“I had to get the western part right.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides, with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

“The Old West is such an enduring setting because it embodies adventure, danger, and oftentimes isolation.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

“My stories are mainly driven by ideas—weird, cool, frightening, whatever.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides, with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

“Genre fiction has existed even as far back as the Bard himself.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides, with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

Video panel presented by the Horror Writers Association. Panelists include horror authors Linda D. Addison, L.H. Moore, Tish Jackson, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Rhonda J. Garcia, and L. Marie Wood.

“I just like to see something that’s entertaining, but also has some significance and creates its own experience.” The author on the inspiration behind Preternatural Evolution, his pet peeves in horror fiction, and what he look for as a horror fan.

“Adaya must adapt quickly to her role as an Elite while also trying to figure who the killer is and prevent the Houses from going to war.”

“I love more unsettling, understated styles. Horrors more suggested than hitting you over the head.” The author on his new horror story collection, his connections to Bradbury, Asimov, and the Twilight Zone, and what he doesn’t like in horror fiction.

Horror author K.T. Rose shares what she wants out of a horror story. “I’m not a fan of protagonists who are beyond human. I like to drag my main characters through the dirt so they can come back beaten and bruised, but enlightened and changed for the better.”

Author interviews, Top 13 Zombie Comedy Movies, 70+ Zombie Book Series, plus BONUS links about zombie books, zombie movies, zombies on television, and zombies in comics.

“There are ways to include details that show you’ve done your research without being tedious.” The author’s love of zombies, what she brought to the party, and why she prefers slow zombies.

The Loki of Midgard books is a historical fantasy series following Loki on Earth during the Roaring Twenties. We discuss with Meinking the nature of alternate history stories, how her version of Loki compares to others, and the crazy number of spinoffs planned.

The Warm Bodies author shares the personal inspiration for his unique take on zombies, explains his biggest genre pet peeve, and reveals why zombies stories are “hard to love” as a category.

“I want to sit back and be like, ‘Damn, I wish I thought of something like this.’” The author on his unique spin on zombies, how his books set an example for his son, and why he’s written clown zombies.

The thriller author on the enduring appeal of zombies, what drew him to write stories with them, and why a zombie outbreak seems so damned plausible.

Conneely writes three series combining magic with procedural stories. We discuss that intersection between magic and the everyday world, what her different series have in common, and why she began writing magic procedurals in the first place.