Please welcome author Edward J. Flora to the show! I first met Ed at AuthorCon3 in 2024 and we hit it off right away. In this conversation, we discuss his story The Triangle Forest and, for a bonus, Ed delivers our very first on-air author reading of his current work in progress!

Learn more about Edward Flora on:

TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@edwardjflora

Or at Instagram

Welcome our friend Robert P. Ottone back to the show! In this episode, we explore his recent re-release of Nocturnal Creatures, a wild Sasquatch tale perfect for teen and adult readers who love cryptid stories. Of course, we discuss inspiration behind the story, middle grade and young adult horror, and why upstate New York is the perfect setting for a Sasquatch story.

Follow Robert on all the socials and grab your copy of the book at https://sobelobooks.com/shop/p/nocturnal-creatures

Welcome Ivy Grimes to the show for the first time! Let's dive into her latest collection, Glass Stories. We discuss the common themes and threads running through this collection, a uniquely haunted location in Birmingham, Alabama (enter the furnace!), her novella Star Shapes, and how Ivy got to this point in her writing career!

Learn more about Ivy at https://ivyivyivyivy.com/

Welcome to the world of Michael Clark and his reimagining of The Legend of Mildred Wells. In this conversation we discuss how Michael took on the monumental challenge of implementing over five years of lessons learned to reissue his series as one new story. We also discuss how Michael scored sand from the beach where JAWS was filmed.

Oh, and WHO THE HELL IS THAT IN THE CLOSET?!

You can learn more about Michael Clark and pickup your copy of the book at https://www.michaelclarkbooks.com/books/?v=a672068055fa

Listeners of this show know how much music impacts many of our writers and stories. Well, that's especially true with Stephen Schreffler and his horror scifi story, The Bleed (published by Dark Matter INK).

Come hang with us while we discuss his book, the relationship between scifi and horror, and...music!

Unexpected conversations: young guitar players and edgy band t-shirts.

Pick up your copy of The Bleed from Dark Matter Ink at https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/the-bleed

Recommendations: I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones, John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin, The Fisherman by John Langan, and Last Days by Brian Evenson.

Welcome to the world of Jacy Morris and Bury My Heart with a Keyboard. In this episode, we discuss indigenous horror, Jacy's new collection, and working with Third Estate Books. Oh, and of course we discuss his catalog and his prolific production!

Pick up your copy of Bury My Heart with a Keyboard at https://www.thirdestatebooks.com/store/p/bury-my-heart-with-a-keyboard-a-collection-pre-order-929

Did you grow up in Wes Craven's world like I did? As a child of the 80s and a teen of the 90s, the wonderous world of weird fantasy and horror movies set the tone for the world I lived in. You too? Great! Let's gather 'round and listen to the authority on all things Wes Craven, Joseph Maddrey. Joe spent several meaningful years interviewing the people in Mr. Craven's life and exploring every corner of his work to capture the soul of Wes Craven. Let's explore this journey, shall we?

Meet my friend, S.Q. McGrath! S.Q. is the author of over 26 books (!) including Kitty, a wonderfully dark poltergeist novel and her latest book, Strings. We discuss these stories, her path as a wonderfully effective self-published author, and the role adolescents play in her horror. If you haven't discovered S.Q. until now, well, this is your wakeup call, folks. She's fantastic.

Learn more about S.Q. McGrath at https://www.sqmcgrath.com

Pick up your copy of Kitty here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJP7DTNF

Welcome back to The Suspense is Killing Me! In this episode, I sit down with the amazing K.C. Grifant to talk about her newest release Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny. Of course, I couldn't have K.C. on the show without discussing all the weird West horror your little heart can withstand.

Find out more about K.C. at https://scifiwri.com/

Get your copy of Shrouded Horror at https://thedragonsroost.biz/product/shrouded-horror-tales-of-the-uncanny/

Rebecca Rowland White Trash and Recycled Nightmares

Tiffany Brown How Lovely To Be a Woman: Stories and Poems

Christina Henry Good Girls Don't Die