Pride Month 2026: An Interview with Hailey Piper
Did you have any specific books, television shows, or movies (horror, queer or otherwise) that were early influences on your writing? Hellraiser was a big one. It tore down what I understood of reality, showing that walls we assume are solid can be as thin as paper. I'm sure also my fascination with the extinction of the dinosaurs in books and TV, a cosmic horror even in itself, was an influence too. And without a doubt, Stephen King's It, which made me realize I wanted to write. What was it about the horror genre that drew you to it? I…