Pride Month 2026: An Interview with Angela Sylvaine

Pride Month 2026: An Interview with Angela Sylvaine

Did you have any specific books, television shows, or movies (horror, queer or otherwise) that were early influences on your writing? My biggest influences are the things I grew up watching, movies like Beetlejuice and Gremlins. I’ve always loved the combination of horror and comedy, especially when it’s a little campy. I also love exploring nostalgia for that time period and sometimes set my work in the 80s and 90s. What was it about the horror genre that drew you to it? As a kid I was expected to be very well behaved and always walked on eggshells due to…
Pride Month 2026: An Interview with Hailey Piper

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…
Pride Month 2026: An Interview with Jessica Gleason

Pride Month 2026: An Interview with Jessica Gleason

Did you have any specific books, television shows, or movies (horror, queer or otherwise) that were early influences on your writing? When I began writing horror, I pulled from my love of slashers. There isn't a specific film or book that influenced my work. Instead, it was more of a lifelong love affair with slashers. I wrote a short story based on my favorite concert venue and submitted it to a random publication on the internet. I was a little shocked after being accepted and thought I might keep at it. I can say that Hailey Piper is the reason…
Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Abigail F. Taylor

Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Abigail F. Taylor

  What is your novel about? Maryneal, 1962, is American Werewolf in London meets American Graffiti… With the full moon approaching and no salvation in sight, Delah is faced with an unconscionable decision: If she can’t find a cure, she’ll have to kill the boy next door. Despite its monsters and all things that go bump in the night, at its core, Maryneal is about grief and how concealing identities can devour us. Delah is learning how to navigate her sexuality with an unexpected crush developing on one of her girlfriends, and it hits her at the worst possible time:…
Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Newton Webb

Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Newton Webb

  What is your book about? My books explore the horrors humans inflict on one another, cannibalism, gaslighting, serial killers, and mad science. I’ve published fifteen books now. Even though I include supernatural creatures and cryptids in many of my stories, I always focus on the human element. Beneath the gore and the ghosts, there is a consistent theme: power, the abuse of it, and what happens when ordinary people are pushed too far. I write my stories to unsettle, to provoke, and to tell my personal truth through the lens of horror. I’ve written nearly a hundred short stories…
Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Mia Dalia

Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Mia Dalia

  What is your novel about? My novel, Haven, is about a family who stays at an inherited house for a month of August. And all the things that go terribly wrong. So, on the surface, it’s a “dream vacation turns nightmare” story, but there’s a lot more to it. Both the novel and the house have a backstory of a woman wronged and determined to rise above. But a terrible injustice calls for a revenge in whatever way it finds it, and the past never truly stops bleeding into the present. Haven is far from an idyllic lake house,…
Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Briana Morgan

Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Briana Morgan

  What is your novel about? I write psychological, character-driven horror featuring ghosts, demons, monsters, and the scariest thing of all—the dark side of humanity. So far, I’ve written books and plays that run the gamut from queer vampires to killer mermaids and influencer horror. What are you looking to express to readers with your work? More than anything, I want readers to feel seen. I want them to see how even flawed characters can do great things. As a queer, neurodivergent, disabled author, I haven’t often seen myself represented in books. I’d like to change that for my readers.…
Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Nico Bell

Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Nico Bell

  What is your novel about? Static Screams is a sci-fi horror about a young woman seeking a cure to her terrifying hallucinations. Carmen Franco’s untethered mind twists reality into a nightmare filled with relentless hallucinations. Carmen’s greatest desire is a peaceful life, but despite countless doctors and swallowing a pharmacy’s worth of pills, Carmen can’t escape her disturbing delusions brought forth from a past tragedy. Enter Dr. Barbara MacDonald, a brilliant psychologist proposing an innovative and experimental treatment program. Barbara ignites a flicker of hope, but Carmen quickly realizes the doctor’s motives aren’t exactly pure. Carmen holds the key…
Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Azzurra Nox

Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Azzurra Nox

  What is your novel about? I actually have two novels out right now. The first one is Into the Dread Unknown, the fifth book in my Women in Horror series, and the second is Panico! a historical poetry collection that borders on the macabre. Into the Dread Unknown is an exploration of Gothic literature through sharp, feminist lenses. Some of the authors featured are familiar voices I’ve had the pleasure of including in past anthologies, while others are new additions to the Women in Horror series. I’m especially thrilled to have two Bram Stoker Award-nominated authors in this latest…