Cat Winters joins me to chat her fantastical and clever new novel The Raven's Tale, as well as Poe's life, wading through the research, writing a historical novel, and speculating on what might've been in Edgar Allan Poe's life.

Laird Barron joins me to chat Black Mountain, as well as mingling horror and crime, reader and reviewer expectations, growing a character, and the worlds of his stories.

James Newman and Mark Steensland join me to chat their latest book, In the Scrape, as well as film writing, the research process, co-writing stories, and using experience in stories.

Rio Youers joins me to chat his latest novel, Halcyon, as well as setting a scene, managing time, idea wrangling, and the differences between indie publishing and publishing with a big house.

James Renner joins me to chat his latest release, The Muse, as well as producing a Dollar Baby, HP Lovecraft, and sort of meeting Stephen King.

Melanie Golding joins me to chat her novel Little Darlings, nasty situations when giving birth, reading reviews, reader expectations, and fairy tale inspirations.

Mindi Snyder joins me to chat #bookstagramming, reviewing online, and her favorite reads so far this year. Bonus, Andy Davidson reads from In the Valley of the Sun and Rio Youers reads from Westlake Soul.

Caitlin Starling joins me to chat her new novel, The Luminous Dead. We also get into publishing, the process of editing, and reaching a suitable level of science in horror fiction.

Kev Harrison joins me to chat Cinders of a Blind Man Who Could See and Chris Sorensen joins me to chat The Hungry Ones.

Jennifer McMahon joins me to talk her latest novel The Invited, as well as drawing inspiration from real life, character depth, haunted objects, and research.