Burial Plot Horror Podcast

In this episode of The Burial Plot we get to speak with Erin Michelle Gibes.

Erin Michelle Gibes is a writer, certified book coach, & project manager for speculative fiction writers, including horror writers. Her specialty is helping writers with structure, pacing, worldbuilding, and staying true to their instincts as storytellers. 

As a victim/survivor of abuse, Erin has developed a fascination with power dynamics and how they work, along with a deep commitment to upending them at every level—especially in the world of publishing. 

Erin tells us about her book coaching practice and how she empowers authors to make their writing the best it can be. We discuss what the relationship looks like between coach and author and how it differs from other author service relationships.

We delve into the power dynamics in publishing and the effect it has on authors, but particularly authors outside of the power dynamics. We also chat about women writing and using their trauma in the horror genre.

Erin Michelle Gibes can be found at:

www.erinwritesmagic.com

For more on Fiyahcon 2021: https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/

Joy is at joyyyehle.com

And

Brenda is at brendatolian.com

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On this episode of The Burial Plot, we visited with Michael Picco.

 Michael is an award-winning short-story writer, poet and essayist; novelist; and occasional columnist living in the Colorado high country. Michael received his B.A. in English from Western State University in Colorado but his fascination with the genre started when he read The Outsider by H. P. Lovecraft in third grade. Since receiving his degree, he has contributed to several well-reviewed anthologies and has written an award-winning collection of short stories titled: Scenes from the Carnival Lounge, A Collection of Odd Tales.

 Michael released his second collection, Corpse Honey, A Banquet of Gruesome Tales in 2020. His latest publishing credit, The Wheel, can be found in the Murder & Machinery, Tales of Technological Terror and Mechanical Madness, released this year.

 We discuss the particular vein of horror that Michael creates in and why he writes horror. Michael shares some places where he gets inspiration complete with a wonderfully horrid description of corpse honey and zombie creating fungi.

 Michael describes his involvement with the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) and his own Sisyphus Publications imprint and why he set it up. He shares with us about his book cover and interior design offerings and some upcoming releases.

He reads from Mortimer the Maus from his book Corpse Honey.

Find Michael Picco at:

www.michaelpicco.com   
 amazon.com/author/michaelpicco
https://denverhorror.com/michael-picco/

Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA)
https://cipabooks.com/

Joy Yehle www.joyyehle.com

Brenda Tolian www.brendatolian.com

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In this episode of Burial Plot, we are joined by P.L McMillan and Solomon Forse with HOWLs, aka the Horror-Obsessed Writing and Literature Society.

P.L. McMillan writes of all things murderous, macabre, and monstrous. She has been described as one of the next great cosmic horror writers. In addition to her dark compositions, PL is an accomplished artist working with cross-stitch, digital art, oil painting, and resin art. Her latest piece Sanitize can be found in Cosmic Horror Monthly Issue 8.

Solomon Forse is the founder of HOWLs who also teaches English during the day and reads, watches, and writes horror at all other times. You might find him role-playing horror with tabletop RPGs like Call of Cthulhu or shredding horror on the guitar in his Lovecraft-themed black metal band Crafteon. 

Solomon shares with us the birth of HOWLs and gives an overview of this wonderful and diverse community of horror creators and fans. P.L. discusses the Society's growth and the many facets and areas of participation for members and how we can join in the mayhem.

Solomon and P.L. talk about HOWLs anthology Howls From Hell: A Horror Anthology which released on May 18 in paperback, ebook, and audiobook on Amazon and most other major booksellers.

We are thrilled that they each shared from their pieces that appear in the anthology.
P.L. reads an excerpt from “Manufactured God” and Solomon reads an excerpt from “Gooseberry Bramble”.

Solom Forse can be found at:
https://twitter.com/solomonforse
https://crafteon.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kS7DKYqhhNetgoLQno4le?si=3bkdYHLAS0Kk5Cfx0lEwwg 

P.L. McMillan can be found at:
https://linktr.ee/AuthorPLM
https://plmcmillan.com/

HOWL Society
https://howlsociety.com/

Howls From Hell: A Horror Anthology
https://amzn.to/3yzmEVE

Joy Yehle https://www.joyyehle.com/

Brenda Tolian https://brendatolian.com/

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In this episode, we chat with Adrianne Montoya.

Adrianne writes literary horror with a folkloric and historical flavor. She has studied and worked in fields as varied as anthropology, archaeology, literature, languages, linguistics, and education. She specializes in developing long-form literary fiction, thrillers, horror, and historical fiction, but also enjoys taking on non-fiction projects. She is the curator of the paused Southwest Gothic podcast.

We cover tropes and ghost stories of the Southwest, the function of oral tradition in the West, and how to make these timeless stories accessible to readers. We ask Adrianne about her opinion of women horror writers taking back tropes and using horror as a platform for catharsis. She was also kind enough to read from one of her works in progress inspired by the tale of La Llorona.

Books Noted:
* Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in Bedouin Society. By Lila Abu-Lughod. 1986/2016,University of California Press.
 * Mexican Gothic-Silvia Moreno-Garcia.June 30,2020, Penguin Random House
*The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones. July 14, 2020 through Saga Press and Titan Books.
 

https://www.adrianne-montoya.com/
https://southwestgothic.com/

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

 Works mentioned/discussed**:
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones https://amzn.to/3ulkhTB
Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mjia https://amzn.to/3nRkE5V
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://amzn.to/3aYe743
Tin Foil Butterfly by Rachel Eve https://amzn.to/3vyquMi
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley https://amzn.to/3ekDBLo
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi https://amzn.to/2Si4HKi 

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Today, we are so excited to be hosting Hillary Leftwich.

Hillary is the founder and owner of Alchemy Author Services & Writing Workshop. She runs at the Inkwell Denver, a monthly reading series where she strives to create a safe space for all voices to be heard. Hillary is an intuitive Tarologist and has been reading Tarot for over 20 years, coupled with her clairvoyant-abilities. She is a registered member of the Tarosophy Tarot Association and The Monroe Institute and is a student at The College of Psychic Studies.

We discuss her book Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock; her upcoming release, a hybrid memoir, Aura; and the use of Tarot in plotting and character development.

https://hillaryleftwich.wordpress.com/
https://alchemyauthorservices.com/

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

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In our second episode, we talk with Josh Schlossberg about a group he co-founded, The Denver Horror Collective and its critique groups, book cult (club), publishing, and other endeavors. We spoke to Josh about a new anthology, The Jewish Book of Horror, that he is editing in conjunction with the Denver Horror Collective. We discuss the sub-genre of biological horror that Josh writes in and how it goes beyond body horror. Josh shares the terrifying places he gets story ideas and reads from his latest release, Malinae, which is available now at godless.com from D&T Publishing and on Amazon starting April 23, 2021.

Denver Horror Collective https://denverhorror.com/

Josh’s Worst Nightmare https://joshsworstnightmare.com/

Godless https://godless.com/collections/godless-new-releases

D&T Publishing https://www.dandtpublishing.com/

Joy Yehle https://www.joyyehle.com/

Brenda Tolian https://brendatolian.com/

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In our first episode/Part 1- we talk with Jeamus Wilkes about  his work with The Horror Writers Association as Co-Chairperson/Denver, his writing, and the upcoming StokerCon in Denver (via ZOOM this year)
 Jeamus Wilkes.                          http://www.jeamus.com
Horror Writers Association      https://www.horror.org
Stoker Convention.                     http://stokercon2021.com/
Denver Horror Collective.          https://denverhorror.com/

In Part 2 he reads some of his powerful non-fiction.

Joy Yehle                                      https://www.joyyehle.com
Brenda S. Tolian                          https://www.brendatolian.com/

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