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Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Sylvester Barzey

• February 24, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing?  I’ve always been interested in telling stories, be it verbally or through poems, I even wanted to do comic books at one point. I… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Ness Brown

• February 22, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing?  I started writing as a kid. While there was no single catalyst, I was largely inspired by online writers posting their stories to… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Johnny Compton

• February 19, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing? I got started in fourth or fifth grade and had some teachers encourage me as I got older, letting me know in one… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Eden Royce

• February 18, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing? I’m from a storytelling family and culture. Exchanging stories at family gatherings, as we go about our chores, as we’re spending time together… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Jeff Carroll

• February 17, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing?  I was inspired to start writing by seeing the 1999 movie The Mummy. I had made two horror movies but, they were low-budget… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Kenya Moss-Dyme

• February 10, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing?  Probably my love for reading! I’ve always loved books and learned to read at age four. I was one of the kids who read… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Nicole D. Sconiers

• February 8, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing? When I was a kid, I used to sit at the feet of my great-grandmother, Sallie, and listen to her tell stories. She had… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Jonathan Reddoch

• September 22, 2023
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Jonathan Reddoch is co-owner of Collective Tales Publishing. He is a father, writer, editor, and publisher. He writes sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and especially horror. He has been working on his… Read more

Celebrating Our Elders: Interview with Koji Suzuki

• May 30, 2023
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Koji Suzuki is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring novels, which have been adapted into other formats,

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Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Christine Sng

• May 25, 2023
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Christina Sng is the three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Collection of Nightmares, A Collection of Dreamscapes, and Tortured Willows. Her poetry, fiction, essays, and art appear in numerous… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Bryan Thao Worra

• May 18, 2023
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Bryan Thao Worra is the author of 10+ books. One of the first Lao Americans to arrive in the US in 1973, and the first Lao American to hold a… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Tracie McBride

• May 17, 2023
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What inspired you to start writing?

My origin story is probably a very familiar one to most writers. It started early in childhood with a love of books and a… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with L. Chan

• May 15, 2023
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L CHAN hails from Singapore. He spends most of his time wrangling a team of two dogs, Mr Luka and Mr Telly. His work has appeared in places like Clarkesworld,… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Dan Rabarts

• May 13, 2023
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Dan Rabarts (Ngati Porou) is an award-winning author and editor living in Porirua, Aotearoa New Zealand. He is a four-time recipient of New Zealand’s Sir Julius Vogel Award and three-time… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Catherine Yu

• May 12, 2023
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Catherine Yu writes dark speculative fiction. She was born in Nanjing and is now based in New York. She is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop. Direwood is her debut… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Kelsea Yu

• May 10, 2023
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Kelsea Yu is a Taiwanese Chinese American writer who is eternally enthusiastic about sharks and appreciates a good ghost story. Her short stories and essays appear in magazines such as… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Hannah Yang

• May 8, 2023
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Hannah Yang is a Chinese-American speculative fiction author who writes about all things strange and surreal. Her work has appeared in Apex Magazine, The Dark Magazine, and Nightmare Magazine, among… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Simo Srinivas

• May 7, 2023
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Simo Srinivas lives in Colorado with their spouse and two senior, standard-issue tabby cats. Their horror fiction has appeared in Dark Matter Presents: MONSTROUS FUTURES, Deathcap & Hemlock, and The… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with K.P. Kulski

• May 6, 2023
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K.P. KULSKI is a Hawaii-born Korean-American author, historian, and career vampire of patriarchal tears. Channeling a lifelong obsession with history and the morose, she’s managed to birth the gothic horror… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Wen Wen Yang

• May 5, 2023
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Wen Wen Yang is a first-generation Chinese American from the Bronx, New York. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in English and creative writing. She… Read more