by Megan Leigh | May 11, 2023 | 5 Q's, Blog
For longtime readers, you may notice something different about this author interview. The five questions slot is usually reserved for female-identifying authors, but with a book featuring a female Native American protagonist, I thought we could make an exception! I am...
by Lucy Hounsom | May 4, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHorror works best when it’s relatable. The best protagonists in a horror story are those that are just like us: they’re sensible, trying to scrape by, possibly raise families, and make the most of life. We empathise...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 9, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe typically feature female creators on this show who write cracking female or marginalised characters, but in this episode, we talk to author Grady Hendrix, an author adept at creating female protagonists both...
by Lucy Hounsom | February 9, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe all know that the original versions of fairy tales are so much darker than the sanitised ones that got handed down to us by the moralistic Victorians. Some authors choose to create a story in a fairytale setting...
by Lucy Hounsom | December 15, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhen the film The Blood on Satan’s Claw came out in 1971, reviewer Rod Cooper called it “a study in folk horror.” In 2003, when director Piers Haggard was talking to Fangoria magazine about his...
by Lucy Hounsom | June 9, 2022 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s easy to see why haunted houses are frightening – most of us live in a house and share a terror of what might happen if some unpleasant force took up residence there alongside us. Similarly, folk horror that is...