the hopeful undertones of the horror genre, creativity during COVID, and the surprising little spark that got him making up his own stories as…
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Hi everyone! Hope y'all have been doing good in the two years since I last updated this feed with a podcast. I *adored* doing Way Too Interested and I'm so thankful to all of my guests but at the time it turned out to be too much for me to do on a weekly basis. However, I'm not giving up on the idea of doing it again in the future! F…
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TREASURES OF THE GODS -THE XENA MEMORABILIA COLLECTION OF XENA PRODUCER/WRITER STEVEN L. SEARS
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Jen sits down with executive producer/writer of "Xena: Warrior Princess," Steven L. Sears, to peruse his impressive hoard of Xena treasures, hear some of the stories attached to them, and recall some favorite memories of an enduring TV classic.
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THE GENTILITY, THE HUMIDITY: TALKING WITH SOUTHERN GOTHIC HORROR AUTHOR CLAY MCCLEOD CHAPMAN
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Clay McLeod Chapman is a busy guy: a comic writer for some of the most popular Marvel IPs on the planet, the Virginia-born author also has been cranking out Southern-style spooky novels that will leave you wanting to sleep with the lights on. We talk about why horror is the best sandbox for processing trauma and guilt, how ghosts and quarantine wen…
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BOTTOMING FOR GOD: PUNK ROCK, TRAUMA AND RECOVERY WITH AUTHOR/RECORD PRODUCER BARB MORISSON
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Barb Morrison is an accomplished musician and record producer who has worked with the likes of Debbie Harry, Franz Ferdinand and LP. They're also an author, and we sit down to discuss their new novel, "Bottoming for God," part meditation and part memoir of their life in the NYC punk scene in the late 80s and early 90s. We talk about what they mean …
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LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, & EVERYTHING: SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR & AUTHOR LEAH ELSON MAKES SCIENCE COOL AGAIN
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When you think scientist, you probably don't picture a blond woman with a sleeve of tattoos, who lifts weights, surfs, skates, and writes and illustrates clever, quirky books about science. But Leah Elson, author of "There are No Stupid Questions in Science," is exactly that person. We talk about what it's like to be a "fringe scientists," how scie…
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WHAT'S IN A NAME? MOTHERLAND FORT SALEM'S TONY GIROUX TALKS FILMMAKING, PHILOSOPHY, AND FITTING IN
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Actor Tony Hiu Jong Giroux is probably best known for his role as Adil in Freeform's "Motherland: Fort Salem," but he's also a dancer and filmmaker. His most recent directing effort was a documentary series titled "My Name Is," which examines the pitfalls and struggles of navigating a Western culture with a non-Western name. We get into what storie…
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CANON REIMAGINED - A CHAT WITH BEST-SELLING AUTHOR UNA MCCORMACK
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Una McCormack is the NY Times Bestselling author of over two dozen novels, many of them building upon the canons of beloved IPs like Trek, Blake's 7, Doctor Who and Firefly. We talk about the unbelievable story of how she made the jump from writing fanfic to writing for accepted canon, and what it was like to suddenly be part of the universes that …
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ACTOR, ARTIST, BLACKSMITH, COP - TREK'S RACHAEL ANCHERIL ON THE VARIED LIFE OF THE CREATIVE
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Rachael Ancheril, best known as Commander Nhan in Star Trek: Discovery and Maddie the Blacksmith in Wynonna Earp, sits down with us to talk about the unexpected stops on her career, the variety of experiences she had before becoming an actor, and how those experiences inform the roles she's played. We also find out which of her characters she'd mos…
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REMEMBERING OUR OWN MAGIC, WITH "THE MAGICIANS" ACTRESS JADE TAILOR
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Jade Tailor knocked our socks off as the tough-skinned, tender-hearted Kady Orloff-Diaz in Syfy's "The Magicians". But she's a multi-talented, multi-dimensional artist who expresses across many disciplines, including writing, directing, songwriting and more. We talk about why storytelling is important to her, how different creative disciplines hit …
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TIME, TRIALS AND THE PERILS OF MIDDLE-AGED FILM-MAKING WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY CREATIVE ADAM KONTRAS
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It's hard to sum up Adam Kontras in one word. He's a documentary maker, a comedian, a singer-songwriter, and a Guinness World Record holder for being the first ––and longest-running–– vlogger. As the owner of the Back to the Future DeLorean time machine, he documented the emotional trials of rebuilding it to be the Fastest DeLorean in the World. Af…
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PREGNANT ON MARS - TALKING REPRESENTATION IN SCI-FI WITH FILMMAKER DANI MILTON
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Indie filmmaker Dani Milton sits down with us to talk about "The First Martian," a sci-fi short that centers a Black doctor in her late 40s who becomes unexpectedly pregnant in the first years of a budding Mars colony, and in the process challenges the audience's beliefs about choice and bodily autonomy. We talk about the virtues of crowdfunding ca…
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AWKWARD GAYS AND LOVABLE JERKS WITH AUTHOR GREGORY ASHE
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SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STORYTELLING CONTENT! Author Gregory Ashe is well known for his tightly plotted, gripping mysteries, but he's also the author of the current "Flint and Tinder" series, about young gay people with strange superpowers and little to no skill at navigating their own emotions. (Check it out here! https://a.co/d/8csRz2B ) We have a gre…
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Screenwriter and comic book writer Sarah Cooke talks about her jump from the world of screenwriting to comics, how she weaves representation and inclusivity into her works, and her personal rankings of onscreen Batmans from Adam West to Robert Pattinson. She discusses the process of creating her magic-laced noir comic "No Spell Lasts Forever," and …
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R&B singer-songwriter Desi Valentine has been popping up everywhere, his songs appearing in the finales of shows like "Suits" and "Bel Air", and his smooth, modern-throwback R&B Soul sound hits us right where we live. But Desi is also a healer and shamanic practitioner, and in this interview, we talk about the unexpected crossover between these two…
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GEEK GIRLS STORY SALON - S1, E2 - LOVE & CHAOS: AUTHOR ANA K WRENN
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Jen sits down with author Ana K. Wrenn to talk about her debut novel "Strange Attractors," a psychological thriller/romance with its roots in the much-misunderstood science of chaos theory. Check it out on Amazon at: https://a.co/d/9atwRI2
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GEEK GIRLS STORY SALON - S1, E1 - GOING HOPE-PUNK: SCI-FI AUTHOR SUSAN KAYE QUINN
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Jen sits down with Susan Kaye Quinn, author of the "Nothing Is Promised" sci-fi series, to talk about her transition from scientist to storyteller and why she's gone all-in on a relatively new subgenre called "hope-punk." Check out Susan's latest work here and visit her website to read more about her philosophy here. And as always don't forget to l…
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Season Two of The Dark Word takes the ferry cross the Mersey to conclude in style. Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool in 1946 and still lives Merseyside. The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes him as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Gran…
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Josh Ruben is an award-winning actor, writer, and director whose feature film SCARE ME—which he wrote, directed and starred in alongside Aya Cash and Chris Redd—debuted at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. For television, Josh directed sketches for "The Late Late Show" with James Corden and episodes of TruTV's "Adam Ruins Everything." As one of the …
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Catriona Ward was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. Her fourth novel, the gothic thriller Sundial was Observer Thriller of the Month and a USA Today, CNN and Apple Books selection for best new fiction. Stephen King called it ‘Authentically terrifying.’ Ward’s third breakout novel The Las…
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What's changed? Everything. Brian Keene says the thing that’s changed the most in the years since he sold his first story in 1997 is the rise of the indie press. “The Big Five weren’t publishing horror novels in the mid 90s so you saw the indie press grow and blossom.” And now, maintains the wildly successful author of over fifty books, the gap bet…
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Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers, The Book of Accidents, Star Wars: Aftermath (plus tons of other Star Wars stuff), and more than two dozen other books for adults and young adults. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alum of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written comics and games, and for film a…
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As the operator of her own small press, Dark Hart Books, Sadie Hartmann has developed deep expertise in the marketing of this genre. Here she chats with Philip Fracassi about building a "bookstagram" presence (her Mother Horror persona boasts over 21,000 followers), where Stephen King is an active follower, and also talks our agorophobic host throu…
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It's different with friends. Listen in as Jeremy Robert Johnson reveals to his host Philip Fracassi—his good friend—how it's done for anyone who aspires to write horror stories that thrill and chill. Book and Film Globe counted Johnson's novel The Loop as one of The Most Anticipated Horror Novels of 2020, describing it as "Alien meets World War Z" …
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In the grandest tradition of "very special episodes," this week's edition of The Dark Word features an in-person interview before a live audience at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles. Philip Fracassi speaks to Dutch phenom Thomas Olde Heuvelt, an international bestselling author who broke through with the novel HEX. Since then, Heuvelt's work has b…
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Eric LaRocca (he/they) is the author of several works of horror and dark fiction, including the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and the intriguingly titled You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood. He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and currently resides in Boston with his partner. For more information, please f…
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Rachel Harrison is the author of SUCH SHARP TEETH, described as a “darkly comedic love story is a brilliantly layered portrait of trauma, rage, and vulnerability,” CACKLE and THE RETURN, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica, Electric Literature’s Recommende…
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Brian Evenson is the author more than a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell. His collection Song for the Unraveling of the World (2019) won the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times’ Ray Bradbury Prize. His novel Last Days won the Ameri…
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Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer-songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. His other novels include Unbury Carol, Inspection, A House at the Bottom of a Lake, and Malorie, the sequel to Bird Box.Malerman’s new book…
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For the final episode of Season One of THE DARK WORD, Victor LaValle joins Philip Fracassi to discuss early story sales (and rejections), writing in bursts, tips on a great agent query letter, and much more. A season one finale you won’t want to miss. Victor is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstati…
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Legendary writer and winner of ten Bram Stoker Awards discusses his 50-year career. The legendary Joe R. Lansdale joined THE DARK WORD to talk about his 50-year career as a writer, sharing advice on writing, including working with the time you have, his editing process, and how he’s had success writing for himself. Joe has written novels and storie…
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Bestselling author Ronald Malfi joins Philip to discuss two decades in publishing. We hit double digits! For our 10th episode, bestselling author Ronald Malfi joins The Dark Word to discuss his twenty years of publishing experience, working with agents, and offer a behind-the-scenes look at how books are adapted for film and television. Ronald is t…
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