Sublime Horror

Peter speaks to Caitlin Starling about her debut novel The Luminous Dead, video games and interactive fiction, her upcoming projects, and more.

Peter speaks to Catriona Ward about her novel Little Eve, writing short stories, and the importance of setting in her writing.

Peter speaks to professor Jessica Gildersleeve about Nicolas Roeg's 1973 classic horror film Don't Look Now.

In this episode, Peter talks to novelist and poet Niamh Boyce whose new historical novel Her Kind is a reimagining of the events leading up to the Kilkenny Witch Trial of 1324.

Peter talks to professor Kendall R. Phillips about his book, A Place of Darkness, and how horror developed in early American cinema up until the release of Dracula in 1931.

Peter Meinertzhagen talks to Marion Gibson, professor of renaissance and magical literature at Exeter University, about witchcraft. How old is witchcraft? What defines "a witch"? Are there still witches today?