2025-11-11 21:20:49By Tom Joyce — Quan Barry’s Black literary horror novel, “The Unveiling,” is set in a subgenre where a punishing landscape can drive the unwary to madness. According to Quan, that also serves as an apt description of the…
2025-10-17 20:22:34By Tom Joyce — Jeffrey Cranor, co-creator of the “Welcome to Night Vale” podcast, has good news for horror writers. You’re already the world’s leading authority on what it takes to write effective horror – a knowledge of what…
2025-09-05 21:43:22By Tom Joyce — Accomplished actor Nyasha Hatendi knew that Black narratives had a place in the mainstream. He also knew he could craft a tale specifically for Black audiences that would have universal appeal, because a good story…
2025-08-10 20:58:53By Tom Joyce — Martial arts, like horror, was one of the genres that grabbed the film industry by the grindhouses in the 1970s and changed pop culture history forever. In their lavishly illustrated new book These Fists Break…
2025-06-19 19:20:56By Tom Joyce When tackling historically based fiction, how do you split the workload between research and writing time? How do you please both casual readers and history buffs? Author Gregory Frost recently had to face those challenges three…
2025-05-21 21:22:14By Tom Joyce Do authors need agents anymore? If so, how do they go about finding one, and what should they expect? Author Maurice Broaddus addresses those questions in this month’s edition of Nuts & Bolts. Q: Why does…
2025-04-24 19:49:01 By Tom Joyce Whether it’s a matter of keeping a short story tight, or of churning out the daunting number of words required to fill a novel, creating a narrative at any length comes with its own set…
2025-03-13 17:38:37 By Tom Joyce Lisa Morton describes Dennis Etchison’s work as a “brain bombshell” that changed her idea of what horror fiction could do. When she was just starting out, Etchison had a major influence on both her…
2025-02-13 05:59:26 By Tom Joyce Early in his career, writer and director John Harrison picked up techniques about telling a horror story from collaborating with George Romero. He’s spent decades refining those techniques as a screenwriter, director, and…
2025-01-27 21:26:49 By Tom Joyce Whether they come by way of Oz, Wonderland, or the Brothers Grimm, nightmare-inducing children’s stories are the gateway for many nascent fans into the strange, terrifying, and delightful genre of horror fiction. Joe…
