Isa Arsén is a certified bleeding-heart, based in South Texas, where she lives with her spouse and a comically small dog.
 
 Her work has been featured in Stone of Madness Press, The McNeese Review, and several independent anthologies and audiovisual projects. Her novels include SHOOT THE MOON (Putnam, 2023), and the forthcoming midcentury drama THE UNBECOMING OF MARGARET WOLF (Putnam, 2025).
 
When not wrangling prose, Isa is a dialogue engineer & writer for interactive media.

 Isa can be reached at: inarsen.com

The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again!

Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions)

If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon!

I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic, which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!!

You can also send me an email: [email protected]

Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium!

Vince D’Amato has been working in the independent film & media industry, and creating entertaining fictional content, since 2001 when he started his first Vancouver-based production company. He has written and directed 7 feature films, all of which achieved worldwide distribution prior to him founding his own distribution company, Darkside Releasing, in 2017.

He has been writing the Horror Film column for the Canadian print magazine Absolute Underground since 2015 and has lectured for UBC’s Film Studies Department since 2014 for their third- and fourth-year classes. 
 
 

A Canadian and Italian citizen, Vince was born in Vancouver, BC, to an Italian father and indigenous (Cree) mother, who is a residential school survivor from Saskatchewan. He identifies his company DDarkside Releasing as being Indigenous-owned and operated.

The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again!

Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions)

If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon!

I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic, which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!!

You can also send me an email: [email protected]

Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium!

Catherine Fearns is an author and composer living in Switzerland. She’s originally from Liverpool, which is the setting for her gothic crime fiction series, Reprobation (Northodox Press).

Catherine’s first historical novel, All The Parts Of The Soul, was published in 2023 by Quill & Crow, who have also signed two forthcoming novels, Buried Lightning and The Fault Mirror.
 
Catherine is a composer for Universal Edition and performs regularly as a pianist and heavy metal guitarist.

The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again!

Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions)

If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon!

I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic, which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!!

You can also send me an email: [email protected]

Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium!

Celso Hurtado was born and raised in San Antonio, TX.

His first book, The Ghost Tracks, was praised by NPR and won an International Latino Book Award. He is also a member of the Horror Writers Association.

The Devil's Promise is his second novel.

The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again!

Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions)

If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon!

I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic, which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!!

You can also send me an email: [email protected]

Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium!

Nick Ovalle is a passionate storyteller specializing in filmmaking, podcasting, and psychology.

As the host of The StoryHacker Podcast and the founder of Fancy Pants Media, Nick focuses on helping individuals and brands tell better stories. 

His mission is to inspire personal growth and create impactful storytelling by combining internal narrative work with innovative marketing for transformative products and meaningful entertainment.

Nick can be contacted at: [email protected]

The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again!

Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions)

If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon!

I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic, which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!!

You can also send me an email: [email protected]

Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium!

JONATHAN MABERRY BIO:

JONATHAN MABERRY is a NYTimes bestselling author, #1 Audible bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, comic book writer, and producer. He is the author of 52 novels, 16 short story collections, 28 graphic novels, 170 short stories, 14 nonfiction books, and has edited 26 anthologies. He has written comics for Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse, and others, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is based in part on his 2009-10 run on the comic. His Joe Ledger thrillers are being developed for TV by the director of the John Wick films. He is the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and editor of Weird Tales Magazine. 

Find him at www.jonathanmaberry.com

I had so much fun talking to Jonathan! He's an amazing and generous person. I hope you enjoy listening to our chat!

The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again!

Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions)

If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon!

I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic, which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!!

You can also send me an email: [email protected]

Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium!

Emily's Links:

https://linktr.ee/emilyrobynclark

Emily Robyn Clark is an award-winning filmmaker, poet, fiction writer, and singer-songwriter. Her poetry, short stories, and articles have appeared widely in publications like Lullwater Review, Spectrum, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, LA’s Cultural Daily, Aspen Daily News, Dig In Magazine, and Utah’s Best Poetry & Prose. Her poetry collection, Morning Comes Roaring Down the Mountain, is set for release in October 2025 with Finishing Line Press.

Under the artist name Emma Dream, Emily launched her musical career in Nashville, releasing her debut single, Country Girls, in September 2024, from her upcoming album. Inspired by beat poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Emma’s sound reflects her poetic roots and experiences performing alongside Nathan McEuen, Bobby Mason, and David Starr. Her time spent in the artistic communities of San Francisco and Aspen shaped her into the versatile artist she is today.

Emma has performed her poetry at esteemed venues across the U.S. including Beyond Baroque in Venice, SoHo in Santa Barbara, Mohawk Falls in New Hampshire, and The Victory Theatre Center in Burbank, among others. Since its worldwide release on September 27th, Country Girls has gained over 1,300 streams, with 600 monthly listeners on Spotify.

Emma performed at Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles, on October 26, 2024, in House of the Highest and Most Pious, a multimedia production by Christian Georgescu featuring renowned spoken word artists such as S.A. Griffin, Rich Ferguson, Kathleen Florence, Nicholas Garcia, and Tiffany Zern. This will also be streamed for free on YouTube.

As a filmmaker, Emily wrote, directed, and produced the multi-award-winning fantasy short LOVE SPELL in 2020 and the award-nominated sci-fi short OUROBOROS in 2023.

The Creative Way Podcast is a place for inspiring, hopeful, positive stories of creatives making their art in spite of everything! My hope and goal is to inspire other creatives to continue to create or to start creating again!

Music: Destined to Shine by Greg G (courtesy of Greg G/Golden Productions)

If you like to read Gothic Horror/Gothic Romance, please check out my books on Amazon!

I started a YouTube channel called Writing Gothic, which is a companion avenue for my other podcast: Speaking of Gothic. Come over and join me there to ask questions, suggest Gothic Horror movies/shows, or for general chit-chat!!!

You can also send me an email: [email protected]

Also, please check out some of my Fiction and Non-Fiction writing on Medium!