In this episode, Steve talks with two authors.

Johnny Compton writes horror/fantasy stories and his latest is Dead First. Johnny has and interesting theory on horror stories. He says most of our most famous stories all have some aspect of horror in them. You might agree after you hear what he has to say.

Also in this episode we hear from Jordy Rosenberg. Jordy has created a fantastic character, who might actually be his mom. In the novel Night Night Fawn, Barbara Rosenberg is dying. She tells her story from two perspectives: one is a very funny, disgruntled Jewish woman in New York looking back on her disappointments in a way that will make you laugh while the other is a present-day Barbara hopped up on painkillers as she waits to die. Each version of Barbara complains about her child…whose sexuality she considers the biggest disappointment of her life. Jordy succeeds in tackling some of our major issues a very entertaining way.