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

  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 and nowhere near the scope of the story in The Mummy. I decided that I could only afford to tell a story that big in a book. So, I wrote my first book Thug Angel Rebirth of a Gargoyle.   What was it about the horror genre that drew you to it?  I love campy films like Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I liked the simple aggression. I…