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 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 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 Author Mona Kabbani: The Color of Blood (2024)
Interview with Filmmaker Justin Best: Sheryl (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 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 Ryan Harding: Transcendental Mutilation (2024)
Interview with Filmmaker Michael J. Epstein: The Once and Future Smash (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 Filmmaker Jason Georgiades: Beneath the Green (2023)
Interview with Filmmaker Nathan Crooker: “Midnight Delivery,” “#Nofilter,” and Isolation (2023)
Interview with Author Jessica McHugh: The Quiet Ways I Destroy You and Hares in the Hedgerow (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: 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)