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Lee Rozelle on his Southern Gothic Bizarro fiction: “I do my best to recode genre stereotypes”

Lee Rozelle talks combining “absurdist humor and body horror in Southern tales” for the murky horror fiction collection BACKWATERS. He also tells Monster Complex the monster movies that made that kid grow up to be this author, explains the unique spin on his horror fiction, and shares the unexpected thread that binds his new collection of stories together…

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Deborah Wilde on ‘Big Demon Energy’—An Enemies-to-Lovers Urban Fantasy

Wilde loves writing smart, flawed, wisecracking women who can solve a mystery, kick supernatural butt, and banter with hot men. Wilde tells Monster Complex how Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy changed her life, reveals what compels her stories, and explains why she seeks worldbuilding without common fantasy elements.

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Q&A: Mike Duran on the bridge between faith and horror fiction

Mike Duran’s new book CHRISTIAN HORROR explores the Judeo-Christian roots of contemporary horror, the religious themes that frame much of the horror art, and how evangelical culture has come to distance itself from such a potentially rich and powerful medium. Duran shares with Monster Complex who this book is actually FOR and what he hopes to help them learn.

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Q&A: Luke McCamley on his fantasy horror novel ‘The Gods Who Want To Die’

The author talks about The Gods Who Want To Die, his thriller blending horror, crime, occultism, and fantasy, exploring a mother’s struggle within a deadly cult. He shares how his background led to the book, explains how the book combines real-life crime stories with supernatural and fantasy elements and stuff from horror movies, and reveals how writing the book served as a catharsis.

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Ben Avery Q&A: GHOSTS OF THE FUTURE

The crew of the ​Tabitha have to deal with a planetoid with deadly secrets, a cosmic maelstrom they cannot escape, and a warship intent on destroying them. Author Ben Avery shares the inspiration(s) for the book, how the novel compares to other space-opera type stories, and what he loves best about these types of stories.

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