Burial Plot Horror Podcast

In this episode, we have author and teacher, Lanie Goodell. Lanie has an AAS in criminal justice technology, an AAS in psychology, an AA, and a BA in psychology. She is fascinated by the exploration of new subjects, always looking for new and intriguing information. Though her professional history is varied, ranging from teaching to enforcement activities, Lanie channels these experiences into her writing to create a plausible experience for the reader. Lanie has published several novels, novellas, and short stories. She is an avid flash fiction fan and loves the challenge of writing an entire story in just a few words, participating in contests to improve her skill, and having many of her short works published. In her free time, Lanie enjoys concerts with her brother and 5K races with her son and close friends.

Lanie tells us about the five-year in the making (unofficial) world record-breaking 81 Words Flash Fiction Anthology of 1,000 81 word stories one of which is Lanie’s! We go on to discuss what is flash fiction and the challenges of writing in that medium.

Lanie explains how she uses an exercise of being the best bad guy you can to write villains. Yes, it’s as fun as it sounds!

We chat about Lanie’s use of fairy tales and folklore for inspiration and retelling them for a modern audience without losing the impact of the theme and of course giving it a feminist bent. In that vein, Joy wanted to know about her series, Bestienmörder which is influenced by the Brothers Grimm. Brenda reminds us that the late Angela Carter had a talent for setting fairy tales on the head in similar ways to what Lanie does.

 We talk about Lanie’s very engaging blog and how she keeps consistent and interesting posts coming. Lanie shares what inspires her and her process.

Lanie also hosts the #MCChat (main character chat) on Twitter every other Tuesday night. Listen to find out what it is, how to participate, and how it can help you in your writing.

 Lanie reads to us from her horror novel Salvagium.

 Lanie can be found here:

Web site: https://meligoodell.com/

On twitter at: @LanieG321

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msgfindingme/

Order Bestienmörder here: https://amzn.to/3gEsltq
Order Salvagium here: https://amzn.to/3LpEO2w
Order 81 Words Flash Fiction Anthology here:  https://amzn.to/34xCWUG

Find out more about the late Angela Carter here: https://www.angelacarter.co.uk/
Find out more about Lanie's editor Jen Ownbey here: https://jenownbey.com/


Brenda Tolian is here: https://brendatolian.com/
and
Joy Yehle is here: https://www.joyyehle.com/


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On this episode of the Burial Plot, we spent some time with writer Patty Tomsky!

Tomsky works in journalism as a copywriter and editor. Her work has been published in Kota Press, Paterson Literary Review, Small Change News, U.S. 1 Worksheets, FemZine UK and elsewhere. She is a two-time recipient (honorable mention and Third Place) of the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize; was included in the Adirondack Center for the Arts Poetry Village 2020 public poetry installation at Saranac Lake; is included in Story Cities: A City Guide for the Imagination from Arachne Press (2018) and the anthology No Spider Harmed in the Making of this Book Arachne Press (2020); was awarded a Pikes Peak Arts Council grant for Rock n Roll Hootchie Koo, a rock-based, multimedia poetry reading and art installation; published Take Back the Night (2017) an LGBTQIA paranormal adventure about a possessed Bowie-esque rock star and a concert at the end of the world. 

She won the jury prize for Commonwheel's gallery show, Responding to Climate Change Through Art, with her chapbook, Elementals. Her non-fiction books include How to Sell, Minimalism in the Home and Customer Service Magic. She holds an MFA in Fiction with a minor in CNF at the Mile High MFA at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. She lives in Colorado Springs with a striped cat, a pekepom, a partner, the rare friendly teen and plants she barely keeps alive. 

To find out more, visit her at- www.Pattytomsky.com

If you loved the story she read (BOY WE DID!!) you can find the book here: https://arachnepress.com/books/short-stories/story-cities/

Brenda is here: https://brendatolian.com/
Joy is here: https://www.joyyehle.com/

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On this episode of the Burial Plot, we spent some time with—Josh Schlossberg (Publisher/Editor) and Michael Picco (Writer). They shared the process of assembling a book, picking the artwork for the cover and the stories contained within. We discuss the traditions of Jewish storytelling and how modern iterations of those stories are told in 2021. The stories contained within the book span across centuries from slavery to pogroms to the Holocaust to antisemitism.

“Whether it's pirate rabbis or demon-slaying Bible queens, concentration camp vampires or beloved, fearless bubbies, THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR offers you twenty-two dark tales about the culture, history, and folklore of the Jewish people” (DHC).

To find out more about Josh Schlossberg, visit: https://joshsworstnightmare.com

 To find out more about Michael Picco visit: https://www.michaelpicco.com

To Purchase The Jewish Book of Horror visit: 

Godless- https://godless.com/products/the-jewish-book-of-horror-edited-by-josh-schlossberg-1

Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Book-Horror-Daniel-Braum/dp/1734191775

 Barns & Noble- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-jewish-book-of-horror-josh-schlossberg/1140202675

 For More information about the Denver Horror Collective visit: https://denverhorror.com

 
The Burial Plot would also like to Congratulate Josh Schlossberg on his HAG Award WIN for his novella Malinae!
Find it  here: https://godless.com/products/malinae-by-josh-schlossberg?_pos=1&_sid=3ceb9aec6&_ss=r

For more about the Horror Authors Guild go here: https://www.haguild.com/

Brenda is here: https://brendatolian.com/
Joy is here: https://www.joyyehle.com/

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On this episode of The Burial Plot we got to spend time with Bobby Crew!

Bobby, a Denver native, has been writing horror since elementary school. Due to his twisted imagination, his parents thought they were raising a serial killer, but thankfully he chose to keep the killing on paper only, allegedly. Bobby founded an Indie Horror publishing and media company, The Horror Crew Productions, which embodies all aspects of horror from the written word, to events, podcasts, and photoshoots with a special focus on LGBTQ horror.

 His work has appeared in numerous publications including the best-selling anthology Terror at 5280’. His short story collection Dining with Devils was released in 2020.

Bobby tells us about his unusual pets before telling us about Horror Crew Productions and his big plans for it. The website is amazing and worth a visit.

We discuss LGBTQ horror and the focus of The Horror Crew Production creating and sharing stories that don't "other" this community and giving voice to authors.

Bobby shares his creative process and how he goes about spinning his terrifying tales. He shares with us that he is working on screenplays for many of the stories in Dining With Devils! Yay!

Bobby reads from his work Lilly's Love and talks to us about the novel he is currently working on based on his short story Helping Hands.

Find out more about Bobby Crew and the Horror Crew Productions here:
https://www.thehorrorcrew.com/

To find Dining With Devils go here: https://amzn.to/31CE3R9

Find Brenda here: https://brendatolian.com/

Find Joy here: https://www.joyyehle.com/



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On this episode of the Burial Plot, we spent some time with writer Don Everett Smith Jr. He was born in Virginia but grew up in New Jersey (the armpit of America according to him). He moved to Central Pennsylvania with his wife, Laura, with his cats and tortoise. He specializes in Horror, History, and True Crime. He currently writes for a local online news site and is working on a local true crime book. Don is a board member of the Horror Authors Guild and has two publishing imprints - Tombstone Stories Publishing - dedicated to his horror books and stories and Pinion Comics which publishes his comic books. When not writing, he works as a substitute teacher and a supervisor for a local school-age child care non-profit company.

We chat about the community of horror writers being like a quiet cemetery regarding similarities that turn up in horror writers' life experiences time and time again. We discuss how our scars fuel what we write. With Don sharing his specific religious experiences and how it has shaped his writing and world-view.

Don tells us about his anthologies and numerous publications, including his newly announced book deal with JEA Press. He also has two imprints, Pinion Comics and Tombstone Stories Publishing, and gives us all the details about both.

Being a board member of the Horror Author's Guild, Don shares what it is and what it does, and how to become a member.

Don was gracious enough to read from his work The Rook Man of Roma Forest available now on Amazon and Smashwords.

To find out more, visit him at Donsmithwrites01.blogspot.com. 
To find his stories and anthologies including Blood From a Tombstone on Amazon go here: https://amzn.to/3uqN229
To find him on Smashwords go here: Don  Everett Smith Jr.
Find Pinion Comics here: http://www.pinioncomics.com/

For more about the Horror Authors Guild go here: https://www.haguild.com/

Brenda is here: https://brendatolian.com/
Joy is here: https://www.joyyehle.com/

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In this episode, we are honored to speak with academic, sci-fi, and dark fantasy writer, Elana Gomel.

Elana Gomel has taught and researched English literature and cultural studies at Tel-Aviv University, Princeton, Stanford, Venice International University, and the University of Hong Kong. She is currently dividing her time between California and Tel-Aviv. Elana is the author of five academic books and numerous peer-reviewed articles on posthumanism, science fiction, Victorian literature, and serial killers. 

Her fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Apex Magazine, New Horizons, and The Fantasist. Elana’s stories have been featured in several award-winning anthologies, including Zion's Fiction, Apex Book of World Science Fiction, and People of the Book.

Elana’s first novel A Tale of Three Cities was published in 2013, followed by her novella Dreaming in the Dark in 2017. In 2018 she published her first collection of short stories Un/home and her dark fantasy novel The Hungry Ones. In 2019 she published her sci-fi hybrid horror novel The Cryptids. Most recently, she signed a contract with Vernacular Books for her novel Nightwood. 

When she is not busy writing or teaching, Elana is on a plane headed somewhere far away and exotic in search of new monsters.

 We talk to Elana about her soon-to-be-released tribute to California, Nightwood from Vernacular Books.

 Elana shares her thoughts on the intersection, or not, of her academic work and her creative works. 

 She writes and publishes frequently and we wanted to know how she manages her time .

Elana explains her world-driven writing. We were thrilled to hear that the monsters are her favorites and the surprising place that the inspiration for them comes.

 Elana won the 2020 Gravity Award for “Where the Streets Have No Name”, we asked her about the winning story and about the award.

 She shares a bit about her process for writing a piece and how long it takes her.

 In addition to Nightwood, Elana’s novella Little Sister is coming out on October 15 from Crystal Lake Publishing. Elana shares her childhood memories of the USSR, KBG visits, the strong women in her family, and the forgotten history that inspired the story. 

 We chatted about her piece The Niddah as her response to the pandemic and what we can learn from it.

Find out more about Elana and her work here:
https://www.citiesoflightanddarkness.com
and here:
https://www.amazon.com/Elana-Gomel
Find some of her works here:
The Niddah from Apex Magazine
https://apex-magazine.com/the-niddah/
Tanri from Of Metal and Magic
https://ofmetalandmagicpublishing.wordpress.com/tanri/
Pareidolia from Frost Zone Zine
https://frostzonezin

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In this episode, we are thrilled to be hosting partners in fright, Nick Diak and Michele Brittany.

Nick Diak is a podcaster, writer, and pop culture scholar. His areas of expertise include sword and sandal films, Italian exploitation films, industrial and synthwave music, and horror and HP Lovecraft studies. His first edited book was The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs since the 1990s. 

Michele Brittany is a writer, editor, podcaster, photographer, and independent scholar. Her interests include spy cinema, horror studies, and mummy representation in popular culture. Her first edited book was James Bond and Popular Culture, followed by the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre. 

Together they host the H.P. Lovecast Podcast, co-created and co-chair the annual Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference, and have co-edited Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays.

 They reside in Arizona, with each other, and their kitties Algernon and Cecily.

Nick and Michele share the lowdown of their podcast Lovecast Podcast and their experiences as podcasters.

We talk about the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association and the other regional conferences. Find out about those here: https://pcaaca.org/regional-conferences

We talk about their creation and co-chair work on the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference and their work with the Horror Writers Association. Nick and Michelle share with us their thoughts on the importance of academia to the horror genre at large.

Michele shares her take on the genre of Space Horror, and Nick tells us about his Rene Girardian application to Lovecraft and his WIP regarding his theories.

Nick Diak can be found at nickdiak.com
Michele Brittany can be found at michelebrittany.com

Their other podcast, Scholars from the Edge of Time is here: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/herculesinvictus/2020/12/25/scholars-from-the-edge-of-time

Brenda is at brendatolian.com
Joy is at joyyehle.com

Works mentioned:
Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays
The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s
James Bond and Popular Culture: Essays on the Influence of the Fictional Superspy
Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre
Caliban by Garth Ennis

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In this episode of The Burial Plot we have dug up author Sarah J Dhue.

Sarah was born and raised in the Alton/Godfrey area of Illinois.  Her first love is writing and she’s been at it since elementary school.  She self-publishes her creative fiction and writes mostly Horror and Paranormal fiction, with a little bit of Science Fiction.  

She completed her first book in the summer of 2010.  That book, For Two Cold Minutes, was first printed locally in 2012, and finally became her first self-published book in August 2014.  

Sarah has participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) as well as Camp NaNoWriMo for many years.  In November 2017, her novel Monsters was in the International Miami Book Fair.  Her novel, Star Crossed, was her first major genre departure from her typical Horror, Paranormal, and Science Fiction into the realm of Romance.  

As well as her self-published books, her writing has been featured in her high school and college literary journals.  Outside of academia, she has short stories in Volumes 3 and 4 of Lulu’s Share Your Scare Anthology.

While writing is Sarah’s first love, she has degrees in Computer Graphics and Web Design and designs all of her own book covers.  Outside of school and work, she is a coffee enthusiast who loves going to independent shops in her local area and when she travels – which she loves to do – checking out all of the cool atmospheres and delicious coffee they have to offer.  She’s an animal lover, enjoys playing video games, and believes in supporting artists of all kinds/mediums from all over the world!

We pick her brain on all things self-publishing, including an overview of the process that Sarah goes through to unleash her works on the world. We get some social media marketing tips, in-person events, and the science of using emojis. 

Sarah shares with us her desire and efforts to support other authors and artists.

She gives us an overview of her experience with NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo and why she feels it is a valuable exercise for writers.

We talk about her journey into cross-genre writing and her book Demented that is officially associated with game giant Nintendo.

Sarah’s book Lake Vautour has a compelling and personal backstory to its creation as well as a personal connection to Brenda! Sarah reads an excerpt from this creepy, vulture-infested-horror-who-dunnit.

 Sarah can be found at:
https://www.sarahjdhuephotos.com/more-writing
and on social media at:
https://www.facebook.com/SarahJDhueAuthor/
https://twitter.com/Sarah_iWrite

More on NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo
https://nanowrimo.org/

Brenda can be found at:
https://brendatolian.com/

Joy can be found at:
https://www.joyyehle.com/


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*Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the podcasters.

In this episode, we have Angela Sylvaine. Angela is a self-proclaimed cheerful goth who still believes in monsters.  She writes primarily horror, science fiction, fantasy, and young adult. She has published one Novella, CHOPPING SPREE, and many short stories in various magazines and anthologies.

She grew up in North Dakota and holds degrees in psychology and philosophy from the University of North Dakota. After marrying her high school sweetheart, they moved to Colorado and now live on the front range of the Rockies with their three cats.

Angela is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers,  Pikes Peak Writers, and the Denver Horror Collective.

We talk about familiars, the importance of mentors, and the hardest things about writing and publishing. Angela discusses why Not All Monsters was one of her favorite anthologies that she is included in and tells us why editor, Sara Tantlinger was pivotal to the Bram Stoker Finalist anthology's success. We chat about the appeal of writing and reading novellas (Brenda's favorite dessert!). We also dig into why the slasher trope is so much fun.

Angela reads from her novella Chopping Spree that is part of the Rewind or Die Series.

Angela shares what's next. Look for Welcome to the Funhouse and Angela's story The Cyclone Sisters' Travelling Circus .

Angela can be found at https://angelasylvaine.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sylvaine_angela
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angela_sylvaine/

Joy is at www.joyyehle.com
Brenda is at www.brendatolian.com

Other links:

Terror at 5280'
Consumed: Tales Inspired by the Wendigo

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*Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the Podcasters.

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In this episode, we are very excited to host the talented Amy Grech.

Amy Grech has sold over 100 stories to various anthologies and magazines including:
 A New York State of Fright, Apex Magazine, Dead Harvest, Flashes of Hope, Gorefest, Hell’s Heart, Hell’s Highway, Hell’s Mall, Needle Magazine, Punk Noir Magazine, Scare You To Sleep, Tales from the Canyons of the Damned, Tales from The Lake Vol. 3, The One That Got Away, Thriller Magazine, and many more.

We get her to tell us about her secret to staying so productive and turning out amazing story after amazing story. We chat about women as villains and get some pointers on writing dialogue, among other things! Amy reads from her piece, Cold Comfort, available now in the Bram Stoker Award winning, The One That Got Away: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3

Amy Grech can be found at:
https://www.crimsonscreams.com/
https://twitter.com/amy_grech

Joy Yehle
www.joyyehle.com
Brenda Tolian
www.brendatolian.com

Works Mentioned in Episode:
The One That Got Away: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3
Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
They're Made Out of Meat and 5 Other All-Talk Tales by Terry Bissson

*Disclaimer: Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Podcasters. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the Podcasters.

**When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission that will be used to continue to bring our audience great horror content. 

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