Interviews, Etc.

This section shares insight about current artists and their work, with an emphasis on creators fashioning dark aesthetics (in horror, dark fantasy, and the like). As with everything else on this site, nobody’s getting paid to write or relay anything that’s here… or if someone is, um, where’s my piece of the action?

Use the menu “Interviews, Etc.” above to skip to the most recent additions. A fuller list is below. If you’re interested in joining this elite company, see my current invitation (which no longer includes “guest posts,” but if you want to do one, let me know). Note that a “spotlight” usually combines an interview with a review. I only review works I like; my goal is to point out likable qualities. I like many more works than I review. I review when I have both extra time and inspiration, which means I do so rarely.

Interview with Author Dan Shrader: Full Nasty III and Satanic Candy: A Full Nasty Christmas Tale (2024)

Interview with Author Ruth Anna Evans: Against Medical Advice (2024)

Interview with Author Kenzie Jennings: A Woman Like Jo & Other Dark Pieces (2024)

Interview with Author Jason Nickey: Rural Decay and Past Due: Rural Decay II (2024)

Interview with Author M. Ennenbach: Cuckoo (2024)

Interview with Author David E. Grinnell: The Antiquarian (2024)

Interview with Author Megan Stockton: Lovely, Dark, & Deep and Impulse (2024)

Interview with Author Spencer Hamilton: I Will Devour You and Other Promises (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, with Co-Creator Elizabeth E. Schuch: Minore (2024)

Interview with Poet and Storyteller Grace R. Reynolds: Lady of the House and The Lies We Weave (2024)

Interview with Author Michelle von Eschen: Motel Styx and Old Farmhouses of the North (2024)

Interview with Author Jeremy Megargee: Crown of Carrion and Soulmates (2024)

Interview with Filmmakers Jason Zink and Nolan Mihail: looky-loo, “TAPEHEAD,” and Night Terrors (2024)

Interview with Screenwriter Mike Ede: Those Things, “Team Bonding.” and “All I want for Christmas is… YOU!” (2024)

Interview with Author Mona Kabbani: The Color of Blood (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Justin Best: Sheryl (2024)

Interview with Filmmakers Terry and Larry Ziegelman: “Committed,” “Little Man of Steel,” and “Broken Vessels” (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Alexander Deeds: “Jumpin’ Jacob” and “Butterscotch” (2024)

Interview with Author David-Jack Fletcher: Raven’s Creek and The Count (2024)

Interview with Author J.V. Sadler: Licking (2024)

Interview with Author Aron Beauregard: Through the Eyes of Desperation, The Red Version (2024)

Spotlight on Author Jonathan Butcher: Something Very Wrong and Your Loved Ones Will Die First (2024)

Interview with Author Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar: Darkness There but Something More, Keeper of Corpses and Other Dark Tales, and No More Haunted Dolls (2024)

Interview with Author Izzy Lee: I Can See Your Lies (2024)

Interview with Author Grace Anderson: The Labyrinth in the Closet and Green Pines (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Rakefet Abergel: “Jax in Love,” “Boo,” and “Still” (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Gregory Blair: Deadly Revisions and The Mystery of Emma Thorn (2024)

Spotlight on Author Kristopher Triana: The Old Lady (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Michael Kallio: The Scout, Inner Demons, and More (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Michelle Iannantuono: Livescream and Livescreamers (2024)

Interview with Author Jeff Strand: Demonic, Veiled, It Watches in the Dark (Eek!), and Nightmare in the Backyard (Eek!) (2024)

Interview with Author Ryan Harding: Transcendental Mutilation (2024)

Interview with Author Christine Morgan: Trench Mouth, the Infernal Series, The Night Silver River Run Red, and More (2024)

Interview with Filmmaker Michael J. Epstein: The Once and Future Smash (2023)

Spotlight on Author Wrath James White: Poisoning Eros, The Ecstasy of Agony, Rabbit Hunt, and More (2023)

Guest Post: Celebrating Horror’s Golden Ages by Kendall R. Phillips (2023)

Guest Post: Capsules Movie Explained (with Spoilers) and Trivia Tidbits by Luke Momo (2023)

Interview with Author Monica J. O’Rourke: Suffer the Flesh; In the End, Only Darkness; Poisoning Eros (2023)

Interview with Filmmaker Jason Georgiades: Beneath the Green (2023)

Interview with Filmmaker Nathan Crooker: “Midnight Delivery,” “#Nofilter,” and Isolation (2023)

Interview with Filmmaker Luke Momo: Capsules (2023)

Interview with Author Jessica McHugh: The Quiet Ways I Destroy You and Hares in the Hedgerow (2023)

Interview with Filmmaker and Author Amy Leigh McCorkle: “The Other Side,” “Traveler,” and The Guardian (2023)

Interview with Author Sean Taylor: A Crowd in Babylon (2023)

Interview with Author Hal Bodner: A Study in Spandex and “Funeral Games” (2023)

Guest Post: Unveiling the Dark Corners of the Mind, by Christopher Kokoski (2023)

Guest Post: Embracing the Uncomfortable, by Maeva Wunn (2023)

Interview with Author JG Faherty: Ragman and Songs in the Key of Death (2023)

Spotlight: Mike Lombardo’s Please Don’t Tap on the Glass and Other Tales of the Melancholy and Grotesque (2022)

Spotlight: Dana Hammer’s The Cannibal’s Guide to Fasting (2022)

Spotlight: Southern Haunts 3: Magick Beneath the Moonlight (2016)

Spotlight: Nicole Cushing’s Mr. Suicide (2015)

Peter Welmerink’s Transport, Hunt for the Fallen: Taking Zombie Fantasy to the Next Level (2015)

Spotlight: Stephen Zimmer’s Hellscapes, Volume 2 (2015)

Spotlight: R.J. Sullivan’s Darkness with a Chance of Whimsy (2015)

Spotlight: Brick Marlin’s Shadow Out of the Sky (2015)

Spotlight: Devon Mikolas’s House of the Witchdoctor (2014)

Spotlight: Peter Welmerink’s Transport (2014)

Spotlight: Jason Sizemore’s Irredeemable (2014)

Spotlight: Mike Lombardo’s “The Stall,” “Play Place,” and “I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday” (2013)

Spotlight: Stephen Zimmer’s Hellscapes, Vol. 1 (2013)

Spotlight: Michael West’s The Wide Game (2013)

G.L. Giles, Water Vamps, and the Elements of Vampire Style (2013)

Interview with Filmmaker Dario Argento (2013)

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