This podcast is off the beaten path from the usual wealth topics, but it’s no less a story of perseverance and vision. It’s a thrill to talk to my friends about their successes. In this case, it has been a long time and a lot of hard work in the making.

Born and raised in Watertown, NY, JIM HARBERSON (TWITTER, INSTAGRAM) has a Masters in Religion and was a lawyer before embarking on his writing career. He has published many horror and sci-fi stories including podcast projects for “Chilling Tales for Dark Nights” and the co-writer of the graphic novel, Stay Alive. Against that backdrop, his new horror compendium is out now via MARKOSIA and can be found on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

(Cover by STEPHEN BASKERVILLE– his work is here: https://baskervillecomics.carbonmade.com/)

We catch up on a variety of topics surrounding the book, his writing and growing up in the Horror/Sci Fi genre.

We also talk about his foray into graphic novels. His co-authored (with me!) “Stay Alive” was nominated for the prestigious Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards (Category 22:  Best Graphic Novels or Collections)  

You can vote for it here:

https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/

Art by STEPHEN BASKERVILLE

Jim was also nice enough to furnish a list of his favorites in the HORROR MOVIE/BOOK space.

Here they are:

Freaks (1932)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Vertigo (1958)

Psycho (1960)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Salem’s Lot (1979)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Creepshow (1981)

Halloween II (1981)

The Thing (1981)

Basket Case (1982)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Fright Night (1985)

Lifeforce (1985)

Night of the Creeps (1985)

Re-Animator (1985)

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Aliens (1986)

Manhunter (1986)

Evil Dead II (1987)

The Lair of the White Worm (1987)

The Hidden (1987)

Robocop (1987)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Dead Heat (1988)

Hellraiser II (1988)

Phantasm II (1988)

Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Robocop II (1990)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Basic Instinct (1992)

Dead Alive (1992)

Natural Born Killers (1994)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1995)

Lord of Illusions (1995)

John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

From Dusk Till Dawn II:  Texas Blood Money (1999)

Hannibal (2001)

Resident Evil (2002)

Darkness Falls (2003)

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Fido (2006)

Halloween (2007)

Planet Terror (2007)

Nurse 3D (2013)

Halloween (2018)

Fiction (H.P. Lovecraft, 1908-1935)

Cartoons (Charles Addams 1942-1988)

Animal Farm (George Orwell, 1945)

1984 (George Orwell, 1948)

The Haunt of Fear (EC Comics, 1950-1955)

Shock Suspenstories (EC Comics, 1952-1955)

Tales from the Crypt (EC Comics, 1950-1955)

The Vault of Horror (EC Comics, 1950-1955)

Amphigorey, Amphigorey Too, Amphigorey Also, Amphigorey Again (Edward Gorey, 1972-2006)

Creepshow (Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson, 1981)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley, 1986)

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (Grant Morrison, Dave McKean, 1988)

Batman: The Cult (Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson, 1988)

Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, 1988)

Judge Dredd: Necropolis (John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, 2000 AD, 1990)

You can find Jim on Twitter: @NovelStay and IG: @stayalivegn

A Disgusting Supermarket of Death:  https://markosia.com/a-disgusting-supermarket-of-death-2/

Stay Alive: https://markosia.com/books/worlds-of-horror/stay-alive/

B&N:  https://bit.ly/ADSODBN

https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/podcasts/chilling-tales-for-dark-nights/3×05/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craiggroshek/chilling-tales-for-dark-nights-a-scary-stories-col/posts/3129712