Dark fantasy featuring handsome and untrustworthy vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, and faeries has been a thriving genre for decades, going in and out of popular fashion, but always carrying on strong with its biggest fans; one of whom is my guest, Jessica Disciacca.

Jess always dreamed of writing a book, and the great pause of the Covid-19 pandemic gave her the space and time to do so. But she discovered something that many first-time authors do: getting it onto the page is usually the easiest part.