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204 – Adam Nevill & Watch For the Freak Wave


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Why is Adam Nevill so scary? 

 

I don’t know. Do you? He’s a nice guy – as you’ll hear in this episode. Yet he tells stories that crawl under your skin and stay there. Stories that squat in your subconscious.

 

His latest novel, All the Fiends of Hell is no exception. Same elusive nightmare mystery, but expanded to a whole epic end-of-the-world canvas. And when Adam says end of the world, he means it.

 

In this conversation we talk about apocalyptic fantasy, about angels and demons, about the sea and its endless hope, and about his own unique style when it comes to fear and monsters. 

 

Oh… and about a certain prog-rock masterpiece that plays a big part in this story and in each of our childhoods.

 

Enjoy.

  • The War of the Worlds (1898), by H.G. Wells
  • The Road (2006), by Cormac McCarthy
  • Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024), by Annie Jacobsen
  • Apartment 16 (2010), by Adam Nevill
  • Last Days (2012), by Adam Nevill
  • Banquet for the Damned (2004), by Adam Nevill
  • Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival (2022), by Luke Harding
  • The Turn of The Screw (1898), by Henry James
  • The Exorcist (1971), by William Peter Blatty

     

    Here is the link for Adam’s story - “Where Angels Come In” at Nightmare Magazine

     

    And the link to the Shadows at the Door Kickstarter for EARWORM

     

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